What I Learned Today - Page 15

SteveDallas · 03-02-2006, 09:30 AM

Heh. My example isn't as bad as yours (nobody's life is hanging in the balance), but still reminds me of when I was sick over Christmas 1999 (turned out to be pneumonia). On the day after Christmas, which was a Sunday I believe, I had a pain in my ribs so bad I wondered if I had cracked one from all the coughing. So I called up my doctor and told the answering service that I needed to talk to whoever was on call, and they gave me the number for another doctor. So I called that number.

Me: Hi, I need to talk to Dr. X. I'm a patient of Dr. Y.

Service: They're closed now. The office will be open tomorrow. You can call back then.

Me: Well, I was told Dr. X is on call for Dr. Y's practice this weekend. Is that true?

Service: [long pause] Yes, he is.

Me: Well, since he was on call, I thought maybe you could page him for me.

Service: [long pause, obviously to allow this person's view of the universe to be rearranged] Oh, yeah, we can do that.

LabRat · 03-03-2006, 01:47 PM

Don't say anything ina stairwell that you don't want the whole building to hear...

they tend to work like megaphones.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-04-2006, 10:49 AM

During a landing, the speed is gradually reduced from its cruising speed as it descends.
Normally, as the planes pass through 10,000 feet, the speed must be reduced to 250 knots.
By 3000 feet, it is down to 200 knots, 1500 feet, 160 knots and by landing, it should be between 110 to 140 knots depending on the type and weight of the airplane.

Lucy · 03-04-2006, 06:04 PM

What I learned today, again.

Being right about a person's personality ain't worth shit if nobody listens.

Trilby · 03-04-2006, 07:47 PM

Today, I learned that I need to be careful about buying tennis shoes at Hot Topic.

SteveDallas · 03-04-2006, 09:07 PM

Hot Topic? Isn't their primary clientele 13-year-old girls?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-04-2006, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucy

What I learned today, again.

Being right about a person's personality ain't worth shit if nobody listens.

They won't even listen to the I-told-you-so's? That ain't fair.

wolf · 03-05-2006, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Hot Topic? Isn't their primary clientele 13-year-old girls?

13 year old goth girls, IIRC. They also do some retro punk.

Rock Steady · 03-05-2006, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

Today, I learned that I need to be careful about buying tennis shoes at Hot Topic.

Yeah, Rockette went thru a Hot Topic phase. Now, she's 16 and too old for that. For clothes, we go to Bebe and Rampage now. As for shoes, the hippest girls wear the retro Chuck Taylors in black (Foot Locker, etc.)

Trilby · 03-05-2006, 06:49 PM

tut, tut. So quick to judge! Just because I found a pair of fierce tennis shoes there and bought them and just because I am no longer 13 does not mean that there isn't a 13 year-old girl inside me somewhere wanting these shoes!

does that sound right?

MaggieL · 03-05-2006, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

They also do some retro punk.

<i>O tempora. O mores!</i> "Retro punk", eh? Coming up next: Goth nostalgia.

SteveDallas · 03-05-2006, 07:34 PM

I wasn't judging.

I was just asking for my own information. You know I just can't keep up with all this stuff.

Lucy · 03-05-2006, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

They won't even listen to the I-told-you-so's? That ain't fair.

They won't, the schmucks.

LabRat · 03-09-2006, 10:53 AM

Learned this on Tues, but just got back to work today...had infuenza AND strep throat for the last 5 days...

875 mg of amoxicillin, even when taken with food, can cause one the immense displeaseure of vomiting. Break those pills in half folks, and take 'em an hour apart.

Oh, and "immediate care" doctors are idiots.

Elspode · 03-09-2006, 11:08 AM

This sounds like the plague that Mrs. Elspode is currently battling...fifth day into the sickness, and third day off of work. Nasty red sore throat, with everything having begun in her chest like a thunderbolt from the blue, segueing into body aches, fever, chills and generally feeling like shit.

Iowa isn't that far removed from KC, so perhaps you two are sharing a common affliction.

03-03-2006, 01:47 PM	#212
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Don't say anything ina stairwell that you don't want the whole building to hear... they tend to work like megaphones. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

03-04-2006, 10:49 AM	#213
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	During a landing, the speed is gradually reduced from its cruising speed as it descends. Normally, as the planes pass through 10,000 feet, the speed must be reduced to 250 knots. By 3000 feet, it is down to 200 knots, 1500 feet, 160 knots and by landing, it should be between 110 to 140 knots depending on the type and weight of the airplane. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-04-2006, 06:04 PM	#214
Lucy Colloquialist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia Posts: 75	What I learned today, again. Being right about a person's personality ain't worth shit if nobody listens. Last edited by Lucy; 03-04-2006 at 06:49 PM.

03-04-2006, 07:47 PM	#215
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Today, I learned that I need to be careful about buying tennis shoes at Hot Topic. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-05-2006, 06:49 PM	#220
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	tut, tut. So quick to judge! Just because I found a pair of fierce tennis shoes there and bought them and just because I am no longer 13 does not mean that there isn't a 13 year-old girl inside me somewhere wanting these shoes! does that sound right? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-02-2006, 09:30 AM	#211
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Heh. My example isn't as bad as yours (nobody's life is hanging in the balance), but still reminds me of when I was sick over Christmas 1999 (turned out to be pneumonia). On the day after Christmas, which was a Sunday I believe, I had a pain in my ribs so bad I wondered if I had cracked one from all the coughing. So I called up my doctor and told the answering service that I needed to talk to whoever was on call, and they gave me the number for another doctor. So I called that number. Me: Hi, I need to talk to Dr. X. I'm a patient of Dr. Y. Service: They're closed now. The office will be open tomorrow. You can call back then. Me: Well, I was told Dr. X is on call for Dr. Y's practice this weekend. Is that true? Service: [long pause] Yes, he is. Me: Well, since he was on call, I thought maybe you could page him for me. Service: [long pause, obviously to allow this person's view of the universe to be rearranged] Oh, yeah, we can do that.

03-04-2006, 09:07 PM	#216
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Hot Topic? Isn't their primary clientele 13-year-old girls?

03-05-2006, 07:34 PM	#222
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I wasn't judging. I was just asking for my own information. You know I just can't keep up with all this stuff.

03-09-2006, 10:53 AM	#224
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Learned this on Tues, but just got back to work today...had infuenza AND strep throat for the last 5 days... 875 mg of amoxicillin, even when taken with food, can cause one the immense displeaseure of vomiting. Break those pills in half folks, and take 'em an hour apart. Oh, and "immediate care" doctors are idiots. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

03-09-2006, 11:08 AM	#225
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	This sounds like the plague that Mrs. Elspode is currently battling...fifth day into the sickness, and third day off of work. Nasty red sore throat, with everything having begun in her chest like a thunderbolt from the blue, segueing into body aches, fever, chills and generally feeling like shit. Iowa isn't that far removed from KC, so perhaps you two are sharing a common affliction. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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