She was only about 7 or *8. I picked her up and turned her upside down and sort of let her drop / jerked her downwards. After a couple of goes it flew out across the floor. The sweetie, NOT the little girl.
ps, I think it's Heimlich manoeuvre, not the Nazi guy.
I’m a big fan of Bill Bryson. In his book ‘The Body - a guide for occupants’ he writes unflatteringly of Henry Heimlich recounting the man’s avid self promotion and boasting, including having posters and T-shirts of himself to be sold at the events he attended. A colleague, Bryson reports, called him ‘a liar and a thief’ while his own son accused him of practising a ‘wide-ranging, 50 year history of fraud’.
Heimlich’s medical reputation then plummeted more when he recommended, without scientific back up, small doses of malaria for cancer, Lyme disease and AIDS. As he was such an embarrassment the American Red Cross dropped the term Heimlich Manoeuvre and now refers to abdominal thrusts.
Aged 96, in a nursing home, and shortly before his own death, he used for the first time his own technique on another resident of the home.
My OH nearly died when choking on a piece of steak at a barbeque. He was only saved by the Heimlich manoeuvre done by a young man who had very recently done a First Aid course.
I'm forever trying to choke myself and my OH now knows to thump me hard between my shoulder blades.
I’m still at the ready waiting to get a brick from the bottom of the swimming pool while wearing my pyjamas. 55 years on and I have yet to receive the call.
I appreciate your comments..have now decided that there are far too many people in the Western World who simply 'can't be bothered' or simply don't care where their fruit and veg originates from. Luckily us gardeners have a different perspective and long may it last..but give me organic every time..too much messing around being done behind the scenes.
If there's no demand, they won't be bought, and will disappear. If there is demand, and people buy them, they'll continue to be produced. Therefore, there's a simple solution
There are probably millions of products and services that people buy that are of no use or interest to me. Ultimately, we all have a choice, but we aren't all the same.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I know one person who buys ready-chopped veg. She's elderly and has a tremor affecting her hands which makes using a sharp knife both difficult and potentially dangerous. They're a godsend for her and without them she'd be limited to what's available frozen.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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But yes, you can choke on anything so don’t worry about it.
ps, I think it's Heimlich manoeuvre, not the Nazi guy.
Heimlich’s medical reputation then plummeted more when he recommended, without scientific back up, small doses of malaria for cancer, Lyme disease and AIDS. As he was such an embarrassment the American Red Cross dropped the term Heimlich Manoeuvre and now refers to abdominal thrusts.
Aged 96, in a nursing home, and shortly before his own death, he used for the first time his own technique on another resident of the home.
I'm forever trying to choke myself and my OH now knows to thump me hard between my shoulder blades.
If there is demand, and people buy them, they'll continue to be produced.
Therefore, there's a simple solution
There are probably millions of products and services that people buy that are of no use or interest to me. Ultimately, we all have a choice, but we aren't all the same.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...