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Do we have a New Year's Resolutions thread yet?
Akima:
Blood-banks are hyper-cautious, at least in Australia. I had a co-worker who was among the thousands banned from giving blood here, simply because he had lived in the UK for a period covered by the "Mad Cow Ban" (1980-1996).
Bluesummers:
Yeah, Mad-cow madness is still rampant in Red Cross eligibility nazis.
--- Quote from: Gareth on 15 Jan 2013, 16:24 ---I know someone who works for the Red Cross and if you tell me the address of the one you're talking about I could get it through to the right people.
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I don't know...All I know is that it's in or near near Tontitown, Arkansas (zip 72770).
Wait...scratch that, here you go:
--- Quote from: RedCross.org ---their special visit to the American Red Cross, Lowery Blood Center in Little Rock.
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Just to cover all my bases, here's their local one, for the record.
Tontitown American Red Cross
Tontitown Blood Donation Center
250 Industrial Circle East
Tontitown, AR 72770
Barmymoo:
Yup, I can't give blood in America or Australia ever because I spent the first five years of my life (in fact, almost all of the 22 years of my life, but the point is the first five) living in the UK. And of course as a vegetarian infant living in a town, I was at great risk of contracting mad cow disease...
Anyway. Gareth, next time I go I will check again and if I'm not told that it's been changed (and if the leaflet hasn't been updated) I will tell them, and write to them. It really surprises me as it's the permanent donor centre for one of the country's top teaching hospitals; they ought to be on this stuff. I hope it's just the one woman who I spoke to who wasn't with it - she was the receptionist - but the leaflet being wrong too worries me.
Jace:
I can't give blood because I get a tattoo about once every 9 to 11 months. Also I'm afraid of needles and I don't really like the idea of my blood being taken. And we all know the Red Cross is run by vampires*. I don't even know my blood type.
*See Dr McNinja's Spooky Stuff Page 18-Ed
BeoPuppy:
--- Quote from: Jace on 16 Jan 2013, 03:04 ---I can't give blood because I get a tattoo about once every 9 to 11 months. Also I'm afraid of needles [...]
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So, how do you even get your tattoos done?
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