I’ll get the ramble out of the way first… Do I owe anyone email? I have now figured out how to stop Twitter filling my inbox with notifications for every damn thing but until I did that, I was swamped. … Continue reading
It’s no longer just a theory. We are forced to pay taxes for the billions that get poured into the NHS so the NHS can dictate how we live. Obamacare will do the same thing in the USA, if it … Continue reading
I have written horrible things. ‘The Sweet Man’. ‘The Gate Race’. ‘Fireman’. Cruel, nasty scary things, but they were all fiction and labelled as such. You were not supposed to believe them outside your dark dreams. There are things that … Continue reading
Would you pay £70 every time you had to visit the doctor? If you have a long-term recurring condition, probably not. If, like me, the time between visits is measured in years and sometimes decades, it’s not that much at … Continue reading
I have in my hand a piece of paper. It’s a letter from the local medical service, who wouldn’t recognise me if I went in there wearing a name badge. It’s staffed mainly by people who were still at school … Continue reading
I skipped Smoky-Drinky tonight. The weather isn’t bad, it’s above freezing but I just couldn’t be arsed going out. I have double-shifts next week and the week after, although the second week only adds the 3-hour evening shift which is … Continue reading
Tipped by M. McF, in email, here is someone who should know stating this: Tobacco tax more than pays for NHS health costs associated with smoking. That was in 1997. Since then, tobacco costs have increased and the number of … Continue reading
Melanoma is not (yet) related to smoking, drinking or being overweight. If you have it, you might be one of the thirty per cent who wouldn’t die at once if you had access to a certain drug. “On the basis … Continue reading
I’m supposed to be working but some nights you just can’t get into it. Anyhoo. In the modern world of witchdoctor-science you can get funding for anything that matches The Agenda even if your results have more hard centres than … Continue reading
Whatever happened to the destruction of the NHS to be wrought by smokers? It seems we’ve been demoted. It now appears that drinkers will overwhelm the NHS by 2015. Dog Shagger, of Puritans United, stated – “With the prime minister … Continue reading
