Thursday, December 7, 2017

Phew

I cooked - Leftover Chicken and Ham for the freezer and Cherry Tomato vinaigrette - my back and legs hurt. Then I went to exercise class after lunch. Still hurting. Then we went bowling for a couple of games ( I had one 200 game) hurting more. Came home and cooked supper Chicken, Broccoli and Rice Bowl. We ate and then I collapsed and went fast asleep. I had taken some pain pills too. For me, this was a lot of work/effort, whatever you want to call it.

I started watching the TV at Jeopardy ( Matt watched a couple of programmes before that) and then went on to PBS and watched an interesting documentary on Scott Kelly who has just spent a year in space, and his identical twin brother who stayed on earth. Scott is being tested for practically everything they can think of and compared with his brother. They are endeavouring to discover  how people will fare on longer space journeys. For instance they figure a trip to Mars would take about 3 years including about a year there. I hadn't realised that the body would be subjected to lots of radiation which would shorten the lives of such astronauts. They are talking about the possibility of genetically modifying foetuses so that they will be able to stand up to such radiation in the future.

Following that Nova was all about Memory and brains and how we store memories. Yet another programme which shows the likelihood of being able to modify brains suffering from Alzheimer's. Fascinating stuff.

Now I want to go crawl into my bed so, sorry, no recipe. Tired again.

Have a great day

8 comments:

  1. The lack of gravity also has an effect on the body and shortens life.

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    1. Yes, they said travellers to Mars might end up dying around 35 years old Alex. That wouldn't be good. Back to the dark ages.

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  2. Sounds like you need to do less cooking and more reading with your feet up.

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  3. Hi Jo,

    Having a rethink on my planned trip to Mars next year. Then again, if I do decide to go, knowing my luck, I'll end up landing on Uranus.

    You rest, my kind friend.

    Gary

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    1. That would be unlucky Gary. Penny might like to go though.

      Thanks, I will.

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  4. "They are talking about the possibility of genetically modifying foetuses so that they will be able to stand up to such radiation in the future." Shudder.

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    1. I thought a number of people would shudder Pinky. But, to me it would be worth it to go into space.

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