Bloody Hell…

Was listening to the radio this afternoon and the plea that was put forward for blood donations. Made me think about blood and why we have a shortage of blood… I mean blood is free? Isn’t it? Maybe not… My dad felt very strongly about his blood. He always used to complain when I would say I am going to go donate blood. He would just rant and rave about how we go DONATE blood only to have to buy it back when we need it. You must understand that my Dad was an Irishman full of opinions and gesticulations. So where does this leave me on donating blood? Well, It would appear that even though I would love to donate it is not possible for me to do this as each time I have gone my blood pressure had other ideas.. In fact I have been scraped off the...