Right about now, when I should be busy with other stuff, I’m hopping up and down in fury over the duplicity of Theresa May, her ministers, and her unelected legion of EU puppets pulling strings in Whitehall. Remainer’s might roll their eyes at the mere sight of the word ‘unelected’ (“oh, here we go again, […]
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Initial Review: Grimmwood beta ( Skip intro, jump to menu ) Grimmwood Looking for something completely different? Grimmwood – an MMO, available on Steam – might be the answer. And yes, the answer is firmly ‘might’ as it’s the ultimate ‘Marmite’ of games. You will like it, or you will hate it! However, in reading
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Balrum is a basic single player RPG, not dissimilar to Runescape. You have the option of being an archer, mage or warrior, can build and customise a dwelling, complete with farm management of crops, pigs, chickens, giant spiders(!), and cows. You also have other options such as alchemy, swordsmithing, armourer, etc, but skills come as
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Update: March 15th 2018 : Ackadia is under maintenance. Apologises for the ugly look, moved server hosts and the restore was unable to link the (1,000s of) images to the relative posts, so I have to do it manually re-add them, and work on the layout and design. It will take some time as there
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Intro While this article is a reflection of recent experiences of the NHS, it is far from being a rose-tinted, Pollyanna type rant about how much better things were in the ‘good old days’. For instance, in the 60’s (at least in Whiston hospital) is was routine and accepted(!) that nurses could and
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Graphs and charts for blood pressure, potassium and creatinine, 2006 These charts are mostly of interest to doctors and medical students Morning blood pressure chart, 2006: Blood pressure was very high until the Royale put me on amlodopine and got to treating the underlying cause of the kidney failure. Evening blood pressure chart, 2006: As
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UK Elections 2017 So, here we are again, voting days away, only it’s not so easy this time. Tories and May? For: They offer the most realistic chance of a favourable Brexit. They offer the most realistic chance of improving the economy, eventually. Against: Tories as a whole are in it for themselves and their
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Council efficiency: *Walks into one of the council offices, where three ladies are working on reception, happy to help* Hi. I… “I can’t talk to you without a ticket” *Stares and turns to the next official, sat beside her, apparently doing nothing* Ummm, Hi, I just… “You need to take a ticket” *Mutters, finds the
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