Borat country here I come! - Page 3

xoxoxoBruce · 03-29-2008, 12:21 AM

Ha ha, no mistype. We vicariously enjoy your adventures and photos are always interesting.

Sundae · 03-29-2008, 10:28 AM

Thanks CF - a place I'm pretty sure I'll never go and was fascinated to see.
Lordy lord, those Beatles get around don't they?

Cyclefrance · 03-31-2008, 03:56 PM

The legend travels, as they say, SG - BTW, same people ran this course as did the one in London last year when we met up.

Just had the results of my tests today - nasty campilobacter - same little bugger that I caught in Lanzarote last year - now on antibiotics (thank God!). Not at all pleased with my doctor's practice - they knew last Thursday it turns out, yet in spite of my phoning them Friday morning AND seeing a doctor Friday afternoon, I was told at the time that the results were not in, and so I suffered another weekend of problems when I didn't need to - what on earth has happend to the good old days when it was the patient that was at the top of the agenda - now it seems it is too much about cost of drugs and avoiding prescribing them whenever they can get away with it on the one hand, and over-the-top salaries on the other which are totally out of sync with the level of service and hours that GPs now put in - pathetic!

DanaC · 03-31-2008, 05:08 PM

That sucks CF. Makes a bit of a joke of the huge pay rise GP's were demanding.

Cyclefrance · 04-01-2008, 02:04 AM

UNfortunately everywhere we look the public services are in chaos - too many misguided targets skewing the services, money that is assigned used for the wrong purposes and generally bad managment practices. We can debate it all day long, but this govt isn't going to take anything on board - maybe the next one will otherwise we will end up being more third world than the thrd world countries themselves.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-01-2008, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

snip~ too many misguided targets skewing the services, money that is assigned used for the wrong purposes and generally bad managment practices. ~snip

Squeaky wheels distracting the powers that be, from the silent majority?

Cyclefrance · 04-04-2008, 12:46 PM

More like we were targetted to reduce costs on wheels by 25%, so we removed one and then found that it didn't go so well with 3 wheels, but what the hell, we met our wheel target!

xoxoxoBruce · 04-05-2008, 01:24 AM

Old Morgans sound cool but really aren't practical.

Cyclefrance · 04-05-2008, 03:18 AM

... but they did think the problem through.

Love those Morgans - reminds me of the Citroen 2CV conversion done by Lomax in the UK - the Lomax 223

03-29-2008, 12:21 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Ha ha, no mistype. We vicariously enjoy your adventures and photos are always interesting. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-31-2008, 03:56 PM	#3
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	The legend travels, as they say, SG - BTW, same people ran this course as did the one in London last year when we met up. Just had the results of my tests today - nasty campilobacter - same little bugger that I caught in Lanzarote last year - now on antibiotics (thank God!). Not at all pleased with my doctor's practice - they knew last Thursday it turns out, yet in spite of my phoning them Friday morning AND seeing a doctor Friday afternoon, I was told at the time that the results were not in, and so I suffered another weekend of problems when I didn't need to - what on earth has happend to the good old days when it was the patient that was at the top of the agenda - now it seems it is too much about cost of drugs and avoiding prescribing them whenever they can get away with it on the one hand, and over-the-top salaries on the other which are totally out of sync with the level of service and hours that GPs now put in - pathetic! __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

04-01-2008, 02:04 AM	#5
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	UNfortunately everywhere we look the public services are in chaos - too many misguided targets skewing the services, money that is assigned used for the wrong purposes and generally bad managment practices. We can debate it all day long, but this govt isn't going to take anything on board - maybe the next one will otherwise we will end up being more third world than the thrd world countries themselves. __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

04-04-2008, 12:46 PM	#7
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	More like we were targetted to reduce costs on wheels by 25%, so we removed one and then found that it didn't go so well with 3 wheels, but what the hell, we met our wheel target! __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

04-05-2008, 01:24 AM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Old Morgans sound cool but really aren't practical. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-29-2008, 10:28 AM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Thanks CF - a place I'm pretty sure I'll never go and was fascinated to see. Lordy lord, those Beatles get around don't they?

03-31-2008, 05:08 PM	#4
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	That sucks CF. Makes a bit of a joke of the huge pay rise GP's were demanding.

04-05-2008, 03:18 AM	#9
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	... but they did think the problem through. Love those Morgans - reminds me of the Citroen 2CV conversion done by Lomax in the UK - the Lomax 223 __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

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