COLD DARK ROOM

[Lyn W]

The last person to die from adder bite in the UK was a child in 1975, though some say a girl died in 1977, I can't find the records.
This was based on the work of Pliny the Elder who used a ripped open swallow to do the same thing.

Thank goodness medicine has moved on.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Evening all!
Just about to head to bed - I'm exhausted
I just wanted to pop on to apologise for not participating in the usual banter!
I got a call yesterday from my mum to say my grans in the hospital. Today we found out that my gran has colon cancer and she's getting an emergency operation to try and cut the cancerous growth out.
The doctors are hopeful they will be able to cut it out but she's 81 and my gran and I love her to bits so amensily upset atm
Don't know if you guys know this but beastie used to be called Elsie after my gran before we found out he wasn't a girl.
So everyone please with granny Brodie the best of luck with her op tomorrow!
I will give everyone an update as soon as I can.
Goodnight everyone

Terribly sorry to hear this, Kirsty.
Wifey and I (and maybe Tidgy) send maximum positive thoughts out to granny Brodie and I will think of her tonight when i retire and again in the morning.
Bless her, you and the rest of her family and friends.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

You're not alone in that. I'm 23 and I have severe carpel tunnel in both wrists plus the cartilage is almost gone, I'll have to replace both knees and my left hip before I'm 35, my left ankle broke about two years back but never healed right so it still sometimes snaps again, my right foot has a fracture in it that never healed and randomly swells up and shoots pain, my back is completely shot both the muscular system and the vertebrae, my left shoulder pops out of the socket randomly, I choke to the point of turning purple at least once a day because my neck and esophagus are damaged, I've had at least 5 concussions, my nose has been broken twice but the second break made it look straight again so no complaints, my right eye socket has a fracture in it, and my right inner ear was damaged as a newborn so I get dizzy really bad and car sick. On top of that I have Lyme Disease, fibromyalgia, nerve damage from various things in various places, etc etc. I could go on forever, but that would take a while. Basically the docs are surprised I can move as easily as I do (she says while taking 20 minutes to stand up)

I gave you a like here for sharing, if you see what i mean.
I am utterly amazed that you have the strength and willpower to carry on. There's various bits of me broken or missing, but nothing to compare to that.
I am in awe of your positive attitude.
Please PM me if you ever need to talk about anything.
Adam.

 

[Lyn W]

I plan to get up really early tomorrow even though its Sunday,
so I had better love you and leave you all.
Enjoy the rest of your evening/night
See you tomorrow CDRers
Night Night

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I plan to get up really early tomorrow even though its Sunday,
so I had better love you and leave you all.
Enjoy the rest of your evening/night
See you tomorrow CDRers
Night Night

Night Lyn.
I won't mention ghosties tonight.
Whoops!

 

[johnsonnboswell]

Terribly sorry to hear this, Kirsty.
Wifey and I (and maybe Tidgy) send maximum positive thoughts out to granny Brodie and I will think of her tonight when i retire and again in the morning.
Bless her, you and the rest of her family and friends.

Sending best wishes for a good outcome.

 

[Lyn W]

Night Lyn.
I won't mention ghosties tonight.
Whoops!

....and I hope ....
I just censored myself!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

....and I hope ....
I just censored myself!

Night.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Which animal has the biggest brain in proportion to it's body size?

 

[AZtortMom]

Ant?

 

[Angel Carrion]

Goodness Angel what a lot you have to contend with! Yet you still manage to remain cheerful, you are an inspiration to us all.

Haha, glad I come across as cheerful. When I'm focusing on something or doing a lot of stuff (like today I was cleaning the house top to bottom) I'm told I look furious. I don't mean to look so mad! I'm just really zoned into what I'm doing! Haha.

I gave you a like here for sharing, if you see what i mean.
I am utterly amazed that you have the strength and willpower to carry on. There's various bits of me broken or missing, but nothing to compare to that.
I am in awe of your positive attitude.
Please PM me if you ever need to talk about anything.
Adam.

Thank you for that. I didn't realize what I was dealing with was

I can't find the word. This is how the concussions effect me. Plus stuttering and memory loss. But my friends and I make a joke out of it. "Ble-be-de ble-be-de, that's all, folks!"
The only things that really get me down about it is that I can't hold down a job for long and when I'm upfront about my issues during an interview, I don't get hired. I realize I don't have a lot of skill sets (manual labor from working on different farms & rescues, customer service from front desk hotel work and food court at costco, dog kennel, etc) and so I can't expect good-paying places to want to hire me, but I thought I could at least get a job at Aldi or something. (In case other states don't have Aldi; it's basically a knock off of costco for people that can't afford the membership. Aka lower financial class). That and my mother doesn't believe I'm in as much pain as I am. That's honestly what causes the most stress and such in my life. It'd be one thing if any of the pain meds the docs have tried would actually work (percs, Vicodin, muscle relaxers, diclofenac, gabapentin, etc etc) so I could move easier and be able to complete a physically taxing project in one day instead of taking a weekend or longer.
I forgot about this: I also get little to no REM sleep, so I'm constantly tired. They did a sleep study for three nights. First night slept 9 hours, only 30 minutes was REM sleep. Next time 9 hours, around 20-25 minutes REM. Last time 9 1/2 hours, around 15 minutes REM sleep. I like to joke and say "how am I not dead?!" Haha.

 

[leigti]

Which animal has the biggest brain in proportion to it's body size?

Humans

 

[Angel Carrion]

Which animal has the biggest brain in proportion to it's body size?

Homo sapiens have the largest brain to body ratio. I think dolphins are second?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Ant?

Is correct for 10 points.
6 % of it's body.
An ant colony consists of (on average) 40,000 insects and a total number of neurons about equivalent to that of the human brain.

 

[AZtortMom]

Is correct for 10 points.
6 % of it's body.
An ant colony consists of (on average) 40,000 insects and a total number of neurons about equivalent to that of the human brain.

Woo Hoo!!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Haha, glad I come across as cheerful. When I'm focusing on something or doing a lot of stuff (like today I was cleaning the house top to bottom) I'm told I look furious. I don't mean to look so mad! I'm just really zoned into what I'm doing! Haha.

Thank you for that. I didn't realize what I was dealing with was

I can't find the word. This is how the concussions effect me. Plus stuttering and memory loss. But my friends and I make a joke out of it. "Ble-be-de ble-be-de, that's all, folks!"
The only things that really get me down about it is that I can't hold down a job for long and when I'm upfront about my issues during an interview, I don't get hired. I realize I don't have a lot of skill sets (manual labor from working on different farms & rescues, customer service from front desk hotel work and food court at costco, dog kennel, etc) and so I can't expect good-paying places to want to hire me, but I thought I could at least get a job at Aldi or something. (In case other states don't have Aldi; it's basically a knock off of costco for people that can't afford the membership. Aka lower financial class). That and my mother doesn't believe I'm in as much pain as I am. That's honestly what causes the most stress and such in my life. It'd be one thing if any of the pain meds the docs have tried would actually work (percs, Vicodin, muscle relaxers, diclofenac, gabapentin, etc etc) so I could move easier and be able to complete a physically taxing project in one day instead of taking a weekend or longer.
I forgot about this: I also get little to no REM sleep, so I'm constantly tired. They did a sleep study for three nights. First night slept 9 hours, only 30 minutes was REM sleep. Next time 9 hours, around 20-25 minutes REM. Last time 9 1/2 hours, around 15 minutes REM sleep. I like to joke and say "how am I not dead?!" Haha.

Not just other states, some of us are from other countries. Don't know costco other than by reputation, but Aldi occurs all over Europe and I think is German in origin.
I often look very angry.
It frightens people, but i'm usually actually very cheerful.
I only sleep 2 to 4 hours a night, so heaven knows how little REM I get.
Sleep is not nearly understood.
i don't worry about it and often don't sleep at all.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Humans

About a third the size of an ants in comparison to body size.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Homo sapiens have the largest brain to body ratio. I think dolphins are second?

nope.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

How have ants been used to save human lives ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Right, I've got to spend some time watching a film with wifey.
The i'm going to bed.
See all of you guys tomorrow.
Special love as always to Cowboy Ken.
And tonight also to Kirsty's grandma Brodie too