...were more interested in surgery.

I want a bride he said!

yrs
Wiktor & Igor

ps get clicking we is at 17/100!!

And, yeah, I do take a little credit for inspiring that doctor to get out the drill and save the boy's life.

You're into saving lives? Somehow I'd got the impression that you were more interested in surgery.

**Robyn…

about the surprisingly handyman-like tools routinely used in operating rooms...

and ripped from today's headlines Life imitates art

A country doctor saved the life of an Australian teenager by boring a hole into his skull with a household power drill to remove a blood clot.

yrs
Blackened…

but that (at that point) the all-male commenters did get it

I'm going to 'little fake offence whimper' now, because my comment is about half a page earlier than yours.

expand upon the reasons for your womanly alienation?

Are you suggesting women are not alien?

but that (at that point) the all-male commenters did get it

I find relaxing (disconnecting) the cortex helps when reading Dr David. There is a kind of state you enter where it all seems so…

Er... could you possible expand upon the reasons for your womanly alienation?

It was kind of a joke, but kind of not.

Basically, I read the post, then read the comments and realised that I didn't really get it, but that (at that point) the all-male commenters did get it.…

Also, on the drill front: I, like most people, have a 10mm chuck on my Ryobi. If I can't find a 13mm reduced shank, is a spade bit acceptable for treppanning, or would I be better with a hole cutter?

As a woman, I feel alienated by this thread.

I'm not entirely sure whether this is a sophisticated post-modern joke, or not. If not, then apologies if I've inadvertently caused any offence to womankind — none intended, I assure you!

Er... could you possible expand upon the…

I thought the trick for tank welding involved filling the tank with water?

At the risk of going way off topic: I haven't heard of filling petrol tanks with water for welding/brazing — but then that's the only petrol tank I've ever worked on, and I…

Not trying this at home would be a good move.

nervous as I started brazing...

Brazen.

As a woman, I feel alienated by this thread.

Because we're talking about cleaning?

Eerie.

Unbloodycanny.

to dispel those recurring mental images of your former partner and their new lover in the throes of sexual ecstasy.

Stop it, I just can't think of Alan Bollard in that way.

I think your suggestion to use an angle grinder to get into the petrol tank is quite irresponsible and I may need to dob you in to OSH

Please note that, for nervous patients, I also included the safer option of using an oxy-acetylene torch*.

Rob Stowell wrote:…

If it's one of those posh new HSV utes, I'd even consider using Woodford Reserve.

The weird thing is, the one time I did get blood all over the flat-deck of a ute, the one thing I had on hand to clean it up WAS Jim Beam.

Eerie.

But also,…

(please do not publish my name as this is a sensitive subject)

See earlier comment re bourbon/RTDs.

Regards

Dr Leigh
Locum for Dr David

Do you have a cure for a broken heart?

(please do not publish my name as this is a sensitive subject)

Ooh, ooh, I know this one:
Jim Beam.

Should you be in a financial position where a bottle of bourbon is out of your reach, a six-pack of Woodstock (or most other RTDs) will do…

What's the best solvent for getting the blood off the tray of my ute?

Ooh, ooh, I know this one:
Jim Beam.

You know the drill; take the bit between your teeth.

Is that close to sit on it and rotate?

"Someday son, this awl will be yours!"

oh alright I'll kiss the drill

yrs
Wal O'Sound

That's the sort of PC nonsense that's ruining this country of ours. I bet you're the sort of mollycoddling fool who doesn't let his kids play with corrosive liquids. Pah.

Yeah, why can't kids these days play HE grenade hackysack? Or cowboys and indians with live ammo?

I recently removed a friend's finger with a large axe, requiring taking him to hospital for treatment for the extensive and unexpected haemorrhaging.

What's the best solvent for getting the blood off the tray of my ute?

I think your suggestion to use an angle grinder to get into the petrol tank is quite irresponsible

That's the sort of PC nonsense that's ruining this country of ours. I bet you're the sort of mollycoddling fool who doesn't let his kids play with corrosive liquids. Pah.

There are many medical practitioners who would advocate for drilling a few holes in your skull anyway, Ian

Oh you're just venting!
But it doesn't auger well,
I'll give it a go myself,
with some trepanation
small bore that I am...

yrs Cyril B. Cortex

Do you also practise midwifery?

Midwifery and obstetrics are hoaxes, Leigh — plain and simple. In China, almost all women give birth in the rice paddies and go straight back to work afterwards. And there's no reason that women from other countries can't do the same. Mind…

As a child I was offered a shandy while visiting relatives on the West Coast. I was looking forward to this exotic concoction of, I assumed, Sherry and Brandy and was dismayed, desolate and dispirited to be given a sickly sweet diluted malt based hop flavoured brew,…