My mom is in the enviable position of having lived long enough to see her oldest great-grandson graduate from college. Who knows, if she sticks around a few more years she may see a great-great grandkid?
Most of those will be of medical grade titanium or some other NON-FERROUS alloy for (at least in part) this reason. No iron = not responsive to magnets. Or at least, not responsive in the way that would be a problem.
They make special mention on the form of pacemakers and internal defibrillators, which have electrical circuits that would obviously be fried by an MRI for physics reasons I used to understand.
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Makes sense. I just found this:
It was fun to set off the scanner in the courthouse, though.
Now add dementia to the mix and see how spicy THAT particular meatball can get.
I hope euthanasia is legal by the time I wanna be done.
These are my two clean jokes in the entire world, and to my delight, both of them were used in the climax of Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
What’s brown and sticky?
A stick!
and
So a grasshopper walks into a bar. The bartender says “Say, you know we’ve got a drink named after you?”
The grasshopper says “Really? You got a drink named ‘Steve’?”
I esp. love the 2nd because if you play with it in your head you can try all sorts of other names, but (at least in English) ‘Steve’ is funniest. And I’ve never quite been able to articulate why that is.
Look into Compassion and Choices.
Thank you, that’s a great resource.
I always figured since I didn’t choose to be born, I’d like to at least have some say in when it’s time to go.
Husky in a former life.
I’m very grateful it wasn’t part of the mix, although Mom had a medium-mild case of Parkinson’s, so there was a lot of forgetfulness.
I love Walter Geoffrey! Just can’t open his posts on FB at work if I’ve not turned down the volume first.
LOL! It’s Axl Rose! I want to hear it alongside Sweet Child of Mine,
So much better than Axl Rose, tho.
I thought you were going to show a snip from ‘Exploding Varmits’.
so much better than Axl Rose
Fun fact: Axl Rose stole his dance moves from Davy Jones!
Cheer up, sleepy Jean!
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