From: Eeyore on


Ben Newsam wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:34:13 +0000, Eeyore
> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Ben Newsam wrote:
> >> On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:42:47 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I just buy a bottle once in a very long while, then keep
> >> >refilling it from the tap because it's a convenient container to carry water
> >> >around with me as I go about my job.
> >>
> >> Me too, but only because our very soft tap water is almost
> >> indistinguishable from Evian. Once it has been left to stand to rid it
> >> of its slight chlorination, I would say it actually tastes better.
> >
> >Where's that Ben ?
>
> Sheffield.

That figures. It's really quite hard water here near London.

Graham


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Sorcerer wrote:

> "Ben Newsam" <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
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From: jmfbahciv on
In article <9offl211jg34dcjnvbklqkeetfaa686dq1(a)4ax.com>,
Ben Newsam <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Nov 06 14:00:10 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>In article <455638E2.B76D8B7A(a)hotmail.com>,
>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>I'm wondering if BAH thinks we have our treatment 'rationed'.
>>
>>Would you know if that happened? Since you can't "shop around"
>>and compare, you cannot find out if your treatment is rationed,
>>especially its efficacy.
>
>All health systems of whatever sort are limited by cost. An
>insurance-based scheme will give up long before the NHS, however.

That is one of the reasons an NHS doesn't work well. It takes
a long time to figure out that something isn't working and then
decades to adjust policies that will fix it. Meanwhile the
original problem has been replaced with new problems. None
ever get fixed because the lag time is so long.

/BAH