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    >  GP> I prefer female medical staff, too.   
      
    >   And, as long as someone qualified takes care of me, I don't care who   
    > it is, let alone the color of their skin. We pee the same yellow, poop   
    > the same brown, and bleed the same red.   
      
   Agreed. My preference isn't based on bias, but on observations & experiences.   
   The odds seem to be higher for more person-focused care from female staff.   
      
   & never had one of those try to slyly cop a feel while transferring me!   
      
    >  GP> I prefer/accept any who actually look at me when talking to me.   
      
    >   That shows they're interested in your care.   
      
   Exactly & that they're not coming at me in "God mode"   
      
    >   Darci Lynn Farmer (who just turned 16), did a deal at a theater in   
    > Oklahoma City, with her "old lady", Edna Doorknocker (there's a name   
    > for you ). Edna wanted to sing, and Darci said "Without me, you don't   
    > sing"...and Edna replied "Without me, you don't have a college fund!!".   
    > It brought the house down in laughter. Well, Edna started rocking and   
    > rolling and dancing, and Darci acted like she was very embarrassed.    
      
   That one got me laughing vocally, too. . .   
      
    >  GP> So wth are we supposed to call them?!   
      
    >   Ventriloquial figures is the technical term, but it's easier to call   
    > them "dummies". Yet, ventriloquism is not as easy as it looks.   
      
   I don't speak technical lamnguaghe if I'm not in the profession. I use   
   colloquial terms & dummy or puppet seem fair play to me. . .   
      
   Puppet is ambiguous, but "ventriloquist's dummy" is very clear & on point.   
      
   Most of the more famous/popular ventriloquists seem to speak of them asd   
   friends or family, but that's as much or more for the show of it, as how they   
   think of them, I'm sure. . .   
      
   Your friend,   
      
   <+]:{)}   
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