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From: Ken Smith on 12 Nov 2006 12:33 In article <tf7el2536vl0cf68g917co2057924gdm0l(a)4ax.com>, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: [....] >While that may be true, it has little to do with the fact that some >laws are derived from religious prohibitions. Murder and theft are >among them, and if you agree that their proscription is necessary, >then your statement: "I do object to being subject to >religion-derived law though." becomes largely nonsensical. I object to using the utterances of drunks on the street as the basis for circuit design. As I was walking to work last week, a drunk in the street said "make it 4.99K". Later that day when I calculated the resistance needed I got 4.98K and decided to use the next standard value. Does the fact that the drunk said it first make my objection nonsense? -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 12:34 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > >> Are you assigned to a doctor > >> who has to OK other specialists' services? > > > >Your GP ( general practicioner ) will refer you to > >a specialist if you need one. > >Once you see the specialist then he/she will > >determine the course of treatment. > > That is the procedure in the US now. Fine. > >> Can you walk into > >> a cardiologist's office and get treated or do you have to > >> be "vetted" through a series of physicians' offices and labs > >> to get to that heart doctor? > > > >Just your GP. > > So you do have to be vetted. You already have limited access. Well.... the GP is certainly not going to send hypochondriacs to see a specialist without good reason ( thereby wasting their time ) is he/she ? Also, depending on the disease he may have a better idea of who you should see most usefully rather than you walking in off the street to any consultant's office. > When, or if, your GP infrastructure goes to pieces, you'll have > no access. Why would the GP infrastructure 'go to pieces' any more than anything else in the developed world ??? GP's *like* the NHS system ! It works in everyone's interest. You seem to be looking for non-existent flaws. Graham
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 12:35 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > How do you get a new GP if you are unhappy with yours? You say you want to move. > Will that > new GP take new patients? If s/he doesn't, where do you go? The local health authority may offer you a new GP or you may have one in mind and ask them to take you. Graham
From: Ken Smith on 12 Nov 2006 12:45 In article <ej7bp3$8qk_025(a)s851.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >In article <ej53mo$u2c$5(a)blue.rahul.net>, > kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: >>In article <sq15h.3588$IR4.1362(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>, >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>[....] >>>I would argue that anybody who is still making minimum wage after any time >>>at all in a job, isn't productive and doesn't deserve to be rewarded. >> >>There are some who are working at the limit of their ability. These >>people still deserve enough of a wage to live on. I have, indirectly, >>employed such a person in the past. He showed up for work on time and >>remained for the required time, but instructions to him needed to be made >>without subordinate clauses because he could not parse them. He is never >>going to get promoted into management no matter how hard he works. > >The grocers hire people who think this way. They are their best >workers. Now why do you assume that these types have to be >paid only minimum wage and never get performance raises? The "have to" is an interesting part of your comment. It suggests that you think there may be an external force at work that holds them to minimum wage. This person who can't follow complex instructions is on one side of the negotiations on the other we have a manager with experience at keeping their wages low. They aren't going to get the raise by negotiation skill. The company that employs them is not a charity. Their purpose is to make a profit for their shareholders. They won't be raising the wages spontaneously. There is very little competition for workers at the very low end of the scale. There are few jobs that really need to be done that they are able to do. The result is that this person will work for the minimum wage. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 12:51
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >"Ben Newsam" <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message > >> > >> (or if immobile, I ask to be visited at home), > > > >Is this a standard form of care in the UK? We haven't had doctors in > >general make house-calls here in the US for at least 40 years. > > I did. My doctor was one of the few who was still in business > for himself and hadn't started to work for a conglomerate. Most NHS GPs have 'group practices' - often 4 or so working together. Some do practice individually and others run larger outfits with additional services too. My own GP is in one of the larger groups. They have nurses too to deal with routine stuff like innoculations for travel. IIRC these were free too when I last had some. Here's their website. http://www.lodgesurgery.co.uk/ Graham |