Norhtern Ireland to abolish prescription charges.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

So what does that make me .

yeh really want that answered?

[shillelagh]

Originally Posted by cashman

yeh really want that answered?

Yes - and remember cashy - this is in general chat NOT the over 18s!!!!

[cashman]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

Yes - and remember cashy - this is in general chat NOT the over 18s!!!!

ok ya asked fer it- A LITTLE ANGEL.

[glasgow guy]

I did forget to say that I would be against the splitting of the uk for many reasons...
I honestly cannot see the sense in leaving one Union, to join another (The EU). It is clearly bigotry and short sightness from Alex Salmond First minister as to why his party want to create a Republic of Scotland.

I do think that it is fiscally naive, given the massive kick in the balls Scotland will take under the present credit crunch. Look at Ireland (Salmond's model for an Independent Scotland) it has gone tits up before Britain.

Given the ever changing world, and especially post 9/11, I think that Scotland needs an ally like the other 3 Countries of the United Kingdom.

Together, Britain is a very diverse Country and each Country within the Union can assist the other. I couldn't give a **** if the Frogs & the Krauts want a European Superstate. In the end, they are all in it for themselves. That is not what the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland is about. It is in essence a Co-Op of 4 Countries assisting each other, and not doing the dirty.. that is how Britain will survive the current economic climate and prosper.

basically there is no other Country in the World with the Diversity of Britain. Therefore that would make us a World Leader in many fields, and with a push in the right direction and proper leadership??? through the Credit Crunch.. there is nothing to say that Britain cannot emerge as the power it once was.

So I think to even contemplate Independence is sheer stupidy, whether that be now or in 300 years time.

my tuppence worth...

[shillelagh]

Originally Posted by cashman

ok ya asked fer it- A LITTLE ANGEL.

Oh you are such a sweetie ........ you deserve a brew for that!!!!

[Neil]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

Yes - and remember cashy - this is in general chat NOT the over 18s!!!!

I would say a fluck up but I do have a speech impediment

[flashy]

BBC NEWS | Health | Brown in free prescriptions vow

heard this on the radio the other day

its no good to my dad now because he is 63 and gets them free anyway BUT for the last 17 years he's been on Warfarin to thin his blood and has had to pay for his scripts, he used to buy a yearly certificate that cost quite a bit of money

mad when your on medication for life

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by glasgow guy

I live down here but I was born in hampshire with scottish parents so what does that make me ?
and its not so much hate - as thats a very strong word at the best of times..I think you will find its only the minority who are like that and even then you can fire that one to the footy fans on both sides of the border - having been in the mix with both english and scottish fans - they are as bad as each other..and you could ask why so many english people move to scotland if they obviously dislike the scots so much....
and if scotland were to go it alone what makes you think it would go belly up...seriously ?

GG, I thought the smiley's may given it away, obviously not, but if you were born in Hamshire why arn't you called Hampshire Guy. As you say there are minorities on both sides of the devide. Just for the record one of my best mates ever was a chap from glasgow, I worked with him for quite a few years, well worked is not really the right word, we were room mates as well. He was quite a few years older than me and sadly he died in 1980, but I still remember those heady days we spent together

[Wynonie Harris]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Just for the record one of my best mates ever was a chap from glasgow, I worked with him for quite a few years, well worked is not really the right word, we were room mates as well. He was quite a few years older than me and sadly he died in 1980, but I still remember those heady days we spent together

...not to mention your other good mate (and my old fella's former drinking buddy) Bill White...Rangers fan and proud of it!

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by flashytart

BBC NEWS | Health | Brown in free prescriptions vow

heard this on the radio the other day

its no good to my dad now because he is 63 and gets them free anyway BUT for the last 17 years he's been on Warfarin to thin his blood and has had to pay for his scripts, he used to buy a yearly certificate that cost quite a bit of money

mad when your on medication for life

Not a lot of people know this flashy, but people who do not have what they call a prescribed disease ( a condition which you can get free prescriptions, i.e diabetes) can actually apply for a exemption certificate. As you know I suffer from asthma which is not on the list, and I used to get a season ticket (pre-payment) I called into my docters to get a form to renew my certificate, and was told that with my condition and the number of drugs I was on I should apply for an exemption, to the family practitioners committee, which I did and then got one. This was a few years ago,so I don't know whether this still applies and I think the family practitioners committee has changed its name, but concidering my monthly prescription is usually 15 items I think that I could be concidered to have a life threatening condition and have had fr 30 years now

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

...not to mention your other good mate (and my old fella's former drinking buddy) Bill White...Rangers fan and proud of it!

Ya WH ain't seen Billy for a long time now, he lives in St. Anns, oh and by the way my old work mate Jimmy (see you) was a Rangers fan too