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AnticorRifling
06-22-2011, 11:08 AM
Your cat got knocked out for that? How nice.
I was like 13 and had to hold my cat while the doctor ripped out three teeth without numbing anything. I felt bad.
Also, I frown because of work.
Next time go to a vet and not a "doctor" in an alley.
Gnome Rage
06-22-2011, 11:10 AM
Next time go to a vet and not a "doctor" in an alley.
He was a vet! Granted, her teeth were basically falling out to begin with so maybe he didn't really have to pull too hard... who knows.
Inspire
06-22-2011, 11:20 AM
Rogane stopped ignoring me. (SUPER HUGE FROWNY FACE)
Gnome Rage
06-22-2011, 11:30 AM
In Missouri -- the state with the nation's cheapest retail price -- a pack (of cigarettes) costs $3.93
WHO LIVES IN MISSOURI. NOT ME :(
Also:
If I'm smoking a cigarette, don't REMIND me that they'll kill me. You think I don't know? No, I don't think I'm invincible, I know they're slowly killing me but IT IS MY FUCKING DECISION TO DO SO. So don't put in your little two cents when you walk past. I try to be polite, I don't exhale when people walk past me, I smoke in the designated areas so stfu.
:( Minirant.
diethx
06-22-2011, 11:55 AM
Next time go to a vet and not a "doctor" in an alley.
This. What kind of turd allows a "vet" to remove teeth from their cat without any sort of anesthesia? I realize that turd was probably one of your parents in this case if you were only 13. What a turd.
Gnome Rage
06-22-2011, 12:03 PM
This. What kind of turd allows a "vet" to remove teeth from their cat without any sort of anesthesia? I realize that turd was probably one of your parents in this case if you were only 13. What a turd.
Naw. My brother dropped me off and came to pick me up later.
So I guess the turd was me.
diethx
06-22-2011, 12:09 PM
Naw. My brother dropped me off and came to pick me up later.
So I guess the turd was me.
Ok. What a turd.
Showal
06-22-2011, 12:28 PM
He was a vet! Granted, her teeth were basically falling out to begin with so maybe he didn't really have to pull too hard... who knows.
A vet at the veterinary clinic is not the same as a vet at the local VFW hall.
At no point did you say "Stop. You're hurting my animal."? You didn't think there could possibly be a better way? Oh sure, just pull those teeth out without pain management or anything, I'll hold her down. Imagine if your father said that to your dentist when you went in for a procedure.
AnticorRifling
06-22-2011, 12:32 PM
This microwave safe plate melted. It smells like the South end of a North facing skunk.
CrisisMode
06-22-2011, 12:40 PM
At no point did you say "Stop. You're hurting my animal."? You didn't think there could possibly be a better way? Oh sure, just pull those teeth out without pain management or anything, I'll hold her down. Imagine if your father said that to your dentist when you went in for a procedure.
Didn't it used to be normal procedure for a vet to perform major surgeries on animals then send them home without any pain meds? I remember taking pets to be spayed and neutered and the vet never offered any meds to manage the pain afterward. Then we just recently had a dog neutered and were therefore caught off guard when the vet offered not only pain medicine but also a sedative for the first few days. We love our animals but we just never thought to question our vet before. He's supposed to know what he's doing after all.
Fallen
06-22-2011, 12:47 PM
Chemistry study groups. That i'm forming. Stupid chemistry.
diethx
06-22-2011, 12:48 PM
Didn't it used to be normal procedure for a vet to perform major surgeries on animals then send them home without any pain meds? I remember taking pets to be spayed and neutered and the vet never offered any meds to manage the pain afterward. Then we just recently had a dog neutered and were therefore caught off guard when the vet offered not only pain medicine but also a sedative for the first few days. We love our animals but we just never thought to question our vet before. He's supposed to know what he's doing after all.
I don't know about all that, as all my cats have been spayed/neutered before I got them. I've also thankfully never had to take an animal in for surgery, other than dentals/tooth extractions. I do know that I wasn't sent home with pain meds for my cat after either extraction surgery - just antibiotics. I also know that there's a difference between pain meds after going home and anesthesia/pain management DURING SURGERY. Your vet didn't ask you to come in and hold your pet down while he was cutting off his balls, right?
AnticorRifling
06-22-2011, 12:49 PM
I don't know about all that, as all my cats have been spayed/neutered before I got them. I've also thankfully never had to take an animal in for surgery, other than dentals/tooth extractions. I do know that I wasn't sent home with pain meds for my cat after either extraction surgery - just antibiotics. I also know that there's a difference between pain meds after going home and anesthesia/pain management DURING SURGERY. Your vet didn't ask you to come in and hold your pet down while he was cutting off his balls, right?
Knowing her she volunteered.
Showal
06-22-2011, 12:49 PM
Didn't it used to be normal procedure for a vet to perform major surgeries on animals then send them home without any pain meds? I remember taking pets to be spayed and neutered and the vet never offered any meds to manage the pain afterward. Then we just recently had a dog neutered and were therefore caught off guard when the vet offered not only pain medicine but also a sedative for the first few days. We love our animals but we just never thought to question our vet before. He's supposed to know what he's doing after all.
At one point, human surgeons were performing limb amputations with little to no understanding of aseptic or even "clean" technique. They did this usually with little more than a gag and some whiskey usually.
Yes, at one point it was normal procedure for a vet to perform major surgeries on animals and send them home without any pain meds. In fact, this still happens with some "old school" vets. Gnome Rage is like 19 or something like that. She was maybe 11 or 12 when this event happened, probably older. In this short period of time, not a tremendous amount has changed in terms of analgesia/anesthesia for clinical vets.
You are the advocate for your own pets. You probably wouldn't have yourself or a family member go in for some procedure, especially one that sounds as painful as having teeth removed while being restrained, without researching what's involved. I wouldn't do that for my pets either.
Fallen
06-22-2011, 12:50 PM
At one point, human surgeons were performing limb amputations with little to no understanding of aseptic or even "clean" technique. They did this usually with little more than a gag and some whiskey usually.
Yes, at one point it was normal procedure for a vet to perform major surgeries on animals and send them home without any pain meds. In fact, this still happens with some "old school" vets. Gnome Rage is like 19 or something like that. She was maybe 11 or 12 when this event happened, probably older. In this short period of time, not a tremendous amount has changed in terms of analgesia/anesthesia for clinical vets.
You are the advocate for your own pets. You probably wouldn't have yourself or a family member go in for some procedure, especially one that sounds as painful as having teeth removed while being restrained, without researching what's involved. I wouldn't do that for my pets either.
This. Pain management for animals is a relatively new concept, as stupid as that sounds.
AnticorRifling
06-22-2011, 12:50 PM
They did this usually with little more than a gag and some whiskey usually.
Ahh prom, good times. Gooooood times.
Showal
06-22-2011, 12:50 PM
I don't know about all that, as all my cats have been spayed/neutered before I got them. I've also thankfully never had to take an animal in for surgery, other than dentals/tooth extractions. I do know that I wasn't sent home with pain meds for my cat after either extraction surgery - just antibiotics. I also know that there's a difference between pain meds after going home and anesthesia/pain management DURING SURGERY. Your vet didn't ask you to come in and hold your pet down while he was cutting off his balls, right?
It's the wind-up phenomenon. With adequate pre-surgical analgesia, you can often get away with little to no post-surgical analgesia. They probably said to contact them if the cat appeared painful.
Showal
06-22-2011, 12:51 PM
This. Pain management for animals is a relatively new concept, as stupid as that sounds.
Not that new.
Fallen
06-22-2011, 12:53 PM
Not that new.
You'd be surprised. A greatly enhanced version was being formally implemented into the surgical suite where I work when I got here back in 02. Though I suppose that isn't "new" anymore. I'm getting old.
diethx
06-22-2011, 12:54 PM
It's the wind-up phenomenon. With adequate pre-surgical analgesia, you can often get away with little to no post-surgical analgesia. They probably said to contact them if the cat appeared painful.
Well cats hide their pain very well - the more they hurt the more they hide it. I am supposed to call if she stops eating, or if her behavior seems out of the norm. I can tell when she's acting funny, so I know when I would have to call. But she's been eating, cuddly, playful, etc. Back to her normal self except for the hiccuping.
Showal
06-22-2011, 01:02 PM
Well cats hide their pain very well - the more they hurt the more they hide it. I am supposed to call if she stops eating, or if her behavior seems out of the norm. I can tell when she's acting funny, so I know when I would have to call. But she's been eating, cuddly, playful, etc. Back to her normal self except for the hiccuping.
Most animals are stoic, leading to the belief that they don't feel pain.
This is incorrect however.
AnticorRifling
06-22-2011, 01:04 PM
Most animals are stoic, leading to the belief that they don't feel pain.
This is incorrect however.
That's why we need to get them collars like the dog in UP.
diethx
06-22-2011, 01:16 PM
Most animals are stoic, leading to the belief that they don't feel pain.
This is incorrect however.
Wait, what? I didn't say they don't feel pain. I said the more pain they feel, the more they hide it. Even though they are indoor cats and are at zero risk of being harmed, it's their nature to never show pain for fear of becoming prey.
That's why we need to get them collars like the dog in UP.
Uggg my Lilypiglet would never shut up. She already meows/sings/chirps constantly. No please.
Gnome Rage
06-22-2011, 01:39 PM
Ho-leee shit.
I never said the vet was right, but I was 13 and didn't really know that she should have had anything. I just figured that he knew what he was doing. She didn't really meow or anything - she tried to get away from him, but I just assumed it was cause he was a him. My cat hates guys, no matter what.
Latrinsorm
06-22-2011, 01:55 PM
At one point, human surgeons were performing limb amputations with little to no understanding of aseptic or even "clean" technique. They did this usually with little more than a gag and some whiskey usually.
Yes, at one point it was normal procedure for a vet to perform major surgeries on animals and send them home without any pain meds. In fact, this still happens with some "old school" vets. Gnome Rage is like 19 or something like that. She was maybe 11 or 12 when this event happened, probably older. In this short period of time, not a tremendous amount has changed in terms of analgesia/anesthesia for clinical vets.
You are the advocate for your own pets. You probably wouldn't have yourself or a family member go in for some procedure, especially one that sounds as painful as having teeth removed while being restrained, without researching what's involved. I wouldn't do that for my pets either.Certainly you agree that in cases of human surgery, adult consent is usually required. Why is this? I suggest that at the root, we as a society (or the "little boy", if you will) have made a rule that children are less capable of reasoning and easier to manipulate. Even adults are conditioned to uncritically do what doctors tell them, how much more children? To offer an analogy is not useful if no reasoning is involved at the time.
Kaittee
06-22-2011, 01:57 PM
hi-larious
They did this usually with little more than a gag and some whiskey usually.
Ahh prom, good times. Gooooood times.
Showal
06-22-2011, 02:13 PM
Wait, what? I didn't say they don't feel pain. I said the more pain they feel, the more they hide it. Even though they are indoor cats and are at zero risk of being harmed, it's their nature to never show pain for fear of becoming prey.
Uggg my Lilypiglet would never shut up. She already meows/sings/chirps constantly. No please.
No I know you weren't saying that. Sorry I sped through that on my phone. I was agreeing that they hide pain and that's why for a long time there was a belief they didn't feel it.
Showal
06-22-2011, 02:29 PM
Ho-leee shit.
I never said the vet was right, but I was 13 and didn't really know that she should have had anything. I just figured that he knew what he was doing. She didn't really meow or anything - she tried to get away from him, but I just assumed it was cause he was a him. My cat hates guys, no matter what.
Sorry. I'm just sensitive about pain management since its kinda my job. Some cats can get bad teeth to the point where they can easily be removed and I'm sure the procedure went well. I just think some degree of pain management is still required for dental extraction. Yeah but I shouldn't have come down on you like it was your fault.
diethx
06-22-2011, 02:31 PM
No I know you weren't saying that. Sorry I sped through that on my phone. I was agreeing that they hide pain and that's why for a long time there was a belief they didn't feel it.
Oh, ok.
Showal
06-22-2011, 03:29 PM
Oh, ok.
shows what your know
Tgo01
06-22-2011, 04:09 PM
My aunt said when she took her cat in to get it declawed the vet asked if she wanted him to use anesthesia and she said she wasn't going to waste money on a cat for anesthesia. First of all I couldn't believe how much of a bitch someone had to be to say such a thing, secondly I can't believe the vet even asked, that should automatically be included in the price. Thirdly I'm no expert on this so how did the vet even perform the procedure? Strap the cat down and wear ear plugs or what?
diethx
06-22-2011, 04:22 PM
My aunt said when she took her cat in to get it declawed the vet asked if she wanted him to use anesthesia and she said she wasn't going to waste money on a cat for anesthesia. First of all I couldn't believe how much of a bitch someone had to be to say such a thing, secondly I can't believe the vet even asked, that should automatically be included in the price. Thirdly I'm no expert on this so how did the vet even perform the procedure? Strap the cat down and wear ear plugs or what?
Declawing is so cruel. Your aunt also sounds like a cunt.
Showal
06-22-2011, 04:25 PM
My aunt said when she took her cat in to get it declawed the vet asked if she wanted him to use anesthesia and she said she wasn't going to waste money on a cat for anesthesia. First of all I couldn't believe how much of a bitch someone had to be to say such a thing, secondly I can't believe the vet even asked, that should automatically be included in the price. Thirdly I'm no expert on this so how did the vet even perform the procedure? Strap the cat down and wear ear plugs or what?
I don't even want to consider how this was accomplished. When was this? Many vets refuse this procedure now.
Declawing is so cruel. Your aunt also sounds like a cunt.
^^ this
Parkbandit
06-22-2011, 04:34 PM
Dogs > cats
Tgo01
06-22-2011, 04:39 PM
I don't even want to consider how this was accomplished. When was this? Many vets refuse this procedure now.
I want to say it was about 8-10 years ago.
Showal
06-22-2011, 08:13 PM
My favorite local bar was saved by spike tv's Bar Rescue but ruined in my eyes.
diethx
06-22-2011, 10:46 PM
Well cats hide their pain very well - the more they hurt the more they hide it. I am supposed to call if she stops eating, or if her behavior seems out of the norm. I can tell when she's acting funny, so I know when I would have to call. But she's been eating, cuddly, playful, etc. Back to her normal self except for the hiccuping.
Hiccuping turned into coughing and then wheezing. Called the vet and they said it was probably just normal irritation from the breathing tube, and to just monitor her. I should've followed my gut and brought her in anyway, because this evening her breathing got really labored and she was wide-mouthed, practically struggling for air. Had to take her to the expensive emergency vet, and found out she has fucking pneumonia.
Androidpk
06-22-2011, 11:27 PM
Everything.
Hiccuping turned into coughing and then wheezing. Called the vet and they said it was probably just normal irritation from the breathing tube, and to just monitor her. I should've followed my gut and brought her in anyway, because this evening her breathing got really labored and she was wide-mouthed, practically struggling for air. Had to take her to the expensive emergency vet, and found out she has fucking pneumonia.
Ouch. Cats' respiratory systems are so delicate. They catch pneumonia at the drop of a hat. You'd think the vet would be more careful.
diethx
06-23-2011, 12:18 AM
Ouch. Cats' respiratory systems are so delicate. They catch pneumonia at the drop of a hat. You'd think the vet would be more careful.
I should've asked to speak to my regular vet - the tech I spoke with consulted the other doctor who works in the office. My regular vet is actually really good and I totally trust the cats with him. So it's pretty common? Do they normally recover fully fairly easily? I'm pretty sick over the whole thing, crying like a whiny bitch all night lol.
I should've asked to speak to my regular vet - the tech I spoke with consulted the other doctor who works in the office. My regular vet is actually really good and I totally trust the cats with him. So it's pretty common? Do they normally recover fully fairly easily? I'm pretty sick over the whole thing, crying like a whiny bitch all night lol.
Yeah, it's pretty common. Just giving your cat a bath at home can do it if you get unlucky and they're already fighting somthing. It just requires a lot of caution, especially if their health is already iffy from other issues. It's usually started by a virus but can worsen easily.
Don't worry, it's completely treatable with more antibiotics (yes, dosing them is SO FUN) if it's the bacteria-related kind which is most common. Just need to be warm, dry and quiet. Plus medicine.
diethx
06-23-2011, 12:31 AM
Yeah, it's pretty common. Just giving your cat a bath at home can do it if you get unlucky and they're already fighting somthing. It just requires a lot of caution, especially if their health is already iffy from other issues. It's usually started by a virus but can worsen easily.
Don't worry, it's completely treatable with more antibiotics (yes, dosing them is SO FUN) if it's the bacteria-related kind which is most common. Just need to be warm, dry and quiet. Plus medicine.
That's good to hear, thank you. Feel a bit better now. I have been fighting with her in order to administer Clavamox since I brought her home Monday night, so more antibiotics won't make a difference. She'll fight with the Clavamox or new stuff, either way haha.
I called the vet just to check up about half an hour ago and he said she's doing well - she's had the bronchodilator and she's still on oxygen. He said her color was really great ever since she arrived, and it was still great so at least we know she's getting lots of oxygen. He'll call if anything happens, but so far she's doing very well.
Showal
06-23-2011, 06:34 AM
That's good to hear, thank you. Feel a bit better now. I have been fighting with her in order to administer Clavamox since I brought her home Monday night, so more antibiotics won't make a difference. She'll fight with the Clavamox or new stuff, either way haha.
I called the vet just to check up about half an hour ago and he said she's doing well - she's had the bronchodilator and she's still on oxygen. He said her color was really great ever since she arrived, and it was still great so at least we know she's getting lots of oxygen. He'll call if anything happens, but so far she's doing very well.
:/ sorry. I kind of feel like I dropped the ball on that. Hope she's alright.
Gnome Rage
06-23-2011, 12:23 PM
My stomach is eating itself and we now have a "no lunch break" rule.
jgsjgkada
Liagala
06-23-2011, 12:29 PM
we now have a "no lunch break" rule.
That may or may not be illegal, depending on other factors. How long is your shift, what breaks are allowed/required, etc?
Gnome Rage
06-23-2011, 12:32 PM
That may or may not be illegal, depending on other factors. How long is your shift, what breaks are allowed/required, etc?
only 10-2. No breaks.
Then I'm supposed to do non-office work from 2-5, but I'm allowed to eat before I go do that. I'm allowed to bring a lunch, but I barely get sleep as is. I'm not going to wake up early to pack something that will be cold and gross. So I don't think its illegal. Just mean.
AnticorRifling
06-23-2011, 12:44 PM
only 10-2. No breaks.
Then I'm supposed to do non-office work from 2-5, but I'm allowed to eat before I go do that. I'm allowed to bring a lunch, but I barely get sleep as is. I'm not going to wake up early to pack something that will be cold and gross. So I don't think its illegal. Just mean.
I lol'd.
Gnome Rage
06-23-2011, 12:44 PM
I lol'd.
Me too.
Right? something like that... nonchalaunt response... hm.
Really?
AnticorRifling
06-23-2011, 12:47 PM
You have to be there at 10 and you can't get up "early" to fix some chow for lunch? You can't pack a lunch the night before? It's mean?
Rinualdo
06-23-2011, 12:48 PM
Welcome to today's youth.
Liagala
06-23-2011, 12:51 PM
only 10-2. No breaks.
Then I'm supposed to do non-office work from 2-5, but I'm allowed to eat before I go do that. I'm allowed to bring a lunch, but I barely get sleep as is. I'm not going to wake up early to pack something that will be cold and gross. So I don't think its illegal. Just mean.
Sammiches, if done right, are not gross when packed for lunch - even when made the night before. Spaghettios (and related canned goods) require a can opener and a bowl - both easily tossed in a bag the night before. If you're in an office 10-2, chances are good there's a microwave nearby. Leftovers from last night's dinner are great lunches. You can also grab something pre-made from a convenience store on the way in (yes, this does require 5 extra minutes).
It's not mean when you have a better setup than most people get.
msconstrew
06-23-2011, 12:59 PM
You have to be there at 10 and you can't get up "early" to fix some chow for lunch? You can't pack a lunch the night before? It's mean?
This.
Gnome Rage
06-23-2011, 01:04 PM
I COULD. but I, like the rest of my generation live in a me me me world and when all 9 of my coworkers get lunch breaks and I don't, I think its BS.
Especially considering my apartment is 2 floors above my head.
Tgo01
06-23-2011, 01:08 PM
I COULD. but I, like the rest of my generation live in a me me me world and when all 9 of my coworkers get lunch breaks and I don't, I think its BS.
Do all 9 of them have the exact same shift as you? Shift as in hours worked etc?
Gnome Rage
06-23-2011, 01:10 PM
Do all 9 of them have the exact same shift as you? Shift as in hours worked etc?
Same hours. Different task. We rotate by week. I have to sit in the office IN CASE SOMEONE NEEDS SOMETHING. (which they never do) I see about 3 people a day.
and they go to every building on campus and do random tasks assigned to them. I don't want to be gone for an hour. I want to be able to walk away for five minutes, put something in the oven and then come back, and go upstairs 10 minutes later and get it.
I'm not supposed to though.
Liagala
06-23-2011, 01:11 PM
Same hours. Different task. We rotate by week. I have to sit in the office IN CASE SOMEONE NEEDS SOMETHING. (which they never do) I see about 3 people a day.
and they go to every building on campus and do random tasks assigned to them. I don't want to be gone for an hour. I want to be able to walk away for five minutes, put something in the oven and then come back, and go upstairs 10 minutes later and get it.
I'm not supposed to though.
So are they actually getting lunch breaks, or are they grabbing lunch while they "go to every building on campus and do random tasks assigned to them?"
Showal
06-23-2011, 01:12 PM
I COULD. but I, like the rest of my generation live in a me me me world and when all 9 of my coworkers get lunch breaks and I don't, I think its BS.
Especially considering my apartment is 2 floors above my head.
You work 10-5 with a break at 2. Eat breakfast when you roll out of bed at 930 and before you make your two floor commute, pack a lunch, or wait until 2. You do get a break, its just not when you want it to be.
Gnome Rage
06-23-2011, 01:12 PM
So are they actually getting lunch breaks, or are they grabbing lunch while they "go to every building on campus and do random tasks assigned to them?"
they get a half hour to an hour around 12 to go to their rooms and eat.
Rinualdo
06-23-2011, 01:12 PM
Why debate the minutia? She's lucky to have a job at all and she's whining like a spoiled, self-absorbed, attention whoring brat that she is.
Take it with a grain of salt and move on.
Gnome Rage
06-23-2011, 01:12 PM
You work 10-5 with a break at 2. Eat breakfast when you roll out of bed at 930 and before you make your two floor commute, pack a lunch, or wait until 2. You do get a break, its just not when you want it to be.
But that takes initiative. How do you all not understand I'm selfish and want what I WANT because I WANT IT.
gosh
Gnome Rage
06-23-2011, 01:13 PM
Why debate the minutia? She's lucky to have a job at all and she's whining like a spoiled, self-absorbed, attention whoring brat that she is.
Take it with a grain of salt and move on.
Thank you. I just wanted to complain cause I was hungry. Everyone didn't have to get all involved...
Showal
06-23-2011, 01:23 PM
But that takes initiative. How do you all not understand I'm selfish and want what I WANT because I WANT IT.
gosh
If you want it so bad, just do it. What are they going to do? Fire you?
If they do, you can have a lunch break whenever you want. Hell, you could take a lunch break during your lunch break.
AnticorRifling
06-23-2011, 01:25 PM
Sammiches, if done right, are not gross when packed for lunch - even when made the night before. Spaghettios (and related canned goods) require a can opener and a bowl - both easily tossed in a bag the night before. If you're in an office 10-2, chances are good there's a microwave nearby. Leftovers from last night's dinner are great lunches. You can also grab something pre-made from a convenience store on the way in (yes, this does require 5 extra minutes).
It's not mean when you have a better setup than most people get.
HAHAHAHA I laugh at you saying canned foods require a bowl.
AnticorRifling
06-23-2011, 01:26 PM
If you want it so bad, just do it. What are they going to do? Fire you?
If they do, you can have a lunch break whenever you want. Hell, you could take a lunch break during your lunch break.
I heard you like lunches so I packed a lunch in your lunch so you could get your lunch on while you were at lunch.
Showal
06-23-2011, 01:27 PM
I heard you like lunches so I packed a lunch in your lunch so you could get your lunch on while you were at lunch.
We must go deeper.
Tgo01
06-23-2011, 01:27 PM
HAHAHAHA I laugh at you saying canned foods require a bowl.
You require a can opener though? Turn in your man card.
Liagala
06-23-2011, 01:28 PM
We must go deeper.
That's what she said.
Showal
06-23-2011, 01:30 PM
That's what she said.
Is it, Liagala? Is that what she said? Let's ask her with both of us present and we will see who is lying.
AnticorRifling
06-23-2011, 01:30 PM
You require a can opener though? Turn in your man card.
Require? No. But it's nice when you've got one on your keychain AND I DOES!
AnticorRifling
06-23-2011, 01:32 PM
Is it, Liagala? Is that what she said? Let's ask her with both of us present and we will see who is lying.
I'm pretty sure this can be answered with that gif Drayal posted in the topless thread.
Cephalopod
06-23-2011, 02:14 PM
Is it, Liagala? Is that what she said? Let's ask her with both of us present and we will see who is lying.
http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Rob/thatswhatshesaid.png
http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Rob/thatswhatshesaid2.png
diethx
06-23-2011, 05:01 PM
:/ sorry. I kind of feel like I dropped the ball on that. Hope she's alright.
Not your fault. And no, it wasn't pneumonia. The emergency vet was an idiot. Took her to her regular vet as soon as I picked her up from the emergency vet, and she was gasping all morning for air just struggling. The vet believes she had an obstruction of some sort in her bronchi bifurcation, because even with a tube down her throat he couldn't get good flow to her lungs. I had to put her down, and will find out more after he does the autopsy.
I'm about ready to move too because all I do is look around and see her not in any of her spots and I'm pretty much beside myself. :(
Showal
06-23-2011, 05:08 PM
Oh my god. The poor thing. That's why I said call the vet, it was getting too weird for normal irritation.
I am so sorry for your loss. I just had to put down my cat unexpectedly last month. I feel awful for you.
diethx
06-23-2011, 05:13 PM
Oh my god. The poor thing. That's why I said call the vet, it was getting too weird for normal irritation.
I am so sorry for your loss. I just had to put down my cat unexpectedly last month. I feel awful for you.
Thank you. Yeah I haven't lost an animal since I was a kid and I don't remember it being so agonizingly painful. She was only 2 days shy of her 6th birthday and she was the sweetest cat ever. I should've had 10 more years with her. :(
Kuyuk
06-23-2011, 05:13 PM
Sorry to hear about the cat.
Autopsy on a pet though? wtf?
Rucca
06-23-2011, 05:14 PM
Sorry, diethx. I hate that you lost her after all of that. I wonder if something could of been done if caught sooner? Really, some vets do not know what they are talking about.
diethx
06-23-2011, 05:16 PM
Sorry to hear about the cat.
Autopsy on a pet though? wtf?
Because in 25 years of being a vet, and a good vet who I will still trust with my other cat, he's never seen anything like that happen from a dental/anesthesia. We both want to know what the fuck happened - whether she aspirated something, inhaled something after the fact, or if it was a complication from the surgery.
Deadelf
06-23-2011, 05:16 PM
Everyone didn't have to get all involved...
Well then, don't post and no one will get involved in your whine. Personally your thread amused the shit out of me. Having worked 70 plus hour work weeks, plus having done border patrols in bad weather conditions for periods of 14 hours give or take. Plus it being so cold my watch froze and eating a C-Rat that I couldn't get to thaw out while still on the move in said frozen ass weather. Yeah your whine amused the hell out of me, I want to post on the things that made me smile just because I read your thread. :thanx:
msconstrew
06-23-2011, 05:17 PM
Diethx, I'm so sorry to hear this. They're just like members of the family.
Kuyuk, it's generally referred to as a necropsy and it's fairly common if the owner wants to know what happened to the animal.
AnticorRifling
06-23-2011, 05:17 PM
Shutting down for the evening, got a call from a customer that's dead in the water. They run 24 hour production and orders aren't processing in one of their distribution warehouses....not my client, I know nothing about them. Sign on and see they have mods everywhere.
Currently working with them to figure out what's going on because I don't like saying not my problem or we'll fix it in the morning. Woo hooo!!!
diethx
06-23-2011, 05:17 PM
Sorry, diethx. I hate that you lost her after all of that. I wonder if something could of been done if caught sooner? Really, some vets do not know what they are talking about.
I am not sure, I guess we'll know after he does the autopsy and confirms what the obstruction was actually from.
Deadelf
06-23-2011, 05:20 PM
Not your fault. And no, it wasn't pneumonia. The emergency vet was an idiot. Took her to her regular vet as soon as I picked her up from the emergency vet, and she was gasping all morning for air just struggling. The vet believes she had an obstruction of some sort in her bronchi bifurcation, because even with a tube down her throat he couldn't get good flow to her lungs. I had to put her down, and will find out more after he does the autopsy.
I'm about ready to move too because all I do is look around and see her not in any of her spots and I'm pretty much beside myself. :(
Ugh, so sorry for you. Pets really become a part of your family and you do get very very attached. I know for a long time out of the corner of my eye I'd swear I'd see our cat after she died. I think I finally stopped seeing her like that after about a year.
diethx
06-23-2011, 05:23 PM
Yeah, she was like my child heh. I can't even look at our other cat now without feeling sick to my stomach. I know time will heal, etc etc, but that doesn't help with the pain. I'm so angry because she was so young and I should've had more time with her. The bed will feel really empty from now on. :(
AnticorRifling
06-23-2011, 05:25 PM
Yeah, she was like my child heh. I can't even look at our other cat now without feeling sick to my stomach. I know time will heal, etc etc, but that doesn't help with the pain. I'm so angry because she was so young and I should've had more time with her. The bed will feel really empty from now on. :(
Two words:
WEINER DOG
Rucca
06-23-2011, 05:27 PM
Two words:
WEINER DOG
Even weiners pass away eventually. :(
Rucca
06-23-2011, 05:29 PM
Yeah, she was like my child heh. I can't even look at our other cat now without feeling sick to my stomach. I know time will heal, etc etc, but that doesn't help with the pain. I'm so angry because she was so young and I should've had more time with her. The bed will feel really empty from now on. :(
It's going to be very hard on you and very sad for you for quite awhile. I still think about my conure who passed away last year, and he was just a bird (but still my son). Cats and dogs are children. They are family members. Just make sure to give your other cat lots of love.
Fallen
06-23-2011, 05:42 PM
Not your fault. And no, it wasn't pneumonia. The emergency vet was an idiot. Took her to her regular vet as soon as I picked her up from the emergency vet, and she was gasping all morning for air just struggling. The vet believes she had an obstruction of some sort in her bronchi bifurcation, because even with a tube down her throat he couldn't get good flow to her lungs. I had to put her down, and will find out more after he does the autopsy.
I'm about ready to move too because all I do is look around and see her not in any of her spots and I'm pretty much beside myself. :(
You have my condolences, Diethx.
Deadelf
06-23-2011, 05:42 PM
Our current family members (pets) should out live me. Macaws live a damn long time and I have to admit it that I am comfortable with this because I grew weary of losing pets.
You do get very very attached to them and it is hard when die. More so when they pass early, our cat at least lived a very long time. That didn't make it any easier of course but at least she didn't die early.
Keep yourself busy so that you don't dwell to much on it is my recommendation, otherwise you'll browbeat yourself too much on this. (hugs)
AnticorRifling
06-23-2011, 05:46 PM
Even weiners pass away eventually. :(
There is a "time to bury the weiner" joke there somewhere. I just know it.
NocturnalRob
06-23-2011, 05:47 PM
Sorry, Stef. Hope the autopsy helps with a bit of closure.
Rucca
06-23-2011, 05:49 PM
There is a "time to bury the weiner" joke there somewhere. I just know it.
Or "appreciate and love your weiner now"...
I'm really sorry that it didn't turn out to be a fixable pneumonia problem. I hope they figure out what it was so it doesn't happen again!
EDITED FOR SOMEONE'S CLARITY: Hope it doesn't happen again.. to other cats in the vet's care.
B4Hand
06-23-2011, 06:03 PM
Yeah, she was like my child heh. I can't even look at our other cat now without feeling sick to my stomach. I know time will heal, etc etc, but that doesn't help with the pain. I'm so angry because she was so young and I should've had more time with her. The bed will feel really empty from now on. :(
I'm very sorry about your kitty. I love my animals, and indeed are nicer "children" then the actual children most of the time. :hug2: I hope that you feel better soon.
Rinualdo
06-23-2011, 06:16 PM
Sorry for your loss
diethx
06-23-2011, 06:18 PM
Thanks everyone, I appreciate it. Heard from the vet, and it turns out that it was just her lungs. They were in such bad shape, they couldn't accept any air. He said it made no sense and he sent biopsies to a pathologist and should know more in a week or two. Could have been something cancerous, or an inflammatory response, who knows. I seriously just don't understand how she could have gone from zero breathing issues and relatively healthy (aside from calicivirus and the associated teeth/gum issues) to this, from a dental. I guess I'll find out in a couple weeks. For now, I think I'll get drunk.
Androidpk
06-23-2011, 06:22 PM
Kitteh :(
Showal
06-23-2011, 07:43 PM
Thanks everyone, I appreciate it. Heard from the vet, and it turns out that it was just her lungs. They were in such bad shape, they couldn't accept any air. He said it made no sense and he sent biopsies to a pathologist and should know more in a week or two. Could have been something cancerous, or an inflammatory response, who knows. I seriously just don't understand how she could have gone from zero breathing issues and relatively healthy (aside from calicivirus and the associated teeth/gum issues) to this, from a dental. I guess I'll find out in a couple weeks. For now, I think I'll get drunk.
First time in surgery?
diethx
06-23-2011, 11:00 PM
First time in surgery?
No, she's had a dental before and she was spayed as a kitten.
Warriorbird
06-23-2011, 11:02 PM
Car accident. Nobody hurt but not my car.
Kaittee
06-24-2011, 09:49 AM
Car accident. Nobody hurt but not my car.
Sucks.. What happened?
Cephalopod
06-24-2011, 10:09 AM
Sucks.. What happened?
http://i.imgur.com/IRmEX.gif
Too soon?
Kuyuk
06-24-2011, 10:18 AM
http://i.imgur.com/IRmEX.gif
Too soon?
Where's the flames?
Tgo01
06-24-2011, 11:44 AM
Sucks.. What happened?
Car accident.
Liagala
06-24-2011, 12:56 PM
I just got a determination from the state that an employee who filed a few weeks ago was awarded unemployment. He's currently a full time employee, averaging 36-ish hours a week, and has been for several months. Apparently people in MA can collect unemployment and earn a full-time paycheck at the same time. AFK, going to unemployment office so I can file too.
Gnome Rage
06-24-2011, 12:59 PM
p90x hurts the next day.
Tgo01
06-24-2011, 01:01 PM
I don't know his particular situation but I believe you can get partial unemployment benefits if you take another job that pays less than your old job or your hours are cutback and you're not making as much before. If he's working an average of 36 hours a week and collecting full unemployment benefits then I need to move to MA too. Although it's hard to pass up my states lax unemployment laws, you can quit your job and still collect.
Liagala
06-24-2011, 01:06 PM
From the determination: "Due to your failure to provide sufficient information it cannot be established that the claimant left his work. Therefore the claimant is not subject to disqualification under the above-cited section of the law."
Well no shit, we can't prove he "left his work." He's still here every day. Morons.
Liagala
06-24-2011, 01:27 PM
More frowns - Jury Duty on Monday.
Cephalopod
06-24-2011, 02:33 PM
p90x hurts the next day.
It's a good kind of hurt. Except after plyo. That fucking sucks.
Cephalopod
06-24-2011, 02:35 PM
From the determination: "Due to your failure to provide sufficient information it cannot be established that the claimant left his work. Therefore the claimant is not subject to disqualification under the above-cited section of the law."
Well no shit, we can't prove he "left his work." He's still here every day. Morons.
I hope you documented how this guy is gaming the system, because I fully intend to file for unemployment on Monday while you're in jury duty.
NocturnalRob
06-24-2011, 02:37 PM
Peter Falk died.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20074112-10391698.html
Rucca
06-24-2011, 02:41 PM
Peter Falk died.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20074112-10391698.html
Nooooo!!! Aww. :(
Guy I supervise... he's missed the last 6 of 15 workdays due to being 'sick'. I'm starting to think he's just been hung over. He called in yesterday and then a coworker ran into him walking around downtown during their lunch break. He told them he'd be here today.
This morning? Another bullshit voicemail stating he's still sick and won't be in. Sigh~
Cephalopod
06-24-2011, 03:04 PM
Peter Falk died.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20074112-10391698.html
Major frown.
Just one more question...
msconstrew
06-24-2011, 03:05 PM
EVERYTHING is making me frown today. Every fucking little thing.
Rucca
06-24-2011, 03:08 PM
EVERYTHING is making me frown today. Every fucking little thing.
I'd go to Farmer's Market with you.
msconstrew
06-24-2011, 03:08 PM
I'd go to Farmer's Market with you.
It's a date!
joehollywood
06-24-2011, 03:15 PM
People who frown to much need pudding...pudding fixes everything.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/files/2011/05/pudding-face.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/tweets-getting-you-down-jello-wants-to-turn-your-frown-into-a-pudding-face_b8617&usg=__4d6laTvicwiAPAub-VllcrgrOy4=&h=266&w=369&sz=23&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=AnNx3C87GrVHIM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=207&ei=HuIEToHDF8qutweYosnXDQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpudding%2Bface%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26r ls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7GGLL_en%26biw%3D932%26bih%3D5 88%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=234&page=1&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0&tx=80&ty=68
AnticorRifling
06-24-2011, 03:19 PM
I saw a PD who almost caught a beat down in court. Pretty sure it was his first day in court we were sitting there just laughing at him and all the other clowns. He didn't catch the beating though so I then frowned.
Wait... why were you in court?
AnticorRifling
06-24-2011, 03:48 PM
Wait... why were you in court?
Because my 1 night a week stress relief job is arresting shoplifters.
Tgo01
06-24-2011, 03:50 PM
Because my 1 night a week stress relief job is arresting shoplifters.
Rocktar?
AnticorRifling
06-24-2011, 03:53 PM
Rocktar?
Loss Prevention, not Wal-Mart greeter!
Loss Prevention, not Wal-Mart greeter!
Haha, stop making me smile in the frowny thread!
Kuyuk
06-25-2011, 01:17 AM
The ex called and informed me that our son's nintendo DS and gameboy (and a boatload of games, etc) were stolen out of her and her BF's car, and if I had any extra money to help replace some of it.
I said not right now, but your $536 supprt check should be arriving tomorrow..
Not sure how I feel about her even asking me...
one part says it's our son's stuff, and a shitty thing happened, so I should try and help....
the other part says, they left the fucking car unlocked, how is it remotely my fault, and why should I cough up money for their mistake?
Gnome Rage
06-25-2011, 01:41 AM
I told my roommate about the one time I got Kuyuk's truffles... now I want truffles.
AnticorRifling
06-25-2011, 08:46 AM
The ex called and informed me that our son's nintendo DS and gameboy (and a boatload of games, etc) were stolen out of her and her BF's car, and if I had any extra money to help replace some of it.
I said not right now, but your $536 supprt check should be arriving tomorrow..
Not sure how I feel about her even asking me...
one part says it's our son's stuff, and a shitty thing happened, so I should try and help....
the other part says, they left the fucking car unlocked, how is it remotely my fault, and why should I cough up money for their mistake?
That's why they have insurance, have them file the claim and then enjoy the raised rates imo.
Kuyuk
06-25-2011, 08:53 AM
That's why they have insurance, have them file the claim and then enjoy the raised rates imo.
I told them to bust out a window and say they got robbed. But they said they already drove home, and it's a rental car.
Not sure whey they have a rental car though...... whatever.
NocturnalRob
06-25-2011, 09:08 AM
They're scamming you.
Kuyuk
06-25-2011, 09:20 AM
They're scamming you.
Wouldnt doubt it.
Sucks for my kid because he lost all the save games he had on all those games... poor guy.
NocturnalRob
06-25-2011, 09:45 AM
Sucks, man. I still have Final Fantasy for my Gameboy. Loved that fucking game.
Paradii
06-25-2011, 12:34 PM
Sucks, man. I still have Final Fantasy for my Gameboy. Loved that fucking game.
Isn't that the one were you could only use your weapons and spells a limited amount before there were gonezo?
If so, it was aggravating,but the "Burning Blood" song that played a few times was epic to the 9th power.
TheEschaton
06-25-2011, 12:52 PM
Found out the redhead girl in my profile picture has a brain tumor. Now I feel guilty because we were pretty good friends in law school but I haven't talked to her much in the past few years.
Stanley Burrell
06-25-2011, 02:17 PM
People are staying inside because of some really nasty tick-spread parasites. Plural.
Androidpk
06-25-2011, 02:20 PM
People are staying inside because of some really nasty tick-spread parasites. Plural.
I just had a dream about zombies. Coincidence?
Stanley Burrell
06-25-2011, 02:40 PM
I just had a dream about zombies. Coincidence?
Providence.
NocturnalRob
06-25-2011, 02:44 PM
Isn't that the one were you could only use your weapons and spells a limited amount before there were gonezo?
If so, it was aggravating,but the "Burning Blood" song that played a few times was epic to the 9th power.
Nah, that was FF Legend II for Gameboy. And "Burning Blood" was dope.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgOZgwcK5JE
It also sounds exactly like Pet Shop Boys- "It's a Sin"
Stanley Burrell
06-25-2011, 02:48 PM
Nah, that was FF Legend II for Gameboy. And "Burning Blood" was dope.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgOZgwcK5JE
It also sounds exactly like Pet Shop Boys- "It's a Sin"
The beat drop when Arsenal uses the smasher is dope. But you don't get to kill God.
NocturnalRob
06-25-2011, 02:55 PM
The beat drop when Arsenal uses the smasher is dope. But you don't get to kill God.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdLQy4dO2GA
@ 1:51
Stanley Burrell
06-25-2011, 03:04 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdLQy4dO2GA
@ 1:51
Oops, launches the smasher. Let's infect Ki's bloodstream.
NocturnalRob
06-25-2011, 03:07 PM
Oops, launches the smasher. Let's infect Ki's bloodstream.
You know she's reprogrammed Wren for some nasty shit.
NocturnalRob
06-25-2011, 10:51 PM
USA is getting destroyed by Mexico in the Gold Cup.
WRoss
06-25-2011, 10:56 PM
USA is getting destroyed by Mexico in the Gold Cup.
That'll make USA 10-2 in the last 12?
NocturnalRob
06-25-2011, 11:44 PM
That'll make USA 10-2 in the last 12?
Are you talking about the last 12 games or the last 12 years? Either way, they've now lost in the finals two years in a row to an inferior (on paper, obviously) Mexican team. It's disappointing.
Stanley Burrell
06-26-2011, 04:39 AM
Getting an attoliter of water in my ear. And then my head asplode. The fuck man. This isn't some cute post-in-this-thread-for-its-title's-sake faggotry. This shit is fucking painful as a motherfucker.
Your new paperless bill for Georgia Power Company is now available for viewing.
Account Number: XXXXXXX Total Amount Billed: $386.74
Tgo01
06-29-2011, 12:52 PM
Your new paperless bill for Georgia Power Company is now available for viewing.
Account Number: XXXXXXX Total Amount Billed: $386.74
You keep the AC at 50 in your house?
Inspire
06-29-2011, 12:55 PM
Your new paperless bill for Georgia Power Company is now available for viewing.
Account Number: XXXXXXX Total Amount Billed: $386.74
Ouch.
I thought my $160 was bad.
NocturnalRob
06-29-2011, 12:57 PM
You keep the AC at 50 in your house?
These things don't run on solar.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kqe5L-jaHjA/S0qgDS8hx2I/AAAAAAAAACo/_GNIlgXMdRM/s320/burn+after+reading.jpg
Why do people insist on hyphenating adverbs in GS? It hurts me. It's obviously personal.
Edited to add: I mean, obviously-personal.
BriarFox
06-29-2011, 01:03 PM
Why do people insist on hyphenating adverbs in GS? It hurts me. It's obviously personal.
Ignorance.
msconstrew
06-29-2011, 01:11 PM
Ignorance.
I was going to go with "rank stupidity", but ignorance works, too.
Inspire
06-29-2011, 01:30 PM
Why do people insist on hyphenating adverbs in GS? It hurts me. It's obviously personal.
Edited to add: I mean, obviously-personal.
Public-schooling.
Androidpk
06-29-2011, 02:28 PM
Fake people, hypocrites, and liars.
NocturnalRob
06-29-2011, 03:10 PM
Fake people, hypocrites, and liars.
Oh my!!
Aylien
06-29-2011, 04:19 PM
My first inner ear infection, day five. Have I mentioned that I am 36? WTF? Yes, I am on antibiotics. I am very close to finding something and popping my eardrum to get rid of the pressure.
Latrinsorm
06-30-2011, 05:28 PM
Where is Rojo.
Kuyuk
06-30-2011, 06:07 PM
Handcuffed to my bed.
You need a sammich? Ask Tisket.
Watching my dog have a seizure sucks.
Androidpk
06-30-2011, 07:46 PM
Watching my dog have a seizure sucks.
It's a horrible experience. I had an ex that I witnessed have a bunch of seizures, never fun. Not that I'm calling her a dog, just a coincidence.
NocturnalRob
06-30-2011, 09:40 PM
Where is Rojo.
Probably balls deep in some dude.
Fallen
06-30-2011, 09:44 PM
Allergies, despite taking mountains of pills.
AnticorRifling
07-01-2011, 07:38 AM
Allergies, despite taking mountains of pills.
You know you have to take allergy meds for this to work right? Not just a random pile of pills.
Cephalopod
07-01-2011, 09:44 AM
http://i.imgur.com/zSLno.png
pabstblueribbon
07-01-2011, 10:40 AM
Air Force One making me wait 2 hours on the tarmac.
Gibreficul
07-01-2011, 05:06 PM
Air Force One making me wait 2 hours on the tarmac.
Yea, the nerve. They act like they're the fucking president or something.
pabstblueribbon
07-01-2011, 05:31 PM
Yea, the nerve. They act like they're the fucking president or something.
Inorite?
Other people on the road. Those fuckers never know how to drive.
4a6c1
07-01-2011, 07:35 PM
Where is Rojo.
Pretty focused on finding a new job. And also balls deep in some dude.
Kuyuk
07-01-2011, 08:38 PM
Air Force One making me wait 2 hours on the tarmac.
Strange, whenever I ride on Air Force One, I skip to the head of the line...
msconstrew
07-01-2011, 08:50 PM
Other people on the road. Those fuckers never know how to drive.
Since I lived near your current place of residence, I can empathize and agree with this sentiment. However, I will add that I would prefer THOSE people to the slow-driving morons with whom I now deal.
Drakefang
07-01-2011, 10:55 PM
Pretty focused on finding a new job. And also some dude is balls deep in me.
Fixed!
...I'd hope.
Rucca
07-01-2011, 11:11 PM
Fixed!
...I'd hope.
Ahem. There is no need to fix our spectacular RP.
Delias
07-01-2011, 11:45 PM
First day back at work after vacation. It sucks just as much as I remember it sucking.
Gnome Rage
07-01-2011, 11:46 PM
Involuntary jaw clenching, headachesss :(
Delias
07-01-2011, 11:55 PM
Involuntary jaw clenching, headachesss :(
I guess I have that effect sometimes.
Gnome Rage
07-02-2011, 12:04 AM
I think TMJ has more to do with it.
Delias
07-02-2011, 12:04 AM
I think TMJ has more to do with it.
Well, it is far more curable than I am.
I have to be at the airport in three and a half hours. Might as well not sleep until I get on the plane. Then I have to go straight from the airport to a meeting with a realtor where I'll have to ask coherent questions and make important decisions.
Deadelf
07-02-2011, 01:01 AM
It's a horrible experience. I had an ex that I witnessed have a bunch of seizures, never fun. Not that I'm calling her a dog, just a coincidence.
When I was around 6 or 7 my mother suffered one of her epileptic seizures she would get sometimes. I was asleep at the time and woke up to some strange noise, think we were living in Whittier at time or El Monte I can never recall any how I got up and wandered into the living room to find her on the floor bleeding from the head and having the seizures.
I ran to the phone and dialed the operator, who walked me through what was up and got the emts to the house. So yeah seizures are no fun to witness since you feel rather helpless. Oh and my mother was bleeding from her head because she hit the bookshelf on her way to the floor when the seizures started.
One of my many odd memories from childhood.
Kuyuk
07-02-2011, 01:09 AM
[1:08:53 AM] GnomeRage: lol
[1:08:56 AM] GnomeRage: I'm wearing a shit!
Gross. :(
When I was around 6 or 7 my mother suffered one of her epileptic seizures she would get sometimes. I was asleep at the time and woke up to some strange noise, think we were living in Whittier at time or El Monte I can never recall any how I got up and wandered into the living room to find her on the floor bleeding from the head and having the seizures.
I ran to the phone and dialed the operator, who walked me through what was up and got the emts to the house. So yeah seizures are no fun to witness since you feel rather helpless. Oh and my mother was bleeding from her head because she hit the bookshelf on her way to the floor when the seizures started.
One of my many odd memories from childhood.
Yikes, scary. Fortunately, my boyfriend freaks out during the seizures and other crazy emergencies. It allows me to remain calm and collected and call our vet, somehow.
Deadelf
07-02-2011, 01:31 AM
Btw did you find out why the dog was having the seizures and what could be done to prevent them? Well done on staying calm, opposites attract? :) Someone has to stay calm.
Btw did you find out why the dog was having the seizures and what could be done to prevent them? Well done on staying calm, opposites attract? :) Someone has to stay calm.
They don't know. She'd had at least a couple (that we know of) since the beginning of the year. Her neurological test results were normal and blood work came back normal as well. They gave me the option of just wait and see if she has more or just start her on phenobarbitol now. I picked that option rather than take the chance that the seizures might lengthen and kill her. I'd rather do what I can to keep them from happening in the first place.
Plus, practically every time it happens, she falls down the stairs. One of the vets thinks that maybe stairs trigger her but I think they come on and she tries to get to one of us downstairs. Fortunately, she's a sturdy little pit bull and hasn't been hurt by this but it's only a matter of time.
One funny thing, my chiropractor offered to adjust her after hours even though he can't charge for it in the state of New Jersey, said he'd had some success with epileptic dogs in the past.
Delias
07-02-2011, 02:50 AM
They don't know. She'd had at least a couple (that we know of) since the beginning of the year. Her neurological test results were normal and blood work came back normal as well. They gave me the option of just wait and see if she has more or just start her on phenobarbitol now. I picked that option rather than take the chance that the seizures might lengthen and kill her. I'd rather do what I can to keep them from happening in the first place.
Plus, practically every time it happens, she falls down the stairs. One of the vets thinks that maybe stairs trigger her but I think they come on and she tries to get to one of us downstairs. Fortunately, she's a sturdy little pit bull and hasn't been hurt by this but it's only a matter of time.
One funny thing, my chiropractor offered to adjust her after hours even though he can't charge for it in the state of New Jersey, said he'd had some success with epileptic dogs in the past.
Dex, I really like you, but if you start taking your dog to a chiropractor, the mockery will never, ever cease.
Warriorbird
07-02-2011, 11:19 AM
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/07/twitb0701.jpg
Meh.
You say, "Haven't had any problems for the last 2 months or so."
You say, "But it got picked up by the janitor like 2 minutes after i stood it up today."
Alyias says, "For some reason, your tent did get flagged as janitor-worthy."
My daughter, who turns 3 today, is capable of writing and reads at like 2nd grade level, but unfortunately she didn't know/care that putting a full unrolled roll of toiler paper in the draining bath tub was a bad idea.
Gnome Rage
07-05-2011, 12:27 AM
bug bites everywhere, including my butt cheeks.
I hate my life
Kuyuk
07-05-2011, 07:22 AM
bug bites everywhere, including my butt cheeks.
I hate my life
Proof or it's a lie.
CrystalTears
07-05-2011, 11:03 AM
Mid-year DMV fee changes. Ugh.
Paradii
07-05-2011, 11:11 AM
Heat exhaustion. It's no joke.
Dear mister county worker,
Please pull the giant shit covered stick out of your ass. I loved coming back from my 3 day weekend to a snerty e-mail from you that had been forwarded to me from my boss. Thank you for copying said e-mail to every supervisor you could think of, trying to make me look incompetent. I just wanted to let you know, you failed.
If you had any intelligence at all, you would have actually read my original e-mail which included the information you needed. Also, do not blame me because people with Masters and Doctorate degrees CANNOT READ. I gave very clear instructions and even a fucking hyperlink in the e-mail I sent out to all 100 people walking them step by step through the painfully simple process. Heavenfuckingforbid they actually responded and contact you without following these steps, and I know it is such an inconvenience for you to stop masturbating for 30 seconds to return their e-mail. I'm sorry to have caused you such undue stress and work.
I hope you get run over by a truck.
Me
Thanks, I feel better now...
Gibreficul
07-05-2011, 03:46 PM
Bug guts cooked onto the car's paint.
Oh, and cleaning wheels...
NocturnalRob
07-05-2011, 04:14 PM
Feeling like a lizard.
http://atticfox.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/153610__fearloathing_l.jpg
Stanley Burrell
07-05-2011, 07:04 PM
http://atticfox.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/153610__fearloathing_l.jpg
http://shoestutor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/golf-shoes.jpg
(Tiger-Tiger Woods, y'all)
The Dr telling me that he can't prescribe Subutex anymore (after just over 2 years on it) because I might get addicted.
/facepalm
Warriorbird
07-06-2011, 08:23 AM
The Dr telling me that he can't prescribe Subutex anymore (after just over 2 years on it) because I might get addicted.
/facepalm
Ugh. I hope they get you on another.
CrystalTears
07-06-2011, 09:43 AM
Getting a summons for jury duty. What the F.
Gnome Rage
07-06-2011, 09:48 AM
Today was going to be "work with small children to encourage them to go to college day" and that got canceled so now its "do random bullshit we don't ACTUALLY need you to do because we can't think of any real jobs right now" in 90* weather. Lame
Middian
07-06-2011, 09:56 AM
Thank Gib, driving the work today in the Subie, all I notice now are the damn BUG MARKS!
AnticorRifling
07-06-2011, 10:00 AM
Drove the wife's car last night, heard the brakes grinding on the back right. Asked her how long have they been sticking and she said "Oh awhile, why?" ...
Going to be replacing a rotor and pads this weekend.
NocturnalRob
07-06-2011, 12:11 PM
Drove the wife's car last night, heard the brakes grinding on the back right. Asked her how long have they been sticking and she said "Oh awhile, why?" ...
Going to be replacing a rotor and pads this weekend.
That's what you get for letting her drive.
AnticorRifling
07-06-2011, 12:27 PM
I know right.
On a different note I'm currently frowning at the fact that I've got a .008% variance on this damn report over sales/freight/taxes/bullquash for a customer and I can't get it down to the damn penny....JUST BALANCE DAMN YOU! I blame pricing to four decimal places and rounding.
msconstrew
07-06-2011, 02:09 PM
Getting a summons for jury duty. What the F.
I would gladly take your place! I have always wanted to be on a jury!
Tgo01
07-06-2011, 02:32 PM
You two can have my jury duty summons.
Isn't it basically like getting paid to watch Diagnosis Murder?
What's not to like?!
Tgo01
07-06-2011, 02:53 PM
Isn't it basically like getting paid to watch Diagnosis Murder?
What's not to like?!
Or it could end up like getting paid to watch Diagnosis Man Flashed his Weiner at high school girls.
Just doesn't sound all that thrilling.
Inspire
07-06-2011, 02:58 PM
Roofers fixing the roof while you try to sleep. (Pound POUND pound POUND)
diethx
07-06-2011, 03:15 PM
Or it could end up like getting paid to watch Diagnosis Man Flashed his Weiner at high school girls.
Just doesn't sound all that thrilling.
That sounds more interesting than the case I was a juror for a few years ago. It was some hood vs State Farm insurance. They wouldn't pay out on a claim because it was the second car in as many years he had that was "stolen", looted and set on fire.
Gibreficul
07-06-2011, 03:20 PM
Isn't it basically like getting paid to watch Diagnosis Murder?
What's not to like?!
Paid like, $7 a day.
WRoss
07-06-2011, 03:37 PM
Been in the airport since 9AM. Watched two flights go to my destination and I am still 10+ deep on standby for the third flight.
TheEschaton
07-06-2011, 03:39 PM
Try being standby for a once-a-day flight from JFK to South Africa. Been there, done that - slept in an airport for two days.
WRoss
07-06-2011, 03:47 PM
When I was at West Point, I got my first leave and was heading home from La Guardia (sp?). My flight kept getting delayed and never cancelled. Eventually at 1AM they cancelled it so I rebooled for 5AM. Got to sleep in LG in my Cadet Full Dress and it was great. Full of adventures. I ended up writing a narrative about the experience and got it published in some two bit magazine.
diethx
07-06-2011, 03:51 PM
Thanks everyone, I appreciate it. Heard from the vet, and it turns out that it was just her lungs. They were in such bad shape, they couldn't accept any air. He said it made no sense and he sent biopsies to a pathologist and should know more in a week or two. Could have been something cancerous, or an inflammatory response, who knows. I seriously just don't understand how she could have gone from zero breathing issues and relatively healthy (aside from calicivirus and the associated teeth/gum issues) to this, from a dental. I guess I'll find out in a couple weeks. For now, I think I'll get drunk.
So I spoke to the vet today who had the results. It turns out she had a chronic inflammatory response caused by a virus. He said it was basically like walking pneumonia and she had had it a long time. He said because her immune system was already compromised with the calicivirus, an opportunistic bacteria probably got in and caused this. He said that because it was a chronic problem and not a new infection, that's why none of the blood work showed a problem. Apparently her body has been fighting this for a long time and she was able to keep it controlled until the trauma from the surgery/anesthesia... why she never showed a single symptom is beyond me. The doctor said it was not something we could have predicted so I should stop blaming myself, and that it could have possibly caused her demise eventually anyway but there is no way to tell for sure.
Sorry for your loss, Stef.
She was lucky to have owned you.
Showal
07-06-2011, 04:25 PM
Must be nice to have some amount of closure. Sorry again for your loss.
CrystalTears
07-06-2011, 04:38 PM
Aw, I'm so sorry, Stef. :(
CrystalTears
07-06-2011, 04:39 PM
Or it could end up like getting paid to watch Diagnosis Man Flashed his Weiner at high school girls.
Just doesn't sound all that thrilling.
In a way I should be thankful that it's getting me out of work for a day. But it could land me in a very boring case, so I'm hoping it's at least something interesting.
WRoss
07-06-2011, 04:45 PM
So I spoke to the vet today who had the results. It turns out she had a chronic inflammatory response caused by a virus. He said it was basically like walking pneumonia and she had had it a long time. He said because her immune system was already compromised with the calicivirus, an opportunistic bacteria probably got in and caused this. He said that because it was a chronic problem and not a new infection, that's why none of the blood work showed a problem. Apparently her body has been fighting this for a long time and she was able to keep it controlled until the trauma from the surgery/anesthesia... why she never showed a single symptom is beyond me. The doctor said it was not something we could have predicted so I should stop blaming myself, and that it could have possibly caused her demise eventually anyway but there is no way to tell for sure.
Sorry Stef. Losing a pet is tough. :(
diethx
07-06-2011, 04:58 PM
Thanks again guys, and yeah it's tough but it's good to know what exactly happened. I won't say it makes me feel any better, but I'm glad I know.
msconstrew
07-06-2011, 05:04 PM
That sounds more interesting than the case I was a juror for a few years ago. It was some hood vs State Farm insurance. They wouldn't pay out on a claim because it was the second car in as many years he had that was "stolen", looted and set on fire.
Hahaha, that is my kind of case!
Also, frowny: sitting in this nonstop, fraudulent deposition of lying liars from 9am until now, and it looks like it will go until 6pm or later. And it is two hours away from home.
lying liars.
http://www.raseley.com/wp-content/fallout3_head_explode.jpg
NocturnalRob
07-06-2011, 05:19 PM
They wouldn't pay out on a claim because it was the second car in as many years he had that was "stolen", looted and set on fire.
http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/candleadmonishmentp1.gif
ravashaak
07-07-2011, 02:39 PM
That's what you get for letting her out of the kitchen.
Fixed that for you
Ex that I haven't seen since we broke up this time last year, couldn't have recognised me due to my ultra short military haircut and tattoos, when she sat on the next exercise bike to me at the gym.
Whatever, it cut short my session by 45 minutes.
fuck that bitch.
I DO NOT NEED A BEER!!
AnticorRifling
07-07-2011, 03:08 PM
That will show her?
Yeah I bailed. I'm brilliant like that.
NocturnalRob
07-07-2011, 03:18 PM
Yeah I bailed.
From the sound of it, she beat you to it by a year.
Kuyuk
07-07-2011, 09:11 PM
From the sound of it, she beat you to it by a year.
I lol'd.
Anyway - learned today I get to have a "sit down" with bosses about my "poor performance" in "closing the kitchen"
Evidently another manager (a jackass) told the big boss I left a bag of cheese in the wrong fridge, and my employees made a mess on the floor while cleaning one night while doing extra cleaning and it didnt get cleaned up..
Sadly, I am not sure wtf he talking about with the mess on the floor, because they cleaned a hallway... and it's pretty easy to spot shit when there's nothing in a hallway. But, whateva.
And holy fuck, a bag of cheese, in a cooler we use for OMELETS. (Which, coincidentally, we havent used the omelet station for omelets since may 12th, we've been using it for a pasta station during the summer. Either way, both stations can use the cheese. Fuckhole.)
The nit-picking manager is a guy who says "hey, can you cover the floor while I do (insert XYZ)" and disappears for 2 hours.
But nah, I get the bitching at for stupid shit.
Oh well, I'll sit here and think of a way to redirect it back at them in a good manager fashion to produce positive results... I already got it planned, just need to get it on paper. Bwahaha.
(also, I appreciate the heads up a different manager gave me that it was coming, kudos bro.)
Gnome Rage
07-08-2011, 01:35 AM
I just realized I need to buy my birth control tomorrow and my new insurance doesn't kick in until the 1st of August. I have no clue what it costs without coverage :(
lamesauce.
Delias
07-08-2011, 02:46 AM
I just realized I need to buy my birth control tomorrow and my new insurance doesn't kick in until the 1st of August. I have no clue what it costs without coverage :(
lamesauce.
It's a sliding scale based on the virility of the men you sleep with.
Kuyuk
07-08-2011, 08:15 AM
I just realized I need to buy my birth control tomorrow and my new insurance doesn't kick in until the 1st of August. I have no clue what it costs without coverage :(
lamesauce.
well, if you take every shot in the mouth, I hear you cant get preggo that way.
Or anal.
Just sayin.
Cephalopod
07-08-2011, 09:39 AM
Appropriate age-old thoughts from Tabor:
[OOC]-Jenovadeath: "My sperm can swim through the anus and into the womb."
Liagala
07-08-2011, 11:02 AM
http://www.parents.com/blogs/parents-news-now/2011/06/20/parenting-news/texas-mother-given-5-years-probation-for-spanking-her-daughter/
AnticorRifling
07-08-2011, 11:09 AM
When the daughter grows up to be a meth head whore please sue the grandmother.
Drakefang
07-08-2011, 11:12 AM
http://www.parents.com/blogs/parents-news-now/2011/06/20/parenting-news/texas-mother-given-5-years-probation-for-spanking-her-daughter/
That's the problem with America today. Perhaps one of the single biggest issues with parenting. Childhood entitlement and lack of physical punishment as an option along with the litigious society we've become, as a start any way.
Tgo01
07-08-2011, 11:42 AM
I'm not a parent so I won't pretend to have some knowledge on this subject but I hear this a lot these days, it's 'wrong' to spank a child that is misbehaving but I never hear anyone give any alternatives. So what do parents do when a two year old is behaving and yelling isn't working (which I hear from some people that it is wrong to yell at kids too) and you can't spank them? They aren't really old enough to threaten to take away their video games or anything of that sort.
AnticorRifling
07-08-2011, 11:57 AM
I'm not a parent so I won't pretend to have some knowledge on this subject but I hear this a lot these days, it's 'wrong' to spank a child that is misbehaving but I never hear anyone give any alternatives. So what do parents do when a two year old is behaving and yelling isn't working (which I hear from some people that it is wrong to yell at kids too) and you can't spank them? They aren't really old enough to threaten to take away their video games or anything of that sort.
Depends on the child. My boys stand in the corner at parade rest, spankings are rare but they are an option and my boys know it.
The biggest punishment my boys can get is "a talk" I take them to the garage, sit them down on a folding chair, I sit down on a folding chair and I face to face with them about 5 inches away. Then I just tell them to talk to me and I stare at them. They tell me why they are in trouble, what they should have done, and what they think their punishment should be, I just stare. It's pretty much awesome.
Drakefang
07-08-2011, 11:58 AM
Depends on the child. My boys stand in the corner at parade rest, spankings are rare but they are an option and my boys know it.
The biggest punishment my boys can get is "a talk" I take them to the garage, sit them down on a folding chair, I sit down on a folding chair and I face to face with them about 5 inches away. Then I just tell them to talk to me and I stare at them. They tell me why they are in trouble, what they should have done, and what they think their punishment should be, I just stare. It's pretty much awesome.
Okay, that sounds interesting. Glad it works for you. It's certainly a method that has merits.
diethx
07-08-2011, 12:04 PM
Depends on the child. My boys stand in the corner at parade rest, spankings are rare but they are an option and my boys know it.
The biggest punishment my boys can get is "a talk" I take them to the garage, sit them down on a folding chair, I sit down on a folding chair and I face to face with them about 5 inches away. Then I just tell them to talk to me and I stare at them. They tell me why they are in trouble, what they should have done, and what they think their punishment should be, I just stare. It's pretty much awesome.
I think that's kind of awesome, but it makes me laugh to realize that with a lot of kids that would NOT work. My sister-in-law's three year old boy is a hellion. He screams, he yells, he does NOT listen. If my sister tells him not to scream, he'll get up and scream right IN HER FACE. It's pretty amazing to see, and I don't know where the bad behavior comes from because they've never been a house to let kids get away with shit. My mother-in-law lives there too, and both she and my sister are all about spanking if it's warranted.
Justin tells me stories about how when he was a kid and was bad, he'd have to go into the backyard and pick his own switch to get spanked with. He once made the mistake of picking the smallest he could find. Once. lol
Tgo01
07-08-2011, 12:10 PM
Depends on the child. My boys stand in the corner at parade rest, spankings are rare but they are an option and my boys know it.
The biggest punishment my boys can get is "a talk" I take them to the garage, sit them down on a folding chair, I sit down on a folding chair and I face to face with them about 5 inches away. Then I just tell them to talk to me and I stare at them. They tell me why they are in trouble, what they should have done, and what they think their punishment should be, I just stare. It's pretty much awesome.
Your kids sound well behaved though. I'm not trying to be a smart ass but I just can't see the talk working with my niece and nephew when they were that age. If their dad sat them down and stared in their face they would probably just laugh, stand up and start misbehaving again. Their parents also tried the standing in a corner bit but if they even listened and stood in the corner (that's a big if right there) they would stand there for maybe 10 seconds and just go right back to what they were doing.
Then again maybe my niece and nephew are bad examples, nothing worked on those two. In fact nothing still works on them and they are teenagers now.
pabstblueribbon
07-08-2011, 12:27 PM
Your kids sound well behaved though. I'm not trying to be a smart ass but I just can't see the talk working with my niece and nephew when they were that age. If their dad sat them down and stared in their face they would probably just laugh, stand up and start misbehaving again. Their parents also tried the standing in a corner bit but if they even listened and stood in the corner (that's a big if right there) they would stand there for maybe 10 seconds and just go right back to what they were doing.
Then again maybe my niece and nephew are bad examples, nothing worked on those two. In fact nothing still works on them and they are teenagers now.
Fear, respect and love.
If you make a threat, always go through with it, and make it unpleasant as much as it pains you.
This sounds cold hearted but, kids know how far they can push and will push right up until they think they are getting in trouble. Just don't bend, whatsoever.
I never got spankings from my Father. He absolutely terrified me. He never yelled, but he was very stern. The fear of not knowing what he would do was the best deterant.
On the other hand, my mother spanked the shit out of me (they were divorced). I would misbehave and push the limit every time, because I knew she threatened punishment in exasperation and usually if I would act good for a moment, her anger would subside (sometimes I went over the limit and got the belt, though.), and I could start the whole process anew.
Mileage may vary, I suppose.
AnticorRifling
07-08-2011, 12:30 PM
Your kids sound well behaved though. I'm not trying to be a smart ass but I just can't see the talk working with my niece and nephew when they were that age. If their dad sat them down and stared in their face they would probably just laugh, stand up and start misbehaving again. Their parents also tried the standing in a corner bit but if they even listened and stood in the corner (that's a big if right there) they would stand there for maybe 10 seconds and just go right back to what they were doing.
Then again maybe my niece and nephew are bad examples, nothing worked on those two. In fact nothing still works on them and they are teenagers now.
Blame the parents, not the kids. No follow thru is a great way to make a brat or shit bird out of your kid.
pabstblueribbon
07-08-2011, 12:33 PM
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