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There is a single men's toilet in Holles St Hospital. Queues are not uncommon.Is that a single men's toilet or a single men's toilet?Jacuzzi is a brand name. You can also buy Jacuzzi toilets and mattresses.
EDIT: Jesus, posted that and copped im bringing it back to toilets again.....im totally gonna get pigeonholed (oh matron) at this rate.You forgot the T.
And if I'm not mistaken, the original spelling of the surname was Giacuzzi.
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High fives Pter (but only after he's washed his hands).
During the summer you can usually find boxes of generic paracetamol in certain pharmacies at €1 for 24 tablets. Also, paracetamol gets absorbed faster when taken with caffeine (a sip of tea or coffee is all it takes).0 -
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Duckworth_Luas wrote: »Gary Larson - Thagomizer Smithsonian
Because of that post, I just found out that three creatures were named after Gary Larson.
1. Strigiphilus garylarsoni is a chewing louse of a genus found only on owls. (More here)
An 8" x 11" (20 x 28 cm) magnification of the insect appeared in the Prehistory of the Far Side 10th anniversary compilation, along with the letter requesting permission to use his name.Strigiphilus garylarsoni Clayton, ~1989 (owl louse) "I considered this an extreme honor. Besides, I knew no one was going to write and ask to name a new species of swan after me. You have to grab these opportunities when they come along." - Gary Larson
2. Similarly, an Ecuadorian rainforest butterfly, Serratoterga larsoni, was named after him.
3. Finally, the Garylarsonus beetle also carries his name.
Gary Larsonstarted out as a biology major, but then switched to communications because he "didn't know what you did with a biology degree." 0 -
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It works even if you know it's a placebo.I bet you did'nt know that the placebo effect works.
Even if you are a medical professional.
And two placebo's are better than one.
And saline injections are better than sugar pills.
But it's unethical to give placebo's even when you tell people what they are.
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Capt'n Midnight wrote: »It works even if you know it's a placebo.
Even if you are a medical professional.
And two placebo's are better than one.
And saline injections are better than sugar pills.
But it's unethical to give placebo's even when you tell people what they are.
There’s also the nocebo effect, that works in the same way as the placebo effect only in reverse.0 -
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Vesna Vulović holds the world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute. On the 26th January 1972, she was the air hostess on JAT Flight 367 from Stockholm to Belgrade that crashed after a bomb on board was detonated (Croatian nationalists suspected, but nobody arrested) whilst flying over Czechoslovakia (the town of Srbská Kamenice to be exact). One theory suggests that terminal velocity may have helped. It takes a falling person roughly 12 seconds to reach terminal velocity, and in that time they will fall about 450m (1500 ft). After this point they will not be able to fall any faster. Therefore, even if fall that is over 1500ft, they will still hit the ground at the same speed. Furthermore, she was trapped by a food cart in the DC-9's fuselage as it broke away from the rest of the aircraft. She also had the good fortune (if falling out of a plane can be called that) to land on a snowy slope and this helped to cushion the impact. Her physicians concluded that her history of low blood pressure caused her to pass out quickly after the cabin depressurized and kept her heart from bursting on impact. (Vulović admitted she was aware of her low blood pressure before applying to become a flight attendant and knew that it would result in her failing her medical examination, but she drank an exorbitant amount of coffee beforehand and was accepted...but anyway, back to the story!). She was discovered by a villager named Bruno Honke, who heard her screaming amid the wreckage. Honke had been a medic during World War II and was able to keep her alive until rescuers arrived at the scene.
Her injuries were severe, she had temporary paralysis below the waist, fractured her skull (which subsequently haemorrhaged), had two broken legs, three broken vertebrae (one completely crushed), a fractured pelvis, and quite a few of her ribs were broken. She was also in a coma for 10 days afterwards. She had amnesia from the hour prior to her fall to about a month after it.
After two months of treatment in Prague she was flown back to Belgrade in late March. She refused a hypnotic injection to help her through the flight as she was not afraid of flying because she could not remember the crash. She was put under 24 hour guard in Belgrade as authorities feared that she would be a high profile target for the perpetrators of the bombing. She was released in June and recuperated over summer at a resort in Montenegro before several more operations to restore her mobility. Her parents sold both their cars to pay the medical bills. Within 16 months she had regained almost full use of her legs, except for a limp caused by a twisted spine.
Vulović wished to resume her flight attendant duties when she recovered, but the airline felt that her presence on flights would cause unnecessary attention, and thus JAT gave her a desk job instead. This did not stop her from flying regularly as a passenger. She became something of a celeb in Yugoslavia and abroad, and was decorated by Tito and received recognition from Paul McCartney at a gala in London.
In the early 1990s, JAT fired her for speaking out against Slobodan Milošević and taking part in anti-government protests. Her celebrity status provided a useful shield, as authorities were afraid to arrest her for fear of inciting further unrest. When Milošević was ousted in the Bulldozer Revolution in 2000 she was part of the victory address at Belgrade city hall and in the following years became an active advocate for Serbia to enter the EU.
In the final years of her life, Vulović lived on a €300 per month in her dilapidated apartment in Belgrade. She admitted to having survivors guilt, and this came with obvious hardship. She became a devout Orthodox Christian to cope and would later state that her situation had turned her into somewhat of an optimist. At the same time, she believed it also ruined her life and contributed to her parents premature deaths.
A lifelong smoker, she suffered various heart ailments in her later years which had a detrimental impact on her quality of life. Sadly, she was found dead on the floor of her apartment on the 23rd December 2016 at the relatively young age of 66.0 -
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Tutankhamun was mentioned earlier in the thread IIRC and his hasty burial, with a mask and tomb not originally intended for him and all that. I forgot to mention(I think
) that when Howard Carter opened up his sarcophagus and peeled back the wrappings they found all sorts of high class golden and faience(a type of ceramic) items about his person, but his mummy was not very well preserved at all. Again part of the rush job. Further enquiry found that his blackened state was down to the fact that the oils used to embalm him had not been applied in the usual manner and left to sit until they dried properly but instead had soon after his burial spontaneously combusted and partially burnt him. Anyone who works with linseed oil knows that you don't leave oil soaked rags on their own as the drying process of linsseed(and other drying oils) is exothermic(?) and rapid and soaked rags can go up in smoke and flame all too easily. It has caused many serious fires down the years. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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