Why no thread on Phil the Greek?
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mybrainhurts said:
valiant said:
mybrainhurts said:
Yup, a modern day hero who won't submit to the crap with which our young generation has been indoctrinated.
I strive to achieve his standards every day...
‘Hero’ is a bit strong don’t you think?I strive to achieve his standards every day...
piquet said:
80 years of public service and received nothing in exchange, hasn't taken a penny off the public, received no benefits in kind, paid his taxes, lived a life of poverty like he was born into before his uncle got him into the exclusive club
But they are the royal family, chosen by god!
His children are all pillars of the community and shining examples of what the church of Engalnd ( which his wife is head of) preaches along with their chosen partners, as are his grandchildren and their partners
I always find it weird that PH so condescending about people blowing themselves up for the sky fairies can believe we should support a family because they were chosen by a the sky fairies
The queen is the only one i have any respect for, the sooner we can be rid of that whole anachronistic hypocritical establishment the better
I don't believe we need a head of state. Bridges don't need opening, cornerstones don't need laying etc, when the queen dies we mourne and move onto the modern world
If we have to have a head of state an elected head of state then so be it, Charles can stand with the other candidates and politicians should be barred from the role (as well as the house of lords for that matter. The royal family makes as much sense as the role of prime minister going to the Johnson family for the rest of time
oh but think of the loss of tourism, that makes no sense, more people go to Paris then London, none of the royal family are at heathrow welcoming people to the country and thanking them for coming
There was another thread and it mentioned one of the dutch royal family who works as a pilot, it turned out lots of royal like to be pilots, of coarse they do, they're like a head of state, most the time they're not needed, and when they are really needed there is often very little they can do, consider themselves important and most the time won't shut up
he's an old man and i wish him well, yes he's done well to reach his age with the very best medical care that even with an unlimited budget you'd have difficulty buying, which of coarse he doesn't have to pay for as he's NHS
Barts has limited capacity, most people his age would never get there, too old, the fact he's gone and means there are other people who haven't, the royal family have real cost to the people, for example I worked at a hospital one saturday, but there was no emergency theatre until 3 ( this is the list at the weekend where urgent cases are operated on) so the urgent cases were delayed 7 hours, why? Prince Charles was playing Polo just in case he was injured.
Then there is a real tax cost, in reality closer to 1/3 of a billion a year
I wish him well, but when it comes to the royal family like burning old ladies with cats, neutering homosexuals, limiting voting to landowners, they are a thing of the past
I think I we ever meet, we might get on. But they are the royal family, chosen by god!
His children are all pillars of the community and shining examples of what the church of Engalnd ( which his wife is head of) preaches along with their chosen partners, as are his grandchildren and their partners
I always find it weird that PH so condescending about people blowing themselves up for the sky fairies can believe we should support a family because they were chosen by a the sky fairies
The queen is the only one i have any respect for, the sooner we can be rid of that whole anachronistic hypocritical establishment the better
I don't believe we need a head of state. Bridges don't need opening, cornerstones don't need laying etc, when the queen dies we mourne and move onto the modern world
If we have to have a head of state an elected head of state then so be it, Charles can stand with the other candidates and politicians should be barred from the role (as well as the house of lords for that matter. The royal family makes as much sense as the role of prime minister going to the Johnson family for the rest of time
oh but think of the loss of tourism, that makes no sense, more people go to Paris then London, none of the royal family are at heathrow welcoming people to the country and thanking them for coming
There was another thread and it mentioned one of the dutch royal family who works as a pilot, it turned out lots of royal like to be pilots, of coarse they do, they're like a head of state, most the time they're not needed, and when they are really needed there is often very little they can do, consider themselves important and most the time won't shut up
he's an old man and i wish him well, yes he's done well to reach his age with the very best medical care that even with an unlimited budget you'd have difficulty buying, which of coarse he doesn't have to pay for as he's NHS
Barts has limited capacity, most people his age would never get there, too old, the fact he's gone and means there are other people who haven't, the royal family have real cost to the people, for example I worked at a hospital one saturday, but there was no emergency theatre until 3 ( this is the list at the weekend where urgent cases are operated on) so the urgent cases were delayed 7 hours, why? Prince Charles was playing Polo just in case he was injured.
Then there is a real tax cost, in reality closer to 1/3 of a billion a year
I wish him well, but when it comes to the royal family like burning old ladies with cats, neutering homosexuals, limiting voting to landowners, they are a thing of the past
Esceptico said:
juice said:
Oh noes, 'rude'.....
The royal family literally have no direct impact on anyone's lives on this small part of the web...So to get all frothy is a little bit well...strange
I'm ambivalent about the whole Royal family thing but in your character assassination of a 99 year old geezer you're conflating current views against those of a nearly 100 year old man who grew up in a time vastly different to those now.
In summary - man who has views different to yours is bad man.
Insulting your hosts was never acceptable and still isn’t acceptable in normal, polite society. The royal family literally have no direct impact on anyone's lives on this small part of the web...So to get all frothy is a little bit well...strange
I'm ambivalent about the whole Royal family thing but in your character assassination of a 99 year old geezer you're conflating current views against those of a nearly 100 year old man who grew up in a time vastly different to those now.
In summary - man who has views different to yours is bad man.
Turn up, smile, wave and don’t say anything offensive. Not a very difficult job. He didn’t seem to manage it. If he wanted more from life than that he shouldn’t have married the queen.
Rather, others get offended on their behalf - such as the Iranian editorial somehow thinking it's racist to state Filipinos run the NHS.
Cold said:
He's just left St Bart's and has returned to King Edward VII's hospital following the recent heart surgery. This bodes well for his recovery prospects. I expect some on here might be annoyed by this news.
That's great news. Anyone who is annoyed by it has serious mental problems. An old man got treated and looks like it all went well. He should do some laps of his garden to raise a few quid to say thanks imo. milkround said:
Cold said:
He's just left St Bart's and has returned to King Edward VII's hospital following the recent heart surgery. This bodes well for his recovery prospects. I expect some on here might be annoyed by this news.
That's great news. Anyone who is annoyed by it has serious mental problems. An old man got treated and looks like it all went well. He should do some laps of his garden to raise a few quid to say thanks imo. 
Someone above implied that 'ordinary' people around the Duke's age don't get treated by the NHS. 
I still recall watching the Beeb Hospital series, where a senior nurse said 'we are not ageists, if we can treat we will.'
I can only find this clip now of the episode in question. This was 4 years ago.
Oh, and by the way, he walked out after the TAVI successful surgery procedure.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04s8728
I still recall watching the Beeb Hospital series, where a senior nurse said 'we are not ageists, if we can treat we will.'
I can only find this clip now of the episode in question. This was 4 years ago.
Oh, and by the way, he walked out after the TAVI successful surgery procedure.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04s8728
Sway said:
You're suggesting a hospital's entire emergency theatre unit was shut down to sit on standby in case of Charles getting injured?
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Weirdly enough as the senior doc in charge of A&E at the time I had to be in the loop. We had to keep a ruptured appendix in ED whilst waiting for ok that the polo match was finished and was fine before they could go to theatre. We also had to keep a resus bay free, just in case. Fortunately that particular Saturday morning we weren't that rammed so it was a pain rather then impacting clinical care.b
ks.At the weekend there is an emergency list, this is all the urgent operations which need doing, the cases are put in order of priority and shared between the surgical specialties. There is an option of opening anther theatre but would need calling in another anaesthetist which on paper is 30 minutes but in reality 60. As a consultant on call is allowed to live 30 minutes from the hospital but that's based on optimum traffic and by the time you factor in getting your stuff together any traffic parking and actually getting to theatre etc.
So I was there personally, I was officially told personally, I had to change what we would normally do personally- I defer to your expert opinion it must be b
ksThe hospital, trauma unit DGH in SE England, but this was pre trauma networks, so at the time standard sized DGH in SE wo was seeing (and this is an estimate) around 70k/year
piquet said:
Weirdly enough as the senior doc in charge of A&E at the time I had to be in the loop. We had to keep a ruptured appendix in ED whilst waiting for ok that the polo match was finished and was fine before they could go to theatre. We also had to keep a resus bay free, just in case. Fortunately that particular Saturday morning we weren't that rammed so it was a pain rather then impacting clinical care.
That's disgusting quite frankly.Bet the Daily Mail would pay a pretty penny for some stories like that.
ddom said:
And so the name calling begins
Just for you.
The priceless racism of Phil the Greek
That should keep you warm tonight
There are some good ones in there. I bet you laughed too but you'd never admit it, obvs.Just for you.
The priceless racism of Phil the Greek
That should keep you warm tonight
Dromedary66 said:
piquet said:
Weirdly enough as the senior doc in charge of A&E at the time I had to be in the loop. We had to keep a ruptured appendix in ED whilst waiting for ok that the polo match was finished and was fine before they could go to theatre. We also had to keep a resus bay free, just in case. Fortunately that particular Saturday morning we weren't that rammed so it was a pain rather then impacting clinical care.
That's disgusting quite frankly.Bet the Daily Mail would pay a pretty penny for some stories like that.
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