RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted February 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Attention span of a goldfish. If you don't pick up, they can't remember why they called, so can't leave a message because they've forgotten who you are and why they were ringing in the first place! Perhaps the surgery isn’t paperless. For instance our surgery receptionist will ring to tell you what the doctor has requested on their computer to do list. If you are out, when you later reply, it just seems to take very little time to access the information. If anyone is having terrible access problems it might be worth a look at the practice CQC report. Communication difficulty and what they propose to,do about it often gets a mention. Edited February 3, 2021 by Tony_S 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted February 3, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2021 We seem to have goty a bit of sideways drift here, as it's not really the fault of the surgery. Blood tests for Shropshire and mid Wales are centrally managed so you have to ring the centre in Shrewsbury for a time and place convenient to yourself. So you have to deal with a central hub dealing with requirements from over a very large area. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Our surgery consistently receive very poor marks for communication which is such a shame as the doctors are good. A couple of years back they rearranged the reception area so that the admin team couldn't be seen. Prior to that they could be given the 'evil-eye' as the patients queued. It was really annoying though to watch as they ignored ringing phones to go and brew themselves a coffee. Having worked in large offices with public access I know how difficult it can get so I do have a degree of symphony, not much I admit because I was in the queue. On a slightly different vain isn't it amusing to watch someone's attitude change when they realise your 'one of them'. I always remember being in a queue in a council office and listening to the clerk being quite brusque with person in front. When it was my turn she must have seen my i.d card and even though I was from another council her whole manner changed. 9 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Morning all, Been away for a while building my Kirtley goods and generally improving my MIdland pre grouping micro layout. As progress has slowed down a bit I have returned, only for a very short time as I've got a Social Studies zoom in 3 minutes. (online school day) Douglas 12 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted February 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: We seem to have goty a bit of sideways drift here, as it's not really the fault of the surgery. Blood tests for Shropshire and mid Wales are centrally managed so you have to ring the centre in Shrewsbury for a time and place convenient to yourself. So you have to deal with a central hub dealing with requirements from over a very large area. It's far more civilised in nextdoorshire. You get a letter telling you a test is required, or are told by the doctor and then you just roll up at the local hospital on any weekday morning and wait in the queue, or you can book at the doctor by calling the guard room receptionist Mind you, it's a bit more restricted now. I was supposed to go around March last year for my annual oil check but still waiting for obvious reasons. Not that I mind too much. The thought of them sticking a needle in my elbow gives me the willies. Andy 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted February 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2021 7 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: Blood tests for Shropshire and mid Wales I have a couple of cousins who are paramedics with the West Midlands Ambulance Service. They seem to cover a huge area too. 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Evening all, Big new and really only news today is I don't have school tomorrow, apparently the water main broke. I can't say I'm complaining. Now I'd better go and find something to feed myself with. Douglas 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) On 02/02/2021 at 11:25, Compound2632 said: But unlike you I'm sort on engines; or at least. appropriate engines. I can rustle up Midland Division goods engines in 1950s livery, thanks to Messrs. Bachmann. I have a friend who is definitely NOT short on road power: Edited February 4, 2021 by J. S. Bach 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Bonjour to you all. Up early and no breakfast allowed. Off to the hospital shortly for a scan to see if I have a brain. I will report results in due course. Jamie Edited February 4, 2021 by jamie92208 3 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2021 5 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: I have a friend who is definitely NOT short on road power: He's got the right idea - lots of near-identical goods engines. Half-a-dozen Johnson 0-6-0s would set me up nicely! 4 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2021 19 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: He's got the right idea - lots of near-identical goods engines. Half-a-dozen Johnson 0-6-0s would set me up nicely! I've got two complete Johnson's and a third in building plus two fake ones converted from Lima 4F's, will that do. Jamie 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: I've got two complete Johnson's and a third in building plus two fake ones converted from Lima 4F's, will that do. You know you can have Johnson 0-6-0s in any colour you like: dark green, light green, red, blue, yellow, brown, or even black! 2 2 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Compound2632 said: He's got the right idea - lots of near-identical goods engines. Exactly. Real railways, wherever they can, invest in multiple copies of locos, thus making spares- holdings and maintenance procedures simpler. Far too many of us have a half-Noah principle, of wanting and justifying one of every loco our chosen company used. Sherry has forwarded a most odd and unsavoury story of a boy who filmed himself abusing Prof Chris Whitty in the street - and then posted it on YouTube. Prof Whitty, in shirtsleeves, is waiting to buy a lunchtime sandwich - so a most humble thing to be doing - and m'laddo, who does not seem to have a London accent, calls him a liar about Covid. I understand his mother is mortified and has taken away his playstation. Cutting his nuts off, without benefit of anaesthetic, of course, would seem a minimum to me. Pass me the rusty scissors.... 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 27 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Exactly. Real railways, wherever they can, invest in multiple copies of locos, thus making spares- holdings and maintenance procedures simpler. Far too many of us have a half-Noah principle, of wanting and justifying one of every loco our chosen company used. Sherry has forwarded a most odd and unsavoury story of a boy who filmed himself abusing Prof Chris Whitty in the street - and then posted it on YouTube. Prof Whitty, in shirtsleeves, is waiting to buy a lunchtime sandwich - so a most humble thing to be doing - and m'laddo, who does not seem to have a London accent, calls him a liar about Covid. I understand his mother is mortified and has taken away his playstation. Cutting his nuts off, without benefit of anaesthetic, of course, would seem a minimum to me. Pass me the rusty scissors.... Prof Witty was asked to comment on this on yesterday's press conference. He was extremely magnanimous towards the young man and played down what must have been a particularly unpleasant and unwarranted incident. Rob. 6 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2021 26 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Sherry has forwarded a most odd and unsavoury story of a boy who filmed himself abusing Prof Chris Whitty in the street - and then posted it on YouTube. Prof Whitty, in shirtsleeves, is waiting to buy a lunchtime sandwich - so a most humble thing to be doing - and m'laddo, who does not seem to have a London accent, calls him a liar about Covid. I understand his mother is mortified and has taken away his playstation. I hope they take a serious look at this to find out the people behind this 'Covid is a sham' thing. The participants all seem to have too few brain cells to think it up themselves. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted February 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 3 hours ago, jamie92208 said: I've got two complete Johnson's I've seen Tee shirts in Florida that proclaim 'Happiness is a large Johnson'. Having more than one in just plain boasting! 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: Prof Witty was asked to comment on this on yesterday's press conference. He was extremely magnanimous towards the young man and played down what must have been a particularly unpleasant and unwarranted incident. Rob. I am so pleased - but not surprised - to read that, Rob. He and others like JVT etc, are people at the top of their profession/vocation/calling who have been propelled into an unwelcome limelight by Covid. They are used to addressing gatherings of like-minded scientists and others who share their passion, to the benefit of us all. Now they are bogged down with the press, and, worst of all, politicians with their inevitable wish to spin news this way or that. When Covid has receded a little from the daily news, I hope all these people will be recognised with suitable honours for their contributions to decision-making and our understanding. 2 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 Just now, Happy Hippo said: I've seen Tee shirts in Florida that proclaim 'Happiness is a large Johnson'. Do I not recall that in that continent a steam loco throttle is called a Johnson lever? 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted February 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Oldddudders said: Do I not recall that in that continent a steam loco throttle is called a Johnson lever? I've heard that too, although I thought it referred to the reversing lever. Strange things American steam locos as the majority were built with bar frames rather than the more conventional plate frame. Again, I've been told that this system was used as it allowed the frames to flex a little more when running over track whose foundations were not quite as well laid as they should be. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Just to let you know that I am training to become a Vaccination Care Volunteer. Presently doing on line training and I failed the Fire Marshall module, my answer for dealing with a fire (which did not require a mechanical extinguisher) was deemed unacceptable. On line training and interview at the end of the month. Bill 3 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Deleted Edited February 4, 2021 by bbishop Can't be associated with my previous post 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcombe Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: .........Sherry has forwarded a most odd and unsavoury story of a boy who filmed himself abusing Prof Chris Whitty in the street - and then posted it on You Tube.... In contrast, this is a story to restore faith in the younger generation:- https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/towie-star-bobby-norris-becomes-4950554 Having appeared in “The Only Way is Essex”, Bobby Norris is an excellent rôle model for the young in his willingness to train to administer injections, having had experience in doing so for a relative with cancer. He himself suffered from Covid at Christmas and vowed he'd try to help with the vaccination programme as a result. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Compound2632 said: He's got the right idea - lots of near-identical engines I have the same "problem" with SM42s. 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: I am so pleased - but not surprised - to read that, Rob. He and others like JVT etc, are people at the top of their profession/vocation/calling who have been propelled into an unwelcome limelight by Covid. They are used to addressing gatherings of like-minded scientists and others who share their passion, to the benefit of us all. Now they are bogged down with the press, and, worst of all, politicians with their inevitable wish to spin news this way or that. When Covid has receded a little from the daily news, I hope all these people will be recognised with suitable honours for their contributions to decision-making and our understanding. I've found that when they are interviewed away from the government briefings and don't have a policy line to toe they are far more convincing and pragmatic than they appear behind those lecturns Perhaps such professionals should be removed from the political arena when addressing the public. I think their words would have a bigger impact Andy Edited February 4, 2021 by SM42 Predictive text nightmares 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 hour ago, bbishop said: my answer for dealing with a fire (which did not require a mechanical extinguisher) was deemed unacceptable. Bill Hope you don’t give the same answer for how to give a jab. Good luck with it. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2021 I recently found this on E-bay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/An-225-Mriya-Superheavy-transporter-Limited-Edition-1-72-Modelsvit-7206/254819786657?_trkparms=aid%3D1110009%26algo%3DSPLICE.COMPLISTINGS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20201210111452%26meid%3D8ca01ec739a048dca93b3923c0f9ecbd%26pid%3D101196%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dlo%26sd%3D264925079341%26itm%3D254819786657%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DItemStripV101HighAdFee%26brand%3DModelsvit&_trksid=p2047675.c101196.m2219 Yes its a model kit of the An-225 Mriya Superheavy transport, the largest aircraft ever to fly in 1/72 scale as a plastic kit. When finished it would have a wingspan of almost five feet! I won't be buying one (at £450 a time) but I'd like to see the finished article. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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