I have always identified with Lawrence “Crash” Davis in Bull Durham.
Recovering academic now in public safety. You’ll find me kibitzing on brains (my academic expertise) to critical infrastructure and resilience (current worklife). Also hockey, games, music just because.
I have always identified with Lawrence “Crash” Davis in Bull Durham.
Sheets weekly. Towels twice a week, but I shower twice a day.
Well it does …but the side effects are killer.
Eyes aspirin suspiciously…pain reduction, anti-inflammatory, blood thinner, fever reduction. All-in-one package?
I was entranced by the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O’Brien. Sailing ships, adventure, and a little romance.
Let me introduce you gentleman to Doug Prasher.
https://www.science.org/content/article/man-who-wasnt-there
He was years ahead of the field in molecular biology but was parking cars when his work won a Nobel Prize…for other people.
Neither sex nor drugs were ever discussed…at least not by my parents.
It may helpful to think of this in terms of human rights; some rights apply to individuals so even though there may a group of them we’d refer to them as persons e.g. displaced persons. Some rights are held collectively and we would refer to them as a people e.g. Indigenous People of the Amazon.
eta: “Those people” and “you people” are both seen as racist dogwhistles. Your sister was probably laughing because you didn’t intend or get the subtext of your phrasing.
I think the larger issue is that the blood supply is for profit in the US. Everyone is getting exploited, including the people that require the transfusion.
I donate regularly in Canada and give it away for free as does everyone else. I don’t donate plasma because it’s not especially useful with my blood type (AB+ is universal for plasma, O- for other products).
I’m pretty sure it was a quail/dove shoot. It stood out for me because there aren’t many parts of the country where dove hunting is a thing. But Texas? You bet!
Don’t make me tap the overlay.
This is true for every regulated profession. It’s not exceptional.
да, брат! продолжай в том же духе!
молодец, товарищ! демократы будут сбиты с толку твоей умной метафорой!
I’m not a marksman by any means, but shouldn’t the buttstock be in the pocket of his shoulder? It looks like the recoil from the next shot will send that thing flying backwards
Not going to Xitter. Can someone summarize?
Yes. I remember seeing them advertised on a trip to Japan and not fully understanding how they even worked. It really seemed like the future. It was a few years before they were available here and prices came down enough to use it. My first trip was navigating home from Fry’s