tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post700466784862384670..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Speculation. Probably.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-31522511621752665162010-08-31T23:20:17.978+01:002010-08-31T23:20:17.978+01:00Good to know kaolin and morphine is still around. ...Good to know kaolin and morphine is still around. I note that the list of side-effects on modern anti-diarrhoea drugs is very long, and includes... diarrhoea. <br /><br />Si it can never be said that it doesn't work. If the world is still dropping out of your bottom, that's just a side-effect.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-12978642436020441322010-08-31T23:18:10.041+01:002010-08-31T23:18:10.041+01:00Hangemall - those that ascend the scientific ladde...Hangemall - those that ascend the scientific ladder often do so precisely because they have no moral principles. Sometimes, because they have no ability.<br /><br />In my undergraduate days, i saw able scientists passed over for promotion because it was considered 'safer' to get an idiot out of the lab and sit him in an office. Getting sacked from a university was impossible (probably still is) unless they do something that embarrasses the university.<br /><br />I remember thinking that this idea of promoting idiots just to keep them out of everyone's way was going to come back and bite.<br /><br /><br />Yes, there were far fewer laws. Also, groups like the RSPCA weren't allowed to make up their own. Back then, if the police said no crime was committed, that was the end of it.<br /><br />As you say, there's profit in prosecution these days.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-1981963365623547682010-08-31T23:13:14.478+01:002010-08-31T23:13:14.478+01:00DaveH - when I was at school, genetics was based o...DaveH - when I was at school, genetics was based on Mendelian inheritance, DNA sequencing was in its infancy and PCR had not been invented. Nobody had sequenced a genome even of a virus and nobody at that time believed it was likely to happen.<br /><br />And yet the questions we were asked were based on real science. hard questions, for which we had to learn things like the life cycle of the liver fluke, complete with diagrams. We would have been expected to produce a diagram of a lung, not just point at one.<br /><br />With all the advances since then, to see that kids are being taught less, not more, is absolutely depressing.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-11833281552666867372010-08-31T19:56:28.379+01:002010-08-31T19:56:28.379+01:00You can still buy K&M though many will nowaday...You can still buy K&M though many will nowadays find clay and heroin cheaper and more readily available.<br /><br />BTW it is quite wrong to suggest that the young are no longer learning things at school. I think you’ll find that their education is proceding apace. See below (both questions were from the same exam, but you’ll find loads of similar GCSE questions on salt, fat, carbon footprints, smoking etc, etc,. according to the latest central diktat):<br /><br />Paper Reference(s)<br />5627/2B 5667/2B<br />Edexcel GCSE<br />Science: Double Award B (1536)<br />Biology B (1529)<br />(Modules 7 and 8)<br />Paper 2B<br />Foundation Tier<br />Wednesday 13 June 2007 – Morning<br /><br />3. Paul has been smoking for many years and has been told by his doctor that he has<br />emphysema.<br />(a)<br />(i) Emphysema affects the alveoli (air sacs).<br />Label the position of an alveolus (air sac) on the diagram of the lungs.<br />(1)<br />(ii) These statements describe the development of emphysema in a smoker.<br />They are not in the correct order.<br />1. There is less surface area to absorb oxygen.<br />2. The alveoli walls are damaged.<br />3. The person becomes ‘breathless’ and may need an oxygen mask.<br />4. Smoke from cigarettes is inhaled into the lungs.<br />Write one number in each of the boxes below to show the correct order.<br />One has been done for you.<br />(1)<br />(b) Paul is finding it hard to give up smoking.<br />Suggest two things that Paul can do to help him give up smoking.<br />(2) Q3<br />(Total 4 marks)<br />2<br />Page 5<br />5. Lesley is recovering from a heart attack.<br />The heart attack was caused when a blood clot blocked an artery in her heart.<br />Her doctor told her that the condition of her arteries had increased her chances of a heart<br />attack.<br />(a) Describe one way that ‘the condition of her arteries’ may have made the clot more<br />likely to block her artery.<br />(1)<br />(b) The doctor advised her to change her lifestyle by improving her diet and going for a<br />walk each day.<br />(i) Suggest one way that she may improve her diet and explain how this may help to<br />reduce the chance of having another heart attack.<br />(2)<br />(ii) How might taking a walk each day help to reduce the chance of having another<br />heart attack?<br />(2) Q5<br />(Total 5 marks)Dave H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-16384663147792067672010-08-31T17:30:45.093+01:002010-08-31T17:30:45.093+01:00I always forget to use salt and sometimes get awfu...I always forget to use salt and sometimes get awful leg cramps in summer.<br />Hence my interest.<br /><br />Then I have to eat a bag of ready salted crisps for medicinal purposes.<br /><br />I know when I am salt deficient because a large pinch of salt in the palm of my hand tastes sweet and delicious, when I've had enough, it tastes foul.<br /><br />RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-48117088334533667812010-08-31T16:13:17.625+01:002010-08-31T16:13:17.625+01:00I agree with everything in this post - its depress...I agree with everything in this post - its depressing though. When I was at medical school this salt thing had just started being looked at by a bloke called McGregor. Several of my friends volunteered for a trial of a low salt diet and they felt shit while on it. If you have high blood pressure a low salt diet may reduce it a bit but you'll feel rubbish. If you don't have high blood pressure a low salt diet won't achieve anything but you'll still feel rubbish. I don't go to the pub any more except on warm sunny days - it's tragic what they've done to our country. I'm a doctor, I smoke, I drink and I put loads of salt on my foodstabledoornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-50871243072053350792010-08-31T15:08:11.696+01:002010-08-31T15:08:11.696+01:00Since making sure my diet is rich in omega 3, 6 an...Since making sure my diet is rich in omega 3, 6 and 9's, my excema has virtually cleared up. Much to my GP's surprise.<br /><br />I've just read an article about depression which states that these good fats are essential for mental wellbeing, as they have a beneficial effect on the brain. Funny how we are being encouraged to stop eating fats and take prozac instead! Anybody know what the effect of constant prozac use has on a population? <br /><br />Some time ago, I heard David Attenborough on the radio talking about his role as chair of The Optimum Population Trust. He said we are heading for a worldwide population explosion, which has to be severely controlled, if we are going to save the planet. <br /><br />I wondered then, how are our political masters going to achieve this? Abortion, though encouraged these days cannot be the total answer, neither can contraception. The only other method I could think of, was eugenics. They can be guaranteed to control us somehow!sixtypoundsaweekcleanernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-5154098703903362672010-08-31T14:40:10.853+01:002010-08-31T14:40:10.853+01:00Splendid postSplendid postHenry North London 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/14748991488145468593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-48409749702699908342010-08-31T14:06:41.322+01:002010-08-31T14:06:41.322+01:00www.second-opinions.co.uk/diesel_lung_cancer.htmlwww.second-opinions.co.uk/diesel_lung_cancer.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-13080535546037823022010-08-31T12:30:46.343+01:002010-08-31T12:30:46.343+01:00To Anon who hates kids in pubs.
Me too!To Anon who hates kids in pubs.<br />Me too!Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-86383203801376259372010-08-31T11:53:35.197+01:002010-08-31T11:53:35.197+01:00Yes Kaolin & Morphine still exists, if you loo...Yes Kaolin & Morphine still exists, if you look around. Our local health centre pharmacy doesn't stock it, but a small independent chemist does, at £1.30 for 200ml. However he made me sign a little book he keeps behind the counter, and did ask me a few questions to see if I was a sensible person before he sold me any. <br /><br />I don't have any problem with that - it's the sort of common sense approach which is largely lacking these days. <br /><br />I don't think contains as much morphine as it used to though. My long departed grandfather got through gallons of the stuff...microdavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-12541407499102308262010-08-31T10:56:20.467+01:002010-08-31T10:56:20.467+01:00If kaolin and morphine still exists in your chemis...If kaolin and morphine still exists in your chemist you're lucky. Back when I worked in that industry (9-10 years ago) we took it off the shelves as it separates allowing you to extract the morphine.<br /><br />We soon realised what was going on when the local junkies kept buying bottles of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-66717865106971975802010-08-31T10:51:13.888+01:002010-08-31T10:51:13.888+01:00A couple of things have been on the back burner of...A couple of things have been on the back burner of my mind for a while and I would like to, if I may, test them out on you, L-I and commenters to see if they make sense/have any validity.<br /><br />1. Just because someone is high up the scientific ladder doesn't mean that they have any moral principles. If some see that they can make a living out of telling politicians what they want to hear (i.e. another way to control the unruly masses) they will do it, no matter what harm they do.<br /><br />2. This one is a bit more speculative as only recently have I become interested in legal/constitutional matters.<br /><br />In the olden days, when I was a lad, there were far fewer laws about. Most aspects of our behaviour were covered by common sense.<br />There was no specific law against belching in a public place (so far as I know) and if some(busy)body decided they didn't like it and took the belcher to court the case would probably get thrown out. No fine/revenue. Money wasted.(I'm ignoring deliberately belching in someone's face, which might be a form of assault.)<br /><br />Now tomorrow a specific law is passed preventing belching in a public place/at home/in your car/infrontofthechildren. Result? Loadsamoney.<br /><br />Any ideas?hangemallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-69507335659380365492010-08-31T10:29:28.922+01:002010-08-31T10:29:28.922+01:00Look, that Swine Flu thing should have worked.
AS...Look, that Swine Flu thing should have worked.<br /><br />ASH assured us there would be no loss of business, those pubs and other meeting places should have been packed.<br /><br />Medicinal Smoke Reduces Airborne Bacteria<br />"This study represents a comprehensive analysis and scientific validation of our ancient knowledge about the effect of ethnopharmacological aspects of natural products’ smoke for therapy and health care on airborne bacterial composition and dynamics, using the Biolog® microplate panelsand Microlog® database.<br /><br />"We have observed that 1 h treatment of medicinal smoke emination by burning wood and a mixture of odoriferous and medicinal herbs (havan sámagri = material used in oblation to fire all over India) on aerial bacterial population caused over 94% reduction of bacterial counts by 60 min and the ability of the smoke to purify or disinfect the air and to make the environment cleaner was maintained up to 24 h in the closed room."<br />http://www.agri-history.org/pdf/Medicinal%20smoke.pdf<br /><br />It was just not expected that people would drastically change their social habits after the ban.<br /><br />RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-24561299220291145212010-08-31T10:03:18.231+01:002010-08-31T10:03:18.231+01:00LR,
you must be one of those readers.
Hmm, obvi...LR,<br /><br />you must be one of those readers. <br /><br />Hmm, obviously not enough fluoride in your water. Nor are you taking your flu shots.Trooper Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505221473081871071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-61372511408857635412010-08-31T08:07:28.970+01:002010-08-31T08:07:28.970+01:00Kaolin and morphine still exists!
It cost pennies ...Kaolin and morphine still exists!<br />It cost pennies and I still use it for a squirty bum every now and then.<br /><br />On a different topic, I went into a pub last night for one of my favourite pastimes, sitting quietly, reading a paper and supping my pint.<br />In this pub there was two families and one couple. <br />One of the families had SEVEN children aged from about 4yrs upwards, the other had FIVE children of similar age. It was carnage, screaming, running, tears and tantrums, standing on seats, playing game machines, knocking tables etc etc.<br />Exit the hacked off couple followed by me. As well as now being banned from smoking I also hate KIDS IN PUBS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-42080410154480413602010-08-31T07:45:14.440+01:002010-08-31T07:45:14.440+01:00If I remember correctly, the 'can't give a...If I remember correctly, the 'can't give a baby booze' man was eventually given some...<br /><br /><br />...Babycham. <br /><br />:-)It's booze for a baby!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-28506686405933701822010-08-31T02:38:32.185+01:002010-08-31T02:38:32.185+01:00Here's a rip-snorter for you:
Heavy Drinkers ...Here's a rip-snorter for you:<br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599201433200;_ylt=Al0PpnCFG4Zuc01fUT4VtoRv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTM1dHBvZTVlBGFzc2V0A3RpbWUvMjAxMDA4MzAvMDg1OTkyMDE0MzMyMDAEY2NvZGUDbW9zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDaGVhdnlkcmlua2Vy" rel="nofollow">Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers, Study Finds</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-20802729718543204862010-08-31T02:31:44.091+01:002010-08-31T02:31:44.091+01:00LI,
You're teasing us. C'mon, what's...LI,<br /><br />You're teasing us. C'mon, what's "the Stuff" and when can I get hold of some?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-15163533010777059702010-08-31T01:38:26.131+01:002010-08-31T01:38:26.131+01:00I don't want it either and being the next gene...I don't want it either and being the next generation to you I'm less likely to have it.<br /><br />They're all in it together. Medics, supermarkets, politicians, bankers - the whole lot. They're not interested in society, per se, but only their own achievements and standing within society.<br /><br />Nothing will improve for the majority of society. We've allowed the situation to come to this and I really do think it's too late for us to fight for change.<br /><br />But then we must remember hope. That's what keeps us going. Night night.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.com