True.
Refugee from civil war in Sri Lanka. Emergency doctor in NHS for over 30 years. Wife and mother of 3. Irish national, living in Belfast.
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True.
Some of the stats functions in Excel are just wrong, but they still persist. No statistician would dream of using it. R was developed partly as a reaction to it.
The protomartyr of the MAGA movement.
Almost. The similarity is not lost on us, but the pronunciation is slightly different.
In that case, you're the exception. In my experience, replying in English is a matter of national pride. I soon gave up trying to speak Dutch.
It's more prevalent in the Netherlands, and may hark back to its colonial past. It's not uncommon to see Dutch people speaking to each other in English, as well.
There's absolutely no point. If they try to speak Dutch, the customers will insist on replying in English.
You make no sense at all.
There was never a market in the first place. The Tories created an artificial one, because that's what they always do.
I used to have to deal with this sort of thing when I was a consultant at a major trauma centre. news.sky.com/story/retire...
Nah, they'll just replace the tombstone with a urinal. Simple.
Giuliani deserves to be in a Borat movie, even if he wasn't.
Well you can't now.
Starmer is the most politically inept leader that Labour has ever had.
I disagree, he's just politically inept.
Perhaps they do it for the references.
That's always the refuge of the uninformed, defeated in argument.
You don't mention missals or newsletters, for example. So yes, it is polemic.
If that's the prevailing orthodoxy, I'm sure you're right.
Whenever a post appears in my feed that I can't reply to, I automatically block the author. I'm sure they're excellent people, it's just me.
You haven't provided any details, just polemic.
States cannot pick and choose which bits of the ECHR they're going to follow. The whole point of it is to protect the individual against the state.
That's if you can get any at all. Most Brazilian coffee is going to China now.
an image we can all relate to.
It is a myth. England is very much a uniglot culture, and only speaking one language is the norm. I spoke 3 languages in my native Sri Lanka and learned another 2 while working as a doctor in Brussels. Nobody told me that I was too old to do so.
You have nothing to say, and yet you feel compelled to say it. Do you really think that your opinion is more valid than anyone else's? Your arrogance is almost beyond belief.
That's a common myth.
Some subjects also require more effort than others: languages, for example.
Recording an album in Jamaica was almost compulsory at the time.
The point of the novel is that the monster is angry with Dr Frankenstein for having created him, a perfectly reasonable reaction.
i don't think that many people know much about the original story at all.
To be fair to Prince Andrew, most people would pay £12 million to avoid a trial in America. It is not a country renowned for its justice.
Fluent bullshit.
It is, they've finally accepted that you're never going to be a doctor.
Do you realise that there are significant differences between Catholic and Protestant bibles? We even have different versions of the 10 commandments. No, you don't know any of that. You know jack shit.
Probably for the best.
You've never heard of the Linux terminal?
Why don't you just use the terminal, like a normal human being?
This will only work on very old devices that use IR. Modern devices use Bluetooth.
Guns may be inanimate objects, but they still have rights.
Each remote control addresses a specific device, so I don't see how that can work.
I came to England as a refugee from the civil war in Sri Lanka. I already had an MBBS and spoke English, but still had to pass PLAB and MRCP 1. Everyone was very friendly though, not like today.
i believe that Shakespeare had a son called Hamnet (sic).
He's right of course. Reform UK is the new orthodoxy and mindless slobs are the new norm. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Start by paying a few transaction fees. Splash the cash a little. Let your wallet decide.
Thanks for pointing that out. It's rare to come across someone with your intellect.
Thanks, just trying to be helpful.
I agree.
The cycle covers the whole of the new testament and a large part of the old one, but you clearly know more than I do.
It won't help you, either way.
This is what sentient human beings are up against. He looks stupid and he is. www.lbc.co.uk/article/geor...
No, but it gives us someone to hate. So we will vote for that, rather than doing anything rational.
This guy looks like an overgroomed idiot.
Philips had a world patent, but they used it wisely.
There is ancient madness on the Ship of Fools.
R is a tool used to analyse statistics. Why did you ask Google about it? It's got nothing to do with them.
I'm reading your post, of course.
Every initiative that Trump has undertaken as president has turned out badly. Now he's lying low for a while and America can breathe a sigh of relief.
Years ago. Ghost was a mistranslation.
All Catholics read the bible over a 3 year cycle, in the mass. But of course you already knew that, didn't you?
Good poem.
So mentioning Gaza is antisemitic? You should expand on that. But of course you're not going to do that. What did I say to this pregnant woman? I told her a story, which happens to be true.
I understand Gaza in a way that few people do, because of the similarity with the Sri Lankan civil war. Your insults are meaningless, but I believe that Netanyahu is your problem, not mine. I really can see a lot further than you can.
Old certainties are vanishing fast, aren't they? But of course you are not random Jewish people. You are people who accuse me of being antisemitic, for no apparent reason. Oh yes, I did mention Gaza, didn't I? How antisemitic of me.
I knew nothing about medicine until I came to England as a refugee. But I said that I was antisemitic and they said sure, you can be a doctor.
I'm sure you're right. One thing you're missing though is that the situation in Gaza is very familiar to those of us who lived through the Sri Lankan civil war. So while you accuse everyone of antisemitism, because it's all you're capable of, we bear witness to the world, and the world listens.
I was hoping for your own interpretation, but of course you don't have one.
What do you even mean by antisemitism? It strikes me as an accusation that can be made against anyone, to which there is no response.
There I was, crediting you with independent thought, and you blow it again. Plus the woman I replied to was pregnant, so yes milk that for all it's worth. What you can't see is all the people who agree with me.
It's a true story. The woman I related it to was Jewish, which of course makes me antisemitic. But tell me, what makes a person antisemitic?
Why don't you block me, if you're defeated in argument.
What are you talking about? Perhaps you're implying that I should care for all those who are suffering, not just the ones who are being killed by Jews. I'm not harassing anyone. I related a true story, which most people would find amusing.
A cat wearing a bishop's mitre? OK, I'll admit that you're capable of independent thought. I'd never have thought of that.
Sri Lankan food is healthier than Jewish food, but that's not a hill I want to die on. Can you reply to any of my posts without accusing me of antisemitism? Of course not, it's all you have.
I fail to see how I've been antisemitic, or what you've demonstrated by way of independent thought. On the contrary, you respond like an automaton.
Gaza demands a response, to which you have no answer.
All your life, all you had to was yell "antisemitic!" and that was enough to win the argument. It doesn't work anymore, but you still try it.
Of course you are, you have to. Because the alternative is too awful to contemplate.
Well you've answered it, anyway.
Are you capable of independent thought?
I didn't. I was telling a story about fasting. Is that a problem?
Grizzlies are remarkable, but I'd probably be a Sri Lankan sloth bear.
One of many. The converse is "it's not meant to be doing that", which is also popular.
Why do people give me the benefit of their wisdom but prevent me from applauding them for it?
You're fasting while the people in Gaza are dying. What's weird about that?
I just thought you'd appreciate the story. My mistake.
Western hospital medicine is all about running tests and waiting for the results to come back. It doesn't handle that sort of situation well.
The garlic's not the problem. It's all that butter.
I heard a story from colleagues at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, about religious Jewish men going on a strict fast before Yom Kippur, feasting heartily and then dropping dead on the lavatory. Which isn't meant to happen, though I can understand why it does. Sri Lankan food is so much better.
Sounds about right.
Interesting. At Jaffna hospital, bodies just kept piling up. We ran out of all drugs, including analgesics.
A very American take on the Italian Spaghetti Aglio e Olio.
chromeOS Flex (also Debian) is a much better choice. But Chromebooks are too cheap to be real laptops.
That's fair enough.
Crap it whole, like a giant turd.
This is nonsense.
Gain a little experience first. It always helps.
Very wise. Keep your head down as much as possible.
The Tories did a good job of handbagging the BBC, didn't they?
Don't be silly. But if she had TWO boxes there'd be hell to pay.