On Road Rash

Yep - I'll be riding in Wednesday, offering a wide (albeit slow and
slippery) draft for anyone who is foolish enough to lazily slide onto
my wheel.

Out your way at the moment actually - in the SSH library working on an
assignment (study leave - how great is the federal public service!!).

How quickly I slip into student mode - checking out a.b instead of
studying...

Absent Husband

Ah you big [censored]! Not even I go to the doctor for stuff like that!

LotteBum said:

Ah you big [censored]! Not even I go to the doctor for stuff like that!

I don't need to, my father-in-law's a practicing pharmacist :-)
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Cheers
Euan

"Hey that's only 2 buildings over from me! Did you ride out here?

Would you recognise me if I'm not in lycra? I'm the one hobbling around

uni... "

<snip>

Nope - didn't ride. Thought about it, but I've got a sackful of books
and papers, and my poor little Orbea is already dragging around more
kilograms than is reasonable to expect.... (how's that for an
excuse!!). So instead, I just handed my wallet over to the parking
attendant at the multi-storey...

How different can we look out of lycra?? Probably thinner - there are
much more flattering fabrics than lycra...

AH (must study, must study, must study..... hey look, a new post...)

Nooo - tell me it isn't true!! I thought you had to have a parking
permit to use the green zones??

I'm a QUT post-grad (not UQ) - just using out here because QUT
libraries suck...

And I was referring to my physique... Not aided by my honeypuff feast
on Saturday night. I think I was sleeping it off about the same time
you were dashing up the ascent??

AH (6:30am Wednesday at the Mitre 10??)

Aaarrggh!! That's what I get for not looking into it. I only turn up to
this place a few times a year... *frantically starts running to car*
I'm back out here again next Monday to hopefully finish this @#$%
paper, so I'll definitely remember for then - thanks for the tip...

Paniyiri was fantastic (even the non-food bits!!) - kids loved it too
which was great.

Will wait for your SMS... See you Wednesday (maybe),

AH

Absent Husband said:

Next time (I know that there will be, because I'm a klutz), I might try
Carl's technique (on www.aboc.com.au) and see if I get a quicker/better
result. But the way I did it I didn't have to deal with pus-sy, oozy
gunk seeping anywhere.....

Just to set the record straight, that's not my method (I'm not a
doctor of anything!), it's what the Canberra CC recommends
based on what their local hospital is doing. I just stole
their PDF file describing it.

The Canberra CC website is a really good. It has lots of good
material on it.
http://www.canberracyclingclub.org.au/

Absent Husband said:

"Ah you big [censored]! Not even I go to the doctor for stuff like that!"

Quoted message said:

Err, umm, my wife made me go.

I know the feeling. My wife made me go to the doctor once for a really bad
cold that had me cocooned up in bed. So I made an appointment for 9am at the
doctor, dragged myself out of bed and got there at 8:50. Had to wait for an
hour for my 9:00 appointment, doctor didn't apologise for making me wait an
hour, said I had a really bad cold and should be home cocooned in bed. Only
cost me $28.50.

Just when are doctors going to become professionals at time management?
Even plumbers can manage to these days.

Theo

EuanB said:

I don't need to, my father-in-law's a practicing pharmacist :-)

And it's you he practices on?

Theo

quote='Theo Bekkers'Absent Husband said:

"Ah you big [censored]! Not even I go to the doctor for stuff like that!"

Quoted message said:

Err, umm, my wife made me go.

I know the feeling. My wife made me go to the doctor once for a really bad
cold that had me cocooned up in bed. So I made an appointment for 9am at the
doctor, dragged myself out of bed and got there at 8:50. Had to wait for an
hour for my 9:00 appointment, doctor didn't apologise for making me wait an
hour, said I had a really bad cold and should be home cocooned in bed. Only
cost me $28.50.

Just when are doctors going to become professionals at time management?
Even plumbers can manage to these days.

Theo[/QUOTE]
There are a few professions (and trades too for that matter) other than medicine which have higher hourly charge rates than the local GP. I wonder how it would go if you could net off the $250 for the hour you had to wait after the agreed appointment time against the $25 or whatever it is that is charged for a GP consult after the Medicare rebate.

Wouldn't mention it to your GP when he/she had a sharp instrument in their hand (not that many GPs wield sharp instruments these days - another gripe about the dearth of procedural GPs in Australia)

Gotta say my local GPs are pretty good generally at keeping appointment times but every so often................

Steve(I'd be rich if I could just charge GPs for all of my time they have wasted over the years)A

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>> "Theo" == Theo Bekkers <[email hidden]> writes:

Theo EuanB said:

Quoted message said:

I don't need to, my father-in-law's a practicing pharmacist :-)

Theo> And it's you he practices on?

Fortunately not. I'm on of the lucky ones that rarely gets sick and
when I do I rely on good old fashioned rest. I'm incredibly reluctant
to take pills etc, heck I don't even take headache tablets.

Good resource to have though :-)
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Cheers
Euan