MountieBoyOz
Eater of Worlds
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
We still doing the rebooted Dead Pool for February?
We still doing the rebooted Dead Pool for February?
USCHO Fan Forum
This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
-
The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.
I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
- Thread starter Twitch Boy
- Start date
- Status
melmac
Math atheist
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
Crap. Yes, I wanted to do that. I just haven't gotten around to doing anything for it. What are the odds we can get it put together before Feb 1st?
Shirtless Guy
Old Dirty Basterd
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
Just bump it to march and start bugging people, no point in rushing it, that won't increase our turnout.
MountieBoyOz
Eater of Worlds
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
I concur. I haven't been thinking about it either. I just remembered in passing. Push it to March 1. We can call it our own version of March Madness.
I concur. I haven't been thinking about it either. I just remembered in passing. Push it to March 1. We can call it our own version of March Madness.
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
Bad pun. Bad pun. Which makes it good!I concur. I haven't been thinking about it either. I just remembered in passing. Push it to March 1. We can call it our own version of March Madness.
ExileOnDaytonStreet
Drunkard
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
Keep an eye on Caleb Moore, snowmobiler from the X-Games.
Keep an eye on Caleb Moore, snowmobiler from the X-Games.
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
Saw in the obits about 3 weeks ago John Sutherland. Any fans of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance may remember he and his wife Sylvia went along on the trip out west with the author Robert Pirsig and his son. I was told by a friend of a friend of John that after the book was published they never spoke again. Great book, due for a re-read.
Saw in the obits about 3 weeks ago John Sutherland. Any fans of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance may remember he and his wife Sylvia went along on the trip out west with the author Robert Pirsig and his son. I was told by a friend of a friend of John that after the book was published they never spoke again. Great book, due for a re-read.
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
A cardio/thoracic surgeon of my acquaintance once told me, at the end of the day, pneumonia is probably the number one cause of death.
A cardio/thoracic surgeon of my acquaintance once told me, at the end of the day, pneumonia is probably the number one cause of death.
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
Only because it is easy to put that down on paper when you just do not know the underlying cause. But you are 100% correct-it is usually the diagnosis of choice. Koch reportedly has fluid in his lungs-pneumonia? maybe. Congestive heart failure? more likely. A lung tumor of some sort? possible. Undoubtedly when the time comes it will be called pneumonia.
Only because it is easy to put that down on paper when you just do not know the underlying cause. But you are 100% correct-it is usually the diagnosis of choice. Koch reportedly has fluid in his lungs-pneumonia? maybe. Congestive heart failure? more likely. A lung tumor of some sort? possible. Undoubtedly when the time comes it will be called pneumonia.
Bloomberg's disease.
like people saying so and so died from an embolus. If we were in Europe where autopsies are mandatory and the pathologist are, well, real, we'd know. i could care less personally, but I'm just surprised that the greedy insurance companies don't demand more accurate causes.
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
Death certificates in this country are often treated as a formality. Families also often try to avoid any sort of autopsy being performed (frequently for religious reasons) and just want a doctor to put something down as cause of death. Then of course, there is still the stigma attached to some diagnoses. If you ever get the chance to watch a Neil Simon movie entitled Brighton Beach Memoirs-there is a bit of dialogue there which hints at this. The idea that some illnesses had to be whispered instead of spoken out loud for fear of actually getting them.
Death certificates in this country are often treated as a formality. Families also often try to avoid any sort of autopsy being performed (frequently for religious reasons) and just want a doctor to put something down as cause of death. Then of course, there is still the stigma attached to some diagnoses. If you ever get the chance to watch a Neil Simon movie entitled Brighton Beach Memoirs-there is a bit of dialogue there which hints at this. The idea that some illnesses had to be whispered instead of spoken out loud for fear of actually getting them.
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
Right. Hell, my girlfriend just recently lost her best friend for like forever recently to AIDS back the first part of October, and his mother couldn't really admit that it was that that and he wasn't going to beat that pneumonia again.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
It's a complete waste of time and money when the cause of death is obviously not in the public interest. If someone died from an unknown and contagious disease, yes, an autopsy should be (and probably is) required. If it's part of a criminal or civil investigation, probably required.
However, it doesn't make sense to perform an autopsy on a 90-year-old person when it's obvious they died from "old age".
It's a complete waste of time and money when the cause of death is obviously not in the public interest. If someone died from an unknown and contagious disease, yes, an autopsy should be (and probably is) required. If it's part of a criminal or civil investigation, probably required.
However, it doesn't make sense to perform an autopsy on a 90-year-old person when it's obvious they died from "old age".
busterman62
I got a pocket full of kryptonite
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
"Autopsies are the flower—no, the red rose—of medicine."
"Autopsies are the flower—no, the red rose—of medicine."
Re: I Think I'll Go For A Walk - Death Pool Thread
Depends on what blood vessel is involved and the location. If it is cerebral-or aortic in some very touchy location-then we are talking major difficulty. Since most of his blood flow is probably below the belt line
-he might not be in so much trouble.
Depends on what blood vessel is involved and the location. If it is cerebral-or aortic in some very touchy location-then we are talking major difficulty. Since most of his blood flow is probably below the belt line
-he might not be in so much trouble.- Status