ken4ord Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Today consisted of two conference calls that were each two hours long, discussing the in's and out's (no pun intend) of STD's and testing of STD's. Eww!! We talked about everything from HIV, gonnorehea, syphilus, BV, yeast infections and more. Ugh, made me not want to have sex for a longtime. On top of it all (again no pun intended) I had a fever and the shits. For those of you in the science field or who have ever worked in a laboratory, you are going to love these photos. This is what I have to work with turning this place into a GCP and GLP compliant lab by June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 At least I don't have to work there yet. This my office This the view from my office Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 That's a squat toilet. Climbers don't need to shown how to use one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 When I was a kid living in Italy, we used to call those toilets "European bombsights". I think you can figger out why... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 At least you don't have to worry about sitting on a seat that someone has pissed all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 True dat. I always figgerd that was a benefit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 GLP compliant by June??? BWAHAHAHAHA! whoa--that's a hurculean task for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Schuldt Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 And you thought you were going to chill out and climb.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 What's the big deal; just don't miss. Labor's cheap over there...hire an extra maid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted February 21, 2005 Author Share Posted February 21, 2005 Hey Minx I thought you would enjoy those pictures of the future lab. Your one of the few people out there that has a clue on how difficult that may be to set up. Went to the border of Tanzania and Rwanda this last week. Found a beautiful limestone (I think) cliff. Didn't get on it yet, but trying to figure out when we will have the time for it, maybe July, Pictures to come sometime this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylou Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 There is one of those squatters over in Singapore that I used that I wouldn't even squat over. I feel bad, but dang, Westerners....if it's not a hole in the dirt, please, give me a seat with a ring and stuff. I guess Singapore isn't as clean as it was when I went there. I guess at least it was only pee and well...... Nice view out the ironwork there Ken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted March 11, 2005 Author Share Posted March 11, 2005 The lab is starting to come along. We just got most of our lab equipment the other day. It came in 4 large crates on a flat bed truck. One of the smaller crates was a full size -80 freezer. All of the crates were off loaded by hand, 20 guys grouped around them including myself, everybody shouting at each other, it was a crazy scene. We had to take a saw and cut the gate to the back part of the lab to get the behemoth in. Later that afternoon they welded the gate back in place before I could tell them to leave it so that we can get the other equipment in. The other three crates were loaded into a carport under the garage. They almost took up the whole two car garage. The lab itself is getting painted right now. I will hopefully start placing some of the equipment in the lab next week. I am working on the budget for the electrical work, what a pain. Because of the electrical situation is so unreliable here, we need to setup our own power system to continuously have power to our freezers and incubator. Last week we had interviews going on. The last guy we had an interview with a guy who was so nervous, I felt bad for him. He was sitting there, and you see the sweat beading on his forehead, it eventually started to drip off his face. One of the nurses that has been part of the interview process got up. I thought she was going to take a call on her cell, but instead she came back with tissues for the guy, he was happy and we all laughed. I'll post some more pics soon. It has been quite a wild experience. Last weekend I went out for a 3.5 hour mountain bike ride, it was awesome (sorry left the camera behind). This weekend Uganda to Lake Bushara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirp Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 That kicks mate! You're making a difference AND having fun too. Savor these times Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted April 12, 2005 Author Share Posted April 12, 2005 Alright here is the latest in the lab project that I am involved with. We pretty much got the construction done, now we just need to get some juice flowing through the line. Da former shitter now it is going to be our autoclave room. This here is where we are going to set up our micrscopes and do gram staining. And this room is where we are going to do our ELISA's and centrifuging, behind the door in the middle is a store room. It has been a pretty cool experience so far, still have a ton of work to do. I think we might actually be able to turn this place into a laboratory. I here you all finally got some snow. Hopefully in July I'll go where there is snow and ice. I am either going to climb Killi or go get on some South African ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted April 27, 2006 Author Share Posted April 27, 2006 So I forgot to update long time ago, but here is what it looks like now that we have our study up and running. When these pictures he had not started our study. Now we are about halfway through and getting ready for our next study. This is what started out as a toilet. And here is the lab that used to be all dark and dank with holes in the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Cool. I bet it will take less than two minutes to heat up your lunch in that fancy microwave oven. Nice Good work Ken, lookin forward to your visit this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Hey Ken good to see the progress! The lab looks excellent. Interesting bathroom facilities you have there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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