M/C Thursday

Cathy, that's terrible.  That's a sight you won't get out of your head soon.  I saw the immediate aftermath of a motorcyclist hitting a telephone pole and even though it was decades ago, I can still see that guy laying there.

Yeah, the dog crackers are way healthier than the Goldfish and no chance of eating too many.

Oh no!  Cathy, that's just what you don't want to see first thing in the a.m.  I hope he will be okay.

I have a question:  when you wake up in the morning and are getting dressed for work, and it's only 28 degrees out, with a predicted high of 60, do you

A) wear a long-sleeved shirt?

B) wear layers, like a jacket or sweater over a short-sleeved shirt or

C) wear short sleeves, no jacket, and then turn the office heat up as high as you think you can get away with, regardless of whether or not your co-workers dressed for the cooler temperatures?

Tina, wear a bikini to work tomorrow. 

sharismom

B) wear layers, like a jacket or sweater over a short-sleeved shirt or

I choose B, but my boss does something similar to C. When it's 100 degrees, he wears long-sleeved shirts and then wants the temp in the office to feel like a meat locker.

Cathy, I'm so sorry that you had to see that this morning.

Tina, I'm an inconsiderate witch, so I'll go with C!!!!   Seriously though...I don't know if it ever got down to 28 degrees here last winter.  Oh, the joys of living down south!

Has anyone ever wondered what happens if you put a dvd into the microwave?  NOT GOOD!

Anyone want to borrow a 9 year old for a few days?

BEVOLASVEGAS

Has anyone ever wondered what happens if you put a dvd into the microwave?  NOT GOOD!

Now you know we will need a full description of this....did it blow up the microwave?  Are DVDs metal?

Wow, Cathy, that is awful about the guy you saw this morning.  I sure hope he's okay.

When I was in college, my roomie and I were coming back from dinner in one of the university vans that carry students around so we don't have to walk around campus alone after dark.  We were at a bus stop on a 2-lane road next to an intersection.  A girl was turning left onto the street we were on from the other street at the intersection.  At the same time, a guy on a motorcycle decided he was going to pass the van, but he couldn't see that girl's car coming (she had the right of way, plus he passed our van illegally), so he slammed right into her drivers side door.  I saw the whole thing happen.  His bike stopped in the car's side, but the momentum carried him up over the roof of the car and he landed on the road on the other side of the car!  It was the scariest thing I've ever seen.  But he jumped right up a few seconds after he landed.  He only had a few scrapes and bruises.  The driver of the car wasn't injured, either, thank goodness.

The weirdest thing was that summer I was working reception at my uncle's law firm.  I heard him taking information from someone about a car accident.  From his side of the conversation, I knew it was the driver of the car from that accident!!!!  I ran into his office with a sticky note that said, "I witnessed that accident!"  Talk about a small world!

Oh, Cathy, that's awful.  At least people stopped to help him.  I hate that video of the man who was run over in CT, and people just looked, but kept walking and it took FOREVER for anyone to walk into the street to try to help him. I hope the man in the crosswalk will be ok.

Every morning, I watch a blind woman get off the northbound train, cross over the tracks, and there's a homeless woman who hangs out on the corner who holds her hand and helps her to the crosswalk.  This morning, the woman got disoriented and ended up on the wrong side of the street, as traffic was coming.  (I was already on my southbound train, watching from the window).  I was soooo glad to see the traffic stopped with a wide berth, and a couple of women walk into the street to help her get to where she needed to be.  It's so upsetting to see someone else in trouble, worse when nobody does anything about it.

Yesterday, as the train was moving through downtown, I looked out the window and there was a man laying face down diagonally across the sidewalk, with a sheet over him.  Nobody else around him, no police, no nothing.  Middle of a busy area, plenty of people around - I want to believe he just chose a very odd sleeping place.

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BEVOLASVEGAS

Has anyone ever wondered what happens if you put a dvd into the microwave?  NOT GOOD!

Now you know we will need a full description of this....did it blow up the microwave?  Are DVDs metal?

I didn't get to see it while it was going on.  DS had went to the kitchen to make some popcorn so that he could have popcorn while we watched a movie.  All I heard was "uh oh" which, I have learned, has a huge range of meanings.  Sometimes it means "oops, I spilled some water" other times, it means "oh crap, I just cut the tip of my finger off.  I got into the kitchen in time to see DS taking the dvd out of the microwave with a spatula.   As I understand it, he sat the dvd down, in the microwave, to get the popcorn out.  He didn't clear the timer, & when the door closed the microwave started again.  He said that there were sparks all over the inside of the microwave.

The microwave seems ok.  It's working, which is a good thing.  The dvd has cracks all over it.  It's actually kinda cute.  It looks a little like stained glass.

BEVOLASVEGAS

 All I heard was "uh oh" which, I have learned, has a huge range of meanings.  Sometimes it means "oops, I spilled some water" other times, it means "oh crap, I just cut the tip of my finger off. 

Amanda, soon they will progress to "Mom (or Amanda) - promise you won't yell at me", which is when you know it's very serious, so take your blood pressure meds before they complete the story.

Now my favorite co-worker is having a hot flash, so she turned the A/C on.  I feel like saying "if you hadn't cranked up the @#!$##!! heat to begin with, it would've stayed cooler in here as the sun came around the building."  It's taking all my effort not to snap, lemme tell ya', and that's not easy considering it's a PMS week.

sharismom

so take your blood pressure meds before they complete the story.

Or tell them to hang on for a sec while you make a stiff drink.

sharismom

BEVOLASVEGAS

 All I heard was "uh oh" which, I have learned, has a huge range of meanings.  Sometimes it means "oops, I spilled some water" other times, it means "oh crap, I just cut the tip of my finger off. 

Amanda, soon they will progress to "Mom (or Amanda) - promise you won't yell at me", which is when you know it's very serious, so take your blood pressure meds before they complete the story.

Now my favorite co-worker is having a hot flash, so she turned the A/C on.  I feel like saying "if you hadn't cranked up the @#!$##!! heat to begin with, it would've stayed cooler in here as the sun came around the building."  It's taking all my effort not to snap, lemme tell ya', and that's not easy considering it's a PMS week.

Tina, they are both far too smart to pull the "promise you won't yell at me" stunt.  They go straight to DH, who is a pushover, when it's that serious!

As soon as you decide that you want to make your co-worker crazy, just let me know.  I'll bet that we can come up with some really "fun" things....

Tina - maybe you could find an opportunity to give her a blanket or sweatshirt to keep at her desk. One place I worked, the receptionist wore an blanket over her legs every day. Worked well for the rest of us.

Amanda - it's hard to imagine that your life could've gotten any more interesting but with the addition of the 2 boys, I'm sure it has. :)

I keep forgetting my bestest news. I'd given some data to a financial planner and he called me yesterday to tell me that I was totally on track to retire in 2 1/2 yrs and I could even plan to withdraw more in retirement that I'd anticipated. Wahooo!!!! I really needed to hear that and now I just need to find a 2 1/2 year calendar so I can start xing out the days.

cakana

Tina - maybe you could find an opportunity to give her a blanket or sweatshirt to keep at her desk. One place I worked, the receptionist wore an blanket over her legs every day. Worked well for the rest of us.

OMG - Cathy, you just gave me an idea for the best Christmas gift ever (and you'd normally never catch me dead buying her a gift).  A SNUGGIE!!!

Cathy, that's great news!!!!!

And yes, the addition of the boys has definitely made our lives more interesting.  In a very good way!

Great idea, Tina!

sharismom

OMG - Cathy, you just gave me an idea for the best Christmas gift ever (and you'd normally never catch me dead buying her a gift).  A SNUGGIE!!!

LOL - yes, that's even better.

I called to get my thyroid meds refilled. I knew the dr. wanted me to be retested after the surgery, so I was prepared for that. I'll go get the bloodwork done after work today. I didn't expect them to say I had to come in for an appt with him though. Why??? All he could possibly say is "it's high" or "it's low" and adjust the dosage. It's not the $20 office visit I mind, but it just seems ridiculous to have to go in. I just saw him a few months ago for a full physical. *sigh*