What the Hell have we come to ?.

Cost of new eye drops: GBP 0.000000001
Cost of 10 seconds of nurses time: GBP 1.00

No brainer.

SNAFU, If I have said it once, I’ve said it many times, YOU are a PILLOCK, before you shoot your mouth off, get your facts right, the cost of the prescription from the Drs is very close to £8.00 GBP, the cost of the 10 seconds of a nurse between patients is quite possibly near impossible to work out.In fact it’s more closer to 5 seconds.
You are the “NO BRAINER”.
Jim.
Lincoln .7……………………………..Oh, pleased you showed up, you never did say EXACTLY where you are, I still don’t believe it’s Luxembourg!!

Why exactly should meddle be sanctioned?
For making comment you did not like on a post you put on a public forum?
You have made almost the same comments towards me for doing nothing more than that.
(Oh and a couple of your chums have used rather derogatory language towards me, should I report that I wonder and see if somebody gets sanctioned? I don’t think it will be me.)

You came on here feeling sorry for yourself, whined not unreasonably about the circumstances, threw in some crap about being owed something pointed the “fault” at johnny foreigner and have now, along with your chums, got upset when some people gently point out that your conclusion(s) are not supported by real facts or evidence.

Very mature. Not.

…..”why should Meddle be sanctioned…..”

Not sanctioned. You obviously mean ‘sectioned’. An easy mistake to make.

I shall at more expence to the NHS I will be ordering another bottle of drops.Any one of the nurses at my G.Ps could have slipped me in for 10 seconds between others to do the job.

Cost of new eye drops: GBP 0.000000001
Cost of 10 seconds of nurses time: GBP 1.00

No brainer.

Indeed Charlie.

No of course he shouldn’t nor should you or me or anyone else who expresses their opinion on someone else’s point of view, however disagreeable it might be, as long as the T&Cs are not contravened. Each of us has the sanction of the ignore button if we dislike a member or his comments – I have found it brings a sense of calm to the proceedings for a period of time!:) To be recommended!

Why exactly should meddle be sanctioned?
For making comment you did not like on a post you put on a public forum?
You have made almost the same comments towards me for doing nothing more than that.
(Oh and a couple of your chums have used rather derogatory language towards me, should I report that I wonder and see if somebody gets sanctioned? I don’t think it will be me.)

You came on here feeling sorry for yourself, whined not unreasonably about the circumstances, threw in some crap about being owed something pointed the “fault” at johnny foreigner and have now, along with your chums, got upset when some people gently point out that your conclusion(s) are not supported by real facts or evidence.

Very mature. Not.

Don’t worry Baz, I don’t think it will be much longer before one of the Mods gives him a well earned vacation, possibly even Webbie.

Jim.
Lincoln .7

jeezus – one of the worst posts I have ever seen on here !

What do I gain by earning the respect of grouchy pensioners with abhorrent opinions exactly?

Why am I not on your ignore list yet?!

Respect has to be earned ?

Yes it does ! Both ways.

My claims in the first Post are clear, I was willing to walk down to my G.Ps practice, one mile there, same back, so that just ONE of their nurses, could put just ONE drop in my eye.

Why not phone for a Taxi? Trying to keep the carbon footprint down? You could set up a Kickstarter campaign and have all your mates on here funding your jollies for the next six months.

Now if you cant understand me so far, get some 5yr old kid to read it to you!!, No way would I or did I expect a District Nurse to visit me 4 times a day for such a trivial matter, they have far better things than that to do.The bottle of drops, that should have lasted one month is half empty, as it is taking me several attempts each time to hit the eyeball, so come Monday.

I understand perfectly. The section I was confused by was the random tirade about foreign nationals using the NHS. You interpreted my post rather literally.

You could always top up the bottle with superglue.

I shall at more expence to the NHS I will be ordering another bottle of drops.Any one of the nurses at my G.Ps could have slipped me in for 10 seconds between others to do the job. As for your remark about the few “Old men” on here, guess your typical of the younger generation, but one thing you can bank on, you too may live to be called old one day, there again, you may be found face down in a river,put there by a gang of old codgers. Oh. BTW I don’t hold sway with any political party.
I shall just join the ever growing band of Forum members and ignore you.
Lincoln .7

Very mature. I write something that you don’t wish to read so you put me on your ignore list? How broad minded!

You also don’t elaborate on exactly what my generation typically does. Shower unwavering respect upon our seniors? Respect has to be earned, does it not. Frankly there are so many of you now that you cannot get the kid glove treatment you feel you deserve, as your first post nicely demonstrates.

Hi All,
TonyT,
Your message box full up again please empty it there awfully spiffing of you old chap…….:highly_amused:
Jim,
Please matey stop getting so worked up you do not need the extra stress do you…;)

Geoff.

My claims in the first Post are clear, I was willing to walk down to my G.Ps practice, one mile there, same back, so that just ONE of their nurses, could put just ONE drop in my eye, Now if you cant understand me so far, get some 5yr old kid to read it to you!!, No way would I or did I expect a District Nurse to visit me 4 times a day for such a trivial matter, they have far better things than that to do.The bottle of drops, that should have lasted one month is half empty, as it is taking me several attempts each time to hit the eyeball, so come Monday, I shall at more expence to the NHS I will be ordering another bottle of drops.Any one of the nurses at my G.Ps could have slipped me in for 10 seconds between others to do the job. As for your remark about the few “Old men” on here, guess your typical of the younger generation, but one thing you can bank on, you too may live to be called old one day, there again, you may be found face down in a river,put there by a gang of old codgers. Oh. BTW I don’t hold sway with any political party.
I shall just join the ever growing band of Forum members and ignore you.
Lincoln .7

I’m still not following the argument in the first post of this thread. Rather than be insulting you could try and break down your argument slightly better. I thought old age brought wisdom, and it seems like the Coffin Dodger’s Ball in these parts….

Lincoln 7 has eye surgery. Lincoln 7 finds it difficult to administer eye drops. This much I can follow. I cannot abide anything getting near my eyes at the best of times, whilst my partner (who wore contacts for years before coughing up for laser treatment) is able to spray anything in her eyes; I think you have to grow up with the sensation. Lincoln 7’s local medical practice is unwilling to send out somebody to put the drops in for him, citing that they are too busy. Lincoln 7’s mate trawls some stats off the Internet that suggest Johnny Foreigner ‘bogging down’ the health system. Lincoln 7 has worked all his life, so (mistakenly) believes that his lifelong contribution in taxes has somehow accrued him a credit, or tab, with the NHS which he should be able to cash in at this time of need. However, said foreigners got there first (when and how many?) and somehow Lincoln has to put up with a lower level of care than he was expecting, and he feels cheated.

The less than subtle subtext here appears to be that if we had minimised immigration into this country then Lincoln’s local quackery would have sent out some buxom nurse to attend to his every ailment. I could parse the issue further here, and suggest that Lincoln’s rather perfunctory treatment is perhaps not exactly due to the fairly minimal numbers of Chinese, African, Polish, Ukranian, Lithuanian and Congolese (surely these come under African?) nationals that may have used the NHS over an unspecified recent period of time, but why bother? This section of the Key Publishing forum already functions solely as an echo chamber for a small group of old men that like to bounce around endless UKIP rhetoric, so what could I, the neophyte, hope to achieve? Lincoln’s claims in the first post are laughably vague, and sound like very generic right-wing paranoia. It seems to me that supposedly intelligent, wise individuals can be played like fiddles when they are presented with certain (incomplete) statistics that prop up a narrative, or dare I say obsession, that they personally wish to see, even if it only serves to make them angry. Again, what is the point arguing here?

Jim’s doing ok, says his sight is coming along fantastically. 🙂

He just enjoys being provocative. Don’t take the bait. From time to time he posts intelligent and well reasoned comment but rather too often he just posts s*****e!

John. No one likes a laugh more than me, but that man is an absolute PILLOCK.

Click on his name, then click on “view profile,” then click on “add to ignore list.” I’ve done it; it means you’ll never have to read his vitriolic rubbish again, and does absolute wonders for your blood pressure.

That’s the first time I have been called young for a very long time.

Hope your recovery continues well.

Well, Trekkie, I do tend to shoot from the hip at times. Things are getting better with the eye, thanks, soon to have a follow up appointment, then back on the waiting list for tother one.

Jim.
Lincoln .7

Jim,

He can’t help it. He also writes the script for the Chuckle Bros.

John. No one likes a laugh more than me, but that man is an absolute PILLOCK.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

And young fella,
Lincoln .7

That’s the first time I have been called young for a very long time.

Hope your recovery continues well.