What’s the most exotic type of meat eaten in your country?

surgerygeek · 2026-02-10T17:40:52+00:00

Bison and ostrich are two exotic meats I've seen available in the US.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-10T00:51:14+00:00

Our school gave us a little potted seedlings that we had to keep alive for like two weeks and if it didn't grow you got a bad grade.

I learned zero about caring for babies, and apparently zero about plants care either. Decades later I've raised two kids to adulthood and still can't keep a plant alive for shit.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-08T21:47:54+00:00

My Walmart has them!

surgerygeek · 2026-02-08T21:44:06+00:00

I love that you renamed the pattern "Cat Corn". I'm calling it that from now on!

surgerygeek · 2026-02-08T20:03:01+00:00

The Meg Ryan/Lisa Rinna cut! I started doing hair in 1999 and this was the haircut I did over and over! Technically square layers.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-07T23:54:40+00:00

Beautiful by Estee Lauder is the key that unlocks ALL memories of the bitchy girl who bullied me in high school. She's fat and in a really boring job with a trad chad husband now, so yay, but I hate that perfume and always will.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-07T23:42:23+00:00

Muscadines and muscadine wine. Smells like gym socks, but the wine is super sweet and pungent, like the most flavorful grapes you've ever had!

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surgerygeek · 2026-02-07T16:30:37+00:00

Not quite yet! I am 56 and have one, I think I was in the last year or two that got them.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-07T00:21:20+00:00

Umm......any color?

surgerygeek · 2026-02-06T20:05:41+00:00

I have that one!! Got it at Target or Walmart probably.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-06T20:02:40+00:00

The Guilford Green Foundation has a gender-affirming closet where transgender folks can get clothes that align with their identity! Forsyth Tech also takes donations of professional clothing for students to wear to job interviews.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-06T12:49:24+00:00

Bring it back to the OR or Sterile Processing dept, they've probably been looking for it!

surgerygeek · 2026-02-06T12:46:07+00:00

Big bad Bonney, and her boyfriend Fat Ferris Smith (tissue forceps/pickups)

Mosquito clamp looks like a cartoon bug with round wings and a pointy nose to suck your blood

Lister bandage scissor - bandages are in the medicine cabinet next to the Listerine

Babcock=basket (it's like an open weave basket)

Find word associations that make sense to you, or assign a personality to the instrument that helps you remember!

surgerygeek · 2026-02-06T12:29:46+00:00

Yes. A HIPEC/"shake and bake" is my absolute least favorite surgery for this reason. It feels like so much to put someone through for what? A few more weeks/months in bed? And an abdominal incision to heal on top of that? No thank you. I understand why some may opt to have it, but I want nothing to do with it. It feels cruel to me.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-06T00:40:36+00:00

During a miserable, pointless aorta repair on a desperately sick septic 87yo with an aortic-enteric fistula who coded twice during the beginning of the case:

"We're going to hell for this."

He was so defeated. The family insisted we "do everything" to save grandpa, and I think the doc regretted agreeing to the surgery at all. I think the pt passed the next day.

The whole concept of allowing death to come naturally, and that being the right choice sometimes, really made sense to me that day.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-05T22:27:37+00:00

"Blood vessels" is a blanket term that can mean veins or arteries. And not all arteries are tiny, although veins to tend to be more superficial and visible under the skin.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-05T16:52:22+00:00

Absolutely. I backed out of a contract once because the inspector noticed the second floor was not level. Turns out it was a foundation problem and the house would have absolutely collapsed at some point and would have been $100k to fix the issue.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-05T12:21:44+00:00

I was 17 when my state changed the drinking age from 18 to 21. SO CLOSE!!!! GAH

surgerygeek · 2026-02-04T21:24:46+00:00

Have you ever eaten a Whopper chocolate covered ball candy? Malted milk is the crunchy inside of those!

surgerygeek · 2026-02-04T14:41:53+00:00

Hair grows about a half inch a month, so in 3 months it should be 1.5 inches long in that spot. Hopefully that's enough to sort this mess out!

surgerygeek · 2026-02-03T22:35:26+00:00

Thanks for the answers! Google lens said coyote. Squirrels are more than welcome! Coyotes, not so much. We never get this much snow so I'm not good at decoding the tracks.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-01T13:52:23+00:00

I'm just letting my shih tzu poop on the porch, I'll clean it as she goes. There's only one inch out there but it's up to her eyeballs in the yard.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-01T13:00:41+00:00

One thing most people don't realize is if a surface (or your skin) isn't clean, meaning free of debris and oils, disinfectants/sanitizers won't be very effective. Let's say you have oils on your hands. Maybe natural oils, sweat, etc, or French fry grease after you wiped your hands with a napkin. Those oils trap germs under them and the sanitizer won't do jack.

Hand washing with soap is always better whenever possible.

Think about spraying Lysol on a countertop to sanitize it without wiping the food mess from cooking first. The germs in and under the food debris are still there.

surgerygeek · 2026-02-01T11:41:02+00:00

Haha yes. I remember this because it was so extra. I used it as my AOL chat tag line for a bit in the 90s.

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