Cancer Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 Hypocritical broadcast-media evangelists, certainly, are in the utterly despicable bin. Would you like some? We have lots. I just don't see a demand for the product. Sorry. I know! Could you pickle them in lye and sell them to the Norwegians? Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 A quarter a dozen, perhaps? Maybe they can be used to produce some kind of oil? Snake oil maybe... I know! Could you pickle them in lye and sell them to the Norwegians? Or that... Lucius Alexander Or feed them to a palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 I haven't posted much about this, but I have a medical issue. It's a congenital aortic valve insufficiency, which could -- well, will, with enough time -- lead to congestive heart failure. Surgery is the solution: a mechanical valve must be installed, which means an open thoracic procedure with a stopped heart and a heart-lung device hooked into the circulation, and if it all goes well it all means six months of sick leave and a lifelong treatment with Warfarin. Luckily, it was caught before any symptoms developed, which means much better odds of survival. But all that is just a backdrop to today's little rant -- because of the risk of endocarditis, I have to have my mouth checked out for possible infections. I had that done today. It went reasonably well -- the dentist was cute, the nurse was competent and soothing, the level of professionalism was high, the bedside manner impeccable, and I managed not to bite anyone. No new cavities, but there is one cracked tooth that needs to have a root canal ... On Monday. Aargh. I heartily dislike dentistry, or at least have it performed upon me. I will undergo the root canal, but I will be doped. And probably unhappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 I have had one root canal, and the procedure wasn't fun, but it was a rather individual reaction (psychological) that was the worst part of it. I got paranoid. I got nitrous oxide along with the heavy local anesthetic. That first was enough to let a couple of internal demons loose enough so they could talk to me. "You know," it said, "he says he's doing a root canal, but in reality he's extracting your entire central nervous system through that hole in your jaw." "Horse ____," the rational part said. "Not physically possible." "How do you know? Do you know the function of all those instruments? You can feel the pressure he's exerting elsewhere along that nerve..." This went on for pretty much the duration. That, along with my only other experience with general anesthesia (not quite as overtly paranoid but still unpleasant -- the hallucination ended with me sliding down into utter darkness in a narrow passageway, screaming all the way) cemented my decision to abstain from mind-altering substances other than alcohol: there are waaaay too many exceedingly disagreeable things in there just waiting to get out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 I don't even touch alcohol. I have a sneaking suspicion that I would be a really mean drunk. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 I'm with you. I've struggled with my temper since...oh, middle school, I guess. If I allowed myself to become intoxicated, I'm afraid I'd break something. Or someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 I've been really intoxicated on alcohol only a handful of times, and the results have ... varied. I think this is an effect of choosing to do that only when I am in a good mood, or when the entire reason for the celebration is something I've done, which automatically means I'm in friendly and supportive company. And, application of alcohol can be (has always been, in my case) slow enough that you can monitor your progress as you slip toward inebriation and abort that progress if it seems wise (and I've done that, too). Anesthesia, of course, is always "numb-'em-up-fast-as-possible" so the control has been out of my hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 Never been drunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 AND YOU CALL YOURSELF AUSTRALIAN?!?!?!!!? Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 He's no hoon, that bloke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 AND YOU CALL YOURSELF AUSTRALIAN?!?!?!!!? Most days. Yes. Angus Young of AC/DC is a teetotal too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 He's no hoon, that bloke. Or a bogan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 Most days. Yes. Angus Young of AC/DC is a teetotal too. So is the current POTUS, and if he doesn't drive you to drnk.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 Mr. Trump is sober when he makes all of those tweets?! Mother of Hades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 Check out the symptoms for late state syphilis some time. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 I have made that comparison before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Can we try the mercury treatment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 I was hoping for electroshock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Mercury conducts, so you could do both. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Can it not also explode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Too quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Get it cold enough, and I think mercury will go superconducting. Which is just too fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 I want room temperature superconductors, and I want them yesterday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Currently that would be very difficult. Expect some resistance to that demand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Moved to other news thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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