Admiral Draper's Really Really Boring and Totally Pointless Snippets of Information
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by BlueDiamond
Yayyy!!! Booster vaccine now safely under the belt ... or actually into the arm, so I'm now a triple-vaxxer! 
I hope it goes as well for me this time as it did with the other vaccine ... zero side effects, nothing at all not even a vaguely sore arm!. Fnigers crorsed.
I hope it goes as well for me this time as it did with the other vaccine ... zero side effects, nothing at all not even a vaguely sore arm!. Fnigers crorsed. 
Although I am not certain why because when the Q n A session begins prior to the jab, they gets very confused when I answers " No" as to the effects of the symptoms..which is actually true as I don't have any of them. However, they diligently alternate arms, even though the jabs is three months apart ! ...which I find hilarious.
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I had a case of bad timing on the last jab. After I said “ow”, the needler pointed out he hadn’t stuck me yet.
Looking at them Aussie case stats, seems like omicron is pretty much compulsory down under.
Looking at them Aussie case stats, seems like omicron is pretty much compulsory down under.
Bluey
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Sorry to hear that Ascend Charlie. I hope you and your wife are feeling much better very soon.
Beginner? Beginner??? I'll have you know I got an anti-shingles vaccine AND a Hepatitis one plus anti-tetanus some time ago as well. AND ... I stabbed my finger with a fork the other day too. So there! 
More practice needed?
Hah ! you is a mere beginner Bluey. Some of us has had them and...gets a B12 jab every 3 months as well !
I had a case of bad timing on the last jab. After I said “ow”, the needler pointed out he hadn’t stuck me yet.
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Originally Posted by BlueDiamond
Beginner? Beginner??? I'll have you know I got an anti-shingles vaccine AND a Hepatitis one plus anti-tetanus some time ago as well. AND ... I stabbed my finger with a fork the other day too. So there!
More practice needed?
Hah ! if you wants to indulge in oneupmanship, well two can play that game !
Try lifting a bowl out of the microwave and finding " it was a bit hot " as me fingers duly told me or opening a corn beef can, and the end of me finger at the same time (ok, possibly alcohol was involved as this was in the RAF) but even so, takes a lot of multi skilling to open both at the same time...
Bluey
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... opening a corn beef can, and the end of me finger at the same time ...
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Originally Posted by BlueDiamond
Hmmm ... I think that one might just take the prize Krystal! I shall bow out gracefully and declare you the winner ... but I do believe my simultaneous broken toe, smashed coffee cup and hot liquid splashes do deserve an honourable mention.
And so to the "C word, as seen on tele last night !!...advert for 2022 no less !...one hesitates to suggest those responsible for making and airing it had their blood stream in some way diluted..
Join Date: Jan 2008
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I might just be able to black cat your corned beef tin cut. I did the same, not the finger but the fleshy bit of the palm under the thumb - while 120 feet underwater. Still have the scar. For info, blood is black at that depth.
Gnome de PPRuNe
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Many years ago, two of the young ladies in our landscape architects team, situated adjacent to the 4th floor tea point, congratulated me on my fast reactions - managing to say "oh s**t" before my cup smashed on the floor was, they opined, quite impressive.
Bluey
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Good reflexes there treadie! I'm impressed! Ninthace ... although I'm dying of curiosity, I'm not going to ask why you were opening a tin of corned beef at a depth of 120 feet! Nope. Not going there! 
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Originally Posted by BlueDiamond
Good reflexes there treadie! I'm impressed! Ninthace ... although I'm dying of curiosity, I'm not going to ask why you were opening a tin of corned beef at a depth of 120 feet! Nope. Not going there!
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Originally Posted by Ninthace
It did not feel natural I can assure you.
The answer "never open a can 120ft below the sea " will not be accepted please note.
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How about, if you are going to use borrowed twin steel tanks when you are used to single aluminium, double check your buoyancy if you do not want arrive at the bottom with a bit of a bang? No buoyancy compensators in those days.
