Two Parties?
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Take away their Congressional Dining Room EBT card.
Among other things…
What movie is the AI girlfriend without make up from?
Mint Oreos…
Well, My Monday Started Out Sucky
I’ve been picking up and dropping off a guy who works in the weld shop after I found out he has been riding one of those Stand Up electric scooters back and forth 12 1/2 miles each way for months. Going home in the dark with no lights to save battery power.
I had no idea those little things had that kind of range!
He only lives about 10 minutes from me so I just leave a few minutes early and go get him.
I though it would be nice to take the Sprite today. He has never been in one so I let him know to wear a coat because there is no heater in it anymore and went and got him.
We stopped at a 7-11 and I grabbed something to drink and a pack of smokes and then headed to the freeway. About a mile away I kinda, sorta noticed the thing wandering around a little but didn’t think too much of it. As soon as I took the long curve to get on the freeway though I really noticed the ass end slewing around so I pulled over.
Bigger than shit I had a flat tire.
Several years ago, I drilled out all the hubs and put Chevy Vega wheel stufs in the thing because they originally had 3/8’s Fine Thread wheel studs and the thing has aftermaket Aluminum wheels that take very special lug nuts.
I couldn’t find any to save my life so I did the Vega studs after I read about it in an MG Midget racing forum. So the spare tire I have in the trunk wont fit because I never got around to drilling the holes out.
I wound up limping the damn thing several miles down the side of the freeway, up to another one and then off at the first available exit. There is a Fred Meter store on the corner so I pulled in there. I had him call an Uber to come get him so he wouldn’t be late to work and I paid the $30 for it.
One good thing is that I am always 30-40 minutes early to work so he had plenty of time.
While I was waiting, I took this picture.
That WAS, a brand new tire and tube, with less than 200 miles on it
Of course driving on it flat for 5 miles ruined it completely.
Thankfully, there is a Les Scwab tire store one block away from that Fred Meyer so after he got picked up, I limped it over there.
But of course, they don’t have 155-80- R13 tires in stock for a 62 year old British car.
So I had them order 2. Both are going on the rear, the old/new one on the other side is going on the spare and I will make damn sure I drill the holes out in it.
Thery are supposed to be there by 10:00 AM and I am going to call them when I get up, about that same time and see if they can get them on the car by 12:00. If they can, I will have time to go pay for them, pick up the car and then run about 3 or 4 miles down the road to pick up the welder and still make it to work. If not, it’s going to have to sit there until Wednesday.
It never fucking ends with that car.
Great Stories: The killer nurse.
90 Miles From Tyranny, https://ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com/
“My father had a heart attack many years ago, and I showed up to the hospital at 3 a.m. Given the time and the fact that he was in ICU, I initially wasn’t allowed in. However, I was finally let in by a nurse who calmed me down and allowed me to see my father. He was so kind to our family throughout my dad’s hospital stay. About six months later, my paternal grandmother was in the ICU for a medical issue, and again, we were cared for by this nurse. About a year later, I received a call from my dad telling me to turn on CNN. Turns out, the nurse was Charles Cullen, who famously confessed to murdering up to 40 patients.”
—Chari Kupstas-Cribb
They are out there besides doctors, respiratory therapists, radiologic technicians and other support staff in clinics and hospitals. We were always on the lookout for these Angels of Death. The were very methodical and secret and circumspect in their behavior. They felt they were administering mercy to those who they deemed beyond hope or not worthy to continue being alive and human. It didn’t matter if they were male or female, both were represented about equally.
Their methods were far ranging, but mostly wrong drugs used instead of the prescribed. introduction. Air into IV lines, or over medicating including IV meds and pillows were often used as patients always had fibers from linen from the hospital. Mostly it was late at night when you had reduced staff, and time alone with a patient wasn’t duly concerning and staff wouldn’t walk in and interrupt. Most angels of death were loners and socially inept.
Why you should stay with an a friend or family while in they were in the hospital, it lessens the chance for this kind of encounter and be a strong advocate for your friend/family member as the are in a compromised position, generally not strong or lucid enough to know what happening or over reaching hospital policy. You can be sure I questioned every med brought to me and every time they hung an IV, or every injection, I wanted to know and see the med and labels. I always raised an ire over hospital policy that I did not agree with.
Do you?
Yup, hairy assed balls poking out ruins the gaze.
If you are watching, you ain’t that disgusted.
You don’t hear the sea…
Monday, this happened when I just got up. Hasn’t gotten any better.
Gunday Monday.
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Mea Culpa, Message Received Loud And Clear
Yes, I screwed up.
it is absolutely my responsibility to make sure Jesse is safe and aware of the safety procedures when using my power machinery.
I wasn’t paying attention when he was using the lathe with his sleeves hanging down and that is on me.
As I mentioned yesterday, I did have to remind him 3 times to put his safety glasses back on. I thought I had posted the picture of him using the mill but I was mistaken there too.
He does have them on there.
In light of my inattention, I have ordered signage that I am going to physically put on the machines so that they have to be removed before being operated so there will be no excuses.
I already have this one that I am going to hang with some wire right on the front of the mill.
I have also ordered two more for the lathe.
I am going to find something similar to that one for the mill and now that I think about it, I will get one of each for the 3 In 1 machine also.
You will be seeing them in the future.
I just went and took stock and see I only have one more pair of new safety glasses and will order a box full of those and put them right on the bench, along with ear plugs.
I noticed yesterday that the full face shield I had hanging on the handle of the 3 in 1 machine somehow managed to get the head band broken so at least 2 more of those will also be on the way here shortly.
I have taken my well deserved scolding seriously and will strive to adhere to better safety practices more closely in the future.
Thank you,
Phil
Discipline is everything.
