Oh, ’tis obvious. Unlike the critics I have no delusions of grandeur.

heh

-evil

The caretaker was crucified for sleeping at his post
Theyre refusing to be pacified its him they blame the most
The watchdogs got rabies the foremans got fleas
And everyones concerned about industrial disease
Theres panic on the switchboard tongues are ties in knots
Some come out in sympathy some come out in spots
Some blame the management some the employees
And everybody knows its the industrial disease

The work force is disgusted downs tools and walks
Innocence is injured experience just talks
Everyone seeks damages and everyone agrees
That these are classic symptoms of a monetary squeeze
On itv and bbc they talk about the curse
Philosophy is useless theology is worse
History boils over theres an economics freeze
Sociologists invent words that mean industrial disease

Doctor parkinson declared Im not surprised to see you here
Youve got smokers cough from smoking, brewers droop from drinking beer
I dont know how you came to get the betty davis knees
But worst of all young man youve got industrial disease
He wrote me a prescription he said you are depressed
But Im glad you came to see me to get this off your chest
Come back and see me later – next patient please
Send in another victim of industrial disease

I go down to speakers corner Im thunderstruck
They got free speech, tourists, police in trucks
Two men say theyre jesus one of them must be wrong
Theres a protest singer singing a protest song – he says
they wanna have a war to keep us on our knees
They wanna have a war to keep their factories
They wanna have a war to stop us buying japanese
They wanna have a war to stop industrial disease
Theyre pointing out the enemy to keep you deaf and blind
They wanna sap your energy incarcerate your mind
They give you rule brittania, gassy beer, page three
Two weeks in espana and sunday striptease
Meanwhile the first jesus says Id cure it soon
Abolish monday mornings and friday afternoons
The other ones on a hunger strike hes dying by degrees
How come jesus gets industrial disease

-d

Thanks for details evildoc — stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night, so wondered aloud about the term.—-

No worries. Sorry if I sounded a bit crabby. It’s just that most of us have imperfections in our health-related behavior, some more than others ;)

Disease is no less significant in its impact for that fact.

regards

-evil

Yep. It is the practice of medicine. No one ever masters it. Always more to learn. Always introspection required. Always analysis to consider what one truly might do better the next time a similar case arises. Always recognizing that we cannot plug the patient into a “diagnostic” machine and get simple plan giving perfect outcome with no risk.

That’s why I love it. It isn’t boring and… it matters. And… I’m good at it. And… i teach junior Docs and students how to do it. And… some customers appreciate me for it. And…i don’t starve. And, I have job security as while Wall Street jobs melt down and while I might be paid next year in bushels of corn instead of government dollars, I figure it is likely the system always will need someone at the door dealing with septic shock, ACS, DKA and the like.

Fun stuff, really

-evil

I love my doc, had the same one for the past 9 years or so.

25 charged in $100 million mortgage fraud
Manhattan District Attorney charges 13 suspects and a mortgage company with fraud; 12 others have already pleaded guilty.
By Aaron Smith, CNNMoney.com staff writer
July 8, 2009: 2:37 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Manhattan district attorney indicted 13 suspects and a mortgage company on Wednesday for running a $100 million mortgage fraud, in which they allegedly fooled banks into financing sham sales.

District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said that 25 people were involved in the scheme including 12 who have already pleaded guilty.

The 13 newly-indicted individuals and the mortgage company, AFG Financial Group, were charged with enterprise corruption, grand larceny, scheme to defraud and conspiracy for participating in 19 fraudulent real estate transactions, according to the D.A.’s office. The most serious felony, enterprise corruption, carries a sentence of up to 25 years.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/news/mortgage_fraud/index.htm?postversion=2009070814

Does the “practice” of law fall in the same category?

If after 15 yrs, I’m still just “practicing” then I should hang up my gear and go fishing instead.

I guess it’s like most professionals. Hate and fear them until you need them.

sl

sl

I read the most of the articles relating to that.

She swapped her own contaminated SYRINGES, not the needles as the latest story implies.

She could have stashed CLEAN syringes to refill with saline. This is typical addict behavior – NO regard for others– their goal is to get the drug anyway they can.

You can’t believe what drug addicted trash traipses through my department on any given day.

[And people wonder why I own a firearms, and know 3 basic moves to disable someone in close contact. Unfortunately, won't help me if I'm attacked with a firearm. But most likely it would be within 50 feet of the ER entrance.]

sl

Shhhh. You might give some insurance companies an idea for some alternative pain care.