Re: Hehe. Thanks :-)grangerxApril 6 2005, 04:28:42 UTC
Unfortunately, with the (what-has-to-be) redundant array of brain cells required to "remember" something, I'm not sure drinking would be a permanent cure. I think you'd have to take 50 units a day as a maintenance drug.
Re: Hehe. Thanks :-)grangerxApril 6 2005, 23:14:39 UTC
Insulin, at least, is usually labelled according to the "U-100" scale.
U-100 means that 100 units == 1ml. So, 50 units is half a mililiter.
A shot glass holds ?60ml? (according to a random google return..
So, "a shot" is roughly equivalent to (depending on which kind of shot of my type you're comparing it to) 60 * 25 [the 25 is 100/4, which is assuming U100 insulin / 4 units of insulin, my per-meal amount if my blood sugar is "normal"] of my kind of shot.
60 * 25 == 1,500. So, "a shot" is 1500x bigger than one of my "shots". Unless you're talking my per-day long-term insulin, which would be only 150x smaller.
Re: Hehe. Thanks :-)ellie_urbanApril 5 2005, 18:21:37 UTC
Don't be embarrassed - I don't talk about the details of my job because a) nobody would understand it, or b) be interested in it. Legal stuff is a boring necessity; but I'm one of those freaks who finds it interesting.
Re: Hehe. Thanks :-)grangerxApril 6 2005, 04:33:30 UTC
Yep, I find technology interesting in many of the same ways.
It's boring, it's necessary,
"but, once you get used to it... it'sprettydamncool!" (<-- Corey Feldman, "Bordello of Blood")
Legal stuff can also be cool; it's one of the true areas where being 'clever' can effect massive changes. Or ... not. Depends on if we have an activist supreme court. (Which, studies show, is just a regular court, with sour-cream and tomatoes.)
Re: Hehe. Thanks :-)ellie_urbanApril 6 2005, 14:38:30 UTC
I don't get to do anything cool like that, either. :) What I do is negotiate the legal langauge big fat construction contracts full of fine print - I deal heavily in "what ifs". Nobody knows or cares what we do until something DOES happen, and then the lawyers and everyone else are happy because we've done our job. *Then* we've saved the company millions of $, but except for the once in a blue moon a lawsuit actually occurs, we're practically anonymous. Clearly I don't do my job for the glory! :)
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I thought about prefacing it with a warning.
Oh well! Thanks for reading, anyway.
-me
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Hrmmm.
Hey, it works for Insulin!
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U-100 means that 100 units == 1ml. So, 50 units is half a mililiter.
A shot glass holds ?60ml? (according to a random google return..
So, "a shot" is roughly equivalent to (depending on which kind of shot of my type you're comparing it to) 60 * 25 [the 25 is 100/4, which is assuming U100 insulin / 4 units of insulin, my per-meal amount if my blood sugar is "normal"] of my kind of shot.
60 * 25 == 1,500. So, "a shot" is 1500x bigger than one of my "shots". Unless you're talking my per-day long-term insulin, which would be only 150x smaller.
Fun with math!
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It's boring, it's necessary,
"but, once you get used to it... it'sprettydamncool!" (<-- Corey Feldman, "Bordello of Blood")
Legal stuff can also be cool; it's one of the true areas where being 'clever' can effect massive changes. Or ... not. Depends on if we have an activist supreme court. (Which, studies show, is just a regular court, with sour-cream and tomatoes.)
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