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  • Just watched the forecast on Countryfile & my OH said Oh that lady on MSE will be snowed in again! You're famous in our house Mar!
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    YAAAAAAY MEEE lolol :D:D
  • meanmarie
    meanmarie Posts: 5,331 Forumite
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    IF any snow comes my way anyone who wants it is welcome to it, can't handle it at all. Don't mind driving in it, although after 40 years of driving Renaults which react very well will be a bit more cautious with the Kia.
    Not as warm here as it obviously is in UK, pleasant enough but have set the heating to come on for an hour morning and evening.

    Stay safe and well all.

    Marie
    Weight 08 February 86kg
  • The thing with driving in snow is, you can't see the ice under the snow. I've had a couple of scary experiences in the snow where my life has flashed in front of me. Even if you are really careful you can skid on ice in the wrong place and get into trouble.
    ivyleaf wrote: »
    Ah, but the swallowing a miniature camera is probably far more expensive! The camera down the throat is a gastroscopy. I've had it done twice, It's fine as long as you insist they give you sedation, and the pics are fascinating to watch.
    I sometimes think about stuff done by the NHS, which is obviously free to us, but I wonder how much people realise how much it costs to deliver. Not that I actually know how much exactly everything costs, but if, say, the gastroscopy cost £200, and the miniature camera £2000 (these figures are a wild guess) how many people would choose the camera if paying out of their own pocket? As a taxpayer this kind of stuff bothers me, I believe that a publically funded service like the NHS is fundamentally better than a only-what-you-can-afford service like in the US, but we all have a responsibility to use it conscientiously if we want it to continue into the 21st century. Just me two-penn'orth.
    Far from sunny here, Nargleblast, I'm afraid; wet & windy, but still warm. Thinking I should have done my Christmas cake & pudding by now, but have been too busy this last week. Hopefully not so busy this week coming...

    To my horror I've actually been & gone & run out of several things this week, most notably horseradish sauce... I think I may have been resting on my prepping laurels a bit too much!
    I have horseradish growing in the garden! Does anyone know how to make horseradish sauce like you buy? If not I'll do some experimentation and let you know :rotfl:
    Mar, jealous of the snow but only at a distance, I know in reality I would hate to have snow now and then for the next few months, a few weeks in January which is all we ever get is more than enough.
  • nuatha
    nuatha Posts: 1,932 Forumite
    I sometimes think about stuff done by the NHS, which is obviously free to us, but I wonder how much people realise how much it costs to deliver. Not that I actually know how much exactly everything costs, but if, say, the gastroscopy cost £200, and the miniature camera £2000 (these figures are a wild guess) how many people would choose the camera if paying out of their own pocket? As a taxpayer this kind of stuff bothers me, I believe that a publically funded service like the NHS is fundamentally better than a only-what-you-can-afford service like in the US, but we all have a responsibility to use it conscientiously if we want it to continue into the 21st century. Just me two-penn'orth.
    Herself has had several endoscopies, colonoscopies and a gastric camera. They have different focuses and yield very different types of results. In her case the first three endoscopies weren't useful diagnostically as they couldn't find the issue that was showing up on on scans. a colonoscopy later, it was time for the camera pill and a day wandering around the hospital. You swallow the pill and it transmits to a handbag receiver, eight hours later you hand the bag in and someone analyses the footage. In herself's case, the footage showed a substantial area of ulceration and inflammation, however it wasn't possible to identify where, so it was a different type of double entry endoscopy to determine the affected area.

    I'm sure a lot of people would opt for swallowing the camera, however the people who make the decisions seem to know what they are about (and seem to make the choices without regard to the financials - as it should be IMO).
    I have horseradish growing in the garden! Does anyone know how to make horseradish sauce like you buy? If not I'll do some experimentation and let you know :rotfl:

    First grate the root (actually get someone else to grate the root, preferably in the next county) warning onions are feeble in comparison. Thankfully you only want about 15g
    Soak grated root in hot water - just enough to cover - for a couple of hours. By which time your eyes may have recovered.
    Whip 150ml of double cream to a mayo like thickness (you can add a pinch of mustard powder if you wish before whipping). Drain the horseradish, add it to the cream with a table spoon of white wine vinegar (I usually use cider vinegar as its what tends to be here) mix well. Season to taste.
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    I sometimes think about stuff done by the NHS, which is obviously free to us, but I wonder how much people realise how much it costs to deliver..... As a taxpayer this kind of stuff bothers me, I believe that a publically funded service like the NHS is fundamentally better than a only-what-you-can-afford service like in the US, but we all have a responsibility to use it conscientiously if we want it to continue into the 21st century..

    I agree and I also think that people who come to the uk need to have paid taxes for a long enough time, before they can access our nhs for free

    Read up freshly made cabbage juice for stomach ulcer etc worth knowing, that and slippery elm

    It is just amazing how quickly the sore throat/cold lurgy can attack. Felt great all morning yesterday and did loads. By 3 my throat was lumpy sore and I have been downhill since. Thank goodness I have the hm elderberry syrup in the fridge and am on extra doses since yesterday. Great to have quick food handy today but it has been a long night

    Grating horseradish, now that did take me back to childhood. Wearing swimming goggles to grate. Oh we all loved that stuff mixed with grated beetroot and kept in jars. Oh yum, beetroot and horseradish on a sandwich
    http://www.comfycook.com/2012/04/cwika-polish-horseradish-with-beets.html
  • moneyistooshorttomention
    moneyistooshorttomention Posts: 17,940 Forumite
    edited 3 November 2014 at 1:33PM
    Guessing we all have our own personal take on what the NHS should provide. In my book it's everything that is definitely necessary (including the most "pleasant" way possible of administering procedures). Stuff like breast implants/those tummy gastric bands/IVF would be "If you want them, you pay for them",l as those aren't down to curing ill health. Cancer drugs...very difficult one...as they are extremely expensive I understand and sometimes cure (in which case of course they should be funded) and other times all they are doing is extending life a few months and then we get onto difficult decision time as to whether to fund them. On the other hand, I (edit: ie the NHS) would pay for what might be deemed cosmetic things of some types (eg excess skin removal after drastic weight loss), varicose veins, removal of noticeable blemishes.

    Difficult...and I know I would never take cancer drugs myself...I would just go down the "natural route" re cures for that if it came to it. One of my parents has cancer:( and it is his decision not to do radiotherapy and chemotherapy personally, just because he's read enough about them that he doesn't want to and I agree with him. He uses the other conventional treatments they dish out to him one way and another.

    I would agree that anyone coming to our country should contribute appropriately before they are entitled to access our NHS (bar a genuine emergency). People flying in just to give birth - at our expense:eek::lipsrseal - would be put on the next plane back again even if part way through it and it wouldn't be long before that little lark would stop, after tales had spread of giving birth at several thousand feet up and without pain relief.
  • nuatha wrote: »
    (actually get someone else to grate the root, preferably in the next county) warning onions are feeble in comparison.

    Or, you could wear one of these.
    germanchemicalsuit.jpg

    What do you mean, you don't have on? :shocked:

    And you call yourself a prepper? :p
  • removal of noticeable blemishes.

    I think it is sad, that people feel the need to have blemishes removed, just to meet some arbitrary standard of so called beauty.

    I know a lady with a Port wine stain birthmark, who doesn't give a damn what other people think.

    If only everyone was able to go about their lives, unconcerned about other people's reactions.
  • Thanks for the horseradish tips nuatha, I'll give it a go. What I had in mind when I planted it, was to try to use more indigenous seasoning, in the interests of self-reliance. If imported spices became a luxury few could afford it would be good to know what to do with native flavourings. On the other hand, I guess the global trade in spices would survive in most circumstances,. There must have been a reason that the Elizabethan era explorers focused on the spice trading routes to China and India, my guess is that it's because the diet at home was dull as anything and people were desperate for something to liven it up.
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