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Matthew L. Martin

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Nov 25, 2009, 7:10:24 PM11/25/09
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... saw today:

"Nuclear Medicine,
PET Center"

I'll have to check with mydaughterthevet to see if they treat pets there
or they hold pets for people getting treatment.

Matthew (I wasn't happy being able to read that sign today)

--
I have two granddaughters:

Alex will find a way to silently get from where she is to where she
wants to be.
Anna will make an Anna sized hole between where she is to where she
wants to be.

Mark

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Nov 25, 2009, 7:37:46 PM11/25/09
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You gotta be real careful when going around
those x ray machines with all that radiation.

<remembering>

I was once searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that
all humans have. Then an accidental overdose of gamma radiation
altered my body chemistry. And now when I grow angry or outraged, a
startling metamorphosis occurs. I grow into this giant green creature,
and my clothes rip off. The creature is driven by rage and pursued by
an investigative reporter. The creature is wanted for a murder he
didn't commit. Now, I'm believed to be dead, and I must let the world
think I am dead, until I can find a way to control the raging spirit
that dwells within me

So, yeah...that radiation is nothing
to mess around with.

---
Mark

Talysman the Ur-Beatle

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Nov 25, 2009, 11:30:08 PM11/25/09
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On Nov 25, 4:10 pm, "Matthew L. Martin" <noth...@notnow.never> wrote:
> ... saw today:
>
> "Nuclear Medicine,
> PET Center"

Starring Chad Everett as Dr. Luffysnarf, nuclear pet doctor! He likes
to get his atomic dog on!

"Nuclear Medicine, PET Center" is probably best known for spinning off
or tying into several other marginally mediocre TV shows, like
"ATOM-12", about a couple nuclear-powered cops, and "Nuclear
Emergency!" which featured two rugged paramedics hunting down mutants
in a post-nuclear America.

"Rampart, we need 10 ccs of Ringer's Lactate and a new hazmat suit,
stat!"

Oh, great, now you got me wanting to see Project Blue Book.

David DeLaney

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Nov 25, 2009, 9:31:16 PM11/25/09
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Matthew L. Martin <not...@notnow.never> wrote:
>... saw today:
>
>"Nuclear Medicine,
>PET Center"
>
>I'll have to check with mydaughterthevet to see if they treat pets there
>or they hold pets for people getting treatment.

Since nobody else has Explained the Joke, I shall unhelpfully do so:
Positron Emission Tomography.

(My advisor in grad school was rather involved in designing magnetic fields
for MRIs, this stuff, CAT scans, and other look-inside-people-without-actually-
disassembling-them technologiez.)

>Matthew (I wasn't happy being able to read that sign today)

Dave "could be worse: could be VOICE-ACTIVATED" DeLaney
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Mark Edwards

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Nov 26, 2009, 6:37:31 AM11/26/09
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No cluons were harmed when David DeLaney wrote:
>(My advisor in grad school was rather involved in designing magnetic
> fields for MRIs, this stuff, CAT scans, and other look-inside-people-
>without-actually-disassembling-them technologiez.)

So, inside a dog it is NOT too dark to read - you just need specialized
equipment.


Mark Edwards
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Dr. HotSalt

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Nov 26, 2009, 12:32:15 PM11/26/09
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On Nov 26, 3:37 am, Mark Edwards <Mark-Edwa...@comcast.net> wrote:
> No cluons were harmed when David DeLaney wrote:
>
> >(My advisor in grad school was rather involved in designing magnetic
> > fields for MRIs, this stuff, CAT scans, and other look-inside-people-
> >without-actually-disassembling-them technologiez.)
>
> So, inside a dog it is NOT too dark to read - you just need specialized
> equipment.

He said CAT scan, not DOG scan. The latter are still under
development; the current versions give spotty results.


Dr. HotSalt

David DeLaney

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Nov 26, 2009, 9:45:39 AM11/26/09
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Mark Edwards <Mark-E...@comcast.net> wrote:
>No cluons were harmed when David DeLaney wrote:
>>(My advisor in grad school was rather involved in designing magnetic
>> fields for MRIs, this stuff, CAT scans, and other look-inside-people-
>>without-actually-disassembling-them technologiez.)
>
>So, inside a dog it is NOT too dark to read - you just need specialized
>equipment.

Oh, it IS too dark to read. This involves getting different forms of light
in there, and/or teaching the atoms how to express themselves in electrical
Braille.

The fields were not, as I recall, strong enough to actually induce intradog
fusion.

Dave

David DeLaney

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Nov 26, 2009, 9:46:38 AM11/26/09
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ObVious: Poor Spot!

Dave "Spot whined as the MRI melted his cranial implants" DeLaney

Talysman the Ur-Beatle

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Nov 26, 2009, 1:16:22 PM11/26/09
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On Nov 25, 6:31 pm, d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:

> Matthew L. Martin <noth...@notnow.never> wrote:
>
> >... saw today:
>
> >"Nuclear Medicine,
> >PET Center"
>
> >I'll have to check with mydaughterthevet to see if they treat pets there
> >or they hold pets for people getting treatment.
>
> Since nobody else has Explained the Joke, I shall unhelpfully do so:
> Positron Emission Tomography.
>
> (My advisor in grad school was rather involved in designing magnetic fields
> for MRIs, this stuff, CAT scans, and other look-inside-people-without-actually-
> disassembling-them technologiez.)

I didn't know you knew the guy who invented Meals Ready to Ingest!
Or, at least, the guy who put little magnets in everybody's meals.

Matthew L. Martin

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Nov 26, 2009, 8:20:57 PM11/26/09
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Many years ago a friend of mine's daughter (age 3) had a concussion and
a CAT scan of her head was done. After the CAT scan she greeted her
father saying: "No cats in there, daddy".

Matthew

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