Blog #Possible perils of blogging

Ivor’s Daily Gallivant Friday May 19, 2023: A near miss Learnt something new. I had two attempts to write the blog post which I lost just after completion. What happened was I was just about to publish and pressed: with the whole document highlighted ready to be transferred to my site page- when I pressed the space bar instead of the home bar (one is above the other on my iPad) which deleted the whole lot. It was 1.30 am (on 19/05/2023) way past my bedtime. So, I’m going. Decided to rewrite and publish it tomorrow. For me a good day is a day when I’ve learnt something and on 19/5/23 I learnt how to never accidentally delete a complete document on my iPad again. The secret is to press the lower keyboard icon before pressing the home key. Easy when you know how. I traveled halfway to Totton and turned back: It was starting to rain when I caught the bus from Holbury to Southampton and as it continued on its way the rain started coming down like an Old Testament Deluge. Luckily when I reached the MacDonalds stop and crossed the road to catch the West Totton bus, where Andy (aka The Scallywag) lives, it had eased off. My journey was to meet up with my friend Andy (aka The Scallywag) to play Scrabble, who had a blood test with his GP surgery. We had scheduled our meeting for later than usual and I had taken things at a leisurely pace to avoid being too early but now I would be late. I phoned to apologise, and Andy said he had a doctor's appointment early that evening because of an ingrown toenail. Like me he’s a diabetic if he has any cuts on his toes or damages his fee it’s possible that an amputation would be necessary. When I got home, I had a cup of tea and a ham sandwich and later found he’d messaged me asking if he could come round. I replied: ‘Scallywags are always welcome here’. In due course he came round and told me about what happened at the blood test and doctor's appointment and showed me the antibiotics he’d been given. Thanks to the diligence of the practice nurse, it looks like his big toe has been saved. But boy-it was a near miss!

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