Heh, the hospital I was born in turns out to be on South Essex, which would be great for Napoleonic wars porn featuring Sean Bean.
Oh, wow. This place looks great. Oh, I feel like a witch in a magic shop.
Willow ,'Help'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DXMachina - Mar 01, 2005 11:43:08 am PST #3120 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Lyra Jane - Mar 01, 2005 11:43:34 am PST #3121 of 10002
Up with the sun
I'm fascinated that you people know what street the hospital is on.
I don't. I had a vague notion of the hospital's name, but Google suggests the vague notion is wrong.
lori - Mar 01, 2005 11:52:43 am PST #3122 of 10002
My birth hospital has a lame street address, but its area of responsibility covers 52% of the Earth's surface area. How cool is that? Or, how interminable must the lines be?
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2005 11:53:39 am PST #3123 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
On any given day, Tripler has approximately 209 hospital beds available.
That's a weird stat. I mean, I can't work out if it's good or bad.
Ginger - Mar 01, 2005 11:55:44 am PST #3124 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It's occurred to me that my mother's porn name would be either Bitsy or Boots Forrest. (I'm not sure which dog came first. And I'm not going to call her and say, "I'm trying to figure out your porn name. Which was your first dog?)
Lyra Jane - Mar 01, 2005 11:56:15 am PST #3125 of 10002
Up with the sun
Huh. I Googled a little more, and my birth hospital was the only hospital between Pittsburgh and Cincinatti when it opened in 1850.
Which is even cooler/stranger when you realize it was in Virginia at the time.
lori - Mar 01, 2005 11:56:23 am PST #3126 of 10002
That's a weird stat. I mean, I can't work out if it's good or bad.
Good, in that prepared for shit-to-go-down way?
Topic!Cindy - Mar 01, 2005 11:57:03 am PST #3127 of 10002
What is even happening?
IIRC, it's on Broadway. But I don't know anyone who was born there, nor even whether they have a Maternity unit.My dh was born there. I have no idea if they still have a materinity unit, though.
I think the name of my hospital's street might well be Hospital Hill, which well. Just no.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2005 12:00:17 pm PST #3128 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Good, in that prepared for shit-to-go-down way?
Well, it seems you'd have no waiting -- but that's a lot of emptiness.
Two things I must note:
- My computer is very slow
- Announcing you have a new catchphrase and including the etymology when no one asked is LAME.
DavidS - Mar 01, 2005 12:02:22 pm PST #3129 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Good, in that prepared for shit-to-go-down way?
Well, it seems you'd have no waiting -- but that's a lot of emptiness.
In his novel Crash J.G. Ballard talks about the many many empty beds at the airport hospital, all basically waiting for a major disaster.