T-shirt weather...
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deathpixieThere's a song by the Lucksmiths called "T-shirt Weather", and the chorus goes:
"And hey, it's a beautiful day,
And I'm suddenly feeling much better,
So wake up, wake up -
It's t-shirt weather."
It's a very cute little song, and I bought a so-so album just so I'd have it. I'll have to remember to put it on the next reincarnation of the Aussie Music Pusher CD.
But yes, today is t-shirt weather, or rather, cycling knicks and short-sleeved jersey weather. Yep, back on the bike again after an absence of scary proportions (have I ever mentioned my lazy streak to you guys?), and I picked a perfect day for it. I only hope it keeps up this way for the ride home this afternoon.
Industrial accident findings today, after I finish the guy who overdosed on caffiene. Yes, oh caffiene fiends, it is possible to kill yourself with the stuff. Mind you, you have to mainline caffiene pills to do it - coffee just doesn't cut it and you'd rupture your bladder first.
And a small mystery - I wear contact lenses, and every time I come in and sit at my computer at work, my lenses instantly start drying out and blurring, when previously they've been fine. I'm not sitting under an air conditioning vent (usually the culprit) and it's a nice big flat screen since we got the new ones. It's all rather strange... *reaches for the eye drops again*
"And hey, it's a beautiful day,
And I'm suddenly feeling much better,
So wake up, wake up -
It's t-shirt weather."
It's a very cute little song, and I bought a so-so album just so I'd have it. I'll have to remember to put it on the next reincarnation of the Aussie Music Pusher CD.
But yes, today is t-shirt weather, or rather, cycling knicks and short-sleeved jersey weather. Yep, back on the bike again after an absence of scary proportions (have I ever mentioned my lazy streak to you guys?), and I picked a perfect day for it. I only hope it keeps up this way for the ride home this afternoon.
Industrial accident findings today, after I finish the guy who overdosed on caffiene. Yes, oh caffiene fiends, it is possible to kill yourself with the stuff. Mind you, you have to mainline caffiene pills to do it - coffee just doesn't cut it and you'd rupture your bladder first.
And a small mystery - I wear contact lenses, and every time I come in and sit at my computer at work, my lenses instantly start drying out and blurring, when previously they've been fine. I'm not sitting under an air conditioning vent (usually the culprit) and it's a nice big flat screen since we got the new ones. It's all rather strange... *reaches for the eye drops again*
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The LD-50 on caffeine...
Date: 2005-10-03 11:50 pm (UTC)Redhawk
Re: The LD-50 on caffeine...
Date: 2005-10-04 12:18 am (UTC)My dead guy? Had 170mg per litre of blood.
Re: The LD-50 on caffeine...
Date: 2005-10-04 12:21 am (UTC)I looked it up.
Toxicology
Harmful if swallowed. Experimental teratogen. Irritant in humans. May affect CNS.
Toxicity data
(The meaning of any abbreviations which appear in this section is given here.)
ORL-RAT LD50 192 mg kg-1
IPR-RAT LD50 260 mg kg-1
IVN-RAT LD50 105 mg kg-1
IVN-WMN LDLO 57 mg kg-1
ORL-CHD LDLO 320 mg kg-1
ORL-HMN LDLO 192 mg kg-1
SCU-RAT LD50 170 mg kg-1
IPR-GPG LDLO 220 mg kg-1
http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/CA/caffeine.html
Redhawk
Re: The LD-50 on caffeine...
Date: 2005-10-04 12:33 am (UTC)But yeah, death by caffiene. Does bad stuff to your heart as well as your central nervous system. This guy had taken paracetamol too, but the caffiene got him first before that had a chance to destroy his liver.
Ah, the things I get across my desk here...