In England we have a ‘free’ health services called National Health Service (NHS). They’re known for being a little on the bad side. But, you get what you pay for. Now, I’ve not been to the doctors in over about 7 years, thankfully. I hate those people who get a cold, bang their leg or sneeze and book an appointment with the doctor. Wait a few days and see if it goes away! But I digress. I rang the doctors; To my suprise when I asked for an appointment the woman asked “Would you like an appointment with the doctor?” What was she expecting? Perhaps I should have asked to see the Witch Doctor. Well obviously that was what I wanted. But then even more supprise, she offered me an appointment at 4:10pm today! I nearly dropped the phone and then double checked, “you mean today?” and sure enough it was. Perhaps things are getting better with the national health service!

I don’t eat at Subway that often but everytime I go there I get really really annoyed. You look at the menu and pick a sandwich, they make it seem so simple. Then there’s the obligatory choice of bread. But what the hell is it with them asking what you want in the sandwich! Didn’t I just decide by picking it off the menu.
Me – “I’d like a Subway Club please, on wheat something bread”
Staff – “Do you want cheese in that?”
Now perhaps I’m being stupid but you wouldn’t walk into a restaurant order Lasagne and expect to be asked if you’d like pasta in it! My usual reply is “well put everything that’s supposed to be in it”. I don’t want to specify, perhaps I won’t get all the bits I want. I don’t remember them charging less if I don’t have olives, or dressing. You’ve got to get your moneys worth haven’t you! What if you missed out on some expensive meat, cheese or something. It would be really nice to walk in next time and hear the following reply instead, “Would you like all the things to make it look like the picture?” Since that’s what sold it to me, I’d like to be that sandwich. Perhaps I’m expecting to much.

Disabled parking in the UK seems to be increasing. Before I start; I’m not attacking those people who need it and appologies now if I’m misunderstanding who use the spaces. While in town today I noticed that many of the disabled spaces close to the shops contains expensive cars. Of the 4 disabled spaces I passed all the cars had disabled badges displayed in the window. The cars were; A Range Rover, BMW, Ford Feista (ok not expensive), Mercedes E-Class.
Being contraversial, are these people getting disability which is paying for the cars? or is it a trend that disabled people are wealthy. I’d love to know. There is the case that if you look after a family member who has a disability then you can apply for a disabled badge for you car. I don’t know if that means you can only use it when the family member is with you but expect that is abused.

So recently my bank revised it’s internet banking service. The new one is much quicker, smoother and appears to offer some more features. Since I’m an Apple Mac user it also enabled me to use their site in Safari. Well excellent, finally the bank gets it right. A week on, I got back to check what’s going in and out of my site…and there we are….

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So what was the problem? No idea, it worked just great for me….waiting to hear what my bank have to say on the matter.