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Dear Chris,
Watched "American made" about Barry Seal & about how he got involved in drug smuggling. I'm sorry if I offend you, but just wondered what "you're whole take on the thing was?"
As I think everyone knows, I'm really opposed to this stuff, I wanted to make medicines to help mankind, but it did seem to be an adrenaline ride.
John

On 24 Feb 2020, at 02:42, John Miller <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:

Well, you can buy a superdrive to add-on, but if you aren't told you can augment your memory...well?

On Monday, 24 February 2020, 00:20:48 GMT, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:


I would love my iMac Pro just a little more if it had the CD/DVD drive in it like my old one -- I may be dinosaur but I still use it and I have had to acquire a plug in one.?
My friend is constructing e-lessons which includes video and animations teaching Drs new to her hospital where the needles and the pills are and about techniques like using ultra sound to find a vein for injections etc. That sort of thing anyway. I believe her hospital has taken it on and is paying. ?But it's an awful lot of work. I watched some of it yesterday with her and its quite professional. It requires log in and password etc not for general public. She's done a good job as its not her day job ?:-) She's actually a trauma surgeon.


 

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Hi John

I haven¡¯t seen that programme, nor had I heard of Seal before. ?It happens to people in many different professions, I reckon, being seduced by promise of large amounts of cash.

I also normally avoid dramatisations of real stories since they tend to become exaggerated in the interests of ¡°good TV¡±. ?However, I did watch ¡°The Pianist¡± last night on DVD; that was very good, although a little upsetting at times.

Chris

On 24 Feb 2020, at 03:13, John Miller via Groups.Io <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:

Dear Chris,
Watched "American made" about Barry Seal & about how he got involved in drug smuggling. I'm sorry if I offend you, but just wondered what "you're whole take on the thing was?"
As I think everyone knows, I'm really opposed to this stuff, I wanted to make medicines to help mankind, but it did seem to be an adrenaline ride.


 

There's a lot of truth in exaggeration. The movie "Black Hawk Down" was substantially exaggerated from the book. Apollo 13 was pretty close to the real story, but they never argued, as in the film, because of their sheer professionalism. Neil Armstrong, he really was the best of the best. They say he had 2 seconds to eject in the practise lander, but took 1.8 seconds to read & memorise the gauges.
John

On Monday, 24 February 2020, 12:42:29 GMT, zuiko via Groups.Io <zuiko@...> wrote:


Hi John

I haven¡¯t seen that programme, nor had I heard of Seal before. ?It happens to people in many different professions, I reckon, being seduced by promise of large amounts of cash.

I also normally avoid dramatisations of real stories since they tend to become exaggerated in the interests of ¡°good TV¡±. ?However, I did watch ¡°The Pianist¡± last night on DVD; that was very good, although a little upsetting at times.

Chris

On 24 Feb 2020, at 03:13, John Miller via Groups.Io <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:

Dear Chris,
Watched "American made" about Barry Seal & about how he got involved in drug smuggling. I'm sorry if I offend you, but just wondered what "you're whole take on the thing was?"
As I think everyone knows, I'm really opposed to this stuff, I wanted to make medicines to help mankind, but it did seem to be an adrenaline ride.