bristolman
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Yes I agree entirely, certainly in the 80s it was pretty much guaranteed that winter would be winter.
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Yes exactly right, recent winters have been ridiculously mild, I had shorts on into December which would have been unheard of in years gone by. Even this winter overall hasn't been bad as you know, apart from the recent snow It's been another mild one.
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As I say we van only speak about our own èxperiences, my GP in Brisbane took a year almost go the day to diagnose a herniated disc. Our GP here has been brilliant. It' our experience and the only one we can comment on. -
Of course, I can only comment on my own experiences. Our experiences in a large city (Brisbane) was very different and probably 50% positive at best. When someone says 'in the UK you have to wait months for this' or similar comments nothing is said, it's just accepted as applying to the whole country but because we have had good experiences it is questioned. Many of our recent experiences have been in Cheltenham so not really rural.
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Yes absolutely. Years ago winters were guaranteed to be cold and icy for months and months, now it seems if you get a cold month it's unusual. This recent snow and cold is just not what we have become used to.
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As I keep saying people can only comment on where they live. You can expect people to say it's a lovely day here but 80 miles North apparently it's raining.
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Bloody hell I can barely remember what I had for lunch yesterday lol
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Not unlucky, she just had to pay it.
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Yes many of the plugs on appliances here are the same but just like here you can buy plugs to do the job yourself.
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My wife had to have regular scans (prevenstive) and they cost us around $600 each time. Other than that for many xrays etc are usually free. Prescription costs can be a killer depending on your financial situation.
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It's not deep down and it's not as if it's a secret ?
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That just isn't our experience at all, my wife has an issue that is in the family if you like and she is sent for regular scans and also various other tests. My GP has bought me in for regular health checks. It took a year almost to the day for my GP to finally send me for a scan which led to me finally being treated for a double herniated disc. We can only talk about our own experiences and obviously those living in one country are going to say it's better in that country whereas there doesn't seem to be anything to back it up other than meaningless anecdotes. If you prefer to think a certain aspect is better that's fine but I can tell you judging by recent experience no-ne will convince me there is a better system somewhere else.
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It's in reference to not generalizing about either country, nothing to do with being blind, it's just not relevant to what we are talking about.
