Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.

'Ariel'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Consuela - Mar 06, 2012 9:44:46 am PST #25409 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Argh. I get a lot of calls from guys in the field, probably because they know I'll try to help them.

The down side is when they call with a question I seriously do not know the answer to. I am not an industrial hygienist! I do not know what you're supposed to do about potential asbestos exposure if you're working in these old buildings! Argh. And the OSHA site is huge, and there must be someone here somewhere who I can point them to.

Bah. t goes back to calling people randomly


Ginger - Mar 06, 2012 9:53:09 am PST #25410 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

What about this, Consuela? [link]

You'll see there's a hotline number and e-mail at the bottom.


§ ita § - Mar 06, 2012 9:55:59 am PST #25411 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I just got dinged because no one looked at something I put into the system a week ago. I figured, no one told me to stop, I'd move on to the next step. I'd fulfilled all the requirements...this is why I offered to help my manager. Because I put it into the system, sent her an email telling her I'd put it into the system, and she missed it. And I have to move stuff through the system without nagging. There has to be a better way. I have to become part of the system. Fix it, somehow.


Consuela - Mar 06, 2012 10:04:26 am PST #25412 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Thanks, Ginger! I am going to start with someone internal who is supposed to be an industrial hygienist. I do think this guy is too spun up: walking into an old building with asbestos in it, changing a lightbulb, and then walking out, is not going to expose him to anything significant.

OTOH, these are the guys who, a few years back, burned an old shack which had been painted with lead-based-paint, and then sat around the fire for an hour or so... (Yeah, they got sick.)


Ginger - Mar 06, 2012 10:08:53 am PST #25413 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I do think this guy is too spun up:

Unless someone has recently been chopping on the asbestos material, it's unlikely there was a significant amount in the air.

(This gave me a flashback to a drunken rant I once made about how stabilizing asbestos in place is safer than removing it. Some people fight or sing when they're drunk. I explain things.)


Amy - Mar 06, 2012 10:14:29 am PST #25414 of 30001
Because books.

OTOH, these are the guys who, a few years back, burned an old shack which had been painted with lead-based-paint, and then sat around the fire for an hour or so... (Yeah, they got sick.)

Sick like respiratory distress or cancer? Also, wow, not smart, guys.


ChiKat - Mar 06, 2012 10:21:24 am PST #25415 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Estimates range between 1.5 million and 20 million.

That's...specific. Seriously? That's the best estimate they can get?


tommyrot - Mar 06, 2012 10:23:05 am PST #25416 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

That's...specific. Seriously? That's the best estimate they can get?

Only the people who sell the advertising know for sure... and that info is proprietary.

ETA: Rush claims 20 million. Media Matters estimates 1.5 million.


Consuela - Mar 06, 2012 10:27:10 am PST #25417 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Not cancer, no, but they had to pee into cups for a while.

If anyone wants some cheering up, check out the winners of the Smithsonian magazine phot contest: [link]


le nubian - Mar 06, 2012 10:27:17 am PST #25418 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Cenk Uygar said that Limbaugh needs to prove his ratings:

[link]