The Waiting Man

Someone I've known since 1988, worked with for about 3 years & played in a couple of music projects with was at the NYE gathering L-SP & I attended last night &... oh dear

We'd already found out she was an Anti-Vaxxer when our regular NYE hosts contacted me about NYE2021-2... To their credit, they didn't ostracise her, but wanted everyone to know so they could make their own decision - which turned out to be moot anyway when, oh the irony, our hosts caught Covid!!

Anyway, she was there last night & I asked what she'd been up to during the year. Turned out she's 'working' with a group called NO 5G who are "looking to cause trouble where trouble needs to be caused"... What her beliefs are about chemtrails, the Illuminati Lizard People, a flat &/or hollow Earth & 9/11 being an inside job remain unknown, as I tried to both change the subject & get someone else involved in the conversation so I could gracefully withdraw from it...

I really don't know where to start with people like this, so maybe the best option is actually to stop

Thanks to the Banned Names List for today's header...

I spent most of today helping a friend, who recently had a fairly serious motorbike accident on the Great Ocean Rd, get around to some appointments & chores. Given that he has broken bones in both his feet, he's on crutches... Add to that, he has a couple of broken ribs, so the crutches are painful to use. The result is slow going & swearing. It hurts me to see him like this ~ god only knows how much it hurts him!

My question of the day:~ Why would an Orthopaedic Surgeon have consulting rooms on the 2nd floor of a building in the middle of a mall that's closed to traffic??!!??

... And my friend asked the same question. Twice. Once on the way up... & again on the way down. With more swear words than me...

I'm taking him to his CT scan on Friday at a north shore hospital notorious for parking. I'll probably leave him at the front door then search the surrounding suburb(s) for a space... or offer someone $20 to use their driveway for an hour