The Retirement Thread
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26 Jul
11:16am, 26 Jul 2024
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EvilPixie
Sad news but good news too vrap
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26 Jul
11:22am, 26 Jul 2024
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Ness
You were an awesome doctor @Velociraptor who was dedicated to giving the best patient care. I felt quite sad for a short while when I knew my teaching career was officially over but the system was so appalling I was glad to be away from it. I think we can both be safe in the knowledge we did our best. x
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26 Jul
11:23am, 26 Jul 2024
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Velociraptor
Thanks, Pix  I'm not too sad about my career having ended like a damp squib and it would have been consistent with my dealings with the GMC and its sub-departments if I'd ended up being struck off for failing to jump through a hoop that I wasn't able to find. (I haven't done anything bad that they know about, as far as I'm aware.) |
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26 Jul
11:24am, 26 Jul 2024
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Velociraptor
Thanks, Ness I mostly did my best and was mostly OK.
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26 Jul
11:31am, 26 Jul 2024
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Velociraptor
And @Angus Clydesdale, Tenerife in December is delightful, or was when we last went pre-pandemic. Pleasant temperature, unusual to get bad weather (we did have a couple of wet and windy days on GC in the winter one year). However, unheated outdoor swimming pools are inclined to be a little chilly at that time of year.
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26 Jul
11:34am, 26 Jul 2024
56,278 posts
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EvilPixie
I remember vrap saving me from a painful splinter! The week of London marathon 2010 as a super sixer! You were at a local surgery and told me to come along and you’d fix me. It was only when I got there that I realised I didn’t know your surname! And you lanced my trailwalker blisters! Happy memories 😂 |
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26 Jul
11:42am, 26 Jul 2024
70,108 posts
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Velociraptor
I remember, Pix! Was that the surgery at Werrington? (Still happy to firtle out splinters, burst blisters, lance boils etc.) |
26 Jul
11:45am, 26 Jul 2024
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cathrobinson
That is a big step, V’rap. I’m glad you got some recognition - however canned - for your service. I’m confident you’ve been an excellent doctor - enjoy your time now being a partially NHS-sponsored full time athlete:-) .
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26 Jul
11:53am, 26 Jul 2024
56,280 posts
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EvilPixie
I can’t remember where it was but I was so relieved!
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26 Jul
11:53am, 26 Jul 2024
56,281 posts
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EvilPixie
First time I saw you out of Lycra too which was really odd
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