Tep, if it makes you feel better, I have always been ear waxy as well. I clean them, but the wax builds up deeper in the ear and I frequently have to have them do the ear lavage thingy at the doctor. Sigh.
Zoe: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us. Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.
'Serenity'
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Glamcookie - Oct 07, 2009 9:32:52 am PDT #25556 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Shir - Oct 07, 2009 9:37:48 am PDT #25557 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
(I really do feel like a 5-year-old.)
What are you waiting for, then? Make the most out of it!
Stay at home, wake up at your own free time, ask The Boy (I'm not confusing Buffista's spouses, am I?) to bring you hot cocoa and watch a hell lot of cartoons and TV.
Hell, I'll take a waxy ear for that.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 07, 2009 9:39:41 am PDT #25558 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I'm a waxy-ear girl too. I get them cleaned out at the doctor, or the ENT clinic if I have an appt at the right time. In between, I recommend Audiclean (if it's sold in the States) - it's just purified water that you can direct into the right part of your ear, but it works really well.
smonster, how's the trapped nerve?
Dihydrocodeine was a good idea. Should have taken it earlier. Actually managing to do some reading now. Note to self: painkillers exist for a reason.
Sean K - Oct 07, 2009 9:46:13 am PDT #25559 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I would love to do my civic duty. I have an idealistic streak. But it's just so much of a pain in the ass for me as a (primarily) freelance worker.
javachik - Oct 07, 2009 9:48:15 am PDT #25560 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, the freelance/contractor thing definitely makes for a huge hassle and risk financially.
I know some people who bitch about jury duty even when their company covers it (thus not losing out on money, and not having to work double-shifts). I do not understand it.
tommyrot - Oct 07, 2009 9:49:38 am PDT #25561 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Some other countries have professional jurors, right? How does that compare to our system?
Steph L. - Oct 07, 2009 9:51:48 am PDT #25562 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The Boy (I'm not confusing Buffista's spouses, am I?)
That's the one! (Boyfriend, not husband, but since we live together, he really is a spousal equivalent.)
I'm a waxy-ear girl too.
I should probably confess that it was caused (or at least compounded) by Q-tip use, for which the doctor chastised me. Well, rolled his eyes.
Dr.: [looks in ear, moment of silence passes] "Do you use Q-tips?"
Me: "...no?"
Dr.: "Yeah, THAT was convincing."
Kathy A - Oct 07, 2009 9:51:54 am PDT #25563 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The only reason I bitch about it is when I have to go downtown to fulfill my jury duty obligations. It's a pain to get there from the far suburbs on public transportation, and driving means you have to pay up to $25-30 to park for the day. Now, if they'd tell me to report to one of the northern suburban courthouses with free parking lots, no problem!!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 07, 2009 9:53:04 am PDT #25564 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
In the UK you can claim financial compensation for the time you spend on jury service. I don't think it's very much, but it's something.
Jessica - Oct 07, 2009 9:55:29 am PDT #25565 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I know some people who bitch about jury duty even when their company covers it (thus not losing out on money, and not having to work double-shifts). I do not understand it.
Jury duty always seems to come during the crunchiest of crunch times in our fiscal year, so even though technically I don't have to make up the lost hours, it still winds up creating a mountain of extra work when I get back.