I keep it consistent; I hate any/all wounds.

Having no problem cutting up people in SoF 2, though :o,
Ray

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you obvously haven't met my cat.

Well, gee...I'm no cat psychologist, but maybe if you stopped sitting on him, he wouldn't need the valium!



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hmmm i have a rather large cat (yo-yo's between 17 and 20 pounds) i sit on him so i can give him his daily valium. I would like to see someone get him to take it in one try
Cats are easy! Just wrap them in a towel, and hold the front legs down...

you obvously haven't met my cat.

When somebody else gets hurt I can perform first aid in a calm fashion. When it's me, I get light headed right away.

I have the exact same problem...other people's blood/wounds are fine. But when it's me, I lose it real quick...




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I worked at a place a year ago where a guy managed to cut off a third of his thumb while using one of those huge papercutters. He managed to get it wrapped up, stumble into a room to tell someone, opened his mouth and......passed out and hit the floor!

Putting off going into shock for that long is pretty good.

When I was a sophomore in high school a mirrored door on a medicine cabinet fell off its track and broke in the sink. As I was picking up the pieces I felt something running down my arm.

I had sliced the inside of my bicep to the point where I could see my muscle move back and forth when I would bend my arm.

I put a butterfly bandage on it and went back to sleep. Should have stiched it, now I have a 1/2" thick scar thats about 2 1/2" inches long.

Strange that I stayed so calm during that epsiode. When somebody else gets hurt I can perform first aid in a calm fashion. When it's me, I get light headed right away.

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How the hell does someone end up in the hospital for a week after a cat bites the thumb?!

By ending up with a severed tendon that requires surgical repair, accompanied by the kind of deep infection that can often accompany puncture wounds.

One of our guys dropped a 350 TDH verticle turbine pump on his foot today, effectively removing his big toe.

Ouch! I worked at a place a year ago where a guy managed to cut off a third of his thumb while using one of those huge papercutters. He managed to get it wrapped up, stumble into a room to tell someone, opened his mouth and......passed out and hit the floor!


edit: geez...so many mis-spells, you'd think I was drinking...

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However, the door-to-door people likely drive me the most insane.

Drive you insane? Sure Ray, put the blame on someone else, that's mature!

I can't remember which comic said it but the old answer the door naked gets rid of repeat salespeople real quick.

Works quite well on Jehovah's Witnesses.

And telemarketers....

I just love them. I have started to ask them how they can hear themselves think when they sit in those rooms with everyone shouting.

My wife put us on the PA no-call list. I'm beginning to think she doesn't like me... she knows how important telemarketers are to me.



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I woke up today and wished for tomorrow
I don't want to be like anyone else
I woke up today and wished for tomorrow
I don't want even be myself

The Oklahoma anti-telemarketers bill has actually decreased the volume of calls I get a LOT. And the few ignorant idiots who still call now simply get asked which company they are from, and where they are based. Only a small number actually give me that information, as the smarter ones can already smell what's coming and quickly hang up. The dumber ones do so rapidly after I tell them they'll be hearing from Oklahoma's Attorney General real soon.

Door to door people never give me any lip, but that might be more due to the fact that I'm generally a lot taller than they are and can do this really nasty scowl (according to my wife).

But yes, hands down, telemarketers are the most annoying pieces of crap ever.
I deal with spam differently. Every single site that wants me to give out an email address for a password (and which is basically telling you "We're selling this email address and you'll receive shitloads of spam within the next 48 hours", I just create a temporary email account for. I'm allowed to have seven, but that doesn't mean seven in total, it means seven at any one time.
Receive the password, delete the account. Very little spam reaches me, fortunately.

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Edit : Chicken good. Spelling good.

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I rarely get telemarketers and door-to-door salespeople even less. However, the door-to-door people likely drive me the most insane. It is bad enough that they come by and interrupt, but the ones these days actually become offended and have an attitude when I do not purchase anything. Mind you, I am not rude to them in any way; I just state that I do not wish to purchase anything and close the door in a normal manner.

I may strangle the next kid that screams out "DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT MY EDUCATION???" when I do not purchase his/her candy bar or trinket.

Noting that spam has the largest volume of the three :|,
Ray

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Which is worse, telemarketers or spammers?

TELEMARKETERS! No contest.

I've never had dinner or a good sh*t interupted by a spammer.

People selling anything door to door are worse than both though.

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Of course I could be wrong... but really, what are the chances of that happening twice?

One of our guys dropped a 350 TDH verticle turbine pump on his foot today, effectively removing his big toe.

Now that's unpleasant.

Oh man, that's terrible.

I once had a large argon bottle tip over and bounce off my big toe (I may have winced and said a bad word but I don't remember) but that was more of a crushing blow compared to what happened to your co-worker - who's hopefully drugged out of mind right now. Not good times... bad times.


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Of course I could be wrong... but really, what are the chances of that happening twice?

Here's a debate for the ages: Which is worse, telemarketers or spammers? (or is that like asking which turd stinks worse ...)

This happened to me once and I don't remember it being a pleasant experience.

One of our guys dropped a 350 TDH verticle turbine pump on his foot today, effectively removing his big toe.

Now that's unpleasant.

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I woke up today and wished for tomorrow
I don't want to be like anyone else
I woke up today and wished for tomorrow
I don't want even be myself

I am all for spam laws/regulations of the sort. I am incredibly tired of all the crap - more and more ridiculous as each new day arrives - that arrives in my many e-mail boxes. If I actually opted into being swarmed with crap, that would be one thing. However, that is nowhere near the case.

Additional to this, there is no real way to deal with it (ever reaching my mailox.) Many give you no way of avoiding future mailings. Even if there is an option, you run a high risk of it simply being a way to mark your account as being active, signaling even more spam to head your way.

As far as I am concerned, spammers do not give a damn about what they do and they abuse the system. The people that are really affected, negatively so, are myself and the ISP services/internet infrastructure.

As for giving drops to animals, BAH! Generally, I have been able to work with my animals and deal with it rather rationally - they do not want it, I do not want to fight giving it to them, let us just get it over with. Occasionally, you do get the really spastic type, but then it is just a case of being both quick and firm.

Just a little tired of spam ;),
Ray

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My week-old Nethack character perished today...
I had reached medusa at about level 25 and was packing +4 grey dragon scale mail, reflection and a bag of holding when a bone devil summoned Yeenoghu, who in turn summoned... Demogorgon.
Demogorgon on level 25... that will make a fun bones file.

Hrm, I wonder how many people will know what I'm talking about...?

Carmack's Ferrari collection, much like his company, is highly over rated. The gaming community just likes to brag about it, which isnt much, just so they can say for whatever deeper psychological reaon <i>Hey, theres a geek who drives an awsome car</i>. They try to make being a game dev all glamourus and shit. Kind of like how Hollywood makes being an actor all glamourus and shit. Sure, you have your big stars but in the end, it is just normal everyday people doing what they Love.

wtf am I ranting about?

zaq, if anything's in that thumb is broken, you should see a doctor. Really. If it heals badly, you'll need surgery to fix it. You can live with it being messed up. It may not hurt, but it'll keep you from certain activities, like sports.

I broke my little finger about a year ago. It only hurt the very moment it broke. Adrenalin dulled the pain afterwards and my pain tolerance is pretty good. Now the last joint on that finger won't fully bend and it'll hurt if I put strain on it. Regular activities like typing doesn't bother it, but I can't go rock climbing or play volleyball or anything like that. I even changed the way I juggle. That finger is straight and sticking out and I catch with the thumb and the remaining 3 fingers. I finally saw a doctor about getting it fixed (didn't do it before because of work and procrastination). Still waiting on the x-ray results.

This happened to me once and I don't remember it being a pleasant experience.

Couldn't you just load up one of those little toy squirt guns with the solution, and shoot a stream into each eye? It might not be the most accurate dosage, but it certainly would be a lot quicker.