nmt_oli Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Useful Stuff Archive ThreadHey everybody! I had a thought last night while posting in the angry thread, I’ve seen a lot of useful info/links etc posted on this forum (non bike related), now I know a search should bring most of it up- but it can be a pain. I thought a sticky would be a great idea, just to inform people and give them a reference.I posted a thing about how to deal with an epileptic fit in the angry thread, which not many people have experience with so I thought it would be good to let people know. I also remember threads about trying to get jobs and stuff, people wanting to know how to write a good CV etc.Anyway, hopefully that’s given you the idea.I will kick it off with what I posted about epilepsy, post up relevant stuff if you’ve got it, and give suggestions. If it gets stickied, all the useless posts can be removed later.How to deal with an epileptic fit: I know people don't tend to know what to do/panic so i will tell you what to do, you never know when you might need it:Don't Panic! If you panic, you can't concentrate and you might make stupid decisions, try and stay calm.If someone’s having a fit who isn’t known to be epileptic, call an ambulance IMEDIATELY as there’s definitely something very wrong. If they are known to be epileptic, only call an ambulance if it lasts longer than 2 minutes. Also, if you are going to be around someone who is for a while (ie on holiday or something), make sure you know there medication- some people need to have meds administered during a fit to stop it, this is usually only very extreme cases though, so its good to know how to do that!Generally, just make sure there away from anything that will hurt them, put something soft under there head (e.g. a jumper or something) and make sure they can still breath ok. Do not leave them, if possible stay with them. Afterwards they will be VERY tired and probably just want to sleep, which is fine- they may not even be able to get up, I know I’m physically incapable of walking after. Get them a glass of water and let them sleep/rest; maybe put them in recovery position. They should be ok after half an hour or so.Hopefully that’s a fairly informative post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 How to open tight jar lidsGet an innertube, as fat as you can (possibly even a motorbike etc) cut a section that is about 4 inches so you have a 4 inch tubecut it down the middle so that it opens out to a square, this should hopefully be larger than your palm. Now simply use this aid to acquire extra grip on those naughty jars. Maybe be useful for grandmas + grandpas who are struggling to get into their marmalade jarsPaRtZ x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 (edited) How to open tight jar lidsGet an innertube, as fat as you can (possibly even a motorbike etc) cut a section that is about 4 inches so you have a 4 inch tubecut it down the middle so that it opens out to a square, this should hopefully be larger than your palm. Now simply use this aid to acquire extra grip on those naughty jars. Maybe be useful for grandmas + grandpas who are struggling to get into their marmalade jarsPaRtZ xFurther to this, as this seems like an awful lot of work to get into a jam jar, I find one of those fat elastic bands works pretty well, obviously needs to be smaller than the lid so it stretches nice and tight round the rim!Davey Edited October 4, 2006 by Small_Gear_Big_Style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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