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Originally Posted by Hitch
Oh, well...it's almost my annual week off, and OMG, do I need it.
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Bang on your manager's desk demanding more holidays, if your demands are not met forthwith then threaten to quit, or call in the union.
Re the cover design 'competition', it's a sign of the times, the zeitgeist of the 'gig' economy plus the culture of 'free'.
But does cover design really count for much in the ebook-world in terms of sales. I appreciate how one might be attracted to pick up a book in a bricks and mortar bookshop based on the cover design, but not at on-line sites like Amazon, Google, Apple etc. Can't recall where (maybe here), but I read recently of a book that sold upwards of 10,000 copies in e-book form, but only a few hundred paper copies.
My cardio guy changed all my meds yesterday, just a few days after I bought a months supply of the previous lot. He told me to take ¾ of a tablet of the new beta blocker for a week - luckily the tablets are quite large, so it is easy to do that; last time I had break tablets they were tiny and as hard as granite.
Tossing the old meds out wasn't a big deal, for most meds our federal government is the single buyer, so they are relatively cheap, no more than ~$AUD40 for most folks, ~AUD7.00 for 'oldies, disabled, etc. Big Pharma hates it of course, like Big Tobacco hate our anti-smoking laws.
Have to see him again in Feb. If the new meds don't lessen the AF he says he'll ablate the nerves in upper heart chambers and use a pacemaker (not sure if he means the one already installed) to take over their function full-time - bionic man
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