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My younger brother did that. He asked my Mum if he could borrow the tin of pins she used for her sewing. She asked him to confirm he wasn't going to do anything silly with them. He swore he would be careful. He came running back into the room 10 minutes later in a panic saying he's swallowed a pin. Turns out he had made a blow pipe and had taken a deep breath in with it actually pressed to his mouth. He's not the brainy one in our family! My dad has a magnet halfway down his throat for a while, but it was no good and he was taken off to hospital. They could see it on the x-ray but then later it wasn't visible any more. His turds were searched for a few days by the hospital staff then they sent him home and my mum had to carry on doing that for another week. Never any sign of it. He must be about 56 now, this was when he was about 5 or 6.4 points
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If I am boring you do tell, but I have just remembered another entertaining incident. Working with another Advanced Paramedic we were tasked to go and change a female catheter at a well known local care home that dealt with people with dementia, normally the more severe end of the spectrum. Quite sad really I can't imagine it is a very pleasant place to work. This Paramedic is my age, very experienced and a Cornish Biker so we get on like a house on fire. Just as an aside nobody in the service really likes dealing with female catheters, apparently finding the urethra can be tricky, or so I have been told. But the District Nurses don't run overnight in Cornwall so the buck stops with the 111 service. Anyway we arrive at the care home that is built like a big U with the car park in the middle of it. I am pretty chipper as I know there won't be a need for me to chaperone as the care staff will fulfill that role. It is summer so the windows are open which is a bit disturbing, as at times the poor people are crying, shouting, wailing and sometimes screaming, also it sounds like it is coming from all around you because of the way the building is, like a I said it is a pretty sad place really. Anyway my clinician goes to the door is greeted by a member of staff and goes in. Because the windows are open I can hear him chatting to the carer as they walk along the corridor which runs parallel to the carpark. I also hear him enter the patient's room with the carer and him talk to the patient, introducing himself and explaining what he was going to do to help stop her pain. Apparently a blocked catheter can be very painful. I hear rustling, obviously opening the catheter pack , and some more chat, next I hear this massive shouted Whoop!. It made me jump so much that I nearly fell over as I was outside leaning against the car, it was that loud and blood curdling. The clinician came out quite red faced and I said to I imagine they all don't go like that, his response was: "No that was a first for me". We spent the rest of the shift giggling about it, which doesn't paint me in a good light but I found it very funny.4 points
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Would have been the pinnacle of her career seeing another OAP with high blood pressure who thinks he’s the dogs, it’s such a rarity3 points
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GYLP! New abbreviation save me having to type Get Yourself Laid Pete! every third post3 points
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They were always portrayed as bad boys......but they were upper middle class posh kids. These guys were the real bad boys! Especially drummer Viv Prince......total fucking headcase! He was a major influence to Keith Moon.......and he eventually ended up getting thrown out of the Hells Angels for being too crazy! Amazingly he's still alive today at 82!3 points
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She was getting moist.....no doubt about it! Interesting to see the demographic of the queue for blood tests......nearly all blokes 50+. Most of whom were fat as fuck and very short! Compared to that lot I must have looked to the nurses like something out of "The Expendables".3 points
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Not a goer while herniated obviously @XTreme but perhaps something to think about for later. I’m just going to leave this here.. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/25/best-exercise-lowering-blood-pressure-planks-wall-sits-study3 points
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many years ago i was told that if you swallowed anything like that you should eat cotton wool sandwiches , the cotton wool wraps itself around the object and comes out when you go for a crap2 points
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Have you seen the clip of him rock climbing as a teenager. He sounded posh. He seems to have changed his accent a bit when he became famous.2 points
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Probably 1/3 of Utah looks exactly like that and it's covered with trails. No lights required to off road in the US - where I assume this is from. Anyway, it sure looks fun!2 points
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That's just dirt bike riding on some ad-hoc land , I don't see any trail going anywhere2 points
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I have a house guest arriving tomorrow. I do not like house guests so I am currently drinking the wine I bought for them. Ha that’ll learn ‘em1 point
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No - but it depends upon the State you're in. Colorado, for instance, requires you to buy an OHV sticker - it's only $25 and the fee goes to maintaining public lands for riding. No inspections or anything like that.1 point
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Interesting. Does the bike have to be registered, does it have to be insured ?1 point
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They are in this country and you need everything you need to ride legally on the trails as you do on the roads1 point
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I used to give it a squirt when we came back from a ride. I confess I didn't always give it a wipe every time.1 point
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Don’t think if that was me I’d be posting pics online of me in the middle of a nazi salute.1 point
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Depends how you apply it, some people just spray the pivot points but forget to use a cloth to cover the plates with lube as well.1 point
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How often were you applying it Dave ? I've never had a chain go rusty using it and nowhere near as mucky as the usual stuff.1 point
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Fella on left looks like he’s just walked past a carpet shop and some one threw an off cut out the window1 point
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