Errrmmm, with all due respect to our esteemed correspondent from the largest County in England of white rose & Ridings fame, guacamole is in fact based upon the basic ingredient of avocados. However it is accepted as a dip and relish in the same way that the pea based products are.
Ah yes Hartlepool, from the olde English word for stag and le pool meaning by the sea. The submerged postglacial forest below the current high water mark provides proof that there was, indeed, a prehistoric forest by the sea. Probably where the hunting was carried out.
p.s. don't mention monkeys!
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
I must say that you are lady of uncommon refinement, in knowing that it is basically an English item and not a British one!
*contemplate Chris ... with head on one side... and think it looks uncomfortable*
I have been observing you islanders for some time, Chris... you interest me...
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As an aside I still find it amazing that so many people think that England is the same as Britain!
There was all that confusion though wasn't there *perplexed frown* when people's countries started sprouting flags for the glory of Great Britain that were planted by Englishmen.
Once you're confused once, your confidence gets I put an apostrophe in there... but it didn't look comfortable so I got rid of it frayed... or perhaps it's a nod to the Welsh, Scottish and Irish, that they're not in the frame :)
As an interesting aside :) the French word for brasserie is... brasserie
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A soutien-gorge is just a posh name for a balconette [the French word for] a brassiere!
*beam tranquilising smile round thread*
So where was I? Oh yes :)
I hope you don't mind me asking you a personal question, Chris but *concerned blink* does your other half bump into things that are quite some distance from her and emit sound effects... whilst... moving? cos I didn't much like squeaking throughout each stage of the breathing process to be honest. No.
And coming as it does so soon after my ladylike rebuttals on the subject of towering ineptitude and stuff *blink* kicked off with a: no offence, annie... and people rolling about laughing... me clanking round Stratford colliding with busses several metres beyond where I last placed my feet shouts "victim of plot" to me
I can see the headline... followed by an expert discussing that 85% of us girls are walking around in the wrong sized balconnetted brasseries.
edit: I forgot why I came in here... it was to unveil my new signature :)
And to say hello... which I am in the process of reconsidering...
:)
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Too many things to reply to as I just caught up with this thread.
A few at random:
Turkey bacon: agreed, no such thing. I do try to buy the reduced sodium variety when I can.
Peas: I do not like them, Sam I Am, in any form other than split pea soup. Very thick split pea soup.
Brasserie: You know darn well, sir, that that word is spelled differently than the item of women's underclothing. Agreed that there is really nothing special about baguettes.
Dr. Bacon Bacon Bacon: glad I had my volume low for that clip. The language was NSFW, especially for a school library.
AED defibrillator: is redundant, the long word being what the D stands for. It is also most definitely not something you can use on yourself.
Have to go now, the fire alarm just went off.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Yeah I had to use my AED defibrillator when I was waiting at the ATM machine because I forgot my PIN number. Later I had to talk to the ATO office, so I told them my ABN number for my BAS statement ( my CPA accountant recommended this ). On the downside my GoPro just went amateur, on the upside my car has an ABS braking system.
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Have to go now, the fire alarm just went off.
As you do !
.
.
.
Doctor : Wake up ! Wake up Mr Smith.
Patient ( groggy ) : what, huh, who ?
Doctor: You forgot to take your sleeping tablet.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
BTW, I finally received my CPR/AED certification card today. I took the class over 2 months ago, but someone dropped the ball on issuing my card. I thought about it during the museum rules meeting, when we were reminded Illinois does not have a Good Samaritan law, so we are not allowed to use the AEDs unless we're certified.
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Have to go now, the fire alarm just went off.
As you do !
I wasn't really hurrying on my own account, but I knew other people would come around and chase me out. It was past the end of the work day, so I just went home.
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Doctor : Wake up ! Wake up Mr Smith.
Patient ( groggy ) : what, huh, who ?
Doctor: You forgot to take your sleeping tablet.
Cheers, Mike.
Amazing how hard it is to get any decent sleep in a hospital.
Speaking of the museum, I'm on for the first time this year this weekend. I will be dispatcher and run the streetcar both days. When I checked the crew schedule this morning, the coach train had gained a student conductor (who is a professional railroader but still has to go through our qualification process) and a trainman, but no actual conductor, and the streetcar lost its other operator. I don't know if the 3rd coal train left as scheduled.
P.S. My middle and ring fingers now hurt considerably more than the index because of compensating for it.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
when we were reminded Illinois does not have a Good Samaritan law, so we are not allowed to use the AEDs unless we're certified.
Victoria has Good Samaritan legislation too, but only in the enabling sense ie. it may be chosen & offered as a defense. However in practice - in every instance thus far since about 2006 - judges have uniformly ignored it ( pre-emptively disallowing it's further consideration by the court ). Thus as demonstrated by case law since introduction it has no effect. It is important to be quite clear here : the defense was not raised, examined and found wanting. The judges have refused it to proceed as a defense at all. This is not merely a problem for doctors, in the breach the net is wide and has included say : the driver of a school bus, a fitness coach at a gym, a school teacher during an outing, even doormen and waiters in the hospitality trade.
{ Our parliamentary system of government has never had the judiciary empowered to offset to either legislative or executive aspects, with the singular exception being constitutional questions mainly regarding cross-domain issues ie. when not otherwise able to be resolved. }
So we now have entire plane-fulls of people etc, but never one doctor amongst them if desired. Medical defense institutions are now advising doctors to stay silent ( it is cheaper for them and the doctor ) and that is a mere brief step from withdrawing cover entirely should one speak up. Un-officially the word is to shut up and hope no one finds out you were a medico that looked the other way, as that is penalised by the Medical Registrar ( at rather less penalty than civil litigation and pretty well a doddle for the insurers to manage : lay down misere and write the relatively small cheque ). Almost no-one in a position to alter this has pointed out the contradiction especially since three years ago registration was linked to conformance with insurance ie. no insurance then no right to practice with the corollary that the bounds of insurance also define the the bounds of practice. You can't practise in some aspect if you don't have the corresponding coverage specifically for that aspect. We await the penny to drop ..... the general public ought be mortified but await personal disaster huddled within their low information penetration cocoons.
As for me I'm still stupid enough to stop on the road at accidents and inquire as to whether I can be of use. But I'm an old school dinosaur ( please no violins ).
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) For the poor school teacher the logic against her was unbeatable in the court's eyes : since she was deemed to be competent in supervising the children under her charge ( at the given school ), then any other child of school age ought to be attended to correctly by her even though not associated whatsoever with the school on that outing. The result is the obvious : a dramatic reduction in school outings OR get your Mum & Dad to take you to the zoo. The decision against her was upheld at appeal and thus demonstrates the rot is at all court levels thus far tested. The other result is that public liability premiums have soared at local kindergartens and now is the single item that exceeds all other costs ( because the kinder teacher is undefendable, regardless, as demonstrated ).
So what next, public stonings because you walked on by a dying child ?
I have a colleague who teaches basic CPR for the general punters. They are obliged to inform participants of these liability aspects as experienced. For one class he explained in detail what was meant and correctly answered some very pointed questions. More than 3/4 of them then got up and left. So now this stuff is mentioned at the end of the presentation ! :-)
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
I have been observing you islanders for some time, Chris... you interest me...
Now correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't Africa technically become an island in 1869 when they constructed the Suez canal? This being defined by being able to circum-navigate the place without leaving water, and the canal is a sea-level waterway.
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glory of Great Britain
That was in the days of Queen Vic's Empire (sounds like an Edwardian music hall) that in turn morphed into the Commonwealth. But most have self rule now, although we still have a few overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies we cling to. Mainly because the inhabitants won't let us go.
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perhaps it's a nod to the Welsh, Scottish and Irish, that they're not in the frame :)
Escuz pliss? England annexed Wales to become Britain in 1535, we went into Union with Scotland in 1707, Northern Ireland came into the mix in 1921. The first Britsh Empire is generally accepted to be from 1583–1783, and the second one (on which the sun never sets but eventually did) from 1783-1945, with its height in 1922.
So by implication they are in the frame, and in any case the Irish built 90% of Americas railways, that lot over the pond that was a former Colony. background
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As an interesting aside a balconette [the French word for] a brassiere!
Sorry wrong! The balconette is the french words for a type of brassiere commonly known as a "push up" bra. Its quite amusing to contemplate that you only have to change the place of one letter in brasserie and it all goes tits up :-)) * shall I copyright that? yeah why not!* Something very Freudian there ....
You know darn well, sir, that that word is spelled differently than the item of women's underclothing
Rearrrrly, well knock me down with a wet fig leaf, the things you learn.
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Have to go now, the fire alarm just went off.
Probably in protest .....
@ Mike - sadly in this day and age it simply does not pay to stop and be a good samaritan. There are many stories of people doing just that and landing up subpoenaed in court either accused of hastening death by using untrained first aid, or as witneses for the prosecution losing a days pay. I don't know about other countries but most by-passers will stop and help in some way. The days of theatres asking is there a doctor in the house are a vague recollection. They've either got more sense not to go or they keep stum. All first aiders trained in CPR, and mouth to mouth resuscitation have to use a facepad or mask to protect themseles now, in case the patient has HIV or similar which can be passed on by transference of fluids (apparently).
Enough for now, I have to go and be a teller at mu local Polling station.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Errrmmm, with all due respect
Errrmmm, with all due respect to our esteemed correspondent from the largest County in England of white rose & Ridings fame, guacamole is in fact based upon the basic ingredient of avocados. However it is accepted as a dip and relish in the same way that the pea based products are.
Ah yes Hartlepool, from the olde English word for stag and le pool meaning by the sea. The submerged postglacial forest below the current high water mark provides proof that there was, indeed, a prehistoric forest by the sea. Probably where the hunting was carried out.
p.s. don't mention monkeys!
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
I believe it was a former
I believe it was a former M.P. of the parish, now translated to t'other place, who couldn't tell his avocados from his marrowfat.
One presumes that was PM who
One presumes that was PM who never made PM, and whose initials were a backward MP :-)
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Good afternoon everyone.
Good afternoon everyone. :-)
I like peas, and when I wasn't on Atkins - I liked breads... I hate guacamole.
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
Join SETI Refugees
RE: I must say that you are
*contemplate Chris ... with head on one side... and think it looks uncomfortable*
I have been observing you islanders for some time, Chris... you interest me...
There was all that confusion though wasn't there *perplexed frown* when people's countries started sprouting flags for the glory of Great Britain that were planted by Englishmen.
Once you're confused once, your confidence gets I put an apostrophe in there... but it didn't look comfortable so I got rid of it frayed... or perhaps it's a nod to the Welsh, Scottish and Irish, that they're not in the frame :)
As an interesting aside :) the French word for brasserie is... brasserie
*beam tranquilising smile round thread*
So where was I? Oh yes :)
I hope you don't mind me asking you a personal question, Chris but *concerned blink* does your other half bump into things that are quite some distance from her and emit sound effects... whilst... moving? cos I didn't much like squeaking throughout each stage of the breathing process to be honest. No.
And coming as it does so soon after my ladylike rebuttals on the subject of towering ineptitude and stuff *blink* kicked off with a: no offence, annie... and people rolling about laughing... me clanking round Stratford colliding with busses several metres beyond where I last placed my feet shouts "victim of plot" to me
I can see the headline... followed by an expert discussing that 85% of us girls are walking around in the wrong sized balconnetted brasseries.
edit: I forgot why I came in here... it was to unveil my new signature :)
And to say hello... which I am in the process of reconsidering...
:)
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Too many things to reply to
Too many things to reply to as I just caught up with this thread.
A few at random:
Turkey bacon: agreed, no such thing. I do try to buy the reduced sodium variety when I can.
Peas: I do not like them, Sam I Am, in any form other than split pea soup. Very thick split pea soup.
Brasserie: You know darn well, sir, that that word is spelled differently than the item of women's underclothing. Agreed that there is really nothing special about baguettes.
Dr. Bacon Bacon Bacon: glad I had my volume low for that clip. The language was NSFW, especially for a school library.
AED defibrillator: is redundant, the long word being what the D stands for. It is also most definitely not something you can use on yourself.
Have to go now, the fire alarm just went off.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: AED defibrillator: is
Yeah I had to use my AED defibrillator when I was waiting at the ATM machine because I forgot my PIN number. Later I had to talk to the ATO office, so I told them my ABN number for my BAS statement ( my CPA accountant recommended this ). On the downside my GoPro just went amateur, on the upside my car has an ABS braking system.
As you do !
.
.
.
Doctor : Wake up ! Wake up Mr Smith.
Patient ( groggy ) : what, huh, who ?
Doctor: You forgot to take your sleeping tablet.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: RE: AED
BTW, I finally received my CPR/AED certification card today. I took the class over 2 months ago, but someone dropped the ball on issuing my card. I thought about it during the museum rules meeting, when we were reminded Illinois does not have a Good Samaritan law, so we are not allowed to use the AEDs unless we're certified.
I wasn't really hurrying on my own account, but I knew other people would come around and chase me out. It was past the end of the work day, so I just went home.
Amazing how hard it is to get any decent sleep in a hospital.
Speaking of the museum, I'm on for the first time this year this weekend. I will be dispatcher and run the streetcar both days. When I checked the crew schedule this morning, the coach train had gained a student conductor (who is a professional railroader but still has to go through our qualification process) and a trainman, but no actual conductor, and the streetcar lost its other operator. I don't know if the 3rd coal train left as scheduled.
P.S. My middle and ring fingers now hurt considerably more than the index because of compensating for it.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: when we were reminded
Victoria has Good Samaritan legislation too, but only in the enabling sense ie. it may be chosen & offered as a defense. However in practice - in every instance thus far since about 2006 - judges have uniformly ignored it ( pre-emptively disallowing it's further consideration by the court ). Thus as demonstrated by case law since introduction it has no effect. It is important to be quite clear here : the defense was not raised, examined and found wanting. The judges have refused it to proceed as a defense at all. This is not merely a problem for doctors, in the breach the net is wide and has included say : the driver of a school bus, a fitness coach at a gym, a school teacher during an outing, even doormen and waiters in the hospitality trade.
{ Our parliamentary system of government has never had the judiciary empowered to offset to either legislative or executive aspects, with the singular exception being constitutional questions mainly regarding cross-domain issues ie. when not otherwise able to be resolved. }
So we now have entire plane-fulls of people etc, but never one doctor amongst them if desired. Medical defense institutions are now advising doctors to stay silent ( it is cheaper for them and the doctor ) and that is a mere brief step from withdrawing cover entirely should one speak up. Un-officially the word is to shut up and hope no one finds out you were a medico that looked the other way, as that is penalised by the Medical Registrar ( at rather less penalty than civil litigation and pretty well a doddle for the insurers to manage : lay down misere and write the relatively small cheque ). Almost no-one in a position to alter this has pointed out the contradiction especially since three years ago registration was linked to conformance with insurance ie. no insurance then no right to practice with the corollary that the bounds of insurance also define the the bounds of practice. You can't practise in some aspect if you don't have the corresponding coverage specifically for that aspect. We await the penny to drop ..... the general public ought be mortified but await personal disaster huddled within their low information penetration cocoons.
As for me I'm still stupid enough to stop on the road at accidents and inquire as to whether I can be of use. But I'm an old school dinosaur ( please no violins ).
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) For the poor school teacher the logic against her was unbeatable in the court's eyes : since she was deemed to be competent in supervising the children under her charge ( at the given school ), then any other child of school age ought to be attended to correctly by her even though not associated whatsoever with the school on that outing. The result is the obvious : a dramatic reduction in school outings OR get your Mum & Dad to take you to the zoo. The decision against her was upheld at appeal and thus demonstrates the rot is at all court levels thus far tested. The other result is that public liability premiums have soared at local kindergartens and now is the single item that exceeds all other costs ( because the kinder teacher is undefendable, regardless, as demonstrated ).
So what next, public stonings because you walked on by a dying child ?
I have a colleague who teaches basic CPR for the general punters. They are obliged to inform participants of these liability aspects as experienced. For one class he explained in detail what was meant and correctly answered some very pointed questions. More than 3/4 of them then got up and left. So now this stuff is mentioned at the end of the presentation ! :-)
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Gosh what a lot of posts to
Gosh what a lot of posts to wade though!!
Now correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't Africa technically become an island in 1869 when they constructed the Suez canal? This being defined by being able to circum-navigate the place without leaving water, and the canal is a sea-level waterway.
That was in the days of Queen Vic's Empire (sounds like an Edwardian music hall) that in turn morphed into the Commonwealth. But most have self rule now, although we still have a few overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies we cling to. Mainly because the inhabitants won't let us go.
Escuz pliss? England annexed Wales to become Britain in 1535, we went into Union with Scotland in 1707, Northern Ireland came into the mix in 1921. The first Britsh Empire is generally accepted to be from 1583–1783, and the second one (on which the sun never sets but eventually did) from 1783-1945, with its height in 1922.
So by implication they are in the frame, and in any case the Irish built 90% of Americas railways, that lot over the pond that was a former Colony. background
Sorry wrong! The balconette is the french words for a type of brassiere commonly known as a "push up" bra. Its quite amusing to contemplate that you only have to change the place of one letter in brasserie and it all goes tits up :-)) * shall I copyright that? yeah why not!* Something very Freudian there ....
Er no my other half doesn't collide with buses in the singular or plural, but it wouldn't bother me if she did. All part of lifes rich tapestry. Dunno what the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux would make of it though if you collided with that. But in any case I think it might help if you read up on Zeno's paradoxes as in Homer and the bus, and you will find that it's supposed to be a non contact sport :-))
@ David S -
Rearrrrly, well knock me down with a wet fig leaf, the things you learn.
Probably in protest .....
@ Mike - sadly in this day and age it simply does not pay to stop and be a good samaritan. There are many stories of people doing just that and landing up subpoenaed in court either accused of hastening death by using untrained first aid, or as witneses for the prosecution losing a days pay. I don't know about other countries but most by-passers will stop and help in some way. The days of theatres asking is there a doctor in the house are a vague recollection. They've either got more sense not to go or they keep stum. All first aiders trained in CPR, and mouth to mouth resuscitation have to use a facepad or mask to protect themseles now, in case the patient has HIV or similar which can be passed on by transference of fluids (apparently).
Enough for now, I have to go and be a teller at mu local Polling station.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now