There is an interesting article in this month's The Oldie by Jodi Cudlipp about macular degeneration of the eyes.
Macular degeneration can affect the eyes of anyone over the age of 55 years.
Whilst not painful it is a great lifechanger as reading becomes very difficult.
The interesting thing is that very little was achieved at overcoming this problem until two men met at a meeting of the Edinburgh Macular Degeneration Society.
One of the men, Les Geddes is a clever inventor and the other gentleman, George Kay is good at marketing.
In the past to overcome the problem A device called a CCTV had to be purchased. This item is very expensive.
Now Messrs Geddes and Kay have produced a reader which costs only £65.
The reason this product is much cheaper is that retired engineers are giving their services free.
It's a nice story how people can come together to solve a problem which is very pressing for others.
If interested you can get further information on 0131 258 6482 or email geddesreader@hotmail.co.uk. No I've no connection and I'm not getting commission!!
Joke for today:- A man goes to an optician and says he keeps seeing spots before his eyes. "Have you seen a doctor? ask the optician. No replied the man "just spots"
On this day:-13th January
In 1926 Wyatt Earp died.
In 1979 Concorde began regular flights to Washington and Dallas.
John F.Beaumont
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Thursday, 13 January 2011
Friday, 7 January 2011
The Rewards for Spending More.
In the paper yesterday there was an article about a quango chief who ordered his staff to think up ways they could spend £1 million of public money.
Sir Andrew Cahn the gentleman in question wanted The UK Trade and Investment (the government's business promotion body) "to get money out of the door"
In a time of austerity he stated that the organisation was "heading for an underspend and wants to get money out of the door"
Whilst this gentleman was cought with his pants down (or rather his emails were published in the public domain) this is hardly an isolated instance.
When I was in business it was quite common for departments to make sure they spent all their budget since they feared that they would receive a smaller budgt the next year if they underspent.
This is crazy when you think about it. Surely it would be better to reward departments which underspent rather than penalise them.
The culture needs changing!
Joke for today:- Use the word information in a sentence. Geese always fly information.
On this day:- 7th January
In 1789 George Washington was elected the first USA president
In 1989 Emperor Hirohito of Japan died.
John F.Beaumont
Sir Andrew Cahn the gentleman in question wanted The UK Trade and Investment (the government's business promotion body) "to get money out of the door"
In a time of austerity he stated that the organisation was "heading for an underspend and wants to get money out of the door"
Whilst this gentleman was cought with his pants down (or rather his emails were published in the public domain) this is hardly an isolated instance.
When I was in business it was quite common for departments to make sure they spent all their budget since they feared that they would receive a smaller budgt the next year if they underspent.
This is crazy when you think about it. Surely it would be better to reward departments which underspent rather than penalise them.
The culture needs changing!
Joke for today:- Use the word information in a sentence. Geese always fly information.
On this day:- 7th January
In 1789 George Washington was elected the first USA president
In 1989 Emperor Hirohito of Japan died.
John F.Beaumont
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Great Weekend
Hi there.
Had a great weekend as Sue & I went to see my son Stephen & his partner Joe.
They live in Norwich which is one of my favourite cities.
Sue went to do some family history in the local library which is fabulous whilst Stephen, Joe and I went and looked around Norwich.
We had a bit of excitement at lunchtime when Sue discovered she had left her handbag which had her mobile phone and all her cards in at a local pub.
Fortunately she got it back with nothing missing.
Then when we were leaving on Sunday morning I backed into a wall. Not too much damage to the car just annoyed with myself!
Still it was a great weekend.
Whilst we were away Chris was working on my new website with the Six Figure Mentors Group which is nearly finished.I'm still getting a lot of interest in one of my other sites www.johnbeaumontcashmachine.com/bootcamp.
Thought for today. Are you keeping in touch with your family?
Joke for today:- The first half of your life is ruined by your parents and the second half by your kids!
On this day:- 14th December
In 1799 George Washington died
In 1911 Roal Amundsen was the first man to reach the South Pole
John F.Beaumont
Had a great weekend as Sue & I went to see my son Stephen & his partner Joe.
They live in Norwich which is one of my favourite cities.
Sue went to do some family history in the local library which is fabulous whilst Stephen, Joe and I went and looked around Norwich.
We had a bit of excitement at lunchtime when Sue discovered she had left her handbag which had her mobile phone and all her cards in at a local pub.
Fortunately she got it back with nothing missing.
Then when we were leaving on Sunday morning I backed into a wall. Not too much damage to the car just annoyed with myself!
Still it was a great weekend.
Whilst we were away Chris was working on my new website with the Six Figure Mentors Group which is nearly finished.I'm still getting a lot of interest in one of my other sites www.johnbeaumontcashmachine.com/bootcamp.
Thought for today. Are you keeping in touch with your family?
Joke for today:- The first half of your life is ruined by your parents and the second half by your kids!
On this day:- 14th December
In 1799 George Washington died
In 1911 Roal Amundsen was the first man to reach the South Pole
John F.Beaumont
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