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Things you've always wanted to know......
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Having never considered it before I need to know the answer to that now
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
What happens to DNA in donated blood?
Interestingly, though, in most people, it is possible to detect a very small amount of the donor's DNA in the recipient's blood for a few days after the transfusion. However, it tends not to remain in the recipient's system long and, on genetic tests, is easy to identify as foreign due to its minuscule presence.
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Thank you kindly professor ageingageing hammer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 7:21 pm What happens to DNA in donated blood?
Interestingly, though, in most people, it is possible to detect a very small amount of the donor's DNA in the recipient's blood for a few days after the transfusion. However, it tends not to remain in the recipient's system long and, on genetic tests, is easy to identify as foreign due to its minuscule presence.
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
How do you study to go on university challenge? I mean, much of what they know is generic undergrad knowledge, but there’s loads of stuff they get quizzed on that you could only realistically know because you’d researched it deliberately. Is there a big set of encyclopaedia they try to cram read in the lead up? Do they go clicking through every link of Wikipedia?
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
I think this is the answer DNN …dasnutnock3 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 7:59 pm How do you study to go on university challenge? I mean, much of what they know is generic undergrad knowledge, but there’s loads of stuff they get quizzed on that you could only realistically know because you’d researched it deliberately. Is there a big set of encyclopaedia they try to cram read in the lead up? Do they go clicking through every link of Wikipedia?
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Why is it only West Ham fans who should be careful what they wish for?
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They're all scared of our inherent massiveness.southbrishammer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2024 6:22 pm Why is it only West Ham fans who should be careful what they wish for?
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Because West Ham fans wish for world peace, if that was to happen, there would be massive population burst and it would spell Armageddon for everyone.southbrishammer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2024 6:22 pm Why is it only West Ham fans who should be careful what they wish for?
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I can't play an instrument and have no musical talent.
But I keep on hearing about hoe guitar players tune their guitar to "open chords."
I have no idea what this means - can someone explain in laypersons terms please?
But I keep on hearing about hoe guitar players tune their guitar to "open chords."
I have no idea what this means - can someone explain in laypersons terms please?
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Guitars are nomally tuned to E A D G B e (from heaviest string to lightest), which when strummed open ( no strings fretted) sounds horrible but allows lots of chords to be fingered easily. Open tuning is when the strings are tuned to a particular chord. Keith Richards uses Open G a lot, so his guitars are tuned D G D G B d, D G and B are the note of the G major chord (he often removed the lowest D string and played with just five). When he strummed the open strings it played a G major chord. The number of chords it's easy to play is reduced but it doesn't matter, the chords that are in the scale of G major are easy to finger and the chords he uses in a typical Stones song are a breeze. It also makes 'vamping' on the chord very effective. Vamping is playing frills and breaks on a chord, Brown Sugar and Honky Tonk Woman are good examples. It's also all but essential for playing slide guitar.WHU Independent wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2024 8:54 pm I can't play an instrument and have no musical talent.
But I keep on hearing about hoe guitar players tune their guitar to "open chords."
I have no idea what this means - can someone explain in laypersons terms please?
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2024 9:11 pm Guitars are nomally tuned to E A D G B e (from heaviest string to lightest), - Keith Richards uses Open G a lot, so his guitars are tuned D G D G B d, D G and B are the note of the G major chord (he often removed the lowest D string and played with just five).
Frank Sinatra tuned his guitar to DOO BE DOO BE DOO
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
The Old Man of Storr wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2024 8:27 am Frank Sinatra tuned his guitar to DOO BE DOO BE DOO
Yeah, but was he 'fingered easily'
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Think it's vulgar myself. You won't catch me having a cheeky glance down, honest guv!
Now what did I do with those dark glasses
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
I can give blood in the UK but not in France. Want to know why? Mad cow disease (BSE).
At the end of the usual lifestyle questionnaire ("are you an intravenous drug user? Do you have unprotected bum sex?, Have you visited a country where malaria is endemic etc.), the last question is: Did you spend more than a year in the UK between 1980 and 1996? If so, they don't want it...
I have lovely, top quality O- too...