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well no matter if it is private care or NHS humans being humans will always make mistakes. It doesnt make a service better here if you go private.
Going private here just means you can jump the queue for an operation.

The NHS is a very good thing I think. The money is taken from taxes that the government take of every working person.
Some see this as because they pay their taxes they should get treatment whenever they like and in a way yes they should but with such a big waiting list it is not always possible.

I get my jaw fixed on the NHS free. It took about 2 months after seeing my Gp to getting an appointment in the facial dept of the hospital which was not too good as I was in agony that long. All in from when my jaw locked and crunch and I could not open it wide enough to eat abanana it took about 15 months. If I had done it privately I think I was told it would have cost roughly £2000 but would have just cut the time down by 2 months ( the time I spent waiting)

Nhs also does dental treatment here which is harder to find an NHS dentist as they are all opting out to go private.
I wish I still had my receipts from a few years ago. ( the reason my jaw was knackered was after a visit or three from the dentist)
I had to get root canal tratment. I got this on the NHS. All in it still cost me about £150. If it were private it would be £400 or thereabouts.
To get a filling on the NHS it costs £15-£30. Privately it is £ 65-£80.
So not all NHS servces are free to the working man.

All NHS treatment for everyone under 16 years old is free.
Dentists that opted out of the NHS will still take kids under 16 on NHS. I tihnk they are forced to do this.

I would always support the NHS but right now it is becoming a shambles a bit because of cut backs and forcing the managers of the trust funds to make targets. i.e. to get waiting queues down.
I have got my nose fixed now but about 10 years ago when i was on the waiting list I got referred to another hospital. I found out later so many that got referred to this hospital got told the same thing. " we recommend not to operate". So the ymanaged to get their queues down quite a bit, even though this year I was told I really should get it done. I got it done and I am so glad I got it done.

has its good and bad points, but so has the private sector. Just because you pay it doesnt mean ye get better treatment as most times you will get the same surgeon, just means you get to see him quicker.
Also my wife who is a nurse has witnessed folk waiting on the NHS list in hospital. Getting told they would be there for 3 weeks before getting operated on. They pay and hey presto, all of a sudden there is room by the same surgeon in 7 days time.
Money comes forsit to the NHS trust. Good or bad? both I think

Ken

Selso,
superb job on this, great lyrics.

Ken

ye know which one irates me a lot, when people say 
" well basically"

if i was discussing something "then obviously" it was not basic   
"then obviously" another one i just used that i hate to hear

or
" you know what I hate"

lets all just stop talking

Ken

I love this song. Only thing I could say is it is pretty short, not enough breaks between verses/chorus. But like I say many times, not my song and this is the way it is.
very well done

And this line

"wipe the clouds out of your eyes your every thing that you despise"

What a great line that is.

Ken

i tihnk maybe because he never got a ticket for greenday so he went in a huff and wants a new name?

Ken

you can also contact Roger Guppy.
Per and Roger can delete you from existence

Ken

so the english didnt really have that many "english kings"? french kings scottish kings, german kings, dutch kings ????? geeezo man, they seem to borrow folk from everywhere to rule for them

well said Jerome, saves me typing it

And daddy 1066, battle of hastings? King Harold Godwin, I might be related so I have got my title correct for in here apart from Harold was not Scottish.

but still the french have got a lot to answer to the scots.

( just to let anyone know that gets the wrong idea of my words since they have done in the past. Because I am scottish and I want independance this does not mean in any way I hate or dislike the english. I just hate the government, I also hate the scottish governement too, I just dont like the way the union came about or how a parliment in another country has the power over their supierior country north of them )

ken

Phil,
flippin great song!
I love it all nearly. The last verse is a wee bit too goddy for me. Half of goddy stuff would been good for me but hey not my song and still very well written and a great idea for it too.

The idea of this song could inspre more writers to write about the unknown the unexplained the unidentified.
If i remember tomorrow I might sit and wrote a new song. If I dont then this has still gave me the thought on what to base the idea on for next time.

Good stuff

Ken

hoobawho?

yep weird name

ken

wb dino
why would you think we would forget a name like that? My favourite cartoon pet

and welcome johnboy ( and try not to highjack other folkies threads)

Ken

Kenny brilliant Lyrics and like the rest I look forward to hearing this. I can imagine John Prine singing sometihng like this.

Ark, yes you have missed out with not knowing john prine. Look up
Sam stone
Paradise
Hello in there
spanish pipe dream

after them you will be hooked

Ken