"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Thursday, May 1, 2014 8:04:58 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>> Long story short, daughter is doing a science project and needs both
>> blood
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>> pressure and pulse readings of people prior to and after petting a cat.
>> You
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>> would need to pet the cat for about 5 minutes. Doesn't have to be exact.
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>> If you have a BP cuff and can send me the results, she would appreciate
>> it.
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>> The logistics of finding people who are willing to do this before she
>> needs
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>> to turn it in (Wed.) are proving to be a lot more difficult than
>>
>> anticipated. Thanks to anyone who can help her! If you don't want to put
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>> your results here, you can email me.
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>>
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>> juliebove at frontier dot com
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>>
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>> Thanks again!
>
> It may be of comfort to you to know that I used to pull this kind of shit
> on projects when I was going to school too - but I doubt it.
>
> Good luck on this research. If all else fails, just make up fake data.
> Believe me, your daughter will learn more about how this world works by
> going that route.

Yeah. I think we may have found enough people now but not sure we can
depend on the high school kids. I could think of many other things she
could have done that involved only the cats and not people but... At this
age, they don't listen to the parents.