He was having a joke with us-it's the season for jokes you see!

Valorie I admire your conviction here. It must be incredibly tense sometimes.

Do take care.

Best wishes for the new year everyone.

Can I just ask that a new year resolution is that you each pick a topic of
your choice and bring it into this arena for discussion? No holds barred except
patient confidentiality.

Fenella

In a message dated 29/12/2004 03:43:38 GMT Standard Time,
ohjoywrld@... writes:


No Stress , what are kidding.

Andrew J Bowman <sumieb@...> wrote:
There is no stress in the ER.

There is also no crying in the ER.

Andrew Bowman
ER x 22 years

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