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Reply #2235 –
I tried to give blood today but never again!

It’s bureaucracy gone mad with too many stupid questions:

Whose blood is it?
Where did you get it from?
Why is it in a bucket??
It's still the Gulf of Mexico, Don Old!

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Reply #2236 –
Quote from: DJC – on
I tried to give blood today but never again!

It’s bureaucracy gone mad with too many stupid questions:

Whose blood is it?
Where did you get it from?
Why is it in a bucket??
I've been giving for a number of years and yes, there are a fair amount of Qs, many more than in years gone by. But...I fully understand the requirement for thorough checks and I'm sure you would be hard pressed to come up with good reasons why the Qs should not be asked.
Hopefully you reconsider - it is a wonderful gift that some of us can give and it is always needed. We are so lucky to live in a country where this service exists. Imagine needing blood or plasma products to survive or to help you live a 'normal' life and it not being available.
Also, I find it a very relaxing experience (plasma taking longer means a longer sit in the comfy recliner).

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Reply #2237 –
If anyone has links to Cyprus or Cypriot roots, check out my good mate’s partner’s Tales of Cyprus:  https://www.facebook.com/share/193MjLQiX1/?mibextid=wwXIfr

The stories and photographs are fascinating and poignant in their depiction of a way of life that is now long gone.

Another mate bought Con’s book for her mother, who was born on Cyprus, and she loves it.
It's still the Gulf of Mexico, Don Old!

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Reply #2238 –
Quote from: deepbluesee – on
Quote from: DJC – on
I tried to give blood today but never again!

It’s bureaucracy gone mad with too many stupid questions:

Whose blood is it?
Where did you get it from?
Why is it in a bucket??
I've been giving for a number of years and yes, there are a fair amount of Qs, many more than in years gone by. But...I fully understand the requirement for thorough checks and I'm sure you would be hard pressed to come up with good reasons why the Qs should not be asked.
Hopefully you reconsider - it is a wonderful gift that some of us can give and it is always needed. We are so lucky to live in a country where this service exists. Imagine needing blood or plasma products to survive or to help you live a 'normal' life and it not being available.
Also, I find it a very relaxing experience (plasma taking longer means a longer sit in the comfy recliner).

It was an attempt at a joke and, yes, I was a regular blood donor for many years 🙂
It's still the Gulf of Mexico, Don Old!

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Reply #2239 –
Oldy, but goody, DJC!

I've tried a few times to give blood, but never been successful.  Do it if you can.

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Reply #2241 –
Quote from: PaulP – on
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv56q82vnro
This is literally deadly serious stuff yet it's hardly getting a run, and it's driven by RedTrump's policies big pharmacy gouging the public health systems.

Our PBS keeps the bastards honest, but only as long at it is funded and supported, and to some degree so does Medicare, but it's loudest opponents aren't happy because they see the deregulated US market and think they can be multi-millionaires too given the opportunity.

The best thing Australia could do is go for generics like India, China and soon Africa, it's not about capacity it's about the capability to do so and we have it in spades. Leave the big pharma to gouge the US and Europe.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #2242 –
Quote from: PaulP – on
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv56q82vnro

Yes, such an important discussion (and a subject very close to my heart) with urgent needs, especially in rural and regional areas, to be addressed.

The US system is repugnant with making money from human illness as its beacon.

Universal health care may not be perfect, but it is a helluva lot better than the ' (massive) profit from the healthcare delivery system.' Although I do see an argument for reasonable co-payments for those who can afford it, and totally free for those struggling.

Then there's taking responsibility for your own health - eliminating unhealthy eating and drinking habits for a start. But that's a topic for another day.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

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Reply #2243 –
I can't help but think the media's detailed and descriptive coverage of the Death Cap Mushroom case is teaching a whole new generation of psychopaths and sociopaths the tricks of the trade!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #2244 –
Remember the prank glasses with holes a centimetre or so below the rim that would leak your drink of choice down your shirt front?

Friends of ours gave us a pair of cut crystal wine glasses for an anniversary present a couple of decades ago.  I don't think that they are particularly valuable, but they have sentimental value, look good, and are nice to drink out of, even if they are relatively small by current wine glass trends.

Anyway, one of them has developed a pin hole where the cut design makes the wall of the glass quite thin.  I discovered it recently when I felt drops of red splashing on to my shirt.

I have done some research and discovered a food-safe epoxy adhesive manufactured by Permabond that should enable me to repair the glass.  However, the relevant Permabond adhesive isn't available in Australia and I would have order it from the USA.  Can anyone think of an alternative solution, bearing in mind that I only need around a pinhead's worth and it's to plug a hole rather than joining two pieces?  Leaving it as a prank glass isn't an option.

It's still the Gulf of Mexico, Don Old!

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Reply #2245 –
Quote from: DJC – on
I have done some research and discovered a food-safe epoxy adhesive manufactured by Permabond that should enable me to repair the glass.  However, the relevant Permabond adhesive isn't available in Australia and I would have order it from the USA.  Can anyone think of an alternative solution, bearing in mind that I only need around a pinhead's worth and it's to plug a hole rather than joining two pieces?  Leaving it as a prank glass isn't an option.

Not sure if you have looked on Amazon, but the australian site has a lot of american stuff that you struggle to find elsewhere.
 

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Reply #2247 –
Also (and I accept it may an overreach), you may wish to look at Kintsugi, which is a food safe, gold epoxy kit that makes repairs a little arty. You'll see what I mean if you do a search.

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Reply #2248 –
A UV curable crystal clear adhesive like the type used to bond a date magnifier glass to watch crystals might be the go, the problem will be the potable characteristics and surviving hand washing. A similar adhesive is used to make fancy fish tanks, but would it be mechanically durable could be the issue! Some of these adhesives can be polished to a glass like finish, like a chip repair on a windscreen.

There are many types of superglue potable adhesive but few that are optically clear, something to look at would be Quickfix Ultra Repair but it won't set rock hard. It could be applied as a tiny dot though, it's a style of silicone. It is stocked at Repco stores.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #2249 –
Thanks for the tips, much appreciated!

I’d never heard of Kintsugi Paul.  I now have no excuse for not repairing an ornamental ceramic bowl thing 🙂

I worse comes to worst, I could just try to remember to keep the hole on the far side of the glass 🙄
It's still the Gulf of Mexico, Don Old!