Posted in Rants on Oct 31st, 2006
But in this instance it merits a conspicious place. Many minor infractions, whlie not to be condoned, are of little importance. We have all exceeded the speed limit at some point, even if was unintentional, but despite the associated hysteria there is a reasonable amount of evidence including from the DoT that speed alone is [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Oct 27th, 2006
It’s my last day as an ECMO fellow. I’ve been in this current job for 6 months and it’s time to move on. From Weds next week I can be found at the Leicester Royal back as an anaesthetist. My skills will probably be a bit rusty but hopefully it will all come flooding back. [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Oct 19th, 2006
I’m not a good one for missing out on ZZZs. Only hyperbole would describe how bad last weekend was. We took 3 admissions, which may not sound like much but resulted in me only getting 6 hours sleep in 48. Unsurprisingly I wasn’t in a particulary energetic frame of mind this week. This is mildly [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Oct 13th, 2006
You can prove anything depending on how you look at things. I can’t remember who said “there are lies, damn lies and statistics”. It may have been Mark Twain, but that’s not important. Either way yesterday showed a good example of how the Labour machine propanganda operates. The Healthcare Commission gave University Hospitals of Leicester [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Oct 10th, 2006
Quite a few at the moment. The biggest dilemma is what to do with the house. Do we rent it or sell it? If we rent it keeps a foot in the UK allowing us to return if need be. However after interest rate rises, agents fees and commission on transferring money we would probably [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Oct 6th, 2006
There it is! The formal offer from TQEH. Now it’s official I can stop worrying that they might withdraw the offer. It will be from 31st Jan 07 to 8th Feb 2008, by which time I’ll have either found another post, got onto a rotational scheme or got sick of the place. I suspect once [...]
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