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Random Irritations

Pretty much everyone who was in the House of Commons chamber yesterday. What an appalling collection of childish, immature, up their own backside, arrogant a-holes. Thankfully a lot of them will never be re-elected but the chance of that place being a shining beacon for democracy and positive action is a long way away yet.
 
PhilTheFragger said:
Such a hard decision, but your penultimate sentence is your measure.

Quality of life is paramount, if he is pain free and happy,
But if he is just existing, then that is no life at all, it then means that you are keeping him alive for your own benefit rather than his.

It’s a case of judging when that fine line is getting crossed.

Either way, it’s not going to be a fun time and my thoughts are with you.
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Cheers gonna be tough
Got to limp through until may, realistically he may not make it until may but if he does the insurance comes back and will pay for these meds.

The one that's annoying me is one I can't get hold of myself online

The vets can for £85 a month but that makes it the most expensive one at £85 for 400ml

The other meds cost £500 ISH total and I've got that down to £130 online so massive saving

Yet this £85 one... Can't get anywhere

With regards to the quality of life we going to have monthly discussions, if he seems better than we carry on but if he is just Ill all time we make the difficult call
 
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pauljames87 said:
The vet bill has arrived for the poor dog

£2070 on top of the £450 already paid that's the yearly 2k limit gone

Medication he on now £225 per month
Special diet £35 pm
Prescription costs to get the meds online to save ..£50

Call it £300 pm

Just great

12 months tops but what kind of life has he actually got
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Poor thing
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it might be worth looking up the medication on the web as some drugs they use are the same as for Humans but are vastly cheaper than from a vet.

been though all that, But out lived almost 2 years longer than the vet game him and he had a good quality of life for much of it.

all the best
 
patricks148 said:
it might be worth looking up the medication on the web as some drugs they use are the same as for Humans but are vastly cheaper than from a vet.

been though all that, But out lived almost 2 years longer than the vet game him and he had a good quality of life for much of it.

all the best
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Yeah we already on it, he already on epiphen which is £50 online instead of hundreds

Eye drops £30 instead of £70

All these other meds I save 1/3 ISH

Except the solution , that's not blooming anywhere
 
pauljames87 said:
Yeah we already on it, he already on epiphen which is £50 online instead of hundreds

Eye drops £30 instead of £70

All these other meds I save 1/3 ISH

Except the solution , that's not blooming anywhere
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I’m always a bit wary about online prices being so much cheaper than ‘real life’. Why are they so much cheaper, is the quality control there? If they are reputable companies then great but if you saw golf clubs so much cheaper you would probably be more cautious
 
Neilds said:
I’m always a bit wary about online prices being so much cheaper than ‘real life’. Why are they so much cheaper, is the quality control there? If they are reputable companies then great but if you saw golf clubs so much cheaper you would probably be more cautious
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Oh no it's fine, you are charged a lot by the vets

Their the same pills

I use weldricks pharmacy or another one

Their both online pharmacies

They sell to vets and then vets sell at s premium
 
Neilds said:
I’m always a bit wary about online prices being so much cheaper than ‘real life’. Why are they so much cheaper, is the quality control there? If they are reputable companies then great but if you saw golf clubs so much cheaper you would probably be more cautious
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same drugs, just the vets or rather the large companies that have taken over many independent vets of the last few years stick very large mark ups on top of drugs that you could get for at times a 1/4 of the price.

No indepdt vets in Inverness any longer 6 vets in and around the area all been taken over but large company so you no longer have any choice....
 
Neilds said:
I’m always a bit wary about online prices being so much cheaper than ‘real life’. Why are they so much cheaper, is the quality control there? If they are reputable companies then great but if you saw golf clubs so much cheaper you would probably be more cautious
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Our dog is on tablets for her heart. They were abour £38 per month and then two months ago they went up to £55. I asked why and the receptionist told me straight that they had been taken over and they had been told to increase pricing. She gave me the name of two online pharmacies to try. We needed a prescription from the vet but the tablets now cost £22 per month.

I wouldn't buy from a cheap cheap place but there are reputable sites there.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Our dog is on tablets for her heart. They were abour £38 per month and then two months ago they went up to £55. I asked why and the receptionist told me straight that they had been taken over and they had been told to increase pricing. She gave me the name of two online pharmacies to try. We needed a prescription from the vet but the tablets now cost £22 per month.

I wouldn't buy from a cheap cheap place but there are reputable sites there.
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Tbh it's taking the Mick like this that has caused smaller business to struggle, they claim they can't compete with online but people trust them more and sometimes will pay like say £10 more to support local

But once they charge double people think no thanks
 
pauljames87 said:
Tbh it's taking the Mick like this that has caused smaller business to struggle, they claim they can't compete with online but people trust them more and sometimes will pay like say £10 more to support local

But once they charge double people think no thanks
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That was my thinking to be honest. I know the vets have higher costs but when you increase a price by 20%+ in one hit and take the price so far away from online you start pushing people away.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
That was my thinking to be honest. I know the vets have higher costs but when you increase a price by 20%+ in one hit and take the price so far away from online you start pushing people away.
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My vets charge £10.50 for first med and £7 for each med after

So on his 10 meds they will get s fair amount pm
 
People who get their excuses in early.

We've just put a new system in place at work where certain work must be signed off by a second person before we submit it - when I am handed something to check by one particular colleague she'll stand there explaining for ages doubts she's had and why it might be wrong and it was the best she could do etc etc.

ARGH SHUT UP AND LET ME CHECK IT.
 
Lack of Comms from scaffolders

They started yest but came back today cuz of the rain we had

So they left 20 mins ago , no idea if their done or coming back lol not a massive deal just my daughter is due s nap at 1, do we lay her down or head to nans to lay her down
 
My work messing up my pay making me think i was taking home more pay than i expected! Flagged it to accounts and the confirm they have messed up. No 'thank you' for flagging it to them! What would happen if i had of kept quiet? basically they were paying me more commission than i was due...
 
Rooter said:
My work messing up my pay making me think i was taking home more pay than i expected! Flagged it to accounts and the confirm they have messed up. No 'thank you' for flagging it to them! What would happen if i had of kept quiet? basically they were paying me more commission than i was due...
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I kept telling my work for 2 years they were overpaying me

£10 a month not a lot but knew they would come for it

They then go we been overpaying you , well duh

Because I did a shed load of overtime at £1 an hour more I ended up having £300 taken off me lol

Sods
 
Golf care renewal requests

Always get rid of the 30% off that you get the year before , offer you less free stuff

Sign up with a diff email address and get it as a new customer every year

Exisiting customers always get the rubbish deal
 
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