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Sioni Sais
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Happy to help!
How the heck did I manage to remember that? It must be at least twenty years since I read that book. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Do Anglican ordinands graduating from theological college (in England) get an academic hood or is it different for theological colleges?
If you get a degree you are entitled to wear the appropriate hood. Of course most graduates never do, apart perhaps from hiring one for the day if they go to the graduation ceremony (which many don't).
If you don't get a degree there is no hood.
Simple.
My lovely bride has a hood!
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If you are merely a graduate (and probably loaded with tuition debt) you could just rent your hood for the ceremony. If you are faculty, then you have to do this thing at least once a year, and you might as well invest in a hood of your own. My sister-in-law, a double doctorate in a couple veterinary fields, decided that she might as well buy one.
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Sir Kevin
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As did my wife, though she is unlikely to get a Ph.D. in the next thirty years!
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Or if you sing in a robed choir. I choose not to wear mine as my degree is not in theology or music, but many people do - for festival evensong which, in our church, is approximately once a month.
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L'organist
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I only bother with a hood if I'm playing elsewhere and so am robed - choose which on a whim!
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okay, speaking of weirdo things...
has anybody run across a person who can point to an object, but maybe 30% of the time, their pointing is significantly off center for the object they are trying to point at? Similarly, if YOU point to an object and ask them to name it, about 30% of the time they name an object perhaps two feet away from the correct one (and always in the same wrong direction)?
We're talking about objects maybe 15 feet away or less, so the deficit is noticeable when you're paying attention, though not wildly, wildly wrong.
I'm wondering if this is some funky vision or processing thing. It would explain a lot.
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Yesterday I bumped into a family of Nigerian origin whose two children were called Hosannah and Mohammed. Is hosannah a word used by Muslims or is it more likely the names are related to a mixed marriage?
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Originally posted by chive:
Yesterday I bumped into a family of Nigerian origin whose two children were called Hosannah and Mohammed. Is hosannah a word used by Muslims or is it more likely the names are related to a mixed marriage?
I can't find any reference to it being used by Muslims.
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Originally posted by chive:
Yesterday I bumped into a family of Nigerian origin whose two children were called Hosannah and Mohammed. Is hosannah a word used by Muslims or is it more likely the names are related to a mixed marriage?
I know some Nigerians who have both Christians and Muslims in their immediate family. Even brothers and sisters. Not neccessarily "mixed marriages", it can be choice or conversion.
I've also seen at least two baptisms/confirmations of someone named Mohammad - both child and adult.
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Matt Black
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Can anyone tell me the name of the highly irritating (in more ways than one!) chemical with which they impregnate 'easy iron/ easy care/ non-iron/ bloody itchy' shirts and why the hell it is well-nigh impossible to buy a short-sleeved work shirt which is not thus adulterated?
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L'organist
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Matt: there are several products and two methods of making cotton clothing 'easy/non-iron'.
In less expensive garments either the fabric or the made-up garment is surface sprayed with a coating, sometimes including Teflon. Several reasons why this is not good: (a) often gives the appearance of being 60/40 polyester-cotton; (b) tends to wear off quite quickly so you're back to ironing before long; (c) as the product gets heated by being worn it can give off several chemicals including formaldehyde.
More expensive easy/non-iron garments are different: here the thread or yarn is treated before being made up into fabric and then into the finished garment. The non-iron property thus lasts far longer.
The chemical make-up is pretty much the same for both products.
There may be two causes for your itching: either the resin itself is causing irritation, or the perfume these products have added to give that 'fresh-cotton' smell.
I'm afraid the solution is two-fold: buy only pure cotton shirts without any treatment and always use a non-perfumed, non-bio washing product, preferably a liquid since the non-caking agent in powders can also cause irritation and NEVER USE FABRIC CONDITIONERS.
Chin-up: if you put shirts on a hanger to dry then require little ironing.
Most of the family suffer from eczema in one form or another so we've got a bit of experience in this...
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Thanks! I actually quite enjoy ironing, which is the...er...irony here: I don't want 'easy iron' shirts in the first place! So heating them might get rid of the 'foul humours'...?
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Sadly, no. Multiple washes may get rid of some/most of the coating, or you could try dissolving 2 dessertspoons of Soda Crystals (Sodium Carbonate) in warm water and add to the wash (40 degrees) - should get rid of the coating and is also brilliant for stain removal.
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Matt Black
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Aha! Will try that. Many thanks. In the meantime, hitherto the local Clothing Bank has benefitted from the gifts of such articles from well-meaning relatives!
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While I was staying with my brother over Easter my nephew signed my new i-pod nano up with i-tunes, at least I think he did. As part of the sign-up he had to enter my email address. Does the fact that I haven't received an email confirmation mean that I haven't actually been signed up?
Huia the technopeasant. (can't spell either)
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Possibly.
You would need a password to use it.
It will only take money from you if you give it your credit or debit card number. I hope your nephew doesn't know that!
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Thanks Ken. We didn't actually enter that so I'm safe from having them take any money off me, I just wasn't sure I was actually regustered.
I just might have to take the scary step of actually buying something, but I guess it isn't any more complicated that Amazon and I have managed to spen more than I should there ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) .
Nephew is a lovely young man, it's just that he has difficulty going slow enough for me ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) .
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Originally posted by Huia:
[...] I just wasn't sure I was actually regustered. [...]
I love the word 'regustered'. It sounds quite like 'flustered', and I think people should use it more often. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Matt Black
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A vive la différènce question: is the blood sugar-regulating capacity of women different from that of men? I ask because my wife and indeed all the women in my office are always snacking between meals on something or other and, when asked why, invariably reply, "It's my blood sugar." Neither I nor any of the blokes I know seem to experience this phenomenon, so is it different and, if so, why/ how?
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Originally posted by Matt Black:
"It's my blood sugar."
Hmmm. Must remember to use that.
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Originally posted by Matt Black:
A vive la différènce question: is the blood sugar-regulating capacity of women different from that of men? I ask because my wife and indeed all the women in my office are always snacking between meals on something or other and, when asked why, invariably reply, "It's my blood sugar." Neither I nor any of the blokes I know seem to experience this phenomenon, so is it different and, if so, why/ how?
And a related question - why don't men experience chocolate in the same way as women? Why doesn't it hit all their pleasure sensors? Why do you never hear a man claim that good chocolate is better than mediocre sex?
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Because men can't admit that sex is anything less than fantastic every time.
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Originally posted by The Rogue:
Because men can't admit that sex is anything less than fantastic every time.
Which reminds me of an old joke:
Why are women so bad at parallel parking? Because men keep telling us that this...
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Originally posted by North East Quine:
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Originally posted by Matt Black:
A vive la différènce question: is the blood sugar-regulating capacity of women different from that of men? I ask because my wife and indeed all the women in my office are always snacking between meals on something or other and, when asked why, invariably reply, "It's my blood sugar." Neither I nor any of the blokes I know seem to experience this phenomenon, so is it different and, if so, why/ how?
And a related question - why don't men experience chocolate in the same way as women? Why doesn't it hit all their pleasure sensors? Why do you never hear a man claim that good chocolate is better than mediocre sex?
Because it isn't. That's beer.
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Matt Black
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Originally posted by Matt Black:
A vive la différènce question: is the blood sugar-regulating capacity of women different from that of men? I ask because my wife and indeed all the women in my office are always snacking between meals on something or other and, when asked why, invariably reply, "It's my blood sugar." Neither I nor any of the blokes I know seem to experience this phenomenon, so is it different and, if so, why/ how?
I think it is because women are more pressured about their appearance and feel the need to excuse.
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Originally posted by North East Quine:
And a related question - why don't men experience chocolate in the same way as women? Why doesn't it hit all their pleasure sensors? Why do you never hear a man claim that good chocolate is better than mediocre sex?
I think it proof that men are actually responsible for The Fall. Not being able to experience Chocolate fully is their punishment. And single orgasms and shorter duration....
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Come again?
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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
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Originally posted by North East Quine:
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Originally posted by Matt Black:
A vive la différènce question: is the blood sugar-regulating capacity of women different from that of men? I ask because my wife and indeed all the women in my office are always snacking between meals on something or other and, when asked why, invariably reply, "It's my blood sugar." Neither I nor any of the blokes I know seem to experience this phenomenon, so is it different and, if so, why/ how?
And a related question - why don't men experience chocolate in the same way as women? Why doesn't it hit all their pleasure sensors? Why do you never hear a man claim that good chocolate is better than mediocre sex?
Because it isn't. That's beer.
Karl - at last something we agree on! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Matt Black
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There does seem to be a physiological rather than psychological difference though: Mrs B gets 'the shakes' if she doesn't snack between meals, as does her mother and several other women I know. If I'm hungry, OTOH, I feel hungry and my stomach rumbles etc but I don't feel shaky or faint. Why the difference?
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Originally posted by Matt Black:
There does seem to be a physiological rather than psychological difference though: Mrs B gets 'the shakes' if she doesn't snack between meals, as does her mother and several other women I know. If I'm hungry, OTOH, I feel hungry and my stomach rumbles etc but I don't feel shaky or faint. Why the difference?
I've read that many women are permanently anaemic. Could there be a connection to that?
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Could it be that some women, particularly younger women, are more likely to go without breakfast? Perhaps young women, by going on diets, accustom themselves to ignore signals that they need food?
A garden-designer friend, female, starts every day with porridge: she learned some years ago that attempting a days' work without a proper breakfast left her prone to giddiness, and that any work she did on the drawing board wasn't going to be up to much.
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Matt Black
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Hmmm...don't think it's that: both Mrs B and her mum are avid consumers of breakfasts, so I suspect it's more hormonal (as in insulin etc) and/ or metabolic. Are there any medics on board who can shed any light?
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I'm female and rarely snack, at least during the week (also, as an aside, I like chocolate well enough but not in the way some people talk about it). I don't get dizzy or anything between meals.
It sounds to me like some individuals might need to snack but rather more like to have an excuse to.
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I know men and women who get the shakes from not eating and men and women who are chocoholics.
So, if there is a difference between men and women in either of those two things, there is also overlap.
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Matt Black
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Interesting. If you do get the shakes, could that be indicative of an underlying medical problem?
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Another one who gets the shakes, as does my daughter. I do eat breakfast, around 7am today. It's usually muesli or porridge and that helps, but I really wanted my lunch when I got to it at 2pm today. When I was cycling 7/8 miles each way to and from work, I found I had to eat a cereal bar before cycling home at the end of the day or I'd really shake, half way home.
When my daughter was small the Health Visitor recommended 5 small meals a day for her, rather than 3, which helped.
I do get anaemic.
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Matt Black
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Would you say though that such experiences are within the 'normal' parameters or is this indicative of some kind of medical problem ie: should I get Mrs B to go and see The Quack™?
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Brenda Clough
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Could it be that you are very sensitive to blood sugar levels? A small snack kicks your blood sugar back up again. I find I cannot do without food for too long (no fasting for me) because my blood sugar just dips too low.
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I would like some legal advice. I don't want to avoid consulting a lawyer; I want to convince a friend that he needs a lawyer.
Daniel makes stringed instruments and sends some of them to a dealer to be sold. The dealer has gone bankrupt, owing Daniel money for Daniel's instruments that he has sold.
Daniel thinks there's nothing he can do. I think that the dealer must have some assets, and I think Daniel has a stronger claim to be paid than many other creditors.
Would any legal beagles care to comment?
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People react in different ways to dropping blood sugar levels, and some are likely to be more sensitive as well. My standaard mode has always been to go from fine to nauseated in 15 minutes, usually with no time at all in the "pleasantly hungry" mode. Unless it's overnight, in which case i can easily fast till early afternoon without consequences. There are douubtless a host of factors playing into this, including the nature ( protein or carbs?) Of the last meal taken. But generally the adult most affected will have worked out their own quirks and found ways of coping, andwill resent being told how to handle their particular metabolisms by anyone but a doctor. If you re concerned, gentle encouragement tosee a doc is about the best you can do. (Just had a total stranger-- a cleaning person in my hospital room--demand to know how much i had eaten and render her judgement on the contents of my plate. Thanks everso, and would you please show me your MD? ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
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I think that the dealer must have some assets, and I think Daniel has a stronger claim to be paid than many other creditors.
He should certainly consider filing a claim.
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Thanks for the responses re blood sugar.
Re the bankruptcy, I can only give limited comment re the law here but if the situation was in England and Wales, he should make his claim known to the trustee in bankruptcy: he should wind up with something even if it's only a few pence in the pound or cents in the dollar.
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Brenda Clough
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Re: bankruptcy. I hope that when the instrument maker consigned his product to the seller that he has a paper record. Receipts, an agreement to sell them, that kind of thing. He has not been just despatching the things to the store without any correspondence, right? With a paper trail he has a case. Don't let him wait too long to get going, however. Once everything grinds through bankruptcy there's no re-dos.
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My, extremely limited, knowledge of bankruptcy call to mind two factors of recovery.
One is size of claim and order of claims. In other words, as there are limited assets, the largest and the first claims are most likely to receive some recompense. Later and smaller, less or nothing.
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
My, extremely limited, knowledge of bankruptcy call to mind two factors of recovery.
One is size of claim and order of claims. In other words, as there are limited assets, the largest and the first claims are most likely to receive some recompense. Later and smaller, less or nothing.
When I was a claimant (a former employer had gone belly-up) it was the attorneys handling the bankruptcy who were given first priority for payment (what a surprise!). After that there was a list, but of course there was nothing left after the attorneys were paid.
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quote:
Originally posted by Moo:
I would like some legal advice. I don't want to avoid consulting a lawyer; I want to convince a friend that he needs a lawyer.
Daniel makes stringed instruments and sends some of them to a dealer to be sold. The dealer has gone bankrupt, owing Daniel money for Daniel's instruments that he has sold.
Daniel thinks there's nothing he can do. I think that the dealer must have some assets, and I think Daniel has a stronger claim to be paid than many other creditors.
Would any legal beagles care to comment?
Moo
It depends (as do so many things). The local Bankruptcy Act , which I can't quickly find, probably has provision for the order of payment of debts. Some creditors, such as employees and the tax authorities, have priority over others. Secured creditors may realise their security, but the local law might limit their recovery to that security. I'd be surprised if size or age of debts came into it, but there may be local provision for this. it is possible that the debtor had possession of the goods on consignment and that this might give Daniel some priority in recovery.
Daniel would be well advised to talk to a local community legal centre or similar, and the sooner he does so the better. Sorry I can't be of more assistance.
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Moo, After some searching, I have found that bankruptcy law in the US, as here, is Federal. The relevant provisions about priorities can be found at:
Bankruptcy priorities
which will be a start for Daniel. The style of writing is not that I'm used to, but he may find something here which assists him. But he's best to seek advice from some community legal advice centre, being careful to describe fully the arrangements on sale.
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Sorry, that link does not seem to work. Thry this:
Bankruptcy priorities
Fingers crossed. I've cut out the http part.
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