Getting Ready

[brinniel]

I leave for Boston in less than two days and I'm hardly packed. Part of my procrastinating nature, I suppose. Plus, in order to fix my non-working wireless, I have to wipe the slate clean and reformat my computer. Ugh. This means backing everything up, then later reinstalling every program. You have no idea how pissed off that I have to go through

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[lalwendeboggart]

I'd be dead without the NHS when I think of everything I've had. First off I was born Caesarean and my mum was really ill, then I had a growth removed from my eye and various things extracted from my nose as a child (marbles mostly...). I collapsed once at work and was in hospital pumped full of antibiotics and on a drip about 10 years ago. Then I had my road accident of course.

The hospital was rubbish with that but I dread to think how much worse it could have been. My mate Jim who was in the back seat was left without being examined for six hours and it turned out he'd broken his ribs - he thought he was going to die all that time. But all the treatment must have cost a fortune.

Plus I have astigmatism and apparently I can have free eye tests and £60 worth of glasses or contact lenses every year, no matter how rich I get.

You pay a lot of tax for this but it's worth it for not having the worry! And the way you can just roll up at the hospital or doctor and just ask to be seen. I'm even getting free prescriptions right now! They're usually about £6 a time.

Getting an NHS dentist in some places is almost impossible though. For dental work you pay one of three flat rate fees - something like either £10, £60 or £150 depending on what's done.