do that, we had to give up smoking otherwise pay a large sum of money, which, in the grand scheme of things, it is one of those choices, and we were quite, i would not say we were heavy smokers, i don t know what you call a heavy smoker but we were 10 15 a day and we had been smoking from the age of 16, i was 30 at the time, my wife was 29, but when you re confronted with that, and the opportunity to have a child in your life, as we were, we did it, we actually went cold turkey, no nicotine tablets or anything like that, it was just, nicotine tablets or anything like that, it wasjust, we have got nicotine tablets or anything like that, it was just, we have got to do this, so we did. it was hard, i must admit, i must admit nowadays, it is probably quite, when you are out having a drink with your friends and things like that, but you look back at it and think, it is almost like an incentive, and i m not saying
been something that is expected to be the norm where the military can just kind of fill in for striking workers. we know as well there are certain things in different sectors which the military can t necessarily do because they are not suitably trained up to do so. they can, of course, do certain tasks, but not fully replace the staff that are striking, and we know that there is still significant disruption that is expected. so tomorrow, for example, even though the military are stepping in to replace some of those ambulance services that are striking and help with driving certain vehicles, there is still widespread disruption expected, and that is why we are hearing today from some ministers like the governor saying that it s unprecedented, but to, it to it from a government essentially warning people with certain activities because of the risk of patient care being compromised is high according to both nhs process,