tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post114006519433725877..comments2024-01-05T02:06:03.153+13:45Comments on Oswald Bastable's Ranting: Stuff I don't need!Oswald Bastablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-1140154179020965942006-02-17T19:14:00.000+13:452006-02-17T19:14:00.000+13:45Today a 15mm stainless steel ball-bearing appeared...Today a 15mm stainless steel ball-bearing appeared.<BR/><BR/>It's not as shiny as it was...Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-1140086609178076282006-02-17T00:28:00.000+13:452006-02-17T00:28:00.000+13:45Had a similar incident with one of mine at about t...Had a similar incident with one of mine at about two. She put a sizeable screw, around 2 inches, fallen or pulled out of the back of her high chair, in her mouth. Breathed in suddenly and whammo. Through the gagging and vomitting I managed to get the screw dislodged from a horizontal position across the back of her throat but from there it went downwards. Nasty experience. Dash to A+E, x-rays, hours of waiting around. Reappeared in a nappy about two days later. No longer a shiny screw. Still have it somewhere.<BR/>Their inner workings are amazingly robust.<BR/>You non-parents should take note. Kids do this stuff and you don't have eyes in the back of your head. Then again some of you might...Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-1140080379067697972006-02-16T22:44:00.001+13:452006-02-16T22:44:00.001+13:45I bet she's a father too.I bet she's a father too.Write Disabilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711018159875549653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-1140080371828225802006-02-16T22:44:00.000+13:452006-02-16T22:44:00.000+13:45Up-end them and wallop them betwwen the shoulderbl...Up-end them and wallop them betwwen the shoulderblades.<BR/><BR/>Hope you don't get reported for striking a child!<BR/><BR/>The last one I did was worse- that took a couple of abdominal thrusts (see Heimlich manuveour)<BR/><BR/>That kid was smufing!Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-1140068528916911142006-02-16T19:27:00.000+13:452006-02-16T19:27:00.000+13:45I am.How about you?I am.<BR/><BR/>How about you?Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.com