L. Marcus Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 It's muscle all the way -- the peristaltic motion can move mountains! But there are places along the way that a stone is more likely to get stuck -- the beginning of the ureter where it leaves the pyelum; the crossing of the big pelvic blood vessels; and the ostium, where the ureter passes through the wall of the bladder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Ouchie, no matter what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Yas, ouchie. One of the diagnostic criteria for kidney stone is that the patient don't want to remain still, but tries to relieve the agony by moving around -- "climbing the walls", as we say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 New topic, please? Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 How about that there Ebola outbreak, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Which one? Aren't there two going on right now? And MERS is spiking, though they finally determined that the palindromedaries are the carrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Gonna break 80 F ~ 27 C here today and tomorrow. Of course, I have labs both afternoons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Oh, and: College girls in sun dresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 ... We had snow today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Sun dresses in Seattle? Sounds made-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Possibly worn under raincoats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Under leather jackets and with Doc Martens, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Oh, and: College girls in sun dresses. Pics or it didn't happen. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Nigeria school students? Not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 SU doesn't have any publicly-accessible webcams, but U Washington some 3-4 miles north of us does, at https://www.washington.edu/cambots/camera1_l.jpg EDIT: purported refresh time is 5 minutes, as seen https://www.washington.edu/cambots/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Nigeria school students? Not sure. Kidnapped and married off to terrorists for $12 a head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Kidnapped and married off to terrorists for $12 a head. that makes me sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 It would be very easy to read that comment as a dismissive sneer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 And yet it's more sympathetic press than the Western media have given that story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 But things like that only happens abroad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 With the trafficking that is known to go on here, the only implausible part is the $12 a head part. The monetary profits are much higher here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Trafficking is, sadly, a global phenomenon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Yeah, though people don't like to admit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 What? Who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 That response reminds me of an old Dilbert cartoon. Dogbert: "There are 3.5 billion women who do not desire you." Dilbert: (Frowning) "Name them." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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