Do you give blood?

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#21

It’s 17 minimum to donate, no parental consent needed. At least in PA.

I’ve given about 10 pints lifetime so far (didn’t donate much until I was 19 because I ran track/XC year-round in HS and it would have cut into training). Last weekend I went to give and for the first time ever my hemacrit was too low. Apparently I’m not eating enough meat (and iron-fortified breakfast cereals).

B+, it’s not just a blood-type, it’s an attitude.

#22

:too bad:Then I’m out. I’m not old enough and I run XC. Plus I don’t think they’d take me cause I don’t eat meat anyway.

#23

I think you get money for donating plasma…

On a related note, anyone ever heard of the Japanese idea that blood type determines personality? Its like astrology to them… I’ll see if I can find some site that explains it.

(I don’t think it can be true, though, since I’m 0+, the most common type in America, and strange compared to others. But I guess everyone things that about themselves).

#24

:moogle:That’s so cool! Post the site when you find one!:cool:

#25

There ya go.

#26

:cool:Wow that’s awesome! I’ve always wanted to know my blood based personality!(No sarcasm included).

#27

Thanks Curtis, I thought 0 was the rarest type. Judging from net sources that goes only for Greece (though I hesitate to trust my memory even on that, have to check it out).

#28

:hyperven:It’s creepy, things like that always seem to be right on the money with me. I think whoever made those were witches or something. Burn the witch!

#29

Astrology and symbolism is actually pretty itneresting to study. But I have a hard time accepting that there can be any sense of symbolism in blood type. It’s science, it’s pointless to make it seem mystical. Although, now that I think about it, even Astrology was consdiered a hard science back in the day…

#30

Here’s a more detailed site. I’m into this personality stuff, that’s why I even know about bloodtype personality in the first place :stuck_out_tongue: But I’m not sure about this theory, because it would mean I have the same essential personality as most Americans :confused:

http://www.bloodgivers.com/character.asp

#31

That one actually seems more accurate based on me and some of my friends. Creepy, O_o.::dekar!::

#32

I’ve given blood a few times in my life.

#33

I r anemic.

So they laugh at me when I try ;-;

#34

Of course I give blood. Just… not my own.

#35

I lost two pints of blood during a mishap with my tonsilectomy, so I won’t be giving blood for a very, very long time.