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Post by hookedonmonics on Dec 22, 2006 13:15:56 GMT -5
my favorite thing about the video: oh no, someone's coming, better hop on the elevator for my ultra stealthy getaway.
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Post by hyemew on Dec 22, 2006 15:00:16 GMT -5
I was thinking the same thing about the elevator get-away, probably the worst plan ever. I was totally expect it to open to see two Watchers waiting for him, and he just barely gets through their attempts to grab him so he could run home and upload it. The problem of course with action/adventure vlogs is that you ALWAYS know they make it through, because otherwise there'd be no way to upload the video (unless their captors do).
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Joss
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Post by Joss on Dec 22, 2006 23:32:49 GMT -5
Well.. This is meant to be PG13 right? What are we doing talking about drugs and selfmedication and syringes and all that stuff? Something here does not makes sense to me..
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Post by brianmpei on Dec 23, 2006 17:19:44 GMT -5
You know Hye that would be a great way to end Daniel's part of the story. End his little B&E clip with a close up of two Watchers telling us they know all our IPs and we won't be hearing from Daniel anymore.
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slainte
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Post by slainte on Dec 23, 2006 21:03:06 GMT -5
hee hee Brian! or maybe he is arrested by real cops (narcotic task force) ; he tries desperately to explain that this is all part of an Internet Mini-Series and Jessica and Jackie kinda turn their heads and pretend they know nothing....
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Post by curiousgeorge on Dec 24, 2006 6:53:13 GMT -5
From the phorum, where a phorumite claims his brother invented (?!?) Epogen:
I just talked to the inventor of EPOGEN (my brother!). Here's some info:
Epogen is usually taken for two reasons:
1. For patients with anemia (usually with cancer or with kidney failure, and other reasons for anemia.) 2. For athletes for doping purposes. Can be used before event to build up red blood cells for very aerobic activities or during event if the event is over days or weeks. Common for bicycling because the events are often done in stages over time so athletes' red blood cell counts normally goes down after each stage. Epogen will replenish red blood cell count and it really does help cyclists. It is illegal to do this, of course, and Amgen is working to stop this.
I asked him why someone would give it to a healthy 16 year-old girl, perhaps in preparation for a "ceremony." He said they could be preparing her for a very physical event to give her body the oxygen/red blood cell count to handle it. I asked if it is possible that it could be use to prepare someone for bloodletting so they could tolerate it and replenish their blood more easily and he said, "that would be very strange, but yes, Epogen could do that."
About side effects- within a couple of weeks, Epogen should give a patient more energy. It does not take away energy. A patient would only be tired or run down because of the anemia. A healthy patient would not be tired because they took it. There are really no known negative side effects unless someone overdoses- this could cause strokes because the blood turns to sludge.
Epogen is pretty expensive. It costs about $50-$100 per shot. Most patients get 1-3 shots per week and spend about $5,000-$10,000 per year. It does not come in any other form other than injections.
This seems to Jive with all other observations on this drug. Pretty bizzare that a phorumite would be the brother of the "inventor" of this drug... Most research of this type is done by large teams, with the leader being the Principal Investigator.
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