Re: Called the doctor - Soup

[Guest guest]

,

I think they have those stories BECAUSE they weren't chem majors. I'm sure

that you and I have much better ones. I know most of mine are not

repeatable here!

Cy

Re: Called the doctor - Soup

>

> You mean not everybody has the periodic table memorized????

>

> I was a chem minor in college and remember well those fun chem labs, but I

> can't recall anyone setting themselves on fire. Guess our labs were not

as

> exciting as you guys with fires and chlorine gas clouds ;-)

>

>

>

> In a message dated 1/10/2005 11:19:34 AM Pacific Standard Time,

> garymattcohen@... writes:

>

> > No Cy, it was meant to be funny. Wow, my wife should realize how lucky

she

> > is - after all how many husbands make jokes using the Periodic Table? On

> > second thought, maybe that can be our little secret...

> >

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Well, I was a math major (Operations Research) as well as an Econ and Industrial

Management major, so excuse me for trying to poison the science lab ;-)........

Esther G wrote:

I changed my major from biology to psychology because of chemistry :-( I wanted

to be a vet.

Esther

W4JC@... wrote:

You mean not everybody has the periodic table memorized????

I was a chem minor in college and remember well those fun chem labs, but I

can't recall anyone setting themselves on fire. Guess our labs were not as

exciting as you guys with fires and chlorine gas clouds ;-)

In a message dated 1/10/2005 11:19:34 AM Pacific Standard Time,

garymattcohen@... writes:

> No Cy, it was meant to be funny. Wow, my wife should realize how lucky she

> is - after all how many husbands make jokes using the Periodic Table? On

> second thought, maybe that can be our little secret...

>

[Guest guest]

I changed from zoology/pre-physical therapy to psychology because of

organic chemistry. That was many, many years ago, but I still recall

the horrors. And I made a huge mess in an inorganic lab with my

clumsiness (another of my fine traits). I elbowed a large graduated

cylinder of HCl which crashed on the floor and splashed acid all over

my feet and made a spreading mess on the floor. The lab instructor

dumped sodium bicarb over everything to neutralize the acid and

physically lifted me up in the air and stood me up in a lab sink at the

end of the table and ran water about half way up to my knees. A young

man in the lab with CP came around the end of the lab table before he

saw the spill and, due to his stiff gait, wasn't able to stop in time

and slipped in the foamy mess on the floor and slid on his back. The

lab instructor was almost speechless with fury and frustration. After

he got the guy up off the floor and cleaned up somewhat, he lifted me

out of the water and carried me out in the hall and threatened my life

if I ever showed up in his lab again. My shoes were ruined, but the

burns on my feet actually were much less than you might expect. I don't

recall the specifics of how I apologized and groveled, but I did

somehow get back in the lab and managed to pass it.

Betsy

> I changed my major from biology to psychology because of chemistry

> :-(  I wanted to be a vet.

> Esther

[Guest guest]

LOL. That's a great story Betsy. Makes me happy I was a liberal arts type,

despite my high school chemistry. Somehow, political science, geography,

psychology, philosophy, English, French, etc. seem a lot safer :-)

Pierre

Re: Called the doctor - Soup

I changed from zoology/pre-physical therapy to psychology because of

organic chemistry. That was many, many years ago, but I still recall

the horrors. And I made a huge mess in an inorganic lab with my

clumsiness (another of my fine traits). I elbowed a large graduated

cylinder of HCl which crashed on the floor and splashed acid all over

my feet and made a spreading mess on the floor. The lab instructor

dumped sodium bicarb over everything to neutralize the acid and

physically lifted me up in the air and stood me up in a lab sink at the

end of the table and ran water about half way up to my knees. A young

man in the lab with CP came around the end of the lab table before he

saw the spill and, due to his stiff gait, wasn't able to stop in time

and slipped in the foamy mess on the floor and slid on his back. The

lab instructor was almost speechless with fury and frustration. After

he got the guy up off the floor and cleaned up somewhat, he lifted me

out of the water and carried me out in the hall and threatened my life

if I ever showed up in his lab again. My shoes were ruined, but the

burns on my feet actually were much less than you might expect. I don't

recall the specifics of how I apologized and groveled, but I did

somehow get back in the lab and managed to pass it.

Betsy

[Guest guest]

LOL. That's a great story Betsy. Makes me happy I was a liberal arts type,

despite my high school chemistry. Somehow, political science, geography,

psychology, philosophy, English, French, etc. seem a lot safer :-)

Pierre

Re: Called the doctor - Soup

I changed from zoology/pre-physical therapy to psychology because of

organic chemistry. That was many, many years ago, but I still recall

the horrors. And I made a huge mess in an inorganic lab with my

clumsiness (another of my fine traits). I elbowed a large graduated

cylinder of HCl which crashed on the floor and splashed acid all over

my feet and made a spreading mess on the floor. The lab instructor

dumped sodium bicarb over everything to neutralize the acid and

physically lifted me up in the air and stood me up in a lab sink at the

end of the table and ran water about half way up to my knees. A young

man in the lab with CP came around the end of the lab table before he

saw the spill and, due to his stiff gait, wasn't able to stop in time

and slipped in the foamy mess on the floor and slid on his back. The

lab instructor was almost speechless with fury and frustration. After

he got the guy up off the floor and cleaned up somewhat, he lifted me

out of the water and carried me out in the hall and threatened my life

if I ever showed up in his lab again. My shoes were ruined, but the

burns on my feet actually were much less than you might expect. I don't

recall the specifics of how I apologized and groveled, but I did

somehow get back in the lab and managed to pass it.

Betsy

[Guest guest]

LOL. That's a great story Betsy. Makes me happy I was a liberal arts type,

despite my high school chemistry. Somehow, political science, geography,

psychology, philosophy, English, French, etc. seem a lot safer :-)

Pierre

Re: Called the doctor - Soup

I changed from zoology/pre-physical therapy to psychology because of

organic chemistry. That was many, many years ago, but I still recall

the horrors. And I made a huge mess in an inorganic lab with my

clumsiness (another of my fine traits). I elbowed a large graduated

cylinder of HCl which crashed on the floor and splashed acid all over

my feet and made a spreading mess on the floor. The lab instructor

dumped sodium bicarb over everything to neutralize the acid and

physically lifted me up in the air and stood me up in a lab sink at the

end of the table and ran water about half way up to my knees. A young

man in the lab with CP came around the end of the lab table before he

saw the spill and, due to his stiff gait, wasn't able to stop in time

and slipped in the foamy mess on the floor and slid on his back. The

lab instructor was almost speechless with fury and frustration. After

he got the guy up off the floor and cleaned up somewhat, he lifted me

out of the water and carried me out in the hall and threatened my life

if I ever showed up in his lab again. My shoes were ruined, but the

burns on my feet actually were much less than you might expect. I don't

recall the specifics of how I apologized and groveled, but I did

somehow get back in the lab and managed to pass it.

Betsy

[Guest guest]

Ok Betsy, that is just about the worst Chem lab disaster I have heard!

All these chem lab stories make me glad that my school days are behind me.

In a message dated 1/11/2005 11:57:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, Betsy Cabell

writes:

>

>I changed from zoology/pre-physical therapy to psychology because of

>organic chemistry. That was many, many years ago, but I still recall

>the horrors. And I made a huge mess in an inorganic lab with my

>clumsiness (another of my fine traits). I elbowed a large graduated

>cylinder of HCl which crashed on the floor and splashed acid all over

>my feet and made a spreading mess on the floor. The lab instructor

>dumped sodium bicarb over everything to neutralize the acid and

>physically lifted me up in the air and stood me up in a lab sink at the

>end of the table and ran water about half way up to my knees. A young

>man in the lab with CP came around the end of the lab table before he

>saw the spill and, due to his stiff gait, wasn't able to stop in time

>and slipped in the foamy mess on the floor and slid on his back. The

>lab instructor was almost speechless with fury and frustration. After

>he got the guy up off the floor and cleaned up somewhat, he lifted me

>out of the water and carried me out in the hall and threatened my life

>if I ever showed up in his lab again. My shoes were ruined, but the

>burns on my feet actually were much less than you might expect. I don't

>recall the specifics of how I apologized and groveled, but I did

>somehow get back in the lab and managed to pass it.

>

>Betsy

>

>

>

>> I changed my major from biology to psychology because of chemistry

>> :-(  I wanted to be a vet.

>>  Esther

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ok Betsy, that is just about the worst Chem lab disaster I have heard!

All these chem lab stories make me glad that my school days are behind me.

In a message dated 1/11/2005 11:57:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, Betsy Cabell

writes:

>

>I changed from zoology/pre-physical therapy to psychology because of

>organic chemistry. That was many, many years ago, but I still recall

>the horrors. And I made a huge mess in an inorganic lab with my

>clumsiness (another of my fine traits). I elbowed a large graduated

>cylinder of HCl which crashed on the floor and splashed acid all over

>my feet and made a spreading mess on the floor. The lab instructor

>dumped sodium bicarb over everything to neutralize the acid and

>physically lifted me up in the air and stood me up in a lab sink at the

>end of the table and ran water about half way up to my knees. A young

>man in the lab with CP came around the end of the lab table before he

>saw the spill and, due to his stiff gait, wasn't able to stop in time

>and slipped in the foamy mess on the floor and slid on his back. The

>lab instructor was almost speechless with fury and frustration. After

>he got the guy up off the floor and cleaned up somewhat, he lifted me

>out of the water and carried me out in the hall and threatened my life

>if I ever showed up in his lab again. My shoes were ruined, but the

>burns on my feet actually were much less than you might expect. I don't

>recall the specifics of how I apologized and groveled, but I did

>somehow get back in the lab and managed to pass it.

>

>Betsy

>

>

>

>> I changed my major from biology to psychology because of chemistry

>> :-(  I wanted to be a vet.

>>  Esther

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Have we checked for a link between competency in the lab and IgAN? I think we've

got pretty conclusive evidence here that lack of one could point to the other.

Rita Nucciarone wrote:

You guys are killin' me with your lab stories! Betsy - I'm happy you were not

burned seriously! Rita

Betsy Cabell wrote:I changed from zoology/pre-physical therapy

to psychology because of

organic chemistry. That was many, many years ago, but I still recall

the horrors. And I made a huge mess in an inorganic lab with my

clumsiness (another of my fine traits). I elbowed a large graduated

cylinder of HCl which crashed on the floor and splashed acid all over

my feet and made a spreading mess on the floor. The lab instructor

dumped sodium bicarb over everything to neutralize the acid and

physically lifted me up in the air and stood me up in a lab sink at the

end of the table and ran water about half way up to my knees. A young

man in the lab with CP came around the end of the lab table before he

saw the spill and, due to his stiff gait, wasn't able to stop in time

and slipped in the foamy mess on the floor and slid on his back. The

lab instructor was almost speechless with fury and frustration. After

he got the guy up off the floor and cleaned up somewhat, he lifted me

out of the water and carried me out in the hall and threatened my life

if I ever showed up in his lab again. My shoes were ruined, but the

burns on my feet actually were much less than you might expect. I don't

recall the specifics of how I apologized and groveled, but I did

somehow get back in the lab and managed to pass it.

Betsy

> I changed my major from biology to psychology because of chemistry

> :-( I wanted to be a vet.

> Esther