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Post by Humph on Mar 25, 2020 11:12:27 GMT
That's an extract from that old joke about the Suzuki salesman who developed an inconveniently located abcess that caused his gas emissions to sound like "Honda" I think...
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Post by Alanović on Mar 25, 2020 11:22:28 GMT
Absence makes the fart go Honda..... Oi, I resemble that comment.
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Post by Humph on Mar 25, 2020 11:43:03 GMT
Wonder if someone is in charge of your old Merc yet Al?
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Post by Alanović on Mar 25, 2020 11:49:03 GMT
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Post by WDB on Mar 25, 2020 12:06:46 GMT
Ah. I saw one just like it in town the other day and wondered.
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Post by Humph on Mar 25, 2020 12:56:39 GMT
Probably a test drive and the bloke thought, nah, it feels all a bit squint... 🤔
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 15:52:26 GMT
I didn't realise Al had the car from new: "Only one previous owner Full service history"
"No single advisory" just a few grouped together at MOT time looking at the MOT history.
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Post by WDB on Mar 25, 2020 16:33:59 GMT
Single advisory: “I wouldn’t buy this car if I were you.”
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Post by Humph on Mar 25, 2020 16:55:33 GMT
Is that, erm, the same dealer you bought the Honda from?
Only...just saying...I'm sure there's no need to be concerned, at all, why would it even slightly be a worry... 😬
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Post by bromptonaut on Mar 25, 2020 17:44:40 GMT
Absence makes the fart go Honda..... That joke ages us all. I think the original punchline was to do with a bottom abscess the effect of which was to make a fart sound like Honda; abscess makes the fart go Honda. EDIT - I see I was preempted.
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Post by EspadaIII on Mar 25, 2020 18:33:48 GMT
Just to bring this thread back to the topic, I just want to say how amazingly efficient is the Israeli primary care system. Everything is online for your ease. You can communicate with the doctor, seek repeat prescriptions, book appointments, see the results of your tests in full. Unless you actually need a consultation face to face, you can do everything online.
I realised today that I had thrown away a prescription where I had only obtained half the amount written. A quick note to the doctor via an app and within two hours a reply and the remaining prescription was available within the app to print out or it is in the computer of the health provider's own pharmacy if I go there. The country operates a series of health insurers (probably similar to Spain or France) and each major town has a large building with offices, clinics, nurses etc. You can have operation stitches removed, have mild chemotherapy, all different screenings, blood tests etc and there are social workers as well and it all works efficiently.
There are different levels of insurance and Dad for some reason is not on the highest, but even so the cost to him is not large. Too late now to upgrade.
If the NHS operated this way, it would save billions.. But the investment in the system must have been fairly high.
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Post by EspadaIII on Mar 26, 2020 5:13:28 GMT
The power of communication....
Last night I had a zoom chat with Espadrille and another couple. Just a nice relaxing hour chatting away with a drink.
The live-in carer who came on Tuesday to look after Dad when i am not here is a lovely Philipina who made me a nightcap of boiled ginger and lemon. I added some honey.
I slept! Didn't wake up at 0345 as I have for the past week. Do I feel better....
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Post by Alanović on Mar 26, 2020 9:09:45 GMT
Is that, erm, the same dealer you bought the Honda from? Only...just saying...I'm sure there's no need to be concerned, at all, why would it even slightly be a worry... 😬 I bought the Honda from a main dealer. They took the Merc and punted it off to an auction.
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Post by Alanović on Mar 26, 2020 9:10:58 GMT
I didn't realise Al had the car from new: "Only one previous owner Full service history" "No single advisory" just a few grouped together at MOT time looking at the MOT history. There was only one previous owner before me. Bought it privately brand new and ran it to 100k miles, which is when I made the terrible decision to buy it.
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Post by EspadaIII on Mar 29, 2020 5:45:43 GMT
Sitrep. Last direct flight from Israel to UK leaves today and I won't be on it. It has taken a lot out of me these last three weeks but I am now comfortable with the idea of remaining here until at least another three weeks and then - I have to be able to get home
- Dad needs to be stable and the carer coping with running the house with him, without my help
- there needs to be a realistic expectation of being able to return
I am hoping that the doctor will give him the green light to drive again. This will make him feel a lot better and make life easier for him and the carer when I have have left. He has been feeling pretty good these last three days or so, as insulin improves his appetite and mood. We now need to cope with lockdown without the daily medical and shopping visits.
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