::Leader Board:: Ahnko Honu Takes The Lead Chapter 22!

[Freeda]

I agree with this. I did have to ask a friend, though, to allow her kids to call me by my first name. I kept telling them, "Stop calling me Mr. Hughes! I hate it!" and one of them finally said, "Mom says we have to." I explained to my friend that I hate Mr. and that while I understand and honor her instructions to her children, I did kind of feel it was disrespectful to tell them they had to ignore my explicit wishes to be called by my first name. She'd never thought of it that way and immediately told her kids to call me what I wanted to be called...

I prefer to be called "gorgeous".

 

[salukulady]

Pictures please.....

There's one but I can't find it

 

[glass]

I just checked the garden, and harvested several more large zucchini, nd the first of the yellow squash. I went next door to try to give some to the neighbor lady, but either she wasn't home, or she saw me coming and was hiding.

I think I need to check on my supplies of flour, eggs and sugar, and start baking zucchini bread. It seems to be easier to gift to people than fresh zucchini....

Send one to sukie.

 

[glass]

They're going to have to hire three people to replace you.

Yup they are already hiring people

 

[Chopped Liver]

What is this, 2nd grade?

Yes! Yes, it is! Don't you get on my bad side!!

 

[Chopped Liver]

Ken FPOTM!!!

Don't encourage him!

 

[Chopped Liver]

It happens all the time. I am the one usually retrieving and delivering it for you though.

Too bad they aren't all like you.

 

[Chopped Liver]

Hah! No chance of that carrot boy! NO CHANCE!

BRAVO! (clap clap clap)

 

[Chopped Liver]

Like the giant tent lobster? You just wait Carrot Boy.

YES!! You get him, Sally!

 

[Chopped Liver]

Thank you! Thankyouverymuch!

Elvis you are not!

Just sayin', Carrot Boy . . .

 

[Tack]

So is there an educational distinction between a surgeon and a physician in Australia?

Hmmm... Kinda....
In Australia - as in the USA (!) AFTER you complete your primary medical degree, you stream into either a surgical or non-surgical speciality - unless you want to be a primary care physician/General practitioner. Here, non-surgical specialists undergo "Physician training" and surgical specialists "Surgical training". That's it.
SO in my case.... 6 years primary medical degree (got an MB BS - Batchelor of medicine and Batchelor of surgery. Under the English system that entitles you to be called "Doctor" as it is a double degree. We don't generally have an MD degree although it is possible to do one as a post graduate degree). THEN I did 3 years basic post graduate training and THEN entered a surgical speciality stream and after another 4 years got my FRACS (College of surgeons...) as a GENERAL Surgeon... THEN I entered another stream and did three years to get my additional speciality qualification as a Cardiac surgeon. So - educationally - here and in the UK and in-fact in the USA - Surgeons and Physicians (Meaning specialists in non-surgical fields) have the same medical education UNTIL they specialise.
NOW.... Under the English tradition - and that is all it is.... Surgeons are often referred to as "Mister" not "Doctor" - a hang over from the old days. Initially all surgeons were NOT medically trained in the traditional sense (They were "Barber surgeons") and were looked down upon by the non-hands-on physicians. SO they were called "Mister". Eventually the training became as I have described so Surgeons were entitled to be called "Doctor" - However - many still insisted on being referred to as "Mister" . It is now inverse snobbery....
Phew... make sense?

 

[mailman]

I just checked the garden, and harvested several more large zucchini, nd the first of the yellow squash. I went next door to try to give some to the neighbor lady, but either she wasn't home, or she saw me coming and was hiding.

I think I need to check on my supplies of flour, eggs and sugar, and start baking zucchini bread. It seems to be easier to gift to people than fresh zucchini....

Okay, the first two loaves are in the oven. Many more to go.

I hope I did the right things. There were two situations I was unsure about.

The recipe calls for double-acting baking powder, which I found in the pantry. There was other stuff I needed, so I went to the store and got them. When I got home, and began baking, I found that the baking powder was hard in the can. I'm not sure if it's okay, but I chopped it up with a knife, and ground at it until it was powdery again. I really didn't want to go back to the store.

The recipe also calls for grated lemon peel. I have never dealt with it, and suppose I could have left it out, but it sounded good to me. Not really knowing exactly what to do, I bought fresh lemons and a small hand grater. I washed the lemons, and grated the peel off of the whole fruit into a bowl until I got down to the flesh of the lemon. Not knowing what to with the naked lemon, I threw it out (wasteful, I know).

I wish I knew a really knowledgeable food science guy to reassure me that I did the right things....

 

[mailman]

As for calling adults by their given name......
I think that's ok IF the children are actually invited to do so. What I hate is (for example) the 17yo probationary nurse addressing the 84yo Matriarch in the hospital with "come on now Mabel - eat up...." etc etc. I think it is disrespectful and inappropriate.... Using people's age against them.... Nope - not on my watch.

I was raised to call people a generation older than myself by their title, and surname. I've known my best friend's mother since I was in eighth grade, and I still call her Mrs. Evans. I could never feel comfortable addressing her by her first name, although I doubt she'd mind.

My nephews started trying to call me Don when they were kids. They had been instructed differently, but went through a phase where they resisted calling me Uncle Don. Finally, I explained to them that I thought it was disrespectful, and that fixed it....

 

[mailman]

On that menu I could only eat the tomatoes, cucumbers. and guacamole.

It was all yummy, BTW....

 

[mailman]

The first of the zucchini bread is out of the oven, and looks good. It's cooling now, and I may try some with breakfast tomorrow, before baking some more. I want to taste this before making more, to make sure everything is okay.

I remember having zucchini bread years ago that was really quite green in color, but this bread is light brown. I don't know, yet, what it looks like inside. I hope it tastes good....

 

[Pueo]

Mahalo for elucidating the title thing Doc!

 

[Pueo]

Oh and Jon?
It's not an MB, but it is a CR.
Gary saw it.
But keep it on the DL for now.
I just need to liquidate three items (well maybe just two)
and she will be mine!

 

[PereBourik]

NOW you realise? SHeesh!

Much the same as grad school, I find.

 

[PereBourik]

As for calling adults by their given name......
I think that's ok IF the children are actually invited to do so. What I hate is (for example) the 17yo probationary nurse addressing the 84yo Matriarch in the hospital with "come on now Mabel - eat up...." etc etc. I think it is disrespectful and inappropriate.... Using people's age against them.... Nope - not on my watch.

I concur

 

[Pueo]

I think I am going to start setting all administrator passwords to randomized versions of this:
IllIlIllIIllllIll
That way when people have to look it up it will drive them crazy.