Age of consent
Oct 26th 2012 | 4:26 am
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Re: Age of consent
I can't remember anyone putting themselves forward to say they had sex at 15
Oct 26th 2012 | 4:40 am
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Oct 27th 2012 | 8:50 pm
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Re: Age of consent
The abortion issue is another thread. But in this day and age, theres no reason for anyone to fall pregnant if they dont want to (the odd one accepted) - and its also so easy to find out almost straight after "the deed" if you are pregnant and go to the GP and take a pill, the morning after and there is the abortion pills which can be taken up to 11 weeks I believe!
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(As an amusing aside one of the other receptionists was highly embarassed when the wife of a local dignitary rang to ask if she could come and pick some up. "How many would you like?" enquired my friend. "Oh just about 3 months worth" came the reply. She consulted the rest of us as to how many that should be. Needless to say we all had widely different answers
)After one or two had had several abortions and other had babies, we got a new young female doctor. She worked wonders with some of these girls by getting them to have contraceptive implants. The birthrate in the village dropped dramatically.
Oct 28th 2012 | 2:57 am
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Re: Age of consent
I used to believe that until I spent some time working as a Dr's receptionist. Our village had a few girls who at the risk of sounding superior, were too stupid or lazy to remember to take the pill or use some other method of protection. We gave out free condoms by the bag full to anyone who asked but they never did.
(As an amusing aside one of the other receptionists was highly embarassed when the wife of a local dignitary rang to ask if she could come and pick some up. "How many would you like?" enquired my friend. "Oh just about 3 months worth" came the reply. She consulted the rest of us as to how many that should be. Needless to say we all had widely different answers)
After one or two had had several abortions and other had babies, we got a new young female doctor. She worked wonders with some of these girls by getting them to have contraceptive implants. The birthrate in the village dropped dramatically.
(As an amusing aside one of the other receptionists was highly embarassed when the wife of a local dignitary rang to ask if she could come and pick some up. "How many would you like?" enquired my friend. "Oh just about 3 months worth" came the reply. She consulted the rest of us as to how many that should be. Needless to say we all had widely different answers
)After one or two had had several abortions and other had babies, we got a new young female doctor. She worked wonders with some of these girls by getting them to have contraceptive implants. The birthrate in the village dropped dramatically.
remember having a GP who had a bad habit of remaining on the same track from the previous patient - always felt lucky he didnt see too many pregnant women before me.
but when I went in there with an inflamed throad and he asked about my leg I was wondering.........
luckily, he eventually retired at 74, 30 years in the same practice.
Oct 28th 2012 | 8:52 pm
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Re: Age of consent
yes, it is the small difference of changing the person responsible for the support that can make so much difference. perhaps that is what is wrong - people should be moved around, not stay in the same place all the time.
remember having a GP who had a bad habit of remaining on the same track from the previous patient - always felt lucky he didnt see too many pregnant women before me.
but when I went in there with an inflamed throad and he asked about my leg I was wondering.........
luckily, he eventually retired at 74, 30 years in the same practice.
remember having a GP who had a bad habit of remaining on the same track from the previous patient - always felt lucky he didnt see too many pregnant women before me.
but when I went in there with an inflamed throad and he asked about my leg I was wondering.........
luckily, he eventually retired at 74, 30 years in the same practice.
Of the 5 doctors I worked for the best one by miles was the one who had set up the practice and been there 30 years. He took a real interest in his patients and also kept up to date professionally.
The worst was one of the younger ones who was trying to make a name for himself. He hardly ever bothered to make a diagnosis he just sent everyone to hospital for tests. People dreaded seeing him because the hospital was a 2 hour return trip.
Oct 28th 2012 | 9:16 pm
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Re: Age of consent
Well I'm not sure that moving people around helps very much if they are just lazy and incompetent. That applies to all walks of life IMO.
Of the 5 doctors I worked for the best one by miles was the one who had set up the practice and been there 30 years. He took a real interest in his patients and also kept up to date professionally.
The worst was one of the younger ones who was trying to make a name for himself. He hardly ever bothered to make a diagnosis he just sent everyone to hospital for tests. People dreaded seeing him because the hospital was a 2 hour return trip.
Of the 5 doctors I worked for the best one by miles was the one who had set up the practice and been there 30 years. He took a real interest in his patients and also kept up to date professionally.
The worst was one of the younger ones who was trying to make a name for himself. He hardly ever bothered to make a diagnosis he just sent everyone to hospital for tests. People dreaded seeing him because the hospital was a 2 hour return trip.
we used to have some excellent doctors, bar the 75yo (older brother), but the founder sold the practice, they all left and we ended up with a very mixed bag.
in most jobs people who are lazy and incompetent get moved around and sometimes even float upwards
why should you or I have to put up with them. The problem is that in some jobs L&I doesnt stop them from being in a job for life, sometimes even after they have taken one.
Oct 28th 2012 | 9:21 pm
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Re: Age of consent
summed up by the Michael Fox film Doc Hollywood
we used to have some excellent doctors, bar the 75yo (older brother), but the founder sold the practice, they all left and we ended up with a very mixed bag.
in most jobs people who are lazy and incompetent get moved around and sometimes even float upwards
why should you or I have to put up with them. The problem is that in some jobs L&I doesnt stop them from being in a job for life, sometimes even after they have taken one.
we used to have some excellent doctors, bar the 75yo (older brother), but the founder sold the practice, they all left and we ended up with a very mixed bag.
in most jobs people who are lazy and incompetent get moved around and sometimes even float upwards
why should you or I have to put up with them. The problem is that in some jobs L&I doesnt stop them from being in a job for life, sometimes even after they have taken one.
We're straying of thread somewhat here though. Don't want to get into trouble
