Latest Moan From You and Me 2023

Down here quite a number of operations are done by private clinics on behalf of the NHS, I recently had a cataract operation at a contracted clinic and my neighbour had his hernia done last year under a similar arrangement; they also do hip and knee replacements as long as they are straight forward.

 

I know lots of people wouldn't agree, but I dont know why the NHS doesn't farm all it everyday surgery to specialist private units and just concentrate on doing the more difficult jobs in house.
It would make a lot more sense and get down the waiting lists faster.

In these days I think the NHS just cant cope with the numbers.

 

If you required people to be resident for 5 yrs, half the people who work there would be excluded from treatment.
It dose appear to need sorting out as they seem to waste a lot.

Checking out patients appears to be a care problem to stop bed blocking.

 

Yep, if you look really closely I think you might spot one cashew.

 

Morrison's website says:

Ingredients Peanuts (49%), Cashew Nuts (49%), Rapeseed Oil, Salt.

 

It says that on the packet.

 

It does not look good enough. Were you hungry enough to eat them? I've now got a craving for some, but alas, I haven't any. Cream crackers and cheese again instead, I suppose.

 

I've got a second pack, if I get bored I might tip them out and do a head count.

 

Yep...

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Here you go, the contents of one pack.

 

That's exactly why I avoid 'mixed nut' packs. IME they're full of hard, dry, bitter hazelnuts with just a few almonds, brazils or macadamias. Complete scam. Now all the nut trees here are producing, I can make my own mix Just need a foolproof way of cooking and shelling chestnuts...

 

Back in the days of old we had a coal/woodburning stove that had a vent running across the top of it about two foot in length and three inches wide. It was perfect for laying chestnuts on to cook - having scored a cross on the top and bottom with a sharp knife. When the shell opened they were ready to eat.