David's blog

I spent a large part of this afternoon, giving answers to questions to someone who was filling in the PIP for me.  I was doing this as they have decided to stop my DLA for some reason, therefore I have to reapply for the disability benefit which is now called PIP. The questionaire was not very nice as I had to tell them how, show them how disabled I was, basically prove that I was worthy of getting this pittance I get every month.  I have received this pittance for over 20 years and have relied on it for that length of time, they said I could have it for life but they have reneagedc on that deal surprise surprise, its very hard to take anything that people say today, as honest and this is very sad state of affairs. Now that I have filled in the form, I more than likely will have to  go for medical test, to 'prove' my disability I will feel like a performing seal.

This game tomorrow in Lens, a small stadium in comparison to most football stadium, feels like the most hyped sporting event of all time, its everywhere, and the words used are 'cup final', battle of Britain and many more.  Gareth Bale, has not been helping matters, he is enjoying way too much the winding up of the English. the English press and management are biting like anything.  I do understand why the Welsh players are behaving in such a way as they are just full of joy just to be here, and regardless of whatever happens tomorrow, Wales will still be buyant as they have achieved so much so far. In the end though this is just a football game and there is no need to run riot, which I guess the English are the best at, with the hype.  I am a bit gutted that I am not in France to be honest but maybe its best to stay away due to the trouble, but given the chance I would go I think.   Back to the hype, if this carries on I will not be able to last the month of foo...

Well, it has started, Wales's first appearance at a big footie competition for the first time in 58 years. I watched the game at home, and it was a good game for Wales as they won, it seemed to be a long game though, I guess, it was the tension, I did enjoy celebrating the goals though, even if they might have been a bit lucky, I guess they deserved the win as they had worked so hard for it, I think I put comms here and there when I right as I do like pauses I think Well its on to the next game now against England this game will have a different slant, due to the rivalry between the two teams.  Hopefully Wales will try their best again like they did last night, but it will be  a nervous affair for all concerned I reckon.  I will watch it at home as per usual I guess.  Going back to last night, when I got to the pub it was very lively in there were some lads from Liverpool staying up the road and had come down to the pub to watch the game, they made a lot of noise a...

Been umming and arrring about getting myself a bike, this route my motivate me to get on at last, and the exercise might stave off the perirls of old age which I came across today, this woman tried for about 10 minutes to put her coat on, while sitting on the bus, she had patience I give her that, I would have thrown the damn thing out of the window, in the end she needed a hand to do, and anyway, she did not need the rain coad, it dried up by the time the journey came to an end, it was sad to see really, how the ravages of old age affect people.  A while later, I went for lunch and this elderly man was having some food in this cafe which I was in and when he tried to get up from the chair and leave the table, he got himself tangled up in the chair somehow and I got up to help him but he had freed himslef bv that time, the chair was lodged against the chair behind and the legs were blocking him, and he was stuck between the legs and the table, how a simple day to day thing can...

I bought a digital audio workstation a while ago, problem is my eyesight has trouble seeing colour, and contrast, and for many weeks now, since getting the daw, I have been trying to find a way to make the contrast of the channel strip easier to see, then I will be able to see the mute function properly which at the moment is difficult and therefore I do not know which channel is playing, my friend who is an experienced audio engineer says I need to learn to distinguish the tracks, to know which ones are playing and which are not, this takes practise much longer than it takes to use the mute button.  The program I use is Studio one and from the help guide, information, there does not seem to be a way of changing the channel strip colours, I have messed about with accessibilty functions on here but they have come up with nothing as yet, I guess I will keep trying I do not want to spend money on another daw which is more accessible if don't have to, so I will persevere with this one ...

I went swimming this morning, and had the pool all to myself, usually there is a group of disabled people in there, maybe they had week off, so they gave me the week off too, a week off of trying to swim around them.  I am having trouble with the goggles though, they keep steaming up, I have tried a couple of things to no avail, I will try something else next time, I read something on here, that liquid soap is good, so I baught some of that today, I eventually found some in tesco after going round and round the shelves a few time, I bought hand wash, which I assume is the same thing as liquid soap. After the swim like I said, I went to tesco and while there I baught a jar of beetroot and a couple of other things.  On the way from tesco, I could feel the bag slipping off my shoulder, as it was heavy, so I jerked it up, this was outside the computer shop, the next thing I heard was the jar of beetroot falling on the floor, I had obviously not closed the rucksack zip properly, ...

Well I have started to 'read' or is that listen to audio books, its possible now to download an app which will read the book while its on your phone, which can be handy for long boring bus journeys, the only problem I see, is the limited selection, I put in loads of serches and the book was not there, maybe they will beecome available in time, which I guess will be good for other users. I guess also the selection is limited as reading a book is much more popular than listening to one.  I have also used ebooks the selection is limited there too but not as limited as audiobooks, I guess the change from the paper version of a book will take time, but the sooner it happens, I guess the trees will be glad.  There will be no need to bookshelves then, and there will not be a library as such I guess, though the day when books are not in print will still take a while to get here I reckon. The main issue with audiobooks is staying awake I find, especially if the person reading the thi...