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Thought for Today: ``Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.'' - Edward R. Murrow, American broadcast journalist (1908-1965).



04/26/05 20:00

Sorry, all. Got sidetracked reading about the air bus.

WOW! Congratulations everybody on reaching post number 5000!!!!! Icecream for everyone!

I'm not a cell phone afficianado but even I admit they're useful sometimes. For the unusual uses it can be put to , read on.


U.K. - AFP
AFP
Chef bitten by tropical spider saved by camera phone

Wed Apr 27, 7:37 AM ET


LONDON (AFP) - When chef Matthew Stevens was bitten by a huge spider he photographed it with his camera phone, presuming friends would never believe the story. It was a decision which may have saved his life.




The 23-year-old collapsed soon afterwards and as doctors fought to save him he remembered the picture, which was sent to Bristol Zoo, a report in The Times newspaper said on Wednesday.

Experts at the zoo recognised the creature as Brazilian Wandering Spider -- one of the deadliest spiders in the world -- and doctors were able to adapt their treatment suitably.

The ordeal began when Stevens was cleaning a freezer at the pub where he works, the Quantock Gateway in Bridgwater, Somerset, and the spider, believed to have stowed away in a bunch of bananas, attacked.

"It was hiding in a cloth and when I squeezed the cloth it bit me. It was about as big as the palm of my hand. I went to try and pick it up and it bit me again. It landed in the freezer, which stunned it," he was quoted as saying.

Assuming the spider was dead, Stevens used his mobile phone camera to take its picture as a souvenir and sought medical treatment.

Despite being dizzy and shaking, staff at a local community hospital told Stevens he should simply go home to rest.

But shortly after returning home, the chef collapsed as the spider's venom worked through his system, and he was rushed to hospital.

"I thought I wasn't going to make it. My chest was so tight I could hardly breathe. My blood pressure was going through the roof and my heart was beating so hard I could feel it hitting my chest," he said.

"The doctors didn't know what type of spider it was, but I'd got a picture of it on my phone and they sent it to Bristol Zoo to identify it."

Doctors were able to treat Stevens by giving him oxygen and increasing the flow of saline into his blood to flush the toxins out of his system, and he was discharged the next day.

Hey, Cyracuz. Glad to see you back on the radio.

Ice Cream indeed, except the chocolate always drops on my keyboard.





News

Airbus A380 Completes Historic 1st Flight

2 hours, 14 minutes ago Europe - AP


By LAURENCE FROST, AP Business Writer

BLAGNAC, France - The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, completed its maiden flight Wednesday, a milestone for aviation and for the European aircraft-maker's battle with American rival Boeing Co.




Airbus A380 Makes Historic Maiden Flight






The giant plane landed successfully to applause at 2:22 p.m (8:22 a.m. EDT) after a flight of nearly four hours. About 30,000 spectators watched the behemoth take off and touch down, 101 years after the Wright brothers achieved the first controlled, sustained flight.


The plane was carrying a crew of six and 22 tons of on-board test instruments.

Now that the Concorde sst is no longer, perhaps the giant in the sky will be its replacement

Oh, my God! A spider as big as his hand, Bob? The venom would NOT have gotten me before I had a coronary. I never heard of a wandering Brazil spider!

I never saw a Brazilian spider,
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you any day,
I rather BE than see one.

On tv yesterday they said that the most deadly poison known to man is not spider venom or cobra venom. It is a substance that has been used as a pesticide since the 1800s. This info blew me away. The most lethal poison in the world is NICOTINE. Smoke em if you got em

UhOh, Norway. I guess the tobacco worm has developed a resistance, but that is a shocker!

One of these days, maybe, perhaps, if only, I will be able to do pictures, but for now:


This may work and it may not. Edited because it did NOT work.

The spider touch..

Was that a quiz clue? Goldfinger! As sung by our Shirley Bassey.

Goldfinger,
He's the man - the man with the Midas touch.
A spider's touch.
Such a cold finger, beckons you to enter his web of sin.
But don't go in.


Golden words he will pour in your ear.
But his lies can't disguise what you fear.
For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her.
It's the kiss of death from Mister Goldfinger.
Pretty girl, beware of this heart of gold.
This heart is cold.


Golden words he will pour in your ear.
But his lies can't disguise what you fear.
For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her.
It's the kiss of death from Mister Goldfinger.
Pretty girl, beware of his heart of gold.
This heart is cold.
He loves only gold.
Only gold.
He loves gold.
He loves only gold.
Only gold.
He loves gold...

Right, McTag, that's what I was thinking about...

Good Day to all!

April 27 B.D. Celebs:

1737 Edward Gibbon, historian/author (Putney, Surrey, England; died 1794)
1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/feminist (London, England; died 1797)
1791 Samuel Morse, inventor of the magnetic telegraph and artist (Charlestown, MA; died 1872)
1820 Herbert Spencer, philosopher (Britain; died 1903)
1822 Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States and Civil War general (Point Pleasant, OH; died 1885)
1896 Rogers Hornsby, baseball player (Winters, TX; died 1963)
1922 Jack Klugman, actor (Philadelphia, PA)
1927 Coretta Scott King, civil rights leader and widow of Martin Luther King Jr. (Marion, AL)
1933 Casey Kasem, radio personality (Detroit, MI)
1934 Anouk Aimee, actress (Paris, France)
1937 Sandy Dennis, actress (Hastings, NE; died 1992)
1938 Earl Anthony, champion bowler (Tacoma, WA)
1939 Judy Carne Northhampton England, comedienne (Laugh-in, Fair Exchange)
1945 August Wilson, playwright (Pittsburgh, PA)
1959 Sheena Easton, singer (Bellshill, Scotland)

Okay, I get to post a new line for song identification:

Let's have a British one, in honour (Br sp) of Di and Dys's European trip:

"Kick up a rumpus, but don't lose the compass"

Could it be this, my friend?

I'm getting married registered in the morning...
Ding-dong the bells are going to chime,
Pull out the stopper,
Let's have a whopper,
But get me to the church Greater London Council building on time.
I've got to be there in the morning,
Spruced up and looking in my prime,
Boys come and kiss me,
Show how you'll miss me,
But get me to the church Greater London Council building on time.
If I am flying,
Then shoot me down,
If I am wooing,
Get him out of town!
Oh, I'm getting married registered in the morning,
Ding-dong the bells are going to chime,
Kick up a rumpus,
But don't lose the compas
And get me to the church Greater London Council building,
Get me to the church Greater London Council building,
For Gawd's sake,
Get me to the church Greater London Council building, on time.

From "My Fair Lady", it would be the following (nearly the same as
"some irreverent musings by a gay London guy" Francis posted :wink: )

I'm getting married in the morning, Ding dong the bells are gonna chime
Kick up a rumpus, but don't lose the compass
And get me to the church - Get him to the church
For Gawd's sake get me to the church on time.

Goldfinger! The very first of the James Bond movies?

Hey, Francis. Thanks, I think . Anything that is harry and scurries gives me the creeps whether they are venomous or not!

And here's our Raggedy accompanied by Jack Klugman (among others).

What was the name of his TV series where he was a forensic pathologist?

I never see that term that I don't remember this quote from the book, A Case of Need. The author was the fellow who dropped out of med school and wrote The Andromeda Strain.

A psychiatrist knows everything and does nothing
A surgeon knows nothing and does everything
A dermatologist knows nothing and does nothing
A forensic pathologist knows everything but a day late.

Stick around, listeners. We cover everything from the inside out.

ah, Francis, McTag, Walter. I blinked my eyes and there you were.

My Fair Lady again, right? I adored that song, amongst others. Ah, Liza's instinctual drift at the races.

Back later, listeners. Must call about some blood tests.

Good afternoon and Good evening to our listeners here on WA2K radio:

News flash:

WASHINGTON - President Bush was rushed from the Oval Office to an underground shelter and Vice President Dick Cheney was taken to a secure location Wednesday on fears that an unidentified aircraft had entered restricted space near the White House. Officials said it was a false alarm.





The brief scare lasted only a few minutes before officials determined there was no threat, White House counselor Dan Bartlett said.


The incident was sparked by a blip on a radar screen that turned out to be a false alarm and no aircraft actually entered restricted air space, said Brian Roehrkasse, a Homeland Security Department spokesman. Helicopters scrambled to investigate confirmed the lack of errant aircraft, he said.


Secret Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry would say only: "There was a report of a possible violation of restricted air space which has since been cleared."


Some White House staff members were moved out of the West Wing and tourists were rushed from the East Wing and sent to the far side of a park across the street from the compound. Gun-toting Secret Service uniformed officers took up positions around the White House compound.


White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Bush was working in the Oval Office at the time and was taken to the underground bunker. The president was there "a very short amount of time," McClellan said.


Cheney was notified about the scare and moved to a secure location, according to an administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the security information. He arrived at the White House minutes after the situation was resolved.


The last known time Bush was taken to the underground shelter was on the night of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks when security fears prompted officials to move the president and his wife.

Often our world does rather resemble Bowie's song:

Up the Hill Backwards

The vacuum created by the arrival of freedom
And the possibilities it seems to offer
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it

A series of shocks - sneakers fall apart
Earth keeps on rolling - witnesses falling
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it

Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards
It'll be alright ooo-ooo

While we sleep they go to work
We're legally crippled it's the death of love
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it

More idols then realities
I'm OK, you're so-so

Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards
It'll be alright ooo-ooo

We'll miss our friends when they attend
The European faction.
Please let us know
Just how it goes
And all the main attractions.

Lighning struck Tony Blair's campaign plane today, while they were flying in it. No harm done, minor news item.

UhOh! McTag. Could it be that Thor is trying to tell us something?

I didn't use "God" because Tony is not a fundamentalist.

A new version of the sermon on the mount:

Blessed are the peace makers for they shall be ignored.

Listeners, that little gem of wisdom came from two other threads here in our vast A2K audience.

Couldn't have been me. I'm only half vast.