Another brit here i read daily but dont post
here's a site that is based in Great Britain and has many Brits, as well as other nationalities. nice folk, too.http://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/newBB/index.phplove~LL~
Quote from: muddled on August 24, 2007, 01:31:02 PMAnother brit here i read daily but dont post C'mon Muddled talk to us. Do you like football by any chance?
I have spent about one fourth of my life living in the U.S., one fourth in Canada, one fourth in Germany, and one fourth in Britain, so I am not sure what nationality I am. Perhaps you could grant my the title of honorary Brit, although I carry an American passport just because customs officials at the U.S. border are the most fascist in the world and it helps if you at least have their passport. I was living in Britain when I started dialysis, and of the four countries in which I have experience of dialysis, I can say that it was by far the worst in Britain. I was at the Hammersmith Hospital dialysis center, where we had one television bolted to the ceiling for 20 dialysis stations, and although the sound was constantly blaring, no one was watching it, because it was impossible to change the channel. The staff made us wait from 20 to 40 minutes in the waiting room before calling us in for treatment. The machines were so old that I was always severely nauseated after each dialysis session, which never happened in any other country because of the more sophisticated machines used. Also, while in North America dialysis is scheduled around the clock for the convenience of patients who work, at the Hammersmith the last dialysis was scheduled to begin within normal working hours, destroying the capacity of the patients for work and rehabilitation just for the conveninece of the staff who did not want to work late.
City ..City..City Sorry just joking i HATE footy !
Quote from: Ken Shelmerdine on August 24, 2007, 03:06:59 PMQuote from: muddled on August 24, 2007, 01:31:02 PMAnother brit here i read daily but dont post C'mon Muddled talk to us. Do you like football by any chance?only ever watch the world cup
Ken, does the British Virgin Islands count in your Brit roll call? Also I was born in Barbados which is said to be 'more British than Britain'. How's that?Am I in?
Thanks Ken for the honorary status. I wonder if I can get an O.B.E. and a 'Sir' in front of my name as well?I was last on regular dialysis in England in 1997, though I was briefly treated there during a visit in 1998. I understand that many public services are better now that they have introduced the Patients' Charter.
Can I have an honorary title?? My kids play soccer and one is a ref. Isn't that similiar???
I have been to London several times----that doesn't count does it? Near Victoria Station, is a walk up fish and chips place called Flames with the best chips I have ever had--hot chips in a newspaper cone with vinegar---yummy! An afternoon in Covent Garden searching for a bargain or a treasure and then going to a theater that was built 2 or 3 hundred years ago--what a perfect day! My favorite show we saw about 3 or 4 years ago was "Beautiful Game" an Andrew Lloyd Weber play that never made it to the U.S. Heart wrenching story! And I quickly learned to love breakfast-eggs, a type of ham and BAKED BEANS! It was good and started our days off full of protein! I am rambling--sorry!