Revalidation of Invalids

Colin Howie contemplates the mysteries of male pattern baldness (he has a theory involving showering with supermodels which he will explain at a suitable alcohol level...)

The symposium went well.   Carol Cox told us of trapped foreskins, wet CPR,  keeping patients still, cooking jellyfish bites and something involving canoes that may result in either marital bliss or unexplained nautical accidents.     Colin revealed that although we may consider ourselves 'hip' now we may well be setting off more metal detectors before the next reunion.  Ndu delighted the audience with an eclectic presentation-not many speeches include clinical slides of the lecturer with a mysterious 9mm lesion on their chest!

Then the second session - with a few bleary-eyed late attenders like Ian Bashford  (How few things change...) arriving to hear Dave Gault talk about aesthetics and ears.  Liz Hare dragged us into the Twitter generation and Gordon Wright described a humid cycle tour of England.  He also revealed that his subscriptions clearly incude both The Lancet and The Racing Post.    5/4 on we'll see him again next time.  Roger Smith had unexpected family commitments and unfortunately couldn't make his presentation, but this had the unexpected result of radiology shortening rather  than prolonging a list.

A few in the audience didn't seem as sharply focussed as usual, which may not be entirely unrelated to Dermot's George Osborne impression as he revealed significant and unexpected fluctuations in forecasted alcohol expenditure on the previous night.