Bunnies frighten me.

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Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

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


Steph L. - Sep 04, 2014 6:40:28 pm PDT #5635 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

And I'm amused that hospitals still use pneumatic tubes. Meaning, they couldn't really improve on them in all this time.

"Hey Bob, it's Rita down in Pathology. Stand by for some Ebola coming your way!" "Rita, no! You have to hand-carry it to my department!"


Typo Boy - Sep 04, 2014 8:00:50 pm PDT #5636 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Actually I think it is very cool that hospitals still use pneumatic tubes. I want to move to the alternate universe where mail, packages and even local freight are all routinely shipped to homes and store via pneumatic tubes.


DavidS - Sep 04, 2014 8:25:32 pm PDT #5637 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

C&P Anne's post and send it.

Seriously, Anne's post was pitch perfect.

And I'm amused that hospitals still use pneumatic tubes.

They do at JZ's hospital.


billytea - Sep 04, 2014 9:06:51 pm PDT #5638 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Seriously, Anne's post was pitch perfect.

All it needs is for you to end it with "And if you don't stop bothering me I'll send you EBOLA through a PNEUMATIC TUBE."


Laura - Sep 05, 2014 2:01:30 am PDT #5639 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Disabling the Holt Pneumatic Tube system immediately.


Anne W. - Sep 05, 2014 2:15:14 am PDT #5640 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Anne's post was pitch perfect.

Aw, thanks!

I wish we had pneumatic tubes to get stuff from campus to campus at work. Of course, people would find ways to subvert the system from its intended purpose. And this would be GLORIOUS.


Steph L. - Sep 05, 2014 2:35:47 am PDT #5641 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

And I'm amused that hospitals still use pneumatic tubes.

They do at JZ's hospital.

No, that's my point: I think many, if not most, still do, because the pneumatic tube system is so kickass that it couldn't be improved on.


Jesse - Sep 05, 2014 3:48:45 am PDT #5642 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

A good sign for the day: I missed my regular 8:10 bus, and was afraid they had actually eliminated the 8:20, since usually I end up waiting until 8:30, but no! Today it came!


amych - Sep 05, 2014 4:25:30 am PDT #5643 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I love pneumatic tubes.

I also know an infectious diseases guy who's been working with Ebola patients at Emory/CDC (flea knows him too), and he was the go-to sensible person on the news during the first wave of "ZOMG THEY'RE LETTING THE PLAGUE-CARRIERS INTO THE COUNTRY"; it was both awesome and strange to keep seeing "next on CNN, we have Dr. V in the studio talking about how you're not actually all going to die, at least not today and from this..." and of course now I'm wondering if it's the same dude.


Theodosia - Sep 05, 2014 4:27:11 am PDT #5644 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

There's an app for that, Jesse... seriously. It will tell you where the bus is, approximately. Wonders of modern technology and all that.

Connie, suggestion for the reward of faux-son: make him a scarf or other male-appropriate garment with the yarn you buy. Something that will give him the literal warm fuzzies, because he deserves them.