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

Fascinating medical conditions, nah none of those here Seriously though sometimes i feel i was made up of leftover bits that didnt quite work. Been feeling rather hayfevery today, stupid sunshine and continual warm weather. Mind you if it werent for the marvel of modern medicine i would probably be much worse off, so I really shouldnt complain.

mini

Given all the serious medical issues facing some of our number, i thought I should share a trivial one.

I managed to injure myself last weekend by accidentally sticking two toes up the water overflow pipe in my bath. Blood everywhere and heavy bruising ensued. I was only trying to

[Egon- attempting to get used to blue mohair pants. I think I prefer jeans, really]

Hyp, one of my aunts makes a raspberry cheesecake-like dessert that has crushed pretzels for a crust. I quite like the sweet-salty thing, so it always gets a thumbs up from me.

On the topic of jobs, I have the good fortune to be a civil servant in the Department for Work and Pensions. The people who pay state benefits. We're pretty much the only growth sector at the moment I think. After spending ages bitching about being underpaid and overworked, I'm now just happy to be paid and worked. A colleague of mine was telling me that her husband is being laid off and, as a man approaching fifty and with a background in the police and more recently as an electrician, he's worried about what openings there will be for him in the current climate.

OK Lil I will be happy to scribe a chunk again , it will be easier now I have learnt the notepad [tomboy] trick

to finish a sentence from 102:

I was only trying to pull the plug out

gandalfstwin joins the party!!



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I rather wondered at that, Egon!

So, I went to breakfast with some friends this morning. I'll admit that I lost track of time, and my foot was *ahem* a bit heavy, and I deserved the speeding ticket. However, what I didn't appreciate was what a big deal it would become.

See, the trunk of my car is a bit of a pain. The inside latch works on rare occasions, and the lock on the trunk itself is broken. So I just pretty much don't use it (I really do need to get that fixed, now that I think about it). So when I got pulled over, and the officer asked me to open the trunk, I said "I'm sorry, it's broken. I can't." And that set off a whole series of events that involved them jimmying the trunk. And giving me a 'fix it' ticket. I didn't realize that a non-opening trunk was a driving hazard.

Argh.

Um - didn't the Supreme Court just rule, about two weeks ago, that the police cannot search your car unless they have due cause - as in something other than speeding?

Seems that, yes, they did.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-scotus-carsearch22-2009apr22,0,1967319.story

I think that if you wanted to push it, MR, you could demand the police pay for the repair to the trunk. Assuming that jimmying it broke it more than it was before. It might not be worth the effort; chose your battles and whatnot.

/* sips */

Two tickets at once!

And egon, that sounds like a nasty injury. Not to mention bizarre.

i do have a habit of these bizarre injuries though. It's only the second time I have injured myself in a bath, but I also once burned my foot while frying an egg, and walked into a litter bin while walking home from the library to watch ER. So there is precedent

Okay, I'll take posts 500 - 1000.

Bizzare injuries, egon?

Takes me back to te time when I was in Primary School, fifty years ago. One of the girls turned up at school one morning with a real shiner! (black eye) Asked how it had happened....
"Run into a dustbin!" was the reply.



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Congratulations, Ag

Mini - We all thought you were lovely!

I got a cleanish bill of health from the specialist today - and a six month programme to come off the steroids, which is good but something I'd hoped could be achieved more quickly.


I like that pine-y smell too, Lil. In my house it makes things smell cleaner than they probably are.

I've just got to ask--egon, how did you burn your foot frying an egg?

> Also, my digestive system has perked up considerably.

Yeah, it's surprising what havoc your spine can wreak if it's not properly working.

> I was only trying to

Egon, you've stimulated my curiosity! What in the world were you trying to do that involved jamming two toes up the water outflow?

Ah, an LED didn't show up, for some reason. So now I'm curious how you burnt your foot!

d'E, it was more of a 'whatever' moment for me. They were so embarrassed that they just gave me a fix it ticket...which is $10.

I'm more annoyed than anything else. It's not like I'm carrying around drugs or dead bodies!

Amy, I was frying three eggs in a wok when I was a student, and spilt hot oil. I was wearing slippers but no socks. The oil hit the bit of my ankle just out of the slipper and ran down inside the slipper along the top of my foot

Hi Montana!!

I am always puzzled as to how the Police in the US can 'strip search' your car on mere suspicion, or no suspicion at all.

As far as I know, here in UK, your car can ONLY be searched AFTER you have been arrested on suspicion of carrying drugs. The sarch of your car is then carried out at the Police Station, by forensic officers, not by the side of the road, as is shown on police video programs her in UK.!


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