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I have been married to my wonderful wife for 5-years this October. I'm now retired and spend most of my time trying to help and raise awareness of Liver Disease. I am an active member of the British Liver Trust. -
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17th Jul 2020Richard65 commented on:
Are you happy to remain opted-in for organ donation?What hasn't been made clear right from the start is what organ donation means. What are you donating your organs for? Many years ago, I person could sell their body for medical research. This would of course mean that students could get to dissect and get to learn about the anatomy of a specific organ, Now under this plan, they can just take a persons organs for what ever reason. I am a liver transplantee and for most of my life I have always carried a donor card. I wouldn't be writing this comment if it wasn't for my donor, to whom I am eternally grateful. But when a organ is harvest and is planned to be used for a transplant, it first has to be tested to make sure it is viable and suitable for use, If it isn't fit for purpose it is simply thrown away, Once a person agrees to donate their organs, or fails to notify of their wishes after their death, Their organs can be taken for what ever purpose the harvesting team want them for, This is not mentioned or made clear on the donation website. Also the donors family still have the final say,ViewDate:
5th Feb 2019Richard65 commented on:
Should a statue of Margaret Thatcher be erected in her home town?She was a work horse. Wish she was here to sort out Brexit. When ever she went over to Brussels she always seemed to come back with trade deals and a fist full of rebates, time and time again.ViewDate:
18th Jan 2019Richard65 commented on:
Will you be stocking up on provisions for post-Brexit?Get prisoners to do it.ViewDate:
18th Jan 2019Richard65 commented on:
Will you be stocking up on provisions for post-Brexit?The other thing that annoys me about out of season produce is the amount of air miles these items clock up. Do we really need grapes from Chilli so we can have them on December? By the time we buy these items they only have a very short shelf life. I suspect that there are a lot of mums out there who lack basic cookery skills. I feel that sometimes when you have 19-year old mums, they lack basic life skills. How can they pass these skills onto a younger generation if they never learnt them in the first place. As a child of the 50's some of us still remember those times of helping mother in the kitchen and licking out the mixing bowl. Or Gran teaching us how to cook fresh fish. Now a days it's all so different. "Shut-up", mums talking on the phone, go take £5 out of my purse, and go and get a burger. Yes, l am cynical, sorry.ViewDate:
17th Jan 2019Richard65 commented on:
Will you be stocking up on provisions for post-Brexit?I am rather old fashioned in my views. I personally dont want to see or buy strawberries in January, or buy any out of season produce. Bring back cooking in schools, show tomorrow's children how to cook using available seasonal, locally grown produce. Keep your Spainsh tomatoes, your cabbage from Holland, and dont even get me going on French golden delicious?ViewDate:
17th Jan 2019Richard65 commented on:
Will you be stocking up on provisions for post-Brexit?We are Silversurfers. We know all about hard times. We adapt and cope. We may have a quiet moan and just get on with it. It will be hard to begin with at first, but we'll manage. We are after all British and proud.ViewDate:
5th Dec 2018Richard65 commented on:
Are you leading a 'healthy life'?Sadly, I think that a lot of the younger generation coming up now lack the basic cooking skills. I know when I was a lad, we had domestic science at school. Also we had mother's and grandmothers who would teach and show us how to cook foods. Basic things like how to gut a fish, or even cooking fresh fish. Making pastry, my grans steak & kidney puddings were to die for, and homemade Spotted dick and steam puddings. I bet no one knows how to make dough boys with beef stew anymore. Now a days mums seem too busy writing txt messages, or talking on their mobiles. Here's £5, go and get yourself a Happy meal from McDonald's. Kids fed, job done.ViewDate:
21st Nov 2018Richard65 commented on:
Will you be spending on Black Friday?This is just another platform of American advertising. I don't hold with this form of marketing. I'd like to think I am a lot more savvy.ViewDate:
21st Nov 2018Richard65 commented on:
Will you be watching I'm a Celebrity this year?Sorry, it's just not my cuppa tea. Same as X Factor and BGT, I think they've just become tired and boring.ViewDate:
25th Oct 2018Richard65 commented on:
Is it cruel to dress up dogs for Halloween?This is once again our own fault, We were once a proud nation with our own history and moral values, But for some strange reason we seem to want to emulate American culture. We are now doing trick or treat, and doing stupid, silly stuff. Halloween in this country (particularly in the south West). used to be a pagan festival and taken seriously as the feast of Samhain.ViewDate:
18th Oct 2018Richard65 commented on:
Would you support a delay to the final EU departure?I really don't understand any of this. Why did we have a referendum in the first place? When Britien joined the Common Market in January 1973, there was no referendum if we should join, Ted Heath just took us in. The people didn't have a vote. Today's EU is nothing like the Common Market which we first joined. So, why are the people being asked to vote on leaving, when they never had a voice in joining in the first place. Even now, Europe is dictating to us as to what we should do about the Irish border, and if we don't obey we will be punished. If it wasn't for the bravery of the British people, there wouldn't be a europe at all today. This is the thanks we get. It's like there putting two fingers up to us. Please someone tell me why should the people of this country have to pay a divorce payment, when no one voted to join the EU in the first place?ViewDate:
25th Sep 2018Richard65 commented on:
Did you watch Bodyguard on BBC?It would appear that you can please some of the people some of the time.... If Bassetts made TV programs would they suit allsorts? British TV at it's best. But for me, the best actress I've seen so far this year has been Jodie Comer, for role as Villanelle in Killing Eve. BrilliantViewDate:
4th Sep 2018Richard65 commented on:
Is climate change an urgent problem?Donald Trump says it's all fake news and all made up and an American president would never tell lies.... would they?ViewDate:
17th Aug 2018Richard65 commented on:
Is 16 too young to join the Army?Boadicea? Wasn't she a driver in the military?ViewDate:
16th Aug 2018Richard65 commented on:
Would you get Botox or fillers done on the High Street?I can't help feel that this is a downward slope. 8-years ago we saw the high street tattoo artists spring up and while a lot of people who wanted a tattoo but couldn't afford it, a back street market soon sprung up along with the rise in all towns and cities of Hepatitis C, due to the use of dirty needles and equipment. A lot of those high street tattoo shops now offer a laser removal service. Who's going to pay for botched up Botox job? I know, maybe the NHS should fit the bill.ViewDate:
15th Aug 2018Richard65 commented on:
Speakers Corner CommentsHi Poppie, firstly may I say how sorry I am for your loss. I totally agree with what you are saying. I too lost my wife some 20-years ago and can concur with everything you say. I used to hate it when people would try and comfort you with words and phrases like: 1. Don't worry deary, times a great healer, you'll soon get over it. 2. I know just what your going through, I lost my mother many years ago. 3. Throw yourself into your work so you don't dwell on the past too much. 4. Oh and there was always, "Come on mate, she's been dead now for over a year, time to move on and climb back up on the horse". Looking back at this time I came to realise that grief and bereavement are very private and personal feelings and emotions. I my case it was a terrible time as my wife took her own life. I think at this time I had endured every conceivable emotion. Bitterness, anger, emptiness, loneliness etc. So, when ever people use to say, I lost my mother, I know just what your going through, They would get a very sharp retort. No you haven't got a Bl**dy clue what I'm going through, you've not got the faintest idea. I also remember feeling that I had failed somehow, and believed that these emotions were mine, I owned them. So, all I can say is go on and rant away. I'd never say that I know just what your going through as these feelings and emotions are yours and yours alone. No body can understand, only you. This is all very much in the past, and is now very much apart of the chapters of my life's rich tapestry. Good Luck to you PoppiexxViewDate:
15th Aug 2018Richard65 commented on:
Speakers Corner CommentsI'm glad you've posted up this question rockyboy2, I still have enough memory cells to remember back to the time when we first joined the then Common Market. Before we joined though, I remember President General De Gaulle vetoing our application and refusing us to join. When finally Prime Minister Ted Heath took us in to the Common Market, there was no referendum from the British people, so our entry could even now be deemed as being illegal, as this was done without the will of the people. What should also be remembered is that today's European Union is nothing like the old Common Market. And, once again, no British person has ever been asked if we should join the European Union. This too happened without the will of the people. If what I am saying is true, then why should we have to seek permission to leave, and why do me have to pay any divorce payments? I believe that repeated governments have sold Britain out time and time again. I shall never trust a politician again, I have no faith in any of the parties. (I'm glad I got that off my chest, I feel a lot better) ThanksViewDate:
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14th Aug 2018Richard65 commented on:
Just joined so I'm introducing myself.Well Hello folks, My names Richard, I'm 65 years young and a newby, so I hope you'll be gentle with me. I live in Stoke-on-Trent (Although I'm from North London) with my wife Chris. I had a liver transplant almost two years ago, due to alcohol and liver cancer. I'm now in my third youth and fighting fit again. Out of totally respect to my liver donor, I am now raising awareness of Alcohol-related Liver Disease. This has been an uphill struggle as local MP's and council officials aren't interested in addressing this issue. Over the three years from 2013 to 2015, 155 people in Stoke-on-Trent died from alcohol-specific causes, 110 men and 45 women. That’s an annual rate of 22.5 per 100,000 people, twice the national average rate of 11.5 per 100,000. In 2015/16 there were 2,494 hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions, and still no one cares. I've put together my own website in order to raise awareness of this problem: http://www.taep.co.uk/ Hopefully I can get to meet some equally mind people who I can get to know.ViewDate:
14th Aug 2018Richard65 commented on:
Managing Type 2 DiabetesNo mention of it here, but liver damage can also be a cause of Type 2 Diabetes. Here the liver can become so badly scared that it becomes insulin resistant. I've had many a diabetic nurse tall me, "Oh it's your pancreas not producing enough insulin, when in fact the pancreas is having to work overtime. Also it is possible that the bodies CRTC2 genes aren't working as they should.ViewDate:
14th Aug 2018Richard65 commented on:
Should smokers, drinkers, drug users and obese people be charged to see the doctor?I was born back in the early 1950's we grew up with second hand smoke. Smoking was cool and an accepted grownup thing to do. You weren't a grown up unless you smoked, And, if you didn't smoke you were a wimp. During the 50's and 60's it was the smokers that kept the NHS running due to the tax paid to the government. And, if you managed to save up enough Embassy or No6 coupons you could send away for an iron lung. I went on to develop a problem with alcohol. This is seen as being a disease. I don't drink at all now. But should I have been punished. I hate the fact that we are often looked upon as being a burden upon the NHS as we are living longer. We are the ones who have spent our lives paying into the system, and still remain to do so and everything is still taxed. What we should maybe ask is, Can we get a rebate if we don't need to use the NHS?ViewDate:
14th Aug 2018Richard65 commented on:
Are shirtless pictures of Poldark sexist double-standards?I much prefer the old days, (hell, I never thought I'd hear myself using that phrase). I'm now 65 And I much prefer the days when ladies were ladies and men were gentlemen. We didn't have sexism back then, Oh you did have the work men from the local building site shouting, "Ello Darling". but apart from that you could pay a woman a compliment but now your not allowed as it can be regarded as being sexist. You can't say, Oh Mrs Jones your looking very well, have you lost weight, or Mrs Jones your hair looks lovely. Now we can only nod and walk past. Besides, most of the time people won't see you as their too busy texting on their mobiles so you'll just be ignored, Which I still regard as being rude,ViewDate:
5th Aug 2018Richard65 commented on:
Is 16 too young to join the Army?Yes, I joined the RAF when I was 17 and a half. These days a person joining could get fast-tracked for promotion and certain trades require you to have an acting junior NCO rank, such as military police. One of the reasons I came out of the RAF after my 15 years was because one evening in the NAAFI, I saw a corporal who must have been around 18-years old crying because someone had punched him. Besides, the human body is still growing at that age. The human liver takes 21-years to fully grow. -
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