Ingrid A

PLEASE READ 26th November

Sorry due to personal reasons I need to take a few days break. I will be thinking of all your angels and hope to be back to normal in few days time Love to all my friends and thank you all for your support. xxxx


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PLEASE READ

If your going on holiday
In the October school break
Please take a detector
And keep your self safe

Think Carbon Monoxide
And what it can do
This silent gas kills
Don't let it kill you

I don't mean to alarm
But this what I must do
I owe it to my grandchildren
And as my friend I owe it to you

Copyright© Ingrid Aspey 1/10/09




My name is Ingrid, Welcome to my garden.

On 26th Oct 2006 my grandchildren died of carbon monoxide poisoning whilst on holiday in Corfu with thier Daddy.

Until the EU change the law so all hotels have to have their boilers inspected annually by a corgi registered inspector as they have to be in this country, I would ask every parent to take a carbon monoxide detector with them when they go on holiday.

Most of us have a fire alarm in our homes because we are aware of the dangers of fire.

We should all be carbon monoxide aware and have a carbon monoxide detector fitted too.

If you don't have one fitted in your home please give it some thought, much better to be safe than sorry.


You cannot see it, smell it or taste it - but Carbon Monoxide (CO) can kill you. The elderly and young are at higher risk than healthy adults.


Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a toxic gas which can be emitted from any faulty heating or cooking appliance, petrol generator, or vehicle engine. CO can be emitted from any appliance burning combustible fuel e.g. gas (mains or bottled), solid fuel (coal, wood, etc) petrol, oil, paraffin. CO cannot be sensed using human senses. Special equipment, such as a flue gas analyzer, is needed to test appliances and/or the air in a room for CO. CO can poison in tiny amounts because it is taken up in preference to oxygen by the haemoglobin (the oxygen carrying part) in the blood. Less than 2% of CO in the air can kill in two minutes. Low level exposure of CO over a long period can cause brain and neurological damage.

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I wrote this poem after a particularly bad experience I had with someone I considered to be a close friend.


Betrayal Of A Confidence



To betray a friends confidence

is way below the belt

Having no compassion

for how that person felt



Betrayal of a confidence

cuts so very deep

So think before you gossip

don’t you find it hard to sleep?



You may need a friend

yourself some day

To tell your troubles to

Imagine how you’d feel

If they did the same to you



People say you live and learn

I certainly did with you

I’ll be more careful in the future

Who I tell my troubles to

copyright© Ingrid Aspey 3/8/09