[Tiste Simeon]

Went to a coroner's inquest for a death I went to in my job last week and one of the contributing factors was pleurisy. Don't mean to scare bk and this person had many other issues but yeah it's not one to just blithely brush off.

[Gorefest]

Briar King, on 10 May 2019 - 02:35 AM, said:

His opinion is I have pleurisy which I have had twice before but I was always sick then. I'm not sick this time.. I initially found this diagnosis kinda strange at 1st since I ain't hacking, but on reflection of the other two times the pain is kinda in the same area.

Pleurisy isn't necessarily accompanied by coughing or a fever. If you want to self-diagnose a bit, just hold your breath and see if the pain lessens/stops. If so, pleurisy is a good bet. You'd need to get that properly diagnosed to figure out what the underlying cause is. Because sometimes it can just clear by itself in a matter of days or weeks, but sometimes it can have more serious underlying causes. At the very least get yourself some chest X-rays and a blood test.

[Abyss]

So basically BK you're still dying but don't worry, we're gonna save your life.


AGAIN.

[Slow Ben]

You're welcome.

[Mezla PigDog]

You know when a friend has bad news and you say "Let me know if there's anything I can do". Well she really called my bluff and I'm spending Monday in charge of 3 small children.

Disclaimer - I am happy to help but fuck. 3 kids!

This post has been edited by Mezla PigDog: 11 May 2019 - 02:28 PM

[Tiste Simeon]

Mezla PigDog, on 11 May 2019 - 02:28 PM, said:

You know when a friend has bad news and you say "Let me know if there's anything I can do". Well she really called my bluff and I'm spending Monday in charge of 3 small children.

Disclaimer - I am happy to help but fuck. 3 kids!

I'm currently working in child protection and I'm very glad you put that full stop there. 😮😮

[Slow Ben]

Tiste Simeon, on 11 May 2019 - 03:12 PM, said:

I'm currently working in child protection

I bet that’s horrible.

[Aptorian]

I hate children too, Slow Ben.

[Slow Ben]

Aptorian, on 11 May 2019 - 06:34 PM, said:

I hate children too, Slow Ben.

I laughed way too hard at that.

[Tiste Simeon]

Slow Ben, on 11 May 2019 - 05:41 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 11 May 2019 - 03:12 PM, said:

I'm currently working in child protection

I bet that’s horrible.

Oh yeah it's not a fun subject. Got an attachment in the online child abuse investigation team coming up...

[worry]

If you're given 3 kids, and you return 2 unscathed, that's a passing grade.

[Slow Ben]

worry, on 11 May 2019 - 07:43 PM, said:

If you're given 3 kids, and you return 2 unscathed, that's a passing grade.

Shit, .333 avg will get you in the Hall of Fame in baseball.

[Tsundoku]

Mezla PigDog, on 11 May 2019 - 02:28 PM, said:

You know when a friend has bad news and you say "Let me know if there's anything I can do". Well she really called my bluff and I'm spending Monday in charge of 3 small children.

Disclaimer - I am happy to help but fuck. 3 kids!

Think of it as training for when you have the next 2.

[Cause]

I don't know if this should be here or in the wahts making you happy thread, because this story is so ridiculous its funny.

48 parties recently contested my countries national elections. The result looks something like this off the top of my head

Anc - 57%
DA - 22%
EFF -10%

So the biggest 3 parties have 90% of the vote, the remaining 10% is divided amongst maybe 5 small parties which have between 1-3% each.

What's so funny is that the 27 worst performing parties are planning to sue the independent electoral commission (none of them even got enough votes to get a single seat in parliament) because surely voter fraud is the only reason they did so poorly.

You need about 40k votes to get 1 seat. One guy who got 5000 votes is adamant that the millions who meant to vote for him were confused and ticked the wrong box! Their is delusional, there is living on another planet and their is living in a another dimension!

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Tiste Simeon, on 11 May 2019 - 07:30 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 11 May 2019 - 05:41 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 11 May 2019 - 03:12 PM, said:

I'm currently working in child protection

I bet that’s horrible.

Oh yeah it's not a fun subject. Got an attachment in the online child abuse investigation team coming up...

I’m a social worker in this field. Can confirm is awful.

[Mezla PigDog]

Tsundoku, on 12 May 2019 - 01:14 AM, said:

Mezla PigDog, on 11 May 2019 - 02:28 PM, said:

You know when a friend has bad news and you say "Let me know if there's anything I can do". Well she really called my bluff and I'm spending Monday in charge of 3 small children.

Disclaimer - I am happy to help but fuck. 3 kids!

Think of it as training for when you have the next 2.

Survived. Although the 10 month old decided today would be nil by mouth in protest at being abandoned by her folks. I'm pretty pleased with myself. No injuries except for psychological ones which can't be traced back to me.

[Maark Abbott]

Work.

We have far too few people following a restructure for the type of job we do, we're running far more cases than we can each reasonably handle and we aren't being given time to do our actual job of progressing cases.

I think I need to see a GP, my chest is starting to hurt.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Maark Abbott, on 14 May 2019 - 07:23 AM, said:

Work.

We have far too few people following a restructure for the type of job we do, we're running far more cases than we can each reasonably handle and we aren't being given time to do our actual job of progressing cases.

I think I need to see a GP, my chest is starting to hurt.

Are you still at IM Maark? They were always known for that

[Maark Abbott]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 14 May 2019 - 07:29 AM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 14 May 2019 - 07:23 AM, said:

Work.

We have far too few people following a restructure for the type of job we do, we're running far more cases than we can each reasonably handle and we aren't being given time to do our actual job of progressing cases.

I think I need to see a GP, my chest is starting to hurt.

Are you still at IM Maark? They were always known for that

I neither confirm nor deny this statement, nor would I infer that I am presently at 1 and 2/3 Spartas of capacity, with 1 Sparta being the ideal level.

[Tsundoku]

Hmmm ...

Not enough people?
Waaaaay too much work - as decided by those who don't actually have to do it?
A goodly percentage of said work which is quite unnecessary?
Totally unrealistic timeframes?
Poorly managed "stakeholder" (dear god I loathe that buzzword almost as much as "proactive") expectations?
Constant interruptions requesting updates? (I'd get it done sooner if you'd all just leave me TF alone! )
Shifting goalposts with no accompanying rollback of deadlines?

Sounds familiar.

My sympathies.