tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post3154045000767005743..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: Animal TreatmentGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-45363824893052130252011-09-15T13:13:42.859+12:002011-09-15T13:13:42.859+12:00George, Hannah - thank you both.George, Hannah - thank you both.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-72393410586890324532011-09-15T00:55:00.955+12:002011-09-15T00:55:00.955+12:00Great Post. So sad - and outrageous that posts lik...Great Post. So sad - and outrageous that posts like this have a need to be written.<br />This is my story - of which you reminded me...<br />My first job was working in the Housing Maintenance department of my local Council in Bridgend, S. Wales. I began to get to know a pensioner living on his own - Mr N. Mr. N had learning difficulties, asthma, arthritis and many other health problems. The Hannah Imogen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198816533529881782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-33895748649809772372011-09-15T00:45:56.336+12:002011-09-15T00:45:56.336+12:00It's been hard for me to put down something (a...It's been hard for me to put down something (and I'm not there yet). <br /><br />My own grandfather died a 'lonely death' in the early 2000s, discovered weeks after the event. He was living estranged from his family and the world, in council flats in Canberra.George Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-15933024323009533562011-09-13T09:56:56.921+12:002011-09-13T09:56:56.921+12:00Some poet wrote,
the difference
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you and m...Some poet wrote,<br /><br />the difference<br />between<br />you and me<br />is the difference<br />between<br />I and you.<br /><br />wv, musersam - you're my main man?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-89849514871050039452011-09-13T09:55:56.070+12:002011-09-13T09:55:56.070+12:00"I was going to ask how you account for propo..."I was going to ask how you account for proposals to monitor the spending of youths on the independent youth allowance, which we may suspect are a trial for monitoring beneficiary spending generally, but then I realised that if your spending is approved spending that's ok."<br /><br />An aspect that went unnoticed I thought in the debate of why we would put tabs on school leavers Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-42629716150604953872011-09-13T08:00:50.051+12:002011-09-13T08:00:50.051+12:00Mayor: Getting to know your neighbours...
The word...Mayor: Getting to know your neighbours...<br />The word "your" speaks volumes to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-74798989328472604372011-09-13T07:30:36.734+12:002011-09-13T07:30:36.734+12:00"...a refutation that society works as a Pano..."...a refutation that society works as a Panopticon, keeping a constant and watchful eye on its subjects: all that it took for this lonely retiree to move into the shadows was a sufficient flow of funds and effective banking arrangements."<br /><br />I was going to ask how you account for proposals to monitor the spending of youths on the independent youth allowance, which we may stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486889878636801969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-88127576385128223532011-09-13T00:50:01.684+12:002011-09-13T00:50:01.684+12:00Watch just one episode of "Heir Hunters"...Watch just one episode of "Heir Hunters" on the BBC and you realise how often people die alone in the UK. I think many people still die alone in NZ too, and regardless of how long it takes to discover them it's very sad. it's one of those things that makes you pause and think about the life you are leading, the legacy youare creating. Could this be you too?downnoutmkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254568260084643097noreply@blogger.com