The maximum risk to falling cats question reminds me of the old story about engineers inspecting bombers returning from missions in WWII. The first impulse would be to figure out which parts of the plane were damaged most often by enemy fire, and reinforce or armor those parts. Supposedly, the correct answer was to reinforce/armor the parts that were not damaged in the returning planes. You already know that the damage to the returning planes is survivable. It’s the parts NOT damaged in the returning planes that need additional armor, because the planes that were damaged there did not return.
I have no idea if that story is really true, but I find it to be a good heuristic tool when inspecting scientific results from multiple angles. In the “how many stories fall are the maximum risk to cats” example, you could look for the fall heights that were under-represented in the population of cats brought to the hospital. That might be a good guess for maximum fatality, because it is the very dead cats that you don't see in your data. They've joined the bleedin' choir invisible.
One of my paranoid head issues involves fear of being told I need to buy another seat for my fat ass.
If I had a couple doses of Tylenol today (7AM, 11AM), can I have a drink with dinner, or will my liver explode?
What are people doing this weekend?
tonight is low key - possibly Kim Possible
Sat is my BIL 's birthday and Night Zoo at the SFZoo
Sunday some wood slicing for the floor boards
Tonight is the series finale of Kim Possible! I'm way more excited about this than I should be.
*sob* I love Kim Possible! She can do anything!! My email notification sound at work is the Kimmunicator.
Kim is the greatest! Best villains ever on that show.
Dana, I doubt a drink with dinner would hurt, though I'm not an expert on the interaction between Tylenol and alcohol.
Just be careful when mixing your pain relievers -- Tylenol overdoses are very unpleasant.
If I had a couple doses of Tylenol today (7AM, 11AM), can I have a drink with dinner, or will my liver explode?
Mine hasn't. And I've done similar-but-worse to it.
However, my reading on the topic indicates the bit where you die of killing your liver can happen days after you administer. When you're ripping at your gut lining, you get the panic-inducing symptoms earlier on. With the tylenol and the liver, I think you actually feel better.
And then you die.
But, to sum up, it's been a week since I did what you're about to do, and still not dead.
But, to sum up, it's been a week since I did what you're about to do, and still not dead.
...that wasn't supposed to be reassuring, right?
