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.livescience.com ^ | October 5, 2018 12:57pm ET | Brandon Specktor

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you. You’re right—they are indeed magical.

[ArGee]

But there’s so much more. How about a 6 rpm semi-automatic? Phone jammer? GPS? Don’t settle for just a joint replacement.

I’ll admit, unless you’re also replacing your lower leg there’s no place to put the clip for the weapon. But still, go big or go home.

[ArGee]

Good morning, everyone.

Today has long written all over it.

The cleaners are here trying to remove the writing, but it’s not budging.

[Tax-chick]

Writing from what?

[Tax-chick]

It’s the only explanation.

[Silentgypsy]

G’orning, y’all!

[Monkey Face]

Well, the vets seem to know what they’re doing if their instructions over the phone are any indication, but when I was studying to be a vet tech, I hadn’t gotten as far as avian stuff. Just the house pets and horses. I’d like to watch (if I could stand it!) but I don’t think they would let me.

Besides, Gonzo will need comforting. Beaker’s been out of the cage before but probably within eyesight or earshot, I don’t know how he’ll react. I also have to figure out how to cover the travel cage for the five-minute ride. I don’t want her freezing before I get her there.

I needa stop worrying myself! (Maybe my old textbook will have something in it...)

In other news, I bought some Triple Chocolate coffee and using canned milk as a creamer, its not too bad. No sweetener! Although someone I know uses coconut milk in her coffee. Maybe when I run out of canned milk, I’ll try it.

[Monkey Face]

Good morning!

Hang in there, ArGee! Tomorrow is Friday Eve, and from there, the week is all downhill!

[null and void]

UHMWPE is actively used material for fabrication of sliding element in biomedical application. It is the material of choice for the loading bearing surfaces in the tibial plateau component in the total knee and acetabular cup one in the total hip prostheses due to wear resistant and low coefficient of friction over extended periods of time. The high molecular weight, between 2 and 6 million g/mol, results in a high resistance to mechanical stresses

[Tax-chick]

One of the ladies in my Weight Watchers meeting had the doctor weigh her replacement knee before he put it in, so she would know how it affected her next weigh-in.

[null and void]

Did he also weigh the old joint he took out?

[ArGee]

Writing from what?

From the day. You don't notice it down there? Long, long, long, long, long.

[ArGee]

Uhm wipe ... what???

[Tax-chick]

She didn’t say.

[null and void]

Ultra High Molecular Weight Poly Ethylene, silly!

[Monkey Face]

:o])

[ArGee]

Oh, of course! Why didn’t I think of that.

Was that the same Ethyl who was Lucy’s landlady in I Love Lucy? She was some what Ultra High Weight.

[ArGee]

So, how are you and Ethyl doing?

[NicknamedBob]

"So, how are you and Ethyl doing?"

When someone says "long-chain carbon molecule", they're basically talking about some form or other of polyethylene. For instance, ETFE (Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene), is a strong, clear, acid resistant and dirt repellent film that I have my eye on for structures on planet Venus. But it's a form of polyethylene.

Just replace two hydrogen atoms with two fluorine atoms every other opportunity, and it's amazing how different the material becomes.

[NoCmpromiz]

I am doubtful that human replacement parts come with a Picatinny Rail..