Is that with dealing with brats?

or being able to provide the force of a hydraulic press to sore bits using only finger and thumb?

Both. A lot of it is in the mind of the recipient. ;)

All joking apart, it's a little disappointing to see Mr Cameron's solution is to plough a load of money into A&E,Trauma Unit,Casualty... whatever he wants to call it.

It's not really that difficult Mr C, just put me, DX and a few of our like thinking mates on the front door of A&E, and I reckon you could probably have your 500 million back. And the patients wouldn't be any worse off.....in fact, they'd probably be better off.

The way it worked when I last paid a visit to NHS Scotland was you got a choice when you walked in the door.

For Doctor go and sit over there and wait.

And if you will accept a (something) nurse go through there.

I went for the nurse option due to reckoning if it needed a Doctor you were always in the system anyway. And a Doc did come through for a quick look anyway. Tetanus booster which I volunteered to let a trainee doctor do which doubled the time to be treated but was a laugh and a half. And out the door.

More than happy with both my care and speed of delivery. And if I ever go back again I will definitely be going for the nurse option again.

Same for me in England - I dont mind seeing a nurse because if they can deal with it then I've just saved a Drs time to deal with something more severe, if not then they'll pass me straight onto a Dr anyway.

You lucky, lucky bas:mad:d. I normally have to pay extra for that.:p



The Rivetess came to my hobbyshop one evening. She'd got a black fingernail. I was using a Dremmel machine (a very high speed drill) and saw no good reason for swapping tools. It did the job, but went in a tad too far. The normally stoical Rivetess said OW! And then said it again, several times. She has never forgiven me . . . or indeed thanked me for the lowering of the blood pocket pressure.

Must admit having used both methods of drill V hot paper clip the hot paper clip is definitely the way to do it.

Its a lot more localised and the blood cools the paper clip as soon as its through.

The whole magnitude of forces/ damage that can be done is reduced with the paper clip method. In my none medical opinion but based on personal experience.