On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:51:39 +0000, Peter Duncanson wrote:

But just think how frustrating it would be for a doctor if a glowing
patient walks through the door and the doctor doesn't have a
spectrophotometer.

Is that not a quite common occurrence in the village of Sellafield?

On 11/11/2011 15:27, J G Miller wrote:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:51:39 +0000, Peter Duncanson wrote:

But just think how frustrating it would be for a doctor if a glowing
patient walks through the door and the doctor doesn't have a
spectrophotometer.

Is that not a quite common occurrence in the village of Sellafield?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk0WzCtF0yY

Must admit I thought it was the Goodies (which I watched) not NTNOCN
(which I didn't!)

Andy

In article ,
Tim Downie wrote:
That reminds me of the time my late father was a medical rep in the
'60s. His firm gave him a small bottle of mercury to carry in his
briefcase and offer a complimentary spectrophotometer top-up service
to doctors.

I suspect you mean sphygmomanometer. Can see why doctors would need a
spectrophotometer. Not many of their patients glow. ;-)

Just love this group. ;-)

--
*I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges*

Dave Plowman London SW
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In message , J G Miller
writes
Is that not a quite common occurrence in the village of Sellafield?
You mean Seascale, and you may be right;-)
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Clive

On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:37:58 +0000, Davey
wrote:

Memories of those stick-on plastic films that were sold to turn your B&W
TV into a colour set, with a greenish strip across the bottom and a
bluish strip across the top.
Hands up anyone who can remember them?

I recall the small ads for them in the back pages of certain Sunday
newspapers. Also the Fresnel screens to turn a 14" portable into a 26"
monster telly.

On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 11:04:25 -0000, Terry Casey
wrote:

My grandad had one, along with one of those oil-filled plastic
magnifying lenses (anyone remember those?)


Was it not water (instead of oil)?

Definitely not water!

I drilled a hole in one once to find out - what came out of it was a
viscous clear fluid.

Possibly liquid paraffin (as sold by many chemist shops for un-bunging
internals).

"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 11:04:25 -0000, Terry Casey
wrote:

My grandad had one, along with one of those oil-filled plastic
magnifying lenses (anyone remember those?)


Was it not water (instead of oil)?

Definitely not water!

I drilled a hole in one once to find out - what came out of it was a
viscous clear fluid.

Possibly liquid paraffin (as sold by many chemist shops for un-bunging
internals).

....or externally as a hair oil.

--
Max Demian