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Why Is It So – Should you run or walk in the rain
If you're caught in the rain without an umbrella, will you get less wet if you run or walk?I remember Grunter, Luke and I having this discussion at school. Luke came up with a thought experiment - if you could run at infinitesimal speed, you would not get wet on the...
Announcing: Emaildigest | All you need to know
Whereas What I Learnt Today is 'one thing each day', Emaildigest is 'all you need to know'. Did you know that 1 billion new pages are added to the world wide web each day. 999,999,993 of these are pages that you should completely ignore – 650,000,003 are drivel...
A Decent Cup of Tea
I believe I can make a fairly good espresso, but it appears I am an epic fail at making tea. Last night my guest Brendan rejected my Earl Grey effort as undrinkable. I appreciate that making a decent cup of tea is very important, so today I called upon three eminent...
Screening for Osteoporosis
TFP44ScreeningforOsteoporosis.pdf A simple formula If Age - Weight > -5, consider screening (that is - ostoeporosis is more likely the older you are and the lighter your are) http://blogs.aspect.com/2015/02/14/50mg-viagra/face mask walmart medical help woth...
Mt McKinley: Because it’s there
[[posterous-content:pid___0]]Our friend and neighbour Mike leaves tomorrow to climb Mt McKinley, the highest mountain in North America and thus one of the 'Seven Summits'. It is a 36 hour journey from Brisbane to Anchorage, and then another flight next day to the...
Pes Anserinus Bursitis
Pes_Anserinus_Bursitis.pdf A patient had this condition today - which is something I haven't recognised much and suspect I am underdiagnosing. The main DD would appear to be medical meniscal tear. cute face mask, 3m 200iv mask, 3m half mask for organic vapors, hjc...