On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:39:33 +0100, Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 22:22:30 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote:

In my entire life, the only thing the NHS fixed for me was a couple of
broken bones.

So you didn't get the arm full of childhood vaccinations?

A hell of a lot of parents think those do more harm than good. And those who want their kids to have them should pay for them. I don't have kids and don't want to pay for other kids' vaccinations.

You've not been abroad and had vaccinations for the common nasties
out there? (Though some are not available on the NHS, Rabies springs
to mind).

I've been abroad and am not pathetically paranoid. So I didn't get any vaccinations.

You have never had any NHS prescriptions from a GP, Out patient, In
patient?

Not any that did me any good, no.

You are not registered with a GP? Presumably if you want routine
medical treatment/advice you see a GP as a private patient?

Routine?!? You see a GP routinely?!?

If you need scrapping up off the road which private A&E department
via which private ambulance service are you going to use?

I'll pay for that IF I need it. I don't want to pay for others' misfortune.

All that for less than £2.80/week

Ah the classic of reducing the timescale to make it look smaller. Sky TV do that and tell you what you pay per day.

Class 2 Self Employed (+ Class 4 on
any profits) or £14.10/week Class 3 Voluntary(*). Only a proportion
of those amounts goes to the NHS, Class 2 provides Basic and New
State Pension, Contribution based Employment and Support Allowance,
Maternity Allowance and Bereavement benefits. Class 3 doesn't have
the ESA or Maternity Allwances.

(*) Except that Class 2 at least has been abolished and included in
the Class 4 contributions. The actual cost of the NHS to the
individual is not that much.

Please speak in English.

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A juggler, driving to his next performance, is stopped by the police. "What are these matches and lighter fluid doing in your car?" asks the cop.
"I'm a juggler and I juggle flaming torches in my act."
"Oh yeah?" says the doubtful cop. "Lets see you do it." The juggler gets out and starts juggling the blazing torches masterfully.
A couple driving by slows down to watch. "Wow," says the driver to his wife. "I'm glad I quit drinking. Look at the test they're giving now!"