Got the radiographs

[Pooka1]

TELL ME ABOUT IT!

My husband is a ranch manager on a small ranch with 6 horses. My son works there also as does his girlfriend who is a vet student and a horse whisperer (she calls it a Horse Arguer)

At the dinner table, I try to tell my little scoli stories and my basal cell issues, and I get Nothing... I know more than I ever wanted to know about horse colic...and other delicate issues.

What kind of a world is it when a horse steals all my press?-
paraphrasing Jack Nicholson as the Joker in Batman.

LOL

Great post! You're a hoot.

[foofer]

Hey foofer, sorry to hear about the basal cell stuff. I know people who went through that. I heard that even just one bad burn can trigger it years later.

In re "driver," I use that as a general term meaning some chemical or biochemical thing that works to change something else. That said, I found this abstract...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20920753

These authors seem to be using "driver" like I do but it is not specific to epigenetics. I will use that work in my own work which is not biochem.

Thanks, Sharon! We were posting/broadcasting simultaneously...

I'm just needing a tiny bit of sympathy. Recently- like in the past month- my theme song seems to be "It all started when I was about 12"...when it comes to niggly health issues... Aside from scoli, basal, and UTI issues (started at the age of about 12), life is pretty good and I got nuthin' to complain about....especially since I learned something new today.

[Pooka1]

Hey Amy, here... maybe this will cheer you up...

http://www.webhamster.com/

Also, next time you are arguing with someone who is wrong, spring this on them...

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2010/1...res-owl-wrong/

I hope you feel better.

[foofer]

Hey Amy, here... maybe this will cheer you up...

http://www.webhamster.com/

Also, next time you are arguing with someone who is wrong, spring this on them...

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2010/1...res-owl-wrong/

I hope you feel better.

OMG, the hamster dance.

I dashed that one off to my daughter (age 28) immediately. I know it will remind her of when she was about age 12 - I heard the resounding choir of the hamster dance from her computer many many times . Deep sigh...

Thanks. ::

[titaniumed]

Sharon
Thx for posting the x-rays. Nice to see a face or at least an x-ray. Hope the girls are fine.

And....I must comment on your sig. Always entertaining!

Jess, We do have birds in Nevada! This picture will give you an example of what we have to deal with out here. If you see one of these through your binoculars, it can be pretty scary.
Ed

[Pooka1]

Hey Ti Ed, I googled Cape May and birdwatching and found this...

http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/03/24...es/24bird.html

So I guess that is a good place to start.

Will this become a new hobby for you ya think?

[titaniumed]

Actually no.

50% of identification involves hearing, listening for all the clicks and ticks many birds make, and my hearing is shot. My eyes are giving me problems also. This makes it difficult.

Ed

[Pooka1]

Thanks for sharing those images Sharon.
Is kid1's fusion one level longer than kid 2? Hard to compare the two, but I was curious.
-Cara

Cara, If you count the screws on the right-side rods of each kid, it is 10. That comports with ten levels from T4-L1.

Also note the extreme similarity between the two constructs in terms of screw and hook placement on each rod, cross piece number and placement, etc.

[foofer]

Sharon
Thx for posting the x-rays. Nice to see a face or at least an x-ray. Hope the girls are fine.

And....I must comment on your sig. Always entertaining!

Jess, We do have birds in Nevada! This picture will give you an example of what we have to deal with out here. If you see one of these through your binoculars, it can be pretty scary.
Ed

Just noticed this...

OMG, I think I waited on this bird today at work.