On Sat, 29 May 2021 12:13:19 GMT, The Nomad
wrote:

On Sat, 29 May 2021 09:44:16 +0100, Scott
wrote:

On Sat, 29 May 2021 09:03:22 +0100, "Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)"
wrote:

snip If you went to the doctor, you
would describe the symptoms. You would not go in saying you should do
this and this.

I have been know :-)

I had one ask me what I wanted her to do re my 'condition'.

Younger ones may not be so keen I suppose ...

That was what used to happen with hay fever medication before it was
taken off prescription. It started as 'I see last year you had A and
B. Did this work? Good. I'll give your the same again this year'
and eventually evolved to 'I always get A and B and it works well'. No
further questions - prescription in hand.