John Campbell

Retired but still curious, living with AL #amyloidosis. ♿️ & 🧏 Deaf. Interested in chemistry, nutrition and diet and food supply, climate change, energy supply

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It is with great sadness to tell you that John passed away peacefully this morning with his wife, Mary, by his side. For those interested, funeral arrangements will follow.

The Campbell Family.

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If anyone would like details of the funeral, please DM this account. Many thanks.

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In John's memory, we are collecting donations for the National Amyloidosis Centre based at the Royal Free Hospital in London. Without their innovative research and essential support services, John would have not stayed with us so long. The link to donate is below 👇

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https://t.co/M7ekN0D82x

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@_captainscience @HisenseUK A wooden one, like this. Lasted as long as as the door https://t.co/ATsTWlIKXl

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@_captainscience @HisenseUK You can sometimes invert the door so it opens from the other. Failing that, for a decade or more I glue Von a wooden drawer handle with Araldite.

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I didn't realise I lived in exotic circles but I brought some camomile teabags into hospital with me and the nurses look at them with wonder"do you want milk in that"!

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@_captainscience @CarlSmytheCells @MrBoltonPTpage 😔 get better soon

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@Leicnut Sad that even Robinson's are getting in on it. Even if it did help immunity there's probably too little to do anything

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@_captainscience @Lego_Scientist I only had it for a day or two, It's horrid. Good old acyclovir

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@_captainscience @gentillapin If it is pure urushiol based, it is supposedly soluble in acetone (but also ethanol— I would have thought IPA would dissolve it too) and benzene. I would think toluene would work unless of course it has begun to polymerise. Very powerful skin irritant too.

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@DrDuaneRD @ggkuhnle For some reason I have had this page open for months. If true, their reuse of waste is remarkable

https://t.co/al81dKTlmf

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@ggkuhnle Years ago I tried tablets from Heslthspan that guaranteed 5 billion bacteria. I found it really upset my guts. Perhaps because I am on PPI so more bacteria will survive the gastric acid

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@_captainscience @Hippiepig

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@_captainscience @Hippiepig Of kombucha? Good for producing mycelial leather-like fabric!

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@_captainscience @Hippiepig There's a fair amount of evidence that selected lactobacillus strains survive stomach acid and affect the gut but not many, if any, seem capable of establishing a long-term niche
E.g.: https://t.co/OgqfrZePty

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@_captainscience @Hippiepig Perhaps it's because I'm on a PPI but I find many of these live cultures upset my tummy (Yet to try kombucha)

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@MatthewJDalby True but why no mention of walking clubs? The Ramblers" have a wellbeing walks programme

https://t.co/mfRVw6IjfO

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@ChemistCraig I once witnessed a so-called Clan Gathering procession in Edinburgh and I guess over half were Canadians paying feasance to a Clan chief whose ancestors chucked them off their land

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@_captainscience No expert either but if you have a modern consumer unit with mictoswitches do you need a separate isolator switch?