Dennis Pogson wrote:
I suspect that the ruptured quads tendon I incurred 15
years ago whist sailing may have had something to do with it, but he had my
notes open at the time, and this didn't seem to strike him as a possibilty.

Guess they are trained at medic school to use stock phrases like this. It
called the no-intervention syndrome, and saves the NHS a fortune in
operating theatre costs! UK that is. In the US, don't they judge your
operability by the thickness of you wallet? ;-))

Just because he had the notes open doesn't mean he was seeing what was
there. Mine will look at his notes and I will have to remind him of why
I'm there and what he has given me, whereupon he will re-open his notes
and confirm it. He is very interested in boats which I suspect has
caused some nuerological damage. In fact that is why I keep going to
the airhead, as the waiting room is stocked with a 3 foot pile of '
Wooden Boats' and other publications. Sam