Subj : PING Question To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Mar 05 2020 11:51:00 Hi Nancy! NB>> At least you were writing down your answers.... Our son, in his NB>> academic kindergarten math classes, wasn't writing down anything... NB>> his teacher knew that he understood the concepts, so couldn't figure NB>> why he wasn't producing anything on the tests... She brought it up NB>> at a parent-teacher conference, we all four were there, teacher, kid NB>> and both parents... Richard said to the kid, I know you know the NB>> answers, and the teacher knows that you do too, but you still need NB>> to write them down so that she can prove it to other people (or NB>> something to that effect)... You could actually see the lightbulb go NB>> on over his head... BM> Yup! Sometimes the obvious has to be explained! NB> He just hadn't seen any need to write it down since he knew the NB> teacher knew he knew the answers... ;) This finally gave him a NB> different way of looking at it... :) Right: I know it, you know it, I know you know I know it, why waste time? ...Oh: for those people who don't know; OK. NB>>> Often the Brand names are something at least reminiscent of what the NB>>> drug is supposed to be treating... and I think the generic drug name NB>>> has some relation to what class of drug it is.... I realize you were NB>>> just kidding about throwing the scrabble tiles, but that's really NB>>> not how they do it... generally has something to do with the NB>>> compound(s) making up the new drug(s).... BM>> Yes, I was kidding about the Scrabble tiles but it sure seems like it BM>> some times!! NB>> Especially with the really complicated generic names... BM> One I take ends in -lol and I always gets stuck on that part as Laugh BM> Out Loud. I rarely use that abbreviation but for whatever reason with BM> than medication name that's the part I see first and sticks. NB> Yeah, I don't use that abbreviation either.... metoprolol and NB> carvedilol are two that come to mind to me... Richard was on the NB> first, and now is on the second.... there may be others in that NB> class... beta blockers, I think.... :) Yes, metoprolol; in my case for a rapid heart beat. At least the first part of carvedilol has the 'car' of 'cardiac' in it -- might be a little easier for me to remember. OTOH I tend to put in extra syllables so it comes out "metro-pol-ro-lol" and I know that's wrong, so that sort of 'blocks' the word as coming out wrong. BM>> Half-thinking of the 13- and 15-letter word categories on _Jeopardy!_, BM>> most of which are relatively common usage and so not as bad as one BM>> initially things when hears "thirteen letters!!". BM>> Generalstaatsanwalt is 19. BM>> Konsumgterproduktion is 21. BM>> Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is 34. NB>> And then there's antidisestablishmentarianism with 28 letters, which NB>> we used to parade out back when I was in highschool... a proper NB>> dictionary word even back then... ;) BM> Yup! Need to combine several Scrabble games' tiles for that one! NB> It wouldn't fit on the board either, for that matter... ;) Well, as we're using more tiles from the other Scrabble boxes we'll just use those game boards too! NB>> But the longest word in the English language is smiles... there's NB>> a mile between the two esses... BM> NB> It's an old kid's jokebook joke... :) 'Old kid' or ...?? NB> ... If we learn from our mistakes, I'm about due for my PhD. And you know what 'PhD' stands for: Post Hole Digger! Barry_Martin_3@ @Q.COM .... On roll of Life Savers: Not for use as a flotation device. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 wcECHO 4.2 ILink: The Safe BBS Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .