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.I'll dig it out sometime when I'm not lyingin awaiting a hospital checkup
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Umm, Lydia, look again! The exports are higher than imports.
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In the pic I'm looking at, for World it says Exports $13,570 billion and Imports $13,940 billion. I always thought 13,940 was bigger than 13,570. Have I misunderstood how counting works?Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »
Wow! Those are fantabulous taps! When we win the Lottery...
I went to hospital today for a routine appointment. It was good and bad. Some really bad.
Bad: It turns out that I'm going to the Leukaemia Clinic!
Good: I don't think I have Leukaemia.
Good: My Haemoglobin has gone up again. It was down.
Bad: It goes up and down, and if it goes down again they want to take a bone marrow sample. An absolutely horrid test.
Very, very bad: Whilst I was in the waiting room, one of the other patients collapsed with a heart attack. The crash team took far too long to arrive, 5 minutes I reckon, and they could not revive him. It might have made no difference if they had got there sooner, but it is concerning. All this was going on 3 metres away.
Oh dear, what a horrid outing. :eek: Hugs.The consultant reckons it's probably low EPO.
"Healthy kidneys produce a hormone called erythropoietin (EPO). A hormone is a chemical produced by the body and released into the blood to help trigger or regulate particular body functions. EPO prompts the bone marrow to make red blood cells, which then carry oxygen throughout the body."
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I remember my Mum had to have EPO shots when anaemic. She kept it in the fridge, and the district nurse came round to give her the injections. It's one of those drugs that athletes get banned for using.0 -
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In the pic I'm looking at, for World it says Exports $13,570 billion and Imports $13,940 billion. I always thought 13,940 was bigger than 13,570. Have I misunderstood how counting works?
Oh dear! Is there a smiley that say "I'm a word-blind idiot"?
I kept looking at the bottom line, which is just for Asia, and thinking it was the World total. The fact that the numbers were far too small had not penetrated my addled brain. Or rather it had, but I kept pushing that thought aside.
It's really interesting that once I had that wrong view implanted in my mind I could not shift it and shaped everything else around it. It's the sort of mistake that led to the Air France flight crashing in mid-Atlantic.
Sorry about that. It went right against my first principle: "Lydia is always right."No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Oh dear! Is there a smiley that say "I'm a word-blind idiot"?
I kept looking at the bottom line, which is just for Asia, and thinking it was the World total. The fact that the numbers were far too small had not penetrated my addled brain. Or rather it had, but I kept pushing that thought aside.
It's really interesting that once I had that wrong view implanted in my mind I could not shift it and shaped everything else around it. It's the sort of mistake that led to the Air France flight crashing in mid-Atlantic.
Confirmation bias is an interesting thing though. I find myself doing it as I look round schools and try to decide where I want DD to go. Not that I think I have much choice about it now. I made my choice a year or so ago when I picked the two schools I was happy to take her to open evenings at, and didn't even take her to other open evenings at other schools I knew I didn't want her to end up at. I liked both the ones we saw. There are some advantages to one and other advantages to the other. I am still very far from sure which would be best on balance. She, OTOH, is quite certain that one is nice enough but the other is where she really really really wants to go. It looks as though she'll be going there, doesn't it, since she's got a guaranteed place at either.Sorry about that. It went right against my first principle: "Lydia is always right."
Lydia is NOT always right.
Or perhaps I mean to say that Lydia is not ALWAYS right. Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Thanks. Dad is 73, Mum is 72.
That's not elderly-old, it could just be something minor and not significant - here's hoping you get a nice, sensible answer soon.
My Mum's 66 next week, my Dad's 64, and they don't see old to me at all, really.I went to hospital today for a routine appointment. It was good and bad. Some really bad.
Was that at UCH? We saw it being featured on the "NHS strikes today" item on the Channel 4 News, presumably because UCH is nice and close to Head Office (-:
So sorry to hear you are not well GDB - lots of dodgy hugs. And home-made biscuits.lostinrates wrote: »He had a heart attack and no one paid any attention at all. They'd taken another aunt, who has no medical training but flat shared with them at uni , who after failing to get anyone to take it seriously called an ambulance.
My Granny, after 78 years of robust health, had a no-warning heart attack at the feet of a cardiologist at the Henley Regatta, and he was fantastic. She went on to live another 10 happy and healthy-until-near-the-end years.Oops, sorry, i'm female, I quite forgot to say :rotfl:
I thought you were (it's hard to tell how one guesses, but tone, even in writing, plays a part) but didn't want to make unwarranted assumptions!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »That's not elderly-old, it could just be something minor and not significant - here's hoping you get a nice, sensible answer soon.
My Mum's 66 next week, my Dad's 64, and they don't see old to me at all, really.
I thought you were (it's hard to tell how one guesses, but tone, even in writing, plays a part) but didn't want to make unwarranted assumptions!
Funny that. I guessed our new friend is a woman too!
FiL is 71 and seems old: he's extremely unfit, very overweight and wheezy and is always suffering from something quite bad. My mum is 1 week older and basically fine: plays the piano, cooks, keeps house, travels loads.0 -
I think you are right, Gen, it probably varies a lot. My parents aren't super-athletes, but they walk a lot (two border collies...) do gardening, my Mum swims, they move about. My Dad's still working, too, so not pottering much!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »I noticed Lydia talking about cooking mousses with chocolate oranges earlier....
OH made me a chocolate orange cheesecake once, ie. it had a melted chocolate orange in it. She thought it was disgusting but I considered it was a great success (mainly because I got to eat the whole thing myself). The orange viscount cake was less of a success.0
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