Do you know your blood group?

No   5 votes - 21 %
Yes, A+   7 votes - 30 %
Yes, A-   1 vote - 4 %
Yes, B+   1 vote - 4 %
Yes B-   0 votes - 0 %
Yes O+   3 votes - 13 %
Yes, O-   0 votes - 0 %
Yes AB+   2 votes - 8 %
Yes AB-   0 votes - 0 %
I REFUSE TO BE PROFILED   4 votes - 17 %
WIPO   0 votes - 0 %
 
23 Total Votes
I will drink to your health tonight! by nebbish (4.00 / 2) #1 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 07:31:45 AM EST
Glad to hear you haven't got the aids

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TYVM by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #2 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 07:47:56 AM EST
Yes, I do admit that was a tad bothersome, having that hanging over me.


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Wahay by jump the ladder (4.00 / 7) #3 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 07:50:10 AM EST
Unprotected gay promiscous sex all round then tonight?

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As always! by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #11 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 09:48:42 AM EST
I was never really sure I was gay, but then I say that half in Ernest.


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B+ by Phage (4.00 / 2) #4 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 08:05:03 AM EST
Story of my life...
heh. Damn good news though. Why did you think you had impaired liver function anyway ? Or did I mess something ?

The Czar of Accounting. No Nit Too Small To Pick


See previous diaries by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #12 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 09:50:05 AM EST
In short:
  • Sis has savage cancer at age 39
  • Advised to go and have some tests
  • Tests found no cancer but other weirdness
Still, you could have been B-...


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Other weirdness. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #28 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 02:45:33 PM EST
Hey, on the upside, you can now blame any weight problems on your thyroid.


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I always found it amusing that my blood type by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #5 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 08:08:19 AM EST
was the exact opposite of my GPA.

Congratulations. Thyroid is easy to deal with. Just ask the gecko.

Current status:

  • Very slightly hungover.
  • Coffee and porridge at hand.
  • Pondering throwing away the crappy stir-fry I brought for lunch.
Currently pissed off with:
  • Global File Transfer utility.
  • The people in the Waterloo office (how ironic and appropriate that in many ways, they control whether or not my contract is renewed).
  • The gum'mit (take this as read until at least 1/20/2009)




"Easy"? by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #25 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 12:44:10 PM EST
Are you f*cking high?

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Yes. Easy. Compared to Hepatitis C and HIV? by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #26 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 01:18:39 PM EST
Easy Peasy. My ex had Grave's, my mom died from Hepatitis C and one of my former neighbors was HIV positive. So from my first hand experience comparing the conditions, the one surviving person had it pretty easy with a dodgy thyroid.

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You see what I'm sayin'? by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #31 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 03:02:19 PM EST
Your EX had Grave's. Is POSSIBLE that the Grave's has something to do with why she's your EX?

Be candid in your response for full credit.

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No. I only see that you're too pathetic by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #34 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 10:27:14 PM EST
to get over your EX. It's not at all SURPRISING that she is your EX considering your asinine BEHAVIOR.

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I was pretty good a year ago. by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #38 Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 07:09:45 AM EST
It can effect you pretty strongly when people abruptly cut you of emotionally.
Not that you'd know about that, right Mr. Empathy?

How's tricks in your house, eh?

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Sociopathy. You should try it. by greyrat (2.00 / 0) #41 Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 12:27:53 PM EST


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LOL by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #42 Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 02:19:31 PM EST
Your late-night, mid-morning chats with her have improved your humour.

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Interestingly, I have *never* chatted with her by greyrat (2.00 / 0) #43 Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 04:37:05 PM EST
late at night, when I'm in bed serving as msrat's bed warmer or mid-morning, when I'm usually up to my ass in meetings with the continent and sub-continent. And yes, I'm allowing for time differences. So just to up your paranoia level, she's probably chatting up someone else.

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That's my blood type too by webwench (4.00 / 1) #6 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 08:45:11 AM EST
It sure as heck never made me very clever

Getting more attention than you since 1998. Ya ya!


After a four pint luncheon by Breaker (4.00 / 4) #13 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 09:50:54 AM EST
And a rogue vindaloo, I'm feeling like a genius!


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Hurrah! by Merekat (4.00 / 1) #7 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 08:48:21 AM EST
No hangover? What?

Current status:
Warm.
Impatient - find out next week if I get a nice project which will involve more Ukian (and elsewhere) trips.
Bemused - bought a fruit-herb-water drink that tastes just like Irn Bru.
Pondering where to go for beer - lake or canal bar.

Currently pissed off with:
Omniplan, for being almost but not entirely like MS Project.




Fantastic news by hulver (4.00 / 3) #8 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 09:02:39 AM EST
Unfortunately you now have to tick "Yes" to the "Have you ever had a HIV test" on an medical insurance forms, and see your premiums rise as a result.

Fuckers.
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That gets more fun by Merekat (4.00 / 1) #9 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 09:04:16 AM EST
One swiss insurer was insisting on a HIV test for cover, which would of course immediately make everyone else more expensive.

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wait I thought by bobdole (4.00 / 3) #14 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 09:51:05 AM EST
lying on self-report forms was obligatory. Did I miss something?
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Only if you smoke. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #29 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 02:47:10 PM EST
Wait. No one from my insurance company is reading this, are they?

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uh, maybe by gzt (2.00 / 0) #32 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 05:00:09 PM EST
Probably not, but I'm in one of the top 5, so you can't be sure...

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Hmmm by Breaker (4.00 / 2) #15 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 09:51:49 AM EST
How will they know if I lie?


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They do research after the fact. by Phage (2.00 / 0) #16 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 10:19:14 AM EST
If you fall ill (for whatever reason) in 2025, they will access your medical records for insurance.
If they find any lies at all - particulalrly about HIV or pre-existing conditions, they will deny you cover.

The Czar of Accounting. No Nit Too Small To Pick
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Only if I permit them access, surely? by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #17 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 10:45:56 AM EST
Or is that covered in some smallprint clause somewhere?

Can I ask that my medical records be destroyed I wonder?


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Indeed by Phage (2.00 / 0) #18 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 11:01:48 AM EST
In the contract it usually says that in the event of a claim, they may have access to your medical records.

The Czar of Accounting. No Nit Too Small To Pick
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Then I have them destroyed by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #19 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 11:08:38 AM EST
Before making a claim.


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If you can by Phage (2.00 / 0) #20 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 11:12:47 AM EST
I'm not sure they're your property.
On the other hand they may well burn them to a DVD and mail it to Gaddafi, but there you are.

The Czar of Accounting. No Nit Too Small To Pick
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I'm pretty sure they are by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #24 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 12:15:21 PM EST
But I'll ask the doc next time I see him.


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That's very much an ongoing argument. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #30 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 02:47:45 PM EST
At least in the US.


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With "The Spine" by hulver (2.00 / 0) #21 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 11:13:53 AM EST
They won't have to ask. They'll just do it.

Oh I know the govt. is saying at the moment that this would never be allowed to happen. But let's face it, once all this data is there it will just make sence to allow more and more people access without even telling us.

They've done it before.
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Yeah by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #23 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 12:14:54 PM EST
That bothers me as well.

Still, only 2 more years then it'll be all change at Westminster.


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2 more years of this shit!!! by dmg (2.00 / 0) #33 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 06:56:20 PM EST
I can't take much more..
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The FSM will know. by greyrat (2.00 / 0) #22 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 11:22:18 AM EST
And he'll withdraw his noodly appendage.

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Excellent. Carry On. n/t by Gedvondur (4.00 / 1) #10 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 09:15:47 AM EST

"If you do not sin, then you too may some day float like a big pink Goodyear blimp of The Lord." -theboz


Christ. You made me realize. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #27 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 02:44:26 PM EST
I haven't given blood in 5 years. I used to give every couple of months. Now, with all the reports about the ARC blood banks.... not so much.

Actually, I don't think I've even seen a blood mobile in a couple of years.

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How much by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #37 Sat Jul 26, 2008 at 02:50:12 PM EST
Is a pint of blood worth these days in USia?


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About 9 lives. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #39 Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 08:59:24 AM EST
IIRC. They break it up into components to use for multiple people.

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That many? by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #40 Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 12:15:37 PM EST
Blimey.


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I stopped by Herring (2.00 / 0) #44 Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 08:38:09 PM EST
because I found out I was AB+ (which is useless blood) and I was taking fairly high doses of Venlafaxine. Never went back - although I should.

You can't outlaw rabbits! They'll just go underground - Milton Jones
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I'm very glad by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #35 Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 10:48:09 PM EST
Sadly we are all dying by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #36 Sat Jul 26, 2008 at 02:27:54 PM EST
But it would appear I am not dying as quickly as I could be.

Which is nice, TYVM.


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