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tallaght01

Hi Guys.

Just started this thread as somewhere for people to just have what's referred to on the web as "off topic banter" :P I you want to have a laugh, get something off your chest, or post anything that you don't think warrants it's own thread, then this is the place for it.

We don't take things too seriously in here, so don't feel all banter has to happen on this thread. I don't mind a bit of "off topic-ness" on the normal threads, but it might be an idea for people to have a bit more social interaction on a thread like this.

If not, I'll unsticky it and let it die a painful death in the "unsuccessful threads abyss" :pac:

I'll get the ball rolling........in 7 hours I fly home from Oz to Dublin for a few weeks.

Which one of you guys has organsied the boards.ie limo and chauffeur to pick me up?

I'll be in transit for the next few days, so if yiz are gonna tun this place into a cesspit of porn links and dodgy online pharmacies while I'm gone, then please keep it semi-legal :P

mardybumbum

Righteo lets keep this thing going!

Biochemistry is a pain in the arse. Fact!

sillymoo

Not to mention all the -ologies that will most llikely come up in my neuroscience exam tomorrow

ZorbaTehZ

sillymoo wrote: »

Not to mention all the -ologies that will most llikely come up in my neuroscience exam tomorrow

I presume you'll be putting emphasis on the oul' Codology?
Haha see what I did there?

/I'll get my coat.

sillymoo

ZorbaTehZ wrote: »

I presume you'll be putting emphasis on the oul' Codology?
Haha see what I did there?

/I'll get my coat.

I like it! Note to self - Codology is the key to the pupillary light reflex and also the accommodation reflex blah blah..........

Dfens

mardybumbum wrote: »

Righteo lets keep this thing going!

Biochemistry is a pain in the arse. Fact!

maybe you have this then :P

Chunky Monkey

I have something very serious to get off my chest...

Eddie Murphy to play the Riddler in the next Batman film?? WTF??

Wish I could say I was feeling better having revealed my worries but alas no that won't happen til someone tells me it ain't true

CJTobin

Relax Monkey, it ain't true. The "source" that "leaked" that also claimed to know the ending of the third film, which hasn't even entered pre-production yet, so I think it's safe to rest assured that this whole thing is random speculation at best.

tallaght01

Blah to yizzer nerdy Batman nonsense :P

I'm more concerned about when the A-Team movie is gonna come out

Stuck here in singapore airport on my way back to Ireland for a bit. would totally reccomend the airport for a holiday lol

It's enormous, with a cinema and more shops than Grafton street!

The Ting Tings even played here the other day!

There is, however, the downside of a 14 hour flight that i'm staring down the barrell of in 2 hours...booo hisssss

But it's in one of the those mad A380s.....yayyyyyyyy

tallaght01

Just home now.

Jesus.

What time is it? Actually what day is it?

So tired.

Off

to


bed.


Good morning/night/afternoon/whatever.

BTW, it's bloody FREEZING on this side of the world!!!!!

DrIndy

it is bloody cold - but you left the heat of queensland!

How the bloody hell are you?

tallaght01

I'm good thanks. But still basically on some kinda timezone weirdness.

I can see the next few days being about me staying up til the middle of the night, and sleeping all day.

There are worse ways to spend your time though

tallaght01

Who's doing exams, guys?

How are they going?

if you're online reading this when you're supposed to be studying, you're gonna fail, btw :P

sam34

tallaght01 wrote: »

Who's doing exams, guys?

How are they going?

if you're online reading this when you're supposed to be studying, you're gonna fail, btw :P

now now, be nice!
nobody likes being jinxed when the dreaded exams are looming

sillymoo

tallaght01 wrote: »

if you're online reading this when you're supposed to be studying, you're gonna fail, btw :P

Well sometimes its necessary to do some background reading on whats moving and shaking in the bio/med world! If your not careful om going to put a lol cat in here

DrIndy

its a bit stormy outside.

sam34

it's awful, isn't it?
i hate this bloody weather

tallaght01

I'm really not coping with the cold since I've returned to Ireland. So, I went for a run this morning. Thought that would warm me up after a few hundred yards.


5Ks later, exhausted, out of breath and red faced.....but had hardly broken a sweat lol.

I was still cold when I was in the shower afterwards :P

tallaght01

ON the issue of the cold....I'm very tempted to try and arrange a bio+med beers.....but I might end up just sitting in by the fire :P

sillymoo

tallaght01 wrote: »

ON the issue of the cold....I'm very tempted to try and arrange a bio+med beers.....but I might end up just sitting in by the fire :P

Im sure there could be hot whiskeys for the auld fellas

tallaght01

I dunno if strong spirits are advisable.

I mean, judging by home excited they got by the bacteria thread, a few whiskeys might just send them over the edge :P

ChewChew

A big tree fell on my mates car today an hour before the nct. an hour! typical!

ooohhh and another thing. . . I got my permanency in work. I am now a permanent employee of the HSE. lucky me :rolleyes: but yay! lol.

tallaght01

ChewChew wrote: »

I got my permanency in work. .

I read that wrong when I first read it. I thought it said "I got my pregnancy at work".

I thought that was gonna make for an interesting discussion lol

But congrats anyway

ChewChew

tallaght01 wrote: »

I read that wrong when I first read it. I thought it said "I got my pregnancy at work".

I thought that was gonna make for an interesting discussion lol

But congrats anyway

You just made me shudder. I work in a rat, cockroach and bat infested office. and YES that is in a hospital so nope. . . no chance of the naughty happening in there!!!! lol. but spanx!

tallaght01

Hey I bet the filth doesn't stop the roaches and rats procreating, so don't be so snobby :P

ChewChew

tallaght01 wrote: »

Hey I bet the filth doesn't stop the roaches and rats procreating, so don't be so snobby :P

damm you! I just sprayed my 7up on my keyboard! lol. :pac:

Tree

when will someone find the cure for biochemical pathways. the learning of these things is painful.

also, i reckon studying induces a diabetic state. the constant grazing to raise the blood sugar levels, the constant trips to the little girls room, probably out of sheer boredom than any genuine buildup of urine, the constant thirst coz tof the constant urination and the urge to wander to the kitchen rather than look at notes...

sam34

lol, tree. it's a case of absolutely anything will do when you're trying to find an excuse not to study, isnt it?
i remember once taking all the lampshades in my house down, and washing them, and then carefully drying the fabricy ones with a hairdryer.... kept me away from the books for a good few hrs!

Larianne

Tree wrote: »

also, i reckon studying induces a diabetic state. the constant grazing to raise the blood sugar levels, the constant trips to the little girls room, probably out of sheer boredom than any genuine buildup of urine, the constant thirst coz tof the constant urination and the urge to wander to the kitchen rather than look at notes...

That sounds like me before Christmas! I found I studied better in the library. No kettles in the library.

tallaght01

So, who's up for a Bio+med beers at some point in the next week or 2? Hit me with names on here.

I'd be expecting only about 5 or 6, as we don't have huge numbers of regular posters, but anyone wold be welcome, even if you just lurk, or are only an occasional poster

But it could still be a bit of a laugh.

Dr Galen

tallaght01 wrote: »

So, who's up for a Bio+med beers at some point in the next week or 2? Hit me with names on here.

I'd be expecting only about 5 or 6, as we don't have huge numbers of regular posters, but anyone wold be welcome, even if you just lurk, or are only an occasional poster

But it could still be a bit of a laugh.

I would most definitely be up for it mate. Good to see your back for while. And no, its not just you, its brass monkeys at the mo

DrIndy

was thinking the same myself mate.

Just finished night shift. time to enter zombie shift as i readjust to normality.

ChewChew

ooohh bio&med beers would be awesome but I dont know if I could go

Larianne

ChewChew wrote: »

ooohh bio&med beers would be awesome but I dont know if I could go

Course you can! ...anyway there's always an escape route.

96% in my Chem exam, \o/

ChewChew

Larianne wrote: »

Course you can! ...anyway there's always an escape route.

96% in my Chem exam, \o/

I'm just a scaredy cat

And congrats on the exam! Well done you!

Larianne

ChewChew wrote: »

I'm just a scaredy cat

And congrats on the exam! Well done you!

Thanks! I knew becoming a hermit would pay off. But I now realise I will have to be a hermit for another 4 years.. ah well..

With Boards Beers it's always likely that there's an odd person (my bet is on Tallaght) but you just ignore them!

ChewChew

Larianne wrote: »

Thanks! I knew becoming a hermit would pay off. But I now realise I will have to be a hermit for another 4 years.. ah well..

With Boards Beers it's always likely that there's an odd person (my bet is on Tallaght) but you just ignore them!

hahhaaaa., that woulda been my bet too.

I've been to tonnes of boards beers. But this one would just be different. all you doctors and stuffs

tallaght01

wotEVA mingers :P

Basically, yiz are all welcome to the boards beers. We do socialise with the non medical elite too, occasionally :P

So, what's it to be....weekdays or weeknight?

And well done on your exam Larianne

Larianne

I'm no doc either. We can just sit and watch from afar!

It's really about putting names to faces I guess and make fun of Tallaght01. Well it's just really an excuse for a p*ss up!

tallaght01

hey...enough of the Tallaght-bashing....unless you want the beers to be held in the Dragon pub in tallaght village :P

ChewChew

Larianne wrote: »

I'm no doc either. We can just sit and watch from afar!

It's really about putting names to faces I guess and make fun of Tallaght01. Well it's just really an excuse for a p*ss up!

i'm well up for this!! :pac: but I lives in teh country. and school nights are not good for my toes.

Larianne

ChewChew wrote: »

i'm well up for this!! :pac: but I lives in teh country. and school nights are not good for my toes.

Oh yeah I see..... (Celbridge, uninvite, uninvite!)

ChewChew

Larianne wrote: »

Oh yeah I see..... (Celbridge, uninvite, uninvite!)

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Chunky Monkey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P785j15Tzk

Our kitchen has never been as clean as it was during consolidation week.

But...according to one of the docs here, we're a goody two shoes year :rolleyes:

Larianne

Quick question: When someone who has been in ICU and looses muscle mass what is the correct term for it? I have written in my notes mitosis but that's wrong. :rolleyes: Maybe something that sounds similar?

Thank u.

DrIndy

myopathy

ICU myopathy notably - made worse by skeletal muscle relaxants used in anaesthesia and steroids

Larianne

DrIndy wrote: »

myopathy

ICU myopathy notably - made worse by skeletal muscle relaxants used in anaesthesia and steroids

Yes, that's it! D'uh. Thanks for that.

tallaght01

Myopathy schmyopathy....

I call it laziness :P

DrIndy

bring back cattleprods!

My God! How much i have desired that piece of equipment to assist people to walk!

I favour midweek beers because most people will have some sort of "other plan" over the weekend and thus not suit them.

We can start relatively early too. Sometime next week folks?

mardybumbum

Ah tallaght, your helping the kids with the homework now!

Maybe you can help me out (physiology assesment tomorrow)

Can you explain why the QRS complex in an avR lead is inverted.
Guyton & Hall has failed me on this one.

Larianne

^^^It was actually Dr.Indy