But part of running something competently and well is identifying those parts which are currently having trouble and letting the whole system down as a result, and putting together a plan to bring th… (View Post)

Yes, my GP has the same "must phone at 8am on the day, even if it's something that could easily wait a week". To be fair to them they have got the admin side of it down pretty well -- you s… (View Post)

It's been argued by somebody who knows more military history than I do (https://acoup.blog/2020/03/20/collections-why-dont-we-use-chemical-weapons-anymore/ ) that the main reason that there's a fairl… (View Post)

Perhaps we could look at the possibilities of relocating the surplus old people from the latter to the former, then? :-) (View Post)

Most local libraries have an OED subscription which will let you access the online OED from anywhere by just putting your library card number in on the website. So if you often find you want to look … (View Post)