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how else can I bore everyone?
 

oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
The other things you see is letters from the NHS turn up with a date of 2 weeks ago. No way they all spent that long in the post. What on earth happens after the letters are printed. They are aged like a good wine in a cellar before posting?

I got a phone call Monday afternoon about an appointment and got the letter of confirmation on Wednesday. I suppose they need to send a letter in case of misunderstandings tho’ an email might serve.
Other recent appointments have all been confirmed promptly.
Currently I have a lot of appointments but no delays with letters.
 

Ming the Merciless

There is no mercy
Location
Inside my skull
I got a phone call Monday afternoon about an appointment and got the letter of confirmation on Wednesday. I suppose they need to send a letter in case of misunderstandings tho’ an email might serve.
Other recent appointments have all been confirmed promptly.
Currently I have a lot of appointments but no delays with letters.

Going to vary by NHS trust and even practice I’d imagine. My letters have been consistently somewhat late.
 

deptfordmarmoset

Full time tea drinker
Location
Armonmy Way
maybe wanna go check on them? :blush:

I had a quick sniff outside the window but there was no smoke apparent. And I couldn't tell where the alarm was coming from so I left the firemen in peace.
 

oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
So we've got him to blame for caravans, motorhomes & campervans then!

Strangely this afternoon I got a phone call from the motorhome dealer I bought my last van from about 12 years ago. They wanted to know if I still owned it as there was a recall for a reason i did not ask about.
In fact I sold the M\H about 6 years ago and it has never been replaced.
 

oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
Sat in the sunshine for a while in my garden and noted a lack of bird life but still a few bees around on the few flowers left as the deer ate a lot of them. Deer don't seem to like nasturtiums as they are still in bloom.
Did some clearing by cutting back brambles which were starting to encroach on a path.
While doing this I heard a fire engine siren heading out followed by a police siren and then a second fire engine which did not seem to be going anywhere fast. Probably stuck behind a touroid too busy looking at scenery at 20mph.
That is not a joke by the way it has really happened and one of wildlife pal's daughters was born in an ambulance in a lay-by for that very reason.
Seems to be a "serious incident" on the Aros Bridge to Dervaig road and the coastguard have been called in to stop traffic at Aros Bridge.
Photo on FB of a motorhome parked diagonally in the Main St parking to allow the occupants to get their deck chairs out and have coffee taking up 4 parking spaces in a very congested area.
Unfortunately this sort of behaviour is all too common and one reason why m/homes are disliked.
 

tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
I had a fairly long conversation with a Consultant's secretary about printers. We were talking about this because I did not receive a letter that (in a previous conversation) she said she would send. She (and many others) were not allowed to have their own printer.

When she typed up a letter, she had half an hour to get to the printer to print it, or the printer deleted/removed it. So if you have to decifer the consultant's handwriting, type the letter, then proof read what you have written, you could do at a guess three letters in 30 minutes. She then had to walk down a long corridor, pick up the printed letters and return to her desk.

Can anyone explain how that is more efficient financially than someone having a printer next to them at their desk? If on average, two letters per week are not sent and they concern appointments with the Consultant, in two or three weeks, that negates the cost of the printer.

Consultants secretaries are the ones to keep on side they hold the lists and can be great help moving you up them. Consultants take notice of them. Consultants trend to dictate all letter and notes and then they get typed up. Letter take and age to do party due to issue like you say and the fact that they have other do though the post room for postage and then be sent out. It only takes them to go in the wrong post bag and that put out all the internal charging. Printer are generally a bit problem all over the place, they never work and try sending stuff to different printer draws and that sends every thing out.
 

tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
So after an afternoon call to town , walking Charlie and getting him to eat his tea. Seeing to the washing and having sorting to eat , I was finny able to sit down with :cuppa: and let my new iPhone and leave it to set up via my current one. All seamless and quick no issues as always. Hardest part was finding my cards for the security numbers and signing in to the banking apps. Most of sign in info I don't know as it all via Face ID.
It's all done just need to move SIM card over and sort the case and screen protector. Which I will sort tomorrow when i've time to do it right.
 
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