Kirstine
@keastick.bsky.social
Adopted Yorkshirewoman, NHS virologist, knitter
1986 Kirstine - wouldn’t it be nice if the US and Russia could just get along?
2026 Kirstine - erm, not like that!
2026 Kirstine - erm, not like that!
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
1986 Kirstine - wouldn’t it be nice if the US and Russia could just get along?
2026 Kirstine - erm, not like that!
2026 Kirstine - erm, not like that!
Realised I haven’t expounded the Eastick Joss Stick Index here, whereby I deny the passage of time by noting that a packet has cost £1-£1.50 for the last 35 years. I also noticed today that Maybelline Great Lash mascara was £5.29 in Savers - an inflation-busting increase of 30p on 1999 prices.
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Realised I haven’t expounded the Eastick Joss Stick Index here, whereby I deny the passage of time by noting that a packet has cost £1-£1.50 for the last 35 years. I also noticed today that Maybelline Great Lash mascara was £5.29 in Savers - an inflation-busting increase of 30p on 1999 prices.
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I will reiterate. Flu seasons are like babies. You know you’re getting one; when it arrives carries some uncertainty. You know it is going to give you a bad time, but exactly what sort of a bad time emerges gradually.
December 13, 2024 at 7:56 PM
I will reiterate. Flu seasons are like babies. You know you’re getting one; when it arrives carries some uncertainty. You know it is going to give you a bad time, but exactly what sort of a bad time emerges gradually.
In a rare move I’ve hit ‘remove’ on a Facebook friend suggestion. In the past I’ve ignored loads of people - my step kids’ mum and her husband, toxic colleagues and once my GP. But this guy has an uncanny resemblance to Matt Hancock, and he just had to go.
October 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
In a rare move I’ve hit ‘remove’ on a Facebook friend suggestion. In the past I’ve ignored loads of people - my step kids’ mum and her husband, toxic colleagues and once my GP. But this guy has an uncanny resemblance to Matt Hancock, and he just had to go.
An idea for a trial. What if the NHS picked a couple of trusts to have an unlimited IT budget? No fancy AI stuff (sorry Matt and Wes), just everyone having up-to-date, sufficient computers and accessories, well-staffed help desks, decent internet bandwidth, (1/2)
October 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
An idea for a trial. What if the NHS picked a couple of trusts to have an unlimited IT budget? No fancy AI stuff (sorry Matt and Wes), just everyone having up-to-date, sufficient computers and accessories, well-staffed help desks, decent internet bandwidth, (1/2)
On a train. Just heard someone’s satnav say ‘in a quarter of a mile, please turn left’.
September 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
On a train. Just heard someone’s satnav say ‘in a quarter of a mile, please turn left’.
Have received a message via the NHS app ‘is the patient aware he has pre-diabetes?’ There’s more than one problem here…
September 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Have received a message via the NHS app ‘is the patient aware he has pre-diabetes?’ There’s more than one problem here…
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Thys meetinge koude have been a poignant and thought-provokinge expressionist filme
September 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Thys meetinge koude have been a poignant and thought-provokinge expressionist filme
Everything is really complicated, and a lot of it is difficult. This is life. Don’t kick against the pricks, just do what you can. This is life.
August 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Everything is really complicated, and a lot of it is difficult. This is life. Don’t kick against the pricks, just do what you can. This is life.
Re-reading this, probably too late but should I have been a dentist?
Trying to re-follow people from the Other Place, but realising that, like characters in novels (or in fact sometimes people I actually know), I don’t actually carry their names in my head but rather a sort of impressionistic amalgam.
August 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Re-reading this, probably too late but should I have been a dentist?
Husband mentioned that something is happening on 29th July. Oh, says I, Charles and Di’s wedding anniversary! His oddly remembered date is 14.02.66, when Australia adopted decimal currency (he’s not Australian). Does everyone have one of these?
July 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Husband mentioned that something is happening on 29th July. Oh, says I, Charles and Di’s wedding anniversary! His oddly remembered date is 14.02.66, when Australia adopted decimal currency (he’s not Australian). Does everyone have one of these?
Now I’m the first to admit to being a wee bit pedantic. Today I’ve had the torture of a full day meeting with people Differently Pedantic to me! My brain is screaming with the Wrongness.
June 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Now I’m the first to admit to being a wee bit pedantic. Today I’ve had the torture of a full day meeting with people Differently Pedantic to me! My brain is screaming with the Wrongness.
In around 1993, my Rocky Horror Show-mad mate Claire dragged me to a production in the West End. We waited outside the stage door afterwards for the cast to emerge, and one Anthony Head (Frank) kissed me on the cheek. I’d like to say I haven’t washed since…
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In around 1993, my Rocky Horror Show-mad mate Claire dragged me to a production in the West End. We waited outside the stage door afterwards for the cast to emerge, and one Anthony Head (Frank) kissed me on the cheek. I’d like to say I haven’t washed since…
Debating with G whether the shortest long hour of the day is the one between 5am (middle of the night) and 6 (pretty much time to get up); or between 7pm (getting home and eating) and 8 (practically bedtime).
May 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Debating with G whether the shortest long hour of the day is the one between 5am (middle of the night) and 6 (pretty much time to get up); or between 7pm (getting home and eating) and 8 (practically bedtime).
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I am a pointless repository for many dead skills. Classic Gen X.
May 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I am a pointless repository for many dead skills. Classic Gen X.
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Question of the day: why are they called landlords when virtually all are tenants?
January 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Question of the day: why are they called landlords when virtually all are tenants?
Clearing my Mum’s flat. Shocking things you find out: Nan was pregnant with Mum when she got married and my parents were the tooth fairy, which was worse tbqh. I’m assuming they were my teeth, not going to get them DNA tested.
January 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Clearing my Mum’s flat. Shocking things you find out: Nan was pregnant with Mum when she got married and my parents were the tooth fairy, which was worse tbqh. I’m assuming they were my teeth, not going to get them DNA tested.
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now somebody tell me how my dog went out in the garden and came home with the clap??
December 28, 2024 at 12:25 PM
now somebody tell me how my dog went out in the garden and came home with the clap??
Shower thought this morning. Why is it called the COVID enquiry, instead of ‘Hindsight is 2020’?.
December 14, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Shower thought this morning. Why is it called the COVID enquiry, instead of ‘Hindsight is 2020’?.
I will reiterate. Flu seasons are like babies. You know you’re getting one; when it arrives carries some uncertainty. You know it is going to give you a bad time, but exactly what sort of a bad time emerges gradually.
December 13, 2024 at 7:56 PM
I will reiterate. Flu seasons are like babies. You know you’re getting one; when it arrives carries some uncertainty. You know it is going to give you a bad time, but exactly what sort of a bad time emerges gradually.
I fear I may shortly have to exert my power as a fluminence grise.
December 5, 2024 at 7:35 PM
I fear I may shortly have to exert my power as a fluminence grise.
My beloved has just coined the phrase (obviously referring to me) ‘moral turpentine’.
December 4, 2024 at 8:31 PM
My beloved has just coined the phrase (obviously referring to me) ‘moral turpentine’.
Trying to re-follow people from the Other Place, but realising that, like characters in novels (or in fact sometimes people I actually know), I don’t actually carry their names in my head but rather a sort of impressionistic amalgam.
November 13, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Trying to re-follow people from the Other Place, but realising that, like characters in novels (or in fact sometimes people I actually know), I don’t actually carry their names in my head but rather a sort of impressionistic amalgam.