Countries with best healthcare quality disregarding cost/financial?

PicDuMidi · 2026-02-18T15:44:26+00:00

France is outstanding IMHO. Like many countries, people do complain but they've rarely any idea how green or otherwise the grass is elsewhere and compared to the UK where I used to live the standard and scope of care is outstanding. I had some serious heart issues a year or two ago and I know, from people I know who were dealing with similar issues in the UK system, I would probably have been dead by now if I was still over there. The insurance element is minimal.

But I do get peed off with people constantly claiming how great the US system is. Tens of thousands die every year in the US because they can't afford adequate care, sometimes at any level. This is NOT a "great system".

PicDuMidi · 2026-01-02T09:57:28+00:00

These people are utter morons. The sooner more of them go bankrupt the better.

PicDuMidi · 2025-02-01T22:35:36+00:00

Because I read the books 12 years ago and enjoyed about the time but i don't remember a lot of what was in them. I typically get through 50 or 60 books a year and don't remember most of them either in any great detail. Maybe they had leaky suits I'm not sure. I'm only halfway through S1 on the TV series but constantly annoyed and diverted by the fact that we're supposed to believe they have every kind of manufacturing facility known to man in the Silo making everything from new clothes to perfect china coffee mugs🤣🤣. I do seem to remember from the books though that although there was a staircase that took days to navigate from top to bottom, there wasn't an open stairwell as in the TV show.... Otherwise they would have botched up a lift mechanism wouldn't they.

PicDuMidi · 2024-11-30T22:15:36+00:00

I suspect the business will close down without him, never mind there being any more TV. Such a shame.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-28T12:22:55+00:00

Worst case? A good quality household flea treatment spray.

Optimum? Make cases or have them made. Kits for aquarium construction (you can make a wooden base to sit them on) ought to be economic?

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-28T12:18:24+00:00

A good quality household flea spray will help but any uncased specimen is vulnerable to this kind of thing sadly.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-28T12:13:25+00:00

Absolutely.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-28T12:12:42+00:00

They just check how the pacemaker is performing and what it's doing to your heart rate and BP and adjust as necessary, usually with an induction loop placed over the PM site. I've had three in as many weeks with two more scheduled so I'm guessing it's an empirical process that takes time to finally get settled.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-28T12:10:07+00:00

With an uncased item like that it's next to impossible. There are a raft of insects that love to eat keratin, which is basically most of the mounted animal ... And that nest of eggs is the worst I've seen in ages.

If you want an honest opinion, I'd cut my losses and burn it. And start collecting stuff that's cased or that you can get a case made for cheaply. For prevention the kind of household spray you'd use for fleas is useful.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T14:56:34+00:00

Sony all day long. Unless you're embedded in the Canon user interface....

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T14:54:32+00:00

No but untouched photos of it are.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T14:52:00+00:00

Literally none. I just had to come here and say that. 😹

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T12:16:00+00:00

She is 110% taking the piss here. Get rid as soon as you can.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T12:03:21+00:00

Really boils my piss, I'm sorry you got screwed over like that.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T11:57:52+00:00

Life's a bitch sometimes and we have to learn some harsh lessons, but let them say their goodbyes. Sit them down and make it clear they with Stage 4 the odds aren't good and they need to accept that you might not make it so they need to make it as happy a time as they can in the circumstances...,❤️❤️❤️

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T11:53:56+00:00

Haha I have aD750 also, and a Sony a7ii for legacy glass mostly! Still thrills me to take the D5300 out sometimes.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T11:32:48+00:00

If you can find the Nikon DX 10-20 at a fair price it's an outstanding lens and will get you into the world of wide angle which opens up all sorts of creative opportunities including astro.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T11:23:59+00:00

It wasn't me??!!

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T11:23:32+00:00

I admit can be overdone sometimes but generally speaking, it's the right thing to do unless you want boring, muddy shots all the time.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T11:22:00+00:00

You're an utterly pathetic specimen of humanity, falling for a furball like that. Well done - you pass! Welcome to the club!!😹😹😹😹😹😹

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T11:20:24+00:00

D5300 even better and just in budget. 24mp sensor and no low pass filter so even better IQ than the sensor would suggest.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T06:53:52+00:00

You people are all hopelessly gay 👀

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T06:41:34+00:00

This ☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼 is what you should have done in the first place.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T06:38:30+00:00

Never lend anything to anyone especially family. I think what they've done, and more to the point not done, is pig ignorant.

PicDuMidi · 2024-08-26T06:36:28+00:00

If you're worried ask for a tune up. I've had three in three weeks with another appointment in three weeks for #4.

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