It's interesting to see the plan to only pay for cancer drugs if they work and to think of other situations where the same principle could be applied...
- maybe I only have to pay my car insurance if I have a crash
- I only pay my TV licence if I think the BBC programmes are any good
- I can borrow self-help books from the bookshop, returning to pay for them only if I am a noticeably better person for it
My life would be distinctly cheaper if I could follow these rules. Let's hope that it's also cheaper for the NHS.
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Moose,
I'm loving this idea, just think how much it would cost the company that makes Lynx!
Boom chicka wah ouch!
DD out
Only pay for your Ronseal if it really ' does exactly what it says on the tin?'
Am excited, it seems this week is 30th week with Anna 30 on Thursday (I did read that didn't I?) and me 30 on Friday - could it be time for an extended parté??
:o) Jo
I could only pay for parking fines if I had actually infringed the rules.
I am extremely peed off today. I had TWO notices served to me, from effing BAILIFFS for crying out loud, yesterday for April 2006 and October 2006.
As I (naively) thought, they had all been sorted out, I now need to speak nicely to the 'Local Authority Collections' company to see what can be done...and my boss said, if they wanna take goods worth that from my house, they'll have to deliver them first.
Hitler is alive and well and working at Northamptom County Court.
Elvis has left the building
love
hazel
x
Hazel - Round this way (Sandwell) people just hide behind the sofa until they've gone away!
:o) Jo
PS The bailiff that came to our office last year was actually quite nice once we'd offered him a cup of tea and biscuit!!!
When I worked at a travel insurance company, we had people ringing us up after they'd come back from their travels asking if they could have their insurance premium refunded 'cos they hadn't had to make a claim! Oh, the arguments I had ....
jollygit xx
PS Anna - thanks for letting me go home x
Actimel owe me a complete fortune!
Anna - good to see you back. It's always disappointing when someone gives you a crap gift - I don't think you are being ungrateful. My m.o. (for female gift buying) is - when in doubt, send flowers!
Anna & Jo - I do not have the words to describe how young 30 is!! Have a wonderful time on your birthdays and rejoice in being unbelievably young and gorgeous!
Hazel - good luck fighting City Hall - nightmare!
Jollygit - I didn't get the chance to read the link you mentioned yesterday, and then it became apparent it was to be avoided! So I took the coward's way out. But it wasn't your fault, so you are completely forgiven! I always tell Ms S that I gave birth to her in agony but that's not strictly true because I had a Caeserean and felt nothing (until a little while later .....!)
Hey ho, have a great Tuesday everyone.
C xx
Just so you all know, Decaf coffe tastes like horse wee and poo mixed together with some snail slime....
I should heed all warnings about keeping well away!
:o) Jo
As mentioned on the CE...old people would be queueing up in their gazillions to get Youth Dew...they know they'd never have to pay for it...
Jo, what sort of biscuits?
..and anna...reminds me of the birthday card with a picture of a wrapped up hoover...the husband is all excited saying to his wife "can you guess what it is". In the meantime I shall be sending a REAL tumbler, and an acrobat, and a stilt-walker and a juggler but not a clown because they freak me out.
Actually, something else you could only pay for, if they make you laugh, clowns. They make me run away!
Speshully Pierrots
love
hazel
x
ChrissieS...too posh to push...who'da thought it eh?..and re Actimel...are you supposed to eat it or rub it in...
Jo,
I just wondered if you carried out a field study re. decaf coffee and what it tastes like?
For me, decaf coffee is just water colouring! What is the point of having coffee if it has no effect?
Jo, can you also give me your opinion on the new N2é half caff? Sounds an interesting concept, is it poo and pee with a ickle kick?
DD out
PS Bunjee's that don't! How do you claim your money back?
oh yay, two of us 30 this week. Can i get you a non-alcoholic pint Jo, it would be rude not to start the celebrations as we would like to go on (if you werent with child of course!)
My neighbours bought me a bench last night, how sweet is that. Now we can all congregate around that of an evening with our cuppa's (read wine) and gossip about the neighbour that none of us likes.... who hasnt mowed/mown.... cut his grass since he moved in last May. How high can a fly fly and all that.
how about paying only for your mortgage for the hours you are in your house. Out at work all day, and out on the street all night. Ours would be dead cheap.
xx
Well I was going to suggest a party too...I believe that Zion National Park is particularly nice at this time of year and I feel that it's vaguely in the right vicinity for Matt to join us. I suggest we start at midday on Thursday with a picnic lunch by the river. We can then do the hike up through the river for a mile or two (bring shorts and waterproof sandals). Dinner will be at the Lodge and I've virtually reserved rooms at the motel down the road with the very nice pool and jacuzzi. Cocktails by the pool before dinner and a quick soak as we watch the sun go down.
Friday kicks off with a strenuous walk which everyone, even pregnant birthday girls can join in with as it's virtual, across the red rocks of the park...packed lunches will be provided.
Anna - you need to train him to buy things he wants for your birthday. That's what we usually do innit? Some of Mrs Moose's favourite presents have been things I've got because I was stumped for ideas and so got something I wanted - the coffee maker springs to mind given today's subject. Although I too am intrigued to know whether Jo really knows what a mixture of horse poo and wee tastes like...
...with or without snail slime...
Moose - I think the party for Jo and Anna sounds like a triffic idea so I've just bought two days' leave. BTW - how many rooms have you booked at the motel? Just checking ........ will I need me jim-jams?
Now, where's me passport?
jollygit
Thinking Matt. Thinking Surrey. Thinking possibly West Sussex. Thinking maybe East Sussex. Thinking all the time I've lived darn sarf, and nevererdovvit.
No wonder. It's in UTAH!!? Like the Osmonds.
However, with further research... Zion National Park, from May to October, enjoys temperatures ranging from 70°F to 105°F in the day and from 45°F to 75°F at night.
I expect there will be mosquitoes along with the skunks, water ouzel, mountain lions and the occasional Zion snail. Apparently though, there isn't much chance of spotting the ring-tailed cat. I suppose you'd only really get to see it if you were there when it walked past or something.
Now, Moose, I know you only want to go there for Salt Lick City...
http://www.paksalt.com/products.asp?cat_id=13
...and the last time I did a strenuous walk was when I heard they were having a closing down all stock 10% original price sale at Schuh, so I'll just make sure I've got the kettle on for when you all get back.
Otherwise it sounds parfait. Please put me down for a window seat.
Paddle yer own canoe
love
hazel
x
Sounds just perfect!!
Tho incidentally moose, the tumbler was the item he returned with after taking the surround sound system back that he originally bought. Im afraid after 4 years of receiving gadgets for my birthday i was unable to hide my dissapointment and he felt obliged to return it. The tumbler came as an alternative, along with a new digital camera for himself.
Ooh, jelly shoes - will defo need them for paddling in the river.
how exciting!
xx
MfR : see what you've started?!
Hope you get the packing done early in the week - no last minute panics.
Moose, I'm so looking forward to our trip. Unfortunately the last time I wore shorts was in 1989 but I have a super pair of "trackies" from M&S so they will have to do! After lunch on Thursday, while the rest of you guys go for a trek, I'll make my way to the Lodge, just to make sure the wine order has been dealt with.
Jollygit, I always know where my passport is - top drawer in the bedside cabinet. I know where it is because I always used to lose the damn thing. The last time I mislaid my passport I spent an entire day looking for it, finding it - eleven hours later - in a handbag I NEVER use! Do you think Mr S put it there to teach me a lesson?!
C xx
A whole new meaning for the phrase 'Box Hedge'...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/
articles/news/news.html?
in_article_id=459871&in_page_id=1770
Afternoon all,
Oh dear Hazel Two Bailiffs, now that is unfortunate! If you had a bay leaf, rosemary and some thyme you may have won a prize? If you need any help from the heavies than give me a call as they do not come much heavier :-))) xx
Anna and Jo both 30 this week! Oh I can not wait until I am 30 (looking for the whistling smiley)……. So a big Birthday bash on Thursday and Friday, what fun! I would like to book a (virtual) room for the Thursday night however I will have to off early as I have booked a days fishing on Friday somewhere between UK and France!
Do you know (because I do not) I fell quite happy today, now how did that happen?
Keith the BigUn
xx
Keith - it'll be just because you can...
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Chrissie S - glad you know where your passport is - that'll avoid any last-minute panics then!! Mine is kept in a bureau in the dining room, along with various travel documents/insurance etc plus the leftover Euros from our last jaunt to Calais. Anything to do with holidays etc is kept in there so that there's no forgetting where it all is!
I think I'll take some virtual travellers cheques and a bit of plastic on Thursday just in case I see something I want to buy. Ooh, I'm getting all excited now .... wish I was 30 this week as well!
jollygit xx
Can I get a refund on my TV licence because I never watch BBC channels?
DD out
Jolly, you can be virtually 30...that is not to take away anything from those of us who actually are...
Just a thought….
Can I get some of my road tax refunded for the time when my vehicles are not on a public highway?
Can I only pay for the sports pages (and page 3) of the newspaper instead of paying full price as I do not?
Can I get a refund on my fishing trip on Friday in relation to the amount of fish I actually catch?
Keith the BigUn
xx
Yo.
Sorry, just getting some pre-US practice in. You know, when in Rome....
Won't bore you with tales of insomnia etc, but I am ready for the off.
Provisionally finished the numbers today only to take a call telling me that I will be taking on two new businesses and two new accountants.
Oh good. More work.
Hey ho.
Very briefly, the agenda goes,
Monday-Tuesday - Seattle
Wednesday-Thursday - near Portland
Next few days - Heading sarf
Monday-Tuesday - San Fran
Next few days - Out in the boonies
Final weekend - Vegas
Doesn't sound much when you look at it like that!
Oh, and I forgot to add,
Every day - some shopping.
There. That's better.
I'll be checking in before I, um, check in, and I'll try to log on wherever possible en route.
Tally ho!
Much love to you all
MfR
Oh, and Hazel,
I know you don't do football, but Fulham are playing Brighton on Friday 20th July.
If you could stomach 90 minutes of blokes running around swearing at each other (they will be wearing shorts) let me know.
We could always have a bit of a knees up afterwards.
MfR
2 other quick things before I go and watch Gord give it some F for an hour.
(By the way, this talking to myself lark is fun)
I've managed to strain tendons in my wrist.
And I slept last night. And dreamt about killer whales holding a bring and buy sale.
Cheerio.
MfR
MfR - sounds like you could do with a holiday!!
jollygit xx
Sorry Mfr but as you brought up the matter. Go at em Seagulls.
Sorry Mum's home town, and I have to be loyal!
DD out
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