nick205
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 01:28 PM |
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BenB - no surgery today?
No surgery today or just managing to post between patients...?
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BenB
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 01:35 PM |
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Having a day off!!! Can't work on the car or go for a drive because it's stuck under my mates Porsche hard-top, can't work on my
allotment because I need to use the rotavator and it's a bit hot and sunny so the neighbours have their windows open (so a poorly silenced 2
stroke isn't very friendly), my laptop memory finally arrived but its DDR2 and I need DDR1.... So basically so far I've got diddly squat
done. Just planning on what not to do this afternoon
Can't even watch the weekends BTCC racing because ITV haven't put it on their website yet!!
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cadebytiger
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 01:40 PM |
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ooo are you a surgeon or do you work in a surgery?
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BenB
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 01:58 PM |
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GP... for my sins.....
Used to be a wonderful job until the government started sticking their oars in....
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tul214
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 02:01 PM |
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How do you get away with the oily finger nails???
1.6 Raw Super6 sold
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BenB
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 02:08 PM |
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I don't
When I was renovating my diff one of the patients complained by saying
"eeerh, what a load of oil under your nails"
to which i replied
"actually, I think you'll find it's black hammerite"
Told them
More recently I just cut them really short and used shed loads of swarfega. The only recent issue I had was when I did loads of angle grinding and
went into work with red pock marks up both arms. I knew what it was but I think quite a few patients though it was the lurgy!!
It was also quite amusing last winter when I bumped into one of my patients (my garage is right next to my surgery). I was walking down the road in my
bright blue padded worksuit which was covered in crud, had three days stubble, smelt to high heaven, had mad bobble hat hair, my face was smeared with
moly grease from a CVJ and a grinding disc had exploded (heavy handed moi?) and taken a chunk out of chin. Excellent double take 
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nick205
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 02:47 PM |
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...and possible loss of patient 
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BenB
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 02:57 PM |
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I scrub'd up reasonably well afterwards....
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Agriv8
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 03:23 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by BenB
GP... for my sins.....
Used to be a wonderful job until the government started sticking their oars in....
Oh now that somthing they a F*ing good at        
Dont get me started 
regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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scootz
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 04:08 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by BenB
Used to be a wonderful job until the government started sticking their oars in....
Quote of the week!
I'm sure all the people who have worked in the public sector are nodding their heads in agreement!
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 04:59 PM |
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As someone who works for a company indirectly doing the gov. bidding making Ben's life difficult .....
I couldn't possibly agree 
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tul214
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 06:09 PM |
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Ben, I haven't been do my docs for about 15yrs but if you were mine I might endure the waiting room just for a chat about cars
1.6 Raw Super6 sold
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 06:14 PM |
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Our old dentist has a sylva stylus.......and kitcarmags in the waiting room.......worth paying to see him as the conversation is very interesting
    
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 06:28 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by BenB
Used to be a wonderful job until the government started sticking their oars in....
I know EXACTLY what you mean - my sister-in-law used to be the top consultant anaesthetist in a major NHS hospital. A while back, if you dared to
criticise the NHS she'd give you the full 30-minute lecture about how wonderful it all was...
...until a few years ago.
Before she retired a couple of years back, she was constantly grumbling about the bureaucracy, money wastage and stupid rules. She was very glad to
get out (apart from the fact that it was on health grounds, which wasn't at all good).
[Edited on 21/9/09 by David Jenkins]
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BenB
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 06:48 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by tul214
Ben, I haven't been do my docs for about 15yrs but if you were mine I might endure the waiting room just for a chat about cars
Come on over, there's even a good mix of PPC, car mechanics, practical classics etc in the waiting room now as well 
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02GF74
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| posted on 21/9/09 at 08:47 PM |
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Ben is a good doc.
I was fortunate to see him after I broke my leg in two places. He examined me and told me not to go to those places.
Another time it hurt when I raised my arm, his advice was spot on, not to raise my arm.
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