Ambassador for the Locks family
Fans of the napkin trick will be pleased to note that the next generation have taken up the mantle.
Moving work
Steve's department is moving from Newcastle General Hospital to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. We started commissioning the radiotherapy treatment machines there in February.
As you can see we use lots of high tech stuff, but still have room for some blocks on a piece of MDF.
Despite moving most of my stuff there, I still haven't unpacked it all but we have had a (kind of) fun and <*intense*> time getting the equipment commissioned.
Good news for nits (for a while)
Steve endured 6 months of ridicule.
Due to the no-patient contact scenario of commissioning at the Freeman Hospital for a few months, Steve (egged on by Amy) decided to try the experiment of growing facial adornment. For the full visual details see scruffy beard photo shoot and the beard removal ceremony.
By growing a beard I thought I might discover what beards are for. Here is what I found:
- It takes about a month to stop reaching for the shaver every morning.
- The wind in a mustache feels exactly like snot is trickling out of your nose (and sometimes it is).
- A nice little pool of dribble collects in the beard overnight.
- Beards are very cosy and warm if you stick your finger inside them.
- The worst stage is when your moustache grows just long enough that you can see the hair as you put food in your mouth. It takes about 3 weeks to get over the feeling that you are eating hairy food.
- When nibbling the chocolate off a nut it feels just like feeding a goat at Whitehouse farm.
- Most people don't tell you they thought your beard was absolutely disgusting, foul and horrible until you shave it off.
- Growing a beard does not help you discover what a beard is for.
