Who knew?

[pmccarthy]

A tipple is a structure used at a mine to load the extracted product (e.g., coal, ores) for transport, typically into railroad hopper cars. 

[red750]

Cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts and kale are part of the Brassicaceae, or mustard, family

[facthunter]

Cauliflower is part of another group as well. Good stuff. Nev

[red750]

[rgmwa]

So did last year’s and the year before…

[red750]

Yeah I know. And it changes every leap year. I'm just waiting for my miracle.

[rgmwa]

32 minutes ago, red750 said:

Yeah I know. And it changes every leap year. I'm just waiting for my miracle.

I guess you have to start somewhere.

[spacesailor]

'' I'm just waiting for my miracle. ''

I had my miracle when I had a huge amount of ' PENICILLIN '  pumped into my BUT. THREE shots THREE times a day .

Alexander Fleming  GAVE ME LIFE AFTER DEATH .

Well it was a TERMINAL disease . Osteomyelitis  .

'' When was penicillin first used for osteomyelitis?

The true revolution occurred with the introduction of penicillin. Between 1945 and 1946, 4 groups published case series comprising a total of 135 patients given intramuscular penicillin for treatment of osteomyelitis . Most patients were under 15 years of age . '' before Penicillin the treatment was ' amputation ' .

spacesailor

 

[nomadpete]

My sister had osteomyelitis as a child - early 1950-ish. They were about to amputate her leg to stop it spreading. Then tried penicillin.

Pity that penicillin is fading in its effectiveness. We really need a new miracle drug.

[Bruce Tuncks]

We ( well,war babies like me) didn't have penicillin till the 1950's. The first lots were for american troops, and I for one don't grudge them.

I reckon that we grossly over-used penicillin and I wonder if creationists and their evolution-denying ilk helped it become less effective.

 

[old man emu]

Without penicillin those Yanks would have been a gonorrhea.

[Bruce Tuncks]

I checked out the history of penicillin use and it is fascinating. Developed by an Australian ( Flory) in England, it was first manufactured in the USA but then in Australia during WW2. A kid was treated with the stuff in Sydney in 1943, but his family included high-ranking military. The doctors were impressed by the drug, but as they couldn't get it, they asked for and got secrecy. So it just may have become more available before 1950, I couldn't find out.

[spacesailor]

OOps I had mine in 1945.

AND

for a lot of YEARS after . ( 3 shots 3 times a day Ho my poor ASS )

I didn't get to school till 49 or 1950 .

spacesailor

Edited February 12, 2023 by spacesailor

[Old Koreelah]

8 hours ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

I checked out the history of penicillin use and it is fascinating. Developed by an Australian ( Flory) in England, it was first manufactured in the USA but then in Australia during WW2. A kid was treated with the stuff in Sydney in 1943, but his family included high-ranking military. The doctors were impressed by the drug, but as they couldn't get it, they asked for and got secrecy. So it just may have become more available before 1950, I couldn't find out.

My wife’s mother had diptheria as a kid and was saved by penicillin; perhaps one of the earliest uses on a civilian. It was a good investment of a scarce resource, because Australia could have missed out on sixty-odd citizens!

[willedoo]

Coped and pasted from a Facebook post:

 

Did you know?:

Bob Crane, when playing Col. Hogan on “Hogan’s Heroes,” wore an A-2 leather jacket in a lot of his scenes. That jacket was worn by Frank Sinatra!

Yes, that Frank Sinatra. “Ol’ Blue Eyes.” “The Chairman of the Board.” Sinatra, who also happened to be a pretty solid actor, wore that jacket in the 1965 film “Von Ryan’s Express.” It found its way to Crane, who wore it throughout his show’s run on CBS.

The jacket was sold at auction for $22,500, and is displayed at the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, Ohio.

 

http://www.libertyaviationmuseum.org/

 

[spacesailor]

'' A kid was treated with the stuff in Sydney in 1943, ''

A whole bunch of UK kids , with differing diseases were put to that torture , three jabs ,, three times a day with GREAT BIG KNITTING NEEDLES . ( don't forget we were only very small, check out the museum Hypodermic needles of that era .) 

But it worked . mine was 1945 ish . & osteomyelitis .

spacesailor

  

[facthunter]

Poor little Urchins with bent legs (rickets) and no suntan. who dared to look down on the locals.. Nev

[spacesailor]

And 

Goitre ! , Derbyshire neck.

Caused by lack of something in the soil.  Thats the reason we get ' Iodine ' in our Table-salt .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

Iodine.  You take kelp tablets. Trace elements are important.   I don't use salt. There tends to be too mush of that in other things already. Nev

[red750]

John Cleese's name rhymes with cheese, not grease, because the family name WAS originally Cheese.

[Marty_d]

Good job he's an excellent comedian, otherwise some stage manager would have to "cut the Cheese"...

[old man emu]

9 hours ago, Marty_d said:

Good job he's an excellent comedian, otherwise some stage manager would have to "cut the Cheese"...

OH, no! Fart jokes.

[red750]

What is a "Snart?"

[onetrack]

A Snart is where you sneeze and fart at the same time. A Shart is when you go to fart, and s**t yourself. I don't know what they call it, when you sneeze and s**t yourself at the same time.

[Marty_d]

"Snit"?