Off Topic!, For all our "general" off topic tendencies Options

[bwalter]

Aha, NOW I understand what the post about bombs and decoys was all about. I was afraid to ask, in case the whole matter had been explained a million pages back. I can just imagine the finger-pointing - middle, perhaps, but definitely index - over at Turner and the marketing agency. Forget the fingers, come watch the heads roll! (And it sounded like such a fabulous, groovy idea, ya know, around the burl-walnut conference table, after a dozen shots or so of Aquavit). I had to laugh that, in the American newspaper photograph, the offending finger has been cropped out! Oh, you Puritans are so adorable.

Naydi: The ex-Army RN mentor sounds perfect - stable, can-do, committed, loyal, direct. I'm confused about the other mother figures, but it seems that none were of much use, and possibly were more a drag on the chain than supportive when they tried to be maternal. Now, if you just stop betting on ponies from Cvl's tip sheet, you might be able to climb out of Filene's basement and move up to the pret a porter collections.

[naydi]

......Naydi: The ex-Army RN mentor sounds perfect - stable, can-do, committed, loyal, direct. I'm confused about the other mother figures, but it seems that none were of much use, and possibly were more a drag on the chain than supportive when they tried to be maternal. Now, if you just stop betting on ponies from Cvl's tip sheet, you might be able to climb out of Filene's basement and move up to the pret a porter collections.

So am I... Just a matter of people stepping up into a position not offered to them out of their own sense of feeling incomplete. Now, I could see this happening if I was one of those woman who can't make up their mind on what to eat for lunch, let alone what she wants to do with her life, but No - I'm quite obviously the opposite. So, whyyyy, then, anyone would take it upon themselves to try to start directing traffic is beyond me. The last one -a nurse who used to call me at 2 in the morning over some stupid sh't she did to someone for which she was now wanted to play the victim (31 having to spend her energy yelling at an adolescent 46 yr old!! "see, you're a good balance...." gee - lucky me)- went as far as trying to push me out of pursuing nursing just because she managed to carve a career she hated out of it. Kept trying to push me out of it for months, LOUDLY; going even as far as 'Do you know how much they're offering to pay teachers in Connecticut?!?!'. People trying to rectify their lives through you after having gained your confidence under the guise of friendship. GAH!!! Take care of your own dead weight, Please - Thank you!

[naydi]

woulda been coulda been worse than you would ever know
dashboard melted but we still have the radio

[jordanriver]

Also How you doing Jordan? Nice to see ya back here.

Hey NS! Sorry I took so long to reply.

Soooooo, I'm going to a Hanson concert on March 1st.

And I still have no idea what's going on in this thread. I NEVER do.

[CvlSrvnt]

And I still have no idea what's going on in this thread. I NEVER do.

That's probably for the best, jordan. The minute I start understanding the posts in this thread - including my own - I am checking myself into a facility with a nice locked ward.

[naydi]

..... The minute I start understanding the posts in this thread - including my own - I am checking myself into a facility with a nice locked ward.

ain't that the truth!? bygummit...

well, continuing to ignore my bed as i do everytime i find new music, i have been struck by the spirit inspiration (redundant?)
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Coming Soon to This Space:

BB'S REINTRODUCTION TO MUSIC APPRECIATION(whether she likes it or not) Vol. 1-1
Featuring:

The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
The White Stripes - Seven Nations Army
Tokyo Police Club - Citizens of Tomorrow
Editors - Munich
The Radio Department - Ewan
Modest Mouse - Dashboard
Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty
Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
The Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy
Teagan and Sara - Walking With a Ghost
Lily Allen - Knock 'Em Out
DJ Shadow ft Mos Def - Six Days
Folk Implosion - Natural One
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz - Dare
The Cure - Close to Me
The Cure - A Night Like This
Felt - Primative Painters
The Sugarcubes - Mama (Mark Saunders Mix)
Modest Mouse - Float On


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This copywrited program is to be delivered at a rate of two to three songs at a time over the space of one to two or how ever many weeks I d'mn well have time for. No rebroadcast or duplication of the program's contents will be made by those who don't like any of it or generally don't give a rat's a** about listening to anything possibly new. Any songs shared umpteen freakin' times already, ie., song #3, may skipped altogether in the broadcast, serving here only to indicate appropriate placement for all rat's a** givers. Restrictions may apply; results may vary.

[bwalter]

Yeah, Jordanriver, this thread doesn't bear close inspection. Or distant inspection, for that matter. We should rename it The Bog

Coming Soon to This Space:

BB'S REINTRODUCTION TO MUSIC APPRECIATION(whether she likes it or not) Vol. 1-1
Featuring:

The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
The White Stripes - Seven Nations Army
Tokyo Police Club - Citizens of Tomorrow
Editors - Munich
The Radio Department - Ewan
Modest Mouse - Dashboard
Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty
Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
The Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy
Teagan and Sara - Walking With a Ghost
Lily Allen - Knock 'Em Out
DJ Shadow ft Mos Def - Six Days
Folk Implosion - Natural One
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz - Dare
The Cure - Close to Me
The Cure - A Night Like This
Felt - Primative Painters
The Sugarcubes - Mama (Mark Saunders Mix)
Modest Mouse - Float On


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This copywrited program is to be delivered at a rate of two to three songs at a time over the space of one to two or how ever many weeks I d'mn well have time for. No rebroadcast or duplication of the program's contents will be made by those who don't like any of it or generally don't give a rat's a** about listening to anything possibly new. Any songs shared umpteen freakin' times already, ie., song #3, may skipped altogether in the broadcast, serving here only to indicate appropriate placement for all rat's a** givers. Restrictions may apply; results may vary.

Oh this will be so delightful. So educational, too. Such a vibrant comtemporary sound experience should be shared by all. Here, let me just put the earphones in my suitcase so that the music may travel.

[CvlSrvnt]

Here, let me just put the earphones in my suitcase so that the music may travel.

And just where do you think you're going, Missy? I don't remember giving you permission to leave...

[naydi]

And just where do you think you're going, Missy? I don't remember giving you permission to leave...

We kill ourselves everyday trying so hard to reach the point where we have it like our dear friend, miss bwalter does.



the dazzlingly tanned, Catherine Deneuve-chiseled heifer....

[Not_saying]

Any one here Got snow in they're area ?

We've gotten atleast 3 inches here
then up north 6 inches plus accidents just out on the highway near our city .

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[soright]

Speaking of NASA, what does everyone think of that wacky astro-love triangle in the news? Now THAT's obsession for ya... sheesh.

[alliehalliwell]

Speaking of NASA, what does everyone think of that wacky astro-love triangle in the news? Now THAT's obsession for ya... sheesh.

Haven't heard much about it but the lady's clearly got issues....anyone have any good space jokes? I was trying to think of a metaphor for space, which means crazy but...yeah...drawing a blank.

[DonnaLucy]

Speaking of NASA, what does everyone think of that wacky astro-love triangle in the news? Now THAT's obsession for ya... sheesh.

Very sad . Haven't read much about her husband. I feel very sorry for him. Imagine what the poor guy's going through.

[naydi]

Haven't heard much about it but the lady's clearly got issues....anyone have any good space jokes? I was trying to think of a metaphor for space, which means crazy but...yeah...drawing a blank.

There's no better one than Pluto's having been kicked to the curb! the little b'tch of a planet wannabe... Pluto - I LAUGH in your general direction: HUH-HAAAH!!!







(gorgeous again Peachy! gotta love daily educationals, too... )

[naydi]

for me and Cvl...




perfect, my friend, just perfect...

[CvlSrvnt]

for me and Cvl...
perfect, my friend, just perfect...

Thanks! I needed that this morning.

[floridaRN]

Naydi, you could consider showbiz, actually!!!! I just read yesterday in some article where the film and TV studios employ a large staff of RNs - always looking for them. You might rub shoulders with the stars (or, in your case, they would rub shoulders with a star RN)

"Heavy sigh" I wish our salaries started at 6 figures here. $22.00 an hour to start. Yeck

I do have a girlfriend who works prn on movie sets down here (they do alot of filming here in the Sunshine State) She said it is 2 hours of excitement followed by unrelenting boredom for several weeks. You put band-aids on boo-boo and call 911 occasionaly. She did have a grip that had an MI once. She took vitals and called 911.

NBC is surely not promoting CI the way it needs to if it wants it to succeed. I think it has given up with House and The Unit facing it. Maybe they could move it somewhere out of the line of fire. Folks may not want back to back L&O on the same night. Wednesday at 10 (Medium is not doing all that well) or back to Sundays now that football is over might be a better spot for it.

Gotta agree the writing needs to improve if the show is to have any chance.

[CvlSrvnt]

"Heavy sigh" I wish our salaries started at 6 figures here. $22.00 an hour to start. Yeck

I do have a girlfriend who works prn on movie sets down here (they do alot of filming here in the Sunshine State) She said it is 2 hours of excitement followed by unrelenting boredom for several weeks. You put band-aids on boo-boo and call 911 occasionaly. She did have a grip that had an MI once. She took vitals and called 911.

$22/hr is nothing to sneeze at. The EMTs who responded when your friend called 911 probably make about half that - and had to actually run the code.

[floridaRN]

$22/hr is nothing to sneeze at. The EMTs who responded when your friend called 911 probably make about half that - and had to actually run the code.

The nurses on the set don't make that. It is the starting salary for staff nurses in the local community hospital. The nurse on the set could run the code (we all can in ICU) but needs to work under the hospital/physician umbrella which she does not have on a movie set, thereby necessitating the call to 911. Otherwise I think they call it practicing medicine without a license.

[CvlSrvnt]

The nurses on the set don't make that. It is the starting salary for staff nurses in the local community hospital. The nurse on the set could run the code (we all can in ICU) but needs to work under the hospital/physician umbrella which she does not have on a movie set, thereby necessitating the call to 911. Otherwise I think they call it practicing medicine without a license.

My bad. I wasn't considering the "off-duty" restrictions on the license. EMS laws vary from state to state as far as how much we can do while not under active medical control, and it's pretty free where I live - encouraged, even.