[QUOTE="another viewer"] Cool. In what capacity? Well, since you've got over 30 years going, it probably makes more sense to ask "In what capacities"?[/QUOTE] A complete answer would take several pages, so here's an abbreviated version. My father came to Houston to serve as Harris County Toxicologist in the 1950s at the county's Jeff Davis Hospital, after doing post grad work in chemistry research at UCLA. While working as HC Toxicologist, he also continued his research and development work in diagnostic testing. Consequently, I grew up around laboratories and medical/forensic/ clinicians, researchers and physicians of all sorts and spent many years traveling to American Society of Medical Technologists, American Association of Clinical Chemists and College of American Pathologist meetings all over the US. By age 15, I was working in the instrument R&D department of the company, doing electrical breadboard subassembly as summer work for the head electronics design engineer. I was also doing instrumentation demos on the exhibit floor for the pathologists and chemists at the professional association meetings described above, which meant I had to understand the science involved as well as they did so I could answer their questions about the instrumentation and chemistries being developed. By 21, I could setup, repair, calibrate all the analyzer systems and train operators for all of the blood chemistry and cell instrumentation. I was then based in Chicago and a few years later was assigned Canada as a region, from Vancouver to Nova Scotia with 3 others working in hospitals. labs and clinics with the now computerized systems. Around 1978, the State Deparment was making efforts to balance the trade deficit with Japan under Jimmy Carter and one of the areas the US had a lead was in clinical laboratory instrumentation. I was made the coordinator for our contributions to that effort and it was a real experience dealing with both our gummint and the Japanese at that time. We sold the company in 1979, and with my years of technical background I went on to other interesting fields of endeavor, while of course staying involved with the research foundation that I now manage fulltime. I coordinate with our Scientific Advisory Committee which is composed of members of the medical teaching/research staff at BCM who evaluate the annual submissions for our research grants. We have had very good success with the research work done over the years and have been published in such publications as the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Endocrinology, and many others. That's barely scratching the surface and that's all I intend to do in this forum. Who here wants to discuss the diagnostic implications of elevated blood levels of Creatinine Phosphokinase isoenzymes or Aspartate Transaminase? Not me, this ain't the place for it. I will recommend using gloves when changing old motor oil, though. Most people here will understand that. ******* Maybe, maybe not. I vaguely recall a study years ago that showed pretty much the same long term statistical outcomes for those receiving and those not receiving treatment: 1/3 deteriorate, 1/3 stay about the same, 1/3 improve. ********* The pathology and pharmacology of brain chemistry has moved quickly over the past few years, and new maintainence therapies can dramatically improve the quality of life for those suffering various disorders. More and more is learned about imbalances and aging effects and how those can be arrested and even reversed in some cases. The advances in pathology are astonishing but they usually are not seen outside of the clinical research world. As to the rest of it, everyone has an opinion and they are entitled to theirs, right or wrong. I base my opinions on my experiences over years dealing with all sorts of clinical and forensic situations and when I see something that fits a pattern familiar to me from those experiences, I'll comment upon it. What anyone does with those comments is up to them, much like using gloves or not while handling known carcinogens. It's their decision to make, not mine.[/QUOTE] That's about what I thought, John. You were lying again and you got caught. It sounds like the janitor of any hospital in this country has as much "experience" in the medical industry as you do and is as competent to make medical "judgements". Here's MY medical judgement of you, John...get on Slim Fast or Weight Watchers QUICK! Carrying around all that weight can't be healthy. Rather than sitting at a computer typing out fantasies and lies, you should be running down the side of a highway somewhere. At least get into bicycles...I hear there might be someone here who would be able to help get you started. You're a funny fat man who has no life and has to resort to making one up. Then you *hope* no one will figure out you're lying either by doing math to add up the years you claim or just using common sense. You got caught lying. Suck it up and move on. Just admit that you lied and enjoy it. Actually, based on what I've seen of you by looking through your background, and present day life...I still believe you're lying. I can't seem to find anything which will substantiate anything you're saying...other than your ages you mentioned. It's amazing what one can find out just by getting their hands on billing information from a person's ISP.