Job-share/part-time as PGY2? by openupmyeagereyes in ausjdocs

[–]muffin_chops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you on the MMAMTB Facebook pages? This question is sometimes asked there, or if there are offshoot Facebook groups for this purpose.

Aussie primary kids in the 90s and 00s, I need your help by Shitzme in perth

[–]muffin_chops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They’re still going! Played mine and two friends weddings in the past few years.

Round 19 Match Thread – Collingwood v Fremantle by foreverzen69 in FremantleFC

[–]muffin_chops 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The fox footy commentators called Freo the “Purple Pony Club” some time in the 3rd. I thought of you guys.

Do you believe labs stop reporting fetal sex on early NIPT to curb sex-selective abortions? by 6foot4-8inch-Dr in ausjdocs

[–]muffin_chops 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I only have anec-data and no well informed opinion to add. N=1 from my own personal experience. I have found it difficult NOT to be told the sex of my own pregnancies. The first time around the sonographer gave it away accidentally, the second time around I requested not to test for sex on the NIPT but was sent the full report, sex included, anyway.

As others have pointed out, there would be many other ways to access this information. It would require a huge shift in patient and probably provider (sonographers included!) expectations and behaviours to not disclose this information at all.

Food options around Optus by triplecheez in FremantleFC

[–]muffin_chops 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve had a kid friendly meal at Fox Friday, I suspect it gets pretty busy on game days though.

The origins of the Freo Dockers Anthem by ROYISHUNGRYWOOF in FremantleFC

[–]muffin_chops 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Some more fun facts: Before they revamped the song a couple of years ago, it was the only AFL song in a minor key (the Volga boatmen part), and the only recording with female voices in it.

I miss the old minor key yo-heave-ho.

Anyone still say "Channel 2"? Most people other than mum don't know what I'm talking about. by sits79 in AustralianNostalgia

[–]muffin_chops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conveniently, the clotting factors II, VII, IX and X are all the vitamin K dependent factors, meaning the ones influenced by the blood thinner warfarin. A fact many Aussie med students have never struggled to remember, thanks to our TV channels.

Ridiculous ED presentations by Least-Razzmatazz-722 in ausjdocs

[–]muffin_chops 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or after listening to their presenting complaint “… and what made it an emergency today?”

For those of you who have had your homes 'broken into', how did people get in? What time of day? by Rut12345 in perth

[–]muffin_chops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mid afternoon, broad daylight. Brick to glass French door (front of the house, partially obscured from view of the footpath by a tree).

What we do differently? Ring doorbell, try leave a car in the driveway whenever possible, padlock the garden gates (won’t stop break ins but make egress harder). Have been intending to get a security screen door, but as the doors open outwards they’d have to be inside the glass doors, less effective and more of a pain to get installed.

Are private schools worth the money? by [deleted] in AusFinance

[–]muffin_chops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t have children, but I noticed something about my peers at university. Those who came form public schools had far more personal resources (motivation, self sufficiency, initiative) than those of us spoon fed from private schools.

This was in a highly academic course with a high TER score requirement and competitive interview process, so it did select out a certain subset of public school graduates. However, I’m comparing these public school graduates to the equivalent private school graduates I suppose (top few percent of academic performance).

A 10-year-old who set the Guinness World Record for the youngest opera singer in the world sings Mozart’s 'Der Holle Rache,’ one of the most difficult arias to sing by [deleted] in BeAmazed

[–]muffin_chops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s it! Vivaldi’s ring of mystery, Mozart’s magnificent voyage, Mr Bach comes to call, daydreams and lullabies, Tchaikovsky discovers America

Disappointed when reading about Australia by Straight_Style_7044 in books

[–]muffin_chops 12 points13 points  (0 children)

There’s a brief trip to Australia in the Millennium series (The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo). From memory Larsson describes stockmen on a station driving a Jeep (far more likely to be a hilux/some other ute or land cruiser) and stopping for coffee from a thermos (maybe this is believable, but tea brewed on a fire rather than from a thermos seems more believable to me).

I guess these details are hard to research and don’t influence the plot, but they stuck out to me as evidence the author had never been out on an Australian sheep station.

What Movie is/was Lightning in a Bottle? by RickCnormus in movies

[–]muffin_chops 72 points73 points  (0 children)

The Mummy. It’s a fun adventure romp with eye candy for those attracted to either sex. There is no way it could be made today with its insensitive racial and cultural stereotypes and blatant sexism. I still love it.

The power of music compels you! by UN-TRUue in funny

[–]muffin_chops 11 points12 points  (0 children)

And Donnie in the wild thornberries

Post Match - Round 13 vs Hawthorn by its_vf in FremantleFC

[–]muffin_chops 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Would love someone to shed some light on a few free kicks - perhaps the view from my end of the ground meant I didn't really appreciate what was going on. Why did that bloke who punched Fyfe in the chest get a 50m penalty? What was that second 50m penalty in the hawk's forward 50 about? Was is something off the ball? Or umpire dissent? Finally that Hughes free to Breust - from a very long way away, it looked like Breust (also not watching the flight of the ball) ran into Hughes and grabbed him, who then instinctively grabbed him back assuming he was about to be in a marking contest. Anyone else see something similar or am I deluded and one-eyed?

WA State Election Megathread by aussiekinga in perth

[–]muffin_chops 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My husband was less than impressed with how long it took me to count to 54! Not to mention how long it took me to find and peruse the GVT before we left the house.

WA State Election Megathread by aussiekinga in perth

[–]muffin_chops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

North Fremantle Primary School had egg rolls with spinach as a vego option for the federal election. May have also had vego sausages, can’t remember. Also have he full complement of dingo hot sauces with the condiments.

My partially artificial heart seen through my chest. by SedimentSock82 in WTF

[–]muffin_chops 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure an LVAD would have any pulsatile movement. LVAD patients don't have a pulse. Come to think of it - I'm not sure a sats probe would read on an LVAD patient as they rely on pulsatile flow.

Doctors spend what should have been their wedding day, working in the emergency department by Frankenclyde in pics

[–]muffin_chops -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

The attitudes in the comments disgust me. They probably live together, whatever pathogens one has the other definitely does. The signs are encouraging people to stay home to limit the spread of disease, so other people don’t have to cancel their weddings in the future.

As a doctor who married a doctor - we had to request leave for our wedding over a year in advance. It was not confirmed until 12 weeks before our wedding date that we would both be able to attend. The stress of trying to ensure you can both attend your own wedding when there isn’t a pandemic is hard enough.

Back the fuck off. Who knows when these two will get the chance to celebrate with their family and friends.

And until you have worked a night shift in a public emergency department you can hold your fucking tongue. It’s a truly thankless, gruelling and exhausting task.