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

This is fascinating! I was born with some blood disorder (puerperal anaemia, which is an auto-immune disorder, and implicated in CNS problems later, if untreated, I read.) I had a complete exchange transfusion in my first 3 months. My mother told me "I didn't even cry" - well, doh, the only reason I'd cry would be anticipation, and I wouldn't have had any previous experience from which to anticipate...
(Sorry, her remark has always struck me as funny.)

Della. I seem to have done rather well in view of the fact that I'm having to work from first principles. I really don't have any experience in this area. Your later revelations do seem to confirm what I was conjecturing, though. This has been very interesting but I think we've done all we can on the origins of this condition short of a brain scan linked to functional tasks.

As to further implications, you must know most of them by now except where there are things you haven't tried and compared with the abilities of others. Tests might still have things to reveal in that way.

toxx

Della,

My sister had a complete exchange transfusion when she was a baby - I believe in the first month or so of her life. And it was never explained why (at least not to us kids). I'd never heard of anyone else who'd had a similar experience until now. My sister is the only one in our family (six siblings altogether) who is left-handed.

az

i'm goin in for endoscopy next month should be interesting

Crazy. Be sure to stick the pictures on the net, so we can all have a laugh.

toxx

Reading the posts over the last few days I was wondering about the connection between the discussion of perception and God. The sub thread about how one thing leads to another seems linked to the quest for answers, this then nudges my thoughts onto the Celts, who if reports of their ideas are correct (They are probably not too far from the truth, I may just have pushed the uncertain nature of understanding existance a bit far) were very interested in the idea of the quest, this may be parallelled in the indigeonous Australian idea of walkabout.

The Celtic Heritage seems to have been imortalised in the Arthurian legends of the Holy Grail although it clearly got mixed up with CHristian theology in this istance.

I wonder if Maltowych has any ideas about this.

Reading the posts over the last few days I was wondering about the connection between the discussion of perception and God. The sub thread about how one thing leads to another seems linked to the quest for answers, this then nudges my thoughts onto the Celts, who if reports of their ideas are correct (They are probably not too far from the truth, I may just have pushed the uncertain nature of understanding existance a bit far) were very interested in the idea of the quest, this may be parallelled in the indigeonous Australian idea of walkabout.

The Celtic Heritage seems to have been imortalised in the Arthurian legends of the Holy Grail although it clearly got mixed up with CHristian theology in this istance.

I wonder if Malthowych has any ideas about this.

Curses did it again

I hear that on Radio 4 at 8pm there is to be a programme about the protest concerning proposed quarrying on Stanton Moor. I know some of our pagan/heathen friends are much concerned about this. I shall certainly be listening.

toxx

Yes - a very strange and mixed representation... I shall be listening to it again when I am not cooking and eating - I have it on tape.

Jez

Jez. I was surprised at the impression that the locals objected more to the protesters than to the proposed quarrying. How selected were they? And then you got the 'lord' who wittered on about 'the estate' as though it wasn't his own posh house that he was paying to maintain out of the quarrying dosh. Does that fool anyone? A nice ruin might add to the landscape.

toxx

Chances are that and most of the posh house where built out of that stone!

And not forgetting most of them will want a block for six feet of Earth , Dont suppose if someone told them that plastic headstone should be used, one good way of recycleing lets face it a lot of indestructable plastic could be responsible used this way,!!

Saveing diging out marble and the like!!

toxx sorry but i'm a mere digiboxer dunnae have the hardware

Bit of a shame that, Crazy. Guess I'd better post me bladder as a consolation prize. Nice shade of pink, but happily (for me) pretty featureless. You can just about see the uretorical exits if you know what to look for!

toxx

sounds fascinating toxx i think there looking at my liver and stomach mostlostly

Don't let em take too many biopsies, Crazy. I know the barbecue season's coming up, but you need a few bits left! Just be glad it ain't your steak and kidneys they're after!

toxx

I have a little scar on my left ankle, which is my only souvenir. My Mum told me that I used to go postal at the sound of ripping (tearing) fabric when I was a little baby, so I wonder if that's related to anything I heard/experienced back then?
I often wish I remembered it all...

Endoscopy... oh you poor thing, you have my sympathy.

Hi SD,

"The Celtic Heritage seems to have been imortalised in the Arthurian legends of the Holy Grail although it clearly got mixed up with CHristian theology in this istance."

You can take the Grail Legend and stick it up the Pope's rectal orifice my son, so there! It's all christian and has nothing to do with pre-christian celtic culture or religion.

It's all early christian propaganda given new life by new age stupidity.

If you want to read the 'celtic heritage' try the Book of Invasions or one of the de-christianised versions of the Mabinogion.

Blessings,
Matholwch the snook-cocker /|\.

"The most serious tests tend to be available, at a price, the the profession only. Perhaps HS knows of some sources."

No,

There are a number of serious psychological tests, one of the most popular, a few years back, being the MMMI. But I've never taken it as it was, IIRC, a professional assessment of affect and mood.

Downstream, there are a number of non-diagnostic (for clinical purposes) professional tests used by employers, which commonly cost around (from memory) £10-£50 pp, depending upon the number of people tested. Things like the professional version of Myers-Briggs, SDI (which is one of my favourites) etc. There are also any number of mini-tests which are management diagnostic tools associated with particular analyses of behaviour in certain group situations. During my time as an operational HR expert specialising in industrial conflict a good friend of mine had a sideline as a management consultant writing and delivering courses, and we went through a spell of swapping any interesting mini-tests we came across. However, they're pointless outside their own context, though very useful if you wish to illustrate a particular point in a course and want maximum audience attention to the management theory you wish to impart.

If anyone wants a freebie IQ test to high standard I would either suggest Mensa or else the Civil Service application test for graduate entrance to Fast Stream careers. The latter was taken by roughly 5,500 graduates or graduands last year and has a 90% failure rate.