Nostalgia Thread

elbowloh

ballysmate said:

Getting an appointment to see an actual GP on the day rather than a phone call in 3 weeks time.
Also, am I the only one on here who can remember home visits by a doctor?

I had a home visit when I was about 8 with food poisoning.

ballysmate

Whooping cough for me. Think it was 8 weeks off school.

pblakeney

ballysmate said:

Getting an appointment to see an actual GP on the day rather than a phone call in 3 weeks time.
Also, am I the only one on here who can remember home visits by a doctor?

Not the only one, but it was a long, long, long time ago.

TheBigBean

Plastic straws.

rick_chasey

Yikes, whooping cough? Too old to have got a vaccine?

morstar

pblakeney said:

ballysmate said:

Getting an appointment to see an actual GP on the day rather than a phone call in 3 weeks time.
Also, am I the only one on here who can remember home visits by a doctor?

Not the only one, but it was a long, long, long time ago.

A simple appointment would be nice these days. And I don’t mean Covid times specifically.

pblakeney

morstar said:

pblakeney said:

ballysmate said:

Getting an appointment to see an actual GP on the day rather than a phone call in 3 weeks time.
Also, am I the only one on here who can remember home visits by a doctor?

Not the only one, but it was a long, long, long time ago.

A simple appointment would be nice these days. And I don’t mean Covid times specifically.

My theory is that they hope you'll be better before getting an appointment and not bother. Flip side, my wife reports that they have "regulars" popping in for nothing.

elbowloh

We've had no problems getting appointments with GP or nurse during COVID, pretty much every time seen the same day, sometimes " can you come now?"

Do have to request online though rather than call.

ballysmate

rick_chasey said:

Yikes, whooping cough? Too old to have got a vaccine?

Don't know what went wrong. I think in those days kids were meant to get a booster at around 5 years old. I think i missed it for some reason and got whooping cough at 5 years old when I started school.
I honestly thought we had got rid of it but there are still cases about in the UK apparently.
I still remember the panic of not being able to breathe following the coughing fits.
Must be hellish for a parent to watch, waiting for their child to be able to take a breath.

ballysmate

elbowloh said:

We've had no problems getting appointments with GP or nurse during COVID, pretty much every time seen the same day, sometimes " can you come now?"

Do have to request online though rather than call.

Fuck me! The same day? Who's your doctor, Doctor Finlay?

elbowloh

ballysmate said:

elbowloh said:

We've had no problems getting appointments with GP or nurse during COVID, pretty much every time seen the same day, sometimes " can you come now?"

Do have to request online though rather than call.

censored me! The same day? Who's your doctor, Doctor Finlay?

They're bloody shoite when you get there though. They prescribed some ABs for two year old that the hospital said a) he doesn't need ABs and if he did, definitely not the type he was given (not suitable for a 2 yr old).

pangolin

pblakeney said:

morstar said:

pblakeney said:

ballysmate said:

Getting an appointment to see an actual GP on the day rather than a phone call in 3 weeks time.
Also, am I the only one on here who can remember home visits by a doctor?

Not the only one, but it was a long, long, long time ago.

A simple appointment would be nice these days. And I don’t mean Covid times specifically.

My theory is that they hope you'll be better before getting an appointment and not bother. Flip side, my wife reports that they have "regulars" popping in for nothing.

I get the impression from the GP sister in law that they spend 90% of their time on 10% of the population.

capt_slog

I'm nostalgic for the time when, if people did something, they considered other people that it might affect.

It's been a subtle change but now it seems to be, "I want to do THIS, wtf has it got to do with you?" as general rule.

Charlie_Croker

capt_slog said:

I'm nostalgic for the time when, if people did something, they considered other people that it might affect.

It's been a subtle change but now it seems to be, "I want to do THIS, wtf has it got to do with you?" as general rule.

Yes, now you’ve highlighted it, I agree

Attitude! Is it a generational thing? Forever evolving

secretsam

ballysmate said:

Getting an appointment to see an actual GP on the day rather than a phone call in 3 weeks time.
Also, am I the only one on here who can remember home visits by a doctor?

They still do them, in normal times, just not as routinely as they used to. They take something like 3-5 times as long as a regular appointment.

dabber

Probably brought on by listening to too many Eagles tracks over a few drinks this evening but......
I realised that I really miss all those business trips I made to the USA. All those commuter flights, sitting waiting for my flight at O'Hare (and many others) , edgy business meetings, some time off for good behaviour to see the sights but most of all the general buzz.
The fact that there were decisions to be made and they usually were - things I wanted, even things I never.
It's about 18 years since I retired and I still love going back there as tourist.
I probably don't miss the one day tripto Dallas though

Charlie_Croker

I did used to love The Fonz in Happy Days, but wow...

https://visordown.com/news/general/richard-rawlings-gas-monkey-garage-pays-230k-fonz-motorcycle