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"their own particular brand of surgery" = metaphor.Originally posted by DennyI thought IT technies had to diagnose sysytem malfunctions and perform their own particular brand of surgery by re-writing new code to bring an IT system back to full health.
As nurse, I could lend a hand polishing the screen and dusting the keyboard once the job's done.
"As nurse" - what's the connection with the comparison between a IT techie and a qualified doctor?
DP:Looks like just imagining it is a bit of a stretch for some.I think being a doctor of medicine might stretch some of the regulars here.
Do you ever wonder why you bother coming back here?Last edited by expat; 18 April 2006, 22:43.
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No, most spend there time posting tulipe here insteadOriginally posted by DennyI thought IT technies had to diagnose sysytem malfunctions and perform their own particular brand of surgery by re-writing new code to bring an IT system back to full health.
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I thought IT technies had to diagnose sysytem malfunctions and perform their own particular brand of surgery by re-writing new code to bring an IT system back to full health.Originally posted by DimPrawnYou can get into IT with no skills and zero qualifications.
I think being a doctor of medicine might stretch some of the regulars here.
Plumbing or road sweeping is a more comparable occupation to IT.
As nurse, I could lend a hand polishing the screen and dusting the keyboard once the job's done.Last edited by Denny; 18 April 2006, 20:20.
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It is. Doctors are now making so much money that there is a queue outside each surgery of fertile young chav woman who ask to be shagged so as to get maintenance payments for her and the sprog(s).Originally posted by wendigo100Quote:
Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, said "There are thousands of people who are alive and well today as a direct result of this new contract."
I'm sure that is true.
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..and then he popped up in Denmark trying to pass himself off as an IT contractor...
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Let me tell you the story of a "Doctor" in a town oop north, who diagnosed a child with chicken pox three times. A question was asked of his qualifications and him and his whole family just disappeared into the night...I think being a doctor of medicine might stretch some of the regulars here.
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You can get into IT with no skills and zero qualifications.Originally posted by sappatz
I think being a doctor of medicine might stretch some of the regulars here.
Plumbing or road sweeping is a more comparable occupation to IT.
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Can you give me the name of the agency that negotiated the GP's new NHS contract?Originally posted by sappatz
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I'm sure that is true.Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, said "There are thousands of people who are alive and well today as a direct result of this new contract."
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