Author: Mike Nevin

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  Above and Beyond

  There are times when people do things that are above and beyond. They go out of their way to help you. Yesterday, Kelly from Persimmon…

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  No Fingered Typing

  I have a confession to make. Don’t get too excited. It’s not that. Or that. I never learnt to type. It’s not that either. When…

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  In A Galaxy Far, Far, Away…

  Star Wars must be the most disabled conscious movie franchise ever. Unrealistic and silly, of course. But, it has so many disabled people in it.…

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  One size doesn’t fit all

  I am totally behind more accessible housing and support any move that will increase accessible housing stock in this country. But one size does not…

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  Never Mind The Quality Feel The Length

  A repeat of a post I did a while back: Is quality a thing of the past? That seems a stupid question, after all everywhere…

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  Star Wars

  I have just watched Star Wars IV again. Something hit me that should be obvious to everyone. Luke says it to his aunt and uncle.…

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  Life Is But A Dream

  There are mornings that I wake up from a lovely dream. One in which I am walking, running, pain free. As I wake and turn…

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  False advertising

  I was in a passenger in a car recently, after a long time stuck in bed. I noticed things I had missed before. Road signs…

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  Disability Top Trumps

  Did you ever play that game as a child, ‘Top Trumps?’ It came in loads of forms, cars, boats etc. You would deal out cards…

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  M&M

  Mary & I, M&M as it said on or wedding cake, were eating a pack of M&M sweets; snap. Yes, I know, I don’t eat…

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  All Encompassing Fact

  You are probably expecting an amazing fact. Not an unreasonable assumption. After all, I have brought you blogs on why we don’t live forever. How…

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  Enabled by your Environment

  What a positive world we live in. Apparently I am not disabled, I am differently abled. I guess being negative is seen as… well… negative.…

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  If You Could Live Forever

  I’m not a doctor. A fact which will very quickly become apparent. Have you ever wondered why we don’t live forever? Evolutionary biologists, will be…

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  Something From Nothing

  I love the latest crop of adverts in my card games. Apparently, there is a new photo app that can take a blurred poor quality…

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  Let Me Summarize

  I have found a lot of factual books contain about an A5 flash card worth of content. It is a wonder that they manage to…

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  Too Much Smart Tech

  The other day I ended up in an argument with my digital assistants. I was telling Alexa to turn on the lights. She replied, rather…

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  The Greatest Goal

  I was playing a game today. It has Zen in the title, so I guess this is a Zen quote. It says, ‘There is no…

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  Titles

  You’re probably expecting me to announce that I have received a title in the New Years honours and it was just delayed in the post.…

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  Smiling Under Pressure

  A Tribute to The Women & Men of the NHS In January I was taken by ambulance to A&E at North Tees. This is my…

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  No Actual Gameplay Shown

  A year or two ago when I was a child. Yes, a year or two. Don’t be rude. There used to be a particular advert…