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I routinely donate and would accept blood if necessary, but it's concerns like that that make me hope that Hemopure gets approved soon http://www.biopure.com/

Brain tumor..... that's hard But he chose to go for the style points on tonight. I wish him well on his new adventure.... Karen

You didn't ask about where to put the knots.... I was just explaining the types of knots. Jus' like you asked....

Surgeons One handed Two handed Instrument Intracorporeal Extracorporeal

I'm blaming the scout.... he should be helping out with windage at that long distance shot.... (and I only heard 3 shots.... don't know where that 4th one was)

So... if 100 is the average on the IQ test, what can we correlate to this IQ range? Is 5 equal to an IQ of 100? or is 7 the average (like the 70% bell curve rating that always sucked when someone blew the curve)? I would probably be a 6 or 7 on the "5=average" scale, gots me some schoolin, but not in league with Einstein or Hawkins or nuffin' (hell, I don' even know if Schroedinger's Cat is alive or dead) What IQ limits on I would date would depend a lot on who he was. I would probably have a lot of variablity.... like 4-9 or so. I wouldn't want someone that I have to make decisions for, nor would I want one that made me feel like an idiot. Maybe just a nice, independent thinker type.... So my answer would be 6.5/4/9 Karen

All organs donated, then cremated. No burials, and definately no above ground crypts.... those are just spooky. But, the reality is that the time then is more for those left behind.... and however they need to deal with my passing is ok with me.

You're asking skydiving guys for clues on how to get in the box?! AND turn it on?! Silly LisaMarie!! edit to actually spell the name correctly.... sorry!

And why? I would feel horrible if I ever had to shoot someone. But the way that it has been explained to me to counter that guilt, is that HE made the decision to risk his life by trying to endanger mine. I would just be adding consequence to his action. (it still wouldn't ease the self doubt, but it is a true counter)

Now that post, I completely agree with, so I will take my throbbing head, my snuffly nose and wickedly irritible temper and hide back in the shaddows.... Karen

It might be the virus talking, but your reply came off a touch pompous, so here's some back attcha. The difference between my comment and yours might be that I have actually thought out my opinion, not just regurgitated some rhetoric. Some people are "bad", it doesn't matter if guns or knives, or stones are legal. If someone wants you dead, and they know a thing or two.... it doesn't matter what laws are against it. You can legislate every action and try to control the ones who follow the laws, but if you think about it, are they really the ones that you have to worry about?!

My whole take on the gun debate. Not just as a physician, but as a person. Guns are tools, just as a car is, or a parachute. People use tools to achieve different goals: Safety in a dark parking lot (security met by flygurl), Dinner on the table (basic needs met by hunting), medals in competitions (pride and personal satisfaction met by target competetors), learning and understanding the designs (knowledge learned by gunsmiths), finicial security (investments into nice collections). Firearms can be very useful as tools. They can also cause destructive damage, but that isn't so much the fault of the firearm, rather the person holding it. And if that person was willing to harm with a gun, then he/she would have been willing to harm with some other method as well. The gun might make it more convient and "easy," but crossing the line and using it to murder is a step that has to be made by the person. I know too many docs that are anti-gun too. But then I also know too many docs that are anti-skydiving, anti-alcohol, anti-blah blah blah.... And some of them can get preachy with their patients. I don't think that we should get on soap boxes in the clinic, but that's just how I want to practice. I just tell my patients what would be safest and most healthy for them... how they chose to live their life is their choice. And just as I don't want my Dr. telling me how I need to live, I don't want the government controlling my hobbies either. and "Mushy" hug?! How do you make a hug "mushy"? Karen

(this is getting to be all warm and mushy!! Before this gets bumped to the bonfire, lets get back on topics about guns, shall we?) Again... good job on the initial use Flygurl!

D'oh! Busted! But, he was told to... didn't you see the post above it.

Or if a discussion is getting argumentative and you prefer to take it to pms and not bicker in the fourm... just a way of saying "This aint over... he/she is just getting a private spanking" - not that I've ever gotten argumentative or anything.... or given spankings....

Study? (just kidding... don't take that in any way shape or form seriously)

Just the cool ones

I have to disagree. I thought Ayn Rands writing in Atlas Shrugged was great. It was long, I'll grant you that. But I thought the concepts were thought provoking. She had enough personal stuff in it to make it interesting without being too much of a romance novel. And I liked the detail that she included in the descriptions. When will Atlas shrug though.... probably never. It would be hard for me to stand back and let it all fall apart and I'm sure that feeling is true for many.... so the system will remain broke. (but at least I feel justified and less guilty for being annoyed by the burden)

There is something to be said about maintaining a relationship (even a friendship) with those you care deeply about.... But, animal lust is fun too....

Oh, yes... I forgot to put the accent in the choices. Bad Karen

Spike TV is going to be doing a Bond marathon. Got me to thinking..... oooohhh, Bond... ummmm .... oh James! But why does he have that effect?

But by even saying "partly responsible for the rape," you are assigning blame. My question was "how much?" Legally that would be a valid question. If you don't want to do that, then she's NOT to blame. Again, she put herself in a compromised situation, but he raped her.

OK.... Lets go with your theory. If she teases, dresses provoctively, places herself in a compromised situation by getting drunk/stoned in the wrong place.... lets say, for the point of argument that she then bears some of the blame.... what would you say... 30%? 10%? Lets take this theory farther If she smiles, wears makeup, and is with a "friend" that might be psychologically unstable? What's her blame there? 10%? 2%? OK.... now If she makes eye contact, is pretty and accidently finds herself in the wrong place? 2% 0.5% I think the answer to every situation should be ZERO. Otherwise you make the victim the accused. "Well... you shouldn't have worn that. Said that. Been that. If you hadn't done that, then this poor guy wouldn't have done this." WRONG. She made poor safety choices, but he chose to rape her. He has 100% of the blame.

I agree that reviewing the events and finding where the situation might have been averted is important. It is always better to avoid being in a compromised situation than to have to deal with the problems, but the comment about her bravado was incorrect - in my opinion. I think she showed great strength and courage. But, I do see your point... and it is always better to learn from situations like that.

I love my family dearly and would do anything to help them.... but because of this flaw in my personality, I have to live >500 miles away. I grew up giving my baby sister a bit too much support and she now needs to learn self confidence and independence. Unfortunately it took her marrying someone to "take care of her" to make me realize that she smart enough and strong enough and needs to be able to trust herself to live her life. My older sister just has lots of drama. It helps to be physically distant when it's hard to be emotionally distant. Karen