Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 29th, 2007
And this time it’s not about the moggies. Instead this is to celebrate Geelong winning the AFL Grand Final and ending a 44 year drought. Here are a few pictures especially for Mick: Gary Ablett after scoring his first goal of the game. Norm Smith Medal winner Steve Johnson celebrates after scoring in the second [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 26th, 2007
The British press were in full-blown hysteria over reports of an increased incidence of “allergies” yesterday. Quite apart from the misuse of the word allergy to describe everything from a mild case of hayfever to life-threatening anaphylaxis, I’m more irritated by labelling the report an epidemic. While this label strictly speaking isn’t incorrect it has [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 24th, 2007
The Australian health system has a principle unfamiliar to me before arriving here – that of the Advance Directive. The ethos is that an individual with chronic and/or deteriorating health problems states some intentions as to what they do and do not want done to them in the event of a significant decline in their [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 23rd, 2007
I wanted to relate something that amused me the other day. A few colleagues and I were sitting at the desk on the ICU when one of the nurses came over and said Erm … Rick … or erm, one of the doctors, could you come and help me I didn’t know whether to be [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 19th, 2007
In the current international atmosphere of fear and suspicion we shouldn’t have been surprised that John Howard is adopting a similar stance to Bush with his latest round of television adverts. In a campaign entitled “Every Detail Helps” the government are encouraging the Australian citizenry to snoop on and inform on one another. It is [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Sep 17th, 2007
Every 3 months LesMills release a new version of BodyPump, and once upon a time I wondered why. Standard practice, as recommended by the BTS handbook, is to do the new release for at least 2 – 4 weeks after its launch. After only doing each new one a couple of times I find we [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 17th, 2007
Probably the most relevant reference for this posting. I did consider the alternatives (here and here) but Gary said it better. As something different, we visited the Birdwood Motor Museum today. Located in a small town in the Adelaide Hills, it boasts the finest collection of classic and vintage cars in Australia, and maybe even [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 15th, 2007
I’m sure you’ve heard the adage before. It applies rather aptly to Australia. This is a continent surrounded by water, with the majority of the population living on the coastline, yet is the driest inhabited continent. At the same time the population is increasing and with it consuming more and more resources. Water is a [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 13th, 2007
You may remember that a few months ago I tried updating my laptop from Windows XP to Vista. It wasn’t terribly successful because much of the software I used wasn’t compatible. Now, more than 6 months after the official release, I’ve had another go. This time it’s worked much more successfully and the laptop has [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 12th, 2007
Another quick aside. My employment contract from the Royal Adelaide Hospital came through today. I have been listed as “Medical Practitioner Level 8″. I’m not sure how many levels there are, but 8 seems high enough. Last year I was a “Level 6″ and this increase in rank has also brought an increase in pay, [...]
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