Paul Brownjohn @Paulos_the_fog@social.cleverlibre.org
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
Methinks, the discount is too large!
France, Belgium and Luxembourg have far better healthcare than the UK; better preventative medicine, better outcomes for cancer and minimal waiting lists BUT they have a system that is largely or partly private. It's not the end of the world - what matters is who pays and how!
A friend of mine used to set up his wifi with the identifier
"MI5-Van-No-2" or something similar to that.
I imagine it discouraged a few people from trying to hack their way into free wifi.
I am so impressed, I discovered how to set up dictation in French In Word 365. To my great delight, it understands my accent in French absolutely perfectly and produces quite impeccable French from my witterings!
I was already overwhelmingly impressed by its ability to interpret my witterings in English but to be able to do the same in French is extraordinary.
When I compare the abilities of the current version to those exhibited by previous versions; i.e. completely useless for all practical purposes, I am truly astounded at the progress that Microsoft have managed to make in this domain. It is now possible to dictate a full A4 page or more of text without the dictation system making a single mistake!
Yes but in a film who the hell would want to play Prince Andrew? Oh wait, wasn't Gary Glitter released from prison recently - he could probably use the work!
It doesn't seem to mentioned in the news but the Ruble seems to be in a slow agonising decline in value. A few months back, 1 Euro was worth about 60 Rubles, today the Euro is worth 76.29 Rubles. That's a pretty big drop!
I thought it was obvious what I meant but, yes, rare for a woman to qualify as a doctor.
Training as a doctor was my mother's ambition but she had to settle for nursing as her parents didn't want to 'waste' the money on sending her to medical school when there were sons to be educated, even though she obtained the necessary entrance qualifications.
Paul Brownjohn
boosted
⚠️🇷🇺Russian fleet loses another two flagships - intelligence source (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3647091-russian-fleet-loses-another-two-flagships-intelligence-source.html #Ukraine #News #War #Russia
Paul Brownjohn
boosted
RT @BreezerGalway@twitter.com
@ABridgen@twitter.com Andrew. The C19 vaccines do NOT add/modify/delete any genes.
Please stop propagating dangerous disinformation. It kills 😡😡😡
https://www.genomicseducation.hee.nhs.uk/blog/why-mrna-vaccines-arent-gene-therapies/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BreezerGalway/status/1611035767962308611
It was indeed very sad! I believe she was a qualified medical doctor; something that was extremely rare back in those awful unenlightened days.
Yes, I remember her from "What's My Line" - a popular 60s TV programme.
She killed herself when she was caught stealing - is that right?
I wonder if she shouted like a Brit abroad, that it would make this offensive bitch right?
Just a reminder that no one with a functioning brain cell should want a healthcare system 'à l'Americaine'
Oh dear me what a fückin shame!
One less thoroughly odious right-winger to trouble the world!
From the results, it might be reasonable to infer that having been infected with CV19 does confer some immunity.
In my case the, illness was very mild indeed causing me just to cough for a few days and of course to take lateral flow tests which were +VE for only 4 days. After 5 days I was asymptomatic and lateral flows were -VE.
According to the protocol in force here in Luxembourg, I should have confirmed my +VE status with a formal PCR test at a testing station BUT as I would have needed to get on a bus to get to a testing station, I thought that was a pretty damned stupid idea!
I am fully vaxxed and at the time of my infection I had had 2 x AZ and 1 x Moderna and was due a 2nd dose of Moderna at the time of my infection but had to cancel the appointment due the infection.
Paul Brownjohn
boosted
#COVID Poll
Please boost to get a bigger response.
simple, because the way the NHS is organized is NOT the only way to organize healthcare that works. The systems used in France, Belgium and Luxembourg (where I live) are far better than the NHS as they less susceptible to government interference!
Why do Brits insist on believing that the absolutely dreadful US system is the only alternative to the NHS! It's not!!!
I detest the tories with every fibre of my being but this obsession with the NHS does nothing to help get rid of the tories!!!
We have similar growing in their 1000s on the buried stump of a tree we cut down.
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
