I think in pure capacity to consume and then carry on as if nothing has happened the next morning, the Czechs or Poles win. But NATO enlargement has certainly made for a more interesting ‘league’.
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Dog trapped a nerve in his spine last week.
Getting better but emptying bank accounts.
But currently he’s out cold on his back..something tells me he’s healing up
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The Met getting out ahead of a story for a change, viral video of an incident followed by immediately releasing the Body Worn Video.
The incident itself grinds my gears but the actions of the officers and the job being media savvy makes me very happy.
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5 posts were merged into an existing topic: Arming the Police?
Gotta act fast at the moment. Look at the Epsom nonsense for an apparently mistaken report.
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Just closed my first sale at work, £6.6k net up on the board.
This is a win for me, cheeky upsell as my job is all about renewals.
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His response the Polanski was awesome:
“apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of polcing in the real world”
or in other words
“screw you and the horse you rode in on.”
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I thought you moved to Sweden, not Derry?
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MMH: wokka fuelling up at the heliport in my metaphorical back garden and departing while hearing it with the patio doors open 
MMH. 16 Air Assault Brigade doing their thing (the non-warry thing anyway) with a successful jump into Tristan da Cunha. Plus that supply drop going to plan too.
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And then all the Facebook comments saying they can’t see their GP but these guys got paratroopers 
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Yeah. But half the problem with seeing your GP relates to the epic hurdle that is the receptionist. Mine takes her lead from Gandalf in FOTR.
“You cannot pass.”
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The Royal Army Medical Service, formed 202(3/4) has now had more Operational Parachute jumps this century than The parachute regiment…
Maybe we should get rid of 3 Para
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I take it not all surgeries kinda work on the same wavelength as mine.
Me: Calls at 8 am…(ok may take 129 recalls in 15 mins to get through) is it possible to see a Dr
Nail Technician: Yes, you are on the list and will be called back by 11 am.
Me: Gets call back from Dr at 10:59 am
Not all contact with the Dr requires face-to-face for me, which is not too bad.
It’s a shame it’s taken Covid to make this happen, as it saves me sitting around people who have more bugs than me.
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Mine operates two triage times.
0800 - 0930 and 1300 - 1400
Two surgeries in neighbouring small towns.
You call them up, go on the waiting list. They have a selection of open appointments between the two surgeries that day… or, they make an appointment for another time there and then. It’s normally always with a duty doctor.
They sort prescriptions, sick notes, it’s very efficient.
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The thing that really annoys me is when they don’t have an appointment that day, so they tell you to call back the next day.
The right thing to do would be to book you into a future appointment, but there’s clearly some kind of trickery going on to cheat targets or performance metrics. They shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it.
Our GP has 3 different surgeries, so better options to get an appointment - as long as driving isn’t an issue. Similar triage system.
Don’t forget that many surgeries have an on-line appointment booking system, so you can sometimes avoid the telephone guardians! 
That would require a change in government policy though… Currently they want all patients seen in 24 hours so the simplest solution is to call that day for an appointment then as long as you get through, you’ll be seen in the 24 hours!
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