The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same...
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This time last year, I was worrying about a strange sensation of numbness that was creeping across my body as I was in training for the London Triathlon.
"It started on Monday last week, when I woke up with pins & needles in my right hand, and over the course of the week it has spread up my arm, down the right-hand side of my chest, ribs and back, and now seems to be working its way down my thigh. Although I have a kind of constant dull tingling feeling, I otherwise have sensation and full motor control and it is clearly not inhibiting me very much. But my pain receptors seem to have been dulled, even switched off, and everything I touch feels somehow very far away. It's a disconcerting feeling."
Around about this time two year's ago, I was reflecting on how little my job had changed since my outsourcing.
"Same job, same salary, same everything."
Plus ça change, eh?
This time last year, I was worrying about a strange sensation of numbness that was creeping across my body as I was in training for the London Triathlon.
"It started on Monday last week, when I woke up with pins & needles in my right hand, and over the course of the week it has spread up my arm, down the right-hand side of my chest, ribs and back, and now seems to be working its way down my thigh. Although I have a kind of constant dull tingling feeling, I otherwise have sensation and full motor control and it is clearly not inhibiting me very much. But my pain receptors seem to have been dulled, even switched off, and everything I touch feels somehow very far away. It's a disconcerting feeling."
Around about this time two year's ago, I was reflecting on how little my job had changed since my outsourcing.
"Same job, same salary, same everything."
Plus ça change, eh?
posted by swisslet @ 19:55
6 Comments:
At 9:09 am,
Anonymous said…
Any post with a title ripped from a Rush track needs a comment.
If only to sing nostalgia is the opium of the age.
No comments on the passing of Mr Barrett ? I have been following the obituaries closely and can't help wondering if anyone realises he left pink floyd before they recorded any of their magna opi.
I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like.
At 9:37 am,
swisslet said…
It's got a basket
A bell that rings
And things to make it look good
I'd give it to you if I could
But I borrowed it
.... ah, lyrical genius at work. I don't much like "See Emily Play" either.
Famous for being a drugs casualty and for making the room in the band for Dave Gilmour to join.
Syd Barrett, we salute you!
ST
At 9:38 am,
swisslet said…
...and nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
At 9:50 am,
Cat said…
I'm just delighted you didn't go for the hideous Keane track as a post title there... Although that would have been Everything Changes as opposed to nothing changes.
Cat
At 10:33 am,
swisslet said…
ah, Keane..... bless them.
You really need to meet Lord Bargain, I think you'd have lots to discuss.
ST
At 10:35 am,
Sarah said…
Ouch.
Now, now children, play nicely....
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