SYFPH, Tempting Fate New Guy (on Kos, that stands for Shut your Fucking Pie Hole, btw.) I don't use it often, but that counts. Also for stupid Katie Roiphe, who composed "Fuck You, Mom,#568" and posted it on NYT Book Review this week.(That isn't what she called it for reals...I'd like her better if she did, maybe.) She's not that smart...if the media didn't love catfights she'd have to get a job. Maybe my Media Beat turn on SheKos won't be hard to fill after all.

What's wrong with alcohol/peroxide?

From the same source: "Avoid cleaning with Betadine®, Hibiciens®, alcohol, hyrdrogen peroxide, Dial® or other harsh soaps, as these can damage cells. Also avoid ointments as they prevent necessary air circulation."

This falls in line with what I learned in Wilderness First Aid, about a decade ago. Mild soap and water is all you need to clean a wound.

From the NYT: [link]

"researchers have found that hydrogen peroxide has little ability to reduce bacteria in wounds and can actually inflame healthy skin cells that surround a cut or a scrape, increasing the amount of time wounds take to heal."

Alcohol can damage tissue, impairing healing.

From merck.com: [link]

"Harsher agents, such as alcohol, iodine, and peroxide, are not recommended. These solutions can damage tissue, impairing the capacity to heal."

Those are the best cites I could find. Anyone else know anything?

OK, lady, I will accept that you don't know the program and that your computer is slow and that computers aren't your forte, but do not play the "hormonal old lady" card with me as an excuse. I'm 49 years old in one month, and I'm the one doing the tech support. I'd much rather deal with someone who isn't as technically apt as I than someone who's trying to blame it on the "Oh, this is so hard for my poor female brain."

And if you are having bad cramps and mood swings, etc., take the day off and have a lovely slounge in a hot tub.

Don't tell anyone, but New Guy has asked me to tell the boss that he comes in at 8 every morning. It remains to be seen what time he will actually come in. It wasn't 8 yesterday.

I should probably warm up my pinky from now.

Don't tell anyone, but New Guy has asked me to tell the boss that he comes in at 8 every morning.

OMTFG.

Seriously??

New Guy has asked me to tell the boss that he comes in at 8 every morning

"You're asking me to lie for you? Why? What do you think I'm going to get out of it? Other than the pleasure of squeezing your little brain? SQUEE-EEZE!"

Last night our furnace stopped working, just shutting off right after it fires up. Since it was about 0 degrees last night (-17 for those using commie units) this was a big deal. The furnace was throwing an error code of 34, which indicates low gas pressure, bad sensor, and several other things.

Well, my wife had smelled gas in the front yard earlier so I went out and sniffed around the meter, and sure enough there's some leakiness there.

I called the gas company and someone came out pretty quick. He found the leak and tightened some stuff up and got it taken care of. Then we waited while we tried the furnace and it still didn't work right. So the dude comes in and fixes the furnace! It turned out to just be a dirty sensor (something I now know how to fix).

Best gas company service call ever.

OMTFG.

Oh my terrible fucking God?

Seriously?

"I'll be happy to let boss know when to start looking for you."

That does sound like a good result, Gud! Glad you didn't blow up and/or freeze to death.

Oh my terrible fucking God?

Total.