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[marisa]

"this is political??? lol... just to clarify i wasnt getting upset.. i was actually having a good time... no offence given (i hope) and none taken.. lol..."

Doesn't matter if someone got upset, didn't get upset, loved the discussion or hated it. If it starts bordering on a conversation of canada's system pros and cons VS. the USA's then it is too political for ssnakess.com

Marisa

[peterm15]

oh...i was only joking.. sorry... i was just meaning that it didnt seem political... trying to lighten the mood... and about the offence that was in responce to oscars post.....

sorry for the confusing.. i did realise what you were saying about political...

RMbolton... i dont know if that is the case.. it was in a gr 12 bio book... what about the other one where buddy got stabben in the head with a butcher knife and walked himself into the hospital..... i might be getting 2 stories mixed up though...

i still think the most amazing one was that young kid that got half his skull and half his brain shot off by a shotgun... and went on to graduate with honers from university or college.. now thats an amazing story... he did all that with half a brain, some ppl cant do that with a full one...

[Removed_2815]

Originally posted by peterm15

RMbolton... i dont know if that is the case..

From your description, it was without a doubt Phineas Gage. In 1848 (there's controversy over the exact date), Phineas was laying track for a railroad when a small explosion launched a tamping iron into his skull, destroying a significant area of brain. It is one of the first cases that revealed direct evidence to the spatial organization of brain tissue (brain mapping) and how different areas are responsible for various functions; from vision to emotion, and everything in between.
This is how he is described on the link I provided (I didn't look into the page's content too much, I just googled his name and that's what came up, there's better information in my undergrad texts but I ain't diggin' 'em up!):
"Before the accident he had been their most capable and efficient foreman, one with a well-balanced mind, and who was looked on as a shrewd smart business man. He was now fitful, irreverent, and grossly profane, showing little deference for his fellows. He was also impatient and obstinate, yet capricious and vacillating, unable to settle on any of the plans he devised for future action. His friends said he was “No longer Gage.”"
Ryan

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

EVERYONE:

Just an update.

The Colorado construction worker who shot himself in the head with a nail gun - an accident he didn't discover until 6 days later - said he'll change his line of work from here on out. Wow - I have utmost respect for the next bit!

"I'll make pizzas," Patrick Lawler, 23, said Tuesday. Lawler, who may be released from the hospital as early as Wednesday, was working on a house when he accidentally fired the nail into his head. He said it felt like he had been hit with a steel baseball bat.

I suppose the pain must have came up gradually amongst the assumed seriousness and focus he must have while on the job! It was hard to believe...and now it is harder to believe. This man didn't realize the gun had fired a 10-centimetre nail through his mouth and 3.8 centimetres into his brain until six days later, when he went to a dental office complaining of a toothache. Hahaha, this guy is tough as nails! The X-ray we saw revealed the nail, and surgeons removed it just last week.

"The nail could have been millimetres to one side and it would have severed an optic nerve, leaving him blind," said Dr. Sean Markey, operater of Lawler. "He's unbelievably lucky."

The uninsured nail-man said he doesn't know how he'll pay medical bills estimated to reach $100,000. "I was self-employed on the job," he said. "I would have had to carry my own health insurance. But I didn't think I'd shoot myself with a nail, you know?"

Hopefully making pizzas will offer this poor guy some insurance.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/

Tony