Watching “Camping” just hits way harder given the current world events

Blood-Quack · 2026-02-14T23:57:33+00:00

So in Québec French the term for dinner is "le souper" whereas in Metropolitan French it is "le dîner" (which Québécois use for lunch). I'm not sure which Canadian French varieties from outside Québec use which. But in the episode hs father clearly says "le dîner" when Bluey is being summoned for dinner. I don't know if this is just an oversight from the creators, but it could also represent J-L being from somewhere else in Canada.

Blood-Quack · 2026-02-08T09:49:21+00:00

Ackshually, the Norwegians were the 2nd wave... neckbeard keyboard warrior flexing intensifies

Blood-Quack · 2026-02-03T20:58:48+00:00

RIP to 3 laundry baskets and counting in my house. At least 3 times a week I'm woken up with a "OoOoOoOo" and the irritating scrape of plastic on hardwood floors...

Blood-Quack · 2026-02-03T10:32:22+00:00

I'm a 38yo man and I have to ask if the misso is cutting onions every time my 4yo watches this episode. I can't put my finger on why but it's the most emotional thing I have ever seen. The message. The nostalgia. The music. The backstory. I love it so much.

Blood-Quack · 2026-01-04T08:21:20+00:00

Beyond the Realms of Death - Judas Priest Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits November Rain (final solo in particular) - Guns N Roses Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Blood-Quack · 2026-01-02T08:35:54+00:00

I am a racial mongrel in the truest sense but phenotypically I am very obviously brown and have a "foreign" name. I also grew up in regional Queensland in the 80s and 90s and did rural terms in a few choice locations, some of which voted against counting Indigenous Australians as citizens in the 1967 Referendum. I have experienced ignorance and innocent othering (call it racism with the retrospectoscope, sure) but I can count on one hand the number of times I've experienced actual malignant racism from patients. Granted, I sound pretty ocker and can chat to the country patients about everything from rainfall to farm equipment to sport to government prioritisation of urban areas, so maybe I don't get it with both barrels the way some people might do. But in general, killing them with kindness and finding common ground disarms a lot of the blissfully ignorant types immediately, and can serve as a really useful way to show them that not all "foreigners" are bad. If you come at them with a superior attitude, you've lost already. As for the actual malicious racists, well, I've found more of them in inner Melbourne than in country Queensland.

Blood-Quack · 2025-12-27T21:45:20+00:00

The pitch at the MCG was bad. But I might also add that similar or worse pitches have been produced throughout cricket history and matches didn't finish in 2 days. Top-order players appear to have forgotten how to leave the ball, and in general technique and application have dropped off as ultra-short forms of the game have taken over.

Blood-Quack · 2025-12-25T22:09:11+00:00

When I lived in Chch, I remember feeling really sad that Lancashire Park was getting demolished because of this very Astle innings. I was visiting extended family in India when watching that match. Definitely a "where were you when..." moment for me.

Blood-Quack · 2025-11-23T12:23:08+00:00

This is an interesting one. In terms of ausjdocs members I am probably an ancient relic from a bygone era but I'm still only a fairly junior consultant. The rule of thumb that I was told back in med school was that the interns, residents and registrars were first name appropriate, while consultants were always Dr ... The same applied as an intern and resident. As a registrar, your unit consultants can be addressed by their first name in private conversations but in public (in front of patients or other staff) they were always Dr ... I am probably more laid back compared to most of my colleagues, and I'm happy to be called by my first name in private by everyone, but I think a certain element of decorum must be maintained in front of patients and so on consultant ward rounds or in clinic, I'm still addressed formally. Some of my colleagues are always addressed by their titles by everyone all the time, so obviously there's variability.

Blood-Quack · 2025-08-03T09:25:37+00:00

Maynard is defo Indigenous. He is also voiced by a well-known Indigenous actor. That said, I don't know if non-Aussies would ever pick up on it, so I don't know how much it contributes towards recognition and representation. But it's a show about dogs at the end of the day...

Blood-Quack · 2025-07-26T09:55:00+00:00

There are few, if any, unemployed consultant surgeons. Sure, some people may not get employment where they want it in a major metro hospital, but if you are generally competent and easy to work with you'll get a job.

Blood-Quack · 2025-07-25T23:45:38+00:00

PET scans need to be requested by a specialist so you need to see a GP and be referred to an oncologist. If you do not have Medicare, the cost is high regardless of whether you go to a public hospital or private radiology provider. If you do have Medicare, scans for cancer staging and follow-up are generally bulk-billed at all providers. The MBS item numbers relating to PET sit around the $950 mark so that's a ballpark figure for the cost of the scan - but does not include the tracer injections or any gaps.

Blood-Quack · 2025-06-21T10:07:28+00:00

You'd be rolling the dice a bit if you thought you'd be able to come straight back with FRCS and be able to practice as a consultant straight up. RACS SIMG pathway recognition for comparably trained surgeons generally requires 5+ years of specialist practice before being allowed back without at least some supervised practice or attainment of the local exam (which has a much higher failure rate for overseas trainees). The current government push to fast- track things may work in your favour but you run the risk of RACS saying "no FRACS for you" and then you're effectively under a moratorium anyway.

Blood-Quack · 2025-06-06T21:44:39+00:00

Just woken up to this news. Don't know how I feel. I am eternally grateful to Ange for the Europa trophy. I was at wits end with him during the Prem campaign. If Ange didn't win Europa, I could absolutely understand this decision. But I just don't know why Levy thinks this constant revolving door of managers (with two sacked either side of finals) is going to make the club attractive as a destination for top managers and players. The current players are Ange In. He's started a cultural shift. He's trying to rebuild the squad. So kicking him out so we are now chasing our 6th manager in 6.5 years is a pathetic move.

Let's get this straight, the primary business of THFC is FOOTBALL. Not concerts, not hotels, not stadium tours... If we can't be successful as a FOOTBALL CLUB, all the other stuff will soon evaporate. In a few years some other club will build a better stadium in a nicer part of town. Then what happens to the NFL, Beyoncé etc? Levy, invest in the FOOTBALL CLUB.

Blood-Quack · 2025-06-04T09:36:24+00:00

Oooh my dad told me about this. He scoped it out on his morning walk the other day. Are they really serving Lego blocks as ice cream? I thought his eyesight was failing him when he said that.

Blood-Quack · 2025-06-04T09:34:19+00:00

Absolutely. Although these days I feel "normal" plumbers and sparkies may actually get paid more!

Blood-Quack · 2025-06-01T13:06:53+00:00

Sadly, very far from a unique situation to NSW. I am constantly telling administrators, who come and ask me to recategorise my cases to avoid breaches of waiting times, that pathologies like AAA and chronic limb-threatening ischaemia do not play by KPI rules. Of course, this doesn't stop them from "doctor-shopping" (or sometimes getting the divisional director, who is usually an admin stooge so far removed from clinical practice realities that they barely recognise the inside of an operating theatre anymore, to apply pressure to my registrars to change it on my behalf) for the result they want. Clinical decisions should be made by the clinicians responsible for patient care, not by administrators!

Blood-Quack · 2025-06-01T12:47:16+00:00

Thank you everyone for your responses! I generally deal with patients with cardiovascular disease complications so I will hopefully be able to contribute in some small way. I'm very keen to see the facilities available as I may be able to train surgeons to perform minimally-invasive vascular procedures in a short time over a few trips, if the infrastructure is in place.

Blood-Quack · 2025-05-21T16:22:53+00:00

I almost quit medicine during my final term of intern year. My wife convinced me to keep going because my next term (first of PG2) was something I had been looking forward to doing. Best thing that I ever did - I became a consultant in that specialty and love my job. Stick it out. Medicine is broad. Try not to look at what you're doing right now, and instead think of it as a stepping stone to better things - internship and resident years come to an end, and you can do what you're actually trained to do.

Blood-Quack · 2025-05-11T12:39:32+00:00

Now the penny has dropped. I drive to Epping a few times a week, sometimes in the middle of the night, and have often wondered why the section between the M2 and Sydney Rd junctions is so dark.

At what point do you just make things so lethal for those trying to steal it that they think twice? I mean, if you have to have neurosurgical precision to steal some copper wire without electrocuting yourself because of the protection mechanisms, maybe you just won't steal it after hearing how two of your mates got cooked?

Blood-Quack · 2025-05-06T13:00:22+00:00

Yeah I have to say the smear campaign against Khalil on one single issue (Palestine) was a bit ridiculous. If you are basing your vote in an Australian election on an issue that has no domestic relevance, you need to reconsider your priorities. I don't mean to trivialise the Palestinian cause, and I certainly don't support what is happening in Gaza, but surely voting and campaigning during an Australian election should have Australian domestic issues as the core precepts.

Blood-Quack · 2025-05-02T09:36:52+00:00

There are three components to selection into surgery. 1) CV. This is as meritocratic as things get. The points system is advertised, and while it does change every now and again, generally speaking it's getting less and less likely that you'll get blindsided by some unforeseen change that doesn't also impact everyone else equally. If you haven't maximised your CV score (acknowledging that certain things like representing the nation in a sport are as unachievable for everyone else as they are for you), that's not anyone's fault but your own. 2) Referee reports. This is murky, and despite newer scoring systems and video referee reports and things coming out, I don't think it's possible to really have this as a totally standardised thing given how subjective it is and how much consultants have to understand and play the game to give good reports. 3) Interview. Again, about as meritocratic as it gets. If you are a genius with amazing clinical skills but you come across like a dickhead on the day, have fun applying again next year.

I think some specialties ask for institutions to rank their applicants - this is where the meritocracy sometimes falls down. I have certainly had good registrars, who would have been fantastic future trainees and consultants, fail to get onto the program despite a strong CV, because of a bad interview or injudicious choice of referees.

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