On 01/05/18 20:42, Bill Wright wrote:
On 01/05/2018 19:40, Steve Walker wrote:

First I paced for a bit, then made a cup of tea, then sorted out the
power and aerial cabling for the TV and clipped the lid of the
mini-trunking back in place.

I tend to re-tune the waiting room TV if it can be done without the
remote. It annoys me when the tuning is wrong because in two of the six
hospitals I've been in since Christmas the TV distribution was done by
me and is now maintained by Paul.

Talking about Paul, when he and his twin sister were about to be born
there was some concern about the table that Hil was on, because one of
the legs was very loose. We'd arrived in the van so I went out and
grabbed a few tools and fixed it. It was surreal to be tightening the
bolts on a table leg as my wife was starting to eject my daughter just
above my head.

When I was in the operating theatre about to be made unconscious so Mr
Helm could rebuild my hand the anesthetist (a short plump Chinese lady)
came through the door. The auto door closer broke and a piece fell,
rolled down her ample bosom, and disappeared under an instrument
trolley. The door wouldn't stay shut because of the air cond and they
said they couldn't operate until it was because of germs or something,
so I said, "Get the bolt! It's gone under there!" A lanky lad retrieved
it and with me telling him how he managed to reach up and slot it into
place. The anesthetist said to me, "I'm going to put you to sleep now. I
hope we will be able to manage without your advice."

Bill


Those are truly some excellent yarns Bill