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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 12:35:04 PM

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Attempting Mouse To Mouse Resuscitation

Tech Support in USA

Customer: �I plugged a mouse into my computer, and it died. Now I can�t get it out.�

(We review for a few minutes and I deduce that he has plugged a mouse into his USB port, but it�s stuck inside and won�t work.)

Me: �Okay, so grab the cord and try to pull on that.�

Customer: �You mean the tail? That�s already in the port.�

Me: �Well, the cord shouldn�t be. You�re supposed to plug in the other end.�

Customer: �You mean the head? I don�t think it would fit.�

(Suddenly realizing what the customer has done.)

Me: �Did you plug in a live mouse to your computer?�

Customer: �Yes, I believe I said that.�

(I put customer on hold for several minutes. When I recover I realize I don�t know what to tell the customer I call my supervisor who instructs the customer to bring the laptop into a repair shop. I get the customer back on and tell him this information.)

Customer: �But Mickey�s gone for good now, right?�

Obviously a fabrication. Theres note nearly enough current there to kill a mouse.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 12:36:27 PM

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For all you medical types out there, what is the mechanism by which soaking my damaged finger in warm salt water is good for it. I don't doubt that it is good, the soaking has helped. My question is why?

Well... clean see water (and that is essentially warm salt water) has always been used for such purposes (even inhalation)...

Leo "Apollo11"

Ah yes, inhalation. Tried that for my sinuses. Got a 2 day headache.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 12:37:14 PM

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Hi all,

It is +12 degrees Centigrade here tithe... it was around -4 degrees centigrade for two weeks until yesterday...

Leo "Apollo11"

3 inches of snow expected here today. I think the news media are calling it Snowpocalypse 2.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 12:37:41 PM

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A UNP? For me? Awww....Ya'll shouldnt have.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 1:26:43 PM

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Good morning dudes.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 1:43:10 PM

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For all you medical types out there, what is the mechanism by which soaking my damaged finger in warm salt water is good for it. I don't doubt that it is good, the soaking has helped. My question is why?

Salt kills germs. You had a germ infection.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 1:53:48 PM

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Good Friday morning - Tithe.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 1:54:48 PM

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

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Hi all,

It is +12 degrees Centigrade here tithe... it was around -4 degrees centigrade for two weeks until yesterday...

Leo "Apollo11"

3 inches of snow expected here today. I think the news media are calling it Snowpocalypse 2.

We're getting worked up into a tizzy down here because we "might" get another relatively significant snowfall here on Monday..... or may get nothing.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 1:56:46 PM

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Post "Black Swan" tithe. Very good movie. Surprisingly so. I dint think Hollyweird could pull that off anymore. She's not a great actress, but she played very well.

My son saw Black Swan. Said he liked it. Since he went with 5 girls I thought he was just brainwashed.

Then a good friend of mine went to see it with his wife. He is a sound fellow. He said he liked it.

Now you.

This must be a very good movie. Or else something sinister is going on.

We almost never go to the movies, but rent them from time to time at home. I might have to look for this one when it comes out on BluRay. I like looking at Natalie Portman, even if she's not that great of an actress and is somewhat of a wacko off camera.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 2:12:16 PM

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Mila Kunis is in it as well.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 2:42:34 PM

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And they make out.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 2:59:01 PM

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As a director I would have suggested that nudity play a major role in the film. Still pretty good tho.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 3:13:59 PM

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A UNP? For me? Awww....Ya'll shouldnt have.

We didn't.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 3:14:28 PM

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

quote:

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

For all you medical types out there, what is the mechanism by which soaking my damaged finger in warm salt water is good for it. I don't doubt that it is good, the soaking has helped. My question is why?

Well... clean see water (and that is essentially warm salt water) has always been used for such purposes (even inhalation)...

Leo "Apollo11"

Ah yes, inhalation. Tried that for my sinuses. Got a 2 day headache.

Then your salt solution was too salty.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 3:19:37 PM

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As a director I would have suggested that nudity play a major role in the film. Still pretty good tho.

There is a fine line between creative cinematography and eye candy/fan service that Hollywood doesn't seem to understand. Pretty sure that would have ruined the movie.

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log! - 1/7/2011 3:20:17 PM

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

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ORIGINAL: scott1964

Attempting Mouse To Mouse Resuscitation

Tech Support in USA

Customer: �I plugged a mouse into my computer, and it died. Now I can�t get it out.�

(We review for a few minutes and I deduce that he has plugged a mouse into his USB port, but it�s stuck inside and won�t work.)

Me: �Okay, so grab the cord and try to pull on that.�

Customer: �You mean the tail? That�s already in the port.�

Me: �Well, the cord shouldn�t be. You�re supposed to plug in the other end.�

Customer: �You mean the head? I don�t think it would fit.�

(Suddenly realizing what the customer has done.)

Me: �Did you plug in a live mouse to your computer?�

Customer: �Yes, I believe I said that.�

(I put customer on hold for several minutes. When I recover I realize I don�t know what to tell the customer I call my supervisor who instructs the customer to bring the laptop into a repair shop. I get the customer back on and tell him this information.)

Customer: �But Mickey�s gone for good now, right?�

Obviously a fabrication. Theres note nearly enough current there to kill a mouse.

Even GF unit isn't that computer illiterate....must be hoax. She is however more than willing to use a MacBook to beat the pitbull.....

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 3:20:45 PM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

quote:

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

For all you medical types out there, what is the mechanism by which soaking my damaged finger in warm salt water is good for it. I don't doubt that it is good, the soaking has helped. My question is why?

Well... clean see water (and that is essentially warm salt water) has always been used for such purposes (even inhalation)...

Leo "Apollo11"

Ah yes, inhalation. Tried that for my sinuses. Got a 2 day headache.

Then your salt solution was too salty.

Probably. Still, not anxious to try that again.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 3:36:25 PM

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Personal wtf moments in reading military history (started thinking about this last night when I saw something about #1 again):

1) Reading about Charles XII for the first time and finding out where Poltava was located. This is where the most important real estate in the Russo-Swedish war was? Really?

2) Walking the ground at Gettysburg and wondering why Lee ever thought Pickett's charge was a good idea. Lee was my military hero as a kid, seeing the site of Pickett's charge was like taking Old Yeller out back.

3) Seeing Nagumo's search plan for Midway, frantically going back to see how many planes KB had and thinking, you guessed it, wtf.

Feel free to add.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 3:40:26 PM

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As a director I would have suggested that nudity play a major role in the film. Still pretty good tho.

There is a fine line between creative cinematography and eye candy/fan service that Hollywood doesn't seem to understand. Pretty sure that would have ruined the movie.

Probably true but I'm trying to think of a movie ruined by nudity. Wasn't that big a fan of the Wrestler but seeing Marissa Tomei all tatted up didn't help things at all.

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log! - 1/7/2011 3:42:01 PM

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The Germans, allowing themselves to trade kilometers per day to hallways and rooms per day in the ruins of Stalingrad.

Even in hindsight, readers (and authors) remain in awe of the tunnel vision that developed during this time.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 3:46:58 PM

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For all you medical types out there, what is the mechanism by which soaking my damaged finger in warm salt water is good for it. I don't doubt that it is good, the soaking has helped. My question is why?

Salt kills germs. You had a germ infection.

Doubt that it was so much the antibiotic effect of the saline solution as it was:

1. "Wound irrigation". The solution to pollution is dilution. Irrigation of wounds (punctures, abscesses, lacerations, blah blah) is a time honored tradition. Get as much of the offending substance out of there as possible. Irrigation and debridement are typical ways of dealing with soft tissue injury and dead skin.

Tap water is OK, sterile saline better. You had something in between.

2. Osmotic effect. The high salt solution reduced some of the cellular swelling that injury promotes. "Dolor, Tumor and Color" are classic manifestations of injury / infection. Reducing the "tumor" (size) via a reversal of the swelling goes a long ways to reducing the pain (Dolor) and congestion (Color).

3. Since you received some an antibiotic in your keister (as well as the oral Abs), the antibiotics are likely having a systemic affect that you may be attributing to your wound management. Parenteral (read shots) antibiotics generally have much more rapid absorption than oral ABs. If the AB is matched well with the offending infectious organism, it's not uncommon to have some relief in less than 24 hours.

Them's my opinions...

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 3:50:33 PM

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Hi all,

It is +12 degrees Centigrade here tithe... it was around -4 degrees centigrade for two weeks until yesterday...

Leo "Apollo11"

3 inches of snow expected here today. I think the news media are calling it Snowpocalypse 2.

We're getting worked up into a tizzy down here because we "might" get another relatively significant snowfall here on Monday..... or may get nothing.

Hopefully you'll avoid the CHUDs and canabalism, Mike.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 3:51:51 PM

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As a director I would have suggested that nudity play a major role in the film. Still pretty good tho.

Full frontal nudity? Hooray!

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 3:52:35 PM

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Hi all,

It is +12 degrees Centigrade here tithe... it was around -4 degrees centigrade for two weeks until yesterday...

Leo "Apollo11"

3 inches of snow expected here today. I think the news media are calling it Snowpocalypse 2.

Didja see the Onion News link I posted yesterday? I rest my case.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 4:08:52 PM

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In no particular order:

1. dardanelles
2. excape of the goeben
3. dieppe
4. norway campaign
5. leros
6. pulling back from maleme
7. stripping north africa to reinforce greece

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 4:11:12 PM

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Excellent wtf moments.

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 4:21:08 PM

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Here's another one

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 4:21:54 PM

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For all you medical types out there, what is the mechanism by which soaking my damaged finger in warm salt water is good for it. I don't doubt that it is good, the soaking has helped. My question is why?

Salt kills germs. You had a germ infection.

Germs kill Martians. I expect that you keep a lot of salt handy...

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 4:25:15 PM

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In no particular order:

1. dardanelles
2. excape of the goeben
3. dieppe
4. norway campaign
5. leros
6. pulling back from maleme
7. stripping north africa to reinforce greece

Napoleon's march to Moscow

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RE: THE THREAD !!! - 1/7/2011 4:28:28 PM

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In no particular order:

1. dardanelles
2. excape of the goeben
3. dieppe
4. norway campaign
5. leros
6. pulling back from maleme
7. stripping north africa to reinforce greece

Napoleon's march to Moscow

Charles Joseph Minard's graph of the march (and retreat) remains my favorite example of how 'a picture is worth a thousand words'. How could anyone better convey such a wealth of information than he did?