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« Reply #4800 on: February 27, 2011, 10:08:57 PM »
Not me.  You go, Galvo.   :bow;
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1986: kidney failure at 19 years old, cause unknown
PD for a year, in-centre haemo for 4 years
Transplant 1 lasted 21 years (Lucy: 1991 - 2012), failed due to Transplant glomerulopathy
5 weeks Haemo 2012
Transplant 2 (Maggie) installed Feb 13, 2013, returned to work June 17, 2013 average crea was 130, now is 140.
Infections in June / July, hospital 1-4 Aug for infections.

Over the years:  skin cancer; thyroidectomy, pneumonia; CMV; BK; 14 surgeries
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« Reply #4801 on: February 28, 2011, 04:28:45 AM »
Okey Dokey! Thanks nat.

How many members of the US Coast Guard have been awarded:-

1) The Medal of Honor and

2) The Coast Guard Medal of Honor??
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« Reply #4802 on: February 28, 2011, 12:00:12 PM »
Quote from: natnnnat on February 27, 2011, 04:58:43 PM
Quote from: cariad on February 24, 2011, 07:46:53 PM
I had to read The Hobbit when I was ten and it scarred me for life. I still blame it for my raging arachnaphobia.

Arachnaphobia?  but wasn't Shelob in the last book of the LOTR? Surely they didn't make you read that at age 10?  (Mind you, you are precocious enough to have gone reading ahead, and serves you right too, that stinkin LOTR is a shocking haul, he really did fully explore themes like drudgery on the small and large scale)

Hmmm, I most definitely did not go reading any Tolkein that I was not assigned. Am I mixing up my books? Have I been blaming this man for nothing all of these years?

Was there not a scene where the Hobbit wakes up inside a web? I can barely even ask the question. It was just so revolting, and that was how I learnt what an arachnid actually does to their victim.

I remember nothing else about the book, except vague memories of them inching along inside some tower or volcano or volcano tower near the end? Gwyn did warn me that I should never, never see the final installment of Lord of the Rings. I could not even watch the adverts - they show you a glimpse. Then again, I was bored silly in the first film and fell asleep during the second, so no sobbing over that loss.
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« Reply #4803 on: February 28, 2011, 01:25:41 PM »
There was definitely a scene in The Hobbit with many many spiders, which I can't remember exactly but I think they were even able to talk.  If memory serves they were not as large as Shelob, but more than big enough to overwhelm several dwarves.
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« Reply #4804 on: February 28, 2011, 01:52:37 PM »
Okay, in Lord of the Rings Frodo gets stung by a huge spider which leaves him lifeless.  The spider rolls him all up in a web.  Sam, thinking he was dead takes the ring. The one ring that rules them all.  He also takes sting, the sword. He then watches Frodo be taken away and overhears that Frodo is NOT dead at all. 

You may not have read this but you may have seen the movie.  As you can tell, I love these series of books and have read them a number of times.
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« Reply #4805 on: February 28, 2011, 01:59:15 PM »
Gah! OK, it's not important! Please, please spare me the details.....

Let us now turn our attention back to galvo's question:

How many members of the US Coast Guard have been awarded:-

1) The Medal of Honor and

2) The Coast Guard Medal of Honor??
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« Reply #4806 on: February 28, 2011, 02:32:01 PM »
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Natalya – Sydney, Australia
wife of Gregory, who is the kidney patient: 
1986: kidney failure at 19 years old, cause unknown
PD for a year, in-centre haemo for 4 years
Transplant 1 lasted 21 years (Lucy: 1991 - 2012), failed due to Transplant glomerulopathy
5 weeks Haemo 2012
Transplant 2 (Maggie) installed Feb 13, 2013, returned to work June 17, 2013 average crea was 130, now is 140.
Infections in June / July, hospital 1-4 Aug for infections.

Over the years:  skin cancer; thyroidectomy, pneumonia; CMV; BK; 14 surgeries
Generally glossy and happy.

2009 - 2013 PhD research student : How people make sense of renal failure in online discussion boards
Submitted February 2013 :: Graduated Sep 2013.   http://godbold.name/experiencingdialysis/
Heartfelt thanks to IHD, KK and ADB for your generosity and support.
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« Reply #4807 on: March 01, 2011, 06:01:44 AM »
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« Reply #4808 on: March 01, 2011, 09:51:38 PM »
Well done, Henry. Over to you.
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« Reply #4809 on: March 01, 2011, 11:40:34 PM »
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« Reply #4810 on: March 02, 2011, 12:37:18 AM »

Mt. Augustus ?
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  He was completion and fulfillment in itself, like a meteor which follows its own path.
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« Reply #4811 on: March 02, 2011, 05:29:53 AM »
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« Reply #4812 on: March 02, 2011, 10:08:33 AM »

Thank you, Henry.

Here is my question:

39° 43’ 26”

What is the significance of these numbers?
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Bach was no pioneer; his style was not influenced by any past or contemporary century.
  He was completion and fulfillment in itself, like a meteor which follows its own path.
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« Reply #4813 on: March 02, 2011, 01:21:46 PM »
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« Reply #4814 on: March 02, 2011, 02:09:59 PM »

Yes, Henry, it is a line of latitude,
it is the north latitude.
It is connected with two English astronomers
who were also surveyors.

What is its significance?
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Bach was no pioneer; his style was not influenced by any past or contemporary century.
  He was completion and fulfillment in itself, like a meteor which follows its own path.
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« Reply #4815 on: March 02, 2011, 03:36:35 PM »
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« Reply #4816 on: March 03, 2011, 01:10:34 AM »
Yes, Henry, it is the Mason and Dixon’s line:

The southern boundary line which separated the free state of Pennsylvania
from what were at one time the slave states of Maryland and Virginia.
The latitude was fixed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon and became
a symbolic division for many people.

Over to you, Henry.
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Bach was no pioneer; his style was not influenced by any past or contemporary century.
  He was completion and fulfillment in itself, like a meteor which follows its own path.
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                                          ...  Oportet Vivere ...
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« Reply #4817 on: March 03, 2011, 04:11:51 AM »
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« Reply #4818 on: March 03, 2011, 09:21:57 PM »
 Tommy Emmanuel C.G.P
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Ivanova: "Old Egyptian blessing: May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk." Babylon 5

Remember your present situation is not your final destination.

Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

"If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!" Jack O'Neill - SG-1
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« Reply #4819 on: March 03, 2011, 10:48:17 PM »
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« Reply #4820 on: March 23, 2011, 11:07:52 PM »
Kitkatz, your go.
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« Reply #4821 on: March 24, 2011, 08:17:18 AM »
Okay, sorry for not checking sooner.

What is a capon?
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Remember your present situation is not your final destination.

Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

"If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!" Jack O'Neill - SG-1
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« Reply #4822 on: March 24, 2011, 08:11:13 PM »
A castrated rooster.
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« Reply #4823 on: March 25, 2011, 09:33:36 AM »
Yay! My favorite thread has been revived!

Gwyn says you're right, galvo, but we need official word from Ms. Kit....
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« Reply #4824 on: March 26, 2011, 05:54:08 PM »
Quote from: kitkatz on March 24, 2011, 08:17:18 AM
What is a capon?

The fifth (of 7) stages of man's life, according to Shakespeare's As You Like It, 1600.

And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;

Regrettably, this no longer describes me; I have progressed to the sixth stage:

The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound.

I can no longer consume a whole capon.  :'(
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