If you go back more than fifty years, you could even see a GP in person. I even have a vague recollection of one coming to my house to see me when I was a small child ill in bed. But I suppose I could have been feverish and hallucinating.
Times change, though. GPs could only be bloody useless to one person at a time. Now, with web technology, there's theoretically no limit to how bloody useless they can be.
Sam - I definitely recall a GP coming to my house to see me when I was a small child ill in bed. Still, Mrs H managed to get a phone consultation today after a mere 249 calls.
Scrobs - we still see such switchboards in old films, but I bet not many youngsters would know what they were.
James - the other day we were wondering why we still have a landline.
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If you go back more than fifty years, you could even see a GP in person. I even have a vague recollection of one coming to my house to see me when I was a small child ill in bed. But I suppose I could have been feverish and hallucinating.
ReplyDeleteTimes change, though. GPs could only be bloody useless to one person at a time. Now, with web technology, there's theoretically no limit to how bloody useless they can be.
One of my Saturday jobs when I started work, was to man one of the old five-line plug switchboards in a busy estate agents!
ReplyDeleteI can still hear the stentorian bellow from a partner, when I accidentally rang the bell as he held his receiver at his ear...
Can't remember the last time mine was plugged in at the wall ... 2008 I think it was.
ReplyDeleteSam - I definitely recall a GP coming to my house to see me when I was a small child ill in bed. Still, Mrs H managed to get a phone consultation today after a mere 249 calls.
ReplyDeleteScrobs - we still see such switchboards in old films, but I bet not many youngsters would know what they were.
James - the other day we were wondering why we still have a landline.