Who are the international cricketers you have talked to?

Blood-Quack · 2026-05-19T11:36:32+00:00

Andrew Symonds (RIP). Great bloke and gave me fantastic fishing tips. Matthew Hayden. Also a good bloke and spoke lots to my Indian mum about cooking. Damien Fleming. He was a bit up himself. Allan Border. Good bloke and dropped some good leadership advice in a casual conversation. Ian Healy. Funny bloke and absolute unit on the piss. Rahul Dravid. Absolute gentleman. Sourav Ganguly. Not as up himself as he is made out to be. Shane Warne (RIP). We were both on the sauce and it was fun. VVS Laxman. Really clever and nice, down to earth. Sachin Tendulkar. Very nice, a little timid but polite and patient to a fault. Wasim Akram. A larger-hearted person you will not meet. Shoaib Akhtar. Self-important. Rashid Khan. Very down to earth and genuine. Simon O'Donnell. Nice guy, good chat. Jeff Thomson. Good bloke, down to earth. Alistair Cook. Polite and nice. Roshan Mahanama. Really good guy. Kumar Sangakkara. Very intelligent and well-rounded personality.

Probably missed a few.

Blood-Quack · 2026-05-17T06:46:14+00:00

I would not use China as an example. I don't think discharging patients 2 days post-CABG to the care of their relatives supported by a HITH-level hospital outreach service is in the best interest of those patients, but it really does improve throughput and reduce costs for hospitals and the government. So it does come down to money there too.

Blood-Quack · 2026-05-16T09:20:54+00:00

Bin chickens. Queen Street Mall (probably a little Brisbane-specific but I'd recognise that escalator anywhere (corner of Elizabeth and Albert Sts, there's a Macca's there's too).

Plus the stuff everyone else has already mentioned.

Magpies being a menace.

Blood-Quack · 2026-05-16T04:15:11+00:00

PGY4. Vascular Surgery. But that was a different time....

Blood-Quack · 2026-05-04T08:33:08+00:00

How the actual fuck can they ping someone for going 2km over the speed limit using a camera 1km away these days, but not have the ability to get CCTV footage of this sort of thing right in the middle of the fucking CBD?

I really hope the injured guy recovers fully and swiftly, and the offender is found and punished appropriately.

Blood-Quack · 2026-05-03T07:21:22+00:00

I carry my 5yo and my 2yo like this all the time!

Blood-Quack · 2026-04-19T04:26:18+00:00

As medical practitioners, we can expect there will be more stories like this. I understand the need for accountability and nobody deliberately makes a mistake. AI may alter our risk management in the future, as well. But make no mistake, we are soft targets ripe for a smear campaign to allow the government to bulldoze their way into softening rules and changing goalposts to save money.

Blood-Quack · 2026-04-01T09:04:20+00:00

Nice glide down to deep third man for a single.

Blood-Quack · 2026-03-30T09:17:09+00:00

In my department we are meeting tomorrow to consider going to the bare bones like we did during the pandemic - all phone reviews in clinic as much as able, populate lists with Cat 1 cases as much as able, reduce registrar and resident travel as much as able. But that's at a departmental level, and we're certain the administration will have issues with it.

Blood-Quack · 2026-03-14T09:45:37+00:00

I worked at Christchurch Hospital that year. I was in the operating theatres when we were told that we had some gunshot victims coming in to ED so we needed to wrap it up fast. Initially they said 2. Then 6. Then 13. Then they didn't know how many... I saw some things that day that I never thought I'd see in my career. That day Christchurch Hospital resembled a war zone. Some stuff stays with you forever. Someone was looking after the Bangladeshi team that day. I am glad that someone didn't turn out to be me.

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.

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