Posts by Jim Whitaker 204 publicly visible posts • joined 19 Jun 2013
I do hope that the Government has guts enough to force this through and ignore all the "ours is better" complaints. The point is not that Littleton on Ouse Trust does it better, it is that one system overall, for everyone, does it better. Of course good elements of individual enterprises will be incorporated in due course.
My Siemens Central heating controller (MiGenie) had its internet connection and hence remote control removed last year. Only nine years after installation. Annoying but I did take up their offer of a decent discount on the replacement. I guess that is a win for them but I did value the remote control more than I thought I would when I originally chose that system.
Not so. I changed address a few years ago and told the practice. (Note: I had not moved one inch but just got the postcode changed to something which reflected the position on the ground. Deliveries now find the house.) Letters (!) started to come out with the correct address but I noticed that the prescription paperwork still had the old address. Luckily I checked a few things because the old postcode was sufficiently close to the practice to make be eligible for the practice dispensing service to be available. The new postcode (about 1/2 mile away) would have taken me out of that, very convenient, service. (Restrictive practice from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society which the Government is too spineless to set aside.)
So naturally I have not pointed out that error.
I was once involved with an NHS project to put a mobile tablet into service for a domiciliary activity. The project was floundering a bit and when I pushed for an answer, it became apparent that "Ask them what they want, then give them what they need" was the essential problem. Because, of course, they asked a number of different people "what they wanted" and of course they got as many different answers as people and those answers were sometimes incompatible; indeed diametrically opposed. I moved on before the project came to a conclusion!
Maybe but other factors will come into play, principally (I would argue) increasing expectations. An example from my own experience. Last week I was out on an event which takes place in the depths of rural, forested areas. Mobile phone coverage, including any data, is nil. For the first time, the reporting point were were co-located with, had a Starlink terminal positioned alongside. Logging in to the wi-fi that setup gave us phone and data coverage about as good as sitting at home with fibre to the premises. Now I am, mentally at least, going to judge any event by whether it has set up the same level of connectivity.
You suggest this against a background where our brand-new, sparkly government is spouting lots of nonsense about further devolution of powers to English regions. Given how well that is working in Scotland and Wales, I can really see that being a good thing. - NOT.
I've got a 20+ year old HP Laserjet. Works just fine and toner appears to be available on EBay at very sensible prices. B&W so missing out on any colour printing. I've always thought that inkjet printing on an occasional basis was the swift route to frustration and hate. Don't know what I will do when this printer dies. :-(
The article above says: ". . . the act does have a few tricks up its sleeve, notably making it clear that liability for a vehicle will not lie with the driver when it is in self-driving mode.
The UK's Department for Transport said: "Companies will have ongoing obligations to keep their vehicles safe and ensure that they continue to drive in accordance with British laws."
So no liability for occupier, "driver" or owner.
"Didn't watch "Good Omens" until it came out on (discounted) dvd - I really liked the casting but still preferred the book."
I normally have a belief that the film version of a book is worse than the book. Worse, often much, much worse. Good Omens is, for me, an exception to that rule. Indeed I just started last night on about the third watching on Prime.
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