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good deal, stress levels returning to normal eh?
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Yes, good she's on the mend. May I ask....what the f was the injury? Next, was she under a general anesthetic while you were in the room 21 years ago? And finally, sweet you're with your 1st love (or close to your 1st).thoreau wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 7:29 amI'm sitting in a surgical center right now while my wife is having her foot repaired from 4 tendon and ligament tears.
While lucky we haven't had to deal with that much surgery this far into life, I'm always low-key scared shitless everytime she's fully put under.
Part of it is due to her having emergency surgery when we were relatively early into our relationship back in high school. They tried to bring her out of anesthesia but couldn't get her to start breathing, so they had to emergency resuscitate with me standing there. Obviously all turned out fine 21 years later, but it's always in the back of my mind.
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Thanks much!SR wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 4:27 amYes, good she's on the mend. May I ask....what the f was the injury? Next, was she under a general anesthetic while you were in the room 21 years ago? And finally, sweet you're with your 1st love (or close to your 1st).thoreau wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 7:29 amI'm sitting in a surgical center right now while my wife is having her foot repaired from 4 tendon and ligament tears.
While lucky we haven't had to deal with that much surgery this far into life, I'm always low-key scared shitless everytime she's fully put under.
Part of it is due to her having emergency surgery when we were relatively early into our relationship back in high school. They tried to bring her out of anesthesia but couldn't get her to start breathing, so they had to emergency resuscitate with me standing there. Obviously all turned out fine 21 years later, but it's always in the back of my mind.
To bring everything together, first injury was 21 years ago (this month actually!). She was in a high school theater production of The Crucible, and due to shitty set construction safety and set management, she fell off the top of a twelve foot riser head first. Luckily no head injury, but she shattered her left arm and right ankle.
She was under full general anesthesia during surgery to fix those injuries. Her mom and I got brought into the recovery room as they were bringing her out of anesthesia, and she let out this long moan which was followed by silence. The nurse realized she had stopped breathing, so they starting rubbing and moving her to wake up and start breathing, if memory serves correct. That was successful, so it went into full recesitating to get her to breath again. It was scary as shit.
I was in my first semester of college and ended up dropping it to nurse her so her mom was still able to work (single income at that point), because she was pretty immobilized with both injuries having the full fixator setup.
So since then, she's always favored her left foot as a result. She got back into theater productions full bore in 2019 after fully giving it up about 15 years ago, which has been awesome. About a year ago, she had a stage dancing injury where she fell and rolled her left ankle really bad. She ended up tearing two ligaments and almost fully tore her Brevis tendon (outside of her foot). She tried to rehab it for the last year without surgery, but it became obvious she had to have it fully repaired since the next injury phase was a full tendon rupture. So, fast forward to yesterday's surgery, she's on the mend again.
Thanks, SR. I just got really really lucky with my first long-term relationship way back when.
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Yeah, it sounded like a pretty severe injury. Growing up my dad would never let anyone get a general in the dentist chair. He said they didn't have the capacity to bring you out should anything go south.
Good on all. And very cool she's back on stage
Good on all. And very cool she's back on stage
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Yikes, good rule of thumb to go by!
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Huge traffic jams due to the holidays are wildly annoying
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People who act like their pets are their children or as if they are parents because they own a pet. Or when they compare the experience of owning a pet to raising a child.
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This is a general annoyance not just today...
So, for the last week I've had tradespeople in doing a bathroom renovation and anytime I ask a question they get annoyed and dismiss me by saying, "Don't vorry".
All the guys are Serbian and speak decent English. I understand Serbian -which they don't know- but have chosen to communicate in English only. Before the tile guys started I asked them to explain their process and one of the guys, Milan, said ,"Process? My Process is to poot tiles!" I answered that I knew that but I wanted to know the steps. Then in a condescending tone he explained it and made a gesture at his head to suggest, 'Duh, dummy!". I then reminded him that I'm one the one paying and have every right to ask questions. When someone tells me not to "vorry" all the time, I "vorry".
I think the stereotype about Serbian men being hotheads is true. I guess they are not used to women questioning them.
So, for the last week I've had tradespeople in doing a bathroom renovation and anytime I ask a question they get annoyed and dismiss me by saying, "Don't vorry".
All the guys are Serbian and speak decent English. I understand Serbian -which they don't know- but have chosen to communicate in English only. Before the tile guys started I asked them to explain their process and one of the guys, Milan, said ,"Process? My Process is to poot tiles!" I answered that I knew that but I wanted to know the steps. Then in a condescending tone he explained it and made a gesture at his head to suggest, 'Duh, dummy!". I then reminded him that I'm one the one paying and have every right to ask questions. When someone tells me not to "vorry" all the time, I "vorry".
I think the stereotype about Serbian men being hotheads is true. I guess they are not used to women questioning them.
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You could really mess with them by putting up pictures of NATO jet fighters all over the house...Artemis wrote: ↑Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:36 amThis is a general annoyance not just today...
So, for the last week I've had tradespeople in doing a bathroom renovation and anytime I ask a question they get annoyed and dismiss me by saying, "Don't vorry".
All the guys are Serbian and speak decent English. I understand Serbian -which they don't know- but have chosen to communicate in English only. Before the tile guys started I asked them to explain their process and one of the guys, Milan, said ,"Process? My Process is to poot tiles!" I answered that I knew that but I wanted to know the steps. Then in a condescending tone he explained it and made a gesture at his head to suggest, 'Duh, dummy!". I then reminded him that I'm one the one paying and have every right to ask questions. When someone tells me not to "vorry" all the time, I "vorry".
I think the stereotype about Serbian men being hotheads is true. I guess they are not used to women questioning them.
Seriously though, that sucks. And I know exactly what you mean about the stereotype.
We've been trying to get a floor done, and it took three tries to get someone to actually get back to us because of how crazy it's been since the pandemic. But finally we've got a guy who is clearly a professional, and actually cares about how he's perceived by his customers. It's ... frankly kind of astonishing. Every step has been timely, accomodating, etc... Then again, he charges a bit more than the local handimen/women.
We've got some tiles that need to be fixed at some point, too... When that happens, I'll report back on whether my Serbian is dismissive of my questions.
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Haha...that reminded me of the Bosnian curse on Serbs during the war, "May your house be live on CNN"Hype wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:01 amYou could really mess with them by putting up pictures of NATO jet fighters all over the house...Artemis wrote: ↑Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:36 amThis is a general annoyance not just today...
So, for the last week I've had tradespeople in doing a bathroom renovation and anytime I ask a question they get annoyed and dismiss me by saying, "Don't vorry".
All the guys are Serbian and speak decent English. I understand Serbian -which they don't know- but have chosen to communicate in English only. Before the tile guys started I asked them to explain their process and one of the guys, Milan, said ,"Process? My Process is to poot tiles!" I answered that I knew that but I wanted to know the steps. Then in a condescending tone he explained it and made a gesture at his head to suggest, 'Duh, dummy!". I then reminded him that I'm one the one paying and have every right to ask questions. When someone tells me not to "vorry" all the time, I "vorry".
I think the stereotype about Serbian men being hotheads is true. I guess they are not used to women questioning them.
Seriously though, that sucks. And I know exactly what you mean about the stereotype.
We've been trying to get a floor done, and it took three tries to get someone to actually get back to us because of how crazy it's been since the pandemic. But finally we've got a guy who is clearly a professional, and actually cares about how he's perceived by his customers. It's ... frankly kind of astonishing. Every step has been timely, accomodating, etc... Then again, he charges a bit more than the local handimen/women.
We've got some tiles that need to be fixed at some point, too... When that happens, I'll report back on whether my Serbian is dismissive of my questions.
Things are better now. I had a talk with the main guy. I explained that my questions weren't intended to insult the capabilities of his crew only to understand what was going on. So now, my nickname is "Don't Vorry".
Good luck with your repairs. I underestimated response times from people. From the initial call to callback, then schedule meeting, get quotes,..etc. You've probably noticed that the price of everything has really gone up.
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The dude already bought the flooring and dropped it off here and said he can fit us in pretty much whenever we're ready because it's a small job, so they'll be able to do it in a morning.
Hopefully at the end of next week if I can manage to find space and time to move all the small shit.
Glad to hear the Serbs got the message.
Hopefully at the end of next week if I can manage to find space and time to move all the small shit.
Glad to hear the Serbs got the message.
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I still have a CD player in my truck. Two days ago I grabbed the Ritual CD case but when I opened it up this is what I saw inside.
RIP
I'm not sure how it happened or even how long ago as it has been easily over a year since I last wanted to listen to this CD and sure I couldn't listen to No One's Leaving, Obvious and Of Course all the way through because the CD was scratched all to hell, but I'm still bummed out about it.
RIP
I'm not sure how it happened or even how long ago as it has been easily over a year since I last wanted to listen to this CD and sure I couldn't listen to No One's Leaving, Obvious and Of Course all the way through because the CD was scratched all to hell, but I'm still bummed out about it.
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My favorite diy little venue closedown. Gentrification is a bitch and ruins arts.
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Man. This brings back memories. I haven’t played a CD in nearly 20 years now, so it’s been a long time since I’ve seen that. There was never a time I put that CD in and didn’t feel at least a little bit of exhilaration. I know it’s cliche to say, but that disc both changed and maybe saved my life. For me, it’s the greatest album of all time.crater wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 9:39 amI still have a CD player in my truck. Two days ago I grabbed the Ritual CD case but when I opened it up this is what I saw inside.
RIP
I'm not sure how it happened or even how long ago as it has been easily over a year since I last wanted to listen to this CD and sure I couldn't listen to No One's Leaving, Obvious and Of Course all the way through because the CD was scratched all to hell, but I'm still bummed out about it.
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That lasted a long time time if you bought it when it first came out. I'm from the old school I still have Nothing's Shocking on cassette tape. It's in my back pocket right now.
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me and a buddy threw a party in big bear in the late 80's...I put on Jane's addiction xxx..on cassette I'm gonna say 98% of those people had never heard Jane's yet....xxx was the lone thing stolen from that party...someone's mind was blown...I still miss it...
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I never took good care of my cd's. I know I bought ritual at least 4 times starting with the tape first. The way I discovered Jane's I heard them on the college a.m. radio station in my car. Shortly after that at a party someone just handed me a blank tape of their first album. It was an all black tape with Jane's Addiction written on it with one of those silver pens so it really grabbed my attention. I played the heck out that tape for a few years.
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In my lifetime I bought hundred of cd's, I don't have a single one to show for it. It doesn't really matter now, just go online and play what you want to hear.
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I bought the tapes first, but that broken Ritual CD was the second one I owned. After going on a snowboarding trip to Lake Tahoe with some friends and some friends of theirs that I didn't know well, I either forgot the first CD somewhere in Lake Tahoe or one of the people I didn't know well stole it. So that broken one was the replacement that I bought before I graduated high school in 1992
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The air quality is really bad due to forest fires in Quebec and Ontario. It's really hazy and smells like smoke in the city. I can taste it in my throat.
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Blech...Is it overtaking indoor air quality as well? I've never been really really close to bad forest fires.
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The air quality inside is okay; I kept the windows closed all day today. Thankfully, it's not hot this week like it was last week. I had to go out to do a few errands this morning and it was bad. I got a bit of a headache and my eyes felt irritated. I read that the smoke spread to NYC and some other US cities too.
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2nd time this week that I've seen a coyote during the day!