h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

You really have no idea how much help this has been.. I'm dying to actually try and put it into practice, well I'm not, but it's been really useful feedback.

There is no way of telling how it feels. In one of the London medical schools they are taught gyne exams by a female tutor who then lets you examine her and gives you feed back as you go.

I wonder how that job was advertised!


Sorry to the guys.. honestly.

, isn't that the game that happens when the cricket isn't being played

That female tutor deserves a medal for service above and beyond the call of duty!

Don't worry, DD the conversation will soon drift on to another topic.

A friend of mine has started her Crimble shopping! I fancy a week in New York at the beginning of December for that, but sadly the bank manager is likely to frown on the idea.

New York, eh? Unless you offer to take the bank manager with you I can see them having problems authorising an increased overdraft.

They actually advertised (god knowns where) for 'female gynecological teaching assistance' and being examined yourself was part of the job description.

*head spinning after conquering postings 1-500 in current thread*

Let's see... *consults her notes* ...some belated comments:

Well done to those who did well, to those with plans and a to those with worries.

Shaving - most of my body hair is pitch black so it shows very well. I used to shave my legs regularly, but after waxing them (at home) last year very few hairs have grown out again so I don't bother any more. I shave my armpits because otherwise the roll-on deodorant won't work (applying it on the hairs instead of the skin is pretty useless).

I also pluck my eyebrows, but that's simply because I don't fancy the Frida Kahlo look - not on me, at least! My eyebrows did their best to make ends meet in my teens and also started going a bit bushy, so…

Phil, the WOMAD sounds like fun and I think I've seen some of the artists you mentioned. It sounds a lot like what the Falun Folk Music Festival used to be in the early years, when 99% of the audience consisted of folk music freaks and not, like nowadays, of people who couldn't care less about obscure music/artists and are simply looking for an excuse to get drunk outdoors.

Ooo… I got 100% on the 'genuine or fake e-mail'! I think it's because I get fake ones - a lot.

Matina, a please before I return to the trawling

...and Happy Birthday to Caer!

Nope, it's not my birthday, but I'm quite happy to pretend it is

Happy not-birthday then!

Utah still has drive-in movies? NJ, the state that invented them, has none anymore. But they were uncomfortable and an annoying place to watch a film, so I'm OK with that.

The glitter story sounds like it could be true. It's what known as a "definition error" - confusing two objects that are visually similar but serve different purposes. I once did that with aerosol antiperspirant and room deodorizer, which is how I learned not to put the two aerosol cans on the same shelf. No harm done though, I just had a nice lime smell much of the day.

Sorry for getting the months wrong Caer - we're closing the books for July today, and I'm still deep into last month...

Today is the 4th Anniversary of the First Scotish Researchers Group meet up.

More importantly it was the day that FC and DD first met in real life.

*Matina brings DD a cake with 4 candles in it*

Topics of discussion at the atelier have only one requirement -- good manners. We find over the years that topics seek their own level of interest.

Protracted heavy rain last night, and as my landlady hasn't fixed the roof yet I shipped about a quart of water in leaks.

Lots to do today, and some of it I'll get paid for.

Aaaaawww, that's a better reason to open the .

I thought the ladies of the salon might enjoy this, I won't be choosing my bridesmaids dresses from here:

http://www.uglydress.com

although I am scared they'll end up there anyway

Some of the GP related discussions further up made me think of a story - which is probably as true as it comes given that it is told by an uncle of mine who may be a Vet but who has GPs in his family, including his daughter:

Somewhere in the very western part of Denmark, a young and newly started GP had been called out to a woman giving birth in her own home - which does still happen, however rare these days...

On the way out there he was going over alll the quite recently acquired knowledge from his studying - but to no avail as he was met by the midwife in the door: "Don't worry - it's all over already and everything is just fine".

And his reaction: Oh ****, I had actually looked forward to seeing a birth in real life...

Tells you about what cuts in education hospitals might lead to...

The gynacological discussion is.... interesting.

I went through all my old 3.5" floppy disks last night, to get any info I might want off of them. I found an old game called Prince of Persia. Good DOS based game that was created when windows 3.1 had just come out. I discovered that it can be played in windows XP, the games is about as much fun as I recall it being.

I went through that site hoping that my ex's wedding to the horse wouldn't be on it. I have an awful fear it is only a matter of time though.

The more I think about it, the more I think 'no photographers' is a good call!

Torrential rain, thunder, lightening and the stepson stood me up twice in one day. A complete waste of a day, all around in fact.

Hmmmm.

B

*waves to Santragenius*

B

Santragenius, welcome! Have you just stepped out of the lurkers' parallel dimension?

My insurance covers windshield replacements. It should be accomplished tomorrow afternoon.