On 16/05/2021 14:36, Nick Odell wrote:

[1]I kept on going to places where they wouldn't take my blood for six
months after I came back, but then I went back to those places again,
rinse and repeat
Now I'm considered too old to start again.

I had the opposite problem I was living in places that wouldn't take my
blood donations because I had lived in the UK during the mad cow era.

I did donate in the UK when I was running a venue that they used. They
were a very impressive logistic operation turning a village hall into a
hospital ward in about 40 minutes and ripping it down even faster.

I stopped giving blood when they made it too difficult. Initially I
could walk over the road to do it. Then I had to drive 4 miles. Now I
would have to make a round trip of 24 miles and pay for parking.
(and they wonder why they are short of donors)

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Regards,
Martin Brown