Matt Taylor

Gas Monkey, Kiwi, Various other obessions... “Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out”

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@kiwiweetbixkid1 @KiwiAly Cause the front fell off our boat in Samoa…

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@Eruptn @geonet

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@DrNavSidhu And what exactly is this? 1950s ventilator?

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@alanburkittgray @DGlaucomflecken Settle Alan. He’s asking tongue in cheek.

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@HorsleyCarl Nice fact checking Dr H

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@PrasMao @HorsleyCarl Scary but completely unsurprising.
Not just bc SciFi has warned us for decades… but it learned from us after all

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@CivilityW @SoVeryBritish Just so you know who the dimmest is?

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@The_Grey_Writer @SoVeryBritish Oh well done sir!

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@Old_Watsonian @AshleyGWinter Cornering is even worse. US cars not used to those funny bends in the road

[Ryan @ryangnzzz]

We do potholes differently in Rotorua

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

New Zealand 👀

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@baradhili @GongGasGirl @maffygirl @hdavidrosen The carbon footprint of methoxyflurane is actually quite low. It’s infinitely better than N2O in that regard. But occupational exposure may well be a significant “thing”

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@baradhili @GongGasGirl @maffygirl @hdavidrosen Supposedly…
Plus when you want to stop the effect the implication is that you breathe in around (but not through) the whistle and exhale out through the carbon…
I suspect successful compliance is south of 1%…

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@maffygirl @baradhili @hdavidrosen @GongGasGirl Conveniently for the supplier I suspect that aspect of occupational safety has been put into the “we can address it if they ask the questions later” box.
There’s a charcoal capture aspect to the device but we know that won’t fix the exhalation of volatile taken up.

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@baradhili @GongGasGirl @maffygirl @hdavidrosen And less effective in ED cubicles…

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@baradhili @GongGasGirl @maffygirl @hdavidrosen Need more reliable air changes than that. Plus less reliable in cold climates 🤷🏼‍♂️

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@baradhili @hdavidrosen ⬆️this! Methoxy has many ideal properties for short inhalational analgesia and brevity sorts out renal issues… but staff chronic exposure in the back of an ambulance… not well managed IMHO. @maffygirl @GongGasGirl (thoughts?)

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@munrorobertson @DrNavSidhu @GongGasGirl Can’t recall if it’s this one or fospropofol but IIRC it doesn’t play nicely w LMAs. Like the old days of arguing w the gag and cough w Thio.

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@DrNavSidhu Short acting benzos sounds like a recipe for addiction/abuse disaster…

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@BlindSideNZ64 @fizzanddumpling “Some people” is an anecdote. Divided over the whole population they’re affecting you less than quarter of half a sip of your morning coffee and many have good reasons for it.
Pick a decent reason to be outraged.