[Macros]

Fuck me but for all the complaining people do about the NHS, americas health care system is just the pits

[LadyMTL]

Loki, on 05 May 2017 - 09:20 AM, said:

Domestic abuse and rape are NOT pre-existing conditions.

Fuck Trump and fuck every worthless excuse for a human being that voted for him.

I couldn't believe it when I heard that, never mind that apparently C-Sections are also considered pre-ex's as well. I mean, basically if you have a vagina and ovaries, you're screwed.
Canada's system is far from perfect but man, at least I don't fear that one day our "Dear Leaders" will try to make my very existence a medical condition. (At least, I don't fear it yet.)

[Loki]

Erectile dysfunction isn't a pre-existing condition but anything to do with a woman's reproductive system is.

Like I said, fuck Trump and fuck everyone who voted for him. May your children never forgive you (assuming they don't die first due to an inability to access health care, that is).

[QuickTidal]

Staved off the cold my family was fighting en masse for weeks...only to be taken down by it last....UGH...ANd I had to trudge my way into work in this horrid cold windy rain.
Friday's aren't supposed to be so shitty.

[Slow Ben]

Loki, on 05 May 2017 - 03:47 AM, said:

Slow Ben, on 04 May 2017 - 01:20 PM, said:

Yep. Still raining.

Drove my kids 30 minutes to school today and the fields were flooded on both sides the whole way.

Are there flood warnings? Should they be going to school if the roads could be flooded?

I only ask because in the 2011 floods here we had entire schools blocked off with kids having to stay without provisions, beddings etc until rescuers could evacuate them.


Tiste: Strange thing to say but I truly hope it is your brother. Closure is important.

Nah, it would have to rise another 10' or so to get above the roads.

This is what it looks like for about 10 miles. Last week there were farmers out in the fields in this same spot.



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[QuickTidal]

They are going to POSSIBLY close the subways today at some point due to flooding/rising water...screwing my way home from work.

[Kruppe of Darujhistan]

I feel for you folks in low lying areas and in river floodplains. I myself am just a couple of meters above sea level. When half that island off the coast of Africa slides into the Atlantic, Long Island is going to be washed away. Literally.

[Tiste Simeon]

The body they found is my brother. Weird mixture of emotions tbh. Glad that there is closure but now it's real, despite it never really being in doubt before... Just sadness...

[QuickTidal]

We're here to support you Tiste, hopefully this allows your family closure.

[Puck]

@Tiste: The empire's with you.


As for my personal groove: I cannot take any allergy meds for a couple of days and I'm already absolutely not happy about it on day 2, add in the asthma thing and eh... Additionally, mother dearest, as always, turned out to not have opened her correspondence for several weeks, so guess who has to scramble to get relevant letters and papers written and handed in on time, eh?

[Mezla PigDog]

Really glad you and the family have some closure Sim. But so sorry for your loss.

I'm wrung out. First day of the baby going to nursery. It was embarrassingly emotional dropping him off. I've been having anxiety dreams about it every night for 3 weeks. Doesn't matter how much I rationalise, it's just wormed into the subconscious. Two hours after I left him they called to ask me to collect him as he has a frickin fever. Cue the rest of the day juggling sick baby care and work commitments. Exorcist puke on the high chair, two hour conference call, clean shit out of the bath. Then once Mr PigDog got home I had 2hrs more work to do. I could have taken official parental leave but I wasn't ready for it on my first day so have just whirled around in a tizz all day.

[Fid]

Hey Simeon - you know we are here for you. Hope that you and the family can now work through all of the feelings and get to closure. Are we due another beer in Manc?

Mez - sounds like the perfect storm of a day. Things will improve - trust me!

I am getting to spend my birthday in Zurich with a bunch of strange people from work that I have only met today as we are doing the annual account planning for my new client. Looking forward to getting home tomorrow evening so that I can at least have a decent glass of wine!

[Traveller]

Mezla PigDog, on 09 May 2017 - 07:12 PM, said:

Really glad you and the family have some closure Sim. But so sorry for your loss.

I'm wrung out. First day of the baby going to nursery. It was embarrassingly emotional dropping him off. I've been having anxiety dreams about it every night for 3 weeks. Doesn't matter how much I rationalise, it's just wormed into the subconscious. Two hours after I left him they called to ask me to collect him as he has a frickin fever. Cue the rest of the day juggling sick baby care and work commitments. Exorcist puke on the high chair, two hour conference call, clean shit out of the bath. Then once Mr PigDog got home I had 2hrs more work to do. I could have taken official parental leave but I wasn't ready for it on my first day so have just whirled around in a tizz all day.

There'll be days when he cries when you leave and you'll feel crappy. Then there will be days when he's busy with something or someone and barely notices, and you'll feel crappy because he didn't mind you going. Then some day he'll go in and say goodbye mummy have a good day! (this will happen much sooner than you imagine) and you'll feel kind of better about things.

Leaving them is hard however you do it, but having to leave work early if they're sick is something you get used to - I'd even keep annual leave hours aside for 'have to go rescue the kids' days.

Hope things pick up!

[Slow Ben]

Stapled my hand today.

Didnt hurt to bad at the time, or pulling it out. But by jove, it hurts now.

[worry]

You have to, uhhhh....urinate on it? Something like that.

[Abyss]

Slow Ben, on 11 May 2017 - 02:10 AM, said:

Stapled my hand today.

Didnt hurt to bad at the time, or pulling it out. But by jove, it hurts now.

worry, on 11 May 2017 - 02:43 AM, said:

You have to, uhhhh....urinate on it? Something like that.

That's for jellyfish stings.For staples you're supposed to use oj... the really cheap kind from concentrate.

[Kruppe of Darujhistan]

Abyss, on 11 May 2017 - 04:14 AM, said:

Slow Ben, on 11 May 2017 - 02:10 AM, said:

Stapled my hand today.

Didnt hurt to bad at the time, or pulling it out. But by jove, it hurts now.

worry, on 11 May 2017 - 02:43 AM, said:

You have to, uhhhh....urinate on it? Something like that.

That's for jellyfish stings.For staples you're supposed to use oj... the really cheap kind from concentrate.

Well, home remedies and folk medicine aside, I recommend getting a tetanus shot before lockjaw sets in and your spine starts cracking and folding back on itself.

[Loki]

Kruppe of Darujhistan, on 11 May 2017 - 04:35 AM, said:

Abyss, on 11 May 2017 - 04:14 AM, said:

Slow Ben, on 11 May 2017 - 02:10 AM, said:

Stapled my hand today.

Didnt hurt to bad at the time, or pulling it out. But by jove, it hurts now.

worry, on 11 May 2017 - 02:43 AM, said:

You have to, uhhhh....urinate on it? Something like that.

That's for jellyfish stings.For staples you're supposed to use oj... the really cheap kind from concentrate.

Well, home remedies and folk medicine aside, I recommend getting a tetanus shot before lockjaw sets in and your spine starts cracking and folding back on itself.

What dodgy arse stamples do you use that tetanus is a real possibility? Or are we talking some kind of power tool and not stationery?

[worry]

That "feeling" is called dementia.

[QuickTidal]

Loki, on 11 May 2017 - 04:40 AM, said:

Kruppe of Darujhistan, on 11 May 2017 - 04:35 AM, said:

Abyss, on 11 May 2017 - 04:14 AM, said:

Slow Ben, on 11 May 2017 - 02:10 AM, said:

Stapled my hand today.

Didnt hurt to bad at the time, or pulling it out. But by jove, it hurts now.

worry, on 11 May 2017 - 02:43 AM, said:

You have to, uhhhh....urinate on it? Something like that.

That's for jellyfish stings.For staples you're supposed to use oj... the really cheap kind from concentrate.

Well, home remedies and folk medicine aside, I recommend getting a tetanus shot before lockjaw sets in and your spine starts cracking and folding back on itself.

What dodgy arse stamples do you use that tetanus is a real possibility? Or are we talking some kind of power tool and not stationery?

I would imagine it's an industrial staple gun (with the big wall staples for strapping wood together)....in which case, yes a tetanus shot might be in order depending on the state of the gun, the staples, and the box/area they are kept in.