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Post by Wyldstaar on Nov 17, 2020 22:41:42 GMT -5
Still waiting for a surgery date. The hospital having completely forgotten about me for 12 days did not help. Been there. Kinda sucks. I've avoided doctors my entire adult life. A couple years ago I got sick and wasn't getting any better, so I felt I had no choice but to see one. My doctor referred me to a surgeon (and scared the hell out of me) to deal with an immediate problem, and I was told to expect their return call the next day. No call. When I called my doctor, he was surprised and referred me to yet another surgeon. Again, no call back. I was eventually given a list to call from. Every one of them went straight to voice mail, with a message promising to return my call within 24 hours. I was told that if something happened I could go to an emergency room and then they'd have no choice but to deal with me. I should go quickly at that point though, because anything I might feel would definitely be life threatening. A month later, one of the surgeon's offices called me back to schedule an appointment. None of the other offices ever bothered to return my calls. I hate doctors.
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Post by Jibbs on Nov 18, 2020 14:22:02 GMT -5
Well, they called today. Surgery is December 11th, which is...definitely a day.
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Post by frankyt on Nov 18, 2020 16:46:16 GMT -5
Got a pretty severe second degree burn on my hand recently... The blister is about the size of a ping pong ball on the fleshy part of my skin below the pinkie. Because it's the hand the skin is very tough, this fucker won't burst unless it's lanced. At least it's only annoying and no longer painful (after that first hour... No real complaints since). My cursory research says it'll be about a month before it disappears.
Funny when you hold a flashlight up to it though.
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Post by PG Cooper on Nov 18, 2020 16:50:45 GMT -5
Got a pretty severe second degree burn on my hand recently... The blister is about the size of a ping pong ball on the fleshy part of my skin below the pinkie. Because it's the hand the skin is very tough, this fucker won't burst unless it's lanced. At least it's only annoying and no longer painful (after that first hour... No real complaints since). My cursory research says it'll be about a month before it disappears. Funny when you hold a flashlight up to it though. That's shitty dude. How did you burn yourself, if I may ask? It can be any more embarrassing than my bumbling ass tripping in the parking lot of a Tim Hortons and slicing my knee open.
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Post by frankyt on Nov 18, 2020 17:18:40 GMT -5
Well it was like 3rd night after the move and I couldn't find our oven mitts... Used a towel and it slipped on a cast iron pan from the oven. 425 degrees for some chicken thighs. Bonus - I also now need a tetanus shot.
Needless to say lessons we learned.
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thebtskink
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Post by thebtskink on Nov 18, 2020 17:34:46 GMT -5
Feel ya man, just recently sliced my pinky when slicing mushrooms. Not too deep, but made typing an issue for a bit.
Same hand I sliced through my ring finger with sweet potatoes a couple of years back.
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Post by Doomsday on Nov 18, 2020 17:52:47 GMT -5
Was it the hospital or insurance company?
I worked for a health plan for a few years in my twenties and if people knew, if you only knew what dumb, stupid people work at health care companies there would be anarchy. The people who help make sure that you stay alive getting the care you need, most of them shouldn't be working selling hot dogs. If you've ever had to deal with insurance companies billing you mistakenly, sending you to collections mistakenly, not authorizing procedures after telling you they were authorized, stuff that happens on a daily basis, then you know what I'm talking about.
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Post by frankyt on Nov 25, 2020 10:30:16 GMT -5
Just a reminder to please donate to your local food banks if you can, I'm lucky enough to have kept my job and am able to work from home with very little change.
I had to drive to the office today and saw the enormous line of people waiting to get food from the food bank and it's heartbreaking and pittsburgh isn't even a very large city.
But for example if you donate 20 bucks that's 100 meals. Please consider donating today, everyone needs to eat.
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Post by Doomsday on Nov 25, 2020 10:34:31 GMT -5
Just a reminder to please donate to your local food banks if you can, I'm lucky enough to have kept my job and am able to work from home with very little change. I had to drive to the office today and saw the enormous line of people waiting to get food from the food bank and it's heartbreaking and pittsburgh isn't even a very large city. But for example if you donate 20 bucks that's 100 meals. Please consider donating today, everyone needs to eat. Thanks for the reminder. I’ll do that this morning.
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thebtskink
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Post by thebtskink on Nov 25, 2020 12:35:14 GMT -5
Thanks for the push man. Donated to a homeless shelter last week but the food pantry down the street keeps getting longer and longer lines each time I drive by.
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Knerys
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Post by Knerys on Nov 29, 2020 20:40:50 GMT -5
Hi everyone. I've been lurking around here the last few day and I have no idea if I can even keep up anymore...
So, how's it going?
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Post by Neverending on Nov 29, 2020 20:44:47 GMT -5
Hi everyone. I've been lurking around here the last few day and I have no idea if I can even keep up anymore... We just need one extra person to talk about Baby Yoda.
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Post by Knerys on Nov 29, 2020 20:54:16 GMT -5
Hi everyone. I've been lurking around here the last few day and I have no idea if I can even keep up anymore... We just need one extra person to talk about Baby Yoda. I'm your huckleberry.
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Post by IanTheCool on Nov 29, 2020 21:27:34 GMT -5
Heya Knerys.
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Post by thebtskink on Nov 29, 2020 22:28:51 GMT -5
Hey, good to see ya! How are you holding up?
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Post by Knerys on Nov 30, 2020 20:39:09 GMT -5
Oh this year has been a bit of a doozy, though I sure that's the same for many. But I'm alive so there's that.
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Post by Neverending on Nov 30, 2020 22:43:05 GMT -5
I know Doomsday is in agreement that this is the worst song ever But holy shit, they fixed it: There was a time where I thought McCartney's Christmas song was near the bottom of the all-time shit list. Then I heard this. That was horrendous. Did a kindergarten class send McCartney the lyrics? He rhymed Monday with Fun Day and Sunday several times, and it hurt my heart. Paul McCartney makes it impossible to defend him
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Nov 30, 2020 23:45:25 GMT -5
I want John Lennon's reaction to that song so badly.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 1, 2020 7:11:56 GMT -5
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Dec 1, 2020 12:37:40 GMT -5
Interesting. And yet it doesn't say that Lennon did so because he was positively inspired by the song. The more logical explanation is that Lennon despised what he heard and wanted to make his music as a rebuttal.
I love McCartney, saw him in concert four years ago, but when you've been making music for sixty years you're gonna have a lot of shit too.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 1, 2020 15:19:03 GMT -5
it doesn't say that Lennon did so because he was positively inspired by the song. He talks about it in the 1980 Playboy interview. Frustrating part is that he had good music during that Wonderful Christmastime/Coming Up period.
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Post by Knerys on Dec 4, 2020 22:59:08 GMT -5
Well, Mulan was just okay.
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Post by docstop on Dec 5, 2020 20:07:04 GMT -5
Well, Mulan was just okay. I hear that too but haven't actually seen it yet. Maybe it will end up best known as the first big blockbuster released to VOD.
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Post by 1godzillafan on Dec 7, 2020 17:59:37 GMT -5
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Dec 7, 2020 19:35:04 GMT -5
I remember renting it at Blockbuster. The classic Nickelodeon-orange VHS. Dudeeeee.
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