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January 12, 2018 at 3:40 pm #439

The “promised” money for mental health care from Jeremy Hunt, is after years, by parties of all colours, of underfunding and closure of beds and services. In one major northern city when the large instittion was closed there were three new hospitals built with a total of 20 wards for in-patient care, fifteen years later these were reduced to a total of 15 wards, with very little more investment in community services. It became impossible for the trust involved to recruit consultant psychiatrists, senior nurses and senior staff in the allied professions, they also saw a huge problem in retention of staff. So it really is too little too late.

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December 30, 2017 at 2:46 pm #413

YODEL are marginally better than Hermes who are absolutely horrific, I won’t buy from any company who I know use them as couriers because they are such a joke. I think if you are a bit off the beaten track couriers in general seem to dislike you.

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November 30, 2017 at 11:07 am #340

@luke So I’m not allowed to buy food I want because the company is told not to make it because other people have no self control? Is that what you are suggesting?

If not, how do you propose to fine Mars or Ginsters for the person who eats three when I eat one?

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November 30, 2017 at 11:06 am #338

Why do you blame the food manufacturers? People have free will to buy their products or not. And plenty of people eat them within a workable calorie input and aren’t fat. I can’t open a packet of biscuits or a 150g bag of crisps without scoffing the lot. I don’t blame Crawfords and Tyrells, I just don’t keep them in the house unless they are locked in a time controlled cupboard where I can’t get at them when my free will has been loosened by a bit of wine.

People are eating fewer calories than they did in the past, in general. They’re just moving a lot less.

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November 23, 2017 at 1:50 pm #300

I probably shouldn’t comment as I’ve turned into a blob in the last year and am not and have never been at all motivated to do exercise except in relation to the horse. However….

Why do you need to do more than you’re already doing exercise wise? It seems you already do more than the majority of people. Let your body rest and get over your illness.

As said above substitute a couple of horse evenings for other things if you want to but don’t add to it. If you do feel constantly tired then obviously if you already haven’t then you should speak to your GP. As well as physical things like low iron or vit D Low-mood can also contribute to lack of motivation so that’s something you should also consider.

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November 23, 2017 at 1:22 pm #276

12 BILLION in foreign aid ! …. how much extra does the NHS need ?
from the dregs of my economics studies years ago, private banks don’t manufacture electronic money. A simplistic view makes it look like that but the banks have assets and liabilities that the money is linked to. Unfortunately, I don’t quite understand it well enough to give a succinct explanation, so hopefully someone else can

On the other hand, the government printing physical money leads to inflation, and then hyperinflation. This isn’t good, or a solution.

Google tells me that ‘seigniorage’ is the word for money being cheaper to produce than it’s face value. (that’s the ‘government makes a profit from printing money’ idea)

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October 6, 2017 at 2:20 pm #254

I would do as you said about the B and B for next time and also set some kind of schedule, i.e., yes, you can come then, but then I have big commitments on for work/a show to go to/a visit to family, so I will be away as of X day.

Hopefully, the money thing will wear off. It’s obviously very new. I’d guess that in the end, it will either wear off and you’ll get the real her back or she’ll stay that way. Time will tell.

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October 6, 2017 at 2:06 pm #232

I was 21 when I passed but I don’t count that as I’d been learning since 16 but had breaks between “stints”.

My OH is learning at the age of 31, I won’t lie he is struggling with nerves as he was in an accident when he was 17 (he wasn’t driving) and he’s never really gotten over it. But, hes using the instructor I had, who is nothing short of amazing. She is lovely, everything is calm, relaxed, chatty and if she has to dual control you, she explains why and that’s it.

I was reccomended this instructor by my hairdresser who learnt at 30ish, her ex husband had tried to teach her to drive but had ruined her confidence by shouting at her, she is now a confident, safe driver and she passed first time with only 1 minor.

Get a good instructor that makes you feel comfortable and that is half the battle I think

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October 6, 2017 at 1:24 pm #163

If I’m driving- even if it’s only driving home in the morning- I will not have a single drink. Even one drink affects me far too much to consider driving; my inability to resist crisps after a glass of wine is testament to that.

One of the things that scares me the most is the amount of people who think it’s ok to drive jet-lagged or straight off a long flight. It took me more than a week to feel normal enough to drive after my flight back from NZ. So many people get straight off a long haul flight and onto unfamiliar roads in an equally unfamiliar rental car. Scary!