The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

silvercar

GDB2222 wrote: »

very quiet here. Everyone okay?

Yes thanks. How is your recovery going?

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

Yes thanks. How is your recovery going?

Astonishingly well, actually. It was meant to be keyhole surgery, but in the end the surgeon had to do an open operation. Even so, the wound has healed up nicely. I'm able to go for 4/5 mile walks, albeit more slowly than before. And today is exactly one month after the op.

Twenty years ago, 1 in 12 people having that operation died within 90 days. That's been improved now to 1 in 50.

vivatifosi

GDB2222 wrote: »

Astonishingly well, actually. It was meant to be keyhole surgery, but in the end the surgeon had to do an open operation. Even so, the wound has healed up nicely. I'm able to go for 4/5 mile walks, albeit more slowly than before. And today is exactly one month after the op.

Twenty years ago, 1 in 12 people having that operation died within 90 days. That's been improved now to 1 in 50.

Glad to hear recovery is going well GDB. Being able to take walks that long in such a short space of time is remarkable. Pleased to hear the scary stays have improved too.

silvercar

Block garages.....you don't actually have to use it if you have off street parking. You could even rent it out.

GDB2222

Sorry it's not going so well, PN. As SC says, you don't have to use the garage. I guess the footpath is a no-no, though.

I've just had an MRI scan. It turns out that M&S sew metal tags onto some of their underpants. Presumably, they think it helps sales. I didn't know this, and it was a first for the radiographer, too. So, she got out some scissors, removed the tag, and redid part of the MRI scan.

I've got the images on a disc. Most of them, I can't even tell which way up they go.

Loanranger

GDB2222 wrote: »

Sorry it's not going so well, PN. As SC says, you don't have to use the garage. I guess the footpath is a no-no, though.

I've just had an MRI scan. It turns out that M&S sew metal tags onto some of their underpants. Presumably, they think it helps sales. I didn't know this, and it was a first for the radiographer, too. So, she got out some scissors, removed the tag, and redid part of the MRI scan.

I've got the images on a disc. Most of them, I can't even tell which way up they go.

Pretty sure the tag is RFID, it helps them with automated stock control, I think. I first heard of these tags about twelve years ago so they haven't been around forever.

silvercar

Loanranger wrote: »

Pretty sure the tag is RFID, it helps them with automated stock control, I think. I first heard of these tags about twelve years ago so they haven't been around forever.

SO as well as identifying stock pre-sale, can they be used to see where their underpants end up after sale?

Loanranger

silvercar wrote: »

so as well as identifying stock pre-sale, can they be used to see where their underpants end up after sale?

:d:d:d:d:d

zagubov

Loanranger wrote: »

Pretty sure the tag is RFID, it helps them with automated stock control, I think. I first heard of these tags about twelve years ago so they haven't been around forever.

So, despite all the years I grew up expecting robot servants, jetpacks and a strong risk of world war three instead I got robots fighting on TV, civil wars in European countries that didn't exist until a few decades ago, morons stumbling into high power positions and finally sentient/bionic underwear.

I really have blundered into an unpredicted alternative future.:cool:

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

That doesn't work though. The car is still "just sitting out there"

You mean that you want to keep the car in the garage? Nobody does that round here. The garages were built in the 1920s and the cars have grown much bigger since then. I think we could just about drive our car in, but then we'd have to drive it out again so we could open the door.