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tractorboy @tractorboy (62) 23 Jun 08

Which would you choose between these 2 possibilities: 1. NHS as it is today free at the point of use with all it's existing problems. 2. Independent health businesses that you have to pay for, but are reimbursed for using means...

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Citizen_Stuart This is a timely discussion for me. I've just finished doing a couple of days temporary work in the outpatients' contact centre at a hospital. The computer system that they use for booking appointments has been down since early last week, and they don't expect...

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tractorboy @tractorboy (62) 23 Jun 08

Which would you choose between these 2 possibilities: 1. NHS as it is today free at the point of use with all it's existing problems. 2. Independent health businesses that you have to pay for, but are reimbursed for using means...

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Wizzywig You're right of course that everyone wants 'free' services and (as with education) there are a lot of people who use it without ever contributing and others who contribute without getting anything back. I suppose we are so conditioned to pay taxes on...

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tractorboy @tractorboy (62) 19 Jun 08

We have different ways of saying and spelling things, how much do we realise (realize) this. Are you proud of your culture and the way you say and spell things? I am English and am proud of the way we do this, it's part of our...

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celticeagle I love the differences and enjoy hearing and reading them. Celebrate the differences. Change is inevidible.

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devilsangel @devilsangel (1817) • United States 23 Jun 08

Ok this is my rant and if I p*ss someone off I really don't care. I'm so tired of this country bending over backward to accomidate Spannish speaking illegals and immagrants to this country. GUESS WHAT YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY...

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olivemai Mexicans are not brown, they 're considered white Latinos! They do not milk cows, machines do that! I have always been poor, and have not been "against" immigration! I see many Mexican immigrants buying houses, worth at least one hundred thousand dollars, so...

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tractorboy @tractorboy (62) 23 Jun 08

Do you like the present state education system in the UK? Or would you prefer that all schools be privately run so you could have a free choice for your children's education? Payment could be by lower taxes, or tax credits,...

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Wizzywig In that case I'd probably agree with you as the consumer would soon root out the 'profiteers'. Your lack of tax would give us all a greater choice of how we spend the money we earn and anyone who didnt use the service wouldn't have to pay for it. I wonder if...

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Gollywog @Gollywog (1092) 6 Jun 08

Hey mylotters do any of you suffer from Gout! I get it in my feet the joints swell up and are very painful. It lasts about 3 weeks and then the swelling goes down and then the skin peals off the area that was swollen. You can have...

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Gollywog My Doctor is mean he says he cannot prescribe anything to get rid of gout? I have changed my diet but no different, at the moment Im free of it? Thank goodness.

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Gollywog @Gollywog (1092) 6 Jun 08

Hey mylotters do any of you suffer from Gout! I get it in my feet the joints swell up and are very painful. It lasts about 3 weeks and then the swelling goes down and then the skin peals off the area that was swollen. You can have...

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babystar1 Yes I have heard of gout. A friend that I no has it. It comes and goes. He uses a ice pack for the pain. Making changes in your diet may help with your gout. If you have been prescribed medications for gout, it is important that you take those medications...

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Gollywog @Gollywog (1092) 6 Jun 08

Hey mylotters do any of you suffer from Gout! I get it in my feet the joints swell up and are very painful. It lasts about 3 weeks and then the swelling goes down and then the skin peals off the area that was swollen. You can have...

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Gollywog Well Gout is inflamation that causes swelling in the joints mainly the toes! Some people get it in the fingers knees any joint and it is so painful? I would put it in a catagory of more than kidney stones? If you can imagine not being able to move the part...

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Gollywog @Gollywog (1092) 6 Jun 08

Hey mylotters do any of you suffer from Gout! I get it in my feet the joints swell up and are very painful. It lasts about 3 weeks and then the swelling goes down and then the skin peals off the area that was swollen. You can have...

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TheCarter I am not a very educated man so excuse my ignorance. What exactly is gout? And on a sliding scale between bee stings and kidney stones, where would you place it?

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Gollywog @Gollywog (1092) 6 Jun 08

Hey mylotters do any of you suffer from Gout! I get it in my feet the joints swell up and are very painful. It lasts about 3 weeks and then the swelling goes down and then the skin peals off the area that was swollen. You can have...

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Gollywog I use pieces of toweling i soak it in water and put it in the freezer. They are lighter than an ice pack and it helps.

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Gollywog @Gollywog (1092) 6 Jun 08

Hey mylotters do any of you suffer from Gout! I get it in my feet the joints swell up and are very painful. It lasts about 3 weeks and then the swelling goes down and then the skin peals off the area that was swollen. You can have...

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metschica25 My father suffers from this and I have seen first hand the suffering and swelling .His whole foot/ankle just swell up and he can't even walk .It has gotten so bad that he actually got spasms from it . He uses ice too,but it only helps to a point .Lately,when...

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Gollywog @Gollywog (1092) 6 Jun 08

Hey mylotters do any of you suffer from Gout! I get it in my feet the joints swell up and are very painful. It lasts about 3 weeks and then the swelling goes down and then the skin peals off the area that was swollen. You can have...

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Gollywog You are right tractorboy its all down to cost, they are penny pinchers they dont care that people have to suffer? I just wonder what I paid my taxes for all the years of working! for a kick up the A*s!

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Gollywog @Gollywog (1092) 6 Jun 08

Hey mylotters do any of you suffer from Gout! I get it in my feet the joints swell up and are very painful. It lasts about 3 weeks and then the swelling goes down and then the skin peals off the area that was swollen. You can have...

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lexus54 You're most welcomed. Yes, please do get some good treatment for your gout. Gout can be controlled through medication, and I can testify to that.

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devilsangel @devilsangel (1817) • United States 23 Jun 08

Ok this is my rant and if I p*ss someone off I really don't care. I'm so tired of this country bending over backward to accomidate Spannish speaking illegals and immagrants to this country. GUESS WHAT YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY...

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carrotcake14 Everything in this world, should be fair and square and so sad to say, it rarely happens.

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devilsangel @devilsangel (1817) • United States 23 Jun 08

Ok this is my rant and if I p*ss someone off I really don't care. I'm so tired of this country bending over backward to accomidate Spannish speaking illegals and immagrants to this country. GUESS WHAT YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY...

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whiteheather39 I agree but now I am going to pi*ss you off. If I was going to complain about people not speaking English then I would make darn sure I was at least writing/spelling correct English in my rant! accomidate AKA accommodate Spannish AKA Spanish immagrants...

23 Jun 08

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tractorboy @tractorboy (62) 23 Jun 08

Do you like the present state education system in the UK? Or would you prefer that all schools be privately run so you could have a free choice for your children's education? Payment could be by lower taxes, or tax credits,...

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Wizzywig Another good question! Since my children are now grown up, it would not really affect me on a personal level. I think I would stick with the state education system but would give schools back to the educators instead of letting people who have no idea of...

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tractorboy @tractorboy (62) 23 Jun 08

Which would you choose between these 2 possibilities: 1. NHS as it is today free at the point of use with all it's existing problems. 2. Independent health businesses that you have to pay for, but are reimbursed for using means...

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Wizzywig Difficult choice. I wouldn't like to see the whole NHS go the way that the dental service has with people having to resort to self-treatment because they can't afford to pay. I wonder if independant businesses would be more costly to the consumer? I think the...

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