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Digital Library of the Real Jardin Botanico of Madrid has Pierre Sonnerat‘s Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine.
BTW, that’s Vishnu in the picture. Don’t piss him off, especially not here, because it’s time for The Overnight Open Thread.
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Love the Hindu Gods with the multiple arms.
i approve.
had a sad day on my rotation. there was no way to save my patient.
He slices, he dices, he cuts fries in three different styles!!
@ coldwarrior:
Sorry to hear that.
Yeah. I’ll bet Vishnu will have a thing or two to say it Iran for frakking around with him….
@ Speranza:
all of my grad level econ and stats profs were indian
coldwarrior wrote:
{{{coldwarrior}}}
@ coldwarrior:
Sometimes you can’t do everything. One day I’ll stop, too.
@ coldwarrior:
General details if you care to vent.
And, sorry to hear that CW.
@ coldwarrior:
I sent you an email with a Screwie Louie video.
coldwarrior wrote:
Well that definitely qualifies as a crap day.
coldwarrior wrote:
Condolences…
coldwarrior wrote:
That’s awful. Your Irish music and an adult beverage are prescribed. (not that you needed permission or inspiration)
coldwarrior wrote:
Just about every call center is staffed by Indians.
i didn’t want to eff up the oot.
she who died was 97 years old.
97
@ Bumr50:
And dispenses permanent prophylactics at the same time.
Calo wrote:
thx. this one hurt.
coldwarrior wrote:
Damn I would not complain if I could make it to that age.
@ coldwarrior:
hey dude
check out this lineup and see if there might be a band or two
you might want to see
(I saw one I think you might like)
http://lineup.bonnaroo.com/
@ coldwarrior:
A good death or not?
Sorry to say that’s how I ended up looking at things.
@ coldwarrior:
This song always cheers me up, and someone put a cool surfing vid from Indonesia behind it.
@ rain of lead:
I love a lot of those bands, but would never go to a festival that big anymore.
@ Bumr50:
heh
bonnaroo is f-ing insane
http://www.ampmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bonnaroo.jpg
For CW…
@ coldwarrior:
saw it. delete pls
@ Bumr50:
here is another shot
all hippies, all the time
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MFokoGi7W6Y/TBvsDoPvwvI/AAAAAAAAALY/uvwhjQj9Bok/s1600/bonnaroo.jpg
Calo wrote:
good
coldwarrior wrote:
CW, I don’t care if you are Rescue, First Response, Follow On or Hospice losing one hurts!
Somewhere in our house are two people who have been on both sides a save vs a loss dammit we remember the loses more than the saves!
Calo wrote:
done.
i’m still shaken.
@ doriangrey:
cheers!
@ coldwarrior:
So, now you need to redefine your day.
Your presence helped make it good?
Then, you have a gift. Use it.
@ rain of lead:
I’m what many would consider a hippie, and that’s just too big IMHO.
I used to go to this every year.
http://www.allgoodfestival.com/artists.cfm
Calo wrote:
i had her for 3 days and it was obvious she was going out i had death rattle../
AZOlddog wrote:
thx.
i hope i get more saves!
Calo wrote:
yeah. she reacted to me. we got eye to eye and we talked.
@ Bumr50:
yes, a smaller festival would be more fun
bonnaroo is just to over the top
the local cops REALLY rack up on drug busts that week
@ rain of lead:
bonaroo!
@ coldwarrior:
then you were a source of comfort
in the end that is all one human can do for another
Coldwarrior: Sorry to hear about your loss.
@ coldwarrior:
I saw the flogging mollys and thought of you
for calo.
@ Bumr50:
Nice lineup. Dickie Betts was one of my favorites.
coldwarrior wrote:
It will not help but, you done all that you could do! Still sucks, I know.
Wait until an ICU rotation and you get to chalk up that save!!!!
@ coldwarrior:
Yes, sounds like she was a DNR and went without a lot of invasive “stuff” happening her last days. A blessing for her if so. (just a guess considering her age and admitting dx)
You’ll get your saves and they are satisfying.
rain of lead wrote:
cheers!
no go see dropkick murphys!
HAHAHA!!!!
@ AZOlddog:
@ Calo:
cheers.
thanks
Calo wrote:
i got to hold her hand as she went out.
i had her care for 4 days as she went out. her family was shocked i stayed. i needed to. i needed to see the end just like she did
and this is the last i speak of this.
@ coldwarrior:
and now…oot
Okkkkkkkkkk………. Here’s an article that ought to make CW laugh and blush at the same time…
Prostitution Attractive Option for Med Students with Debt
@ coldwarrior:
@ Bunk X
That WAS for you, CW. All I can do.
coldwarrior wrote:
hahah!
@ coldwarrior:
Never forget that.
Never let anyone die alone.
Now, I need a redneck joke or something.
doriangrey wrote:
hot post graduate with…
too funny.
@ doriangrey:
I tried that, but I found very few girls willing do donate time, let alone money.
Calo wrote:
never.
@ coldwarrior:
Wait until you get that save and remember that one. Mine was a six year old girl in a submerged Auto clinging to the headliner to stay in the air bubble (Yeah, I am the Rescue Diver in the house) and scared as shit.
I will never forget when she came out of the ER and ran right past her parents who had been thrown from the vehicle (Yeah this was in the 60′s) to climb me like a tree!! I still get Birthday cards from Her!!!
Those are the ones you want to remember!!!!
Calo wrote:
how about a yinzer?
you’ll love this song
@ AZOlddog:
damn.
coldwarrior wrote:
Roger Waters?
@ Calo:
When I lived in TX, my a-hole neighbor came over to use the toilet as his was plugged up. When he got done, he commented that “your toilet paper is soft.”
I told him that he used the women’s roll, and that the #50 grit was in the toolbox. Kinda stopped him.
You know you’re from Pittsburgh if…
“Hey Yinz Guyz” is your traditional greeting.
You know the time and location of every Wing Night in a 10 mile radius.
You know the location of the following towns, know someone from them and have spent time there: Monongahela, Altoona, Bethlehem, Ligonier, Harmony, and Wilmerding.
You’ve memorized lines from the movie “Flashdance”.
If you’re a guy, your biggest fear is seeing your best friend drive into the “fruit loop”. You’re second biggest fear is seeing him drive out with Kordel Stewart.
If you’re a girl, you’re biggest fear is getting hit on by a hairy-chested man, heavily weighted in gold chains, who refers to his friends as “junior” at Chauncey’s.
Your latest cultural experience: On your way to partying at Slippery Rock University, having to stop your car to let the Amish buggy cross the street.
As your out-of-town friends brag about their latest trips to Europe, you think to yourself, “Polish Hill will suffice.”
You eat out at least once a week at a mafia-owned Italian pizza parlor.
Your father has worked for the same company for over 20 years.
You don’t see what all the hype is about Disney World when Kennywood is just around the corner.
You’re having a hard time on where to take your Date out for dinner and a night on the town: – “meat on a stick” in the south side and the guzzling IC Light at Jack’s – splitting an order of “O fries” and guzzling IC Light at Peter’s Pub.
” N at’ ” is eloquently added to the end of every sentence.
You’ve taken deliberate field trips to the Andy Warhol museum.
You water ski on the Youghiogheny River Lake.
You feel the only good bands out there are Donny Iris, Joe Grushecky, The Blue Oyster Cult, and of course…. Rusted Root.
You’re more worried about Jerome Bettis’s health than your own.
You own more than one original Terrible Towel.
Your most bitter regret is that Dan Marino plays for the Dolphins…
You don’t understand what all the hype is about for Rolling Rock beer, You’ve been drinking it for years, although Penn Pilsner is better.
You consider a great vacation a trip to Conneaut Lake or Lake Erie … For something a little more exotic, a trip to the Jersey shore.
You’re 35 years old, have never been outside of Allegheny County, and don’t see the need to leave.
You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Heinz ketchup, and the bottle of Trappey’s Red Devil you swiped from Primanti’s.
You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
For the life of you, you can’t understand why your all your out-of-town friends don’t get the “fries and cole slaw” thing…
You have 101 favorite recipes for kolbasi and sauerkraut.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
You find 20F “a little” chilly.
You know the four seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.
You remember fondly time off from school known as “Snow Days”.
Words like: hoagie; chipped ham; pop; and gumband actually mean something to you.
You can use the phrase “Firehall Wedding” and not even bat an eye.
You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Pittsburgh friends.
For Calo, courtesy of The Jawa Report…
coldwarrior wrote:
That sucker has five gold stars in my Dive Log!!!!!
@ Bumr50:
precious.
historical.
@ eaglesoars:
yinz gotta problem witt at?
AZOlddog wrote:
straight up
coldwarrior wrote:
You know what? I’ve been away for so long – I completely forgot about ‘gumband’
eaglesoars wrote:
gumband.
i have a freaking MS and i call them that ON PURPOSE!!!!!
HAHAHHAH!!!
@ AZOlddog:
i need a happy vid
its a good one
eaglesoars wrote:
THE best.
@ doriangrey:
Oh my. That is one ugly cat in that clip.
Calo wrote:
I wonder if I can teach my cat to sit up and watch TV like that???
@ eaglesoars:
Damn! Halfway through I was gonna say that!
Here’s to the East Overshoe Scorpions!
@ Calo:
didyagetyinzes pacer yet?
Bunk X wrote:
I owned 2. I gave one to the daughter of a friend in Philly who, as a diehard Steelers fan, has obviously been raised properly.
I have one left. I’ll be buried with it. Along with my baseball from the All Stars game 1955 w/Smokey Burgess’ autograph and my Bill Mazerowski baseball.
To
My
Grave
@ coldwarrior:
I’m in frikkin’ medical limbo – missed 1 criteria since the EP doc wants the defib on top of the pacer too.
Bah! If it goes haywire and all agonal, I say let her go.
I just want to be able to run again. I’m tired of being tired doing ADL’s.
@ coldwarrior:
take it to the node!
Calo wrote:
yer cardiac. so you know you cant be in afib, so, ok…get LV going hard and RUN!
eaglesoars wrote:
i have seats from forbes field on my deck.
@ coldwarrior:
what is funny is that that vid saved me 3 questions on my ICU final
@ coldwarrior:
YES! Run – beat that systolic dysfunction!
What’s a functioning LV worth anyways?
Night CW. I’m out.
Calo wrote:
cheers, thanks for helping me.
ok, CW, now that you’re a little more cheered-up, I think it’s ok to say this.
You did not have a shitty day. Anyone here who has had to help someone die knows it’s one of the most difficult things you will ever do. But it is a gift you give.
Yeah, it cost you a lot. But you did not lose your patient – her life wasn’t yours to lose.
I hope you don’t misunderstand this, but you have just added one more well-lived day to your life. Not all tears are evil.
A wizard told me that.
Well done, CW, well done…………
And now I’m off. nite.
its been a while…
eaglesoars wrote:
well said.
i owe you a martini later
coldwarrior wrote:
AAARRRGHHH!!
But Hubby, who is a psychotic yankee fan (who got me the Mazerowski baseball btw – true love) – I got him seats from the old Yankee Standium. They’re up in his shrine.
GOOD NITE
eaglesoars wrote:
4 from forbes…
donnie iris!
king cool!
@ coldwarrior:
I know who has three wooden seats from Crosley Field.
@ doriangrey:
The most vulgar character in Star Wars
coldwarrior wrote:
It’s a damn shame Donny was such a damned dork. He could have followed that song up with another couple albums in the same vein and really have been a major player in the industry.
coldwarrior wrote:
since he is the god of maintenance, it is good as an offering for the OOT.
and vishnu wouldn’t be caught dead on a pheasant
There is a great picture making its rounds on facebook. I wish I could post it here somehow. Its of a yellow sticky note stuck to the screen of a gas bowser at the station. Has anyone here seen it?
@ Lost:
cheers to you!
night,
@ eaglesoars:
I think if it ever got down to 20F here, all the Third World workers would quit.
Every morning when I go out to catch the bus to work, I see the security guards wearing parkas, hats, and scarves, and still looking like they’re desperate to stay warm. I usually wear a windbreaker over a polo shirt.
It’s typically about 50 degrees at that time.
@ lobo91:
Hey! How are you?
@ Lost:
Been better, honestly.
I’m home sick today. Some sort of virus that’s going around.
How are you and the little one doing?
@ lobo91:
We are well, thanks. I hope you feel better soon. It’s awful being sick, especially in a foreign country.
Things getting better at work or pretty much the same?
@ Lost:
I’m actively looking for a new job now. I seriously doubt that I’m going to stay here after the end of my contract (or even to the end, if I get another offer).
They finally decided that we actually do need a supervisor in our section. Then they gave the position to a guy who’s been here all of 6 weeks.
@ lobo91:
goodness!
I wish you the best of luck with finding a job.
This is a link to an Aussie jobs site. You might find something down here. It’s much nicer than Kuwait (yes I’m biased) and the dollar is better the the greenback right now.
@ Lost:
Thanks
I’ve always wanted to visit Australia.
And the people even speak English (sort of)!
//
@ lobo91:
LOL!
Yup!
But there are plenty of third worlders here too. You’ve been warned!
@ lobo91:
I turned down a long-term deal in Yemen. Yemen makes Kuwait look like paradise.
Said “no” to a deal in The Magic Kingdom the other day as well. I’m getting too old for that crap.
Mike C. wrote:
I’m surprised anyone’s even doing business there at the moment.
@ Mike C.:
I decided 20 years ago that I had no interest in ever returning there.
@ lobo91:
Kuwait is bad enough… No desire to return there, either. Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE or Oman, okay, but other than that, forget it. I’d rather go to Khazakstan.
Wow…Ann Coulter has sure drunk her share of the Romney kool-aid…
Hmm…and Olympia Snowe announced that she’s not running for re-election this year.
Interesting.
@ lobo91:
I’ve heard people speculating loudly that Snowe is leaving out of spite – she blamed “partisanship” and “polarization” in her flounce speech.
A.J. Burnett Fouls Bunt Off His Face
*sigh*
@ Mike C.:
Now that is an interesting way to spell the name of a former Soviet republic!
Reminds me of KHAAAN 8)!
@ Bumr50:
I hope that wasn’t on strike two and that he is OK.
@ Macker:
It’s February, he’s from an AL team, why is he even batting?
Luck of the Bucs…
Lost wrote:
Yes I have. I wish we could post photos in comments. They would have to be sized to 459px or less.
@ Macker:
Oops. 450, my bad.
Pass a prayer up for Mike V of http://www.sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/
Macker wrote:
My bad. Kazakhstan.
Mike C. wrote:
The Kazakhstanis say “Frack You!!”
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While we’re in the limbo of morning, I came across this apparently popular You Tube of a fresh faced Neil Young playing a “new song.” Some of you may have already seen it,.
I thought it was pretty cool. YMMV.