I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.

Zoe ,'Heart Of Gold'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

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.


Laura - Feb 28, 2020 5:32:33 am PST #16839 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

I'm a little weirded out that this work medical form asks medical history and for medications I am taking. I did not think they could ask that.

The answer seems to be "it's complicated". [link] Personally, I would list what you are comfortable with and leave off anything you feel is none of their dang business.

Immunizations I can understand, but just do the best you can. I'd have zero method of finding out any of my childhood ones. Parents and all the doctors long gone.


Jessica - Feb 28, 2020 5:55:31 am PST #16840 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

If it were me I would list anything life threatening plus allergies and leave it at that - enough information so if I had to be rushed to the ER from work I wouldn't die, but nothing sensitive that wasn't relevant to the job.


msbelle - Feb 28, 2020 6:03:55 am PST #16841 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I finished the form. I also got the $$ from selling house in TX an I have paid off 3 credit cards. Off to the physical thing.


DavidS - Feb 28, 2020 6:04:59 am PST #16842 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Although lately I have been craving hash- which I can't have because potatoes

I make hash all the time without potatoes. I usually substitute things like mushrooms or zuccini or yellow squash, bell peppers etc.


Steph L. - Feb 28, 2020 6:09:18 am PST #16843 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

People substitute cauliflower for potatoes all the time -- could you use riced cauliflower for a hash?

Also, I will take all the taters that people can't eat. ALL OF THEM.


Jesse - Feb 28, 2020 6:14:49 am PST #16844 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

People need to do those immunization records when they come in as students. The easiest thing is to go to a PCP and have them sign off. But the polio is always a challenge

I went to grad school in the gap between my childhood records being easily accessible and their being digitized, and ended up getting a sign-off from student health when I told them I had gone to a real college for undergrad -- they believed that I had had the records at 17 and the childhood stuff was still the same at 30!


Jessica - Feb 28, 2020 6:17:30 am PST #16845 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I went to grad school in the gap between my childhood records being easily accessible and their being digitized, and ended up getting a sign-off from student health when I told them I had gone to a real college for undergrad -- they believed that I had had the records at 17 and the childhood stuff was still the same at 30!

Mine didn't and I wound up having to get a second round of MMR at age 40. (I had my titres done and came in just barely below the threshold.)


Jesse - Feb 28, 2020 6:21:13 am PST #16846 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I actually started getting them re-done, but got the student health meeting in the middle of the series!

Man, I don't know the specifics, but the person in the office next to me is having a world of trouble related to, I think, her mother. She has spent lots of time yelling on the phone in the last couple of days!


Jessica - Feb 28, 2020 8:31:28 am PST #16847 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I have a serious case of the Can't Evens today. I'm at my desk but NOTHING is getting done. I had one tiny burst of productivity around 10am and since then I've been staring at my to-do list and then drifting over to the browser where my personal tabs are open.

(But why, Jess, I can hear you ask, don't you just close that browser window entirely so you can focus? YES THAT IS A LEGITIMATE SUGGESTION I GUESS I JUST DON'T WANT TO OKAY)


Topic!Cindy - Feb 28, 2020 8:35:09 am PST #16848 of 30019
What is even happening?

One of the ways I first diagnose myself with the Can't Evens is when I realize I Can't Even close my browser window. It's a legitimate symptom, Jess.