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Anna B last won the day on December 18 2023

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  1. Thanks Padders. A really happy relationship is something to treasure isn't it? Even when it's gone. Y'know some people have never had that at all, so we really have been blessed haven't we.
  2. NHS seems to do emergency medicine well, but struggles with the rest. I know new treatments can be horrendously espensive, and drain the coffers, but a lot of the old fashioned, basic stuff like good nutrition, good quality sleep, rest and recupperation seems to be neglected these days as well as a good bedside manner and having something to distract the mind off one's troubles. These don't cost much but can't be measured on a spread sheet so tend to be forgotten. But I believe they are more important than we imagine to the wellbeing of the patient.
  3. Mmm, butI don't think that wouldn't warrent 3 months recovery.
  4. Ah, thankyou. It's been very hard, but we carry on don't we...?
  5. Would an injection in your shoulder help while you wait? It helped me for the same reason. However, I agree having to wait 18 months just isn't good enough, especially when you could probably get it done within a week if you have the means to pay. Our NHS system is in a sorry state and needs reform, but that's what you get with the Tories in charge for 13 years of cuts and privatisation. It wasn't perfect under Labour, but it was much better than this.
  6. Same here. 1997 until 2022 when sadly he passed over. But I have 25 very happy years to look back on for which I will always be unbelievably grateful. They just ended too soon...
  7. True. Scams are legion, and all the easier to pull off with AI. We really have made a rod for our own backs. In response to Annie, machines are sometimes better than people, but by the same measure people are often better than machines, it depends on the situation. Neither do I dismiss human qualities like intuition and natural instinct, although they can't necessarily be measured in a Lab, and for that reason may well be ignored. No machine can reproduce that but I think are essential to the human experience and we ignore them to our peril...
  8. The more we come to rely on a AI and the internet, the more tempting it will be for unscrupulous governments to attempt to close it down and leave us crippled and helpless. IMO This is how / where future conflicts will be fought.
  9. Sadly, the more engaged people become with our current political system, the more they realise it is a sham to fool the people into believing they have some sort of control over things. I've said it before; a tick in a box once every 5 years for a pre-selected candidate who then ignores their manifesto and the wishes of their constituents, does not equal democracy. Neither does a government who is possibly elected with as little as a third of the vote, (meaning two-thirds of the voters are against them,) represent the majority of the people. Politicians could and should measure their success by the temperature of the electorate and the number and frequency of protesters on the streets. In a fair and working Democracy, protests should be a very rare last resort, but they are happening with ever more frequency and increasing numbers of participents. Which is why politicians, Tories in particular, are moving to shut protests down completely or make them totally ineffectual. Protests are a measure of discontent in the population. If nothing else they act as a safety valve for letting off steam, but they are actually a vital difference with us and the likes of Russia.
  10. It's the casual interaction that is valuable, nobody is asking you to socialise with them particularly or share your life story. it's just the polite acknowledgement that they are there and performing a service for you. Any number Please and thankyou, a passing of the time of day, the odd comment or two helps oil the wheels of human discourse and makes life pleasanter for all. Any number od daily brief encounters; in the shops, on the bus, in the street, etc help us feel we belong to the human race and all the better for it. The lost and the isolated who lack this simple everyday communication know it's very possible to die of loneliness .
  11. I also have been served by a robot, but felt it was more of a gimick than a serious attempt to mechanise the process. Humans are naturally sociable creatures so any loss of human contact is surely to be avoided if mental health matters at all.... We are already seeing a rise in mental health problems. Once again we are putting profit before what is good for us.
  12. There are enough non-professional volunteers freely protesting without needing any help thankyou. However it may be a good idea to have people on hand who know the law so it isn't contravened, and can act as marshalls to prevent obstructions etc.
  13. Not really, though I agree that more variety in the house is desirable. But under the 'first past the post' system, the majority of votes will be wasted in that no representation will come from them. It needs Proportional Representation to be effective. Unfortunately there's no sign on anyone's agenda to bring PR in, so the party that wins may well have not been the choice of two thirds of the electorate.
  14. And yet here we are talking about it in a thread that the disruption has generated. It doesn't really matter whether you agree with them or not, it has made people stop and think. Awareness has been raised, and publicity increased. From little acorns....
  15. Sorry, but the legal right to peaceful protest is a fundamental democratic right that matters. You will find out when you too are angry enough with the politicians going their own way and not listening to growing public dissent.
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