Police procedure has changed since I was little.

Wash ,'The Message'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.

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.


meara - Dec 03, 2021 5:09:30 pm PST #11112 of 29428

Still settling in Epic but I’ll try to hit you up!

We walked down to the beach a few blocks away and the dogs are allowed there after 4pm so we got to let them run around.


Sophia Brooks - Dec 03, 2021 6:03:10 pm PST #11113 of 29428
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Dcp, that is so cute!

WRT to the nurses who are unvaccinated I keep recalling a podcast so listened to on Slate (so maybe Jesse listened too) about protests against the NYC vaccine mandate for city workers. One worker held a sign that just said “I am very angry”. I think for some folks it was a thing they thought they could control after all of this. Not rational, but still. And I can tell the chief medical officer is also very angry. And we are all, all very angry. And that is not a good state for healthcare providers or educators to be in. It is like everyone is stuck in that Alice’s Restaurant verse where he says “I want to Kill. Kill. Kill.”


Topic!Cindy - Dec 03, 2021 7:39:01 pm PST #11114 of 29428
What is even happening?

Onerous medical stuff completed. I review the results with my doctor on Monday.

I'm going to boast a little. There was a small boy, perhaps three years old, in the reception area with his father and grandmother. They were waiting for the grandmother to be called back for some test or procedure. The boy was bored and restless. Even his father's phone couldn't hold his attention. I went and got a business card from the supply at the intake nurse's station and folded a jumping frog to give to the boy. It went over very well. I think I made his day.

I'm holding a good thought for your results, dcp.

As for making the frog? That's so kind of you. A little thing like that can make a big difference, not just to the child, but to the parents, too.


Laura - Dec 04, 2021 5:32:50 am PST #11115 of 29428
Our wings are not tired.

Hope DH continues to be okay & dealing with the truck not too onerous, Laura!

Thanks, he is physically fine, and very grateful that the car hit was a big SUV without a passenger as it could have been a lot worse. Insurance will deal with the rest of it.

Trying to not be lazy this morning. Was up at 5:30 so I have already spent 3 hours reading, drinking coffee, catching up with news (yuck, have I mentioned the world has gone mad?), and upgrading one of my computers to Windows 11. DH is doing basketball practice at the beach this morning, which means the boys are sprinting and doing all manner of leg destroying maneuvers that they will feel big time later.

He is doing so well with his new health kick that I could weep. It took him so long to take it seriously. He's already lost over 60 pounds and has to pack up the way too baggy clothes this weekend. So proud of him. As soon as I do this surgery I should be able to start walking with him again which will be very good. Walking the beach at sunrise is the very best way to start the day and I haven't done it in too long.

Now about that being productive thing.....


Laura - Dec 04, 2021 5:37:21 am PST #11116 of 29428
Our wings are not tired.

Today is a day to celebrate the birth of amych! I hope that you are showered with love today and that the year to come is a complete delight.


msbelle - Dec 04, 2021 6:16:41 am PST #11117 of 29428
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

dcp - the smile you just made me smile? your gift was to more than just that child. thank you.

yesterday was payday and I already got a low balance alert from my bank. paid most of mac's rent and had a stupid speeding ticket and a toll bill from oct. ugh.

then see on news that the md college bball coach is leaving and getting a 5mil pay out and I want to scream into the void. i mean, theoretically I make enough money, but I splurge on things and don't have enough for these unexpecteds. but I do have savings, so I need to just transfer and stop the unnecessary spending.

in not stupid $$ news, but still stupid - the stories I could tell about the nightmare of testing at work. sabotage, conspiracy theorists in unions, testing vendors at risk of losing licenses. just a mess on so many levels. this was week one of testing and we only tested at a few sites.


DavidS - Dec 04, 2021 8:42:02 am PST #11118 of 29428
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

He is doing so well with his new health kick that I could weep. It took him so long to take it seriously.

That's so great! He's really working at it.


meara - Dec 04, 2021 10:15:53 am PST #11119 of 29428

Yay Brendon. Boo bureaucracy msbelle. I also need to pay a parking ticket. Sigh.

I woke up with a headache this morning but my friends had gotten up to walk on the beach early (and they saw seals!) and brought back pastries! Yay.


-t - Dec 04, 2021 11:41:45 am PST #11120 of 29428
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

-t, I get nostalgic for actual register running/retail, but between you and askye’s troubles, I think I am content to leave it in the past for now.

Yesterday was actually pretty nice for most of the day! It makes a change from the futility of my current office work for sure. I'm just not used to it physically, and even that aspect of it was fine for about 6 hours before my body was all "That's enough of that"and started complaining. I think my final half-day should be a walk in the park. Unless my booster shot on Monday hits me hard, but that was always the gamble.

Of course, I came home too tired to have dinner, just fed the cat, debated whether getting undressed was worth the energy required (I decided it was, but it was a near thing) and went to bed. Not doing shit today if I can avoid it.


-t - Dec 04, 2021 1:28:19 pm PST #11121 of 29428
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Also, I like being in our warehouse again rather than in the old Walmart building. We have less space and no heat, but being able to go to my very own cubicle on a break and sit for a minute is weirdly comforting and I think the customers’ expectations are different in this environment. I feel like everyone is more apt to act like an entitled jerk at the mall - in our warehouse they are more aware that they’re our guests, sort of, and appreciate that we let them in to shop.