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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Sept 21, 2016 10:00:08 GMT -5
Hi everyone it's been quite awhile this year has been rough for me but I'm okay hope you all are to . I'm sorry it's been a rough year for you. I hope things start getting better for you. *hug* Wicked ... Ms Sabra .... good to both see you back posting again!
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 21, 2016 11:16:48 GMT -5
Welcome back wickedmountain and ms Yip Yip
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Post by Confessor on Sept 21, 2016 14:40:19 GMT -5
I had a very disturbing experience last night during dinner. I slow-cooked a pork shoulder in a crock pot for pulled pork sandwiches, and to go with it, I made some coleslaw. While I was prepping the coleslaw, the bag (I didn't have the time or inclination to deal with an actual cabbage last night) tore and the mix went all over the counter, so I scooped it up and put it into the bowl and thought nothing of it. While eating one of the sandwiches, I felt something hard in my mouth, so I picked it out to examine it. At first I thought it was a piece of bone from the pork, but upon closer inspection, it was a tooth. Not mine, luckily, but we figured that it was my older daughter's, which she'd lost it a few days prior. My wife had placed it on a paper towel on the counter to dry out before tucking it away in a keepsake box with the rest of our girls' teeth, and said paper towel was right next to where I was making dinner. In my rush to clean up the spilled coleslaw mix before heading out to pick up my daughter from swim team practice, I must have gathered it up and dropped it into the bowl with the other ingredients. Yeah, it was as gross as it sounds, but on the plus side, I'm thankful it wasn't one of mine. Is it wrong that this made me laugh, Cap?
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Post by Gene on Sept 21, 2016 14:49:05 GMT -5
I had a very disturbing experience last night during dinner. I slow-cooked a pork shoulder in a crock pot for pulled pork sandwiches, and to go with it, I made some coleslaw. While I was prepping the coleslaw, the bag (I didn't have the time or inclination to deal with an actual cabbage last night) tore and the mix went all over the counter, so I scooped it up and put it into the bowl and thought nothing of it. While eating one of the sandwiches, I felt something hard in my mouth, so I picked it out to examine it. At first I thought it was a piece of bone from the pork, but upon closer inspection, it was a tooth. Not mine, luckily, but we figured that it was my older daughter's, which she'd lost it a few days prior. My wife had placed it on a paper towel on the counter to dry out before tucking it away in a keepsake box with the rest of our girls' teeth, and said paper towel was right next to where I was making dinner. In my rush to clean up the spilled coleslaw mix before heading out to pick up my daughter from swim team practice, I must have gathered it up and dropped it into the bowl with the other ingredients. Yeah, it was as gross as it sounds, but on the plus side, I'm thankful it wasn't one of mine. Is it wrong that this made me laugh, Cap?
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Post by The Captain on Sept 21, 2016 18:50:39 GMT -5
Is it wrong that this made me laugh, Cap? I've seen that episode more times than I can count, and my younger daughter was the first one to bring it up after the incident.
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Post by Gene on Sept 21, 2016 19:57:32 GMT -5
I just got done speaking in front of city council and it wasn't at all terrifying or completely nerve wracking.
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Post by Gene on Sept 21, 2016 20:07:54 GMT -5
I've seen that episode more times than I can count, and my younger daughter was the first one to bring it up after the incident. I watched it at the urging of a friend's four year old daughter and I laughed more than I'm comfortable admitting to.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 21, 2016 20:16:02 GMT -5
I just got done speaking in front of city council and it wasn't at all terrifying or completely nerve wracking. Had a jury trial today. After a while you get used to it.
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Post by Pharozonk on Sept 21, 2016 22:35:16 GMT -5
I went to my first college career fair today. Fingers crossed that someone there actually remembers me and doesn't just toss my resume into the trash.
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Post by Mormel on Sept 22, 2016 6:47:28 GMT -5
A bit late, but I just wanted to say I'm so sorry to read some of you guys are going through rough times right now. It may sound completely meaningless, but try and hold on to the positive things. And don't be ashamed to vent and get your troubles off your chest if you need to.
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Post by Mormel on Sept 23, 2016 8:41:57 GMT -5
I need this cover on a t-shirt:
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Sept 23, 2016 12:46:30 GMT -5
I think I just had an "I'm not young anymore" moment. I went to my doc for an annual checkup (haven't been the last three years) because I've been having strange heart palpitations. I got my first daily perscription. I'm not quite 40 and am now taking blood pressure medicine.
Thankfully she said the palpitations aren't life threatening. She said she was getting them too (she's 39 too) and found when she started going to a gym they stopped. So maybe that's something I can work into the budget.
I also got a steroid shot for my torn tendon, a flu shot, and three vials of blood for a thyroid test among other blood tests.
I told my wife if we ever moved out of state we'd have to take time to drive back here for non emergencies. This is the best doc I've had in my lifetime. She's not a pill pusher, she doesn't brow beat you for your bad habits and I feel like she actually cares for all her patients.
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 23, 2016 13:30:18 GMT -5
I think I just had an "I'm not young anymore" moment. I went to my doc for an annual checkup (haven't been the last three years) because I've been having strange heart palpitations. I got my first daily perscription. I'm not quite 40 and am now taking blood pressure medicine. Thankfully she said the palpitations aren't life threatening. She said she was getting them too (she's 39 too) and found when she started going to a gym they stopped. So maybe that's something I can work into the budget. I also got a steroid shot for my torn tendon, a flu shot, and three vials of blood for a thyroid test among other blood tests. I told my wife if we ever moved out of state we'd have to take time to drive back here for non emergencies. This is the best doc I've had in my lifetime. She's not a pill pusher, she doesn't brow beat you for your bad habits and I feel like she actually cares for all her patients. The world is your gym.
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Post by the4thpip on Sept 23, 2016 14:36:16 GMT -5
Hey, you should go to the gym quickly while you still have the steroid shot in your system. You're gonna be so PUMPED!
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In other news, I had a slightly disturbing start to my day today, when at 6 am a guy I had not seen before came to the bus stop (it's usually me and the same lady every morning, nobody else up that early), gave out a frightening scream and slid down the side of the bus stop shack in a epileptic seizure. I immediately called an ambulance, put his head on his soft bag and stayed with him (at that point the aforementioned lady showed up and helped by putting herself in charge of looking worried and wringing her hands). The ambulance took only about 6 or 7 minutes to arrive as there was no traffic and the hospital was less than half a mile away. By the time they got here, he was responsive but confused.
I had missed my bus, of course, which caused me to miss a connecting train down the road and to arrive half an hour late at work, at the same time as the first clients which made for a very hectic morning.
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Post by The Captain on Sept 23, 2016 14:59:41 GMT -5
I just did a video interview for a job position for the first time, and it was one of the worst experiences of my life.
This was an "on-demand" interview, so I could complete it at my convenience, so it was just me, my laptop, and questions that popped up on the screen and that I had 30 seconds to prepare for before recording started. Now, I hate how I look and I hate seeing myself on video, and when you throw a countdown clock for my response time on top of it, it was as big of a train wreck for me as it sounds. I don't feel like I acquitted myself well at all, but this was my one and only shot to encourage this particular employer to bring me in for a face-to-face interview, so I'm figuring I won't be hearing back from them, which is too bad because I am a good fit for the position and they are located in a good place for me commute-wise.
Beyond that, another position that I really like with another company (and for which they seem to have a lot of interest in me) turned out to have a downside, as it isn't seated where I thought it was, which was only 30 minutes from my house and with little traffic, but rather over an hour from my house with two tunnels and massive back-ups each way every day. I can't be too picky at this point, but if I were to be offered this position, I would basically never see my family or be able to help my wife out with anything around the house or getting our kids to activities from Monday through Friday.
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