# Blood Drive -- Third Annual! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362 "2004-01-08T04:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Daftbugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Daftbugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daftbugger)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362/61 "2004-01-29T12:58:53Z")
I got a letter from the National Blood Service (UK) saying that they have enough of my blood type. Thanks, but no thanks! I’m AB positive which is fairly rare, so they must have already got enough! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362/62 "2004-01-29T13:18:01Z")
I donated on Jan. 18 at the relatively new Rockville center. Got my second t-shirt, too! Very nice place. I highly recommend it. I plan to donate platelets as soon as I’m eligible again (I posted a thread asking about it), which’ll be sometime in early March. ---
**Author:** ![FabioClone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@FabioClone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FabioClone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362/63 "2004-01-29T19:32:33Z")
I went in today and did it. It wasn’t bad at all- I highly recommend it. I had no problems, and got a sticker, a pin, and free snacks. Plus I may have helped someone. Can’t beat that. ---
**Author:** ![Anita\_Vacation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anita\_Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Vacation)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362/64 "2004-02-06T02:34:55Z")
**ultrafilter** and I donated tonight. The Fairfax Donor Center still seems shiney and new, and the folks who work there are so darn cheerful. I picked up lots of loot: a mug and packet of cocoa, a tee shirt that says “Are You My Type” and two bags of cookies (I always get my cookies “to go”). ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362/65 "2004-02-09T00:10:47Z")
Last week! If you have been putting it off, now’s the time! I’m so proud of everyone who has donated. I hope that doesn’t come across sounding patronizing (matronizing?) because I don’t mean it that way at all… I just really admire people who donate blood and I gotta say GO YOU! YOU RULE! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362/66 "2004-02-09T01:35:27Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > All his life, Dad came home and just handed over his paycheck to Mom. Yet he donated blood. But according to this, he wasn’t supposed to! > > Just goes to show how the American Red Cross has allowed right-wing politics to overcome real medical judgement. For **Civil Defense** & others, you can just scoot across the border to Canada and give blood there – the Red Cross of Canada (and similar in most of Europe) doesn’t have these silly homophobic rules! I hope you will contact Canadian Blood Services to clear up your misconceptions. The rules are the same. I know, I donated regularly while I still lived in Canada, and continue since moving to the US. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362/67 "2004-02-11T01:54:27Z")
Just a few more days for the blood drive! Come on, it only takes an little piece of your day, and you get free cookies! Plus right now the blood supply is so low, you may get extra goodies like free t-shirts and so on. Plus you know that you’ve saved lives. Pleeeeease donate. And sign up to be an organ donor, if you haven’t done that. And don’t forget to vote in your primaries! And always buckle up!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362/68 "2004-02-11T01:58:50Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Just a few more days for the blood drive! Come on, it only takes an little piece of your day, and you get free cookies! Plus right now the blood supply is so low, you may get extra goodies like free t-shirts and so on. Plus you know that you’ve saved lives. > > Pleeeeease donate. And sign up to be an organ donor, if you haven’t done that. And don’t forget to vote in your primaries! And always buckle up!! 😃 Thanks for reminding me, Miss **Opal**. I need to call the downtown center and find out about the platelet donation! ---
**Author:** ![boofy\_bloke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@boofy\_bloke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boofy_bloke)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362/69 "2004-02-11T03:56:27Z")
They won’t take my blood because I’m gay. It doesn’t matter if I’m free from disease or infection, all gay men are banned. I am an organ donor. They don’t seem to care about sexuality. I’m in Australia, voting is compulsary, as is the wearing of seat belts. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362/70 "2004-02-13T19:30:28Z")
This really is a little off-topic, but I don’t think it needs its own thread. I made my appointment today for platelet donation. I’ll be donating a lot sooner than I thought - next Tuesday (Feb. 17) at 4:30 pm, in downtown D.C. Some of you have done this before and commented in my other thread, and I appreciate the sage words. This is my first time donating platelets. With any luck, they’ll have a movie for me that I haven’t seen! When the SD drive comes around again next year, I’ll try to time it so I can help out. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362/71 "2004-02-14T02:41:04Z")
Well, hell. I ate half a damn cow to get my iron up over the last three weeks, and come to find out the 4 years I spent in Germany disqualifies me. Would have been nice to know _before_ the three as it turns out totally gratuitous finger sticks. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362/72 "2004-02-14T02:53:43Z")
I gave yesterday at the school’s blood drive. My second time ever. I guess it can count for this, too. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-drive-third-annual/223362.md?page=3)