Josephine averages about 3.5 units per year. I have been donating blood regularly for about the last 20 years. I was donating about 4 or 5 times per year. I had to cut back because my doctor told me I was donating too much and it was adversely affecting by blood tests. Now I donate 2 or 3 times per year. I don’t think I will live long enough to get anywhere close to Josephine.
One odd thing I don’t like is that the blood bank calls me about once per week even if I have recently donated.
Poor Carrie. A tragic character, at least in the movie… I never read the book. In the movie, she had an abusive mother and bullied by several classmates.
I’ve been to that mall! It’s only a couple hours away from me. And it’s a great place to shelter from zombies. It has all the essentials! Food court, clothing stores, WiFi and Starbucks!
If a zombie apocalypse occurs, I’m moving to northern Alaska and wait for the the first hard freeze. Those creatures are just oozing fluids and they’d freeze solid in a matter of hours.
I donated blood regularly when I was working and had gotten into the Ten Gallon club by the time I retired. At that point, (with more free time available and having the preferred A+ blood type), I switched to donating platelets as often as I could. Their strict safety regulations required me to pause for just over a year after having visited an area of the world on their “no-no” list. Eventually, after being turned away for a couple of years because of receiving gamma globulin infusions for neuropathy, and then reaching the age of 75, I was no longer allowed to donate at all. I understand their need to be extra careful, but I miss the opportunity to help save lives and the feeling of accomplishment it brought me. I urge everyone who is able to donate to do so.
I quit at 8 gallons to switch to apherisis donations. This is done by pumping blood from one arm, removing platelets or plasma and pumping the rest back through the other arm. I have done this 50 times.
That can’t be right. 203 units equals 1 pint of blood? According to the American Red Cross, I have donated 44 units, and I’m over 6 gallons total donated.
Another reason why is Erie is so great. There is next-to-nothing in terms of danger! Go a little north you have elks and moose (an are far more dangerous than most know!). You go a little south and you have rattlesnakes. You go a little west, south or north you have black bears. There are no poisonous snakes or spiders. The waterways are fairly tame. Erie has coyote, racoons and mother deer who will aggressively defend their fawn. Other than that, it is laid back in terms of danger. You would have really have to love snow, though. Erie gets some of the most snow in the entirety of North America!
meowlin 11 months ago
Bloody good job, Josephine!
jasonsnakelover 11 months ago
I’m pretty sure I’ll be safe because zombies aren’t real. Reanimating the dead would be wishful thinking for me because I don’t have a mom anymore.
One time I was 81 years old. One time there were 204 units.
May the Lord be with you as He is with me.
ekke 11 months ago
But, but, isn’t that mall (and every other one) ALREADY full of zombies?
ekke 11 months ago
Wow, I would never have suspected that 203 units would amount to only a pint! Color me less than amazed. (This from a 10-gallon donor!)
mbakerbr549 11 months ago
Many here know Charlie Fogwhistle. Today is his Birthday. I encourage you to join me in wishing him a Very Happy Birthday!
pearlsbs 11 months ago
Josephine averages about 3.5 units per year. I have been donating blood regularly for about the last 20 years. I was donating about 4 or 5 times per year. I had to cut back because my doctor told me I was donating too much and it was adversely affecting by blood tests. Now I donate 2 or 3 times per year. I don’t think I will live long enough to get anywhere close to Josephine.
One odd thing I don’t like is that the blood bank calls me about once per week even if I have recently donated.
rippatrick 11 months ago
Actually 203 pints is equivalent to over 25 gallons
Huckleberry Hiroshima 11 months ago
They all sound like they’re snoring as they plod along. Isn’t that cute? ~ Shirley Dimple, Walking Dead binge watcher and Good Ship Lollipop singer
May the chord be with you as it is with me. And gesundheit.
Guy from southern Indiana 11 months ago
Poor Carrie. A tragic character, at least in the movie… I never read the book. In the movie, she had an abusive mother and bullied by several classmates.
markhughw 11 months ago
Now that the Zombies know most people are going to the Millcreek Mall, the odds have changed, thank you very much.
bookworm0812 11 months ago
I’ve been to that mall! It’s only a couple hours away from me. And it’s a great place to shelter from zombies. It has all the essentials! Food court, clothing stores, WiFi and Starbucks!
e.groves 11 months ago
I’ve donated blood twice and passed out both times due to low blood pressure.
dv1093 11 months ago
Actually, over a 60 year period of time, 200 units of blood doesn’t sound like all that much to me.
FassEddie 11 months ago
I ain’t driving to Erie. I don’t care what kind of high ground that dump has.
Grover Premium Member 11 months ago
More than 30 gallons of blood
oish 11 months ago
Must have lots of sporting goods, farm equipment, guns and ammo, medieval arms and weaponry, and lots of frozen and freeze dried foods/MRE’s
mindjob 11 months ago
The great think about the potential Zombie Apocalypse is that it won’t be a surprise; most of us have already been to San Francisco
WCraft Premium Member 11 months ago
If a zombie apocalypse occurs, I’m moving to northern Alaska and wait for the the first hard freeze. Those creatures are just oozing fluids and they’d freeze solid in a matter of hours.
LaurelAnnHardy 11 months ago
You always give 100%, except when donating blood.
Christopher Peckham Premium Member 11 months ago
they should have stated the actual amount in pints or gallons
Solstice*1947 11 months ago
I donated blood regularly when I was working and had gotten into the Ten Gallon club by the time I retired. At that point, (with more free time available and having the preferred A+ blood type), I switched to donating platelets as often as I could. Their strict safety regulations required me to pause for just over a year after having visited an area of the world on their “no-no” list. Eventually, after being turned away for a couple of years because of receiving gamma globulin infusions for neuropathy, and then reaching the age of 75, I was no longer allowed to donate at all. I understand their need to be extra careful, but I miss the opportunity to help save lives and the feeling of accomplishment it brought me. I urge everyone who is able to donate to do so.
Buckeye67 11 months ago
Since there is no indication regarding who or what group authored the Zombie Outbreak report, I am reluctant to accept it’s conclusion.
Stephen Gilberg 11 months ago
Incidentally, I’m donating tomorrow morning. Hopefully platelets, but if they take forever to get started again, I’ll switch to whole blood.
glh0001 11 months ago
Its the time of the season to tell her no because she’s not there.
glh0001 11 months ago
Is it possible that she was donating half liters instead of the English rough equivalent pints?
wconer 11 months ago
10 Gallon Plus donor here…
JanBic Premium Member 11 months ago
I quit at 8 gallons to switch to apherisis donations. This is done by pumping blood from one arm, removing platelets or plasma and pumping the rest back through the other arm. I have done this 50 times.
namelocdet 11 months ago
That can’t be right. 203 units equals 1 pint of blood? According to the American Red Cross, I have donated 44 units, and I’m over 6 gallons total donated.
comicalUser 11 months ago
Another reason why is Erie is so great. There is next-to-nothing in terms of danger! Go a little north you have elks and moose (an are far more dangerous than most know!). You go a little south and you have rattlesnakes. You go a little west, south or north you have black bears. There are no poisonous snakes or spiders. The waterways are fairly tame. Erie has coyote, racoons and mother deer who will aggressively defend their fawn. Other than that, it is laid back in terms of danger. You would have really have to love snow, though. Erie gets some of the most snow in the entirety of North America!