tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post8671953241707000421..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: Healthy eating and an odour of sanctityMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-37434050188170911542011-08-02T21:14:59.333+01:002011-08-02T21:14:59.333+01:00'The NHS...can pay for little Miss Fussbucket ...<i>'The NHS...can pay for little Miss Fussbucket to go swanning round hectoring patients?</i><br /><br />Excellently put - I'll pass it on to my friend!<br /><br />AKH - those hairshirts weren't only ripe (it <i>was</i> untreated goat's hair, wasn't it?) but I seem to remember it being claimed that the more verminous they were, the saintlier the occupant.<br /><br />Ta, Demetrius; I agree there's much more to it than food, but I wonder if wartime rationing also played a part - along with a lack of chemical additives (of which more tomorrow); digging for victory had the added benefit of plenty of vitamin-rich fresh produce for anyone with a garden.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-1748157406715939152011-08-02T12:16:15.214+01:002011-08-02T12:16:15.214+01:00Nice to have you back. As a couple who have to be...Nice to have you back. As a couple who have to be fussy about food we go to all sorts of lengths as to what we get and where. It is getting more and more difficult as the choice of outlets shrinks and the supermarkets exert more control. What is astonishing in looking at archive films is how live and healthy so many young people looked in the 1940's and 1950's as opposed to today. The trouble is that it is much more complicated than just healthy eating. I suspect that sitting here on a hot day banging away at the machine will not do me much good!Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-36389929666758773082011-08-02T11:19:32.501+01:002011-08-02T11:19:32.501+01:00"The 'odour of sanctity' of the medie..."The 'odour of sanctity' of the medieval saints"<br /><br />Could have been their hairshirts too. Imagine how ripe they must have been.<br /><br />I agree about the new secular priestly caste, I think it has been with us for a long time. The role is sanctified by long tradition you might say.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-37803846676626124932011-08-02T10:51:45.791+01:002011-08-02T10:51:45.791+01:00So, the NHS can't afford to pay for people to ...So, the NHS can't afford to pay for people to keep the wards clean, but can pay for little Miss Fussbucket to go swanning round hectoring patients?<br /><br />If I ran that Trust, I'd give her a mop and tell her she might as well make herself useful!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com