My eventfull weekend.

**jb2cool** · April 9th, 2006, 11:03 PM

Went to my girlfriends parents house this weekend as i hadn't been back fr a while and we were going to have a nice quiet weekend without really doing anything.

Friday,
Finish work at lunchtime and go to view a house (Looking at buying you see) then head back to Gloucestershire. When we get there we pick up one of her friends and go to see a rendition of the 'Vagina monalogues' which was eye-opening to say the least. Have curry and head home.

Saturday,
We wake up early and have breakfast (We are setting of early). We are going to Wookey Hole today as i have never been before. Ok, into the car and jump onto the M5. Drive, drive, drive. It's warm in the car as the sun is out and it's a nice day so i drink some water and Emma has some too (We finish the bottle). I want some more water and feel around the back of the car till i find another heaver (So it's got something in it) water bottle. Bring it round, unscrew the top and take a mouthfull........

WTF!!! something aint right!!! this water tastes funny. Spit whatever is left in my mouth back into the bottle and take a look. Yes, you guessed it. It's sodding antifreeze. Antifreeze OMG i just drank antifreeze!!!! Of all the things i could have drank antifreeze is one of the worst. I heard about a guy that accidentaly drank some and then all these crystals started forming in his brain and now he's blind, paralysed and brain damaged. Nice.

So we pull in at the nearest services and but 2 big 1.5l bottles of water which i start drinking. We phone NHS direct who advises me to go directly to hostpital without passing Go or collecting £200. So off to Weston Super Mare general hostpital we go.

I'm starting to get a headache about now and i'm wondering if it's the crystals forming already or whether it's just the worry of my situation. I keep drinking the water (Done 2l by now and damn i need to pee). Arrive at the hostpital and can barely stand up out of the car i need to pee so bad. Waddle into A&E take a leak and then check in. 1 Hour later i get seen by triage (Sp?) and tell her what's happened. She gives me a funny look and sends me outside to wait again. Another hour and a half goes by before i get seen and i still have the headache.

Anyway when i eventually get seen (About 1pm by now) they take me through and start testing me out. I have to pee in a pot for them, they take blood pressure, blood sugar levels, arterial bloods from my wrist and a fair few vacutainers of blood from my vein. Shave my chest and stick me on a 12 wire ECG machine. They also get me to focus on a finger and follow it at different distances to check for brain damage. A while later they come back and seem fairly happy with all the tests but now tell me they want to put me on pupervision for 12 hours. Girlfriend it a little annoyed by now.

Tick, tock, tick, tock. 12 hours is a long time sitting on a bed in hostpital just waiting. The only thing to break the monotony is the half hourly blood pressure/pulse/breathing rate checks i have to have done. All this time i'm hooked up to an ECG machine to monitor me.

Eventually at just past midnight they allow me out. We are both pretty hungry now so go off to Weston-super-Mud of queue up with all the clubbers and drunkards at the local burger/kebab place. Mmmmmm never tasted anything so good. After chomping down a 1/4 pound of lard and grease and a portion of salty greasy chips we head home for bed.

Sunday,
Yep, i'm still alive, can see out of both eyes and wiggle both feet. Result

. Get up, go to garden centre and have lunch and buy flowers. Go to Tesco and go back to Emma's parents to cook dinner for everyone. Have dinner. Watch Narnia on DVD and clear off home.

That was my weekend, how was yours?

Moz · April 9th, 2006, 11:45 PM

Went shopping for vintage anti-freeze (none of that cheap crap that makes you go blind)

Be careful mate!

David

SoB · April 10th, 2006, 12:17 AM

Thats IT!!!!

No way am i diving with you am

sorry but if thats what it takes to be 'ard - i'm not there!!!!!!!!!

....glad to see you're okay though....

....still not diving with you....

....ever!

wilbo · April 10th, 2006, 10:00 AM

LOL and sh!t!!! Lucky man..

Can I suggest labelling the bottle with antifreeze in - or putting it in another shaped bottle?

good to read you are ok though..

Are you going to try Castrol GTX next? Tune in next week folks..

ReikiMaster · April 10th, 2006, 10:27 AM

you should have gone diving, at least you could not have complained you were freezing :D

glad it all turned out ok

Sterny · April 10th, 2006, 10:27 AM

OMG Jason (or should that be JB2CoolButProbablyNotGoingToFreezeSolidForAWhile)!

I know it's cold in Vobster this time of year, but that's taking things a bit too far. Did A&E tell you how much antifreeze is equivalent to 400g Type B Thinsulate?

Glad to hear you're okay, mate!

**jb2cool** · April 10th, 2006, 11:27 AM

i knew you guys would find brighten the day up.

BDH · April 10th, 2006, 11:29 AM

LMAO!

glad your ok though!

stay cool

BDH

dlegros · April 10th, 2006, 11:55 AM

Guess you don't want to know that the antidote to Ethylene Glycol and Ethanol (one or both may be used in anti-freeze) is Alcohol then?

Vodka, Whisky, any spirit will do

You missed an opportunity there

Glad you're OK

Dom

wilbo · April 10th, 2006, 12:01 PM

Quote: (Originally Posted by dlegros)

Guess you don't want to know that the antidote to Ethylene Glycol and Ethanol (one or both may be used in anti-freeze) is Alcohol then?

Vodka, Whisky, any spirit will do

You missed an opportunity there

Glad you're OK

Dom

Its something to do with the type of alcohol and the order the liver processes it isn't it? A work colleague mentioned that by taking the 'hair of the dog' you force your liver to expell the crap one type of alcohol for another - or something like that..

April 9th, 2006, 11:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
jb2cool(Offline) Padawan learner Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bracknell, Berkshire Posts: 797	My eventfull weekend. Went to my girlfriends parents house this weekend as i hadn't been back fr a while and we were going to have a nice quiet weekend without really doing anything. Friday, Finish work at lunchtime and go to view a house (Looking at buying you see) then head back to Gloucestershire. When we get there we pick up one of her friends and go to see a rendition of the 'Vagina monalogues' which was eye-opening to say the least. Have curry and head home. Saturday, We wake up early and have breakfast (We are setting of early). We are going to Wookey Hole today as i have never been before. Ok, into the car and jump onto the M5. Drive, drive, drive. It's warm in the car as the sun is out and it's a nice day so i drink some water and Emma has some too (We finish the bottle). I want some more water and feel around the back of the car till i find another heaver (So it's got something in it) water bottle. Bring it round, unscrew the top and take a mouthfull........ WTF!!! something aint right!!! this water tastes funny. Spit whatever is left in my mouth back into the bottle and take a look. Yes, you guessed it. It's sodding antifreeze. Antifreeze OMG i just drank antifreeze!!!! Of all the things i could have drank antifreeze is one of the worst. I heard about a guy that accidentaly drank some and then all these crystals started forming in his brain and now he's blind, paralysed and brain damaged. Nice. So we pull in at the nearest services and but 2 big 1.5l bottles of water which i start drinking. We phone NHS direct who advises me to go directly to hostpital without passing Go or collecting £200. So off to Weston Super Mare general hostpital we go. I'm starting to get a headache about now and i'm wondering if it's the crystals forming already or whether it's just the worry of my situation. I keep drinking the water (Done 2l by now and damn i need to pee). Arrive at the hostpital and can barely stand up out of the car i need to pee so bad. Waddle into A&E take a leak and then check in. 1 Hour later i get seen by triage (Sp?) and tell her what's happened. She gives me a funny look and sends me outside to wait again. Another hour and a half goes by before i get seen and i still have the headache. Anyway when i eventually get seen (About 1pm by now) they take me through and start testing me out. I have to pee in a pot for them, they take blood pressure, blood sugar levels, arterial bloods from my wrist and a fair few vacutainers of blood from my vein. Shave my chest and stick me on a 12 wire ECG machine. They also get me to focus on a finger and follow it at different distances to check for brain damage. A while later they come back and seem fairly happy with all the tests but now tell me they want to put me on pupervision for 12 hours. Girlfriend it a little annoyed by now. Tick, tock, tick, tock. 12 hours is a long time sitting on a bed in hostpital just waiting. The only thing to break the monotony is the half hourly blood pressure/pulse/breathing rate checks i have to have done. All this time i'm hooked up to an ECG machine to monitor me. Eventually at just past midnight they allow me out. We are both pretty hungry now so go off to Weston-super-Mud of queue up with all the clubbers and drunkards at the local burger/kebab place. Mmmmmm never tasted anything so good. After chomping down a 1/4 pound of lard and grease and a portion of salty greasy chips we head home for bed. Sunday, Yep, i'm still alive, can see out of both eyes and wiggle both feet. Result . Get up, go to garden centre and have lunch and buy flowers. Go to Tesco and go back to Emma's parents to cook dinner for everyone. Have dinner. Watch Narnia on DVD and clear off home. That was my weekend, how was yours? __________________ http://jb2cool.bulldoghome.com

April 10th, 2006, 12:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
SoB(Offline) Be nice or the SMB gets it.... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Caterham (province of Thailand) Posts: 48	what the Feck Thats IT!!!! No way am i diving with you am sorry but if thats what it takes to be 'ard - i'm not there!!!!!!!!! ....glad to see you're okay though.... ....still not diving with you.... ....ever!

April 10th, 2006, 10:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
wilbo (Online) Chimp 4 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Swindon, UK Posts: 873	LOL and sh!t!!! Lucky man.. Can I suggest labelling the bottle with antifreeze in - or putting it in another shaped bottle? good to read you are ok though.. Are you going to try Castrol GTX next? Tune in next week folks.. __________________ Cheers! Wilbo DIR explorers: DIR Yorkshire Divers: YorkshireDivers One of the Foxturd chimps

April 10th, 2006, 10:27 AM	#5 (permalink)
ReikiMaster(Offline) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK Posts: 123	you should have gone diving, at least you could not have complained you were freezing :D glad it all turned out ok __________________ Steve

April 10th, 2006, 10:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
Sterny(Offline) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The limpid tropical lagoons of Ealing, West London Posts: 550	OMG Jason (or should that be JB2CoolButProbablyNotGoingToFreezeSolidForAWhile)! I know it's cold in Vobster this time of year, but that's taking things a bit too far. Did A&E tell you how much antifreeze is equivalent to 400g Type B Thinsulate? Glad to hear you're okay, mate! __________________ "I thought I had a great idea today, but it never really took off. In fact, it didn't even get on the runway. I guess you could say it exploded in the hangar." - Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

April 9th, 2006, 11:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Moz (Online) New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gateshead Posts: 205	Went shopping for vintage anti-freeze (none of that cheap crap that makes you go blind) Be careful mate! David

April 10th, 2006, 11:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
jb2cool(Offline) Padawan learner Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bracknell, Berkshire Posts: 797	i knew you guys would find brighten the day up. __________________ http://jb2cool.bulldoghome.com

April 10th, 2006, 11:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
BDH(Offline) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Putney, London Posts: 64	LMAO! glad your ok though! stay cool BDH

April 10th, 2006, 11:55 AM	#9 (permalink)
dlegros(Offline) 20% Ninja 80% Rebel Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 245	Guess you don't want to know that the antidote to Ethylene Glycol and Ethanol (one or both may be used in anti-freeze) is Alcohol then? Vodka, Whisky, any spirit will do You missed an opportunity there Glad you're OK Dom __________________ Dom I reject your reality and substitute my own DIR-RA

April 10th, 2006, 12:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
wilbo (Online) Chimp 4 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Swindon, UK Posts: 873	Quote: (Originally Posted by dlegros) Guess you don't want to know that the antidote to Ethylene Glycol and Ethanol (one or both may be used in anti-freeze) is Alcohol then? Vodka, Whisky, any spirit will do You missed an opportunity there Glad you're OK Dom Its something to do with the type of alcohol and the order the liver processes it isn't it? A work colleague mentioned that by taking the 'hair of the dog' you force your liver to expell the crap one type of alcohol for another - or something like that.. __________________ Cheers! Wilbo DIR explorers: DIR Yorkshire Divers: YorkshireDivers One of the Foxturd chimps