Sometimes it does take a Rocket Scientist!! (true story)Scientists at Rolls > >Royce built a gun specifically to launch deadchickens at the windshields of > >airliners and military jets alltravelling at maximum velocity. The idea is > >to simulate the frequent incidentsof collisions with airborne fowl to test > >the strength of the windshields. > >American engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test iton the > >windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements weremade, and a > >gun was sent to the American engineers.When the gun was fired, the > >engineers stood shocked as the chickenhurled out of the barrel, crashed > >into the shatterproof windshield,smashed it to smithereens, blasted through > >the control console, snapped theengineer's back-rest in two and embedded > >itself in the back wall of the cabinlike an arrow shot from a bow. -- > >The horrified Yanks sent Rolls Royce the disastrous results of > >theexperiment, along with the designs of the windshield and beggedthe > >British scientists for suggestions.Rolls Royce responded with a one-line > >memo:"Defrost the chicken." ... View more

Thanks christine, so far so good with me and time will tell :) ... View more

Hiya Donnai My thoughts are with you and your family also. A tough time for you at the mo! I was with my father when he passed away and although it was tragic i am glad we were there with him at the end. Julie ... View more

Hey harker It is not strange to read your post at all. I do/have used my position in small ways to get where i need to be. Not totally altruistic here, however, if something needs to be changed then it does. For instance, i have offered in my chemo head state to talk to my local rotary club. I figure if i am bald and up there talking about my experiences then people will "listen and hear" in a different way than if i was outwardly appearing normal. Now in a personally altruistic way, i might get offered a job from one of the people in rotary. Well, bit way out but you never know. At times i sit and think this is exciting and its a chance to change and do something that i really want to. At other times its scary as being ill costs a fortune despite pats etc... Thanks for your reply, its helped to put my head back in the right place. :) Julie ... View more

Interesting that i should come across this thread as i have decided that i dont want to go back to the position i had before cancer and am not even sure if there is a job available to me. I have certainly been given a career change some thought and wondering if its going to be possible and which direction to head in etc... Course having treatment makes this a long slow process. ... View more

@ christine ... statistics are just numbers and as you have found out are not necessarily a good indication at all. Its tough when we feel frightened and am sure it happens to us all. In fact it happened to me this morning and when i got home i called my oncology coordinator nurse and spoke to her about my fears and it was all good. Hope i am making sense cos am way tired tonight, just got back from travelling to get mask made and scan. ... View more

Hey Coke ... welcome and lol @ harker having a go at sailor! ... View more

Hiya Sailor ... Thanks so much for the links, i will look when i get a chance as am driving back up to perth again tomorrow. Only got home on sunday after last weeks episode le sigh! So will be next week by the time i actually get some head space to check things out. I have been asked to talk to the local rotary club here so that will be an opportunity to talk about cancer and what it entails. Hopefully, it will inspire them to help out more. They already do quite a lot of fundraising at the moment for research. Maybe feedback from a cancer patient might help them to stay energised. Thanks again and i will certainly check those links out. The thing that is getting to me at the moment is the travel on top of the chemo and then all the other appointments in between. Has meant that i have had to travel 200 kms up and back weekly at the moment and its very tiring. take care Julie ... View more