On Nov 7, 2011 12:43 AM, "James Broadhead" <jamesbroadh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 6 November 2011 17:23, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > >> On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 06:16:59 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> > >>> I hope anyone reading who doesn't donate will at least consider > >>> donating. > >> > >> I used to9, but I'm no longer allowed to. In the UK, anyone who received > >> a transfusion before 1981 is no longer able to donate, I received blood > >> in December 1980. > >> > >> It's something to do with CJD/Mad Cow disease, no jokes about the wife > >> please... she may read this and prove them right! > >> > > We have the same limitations here and it is about Mad Cow. (Not 'THE > > Mad Cow' you crazy Brit!) ;-) > > Please change the Subject when a thread goes off-topic. My ipod no-worky ;_; >
Uh, sorry about that, my bad. I also am prohibited to donate blood, because my blood pressure never goes higher than 110/70. The Red Cross guys had me jog around the building for 15 minutes yet the systolic number stubbornly refused to climb higher than 115. After going to 3 separate blood drives and experiencing the exact same incident, I give up :-( (Besides, them blood guys said that my blood's 'not something special' so I'm not robbing humanity of something valuable. I know they tried to assuage my guilty feeling, but in the process also torn down my self-respect :-( Rgds,
