Quickie Questions

Are you using that as a formal title of address, or as just a way of mentioning a particular state as a geographic region? In the former, capitalize it; in the latter, you don't need to and can even (generally) safely call VA, PA, KY, and MA states.

Can you give example sentences of those two cases for illustration purposes, please? I'm not sure if I understood the distinction.

By the powers vested in me by the State of New Jersey, I now pronounce you husband and wife.

I'm moving to the the state of Washington.

What would be a good national park for a werewolf to live in?

^ I have no idea what you mean by this, but the werewolf could reside around the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site in ^^^ the state of Pennsylvania.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was the second state to be admitted to the Union.

Basically, you capitalize State as you would Commonwealth if it's part of the state's formal name.

Glenn: It's for a story.

I need a park that would be a good haunt for a werewolf.

It's made abundantly clear by looking at the Worst Aid page that you never pull out an object that's impairing someone. But obviously real doctors have to pull out the object at some point. So what's the procedure if a patient comes in with an object sticking out of them?

Make sure the patient's condition is stabilized, take an x-ray to get a better picture of the damage, and then remove the object in the OR, where things like bleeding are more easily controlled.

Yeah, that's a much clearer explanation then mine.

edited 27th Mar '14 5:46:46 PM by MrSparky

As a first aid practice, leave it in. As a medical professional in a surgery, you're more prepared to assess if it's doing more harm than good and to stanch blood loss if you do decide to remove it.

The OP specifically mentioned an object sticking out of the patient, which I would think should always be removed. But if it's small, wedged deep somewhere, and not likely to move (such as a bullet) than it might be better off left there.

No, no, no. It doesn't matter if it's sticking out some or completely within the body. Removing an item that has pierced the body is almost never a wise course of first aid action.

That's true, but the original question was in regards to how the object would be removed once the patient gets to the hospital.

Is there a 60+ minutes long movie out there where the characters don't speak? Like, not even with intertitles appearing, and only using expressions, gestures and such to communicate, and the only text appearing is stuff on bilboards, newspapers etc.

If I recall correctly, and I probably don't, there may not be intertitles in Modern Problems. It's a sound movie with no dialogue. Though there are moments where voices are heard over speaker systems.

Which thread is for letting people know you're leaving (possibly temporarily)?

edited 31st Mar '14 1:12:53 PM by SeniorLeeroyBeefcake

Absent Popele.

How can I stop procrastinating?

Hire slave driver to follow you around with a whip and a drum.

Have you tried structuring your procrastination rather than fighting it?

I wonder if getting some sort of social accountability mechanism will help — like, having a close friend hold you accountable for what you do (or haven't done), and encouraging/reminding you to get to work.

Or a hired slave driver

Double post but whatever.

What's a good manga reader thingy app for Android?

Had a nice one on my old iPhone but that exploded and now I'm starting to miss it.

Well I'm interested in knowing how your iPhone exploded. Did you accidentally download the 'Make Your iPhone Explode App'?