Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

I'm planning a cruise to the Red Cross Blood Donor Centre - Modbury. (Food and drinks provided)

Arrive between 5:30 and 6:30 on Thursday the 1st May

Just wondering how many of us give blood or would give it a try.

Stats show that many/most of us at some stage will require blood or blood products. As motoring enthusiasts we also put ourselves at a higher risk should things go wrong even if it isn’t our fault. (i.e. Drew's crash in 2006)

I'd like to get as many people from SAU and their friends/family to come on a cruise and or meet up at a blood centre and donate blood.

As enthusiasts in fast cars we often cop a lot of unwarranted attention, this is one way we can show the community that we aren’t all hoons. I believe I can get some coverage in the Sunday Mail, and possibly the Advertiser (if we get enough people I'll try radio and TV),

In addition to a cruise, food and drinks you walk away knowing you did a good deed, and that if you ever need blood or blood products that there are people in the community that donate.

Date for the cruise will be towards the end of February early March and will depend on the number of people. We can make a group booking so as to make sure there are enough staff to meet our needs.

Edited by 4door_Sleeper
Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/201073-cruise-and-bleed/
Share on other sites

  • Replies 53
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Sounds like a really good idea but would people be able to drive shortly after giving blood? My mum gives blood regularly and sometimes feels ill afterwards and has to lay down for a while. I've picked her up a few times.

Just asking as I really don't know.

Everyone is different, but I often give blood and haven’t had that feeling.

For those who haven’t been before, after you give blood you go to the lounge and help yourself to drinks, sandwiches, cake and biscuits. With a group of us there you sit, drink, talk etc then head out perhaps 20-30 min later (there is no rush) and you'll feel fine.

I am happy to taxi anyone home (in my car or theirs) who feels they cant/shouldn’t drive, and cars could be garaged at my place if needed.

im up for that as i can give blood now cause its been a year since my last tattoo and its good if i do cause im o+ and there isnt much of that around so count me in but needs to be befor my next tattoo lol

Great idea, but I gave blood monday just gone so I have to wait 10 weeks now! LOL

I often give blood and only once have I ever felt light headed. They only recommend that you dont operate machinery or puplic transport etc. If this is in more than 10 weeks time, I'll be up for it for my next regular donation :P

im up for it. :D

I keep meaning to donate blood but I dont know what my blood type is and I had a tetanus injection 3 weeks ago... will that matter? If not, put me down (just remember to PM me when its close cause I have a mind like a sieve)

-D

Thanks for the quick replies and positive responses.

Even if you cant give blood (for whatever reason/s - I have no problems with this, not everyone can) come and support those who can. (free food and drinks are available to guests and donors :D )

hey we are up for the cruise but neither of us can give blood as we are both english and were in the uk in 1996 which is when foot and mouth was diagnosed. Explains alot haha

Oh and needles scare the shit outta me haha

Kye

im up for that as i can give blood now cause its been a year since my last tattoo and its good if i do cause im o+ and there isnt much of that around so count me in but needs to be befor my next tattoo lol

Im in the same boat, not sure when i last got tattooed so possibly up for the cruise but wont be able to donate.

Ok, spoke to the Red Cross, and Saturdays are booked out for a while, they do Tuesday and Thursday nights (last appointments 7:45pm, out I guess by 8:30-9:00.)

Are you guys available on Tuesdays or Thursdays? let me know and I'll book us in. (Could go as early as the 31st January, or when suits the group)

  • 1 month later...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Hi, is the HKS  Tower Bar still available ? negotiable ? 🤔
    • From there, it is really just test and assemble. Plug the adapter cables from the unit into the back of the screen, then the other side to the car harness. Don't forget all the other plugs too! Run the cables behind the unit and screw it back into place (4 screws) and you should now have 3 cables to run from the top screen to the android unit. I ran them along the DS of the other AV units in the gap between their backets and the console, and used some corrugated tubing on the sharp edges of the bracket so the wires were safe. Plug the centre console and lower screen in temporarily and turn the car to ACC, the AV should fire up as normal. Hold the back button for 3 sec and Android should appear on the top screen. You need to set the input to Aux for audio (more on that later). I put the unit under the AC duct in the centre console, with the wifi antenna on top of the AC duct near the shifter, the bluetooth antenna on the AC duct under the centre console The GPS unit on top of the DS to AC duct; they all seem to work OK there are are out of the way. Neat cable routing is a pain. For the drive recorder I mounted it near the rear view mirror and run the cable in the headlining, across the a pillar and then down the inside of the a pillar seal to the DS lower dash. From there it goes across and to one USB input for the unit. The second USB input is attached to the ECUtec OBD dongle and the 3rd goes to the USB bulkhead connected I added in the centre console. This is how the centre console looks "tidied" up Note I didn't install the provided speaker, didn't use the 2.5mm IPod in line or the piggyback loom for the Ipod or change any DIP switches; they seem to only be required if you need to use the Ipod input rather than the AUX input. That's it, install done, I'll follow up with a separate post on how the unit works, but in summary it retains all factory functions and inputs (so I still use my phone to the car for calls), reverse still works like factory etc.
    • Place the new daughterboard in the case and mount it using the 3 small black rivets provided, and reconnect the 3 factory ribbon cables to the new board Then, use the 3 piggyback cables from the daughterboard into the factory board on top (there are stand offs in the case to keep them apart. and remember to reconnect the antenna and rear cover fan wires. 1 screw to hold the motherboard in place. Before closing the case, make a hole in the sticker covering a hole in the case and run the cable for the android unit into the plug there. The video forgot this step, so did I, so will you probably. Then redo the 4 screws on back, 2 each top and bottom, 3 each side and put the 2 brackets back on.....all ready to go and not that tricky really.      
    • Onto the android unit. You need to remove the top screen because there is a daughterboard to put inside the case. Each side vent pops out from clips; start at the bottom and carefully remove upwards (use a trim remover tool to avoid breaking anything). Then the lower screen and controls come out, 4 screws, a couple of clips (including 3 flimsy ones at the top) and 3 plugs on the rear. Then the upper screen, 4 screws and a bunch of plugs and she is out. From there, remove the mounting brackets (2 screws each), 4 screws on the rear, 2 screws top and bottom and 3 screws holding in the small plates on each side. When you remove the back cover (tight fit), watch out for the power cable for the fan, I removed it so I could put the back aside. The mainboard is held in by 1 screw in the middle, 1 aerial at the top and 3 ribbon cables. If you've ever done any laptop stuff the ribbon cables are OK to work with, just pop up the retainer and they slide out. If you are not familiar just grab a 12 year old from an iphone factory, they will know how it works The case should now look like this:
    • Switching the console was tricky. First there were 6 screws to remove, and also the little adapter loom and its screws had to come out. Also don't forget to remove the 2 screws holding the central locking receiver. Then there are 4 clips on either side....these were very tight in this case and needed careful persuading with a long flat screw driver....some force required but not enough to break them...this was probably the fiddliest part of the whole job. In my case I needed both the wiring loom and the central locking receiver module to swap across to the new one. That was it for the console, so "assembly is the reverse of disassembly"
×
×
  • Create New...