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Greek salad.... and for dinner, quiche & green salad!

Hmmm, well let's see... I had tons of jobs really...

  washed cars as a kid in my neighbourhood, along with my brother & sister... we did rather well (in kid terms).... in later highschool years, Myself, (and a few of my friends) would get hired in the summertime at the Black & White whisky bond.... it was good money for a h/s student.  When I was 15 my dad got me a job in a friends bar a few evenings per week, I loved it, as I was young and really shouldn't have been allowed to work there, I also worked in a clothing boutique on weekends.... at 16 I left home, but continued with school & worked evenings in another bar... later moving onto nightclubs.   At 19, I moved to England, and at 24 I moved to Cda.  

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DDD wrote:
 Body trivia

      [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"]what is hard and 8 inches long?[/FONT]

  The Ulna?
 

Sorry old Orik..... I'm not as adept at internetoise as your broken-down self....  

 [H3]Here you go dear Orik......[/H3] [H3]Getting hospital treatment in an emergency[/H3] If you suddenly fall ill, or an accident happens and you (or people around you) are in need of urgent medical treatment, then this will usually be dealt with in the A&E department of a hospital. You can make your own way there, but in most cases people should call 999 and ask for an ambulance to come to the scene of the incident.

 [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"]In the UK, medical treatment for emergencies is always free – regardless of your nationality, how long you've been in the UK, or any other factors[/FONT]. So, for instance, if you fall, break your leg, and have to be taken in an ambulance to A&E, you won't have to pay for the immediate NHS treatment you receive. It's important to note, though, that if you enter hospital through an A&E department and then need to receive care from another part of the hospital, then this further treatment may not be free for everyone.

 

 From here:  [A href="http://www.avert.org/freenhs.htm"]http://www.avert.org/freenhs.htm[/A]

[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"]Orik wrote:
Really even an American ? I figure it is better safe than sorry... Maybe the medical bills in England are covered for it's own citizens similar to the way health care works for us Canadians. but I doubt they would give free service to none citizens..

I have seen the Canadian hospitals List prices for medical services for none canadian citizens I am sure other hospitals Including Jolly oold england Has a sevice fee's that they carge for none English nationals...

An Emergency Air lift home can be formidably expensive, Considering they usually starting at 25 thousand and going up from there.. I think it is better to spend an extra hundred dollars on a good extensive travellers plan with a extended medical insurance package than risk a countries good nature, I will not hold my breath waiting on a service that may not be provided for free...

I do not know England's medical services fees to foreigners. but I think Canada's starts at roughly 1300 canadian per day for a semi private room. That means a room shared with  2 to 3 other patiants.  It gets even more expensive than that, if you need a ICU, intensive care unit room and a nurse.

As a Canadian citizen we might get free medical in England but then again we may not. I for one would rather spend the money on a services I might not need, than end up needing some service's I could of purchased for a lower prices before I went on my trip abroad.

Accidents do happen, I for one, would rather not end up, thousands upon thousands of dollars in debt. Stuck in a foreign city unsure how I will get home or how I will pay the bills or pay my rent.  Every now and then You hear of a horror storey of a injured citizen some one that is stuck racking up medical bills that can quickly climb into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Something they could of had extended coverage for, Something that can be purchased for as little as  one hundred dollars..

Travellers medical insurance, accidents can happen anytime & anyplace... Are you covered ?[/FONT]

 

 Anybody from anywhere will receive free emergency medical attention in the UK.....  We're very civilized..... we place people above money in terms of emergencies

   


 

[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"]Orik wrote:
In that case pick up extended medical for the Uk journey part & I mean extra medical insurance on top of the package you all ready use it is better to spend an extra hundred for a service you do not need than end up in a wreck and not have enough coverage when you do need it.

Three months travellers insurance if fine and all, but a personalized extended medical plan is much better. BCAA has some excellent plans for travellers. I am not sure how that would work  Considering that you are an American and all.

Being in a Auto accident could be horrid, the medical bills can be huge, your chances of being in a accident increase exponentially particularly when driving in a strange vehicle increases those odds. then include that you have to drive on the opposite side of the road than you are used to. Then include that you have to shift with your off hand... look the wrong way out of habit or miss shift all that happens just as some jay walker or cat comes out of nowhere and oops one more auto wreck...[/FONT]

 [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"]No need for medical insurance of any kind if you're travelling to UK, as they won't charge you a dime for anything medical that's required.... they'll fix you right up & send you on your way![/FONT]

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Sportsdude wrote:
I still 'clip' my toe nails (non big toe) just by tearing the nail off with my fingers. Although for the past decade or so its been toe nail clipper. Haven't chewed my finger nails since the mid 90s.

Interesting about the left handed people. Reading that reminds me of earlier today when I had a momentary existential crisis about driving cars in the UK.  I was imaging myself behind the wheel of a manual transmission Focus (naturally; although a dark blue Citroen DS4 is a close second) in Britain. I'm right handed, therefore my weak hand would be doing the shifting. Crisis. Total nightmare. I may not sleep for days.


 It makes sense that your weak hand would be on the gear shift and your most important hand would be doing the more important task of keeping the vehicle on the straight & narrow.... pfft!


 


 

Ok here's a link to the radio station (I think... duh).... you can select a dj/program based on their timeslot (in this case 9:30ish today) and then it looks like you may be able to listen to that show??   but I didn't try.  I just copied it.

http://www.cfox.com/Channels/Reg/DjsandShows/JOS.aspx  

Sorry Michel,
I don't know how to do that???
I don't usually even listen to that radio station, but my son had been driving my vehicle and when I got it back this morning I was just cruising along & the radio people were talking with listeners (who called in) about their perspective on life, from the short period I heard,  the listeners had had some life-threatening illness, and talked briefly about how that'd changed their 'life perspective'..... Orik's name came up & my ears perked up.... he mentioned having liver problems, not yet knowing the complete prognosis etc......    

Hey did anyone else hear Orik on the radio this morning?  99.3fm  around 9:30ish?

He was talking about perspective.... (like on life)

  Hey Orik....

Hope you're feeling a little better & good luck with the test results.

Michel wrote:
Well if you send 1 000 000 of those emails, you will sure catch a few drunk, depressed, pot headed r other people who just have recently developed a mental issue and other various vulnerable people that I can't think about for now, and you'll make some cash. Hence why we see this type of scams. It works by number.

 There's an overabundance of stupid people..... the kind that believe anything or everything.....   the bring nasty consequences upon themselves.  Shame really, but ya can't contain stupidity.

Pearl wrote:
 You are a boring loser. You are also glasgogirl, jerk. Old alcoholic you are.

   
 Well thx for taking the time to share your negative little opinion with us Pearl... are you always this pleasant?   You don't have to be miserable all the time, you can take a day off  ...  

now foff ... won't you?

GORDY GAMBINO wrote:
 hmmm [/DIV]
 Yup..... did so.

I think 'hysterical' females could benefit from that medical practice today.....  perhaps we could do away with Prozac....  

lol