The even randomer thread

[Wyldnwoody44]

Why not? That'd be, what, 1 more cooch you have to look at when you get back? ;)

Oh you silly guys, honestly I'm not sure what I even get paid for some stuff I do, I get a check once a month and just do stuff, I try and defy the normalcy of health care professionals.

 

So based on the 2 replies I'm gonna book some center ice upper levels and see what good hockey (hopefully) looks like

[inkman]

Why not? That'd be, what, 1 more cooch you have to look at when you get back? ;)

Man I got into the wrong line of work

[Taro T]

Man I got into the wrong line of work

:w00t:

[Wyldnwoody44]

Man I got into the wrong line of work

It looks like saving private Ryan down there most days....

 

Grass is not always greener,

And rarely the lawn is trimmed....

[Stoner]

Why not? That'd be, what, 1 more cooch you have to look at when you get back? ;)

I didn't know Woody was visiting gynecologist for the Lightning. Huh.

[josie]

Have been baking d4rk's birthday cake all morning and the cat has been constantly underfoot or sitting on the cabinets above the oven. Cat now smells like carrot cake. Could be worse! 

[Stoner]

Have been baking d4rk's birthday cake all morning and the cat has been constantly underfoot or sitting on the cabinets above the oven. Cat now smells like carrot cake. Could be worse! 

Did you forget to turn the oven on? Or does he like his cakes well done? Sorry...

 

That's a beautiful picture of domestic bliss. Hopefully you were barefoot. (I am cruisin' for a bruisin' now.)

[Wyldnwoody44]

So I bit the bullet and bought suite tickets on stub hub for the Vegas game.... It's amazing the contrast in prices on stub hub when the team you like is just terrible.... I will say from the consumer stand point, the arena is right on the strip behind new york new york.... I have been drinking since 10am for free visiting the casinos, so naturally the atmosphere will be better, it makes me jealous that the arena is so nicely located, any player that loves the party life will absolutely thrive here.

[Randall Flagg]

So I'm at Aldi's, and have all my crap on the conveyor belt waiting for a cashier. This lady comes out of the bathroom with cleaning materials/rags/stuff, no gloves on, plops them down, and starts scanning my FOOD.

Was I right to be mortified by this? I had clorox wipes and spent 45 minutes wiping every single thing down head to toe as soon as I got back. 

[spndnchz]

So I'm at Aldi's, and have all my crap on the conveyor belt waiting for a cashier. This lady comes out of the bathroom with cleaning materials/rags/stuff, no gloves on, plops them down, and starts scanning my FOOD.

 

Was I right to be mortified by this? I had clorox wipes and spent 45 minutes wiping every single thing down head to toe as soon as I got back.

 

I’d just walk out. That’s dez-gust-ing

[Wyldnwoody44]

So I'm at Aldi's, and have all my crap on the conveyor belt waiting for a cashier. This lady comes out of the bathroom with cleaning materials/rags/stuff, no gloves on, plops them down, and starts scanning my FOOD.

Was I right to be mortified by this? I had clorox wipes and spent 45 minutes wiping every single thing down head to toe as soon as I got back.

That's kinda sexy

[Wyldnwoody44]

So as an avid drunk hockey fan, ill update.... The atmosphere here is outta control, it's simply amazing, I have never been to a sabres game that equals this!!!

[Stoner]

So I'm at Aldi's, and have all my crap on the conveyor belt waiting for a cashier. This lady comes out of the bathroom with cleaning materials/rags/stuff, no gloves on, plops them down, and starts scanning my FOOD.

Was I right to be mortified by this? I had clorox wipes and spent 45 minutes wiping every single thing down head to toe as soon as I got back. 

Of course you were right. It's hard to call people on this stuff though (depending on your personality). I've sat silently in hospitals when doctors came in, didn't wash their hands, then touched my infection-prone mother.

 

Here's a weird angle on this story. I go to a pizza place I like and order slices. The guy who owns the place (I think) and has been there for eons, tears slices off an already baked pizza and heats them up. I watch his bare hands handing the slices, and I don't seem to care. At some place like Subway, I think I'd have a coronary.

[Eleven]

I’d just walk out. That’s dez-gust-ing

 

I would have said something first.

 

Of course you were right. It's hard to call people on this stuff though (depending on your personality). I've sat silently in hospitals when doctors came in, didn't wash their hands, then touched my infection-prone mother.

 

Here's a weird angle on this story. I go to a pizza place I like and order slices. The guy who owns the place (I think) and has been there for eons, tears slices off an already baked pizza and heats them up. I watch his bare hands handing the slices, and I don't seem to care. At some place like Subway, I think I'd have a coronary.

 

I have told doctors, nurses, etc. to wash their hands, and I'm not shy about it.  In fact, I use a tone intended to convey that they should know better.  Just look at it as a situation where your mother needs you to speak up to protect her and it will come easily to you.

 

As for bare hands and food, at any sit-down restaurant I've ever been to, the servers aren't wearing  gloves, so I guess I don't worry too much about that.

Edited February 24, 2018 by Eleven

[That Aud Smell]

So as an avid drunk hockey fan, ill update.... The atmosphere here is outta control, it's simply amazing, I have never been to a sabres game that equals this!!!

Duly noted.

 

Buffalo’s proven more than capable of good and great atmosphere. I mean, we ain’t Vegas, but ... .

 

I look forward to the return of such days and nights.

[Wyldnwoody44]

Duly noted.

 

Buffalo’s proven more than capable of good and great atmosphere. I mean, we ain’t Vegas, but ... .

 

I look forward to the return of such days and nights.

Winning 6-3 helps, with a lot of goals, but just in general, the in game experience is much better, more involved and fun. Every time the make some noise thingy came up, the place was rocking before the clip was half over. The people down here also love the team, I sat around 4 couples that were in their 60's or older and each goal, they were jumping and acting like teens. It was great to see.... I compare this to the avalanche game I went to a couple of weeks ago, where the 23 year old guy and his gf in front of me were legit playing solitaire and magic (or something similar) on their tablets the whole game.

 

That said, I do recall seeing buffalo great, the parties in the plaza, with the giant tinfoil Stanley cups, it's been so damn long, that maybe I just forgot what it feels like

[Stoner]

Wanted to share a little info. for those who might be facing what I had to do today: go under general anesthesia for the first time. I was nervous about it — as many people are (about the anesthesia, not necessarily the test, which was an endobronchial ultrasound and biopsy).

 

My fears (loss of control, not waking up) were irrational, I knew that, and those fears were the least of it. What I really dreaded was very rational. The sense you're being suffocated or smothered and the panic that ensues; being too aware of what's being done as the anesthesia process starts. I was assured by several people (lay people) (but didn't bother to ask my doctor ahead of time) that masks aren't placed over your nose and mouth. It's done through IV.

 

My plan was to be tired and very chilled out by the time anything was started, and I kind of assumed there'd be a sedative to kick things off so I'd be 75% of the way to not caring — then the IV and La-La-La-Fontaine land. Instead, after starting to chill out in the operating room, I struck up a conversation with a nurse anesthetist student about the trade deadline and the Sabres and the Pens. So I'm wide awake and right then the anesthesiologist walks in and it's suddenly go time and a mask is being placed over my mouth and nose, pretty firmly, and I'm being told to breathe in deeply.

 

Uh, not so fast. It was pretty terrifying. I felt a panic I've never felt. I tried not to freak out and actually took a few shallow breaths, hoping that would do the trick. When I didn't go under, I pushed the mask away. They then let me hold it, which helped. Except I was holding it with my right arm cocked, which was a problem because an IV was in my right elbow area. So the mask was placed on my face again, but a little more gently and higher on my face. Before I could panic again, I was asking the nurse if the baby was OK and telling her I didn't want to go to school (recovery room).

 

Moral of the story. Figure this stuff out in advance and tell someone in your pre-op interviews what your concerns are. And be serious about it. I told the student that my concern was rooted in old episodes of MASH where the soldiers were put to sleep via mask. But it was jokingly said. (At that point I still thought a mask wouldn't be used, but instead of a "get outta here" I got a "Oh yeah, we use masks."

 

I'd be interested in hearing from our docs if sedatives can be given before the Propofol and all that jazz.

 

I honestly don't blame the medical people there today because I was cool as a cucumber when they talked to me. I was joking about hockey, so I can't blame them for not recognizing my impending panic.

 

By the way, the whole thing was to investigate enlarged lymph nodes around my lungs. Basically to confirm the 90+% likelihood of sarcoidosis, an inflammatory condition. Necessary, though, to rule out the small chance of lymphoma. I've been feeling fine. I was telling myself last August, when all this kicked off, that I've never felt better. Which is often the case with sarcoidosis. It's often found incidentally, in my case when investigating a dry cough by ordering a chest xray. (It can also rarely be a dread disease; just ask Bernie Mac.)

 

Thank you for reading and hopefully a word to the wise.

Edited February 27, 2018 by PASabreFan

[Gramps]

Of course you were right. It's hard to call people on this stuff though (depending on your personality). I've sat silently in hospitals when doctors came in, didn't wash their hands, then touched my infection-prone mother.

 

Here's a weird angle on this story. I go to a pizza place I like and order slices. The guy who owns the place (I think) and has been there for eons, tears slices off an already baked pizza and heats them up. I watch his bare hands handing the slices, and I don't seem to care. At some place like Subway, I think I'd have a coronary.

 

Could be that the pizza oven is about 700° ? 

 

I'm constantly asking anyone at Moes, Chipotle, Qdoba to change their gloves as all of their workers seem not to mind touching your food with the same gloves they just wiped the counter down with or picked up food off the floor. 

[Stoner]

Could be that the pizza oven is about 700° ? 

 

I'm constantly asking anyone at Moes, Chipotle, Qdoba to change their gloves as all of their workers seem not to mind touching your food with the same gloves they just wiped the counter down with or picked up food off the floor. 

LOL. That's a good point and maybe enters my thinking. But would a mere reheat kill off the naughty bits?

[Gramps]

LOL. That's a good point and maybe enters my thinking. But would a mere reheat kill off the naughty bits?

 

Only one way to tell and that's not with the naked eye - so go ahead and eat.  

[Stoner]

Only one way to tell and that's not with the naked eye - so go ahead and eat.  

I had to drive home sitting on a cork. But it was sooooo good.

[inkman]

LOL. That's a good point and maybe enters my thinking. But would a mere reheat kill off the naughty bits?

180 degrees kills most dangerous pathogens

[WildCard]

Easily one of the best stories you'll ever read

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/10245963/What-its-like-to-bet-everything-you-own-on-red.html

[josie]

Just learned that if you're a NY state resident, you can get a New York Public Library card and access their online database, including Lynda.com for tutorials. Can't believe I didn't know that. Now maybe I can learn another program or two and be "good" enough for some effing place to hire my salty ass 

[That Aud Smell]

Wanted to share a little info. for those who might be facing what I had to do today: go under general anesthesia for the first time. I was nervous about it — as many people are (about the anesthesia, not necessarily the test, which was an endobronchial ultrasound and biopsy).

 

My fears (loss of control, not waking up) were irrational, I knew that, and those fears were the least of it. What I really dreaded was very rational. The sense you're being suffocated or smothered and the panic that ensues; being too aware of what's being done as the anesthesia process starts. I was assured by several people (lay people) (but didn't bother to ask my doctor ahead of time) that masks aren't placed over your nose and mouth. It's done through IV.

Oh, man - sorry for the traumatic experience.

 

In my experience, general anesthesia is preceded by an IV “cocktail” that makes application of the general, if by a mask, an easy process.