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Have been a very good anaesthetist today: nine hours at the conference, including extra sessions during every break.<\/p>\n

Consequently I am knackered and it\u2019s early to bed.<\/p>\n

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A much needed energy boost was provided by this Tunnock\u2019s tea cake, a local delicacy, given as a freebie. Like a mallowpuff but with softer marshmallow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Other unhealthy but delicious snacks were provided gratis by this genuine Mr Whippy van. I managed to resist temptation. Maybe tomorrow?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have been a very good anaesthetist today: nine hours at the conference, including extra sessions during every break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Ukf-39U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2837,"url":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/11\/caption-competition\/","url_meta":{"origin":12146,"position":0},"title":"Caption competition","author":"Interloper11","date":"July 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Answers on the back of a postcard please. 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