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NHS computer expertise
So the wife was having her wisdom teeth removed at local NHS hospital (local anasthetic only, natch, and a totally barborous procedure performed with basically a sharp spoon, but i digress).

the hospital has a system whereby x-rays are taken digitally and then later these were retrieved by the doc performing the removal.

very good idea .... however the nurse had to keep going back to the PC every minute to nudge the mouse to knock the screensaver off so the doc could refer to the x-ray.

i fixed it for them, gratis. they were very happy.
(Sat 26th Sep 2009, 23:54, More)

» Missing body parts

you wouldn't think a wooden deckchair was so sharp
when i was 5 years old i decided to re-enact Benny Hill's "collapsing deckchair" stunt.

I gripped the side of the chair as it closed and the sides of the deckchair acted like big wooden scissors and sliced my little finger in half, lengthwise. ow.
(Sun 4th Jun 2006, 12:14, More)