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Famous Scientists, Doctors and Inventors / Re: Who invented the Umbrella and when?

« on: 05/01/2014 04:21:55 »

So I was looking for the inventor of the umbrella and it directed me here.......do y'all remember me? 

It's a little known fact that the person who named the umbrella was going to simply call it a 'brella', but he hesitated.

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Physiology & Medicine / What causes bubbles in the eyes?

« on: 14/06/2011 05:24:01 »

My 23 y.o. daughter has recently, "officially" been diagnosed with Tourettes Syndrome. She's had facial and vocal tics since she was 11.  The doctors said it was a simple tic disorder and she didn't need to be medicated.  Over the last year, the symptoms have gotten much worse, and now she has even more, which include her hands going into spasms and eye blinking.  Since the blinking has started, she says she has bubbles in her eyes, on the outer corners under the top and bottom lids.  It drives her a bit mad.  She has seen the doctor, but he can't find anything wrong.   I thought maybe it was a side effect of the  Risperidone they've prescribed her, but she says its been going on since before she started taking it. 

Any clue what could be causing this and how she can stop it? 

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Just Chat! / HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEIL! (aka Sheepy)

« on: 20/02/2011 06:17:18 »

Sorry...I don't have a fancy graphic for....but you should feel honored [].  I logged on just to tell you Happy Birthday.  Oh...I'm Carolyn, BTW...I think we know each other. []

Oh shuckee dah !...Thanks ewe Carolyn !...three days late  !!..sheesh !!!!  []

Oh, for crying out loud!  I was only late here....I was on time every where else.[]

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Just Chat! / Tell us about your 2011 Valentines date or celebration?

« on: 17/02/2011 02:54:20 »

The first thing I did was send a few Ecards to a birthday sheep.  Then I answered my door to find out my daughter sent a dozen roses to me...and then I hurriedly called the florist in Pensacola and had a dozen pink roses sent to her...as well as my best friend, Isa and her daughter Blanca. 

Then hubs came home and gave me a silly little card about someone farting in the card shop...then he gave me another one with coupons on it, and a single rose...then he turned and saw the roses Ash sent me...then at his single rose....but I was equally happy with his single one.  THEN...I cashed in one of the coupons...the one that entitled me to one free, uninterrupted nap.

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Just Chat! / HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEIL! (aka Sheepy)

« on: 17/02/2011 02:36:16 »

Sorry...I don't have a fancy graphic for....but you should feel honored [].  I logged on just to tell you Happy Birthday.  Oh...I'm Carolyn, BTW...I think we know each other. []

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Just Chat! / Barefoot at the airport?

« on: 30/08/2010 06:43:50 »

My last two flights, I was pulled aside, and "wanded" and fondled.  I didnt mind being bare foot nearly as much as I minded that woman coughing all over me.  She wore gloves, but she covered her mouth with her gloved hands, then patted me down.

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Guest Book / Hello. I'm not new here.

« on: 30/08/2010 06:24:52 »

....but it's been awhile.  Just popped in to check things out and say hello. []

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Just Chat! / Neil's almost got 20,000 posts!

« on: 30/08/2010 06:16:30 »

Congratulations sheepy.  Do ewe remember me? []

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Just Chat! / Why DOE?

« on: 30/08/2010 05:05:53 »

Why do Americans refer to people with no identity as John Doe or Jane Doe. I understand the John/Jane bit but why DOE?

What do the British call them?

I have a stalker on another site that calls herself Jane Doe....of course, thats not what I call her.

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Just Chat! / JimBob

« on: 30/08/2010 04:59:44 »

Get well soon, JimBob.

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Guest Book / who is this?.... il tell you it is, its.........

« on: 12/02/2010 03:49:38 »

Who's Carolyn?

EDIT: Now don't say "Nick's mother". That would be a bad joke []

Yes, she was here for a few days...but her friends wouldn't say hello, so she took her leave again. *wink*

Carolyn is a long standing member who hasn't been on the site for a while ! (she's also Nick mother  [])

No, she was here for a few days....but...her friends wouldn't say hello so she took her leave again.  []

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Just Chat! / DIARY ENTRIES & GENERAL CHAT !!!!!!! (VER 12)

« on: 08/02/2010 19:57:07 »

Since no one is going to say hello back and make me feel welcome or missed, I guess I'll just tuck my tail between my legs and disappear again. [V]

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Just Chat! / You're in Haiti, starving, thirsty. Will a bible help?

« on: 08/02/2010 08:34:02 »

Is it just me or is it (at best) the height of poor taste to say "Come and worship the ever loving God! i.e. the entity that just wiped out about quarter of a million of your friends and neighbours"?

While you are at it, could you ask them why they think it's aporopriate to worship an entity that capriciously decides to wipe out all those people and condemn many others to untold misery?
No doubt they will have a stock answer- it's hardly a new question.

Not all Christians desire to shove their beliefs down the throats of anyone who will listen.  I'm a Christian and have been since.....well, I don't remember a time when I wasn't, but I would never be so bold as pretend to know why God would allow such a tragedy in Haiti (or any tragedies) to happen.  I would also never ask someone who believed differently why they thought their beliefs were "appropriate".  To do so would make it appear that I thought them inept or incapable of intelligent thinking.

I have mixed feelings about this. When the victims of this earthquake were pulled out of the rubble of their homes and places of work, what did most of them do? They sang hymns. They are quite a religious nation. The trapped people drew the strength to survive from their faith. I think that some of them may need the crutch that religion offers at this time.
I can't see that this particular object (solar bible) would be useful to them as I'm sure people can still come together and practise their religion without it. I doubt it would be allowed into the aerport as a priority.
What I do object to is the religious groups that get people to donate cash or shoeboxes of items to help the victims and then add bibles and evangelical materials. These boxes are then sent to all people of all religions, in order to recruit new Christians. This really shows a lack of respect for those peoples beliefs. I know that operation Christmas child (Samaritans purse) do this at Christmas time. They also force recipients to attend bible rallies. They never mention this in their literature. Charity with hidden ends....terrible.

For the most part I agree with MIL though I don't believe the strength I draw from my faith a crutch. I too have mixed feelings regarding the distribution of religious/spiritual materials.  If I were in this horrible situation, whether as a Christian or not, I would much rather have water, food, clothing and shelter for my loved ones and myself above anything else.  I would not, however, be offended if someone gave me a bible.  On the other hand, I do find it offensive to send care packages that include those materials.

"First things first, these audio Bibles are NOT displacing ANY essential aid to these people who have suffered so much"
Yes they are. It doesn't matter how they are transported; that transport route could be used for something useful.

Incidentally, this is a science forum so things like this "Our non-profit believes the people of Haiti are that nation’s most precious resource and we desire to empower them with the Scriptures"
will get queried.

First of all, who are you to determine what is and is not useful to someone?  What you find offensive may very well bring comfort and peace to someone else.  Those that don't want one, don't have to accept it.

Secondly, I don't see where it matters that this is a science forum.  If this person, audiobible, is an actual representative of this non-profit organization, why should he not be allowed not to defend his organization on a site clearly posting a link discussing  said organization. He wasn't disrespectful or the least bit argumentative, which is apparently  unfamiliar territory for you.

To me thinking "those starving people really need a solar powered bible" is, at best, unscientific. This is a science website so I'm going to carry on bashing them just as I will bash the people who think snake oil cures malaria or who reckon that we never went to the moon.

If all the people who took part in WWII had formed performing arts groups instead the world might well have been a better place. If a few more army chaplains had remembered the bit about "Thou shalt not kill" it would have helped to.
(BTW, Geezer, that's another hypocrite group to add to those due for a bashing)

There really is a difference between making bibles available for those who want them; and using space on relief transport for luxuries rather than necessities.

You seem to be doing an awful lot of bashing, BC. It also appears that because this is a science forum you feel you have some sort of justification for your bashing.  In my opinion, BC, you are just as guilty as the Christian/religious groups that you despise. Where as they might say that you're doomed to Hell if you don't follow our path, you act as if someone who is a Christian, or for that matter, does not agree with you, is ignorant and not worthy of breathing the same air as you. Not every Christian/spiritual person is a fanatic.  Not all of us blindly follow just anyone that holds a bible and spouts religious rhetoric. There are plenty of us that are always questioning....not our faith in God, but the traditional religious beliefs we were brought up believing.  You lump us all together and assume we are ignorant.  To treat all Christians as uneducated because of the few you've encountered is as close minded and uninformed as me saying something as ridiculous as "All scientists are arrogant, know it all jack-asses", based on the negative experiences I've had with a few mean spirited scientists.

And finally, as DiscoverDave pointed out, the Proclaimer Bible is small and takes up minimal space in regard to transport.

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Just Chat! / DIARY ENTRIES & GENERAL CHAT !!!!!!! (VER 12)

« on: 08/02/2010 05:38:07 »

Just thought I would pop in and say HEY!!!!!

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Guest Book / WHY CAN'T I START A NEW TOPIC IN PHYSIOLOGY AND MED?

« on: 12/11/2009 16:07:30 »

I know I haven't been here in a while, have there been changes I'm not aware of that prevent me from starting one?

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Just Chat! / Photos from your day – any subject

« on: 11/09/2009 18:13:37 »

A truck Nicholas and I got behind on our way to and from Pensacola.  LOL...Nic had to have a picture of it.


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Technology / How Much More Battery Life Can I expect With My Phone Kept In A Warm Place ?

« on: 11/09/2009 16:12:05 »

Hmmmm.....those buttocks look awfully familiar.  I believe I saw them prancing around in a lovely open field when I was in the UK.  I saw lots of buttocks while I was there, but those really stood out! []

Just out of curiosity, when you remove your phone from your hind end, after its been on wobbly vibrate mode.....do your cheeks still vibrate?  I keep my cellie in my bra...tucked snuggly next to my breast, for two reasons.  One, I can find it easily and two,  I just love for my boobs to vibrate  [:I], but after I remove the phone my breasts still vibrate.  My friend Isa does the same thing with her phone and her breasts vibrate after removing the phone too.  Is it just us, or does it happen to you too?

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Just Chat! / Missing members?

« on: 24/07/2009 19:39:54 »

My cousin Bubba.....the hot one:

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Just Chat! / Missing members?

« on: 24/07/2009 17:23:29 »

I can clearly see how you upset Karen and so many others, and I don't have the time to talk to petty minded southerners. Not only that but I'm sure you don't have the time either between shooting people on your land, in your big truck with antlers on the radiator whilst chewing and spitting out your baccy.

Oh, and best not forget to plan that wedding between your cousins!

I gave up the baccy years ago and thats why I sure have a purty mouth!!!

And as for that wedding with my cousin.....you should see him!  He's hot.  He has brand new store bought teeth!

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Just Chat! / Missing members?

« on: 24/07/2009 17:19:37 »

OMG!!!  I can't believe you called me a REDNECK!!!  I'm heartbroken and think I'm going to cry now!  I'll expect roses for an apology!!!

.....and must you continually use big words I don't understand?   []

The term 'red neck' comes from the union wars in the Kentucky coal fields. The coal miners in support of the union were in the habit of wearing a red handkerchief around their necks to show their solidarity. And BTW, I'm a red neck and proud of it!!!

Yes, I am well aware that is one of many thoughts as to the origin of the term red neck.  I'm sure though, that Paul was not referring to any of these honorable references, as stated in his above post.  As we all know, in modern usage, rednecks are typified as white racists, that have rebel flags flying in their front yard with signs saying "The south will rise again" (though usually misspelled). They drive big pick up trucks, have beer bellies, chew and spit tobacco and marry their cousins and have far too many children and are uneducated.

All I said was that I couldn't believe Paul called me a redneck, which was justified since I am none of the above mentioned definitions of a redneck.  I made no derogatory comments towards rednecks....PAUL DID...so I do find it interesting that you found my post so offensive instead of his.

LOL...Paul....who else are you going to try and get me in trouble with??