The totally off-topic thread

[JohnK]

Stick to the Pinots, Dr Ron!

Or Dr Ross even?

 

[Deleted member]

Is that so bad?

I told potential Mrs JohnK early on that I didn't need someone to control my life or to tell me when I can and can't play golf. She's still with me or should that be I am still with her.

You make up for it by Being away a lot

 

[JohnK]

You make up for it by Being away a lot

LOL. That's put me back in my spot.

 

[TomVexille]

Needs 20 minutes but is worth the watch. John Oliver takes on Donald Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGc2nN9OguQ

#MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain

 

[Cruiser Elite]

From Cudo - may interest some - Executive Travel Wallet

 

[anat0l]

Been watching a few odd cooking shows here and there... I've seen people try and make salads which mix, amongst other things, spinach leaves and strawberries. When these salads have been critiqued, each of them have been shot down.

Has anyone ever had a strawberry salad (not a fruit salad, a savoury one)? I'm having a hard time thinking of any instances where it would work, except possibly cheese. Don't even mention prawns and strawberries.

Anyone had a flavour combination before which you thought had no hope in hell of working, but once tried your mind changed?

 

[JohnK]

Try watermelon and fetta cheese. Or grapes and fetta cheese. Or tomato and fetta cheese.

The taste is sensational. No dressings.

 

[anat0l]

Try watermelon and fetta cheese. Or grapes and fetta cheese. Or tomato and fetta cheese.

Tried all three of those before. The last one is a bit of a given (old classic - tomatoes and cheese). The second one is not too out there, I think. The first one is probably the most "new" combination of the three, and it does work.

 

[wafliron]

Re: Best QF Status Run Options - Questions and General Discussion

That was the run I had booked for next week. Boom. Cancelled.

That sucks :-( Hope your DVT heals quick - how long till you can fly again?

 

[Pushka]

Re: Best QF Status Run Options - Questions and General Discussion

That sucks :-( Hope your DVT heals quick - how long till you can fly again?

Unfortunately only the Haematologist will clear me. GP wont agree until I've seen him/her. That appt was supposed to be in a months time. Received the appt and it is end of May!!! Rang up and managed to bring it back to end of April. Due to the unusual aspect of it all I have to use the Public Hospital where the expertise is.
That leaves me three days to get status. Not going to happen.

 

[Pushka]

I must be glowing.

With radioactive medical material. In the last week: CT head; CT abdomen; chest xray; mammogram; 2 different ultrasounds (no rad there). Three sets of blood tests and the usual pre-bowel check. GP appointment next week might take a while. Unfortunately a lengthy wait til I see the Haematologist (appt given was end of May but able to change to end of April) so no flying for a while.

 

[JessicaTam]

Re: Best QF Status Run Options - Questions and General Discussion

Unfortunately only the Haematologist will clear me. GP wont agree until I've seen him/her. That appt was supposed to be in a months time. Received the appt and it is end of May!!! Rang up and managed to bring it back to end of April. Due to the unusual aspect of it all I have to use the Public Hospital where the expertise is.
That leaves me three days to get status. Not going to happen.

Can you argue that you have a specific affliction - a need to fly!

 

[Pushka]

Best QF Status Run Options - Questions and General Discussion

Can you argue that you have a specific affliction - a need to fly!

Ah. Now. There's a solution. They could add that to my growing list of causes, so I need to fly to check it out? A status run with a difference?

(OT Chatting to the ultrasound person yesterday who had travelled to Alaska and completed the same trip as me. She said it was very remote and thought that it would be too risky for me right now.)

 

[medhead]

I must be glowing.

With radioactive medical material. In the last week: CT head; CT abdomen; chest xray; mammogram; 2 different ultrasounds (no rad there). Three sets of blood tests and the usual pre-bowel check. GP appointment next week might take a while. Unfortunately a lengthy wait til I see the Haematologist (appt given was end of May but able to change to end of April) so no flying for a while.

Only glowing with Potassium-40.
Radiation dose, this is not an individual estimate but typical average*: CT head 2 mSv, CT Abdomen about 8 mSv, Chest X-ray 0.1 mSv if it included a lateral view. Mammo not my thing, but a paper says 0.4 mSv. 10.5 mSv all up. About the same dose as 157 flights MEL-SIN-LHR. Strangely enough it would be 241 trips LHR-SIN-MEL.

Do you want to know the risk?

* insert other disclaimers such as this is not individual financial advice, etc...

 

[drross]

Or Dr Ross even?

I do enjoy a pinot.....and bubbles...and white and other reds

 

[JohnK]

I do enjoy a pinot.....and bubbles...and white and other reds

Won't hold that against you.

 

[Pushka]

Only glowing with Potassium-40.
Radiation dose, this is not an individual estimate but typical average*: CT head 2 mSv, CT Abdomen about 8 mSv, Chest X-ray 0.1 mSv if it included a lateral view. Mammo not my thing, but a paper says 0.4 mSv. 10.5 mSv all up. About the same dose as 157 flights MEL-SIN-LHR. Strangely enough it would be 241 trips LHR-SIN-MEL.

Do you want to know the risk?

* insert other disclaimers such as this is not individual financial advice, etc...

Wouldn't mind so much if I got the status credits!
So - quite a bit then?

 

[medhead]

Wouldn't mind so much if I got the status credits!
So - quite a bit then?

Not really that much.
Had someone at work ask about their scans for last year. When discussing they thought about 50mSv, I thought about 70mSv. It was really hard to confirm as their images were on our system so I couldn't look them up - ethics and all that. The most I recall is about 300 to 400 in 18 months - but that person was really sick. If there were SC they'd be lifetime triple platinum diamond.

The risk from 10 mSv is about 1 in 2000 for lifetime death from cancer - in theory. The evidence below about 50 to 100 mSv is pretty patchy. However, if we accept that risk level is correct it increases the lifetime risk of cancer from about 30% to 30.05%. It is about the same risk as having a car crash when driving 600km.

But it is nothing compared to the risk of a dying from a blood clot in the brain - I assume, not being a medical doctor and all that.

 

[Pushka]

Thanks medhead. Reassuring to know. Bloody clot.

 

[medhead]

Thanks medhead. Reassuring to know. Bloody clot.

I should've added the background radiation dose numbers. In Australia that's 1.5 mSv on average. So your scans were about 7 years of background radiation, from natural sources. On average Australians also have about 1.7 mSv per year from medical radiation. So your scans were equivalent to about 6 years of the average medical radiation exposure.

Probably should also mention Denver (it's on top of a hill, lots of cosmic radiation) has an average of about 10 mSv per year.