The Day After Mum's Funeral Part Two...
I do feel a bit strange. But I don't know in what way. As Jan says in the comments section of the previous post for now, to some extent you are just looking at four walls. Why would you go out to the shops if you cannot afford to purchase what you are looking at? If the shops are few and what they sell doesn't change from day to day. If walking is very difficult and then you have to spend money you haven't got to perhaps get a taxi in both directions.
Sometimes its difficult to get interested in what is on the radio or TV because its seems unimportant but in time I'll have to take an interest in what's happening around me, if I don't, what's the future going to be like.
For many I'm sure if you cannot afford to do things or getting out and involved isn't easy, you probably do feel cut off.
And its OK to say you have to make things happen, yes you do and to some extent you make your own future and situation, often it's true it's not going to be easy and need to show grit and strength of character. Often things are not going to be handed to you on a plate.
Look at the lengths many people have gone to in history and they could have given up. How people have dragged themselves up from poverty to be someone and perhaps become a success in business.
But sadly some in society do need help and society needs to show compassion and that it cares. And that seems more and more to being lost. Our Prime Minister's slogan is "We're all in this together" But more than ever the opposite is true. And if you are at the bottom of the pile, you'll stay there and they'll see that you are pushed further down the pecking order.
Get a job some will say! Fine but health problems may make that difficult for many, few employers want someone who may have to take lots of time off, even if they are expected to give everyone a chance, some jobs are demanding(I was talking to a lady yesterday)who had arthritis and a variety of other problems, during the short time that we talked she said she is in constant pain, she cannot walk far but she's trying not to get used to using a walking stick as an aid, she's trying to make herself walk but she's slow and has to keep stopping. If you say you don't try(they'll probably accuse you of laziness)if you say you try that also goes against you so that is a no win situation.
She cannot stand for long, she cannot sit for long. If gets up out of chair she cannot walk immediately and is bent up and her body is stiff etc...she did not want to give up her job but they finished her. Now she's having to try and get help from the benefit service. Should she be blamed for what has happened? The new rules and changes to the help received from the state will be difficult and though genuine she will probably find that does not guarantee she'll be fortunate to be helped. Probably the reverse.
I'd never thought too much about the jealousy having a flat screen TV causes in some people, nor whether that is what was bugging anon on the previous post. I wondered if I should mention buying them.
But as both Jan and Carol alluded to...
If your TVs are packing up, you cannot buy the old type of TVs anymore. Initially, if you a buy a TV its going to be new but like a car with use it will deteriorate with use. And in time it will be superseded by some new product that comes out.
Our main TV was for it's time was the best that we could afford, it seemed expensive at the time and the only extra featured it offered was stereo sound. It is almost 29 years old(it's done well)
From memory I think it cost between £100-£200 more than the TV I have purchased now. I bet the new TVs will not last that long.
To go to our local library means a fair walk for me, it's not very big so I'd probably have to order any book that I am interested in. Will the local library close with all the cuts that are coming in? They no longer have CD borrowing service and if you want any you have wait for them to come from somewhere else. And again with cutbacks perhaps the choice available will not be as great.
Sometimes its difficult to get interested in what is on the radio or TV because its seems unimportant but in time I'll have to take an interest in what's happening around me, if I don't, what's the future going to be like.
For many I'm sure if you cannot afford to do things or getting out and involved isn't easy, you probably do feel cut off.
And its OK to say you have to make things happen, yes you do and to some extent you make your own future and situation, often it's true it's not going to be easy and need to show grit and strength of character. Often things are not going to be handed to you on a plate.
Look at the lengths many people have gone to in history and they could have given up. How people have dragged themselves up from poverty to be someone and perhaps become a success in business.
But sadly some in society do need help and society needs to show compassion and that it cares. And that seems more and more to being lost. Our Prime Minister's slogan is "We're all in this together" But more than ever the opposite is true. And if you are at the bottom of the pile, you'll stay there and they'll see that you are pushed further down the pecking order.
Get a job some will say! Fine but health problems may make that difficult for many, few employers want someone who may have to take lots of time off, even if they are expected to give everyone a chance, some jobs are demanding(I was talking to a lady yesterday)who had arthritis and a variety of other problems, during the short time that we talked she said she is in constant pain, she cannot walk far but she's trying not to get used to using a walking stick as an aid, she's trying to make herself walk but she's slow and has to keep stopping. If you say you don't try(they'll probably accuse you of laziness)if you say you try that also goes against you so that is a no win situation.
She cannot stand for long, she cannot sit for long. If gets up out of chair she cannot walk immediately and is bent up and her body is stiff etc...she did not want to give up her job but they finished her. Now she's having to try and get help from the benefit service. Should she be blamed for what has happened? The new rules and changes to the help received from the state will be difficult and though genuine she will probably find that does not guarantee she'll be fortunate to be helped. Probably the reverse.
I'd never thought too much about the jealousy having a flat screen TV causes in some people, nor whether that is what was bugging anon on the previous post. I wondered if I should mention buying them.
But as both Jan and Carol alluded to...
If your TVs are packing up, you cannot buy the old type of TVs anymore. Initially, if you a buy a TV its going to be new but like a car with use it will deteriorate with use. And in time it will be superseded by some new product that comes out.
Our main TV was for it's time was the best that we could afford, it seemed expensive at the time and the only extra featured it offered was stereo sound. It is almost 29 years old(it's done well)
From memory I think it cost between £100-£200 more than the TV I have purchased now. I bet the new TVs will not last that long.
To go to our local library means a fair walk for me, it's not very big so I'd probably have to order any book that I am interested in. Will the local library close with all the cuts that are coming in? They no longer have CD borrowing service and if you want any you have wait for them to come from somewhere else. And again with cutbacks perhaps the choice available will not be as great.
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