I've never donated blood. I tried many years ago but they said I was underweight and my blood pressure was too low. I don't know why I tried since I have big needle phobia and getting blood from me is a challenge for the best of them, which makes it that much worse. My son Bobby goes every few months, they come to school with the blood bus. They love him and DH because they insta fill the bags. They do it several times taking platelets, and other stuff separately. They make me feel better for my inability to help.
Sweet lumpy minion, you're the only one that understands. Probably 'cause I haven't sucked the brain out of you yet.
Glory ,'Potential'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Laura - Jan 25, 2013 3:37:06 am PST #8907 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Laura - Jan 25, 2013 3:38:29 am PST #8908 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
By the way, that fire in Chicago is still burning.
Wow! It sure isn't from lack of trying to extinguish the thing.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 25, 2013 3:48:59 am PST #8909 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
By the way, that fire in Chicago is still burning.
Mrs. O'Leary's cow has a lot to answer for still, I guess.
sumi - Jan 25, 2013 4:17:28 am PST #8910 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, it flared up again on Wednesday. (The fire. . .that is.)
Jesse - Jan 25, 2013 4:39:58 am PST #8911 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's scary. Does the fact that the water keeps freezing make it not work as well, I wonder.
sumi - Jan 25, 2013 4:41:20 am PST #8912 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I don't know. Possibly. You'd think it would lower the temperature and possibly help smother it.
Also - completely unrelatedly - did you know that there is a free Petfinder app for iphones?
Jesse - Jan 25, 2013 5:14:23 am PST #8913 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good thing I don't have an iPhone! (I am, however, posting from the train!)
Strix - Jan 25, 2013 5:32:33 am PST #8914 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Tattoos only disqualify you if they were within the last 12 months. Piercings, only if they were done with a multiple use tool.
Yeah, but even without the UK or the phobia thing, I have four, so that's what, 4 years I wouldn't have been able to donate?
sarameg, poor Devi! Poor you! I hope you can get some relief soon.
msbelle - Jan 25, 2013 5:37:45 am PST #8915 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The fatality in our company happened at the plant where this occured: [link]
Several people are having re-triggered trauma even though this was nothing like that, this was a workplace accident. Still high tension and emotion all week here. I am ready for some downtime.
sarameg - Jan 25, 2013 5:49:29 am PST #8916 of 30001
Good lord, msbelle, that's horrific.
Woke up at my usual time, which is unfortunate, since I wanted to be up early.But got Devi to the vet on time, warned my boss that my hours today are probably going to be erratic and that's all I can do. Most people are telecommuting or planning on leaving early due to the predicted snowfall anyway. The only ones of us here are those with really short commutes.