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where legs are amputated
I'm watching the very interesting vlog of "AmputeeOT" (an occupational therapist who recently lost a foot), and it occurs to me: one hears of amputation below or above the knee — how come I've never heard of amputation at the knee, i.e. keeping the whole femur but no bone below? —
Tamfang (
talk)
06:43, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
This is a very long shot, but I've been given a box of Dolce Gusto coffe pod type things, and I wonder if I can use them in a Nespresso home machine? --
TammyMoet (
talk)
12:39, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Our
Dolce Gusto article states (unsourced) that "The Nestlé capsule systems are currently not compatible with each other, and each system requires different types of coffee capsules. Since the design is proprietary, these capsules are only available from the manufacturer." -
Cucumber Mike (
talk)
12:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
I suspect that they use the business model where they sell the coffee maker dirt cheap, perhaps even free, counting on selling you the pods at a steep markup, since there's no competition for their proprietary pods. (Of course, you can always throw the whole thing in the trash and get a cheaper system, once you realize the situation.)
StuRat (
talk)
18:33, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
(this is a response to Cucumber Mike's post) Hmm, the second part of that sentence is wrong. Capsules are not only available from other manufacturers, but (at least in Europe) legitimately so, according to the recent decision of the English High Court in Nestec v Dualit. See e.g.
this report. --19:04, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
I had a suspicion that it might be incorrect (or at least only partially correct), which is why I qualified my answer by saying it was unsourced. In fact, the whole article is unsourced, except from the manufacturer's website. Still, I have removed the sentence in question from the article, and left a link to the above post. -
Cucumber Mike (
talk)
19:24, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Yes. I don't know how common the distance is for private jets but some can do it. It's 8,200 km and a
Gulfstream G550 has plenty of range with 12,500 km. If you lack the range then you may be able to at least get a shorter stopover.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
14:11, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
On regular commercial airlines there is currently no direct option between SFO and DUB. You will have to change somewhere: Atlanta, Chicago, London, etc. Depending on the routing and layover time, the trip can take 15-20 hours. Faster, viable options are a direct flight on a private jet or private charter; so an Airbus A380 cruises at 945 km/h so the same site mentioned above indicates a time of 9 h 11 m. Even faster, but a lot less viable for 'ordinary' people is a faster airplane; so
Concorde (if it was still flying and was permitted to fly overland at cruising speed) would take under 4 hours, flying at
mach 2. There are also various supersonic commercial/private aircraft projects under development with similar speeds to Concorde, and various military research projects for
hypersonic aircraft (> mach 5).
Astronaut (
talk)
16:40, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Yes. If you were rich enough to get a supersonic aircraft project off the ground, a civilian could fly on such an aircraft. But when it come to even faster, you would need to be a military test-pilot.
Astronaut (
talk)
16:51, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
The supersonic Concordes were unable to get licenses to fly over the mainland, a large factor in their going out of business. Cross-Atlantic flights usually have a "standard" flight time which is greatly affected by head or tailwinds.
μηδείς (
talk)
17:05, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
I just want my character flights fast enough to see her bfriend who had a car accident, the man who is going with her (a friend of her boyfriend) is rich enough to have a private plane. Miss Bono [zootalk]17:07, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Clearing things up... my questions here are not for real situations. I am not rich nor do I have a rich boyfriend, nor I am going to make a trip to ireland. I am writting a story and I am asking for advice.Miss Bono [zootalk]20:36, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
If this is about your pregnant passenger, things can get topsy-turvy. She might go into labour during the flight, before she or anyone else knows she is pregnant (that really happens!). Then because of time zoning, the birth day recorded on the ground could be on the day before she boarded the plane. And if it's twin babies and just one is born by midnight February 28th, his womb mate might get three birthday cakes before the other's first birthday. And if there's a miscarriage with any acusation that it was induced deliberately,
Dublin is about the last place in Europe you would want to land.DreadRed (
talk)
20:59, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Just as a side note: There are some people who use a 747 or similar as a very high end luxury private plane. When I visited
Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg, they were just redoing the interior design of a 747-400 for a Sheik who finally got a "real" plane - his previous one was a 747-200. But your character's boyfriend would have to be
Bruce Wayne-rich, and then you can just take the
Batplane. ;-) --
Stephan Schulz (
talk)
04:50, 24 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Hehehe,
DreadRed, yes, it is about the pregnant passenger, I think I don't want the girl to have a miscarriage in Ireland for her own well. And, it is interesting that Feb 28th idea, mmm...
Stephan Schulz, do we have an article on 747, my character's boyfriend is Paul McCartney-rich or maybe even more. Miss Bono [zootalk]12:41, 24 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Yes, indeed. Including master bedroom, showers, lounges, and all tastefully decorated with wooden veneer hand-buffed by former Rolls Royce workers (apparently only they have the knack to get the shine quite right to suggest understatement and immense wealth at the same time). No joke. But note that the list price of a current 747 is around US$ 35000000 - and that is empty. Even Paul McCartney would be hard-pressed to make that kind of investment (although he just about could). --
Stephan Schulz (
talk)
17:09, 24 July 2013 (UTC)reply
I don't know about Bono's net worth, but the 747 first flew in 1970, so that's not a problem for you. You may confuse it with the
Airbus A380, the currently largest civilian passenger jet. I don't know if there is a VIP version of the A380 yet. --
Stephan Schulz (
talk)
18:29, 24 July 2013 (UTC)reply
A private 747 is, of course, a very flamboyant statement, more
Meat Loaf or
Alice Cooper than Sir Paul. If you want to keep it slightly less extreme, make it a temporary charter (e.g. for the latest and greatest world tour of your musician), not an outright buy. --
Stephan Schulz (
talk)
19:54, 24 July 2013 (UTC)reply
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July 23 Information
where legs are amputated
I'm watching the very interesting vlog of "AmputeeOT" (an occupational therapist who recently lost a foot), and it occurs to me: one hears of amputation below or above the knee — how come I've never heard of amputation at the knee, i.e. keeping the whole femur but no bone below? —
Tamfang (
talk)
06:43, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
This is a very long shot, but I've been given a box of Dolce Gusto coffe pod type things, and I wonder if I can use them in a Nespresso home machine? --
TammyMoet (
talk)
12:39, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Our
Dolce Gusto article states (unsourced) that "The Nestlé capsule systems are currently not compatible with each other, and each system requires different types of coffee capsules. Since the design is proprietary, these capsules are only available from the manufacturer." -
Cucumber Mike (
talk)
12:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
I suspect that they use the business model where they sell the coffee maker dirt cheap, perhaps even free, counting on selling you the pods at a steep markup, since there's no competition for their proprietary pods. (Of course, you can always throw the whole thing in the trash and get a cheaper system, once you realize the situation.)
StuRat (
talk)
18:33, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
(this is a response to Cucumber Mike's post) Hmm, the second part of that sentence is wrong. Capsules are not only available from other manufacturers, but (at least in Europe) legitimately so, according to the recent decision of the English High Court in Nestec v Dualit. See e.g.
this report. --19:04, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
I had a suspicion that it might be incorrect (or at least only partially correct), which is why I qualified my answer by saying it was unsourced. In fact, the whole article is unsourced, except from the manufacturer's website. Still, I have removed the sentence in question from the article, and left a link to the above post. -
Cucumber Mike (
talk)
19:24, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Yes. I don't know how common the distance is for private jets but some can do it. It's 8,200 km and a
Gulfstream G550 has plenty of range with 12,500 km. If you lack the range then you may be able to at least get a shorter stopover.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
14:11, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
On regular commercial airlines there is currently no direct option between SFO and DUB. You will have to change somewhere: Atlanta, Chicago, London, etc. Depending on the routing and layover time, the trip can take 15-20 hours. Faster, viable options are a direct flight on a private jet or private charter; so an Airbus A380 cruises at 945 km/h so the same site mentioned above indicates a time of 9 h 11 m. Even faster, but a lot less viable for 'ordinary' people is a faster airplane; so
Concorde (if it was still flying and was permitted to fly overland at cruising speed) would take under 4 hours, flying at
mach 2. There are also various supersonic commercial/private aircraft projects under development with similar speeds to Concorde, and various military research projects for
hypersonic aircraft (> mach 5).
Astronaut (
talk)
16:40, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Yes. If you were rich enough to get a supersonic aircraft project off the ground, a civilian could fly on such an aircraft. But when it come to even faster, you would need to be a military test-pilot.
Astronaut (
talk)
16:51, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
The supersonic Concordes were unable to get licenses to fly over the mainland, a large factor in their going out of business. Cross-Atlantic flights usually have a "standard" flight time which is greatly affected by head or tailwinds.
μηδείς (
talk)
17:05, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
I just want my character flights fast enough to see her bfriend who had a car accident, the man who is going with her (a friend of her boyfriend) is rich enough to have a private plane. Miss Bono [zootalk]17:07, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Clearing things up... my questions here are not for real situations. I am not rich nor do I have a rich boyfriend, nor I am going to make a trip to ireland. I am writting a story and I am asking for advice.Miss Bono [zootalk]20:36, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
If this is about your pregnant passenger, things can get topsy-turvy. She might go into labour during the flight, before she or anyone else knows she is pregnant (that really happens!). Then because of time zoning, the birth day recorded on the ground could be on the day before she boarded the plane. And if it's twin babies and just one is born by midnight February 28th, his womb mate might get three birthday cakes before the other's first birthday. And if there's a miscarriage with any acusation that it was induced deliberately,
Dublin is about the last place in Europe you would want to land.DreadRed (
talk)
20:59, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Just as a side note: There are some people who use a 747 or similar as a very high end luxury private plane. When I visited
Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg, they were just redoing the interior design of a 747-400 for a Sheik who finally got a "real" plane - his previous one was a 747-200. But your character's boyfriend would have to be
Bruce Wayne-rich, and then you can just take the
Batplane. ;-) --
Stephan Schulz (
talk)
04:50, 24 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Hehehe,
DreadRed, yes, it is about the pregnant passenger, I think I don't want the girl to have a miscarriage in Ireland for her own well. And, it is interesting that Feb 28th idea, mmm...
Stephan Schulz, do we have an article on 747, my character's boyfriend is Paul McCartney-rich or maybe even more. Miss Bono [zootalk]12:41, 24 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Yes, indeed. Including master bedroom, showers, lounges, and all tastefully decorated with wooden veneer hand-buffed by former Rolls Royce workers (apparently only they have the knack to get the shine quite right to suggest understatement and immense wealth at the same time). No joke. But note that the list price of a current 747 is around US$ 35000000 - and that is empty. Even Paul McCartney would be hard-pressed to make that kind of investment (although he just about could). --
Stephan Schulz (
talk)
17:09, 24 July 2013 (UTC)reply
I don't know about Bono's net worth, but the 747 first flew in 1970, so that's not a problem for you. You may confuse it with the
Airbus A380, the currently largest civilian passenger jet. I don't know if there is a VIP version of the A380 yet. --
Stephan Schulz (
talk)
18:29, 24 July 2013 (UTC)reply
A private 747 is, of course, a very flamboyant statement, more
Meat Loaf or
Alice Cooper than Sir Paul. If you want to keep it slightly less extreme, make it a temporary charter (e.g. for the latest and greatest world tour of your musician), not an outright buy. --
Stephan Schulz (
talk)
19:54, 24 July 2013 (UTC)reply