A cause for....apathetic disinterest? - Page 10

cashman · 05-06-2012, 18:37

I'll make a point, If any of us or our dads had a bladder infection, we would still be waiting fer n appointment.

jaysay · 05-06-2012, 19:03

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I'll make a point, If any of us or our dads had a bladder infection, we would still be waiting fer n appointment.

Phil the greek is a member of Bupa

maxthecollie · 05-06-2012, 19:15

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I'll make a point, If any of us or our dads had a bladder infection, we would still be waiting fer n appointment.

No you got that wrong. It would have to clear up, then you would get an appointment.

Margaret Pilkington · 05-06-2012, 19:35

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I'll make a point, If any of us or our dads had a bladder infection, we would still be waiting fer n appointment.

No Cashy, you would be treated as an emergency. In a chap of his advanced years it is a serious thing. Very unpleasant too.

cashman · 05-06-2012, 21:09

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In a chap of his advanced years it is a serious thing. Very unpleasant too.

See like i always say, Theres always a bright side to everything.

Margaret Pilkington · 05-06-2012, 21:41

Yes Cashy....I do like the way you always see the positives....and I reckon he will be having his temperature taken by pretty nurses(and his catheter bag emptied too).

jaysay · 06-06-2012, 08:47

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Yes Cashy....I do like the way you always see the positives....and I reckon he will be having his temperature taken by pretty nurses(and his catheter bag emptied too).

Thats the only plus about being in dock Margaret, the only thing is they stick it in your ear these days not your gob

Barrie Yates · 06-06-2012, 09:15

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Thats the only plus about being in dock Margaret, the only thing is they stick it in your ear these days not your gob

What, the catheter tube?

jaysay · 06-06-2012, 09:30

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What, the catheter tube?

No Barrie that only happens in very extreme cases

kestrelx · 06-06-2012, 11:38

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I'll make a point, If any of us or our dads had a bladder infection, we would still be waiting fer n appointment.

Not if you got loads of money and on private health care...but besides why did they have to stand up for 4 hours? I don't think people would have thought any the less of them (than some already do) if they'd have sat down and had a cup of tea on the boat trip.

jaysay · 06-06-2012, 17:38

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Not if you got loads of money and on private health care...but besides why did they have to stand up for 4 hours? I don't think people would have thought any the less of them (than some already do) if they'd have sat down and had a cup of tea on the boat trip.

They went "bellow stairs" for a cuppa and a butty during the trip, but they couldn't be away long leaving Charlie in charge, the boat would have run aground

susie123 · 06-06-2012, 17:45

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There was a distasteful side to the Sunday pageant -
Unemployed bussed in to steward river pageant | UK news | The Guardian

jobseekers were bussed in from Bristol Bath and Plymouth to work unpaid as stewards, and had to sleep rough under London Bridge.

Seems that Prezza doesn't want to let this matter drop...

BBC News - Prescott urges inquiry into Jubilee work experience claims

mobertol · 06-06-2012, 19:55

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Seems that Prezza doesn't want to let this matter drop...

BBC News - Prescott urges inquiry into Jubilee work experience claims

It all smacks of exploitaton to me, however they try to dress it up with letters, numbers and "qualifications"...

There are a lot of people out there who are desperate to work and find their place in society.

Disparaging comments about the work-shy and pot-shots about those less well off are easy to make.

Think though -before you make them...there are always those who are less well off and are genuine in their attempts at looking for work - life is hard.

We don't all start off in the same place in the pecking order...and we aren't all born talented or gifted - most of us have to just get with life as it is and with what it has given us.

Margaret Pilkington · 06-06-2012, 20:21

Dianne there was something in the press the other day about 4 million households where there is no-one in fulltime employment.
I know families where no-one has ever worked.
While not all of those who claim benefits are workshy....there are some who are, and have no intention of finding work while they can claim benefits which give them a standard of living beyond that of some pensioners who worked all of their lives.

The benefit system should be a helping hand - not a life long career.

cmonstanley · 06-06-2012, 21:15

no apathy in kilwinning