Hospitals freak me out, I guess I'm not the only one, but I REALLY don't like them. It wouldn't be so bad if they could guarantee some modicum of cleanliness but they can't. I suppose it must be really difficult - whose idea was it to put all the sick people in the same place anyway? I guess I ought to be thankful really, they have saved my life twice in the last few years, but going in voluntarily is a whole different ball game. Still, it has to be done so onward and upward dear hearts, onward and upward.
Now then, I don't have a nice picture for you today, so, to make a change from nice pictures of nice nature subjects, here is a nice computer animation of one of my favourite nice engines. Oh for a big f**k off motorboat with a pair of these beauties in it.
First one to correctly identify this well known engine configuration wins a rubber nose.
Last night I got a phone call from a dear friend/distant relative who put it all into perspective for me by pointing out that King Edward the Second had it much worse when:
'On the night of 11 October while lying in on a bed [the king] was suddenly seized and, while a great mattress weighed him down and suffocated him, a plumber's iron, heated intensely hot, was introduced through a tube into his secret private parts so that it burned the inner portions beyond the intestines.'
Yep, he's right - a little hand surgery really isn't going to be too bad - especially with modern anaesthetics. Bring it on then.
Current Pain Rating: 6
It's a W12 from a Bugati?
ReplyDeleteWith 18 cylinders? Nope, it's a Napier Deltic high speed diesel engine - time for one off the wrist I think.
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