This one is much bigger than my old one. What is more I didn't have to pay for it. Our government has a scheme where if you are on a pension and don't have any savings, you can get two new whitegoods in ten years.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Another week gone.
Don't seem to have done much, but the week has flown. It is getting warm again. Which worked out well as I had my new refrigerator delivered yesterday and was able to defrost the old one easier.
This one is much bigger than my old one. What is more I didn't have to pay for it. Our government has a scheme where if you are on a pension and don't have any savings, you can get two new whitegoods in ten years.
Not that you can judge the size from the photos. Should have taken them from the same distance. Silly me.
As you can see this needed replacing, with all the rust in the body. It also iced up at the back.
The original, the bottom one, has the freezer on the bottom, the new one the freezer on the top. Could be a bit neater, but have a lot of Rohan's food in here. He is going to use my old one until he can find/afford a new one.
Apart from that, today I have been cleaning up Jay's rooms, he is soooooo untidy. Will look good for a day or two :D after he gets back.
This one is much bigger than my old one. What is more I didn't have to pay for it. Our government has a scheme where if you are on a pension and don't have any savings, you can get two new whitegoods in ten years.
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Nice looking new fridge! Great idea that you have a possibility to get some from the government when you're retired. Seems like there's a lot of good things in Australia that should be used elsewhere, too. Lot's of sad news about the elder people's lifes when needed some help and it's been postponed or even discarded. One example is of an 75 year old woman, who got sick and needed to be taken into a hospital. The stay has been now over two months, 'cos they don't seem to have time for the doctors to examine her properly. Once she asked for a clean mug of water before going to sleep and the nurse told her she will get one in the morning... What?! I'm so pissed about these heartless acts recently I've written an article of it to the local newspaper. Don't know if it's going to be published or not, but hoping. If we say we have an affluent society, we should also keep it up. Otherwise we just pretend. The public service is badly needing more doctors, specialists and nurses, so why not hire them? Finland is giving millions of euros for different kinds of things abroad, but our own people are still suffering. So unfair. I think it's important to take care of your "own" first and then when everything goes on smoothly, then there's time for help others. Sorry, my burst - being on the issue so tightly lately, I suppose.
It's good that the old fridge is going to the use, too.
Your globe is SO beautiful! Good of you to get it ready so fast! I'm sure it would've taken lot longer for me to finish - I'm a slow puzzler. :) Though I like it - would like it, if we would have the place for doing some.
Be well!
Don't apologize for your outburst, I feel the same way. We spend millions on refugees that come by boat (you may have heard) and a lot of them do not qualify as refugees.
We also spend millions on overseas aid, but our own indigenous people suffer all sorts of diseases that could be prevented with the right help.
That lady having to use a dirty cup, that is disgusting. I bet all your animals get clean dishes. Good on you for writing to the papers. Hope it does get published, and something is done about it.
The dirty cup is only one issue on top of a really large iceberg. But one thing leads to another. Dirty dishes, dirty water, bacterias, more illnesses... Not to speak of the way our elders are treated in some of our public elders' homes - using sleeping pills to keep people quiet, changing diapers only once a day (?!!), giving a bath only once a week, or even once in a month... If the elders doesn't have any family or close friends to help them, they will also stay inside for the rest of their lives - there's no-one to take them for a short walk or getting them sitting outside for a bit of sun at summers. So sad!
I'm happy to live in a family that takes care of eachother. We've always been there for our own elders, and at times helped others nearby, too. We looked after our grandmothers and made visiting schedule together with our cousins, not to disturb with a too many people at the same time. We made arrangements for doing shoppings, cooking, cleaning the appartment, helping on showerings, washing dishes, going for walks etc. So that there was something for every day, but not the same every time.
The neighbours of my father's mother came to accompany us at times when we went out and at times we arranged some yard happenings with barbequing some sausages/blins or taking some of our pets with us to our visit. Everyone seemed so pleased. And our grandmother liked also, to get some attention from her new friends. She was shy and this kind of activity encouraged the neigbours to be in contact with her even when we weren't there.
Some of the elders didn't have anyone to visit them; no family and friends died earlier. So, it's a lot up to the family and friends these days to give some entertainment for the elders that are already living in some public houses...
But the main care should come from the government, if there's not enough money to use the private service. As quite rare actually has.
Well, there's a lot to be changed for the better here in Finland. Elders as well as child care are the most badly handled at the moment, I think. "Efficiency and savings" - todays big words. :(
Hope we can get things better as soon as possible. I think some kind of a limit is now crossed and we just HAVE to do something.
Some of our places are good,but some are nearly as bad as you have mentioned.
It is good you have a good strong family ethic. This has disappeared a lot all over the world I think. And one of the problems.
If young people had more respect for their elders it would be a happier world.
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