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Mini-mall across the road:
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...cc235c9796.jpg

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This cartoon I found amusing, can replace San Diego for nearly every major west coast city San Diego to Vancouver.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...a428fbbc11.jpg

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It's sort of funny and sad at the same time isn't it.

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Indeed. There is a housing affordability crises up and down the west coast of North America, its not isolated to one or 2 city's.

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Went to the lab this morning, most painful blood draw I have had in a long time, I think the person might have been in the newer side.

Anyhow life labs really seems to be pushing myehealth here now, I was asked 3 times if I am signed up for it, and they were asking everyone, and those who said no they then asked would you like to sign up before leaving today, so they really seem to want patients to sign up for the service. I signed up years ago, most lab results are provided there, some are not though.

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Seems Windsor can be added to the list of city's with housing issues.

https://beta.windsorstar.com/news/lo...b165a853f/amp/

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I watched the new 'Joker' movie last night. Holy shit it is dark. Joaquin Phoenix did an amazing job. Not many movies affect me after I leave the cinema, but this one had me in a weird almost sullen mood for the rest of the day.

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Yup & so very many more species are teetering on the brink - yet - there are still many out there who really couldn't care less. Not for that nor for the planet.

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I can relate. While I was in hospital a staff member had 5 failed attempts to insert a cannula in my hand. By the fifth go his hand was shaking. I asked him if he was an anaethetist, he was an enrolled nurse (used to be called nursing aide), and had done a 2 week course in cannula insertion :blink:

I didn't really want to put in a complaint because the overall standard of nursing care was great, but in the end I did do a formal complaint. My hand swelled up to twice its size and I've been left with a very painful lump in it from blood leaking into the tissues. Subsequent cannulas/IVs had to be done in my feet because the veins in my hands were trashed.

The Consumer Liason Officer (weird name for person who deals with patient complaints!) wrote that she's 'very concerned' about my experience, and promised an investigation. I'll apparantly hear back in three weeks. I did say in the complaint that the only outcome I'm looking for is that any deficiencies in their processes/protocols are identified and addressed. Still feel a bit bad, he was a nice young man, just useless at that particular job.

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:(

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All hope is not lost for the Southern and Northern White Rhino quite yet -

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/s...hino-1.5279474
https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/ne...ts-say-345139/

I saw and managed to photo white rhino when I was in S.Africa back in the 70's and 80's ..beautiful creatures.. :)

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There are 3 types of white rhino.

The regular white rhino Ceratotherium simum and 2 sub species

The Northern white rhino Ceratotherium simum cottoni

The Southern white rhino Ceratotherium simum simum

The White rhino and southern white rhino have good populations due to conservation and are not endangered and have healthy population in the 20,000 range.

The northern white rhino is critically endangered obviously with only I think 3 now living in captivity and extinct in the wild. In the 1970's there was a population of around 500, poaching reduced that to 15 by the end of the 80's, by 2003 the population had grown to around 32 animals, but poaching continued, and now since 2003 the sub species is nearly extinct.

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I had a similar experience more years ago than I care to remember ............. donating blood, and a young doctor was unable to get the needle into the vein in my elbow making about 4 attempts. A nurse finally took over and succeeded.

I never donated again, had a double scar inside my elbow for many years, and was quite put off women doctors for years!