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From: lucasea on 14 Nov 2006 09:15 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejccbj$8ss_002(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <Hw06h.5436$IR4.3256(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>, > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>news:ej9pdm$8qk_004(a)s785.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>> In article <luM5h.3942$Sw1.2732(a)newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, >>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > <snip> > >>>> Ever wonder why most (all?) water >>>>treatment plants are adjacent to either a river, lake, or some other >>>>large >>>>body of water? >>> >>> No. >> >>Well, that would be your problem, then. > > Not at all. I didn't have to question why because I knew why. Then why did you imply that it had anything to do with leach fields? Eric Lucas
From: Eeyore on 14 Nov 2006 09:17 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >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. > > You are still assuming that there exists a GP who takes new patients. There's no shortage I've heard of. Unlike the situation with dentists where a more commercial model was adopted. > I ask my question again but I'll try to rephrase so that you get it. > > If no GPs are taking new patients, what do you do if you are > legitimately unhappy with the doctor you are assigned to. You'd talk to the local NHS people. It used to be the 'Family Practicioner Comittee' but I think it's got a different name now. I believe they are obliged to find you one. Graham
From: lucasea on 14 Nov 2006 09:20 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejccrn$8ss_006(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <BN06h.5439$IR4.708(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>, > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>news:45586F70.5FF100EE(a)hotmail.com... >>> >>> >>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >Finding the right thing that's profitable isn't always that easy. >>>> >>>> It is easy. People around here charge $50 for 15 minutes' worth >>>> of housecleaning and they get it. >>> >>> They do ? >>> >>> I'm sure they wouldn't here. >> >> >>It's certainly not the norm in the US. It might be $50, (I've heard >>smaller >>number, in the $30 - $40 range) but it's not for 15 minutes >>work--typically >>it is for cleaning a whole house, which, including vacuuming, mopping, >>cleaning the loo, is probably more like an hour or two. > > I have a 4-room house. If one is healthy, it takes 15 minutes to do > the usual cleaning. Once again, we see extrapolation of barely relevant experience well beyond the bounds of extrapolability. 1) I'm sure that anybody that pays $50 to have their house cleaned has more than a 4 room house. 2) I'm sure that anybody that pays $50 to have their house cleaned has higher standards of cleanliness than 15 minutes to clean 4 rooms. I have a 8 room house, and it takes about 2 hours to clean it if I word very fast (it takes the Missus about 4 hours when she does it). When I've lived in 4 room houses in the past, it took about an hour. In all likelihood, that $50 is for about 2 hours' work, which is actually (surprise, surprise) about par for that type of labor. Eric Lucas
From: Eeyore on 14 Nov 2006 09:22 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > > >Local doesn't have to mean small. When I lived in the centre of London I had > >a local GP and a local health centre. > > Yes it does to mean small. A local health center has a small > capacity. Even if you assume that all medical appointments will > take 5 minutes, the capacity of any center is severely limited. > Say it is in a population of 10,000 and all come down with a > flu in the same 24 hours. The center won't be able to handle > 100, let along 10,000. The same problem arises just as much in the big cities too. In fact, in a rural location you likely don't have the easy means to spread infections that fast anyway, no crowded transit systems and the like for example. Graham
From: lucasea on 14 Nov 2006 09:22
<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejccvf$8ss_007(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <4558C9E2.8C4D1D97(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >> >>> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> >Finding the right thing that's profitable isn't always that easy. >>> >> >>> >> It is easy. People around here charge $50 for 15 minutes' worth >>> >> of housecleaning and they get it. >>> > >>> > They do ? >>> > >>> > I'm sure they wouldn't here. >>> >>> It's certainly not the norm in the US. It might be $50, (I've heard > smaller >>> number, in the $30 - $40 range) but it's not for 15 minutes >>> work--typically >>> it is for cleaning a whole house, which, including vacuuming, mopping, >>> cleaning the loo, is probably more like an hour or two. >> >>I think I detect a dismissive attitude from BAH as in she thinks it should > only >>take 15 mins to clean a house. Strange though, most women I know like to >>make > a >>song and dance about it. >> > > You people are unbelievable. I can write any ASCII line and > the meaning will be turned into the most politically uncorrect > agenda. .....says the woman who plays the gender card at any possible opportunity when it is to her advantage. Double standard? Eric Lucas |