tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post2877470726894022811..comments2024-03-26T16:46:21.764-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Memories...Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-20269605674169336232020-10-08T22:46:41.294-04:002020-10-08T22:46:41.294-04:00You never know what you'll find at Goodwill th...You never know what you'll find at Goodwill that's for sure. It doesn't take too much for an active imagination to come up with some story behind a thrift store find.<br /><br />Speaking of memories and automobile features, I remember when the Packard my father drove had a glass globe compass mounted on the dashboard that turned around and around while driving. I used to wonder how it worked to indicate a northerly direction. The compass was probably as decorative as the steel V-swan on the hood. <br /><br />There were three Packards on the 2-acre property. Two dead ones for parts and one to drive in the winter. The Packard that was located near the prove-up shack had several cardboard boxes filled with magazines from the 40s and 50s, like Good Housekeeping and Women's Wear Daily. When it was raining and mother wanted us to get out of the house, she suggested we 'go for a drive' in the Packard. At the beginning we had a destination in mind, but then started looking through the stacks and head back in the house before the musty odor overwhelmed us. <br /><br />The sky blue and cream vehicle was built like a tank, I think, with heavy steel doors, and the heavy-duty wheel hubs for which the sound of tire chains clanging against in winter made a comforting thudding sound at 45 mph when the roads were icy. The back seat was enormous and the covers were of a fabric like horsehair that was irritating if you tried to lie down and sleep on the way home, though. <br /><br />So, the first time I heard of K-Y jelly was when it was something requested of the pharmacy to supply for the surgery department all the time as a sterile lubricant. It came in small packets for instrument lubrication. Eventually we could only get it in tubes, and I wondered how it could be sterile if it was squeezed out of the tube and used multiple times. I always imagined that it was related to a silicone gel and didn't think more of it than supposed it was the nasty clammy cold stuff that the ultrasound technician applied to one's pregnant tummy. The current list of ingredients does include chlorhexidine.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-4052877969477169832020-10-07T09:11:29.895-04:002020-10-07T09:11:29.895-04:00Reminds me of cleaning out my dad's fishing bo...Reminds me of cleaning out my dad's fishing boat. There were half-used tubes of Preparation H here and there and everywhere stored in it. Oh, the horrific pictures it painted in my mind.<br /><br />I finally got up the guts to ask him about it. He asked what I'd done with the tubes, and I replied Yuck, threw them away. He was very irate. Evidently good catfish fishermen all know it makes an excellent lure attractant. Who knew? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-48162334839122407232020-10-07T01:17:37.087-04:002020-10-07T01:17:37.087-04:00So neurologists do have a use for KY gel after all...So neurologists do have a use for KY gel after all!John Woolmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998118635045172203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-19751138518219847722020-10-06T21:20:26.030-04:002020-10-06T21:20:26.030-04:00Forallthat trouble you could have stuck with a map...Forallthat trouble you could have stuck with a map, you know that folded paper thing with lines like roads.Packerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790343423937405624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-38069883436820812552020-10-06T14:11:03.446-04:002020-10-06T14:11:03.446-04:00Why laugh? If licking worked then I would think K...Why laugh? If licking worked then I would think KY would probably work. Ideal would be the gel used to attach EEG electrodes.Loren Pechtelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348494458707790769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-10401680542643220932020-10-06T09:01:10.542-04:002020-10-06T09:01:10.542-04:00Hmmm... I've seen some kind of clear gel used ...Hmmm... I've seen some kind of clear gel used by telephone companies on modular plugs that are going to be left in for years. Now I wonder what it's made of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-2660806092555413552020-10-05T23:20:13.418-04:002020-10-05T23:20:13.418-04:00I keep a tube of KY in my tool chest. It's ver...I keep a tube of KY in my tool chest. It's very helpful for installing new car radiator hoses and such. I have had a few comments made by friends who have been over to work in my garage.bobthomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612679582306874051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-45809671312356557722020-10-05T14:47:16.472-04:002020-10-05T14:47:16.472-04:00Dr. G, you have once again caused me to snort a be...Dr. G, you have once again caused me to snort a beverage out my nose and onto my laptop. Pause here while I assess the K-Y jelly situation. In the absence of K-Y, do you think Vaseline would work?<br /><br />And this, of course, brings a story about the Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton to mind. When once asked whether he had ever put a foreign substance on a ball (rumors about Sutton's applications of various substances abounded), Sutton replied, "Not true at all. Vaseline is manufactured right here in the United States of America."<br /><br />A. Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12348733577500591253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-64421851697355208232020-10-05T12:33:29.296-04:002020-10-05T12:33:29.296-04:00Probably someone is trying to hack it to find out ...Probably someone is trying to hack it to find out the last places it went.jbt369https://www.blogger.com/profile/03787445081307019765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-87276907604934190142020-10-05T11:58:07.542-04:002020-10-05T11:58:07.542-04:00"I guess this is to help find the G-spot?&quo..."I guess this is to help find the G-spot?"G. Stockton Powellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-90865388354928151422020-10-05T11:15:28.154-04:002020-10-05T11:15:28.154-04:00Ooh, the possibilities of conversation between the...Ooh, the possibilities of conversation between the evaluators boggles the mind. "Do we sell this or keep it? Maybe we better test it first." "But how?"Shashnoreply@blogger.com