Is that a small amount of eyeliner? I think it might be... He looks barely old enough to shave here.
The shirt is positively subdued for the eighties...
Well. Yesterday...I don't know what to say, apart from it was a nice day out, which is safe enough. My Victorian novel metaphors are not holding up, and the whole thing is proving more complicated than I expected. Just as well L was with me, or I might've been in trouble. Apparently the police find it suspicious when you walk up and down a row of houses for half an hour trying to see in the windows. I'm sure I don't know why...
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I am distinctly intrigued, and hope you'll eventually be able to tell us, if not the whole story, more of the story...
Could Mrs H possibly get you some semi-official status so you won't have to risk arrest in your investigations?
I like veryyoung!Lestrade photo--I agree, it looks like eyeliner traces there...:)
John - Interesting developments, then? Remember, Victorian novels weren't written for their believability, but rather for the thrill of it all. =)
I hope the run-in with the local police wasn't the main reason you and Lestrade were late coming home last night. (And if they were, does this now count as another charge of (attempted) sheep/camel-wrangling on your record?)
*fondly teasing*
~A from NW
You should have taken ME with you because I've got a police card and you don't.
Your police card might not have quite as much sway as mine, Sherlock. Are you helping John cook?
And I'm the same she in these pics! Nicky's unloaded a big collection of holiday snaps onto you.
Cheeky young whelp.
The same she? Hm...
Sherlock - he outranks you, though.
Waaaaaaaaiiiiiit a minute, John! What do you mean, "the last two"? Surely you've got more delights for us in the future?
In any case, aww, L, you're adorable.
Sherlock, I wonder if you need a regulation haircut to prove you're the true owner of that police card?
I like the first picture because Lestrade's t shirt has sequins on it.
I outrank YOU
RR - I have a card with her number on it, but that only works if they actually take me in and call it, etc. I'm not sure her people get cards like that. They're probably meant to sort things out for themselves.
A - Victorian novels weren't written for their believability, but rather for the thrill of it all.
True enough! No, the police were only interested momentarily. L sent them off.
Sherlock - I'm a captain, you're only a sergeant. :P Do you want to chop the ginger?
I saw on tv that they used to put ginger up horses bottoms to make them run fast, is that true?
The police don't even have captains and you don't have a card.
I like the first picture because Lestrade's t shirt has sequins on it.
Ooh, you're right, Sherlock--I didn't even notice that! Definitely another check mark for the first photo, then.
I'm not sure her people get cards like that.
Well, I wasn't thinking her regular people would necessarily, but you'd be a Special, wouldn't you? :)
Sherlock, the police here in the US have captains. And I bet John still has his dogtags--they'd have his rank on them. So would his uniform.
They're studs, not sequins!
And yes, it is true. And.... I'm not going to say anything else, in case John sends me to bed with no tea.
L - excellent choice.
I saw on tv that they used to put ginger up horses bottoms to make them run fast, is that true?
According to Saunders Vetinary Dictionary (via Answers.com), it's was (and sometimes still is) done to make a horse hold its tail higher and look livelier, not to make it run faster. And it's considered an act of cruelty (and is banned by various horse associations) because it hurts the horse.
ETA: If Lestrade says it's true, it's probably true. Lots of illegal things aren't going to be in a Veterinary Dictionary. (Which is the right way to spell it, so there autocorrect!)
Sherlock - fortunately, I don't need a card to be the boss of you. Also, what on earth were you watching that was talking about putting ginger up horses' bottoms?
They're studs, not sequins!
Sequins, studs...shiny is shiny. :)
I think it was generally to make it look livelier, RR, not necessarily run faster, yeah.
Innie - the last two I currently have, but I'm sure Nicky has them stockpiled!
QI and Stephen Fry said it and I'm allowed to watch it you said! Lestrade tell me what you don't want John to know in secret when you're home.
I did say that, though sometimes I have doubts about how wise it was. Still, without QI we wouldn't know that New Yorkers bite more people every year than sharks do.
L - don't.
Just leaving now, and no, you're too young.
Danger, you're a git.
New Yorkers bite more people every year than sharks do
I DO NOT!
And that's all I'm saying about that. :D
Danger, you're a git.
:) See you soon!
Still a git.
Going to kiss me better?
I was only saying!
Very carefully, yes.
Yeah, might give shaving tonight a miss...
The top picture definitely comes into the category of so adorbs it should be illegal.
So how did the scallops come out?
the scallops were heavenly.
I am so tired...I might just fall asleep rght here.
Re: Ginger
*EPIC SIDE EYE*
I wish I could post reaction .gifs here because I have quite a few that would be appropriate.
I don't know what they are, but I feel like I'm maybe glad you can't?
It's driving Sherlock absolutely wild that I told him some other people would know what I meant without saying anything else...
Am feeling deeply unoriginal, so I'll just +1 what SH and Mazarin said.
Now I feel mildly stupid because I don't know what either of you are talking about with the ginger thing. *sigh*
the scallops were heavenly.
I think the whole "I don't/can't cook" thing can be officially declared a dead letter. :)
There, Sherlock--now it's both of us that doesn't know what Lestrade is talking about. *squinty eyes*
No, don't tell me. I don't care.
They're tiny little short clips of like a second or two, usually of a movie or TV show, that shows the characters having either a reaction or an expression that you can use to stand in for your own. Hm.
Here: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/52154038.html?nc=2371
A good primer. And the first side eye gif there, from 101 Dalmatians, would be me, right down to the hair color. :D
Sorry, Sherlock. We're not trying to leave you out, but sometimes adults have strange senses of humor that aren't appropriate for kids.
Ha! I would say it's a shame we can't use them on here... except I could imagine myself spending hours just finding the perfect one to use far too often!
Sherlock's ignoring me in favour of the degus.
How's the name training going, Sherlock?
I suppose at this point I should clarify that my side-eye came with an exceptionally large dash of amusement and very little disapproval (which is my standard side-eye, tbh).
Yes, mine too, Nameless. Mostly the unbelieving side-eye, with a chaser of gigglesnorts.
Nameless - I think I do that to John quite a lot. Nearly as much as he does it to me...
There is a lot of side-eye action going on in this flat. Especially when Mycroft's home.
Mycroft adds head-shaking in an alarmingly adult way :)
We all have our own ideas of fun.
don't we just :)
Innie - the last two I currently have, but I'm sure Nicky has them stockpiled!
Oh, good!
As for this biting statistic - could some of us New Yorkers have been biting/nibbling affectionately?
Oh, bad...
Cmon, Dangermouse. Reassure me the doc tomorrow will be nice to me, fat lip and stubble and all :)
Heh. If he doesn't notice the fat lip straight off, don't stay for the rest of it.
All right, bed sounds good.
Goodness, Lestrade, how photogenic you are. How old are you in the fiesta put? Clearly when they were handing out cuteness, you and the Doc went back for seconds.
Hope your lip feels better today.
...first pic, that is, not fiesta put.
I'm... early twenties, I guess? You're really far too kind. I don't think I'm photogenic at all!
The doc, however, is just about the cutest thing ever.
Lips is fine, thanks.
Oh, FFS, the pair of you are both gorgeous, and we all know it. Now, stop fishing for compliments :-p
(I tease, I tease. But it's true).
Does that means your physical is finished? Did you have an inordinate number of medical personnel, ostensibly there for the exam but really to check out the cute DI?
Not that that happens,, right Doc?
There better not be any extras. I dont mind one terrified looking trainee, but I draw the line at a roomfull.
Lips do tend to heal pretty quickly--glad your was no exception.
Good luck with the physical! Here's hoping it is completely dull and routine.
It's still a slightly fat lip, but I don't look like the elephant man today. Or no more than usual, anyway.
Physical was fairly dull. He says I'm too tense, but my blood pressure is down and lung capacity up, thank you year of not smoking! He thinks my right shoulder's a bit dodgy, which isn't surprising, given the number of times i've fallen off bikes onto it/broken in doors with it etc., but nothing to worry about, just keep an eye on it.
There was just one thing I need to go and have further tests on. Danger, you're coming with me for that. No orguments.
I had three once, then told them all to hit the road once they'd had a nice look at my "textbook" strep throat.
Hope the exam went well today, L. I totally get you on those - I work with hazardous materials, so they check me over very well once a year or once every other year, depending on how much I'm in the field. Hearing, vision, full blood screens that seem more like a donation than just a test, chest X-rays, lung capacity test, EKG, then the full-on physical. It takes like 2 hours to get through it all, and by the end I just want to go home and hide so no one else touches me the rest of the day.
Well, they haven't sent me to the knackers' yard, anyway :)
No x rays, thankfully, just other stuff. And he's an old guy, on his own, no students in sight. Although his eyebrows did hit his hairline when he saw my chest...ha.
Further tests? What further tests? *is suspicious* Should we worry about this? (You don't get to worry by yourself any more, you know!)
Yay for not-smoking improvements! Although I bet the lower blood pressure has as much or more to do with John and the boys and being part of a loving (if unconventional) family as with the lack of icky smoke in your lungs. :)
Were the raised eyebrows in reaction to the piercings indicative of surprise or appreciation? ;)
Lessee...how old are you again? I think I know what test you are making Danger come with you for!
nothing to worry about, RR.
And you're probably right about John and the boys, yeah. Although they do all conspire to raise my blood pressure too, in different ways!
Oh yes, Maz?? Whilst I'll admit it's not unrelated to age, I don't think you're guessing right.... care to expand?
There was just one thing I need to go and have further tests on. Danger, you're coming with me for that.
Oh?
You're not old enough for the lovely colonoscopy, are you? Is that 45? or is it 50? (I know you're not 50, that's why I'm suddenly wondering about my guess.) The doctor was so kind to describe it to me when I had to go with my mom for hers.
'Tis the season for all sorts of age-related tests. I get mine now, too. The dreaded boob-smashery of the mammogram. While I'm happy to be screened to keep the cancer at bay, all of these things are just so flippin' uncomfortable and awkward.
As predicted by your good Doctorly self, Danger.
He thinks I need reading glasses. So i've got to go for a 'proper' eye test, not his 'are you blind?' test. I refuse to try any on without you being there to tell me if I look like a plank.
Not quite that old, Maz. Had the finger up-the-bum, which is quite enough!!
*suspending worry*
Heh heh--yes, I imagine they do give your blood pressure does get a workout, but on balance... :D
Maz, first colonoscopy is usually at 50, yeah. (Which I well know, since I just had mine a few weeks ago--although it wasn't my first.) But there are alllll sorts of tests these medical people have thought up.
Ha. I will refrain from saying I told you so, and yeah, happy to go along. You'll look good in them.
Well, that comment was about 5 min. late--I one-finger-type toooo slow!
Reading glasses is good--you'll get a lot fewer headaches when doing paperwork.
Haaaa, reading glasses! That was my second thought. You'll look fine, distinguished even, but yes, taking John for a second opinion on the frames is probably a good idea. I rarely pick out my frames on my own any more, as it's so hard to judge sometimes.
My hubs needs some too, but he already wears glasses all the time. The time he spends on the computer is ruining his eyes, and he heeds "helpers" for reading on the computer. That's they call them, anyway, and I just laughed and said no, those are bifocals with a pretty name.
no, you can say you told me so, I don't mind. much.
Hey! I have regular glasses and reading glasses and distance glasses, and there's nothing wrong with wearing glasses, okay? Okay.
(I don't have trifocals or progressives because I have a major astigmatism so I need fairly small frames and there really isn't room.)
L - you really will look good, promise. And at least it's just for reading, no chance of criminals knocking them off and eluding you.
RR, it was a tease about getting older. I've had glasses since I was 8 years old, with a really expensive perscription for astigmatism. Believe me, I understand.
I got glasses at 6, Maz. :)
L, glasses are jewelry for your eyes and face! Just decide what look you want--scholarly, distinguished, dashing,...
Oooh, hipster! Some big black Buddy Holly frames! :D
No, just kidding. Some modern, slim titanium frames would look nice on you.
I don't care what I look like, provided it's bot 'comedic'.
And yeah, just for office work, computer stuff etc.
Sherlock's tooth still stubbornly hanging in there? And how's your day?
...not.
And backtracking, colonoscopy? For everyone? Regardless? There was a treat I didn't know I had coming.... why?
Everyone. Regardless. So you don't die of colon cancer before any symptoms show up. And so they can scare you by removing any polyps they find and make you wait a few days before telling you they're all benign.
The procedure doesn't hurt--I fell asleep and knew no more. But the prep is a misery.
Yep, one of those things. There was a group of guys in my office that all got theirs the same year as they're all the same age, and it seemed like every time I passed them they were all talking about it. It was keen fun to hear, let me tell you *eyeroll* but at least doing it means you've got a chance to catch anything ugly before it starts. But yeah - I was with my mom for the prep the day before, and she did look miserable.
L - Hanging by a thread. I'll be surprised if it makes it through the day. He likes wiggling it for people far too much.
The day's been all right. I walked around for a while before I went to fetch Sherlock, good for thinking. How was your day, apart from the check up?
Oh, and I got an email from Laura (of Egypt, and Biscuit), she's visiting in a few weeks and wants to have lunch or something. Do you want to meet her?
But I thought you had to pay loads of money for stuff in the US? So if it's compulsory , what if you cant pay? You get it on tic?
Okay, thanks. Thinking about anything in particular?
And sure, if you want me to meet her?
Loose teeth were invented for wiggling at people. :)
(And has he asked you what a colonoscopy is yet? :D)
I'm guessing you were thinking about Mary's puzzle (if it's not too callous to call it that) and what to do next.... *leaving tempting pause for John to possibly fill in*
No, not compulsory, just really, really, really encouraged. And good luck to you if you don't have insurance, b/c its extremely expensive.
Matter of fact, a study was just mentioned on the news yesterday that said something like 70% of people over age 50 don't get their recommended colonoscopy. JEEZ, I WONDER WHY THAT WOULD BE. Duh.
Heath care in this country is a joke.
L - Mary got another package today, and I went round to see it this morning, after the bike lesson. It's...odd.
And sure, if you want me to meet her?
I do, I think you'd like each other.
L, if you can't pay for medical care, you probably aren't getting an annual checkup. You're probably only getting emergency room care, or seeing a doctor only when you are too sick not to, and if the doctor tells you to get tests--any tests--you ignore her because the tests are all expensive. And so if you end up with colon cancer it will be caught too late if at all, and it may well cause your family to lose their home and everything else, and you die.
*ahem* Sorry, that was a little overexcited. But, alas, not at all overstating the case. It happens every damn day.
Oh, I see. No, they're not compulsory as in "required by the goverment", no health care is at the moment. They are just the national or international medical recommendations. People skip colonoscopies and mammograms and all matter of early screening tests with gay abandon for all sorts of bad reasons. It used to be that if you have a good primary care physician, they'd hound you until you go get the tests, but most are too busy now, due to the economics of "managed health care". It's a scandal and a hissing.
YOU, L, have a very good doctor right on hand, and you will not be able to skip any tests you need, you may be sure!
(Okay, you can come back, I'm done yelling. *embarassed*)
Right, yeah, we have recommended tests here, some people take them, some don't.
When you're ill/injured we have the opposite problem - they don't order any expensive tests or scans, because the nhs is skint.
*googling "skint"*
Ah.
Well, it's all profit for the hospitals here, so they always order lots of tests and scans, it's not the doctor's or hospital's problem if you can't pay it. They just send a collection agency after you.
I think it is pretty safe to assume you will be taking all recommended tests at the recommended times from here on in. :)
Well, that only includes prostate for me, I think, every few years. Obviously I get an annual check via work, but that's not something recommended to everyone.
No others that I know of... obviously, anyone here can pay to go private and get any tests or treatment they want.
I'm sure if and when there are other tests or screens you should be having, John will let you know.
What's the rules on prescribing to or ordering tests for friends/family, Danger? I imagine there are some.
Although as I said, we're lucky enough to have the option of going private, now.
Ah, apparently you just have to be objective, and its not recommended, but doesn't seem to be against any rules.
Don't you have a regular doctor that you go to for checkups and so forth? Or is that not a UK thing?
My regular doctor/PCP is a woman I've known since she was 3 and I was 8--she's my little sister's bestest childhood friend. I was actually her day camp counselor for a few years. :)
You have a gp, but if you don't go for...two years, I think it is, they send your notes back and you have to reapply. Or at least, you do in busy practices. You don't get checkups unless you have a condition that needs them, or are old. You just try to get an appointment when you're sick. But you often won't see your doc then, you'll see whoever in the practice has time.
L - yeah, being objective is the issue. Easier at some times than others.
I'm sure, yes.
Sorry, bit late, just sorting things for the weekend shifts. Leaving now. Want anything?
Well, no one makes you go to a doctor here (unless your job does, or you need it to buy life insurance or something like that), but you're supposed to have annual checkups--insurance will usually totally cover one annual checkup-mit-bloodwork-etc. (two for women--one regular, one gynecological). The trick here is finding a doctor that will take your insurance, since most people are stuck with whatever their employer offers, and then making your appointment early. Very early. For checkups, I usually schedule 6 months in advance, because that's what you have to wait for non-emergencies. And there's co-pays, even though it's "covered", which are non-negligible.
Anyway, you're done with that for at least a year. :)
Let the weekend--the whole weekend!--fun commence!
L - lettuce and milk would be good, thanks. Are you cooking?
Right, yes, can do. I'll just nip and get those, plus anything else I fancy.
RR - what if you're just ill? Can't you get an appt then?
Yes, most GPs/Internists/Primarcy Care Physicians will take you the same day if you're ill or injured. Which is one reason why they always run late, leaving patients to sit around for hours in the waiting room.
Specialists...not so much. If it's really an emergency, and you are persistent and annoying, you might get in the same day, but more likely it will be a couple of days before they do. :(
Query: Is that a Sherlock poll?
(I answered mugger because to the extent I am trained to take on an attacker, it is a human attacker. I have no training for dealing with the supernatural attacker.
Yet. Heh heh heh heh heh....)
Have to say, zombie is the only one I think I might have a chance of out running.
That's why I picked zombie as well.
RR - yeah, he waffled between ghosts and giant squids and muggers, but he thought people would definitely pick ghosts or giant squids because ghosts just float through you and giant squids can't really chase you.
Zombies all the way for the same reasons. Although maybe werewolves could be distracted by some sort of dog treats...
Zombies are slow, but persistent. Verrrrry persistent.
And yes, good guess--I would definitely have picked a giant squid if an alley were specified. It would just die, wouldn't it? :D
RR, right. Sounds the same as here. Except you can't choose to see a specialist - you'll always be referred, either by your GP or by a doc in A+E. Which in A+E will hopefully be very quick, but if by your GP you could wait months.
Guess we don't have the problem booking things way in advance because no one does!
Whether you need a referral from a GP or whatever depends on your insurance. I have the kind where I don't need a referral, which costs more--substantially more when you are self-insured as I am. But I don't realistically have a choice. I can't really afford the insurance I have, but I absolutely can't afford the deductible for hospital care and treatment that the cheaper (HMO) plans come with. I would quite literally have to declare bankruptcy after one hospitalization.
And yeah, to see a specialist for a consultation or anything that's not an immediate necessity is definitely going to be a many months-long wait.
Guess we don't have the problem booking things way in advance because no one does!
Ha, yes, that would work!
On the poll question: all of them! Hopefully while they're fighting amongst themselves I could sneak away, or at least make book on the final outcome!
Regarding the poll, I had to choose zombie I'm afraid, as the only effective weapon I own is a cricket bat, Shaun of the Dead style, lol :D
I had to vote for mugger. They can have my damn wallet, but no one's getting my brain! The mugger I reckon is the only one you have a chance of getting out alive from if unarmed - just hand over the wallet and the phone.
Glad the check up went well, L. Good to hear your BP & lungs are improving!
Could we have Zombie Werewolf and a Vampire Mugger? It would probably cause a rip in spacetime and you could escape through the hole.
...Just a thought.
Yeah, insurance and health care are always bollocksed up. My lady hurt probably the ligament in one of her knees last summer and hasn't been able to get an MRI done on it and find out for sure yet because her dad's job didn't pay their employees' insurance premiums for several months -> no insurance for several months -> screwed up insurance now. My work insurance won't cover her because we're not a hetero married couple.
Ooh, glasses! I got mine in college. You should try some brushed steel wire frames, Lestrade, they'd probably look nice and they're quite dignified. That's what my dad has; he's a university professor. Mine are brown wire frames, which suits my coloring better.
Ooooh, so many topics...
First, not corrected eyesight problems do cause headaches. Second, I would go for some flexible titanium alloy frames, as you can bend them as you like and they simply unbend and are as good as new. Contact lenses might be a nice alternative, but not everybody can stand them. Depends if you are squeamish about touching your corneas and your eyes allow for them, because then there are no frames limiting your sight...
I myself had a lasic done (eye correction by laser) and went from some god-awful dioptries (ashtray-style) to full zero on both eyes, but that can be drastic in itself and not everybody can stomach it. Only now, about 4 years since then, my eyes go on deteriorating so I will need to visit the oculist soon anyhow.
Oh, also plus about the glasses: you can get them with self-darkening lenses (a definite plus for sunny day under the helmet) and I definitely recommend the anti-scratch and anti-reflex treatment done on the lenses as well.
(And in the case L needs the glasses for more than reading only, he should take his helmet with him when choosing the frames and find out which not only look good but will be comfy under the helmet!)
About the poll: I go for werewolf. There is quite a high chance that it won't be the full moon night, so why should he even notice me, right? :-)
About the healthcare: in here, the Czech Republic, the health insurance is mandatory by state. The state will also pay the basic health insurance for the kids until they reach 18 years of age and became an adult. If young people do not finish studying (this is the age we generally finish high schools) and go on for the Uni, the state continues to pay the insurance until the students are 26 years of age. After then they are on their own and have to pay a (quite small) fee every month.
When you are employed, your employer sends an appropriate fee from your salary directly to your insurance company every month. When you are self-employed you have to do this yourself. When you are unemployed and registered in the state office about this the state pays for you once again.
Same with so-called "social insurance" - for when you are sick and get sick pay (health insurance covers only medical procedures), invalided or retired. Same system as above, only you don't get to choose your social insurance company; there is only one run by the government.
Your doctors, GPs or specialists, will only send you your papers after 5 years of no visits. You are required to have your GP; earlier you had to visit the doctor that was assigned to the area where you lived, now you can choose basically anyone.
As there were some voices from the government that many people abuse the GPs and emergencies for having a ride or having a chat, now you pay equivalent of € 1 for a visit to your doctor, € 3 fee when you are using ambulance car or go to the emergency during the night hours, weekends and holidays and about € 4 for 1 night stay in a hospital per person. This is for the standard care. If you want extra, you pay more, because your basic health insurance won't cover it. On the other hand, all the test like X-rays, blood tests, MRI, CAT, EKG, EEG, basically anything of this kind, are free as long as your GP or specialist prescribes it, you don't even pay that € 1 fee...
TL;DR - sorry for the information dump :-)
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