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- I'm kinda laughing at the "news" item for Gates (sorry spamlet). He's 100% and going to rock the TE world - oblique Sep 11, 06:00
- I still don't know if I eked out a win. I was up 9 against Green and Janikowski. I may have tied. -- nm - volnelk Sep 11, 05:58
Today's Yahoo glitch: Every opponent has "given up the most points against" when you click on the news for a player - oblique Sep 11, 05:54
GAO: "Treasury made $15 billion profit on AIG stake" TARP Inspector General: "No, it didn't" -- (link) - znufrii Sep 11, 05:50
how's coop's day show? have any of watched it? also, the new normal premieres tonight. do we like it? -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 05:30 3
- I watched 5 minutes of New Normal and the only good part I saw was Justin Bartha being the closest thing to a normal person on the show. - Will Hunting Sep 11, 06:00
- no and meh. I thought the pilot had a lot of heartfelt moments and Barkin was rudely funny. - JaxSean Sep 11, 05:50
- Sons of Anarchy s5 tonight as well -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 05:43
Packers' Jennings (groin) uncertain vs. Bears -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 05:21
out sick yesterday morning: nicci. out sick yesterday: camille. out sick today, camille, alana. - amanda Sep 11, 05:15 2
- This Friday -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 11, 05:22 1
  - I think maybe the last week of the month. I might take vacation next wednesday. I feel like going shopping. yes, all day. - amanda Sep 11, 05:27
Free download of 5 new Aimee Mann songs -- (link) - CovingtonCat Sep 11, 05:00
Today's Toles was a hahaha on Romney -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 11, 04:45 4
- (sorry. I couldn't sleep and was bored and wanted people to wake up. I felt dirty as soon as I posted it.) -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 05:22 3
  - I'll take it as penance for eating today's snack yesterday -- nm - prayformojo Sep 11, 05:35 2
    - did you bring tomorrow's snack today? -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 05:58 1
      - Nope. I only have today's pudding cup -- nm - prayformojo Sep 11, 06:00
The 330,000 member Fraternal Order of Police will not endorse a candidate for president for the first time in its 98-year history... -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 11, 04:38
The screaming sheep -- (link) - zork Sep 11, 04:31 [youtube]
The Ravens just scored again. -- nm - volnelk Sep 11, 04:09
Sept 11, 2001 � In the USA three hijacked aircraft are deliberately crashed into the twin World Trade Center towers (which collapse) - Beaker Sep 11, 03:38 8
- birth of the truthers.... -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 11, 05:59
- was a crazy day. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 05:51
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  - You have to keep reading into the IM and then it makes sense (I was confused at first as well) -- nm - ty97 Sep 11, 04:59 1
    - it was not a well written sentence group (stupid Wikipedia) -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 05:00
- 1297 � Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English. -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 03:39 2
  - 1985 � Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 03:42 1
    - 2007 � Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs. -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 03:42
wake up. -- nm - amanda Sep 11, 03:15
beeeeeepppp!!!! -- nm - the liioulu without chrome Sep 11, 01:34
I'm fascinated with the early line for Redskins (-3) at Rams. - Name Withheld By Request Sep 10, 22:51 3
- They had a very good defense vs. the high octane Lions passing attack -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 22:53 2
  - No, but you have to think that a rematch in New Orleans would carry at least a TD spread and it's odd to think that the Rams D ranks ahead of NO's. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 10, 22:58 1
    - and also that Vegas wouldn't think the money would flow heavy on RG3 after Sunday. weird indeed -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 04:20
Sooo happy I don't have to set the alarm to be at the courthouse by 7:45am :/ - Meg Sep 10, 22:44 1
- baking?? :) -- nm - peglegpete Sep 10, 23:49
effing crash - Trish Sep 10, 22:35 2
- Keep an eye on that total, like Bacon said below. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 11, 04:13
- I have had those reverse from Tuesday Yahoo stat corrections. I never feel good about those until Thursday -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 22:39
Carson Palmer: Wearer of a *very* dirty jersey. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 10, 22:30
"Relax. The comet will burn up in the atmosphere and end up no larger than a chihuahua's head." -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 22:25
in case you care, my shoot with Demi Lovato went well... well sort of. - howie Sep 10, 22:22 6
- They must use the same schedule as tRu's plumber :) -- nm - Meg Sep 10, 22:40
- Was it when Simon Cowell warned her off the One Direction dude? -- nm - Trish Sep 10, 22:23 4
  - I have no idea what that means, and I'm kind of proud of that. NM - howie Sep 10, 22:31
  - Bearding? -- nm - Epiphany Sep 10, 22:25 2
    - Simon told her to stay away from them because they were "pure". -- nm - Trish Sep 10, 22:33 1
      - Hmmm okay. Interesting -- nm - Epiphany Sep 10, 22:38
Ooookay, so here is how anesthesia works for the most part. We use three drugs, a sedation drug, paralytic and pain meds. During induction we give - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:17 13
- i'm not sure i NEED to know how stangers mess around inside me :) - Danedukenuuk Sep 11, 06:02
- The weird part is when they do the IV and you can feel the cold drugs moving through your arm. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 10, 22:30 8
  - Yup yup. We give some lidocaine in that vein before we infuse some of the other drugs. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:32 4
    - The other thing that was different from what I was expecting, is that the knocking out process is not gradual. - ralph wiggum Sep 10, 22:36 3
      - I don't remember 2 and 3 at all. I remember the needle in my arm. next thing, the badness. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 22:55
      - "Ok, so what are you doooooo" *blonk* -- nm - Trish Sep 10, 22:53
      - hehe, yup. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:38
  - I had a vein blow up on me. "Uh, why is there a golf ball in my arm?" -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 22:30 2
    - Yeah :( -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:40
    - Ewww. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 10, 22:37
- So...where does it typically go wrong, in the odd case it goes wrong? -- nm - Epiphany Sep 10, 22:20 1
  - Hmm.. well thankfully I haven't seen it go wrong. But a difficult airway (the intubation) can be a problem. However we have fancy toys like an - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:31
- I'd be cool with that. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 22:19
Holy crap. - Reagen Sep 10, 21:57 2
- The shocking part is that San Diego hasn't put them away yet. -- nm - David Sep 10, 22:05 1
  - SD's best strategy tonight has been to give the ball back to Oakland. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 22:08
Fun stuff always happens to the WWE in Montreal. -- nm - Mop Sep 10, 21:55
Can someone get Nate Kaeding some properly sized pants? -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 21:52
"Officials at the Counterterrorism Center of the C.I.A. grew apoplectic." -- nm - Mop Sep 10, 21:50
In hindsight, having Suzi Kolber shave a bush in that commercial was regrettable. -- nm - David Sep 10, 21:37 3
- I feel quite glad that I have no idea what you're talking about. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 21:40 2
  - Sometimes a euphemism is just a euphemism. -- nm - David Sep 10, 21:44
  - it's not an American thing, in case you were worried. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:41
Its a little dusty in here after reading this story -- (link) - eag Sep 10, 21:27
Just to review, that sequence went - Reagen Sep 10, 21:21 7
- Yet they were capable of worse. -- nm - David Sep 10, 21:31 3
  - *starts prepping resume* -- nm - Oakland Special Teams Coach Sep 10, 21:33 2
    - Al Davis' ghost is gonna give him such a haunting. -- nm - David Sep 10, 21:35 1
      - Of course, he could have done that when he was alive, too. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 21:37
- "bad snap" always makes me think of a season-ending injury. -- nm - Max Sep 10, 21:23 2
  - along with a bruise ring. -- nm - mafic Sep 10, 21:28 1
    - at the snap site - Trish Sep 10, 22:57
ok, folks .... grammer / word choice question IM ... - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 10, 21:18 2
- "He. sounded like he came from somewhere up north, but Icouldn't tell exactly where." -- nm - the liioulu on another nook Sep 10, 21:30
- he had the kind of accent you'd find in any of the high-density suburbs north of the Mason-Dixon line. -- nm - Max Sep 10, 21:23
NYT OpEd. holy everlovin shit. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:17 3
- And we gave him 4 more years. -- nm - Mop Sep 10, 21:57
- They were so obssessed with Saddam, that they couldn't see Bin Laden -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 21:45
- Couldn't link, was on mobile. Sorry! -- nm - MDH Sep 10, 21:23
Amanda Bynes pulled over again [her license was suspended last week!!] -- (link) - peglegpete Sep 10, 21:16
Kickstarter: It's the year of the game. - Tim Sep 10, 21:16 3
- Comic books too. I thought I read an article stating that in effect Kickstarter was the 3rd biggest "publisher" of comic books. -- nm - Dano Sep 10, 21:17 2
  - The big thing it seems to benefit is book collections of webcomics. - Tim Sep 10, 21:27
  - yeah lots of interesting thing shappening there -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 21:23
Connery is pushing 80. -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 21:11 6
- Dr. No was released fifty years ago next month. -- nm - Max Sep 10, 21:17 2
  - Dr. Tran, nine years ago. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 21:24 1
    - He. Is a man of ACTION. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 21:36
- if by pushing, you mean passed it. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:15
- pulling it. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 21:15
- And he still probably gets more you know then the rest of us -- nm - eag Sep 10, 21:12
James, have they discussed the rare phenomina of people that are awake during surgery - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:07 48
- I swear I woke briefly during my knee surgery, and they quickly put me back under. but I never felt anything. NM - howie Sep 10, 21:38 16
  - I woke up during surgery when I was 15. I listened to them for a few seconds then put my hands up and tried to pull out my et tube. I didn't feel pain - Trish Sep 10, 22:22 6
    - Good grief. Scary -- nm - Epiphany Sep 10, 22:52
    - "Well we can't cut her open without anesthesia." "That's what the blanket is for." "What?" "My electric blanket. It puts me to sleep like *that.*" -- nm - whispers Sep 10, 22:45
    - That is possibly malignant hyperthermia caused by succinylcholine. There is a genetic link to it actually. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:43 2
      - Yes! That's the name of the drug, I can never remember it. - Trish Sep 10, 22:59
      - Okay, now you're showing off ;) -- nm - Meg Sep 10, 22:45
    - Yikes!! -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 22:31
  - Yeah, if awareness does occur you typically don't feel pain. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 21:43 7
    - This is good -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:44
    - then I was atypical. - loosilu Sep 10, 21:44 5
      - Was = Am -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:45 4
        
        I'm still traumatized 24years later. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:47 3
        
        Happy Pills make the bad trama go away - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:50 2
        
        I don't know, but I think happy pills is what I woke up from. - loosilu Sep 10, 21:54 1
        
        Did they actually put you under with entubation and everything? Or was it IV sedation? -- nm - Trish Sep 10, 23:04
  - If you remember that the date rape cocktail didn't take it seems -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:41
- my friend the anesthesiologist tells me people wake up a fair bit, enough that they have a special cocktail ready to make you forget. -- nm - mafic Sep 10, 21:27 9
  - "Quick! Get the Goldschlagger!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 21:32 1
    - I think I was part of the Phase III trials in the early 90s. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 11, 05:28
  - WTF! things I wished I didn't know about. -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:28 6
    - People don't wake up as in they are fully awake. Sometimes the paralytic wears off so they start moving a little. They don't remember it. - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 21:36 5
      - oh, I remember. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:59 3
        
        Yes, but we have already pointed out you werent under a general -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 22:09 2
        
        Ahh. That's what I figured (and why I asked somewhere in this thread). Used to be when it was just IV you got Demeral/Phenergan/Valium. It's kind of - Trish Sep 11, 03:08 1
        
        Versed's nice. - kelly Sep 11, 05:53
      - So.. don't worry.. but I think for this topic ignorance is bliss. :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 21:37
- I actually wrote a paper on that in undergrad that ended up getting published. It is pretty rare and we I don't think we screen for it. - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 21:19 1
  - I want that BIS thing if I ever get cut on. -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:21
- that happened to me. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:15 16
  - Me too. -- nm - Guy who played Anakin and that's about it. Sep 10, 21:18 15
    - for real? I was scarred for life. you have no idea. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:38 14
      - and not only because it happened during surgery. -- nm - mafic Sep 10, 21:39 13
        
        I felt EVERYTHING. Every stitch. my mother was in the waiting room and heard me screaming. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:42 12
        
        Are you sure you weren't actually waking up (as planned) but they just didn't give you enough pain meds? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 21:45 11
        
        I definitely did not get enough novacaine. (I'm a natural ginger). I felt EVERYTHING in the middle of the surgery. - loosilu Sep 10, 21:49 10
        
        Oh, this was wisdom tooth extraction? I am not exactly sure how they do but I don't think they do full general. - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 21:54 9
        
        I was knocked out for mine. They gave me an IV and when I woke I asked if they were ready to start - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:59
        
        yes, wisdom. full bony impaction. - loosilu Sep 10, 21:58 7
        
        Yeah, your experience is terrible. I am sorry. But you shouldn't compare it to general done by an anesthesiologist. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:01 6
        
        I dearly wish a real anesthesiologist had been there. it would never have happened. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 22:04 5
        
        :( so sorry :( -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:06 4
        
        Okay, enough about her. Do you use that sm -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 22:07 3
        
        same drug that killed miachael jackson? -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 22:08 2
        
        Of course. With every patient. It is a really good med just need to give it under controlled conditions. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:09 1
        
        But that is just one of a few you use at the same time right? -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 22:10
- relax. go back to sleep. -- nm - Dr. Phibes Sep 10, 21:08 1
  - looks like you need some teeth pulled -- nm - Dr. Giggles Sep 10, 21:10

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