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Indeed it is Pat. There is another thread with some information about this, printed in the newspapers. Link to thread .

Very premature too. We are not in a position to legally make this change until we have actually left the EU. Even after we left it would mean changes to multiple laws, getting parliament to approve all those against DfT advice. Citing the USA is also a mistake since it draws attention to the...

Careful, it can be an offence that some train companies take seriously. At least some of the train companies 13 amp sockets are there for their staff, not for customers. This user ended up in handcuffs. .

His cronies he appointed when London Mayor turned out to include three criminals who had to be almost instantly got rid of. Showed the company he keeps. So much for his Teams of Stars. This link shows what he cost London. Gives some idea of what he could cost this country. .

I got the humour ok, but thought you also meant the message within. .

It's not normal for the open surgery I had which is usually with full anaesthetic. I was at the tail end of several done by the surgeon, hence me with my request being last so he could send the Anaesthetist home. Without is only for the keyhole version, but I see that as hair splitting since...

Never any kids for me, but I've helped many an animal into the world with my farm connections etc, so similar territory. I've never been squeamish, maybe some connection with my entymological interests from an early age, handling all manner of what most think creepy crawlies. Link .

Thanks. Fingers and Daveboy mentioned it within a thread on another subject. It's also in the Mail which can be read without subscribing: Daily Mail Link .

Hi Andrew, good to see you back and well enough for a scrap! Yes I'm fine thanks but getting ever older at 83 now! I see you did sneak in three posts in 2009/2010, so not quite so long an absence. But still far too long. .

No you didn't. You posted the one word "Why?", adding that it seemed barbaric You later introduced valid medical reasons, I made no mention of that in my original post or reply. Anaesthesia wasn't required, that's just your incorrect assumption. Many hernias of the type I had are repaired...

True for some kinds of surgery in particular, but it seems to be ignored for the greatly increasing numbers of procedures on awake patients, a lot of keyhole surgery for example. Where balance of possible harms from death to after effects is concerned, an operation without anaesthesia is far...

Not for the first time I have to day you have a weird understanding of the language. Wanting to be involved was my reason for not being under. Any of the things you mention could also be a reason. What you appear to trying to say is that only some reasons in your view justify my decision...

Yes I did, I said I like to be involved, that was my primary reason. I didn't choose for the medical benefits, they were incidental. Not so, many operations are performed with the patient awake these days, due to medical advances. That includes brain surgery with the scull top removed and...

Too interested and involved in what's going on for small talk. I only spoke twice during the operation, once to confirm I'd like the thin flat of fat cut off, the second to ask what material all the staples were made of that were being used to secure the mesh over the inner membrane weakness...

Not really, the Mail said "up to £4500", and it definitely isn't since the maximum is now £3500, so only up to that latter figure. This is the second reduction, the first was from £5000 to £4500, so much them for encouraging electric only cars. Meanwhile other countries have been increasing...

Main one was out of interest in the mechanics of the procedure, and also being able to take part in a small way. And general anaesthetics delay healing and mean more protracted pain after an operation. It's a variation on dentistry. Have jabs for fillings and one is left with a dead and...

I answered why. I'm interested in all aspects of my life. .

This bit in the articles is incorrect: "Those buying an electric car can receive up to £4,500 off the purchase price through a Government subsidy scheme, which contributed to a surge in sales." It was £4500 but was reduced from October last year to £3500. .

I once went the whole hog and went largely without anaesthetics for an open abdomen hernia repair. Story on this link .

Did that myself once. The idiots in the medical profession wanted me to suffer a full anaesthetic operation for no known purpose. That was because they had no answer to what I was suffering other than the anti-inflammatory I needed that they didn't approve of, but felt they had to offer...