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A general venting thread – all topics welcome. We haven’t had one of these for a while and a small thing just set me off…

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The video clip attached to the Jimi Hendrix RAH film includes in the titles that it the reproduction was “painstaking”…then don’t do it FFS.

Reporters often do recall things being done “in earnest”. I have never done anything in earnest.

Any more clichés that piss you off?

Note to self – look up definitions before assuming meaning!

That aside vent away!

Joined up writing…why?

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My Kids (8 and 10) are made to do this.

Any primary school teachers on the blog please let me know why.

In the current digital world it is weird that at every business meeting I attend everyone has a pen and a A4 book to jot down what happens in the meeting and all of the follow-up is via email etc. We clearly still need to write but what is the obsession with joined up writing about?

Black Tie events

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I am attending one of these tomorrow.

It is based on the great work done in joint working between the NHS and the healthcare industry in all its forms. And there a many great examples on show that have improves the healthcare of many people.

BUT…it is a black tie event on a Wednesday evening!