I believe it is for emphasis. Instead of a big deal. It is a big ginormous deal that John and Mary would come all the way from their country estate to visit us their poor relations in our humble house.
Come and visit makes it sound like they traveled to be there, where just visit might be the neighbor stopping by. It’s subtle and ambiguous, but I do see valid use for come and visit.
Maybe it's also a generational thing. In the 90s, I remember running my own squid proxy on a remote shared box somewhere, in order to circumvent "things."
Granted, today, if it was just getting around general network restrictions via blacklist, then tethering is very convenient.
I’m not convinced self diagnosis will be a positive thing.
What these small, portable machines will support is a lot of pre-hospital medics, working in remote or austere environments, to carry these devices and use them effectively.
There are already courses available to teach exactly this:
It is so simple to come up with excuses. It is raining. No need to go. We are in spring and here it means the dirty season, no need to go. Or it is negative temperature outside, it probably does not dry...
Interesting observation. I do use a car wash, not frequently enough as my car is more often dirty than clean, but I have only ever paid cash! For context, I currently live in Austria.
> I'm expected to be readily accessible for 9-10 hours/day
Why? Are you contracted for 45-50 hours per week? Or if contracted less, are you compensated for the additional hours?
I'm contracted for 38.5 hours per week. That's 8.125 hours Monday to Thursday and 6.00 on Friday. If I work longer than this I am compensated with time off in lieu. I do have to log my time daily. Overall works great. I'm fairly paid and have a good lifestyle.
I actually find it hard to imagine working 9-10 hours every day for any extended time period.
“It was nice of John and Mary to visit us the other day”