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Mike The Sceptic
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I thought they tested for drugs in your medical? Isn't that what the urine sample is for?
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No. They can tell alot about you health through your urine but they wont test for drugs. They dip a strip of paper into it and the colour the paper goes can tell them things about you (something like that)

Plus they have to tell you they are drug testing you.

It was like this when I joined but that was the Army but I would imagine it's the same
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I thought that little strip thing was for diabetes. Made a bit of a mess when I pissed on mine, splashed a bit.. Surprised the doc took it back off me with his bare hands though, strange fellow... :o
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Post by harry73 »

brian said
I thought that little strip thing was for diabetes.
Your probably right mate that it is for Diabetes. I just know it's not for drugs.

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Post by rgj-rifleman »

They test for salt levels, diabetes, health, iron, all sorts, and its not the colour of the urine, how bubbly, how smelly etc, its the chemicles that are in it. Do they actually check past medical records, because someone on here told me they only needed your docters details to put your new medical test into the records, confused :roll:

Please fill me in??
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Post by dwarfy »

rgj-rifleman wrote:
Please fill me in??
you after a fight? :lol:
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do they check your feet in the medical? becuase I have a dodgey looking toe :o cant remember what its called though.
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Post by letsrole »

daz89 wrote:do they check your feet in the medical? becuase I have a dodgey looking toe :o cant remember what its called though.
Haha Iv heard it all now :lol:

Yeah they stick the strip in your piss and if it doesnt change a certain colour it means your a-ok. I remember in my medical:

Doctor: I want you to fill that urine bottle (points to it over on table)

Me: What, from here?
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Post by mancuniankid »

I never did a piss sample :-? Must be because im special, he did say to me as soon as i walked in though that i'll pass, he knows as soon as he looks at someone whever they will pass or not.
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lol good stuff, so do the marines actually dive into your medical history??
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I have been off the drink for a while now and to be honest im considering staying on the wagon for good, are there any tee-total bootnecks, is it even possible ?
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I have been off the drink for a while now and to be honest im considering staying on the wagon for good, are there any tee-total bootnecks, is it even possible ?

:o errrm :o
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Post by nufc_rulz »

If youre big enough to join the marines your big enough to turn around and say no to drink if you dont want it. There will be people who will get wrecked at every oportunity. This doesnt mean you have to. I can go out and still have a laugh and do stupid things without drinking.
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nufc_rulz wrote:If youre big enough to join the marines your big enough to turn around and say no to drink if you dont want it. There will be people who will get wrecked at every oportunity. This doesnt mean you have to. I can go out and still have a laugh and do stupid things without drinking.
I dont have a problem with knocking back a drink mate, i was thinking more about bookneck culture.
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Post by nufc_rulz »

Yeh and what im saying is if a marine doesnt want to drink he doesnt have to.
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