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[Mandelbroth]

I think I'll go back to bed.

I always say stuff like this on weekends, but then I just end up going back to my whiteboards (I got 2 more ) and working through problems out of whatever book I happen to want to work from that day. Life's too short to sleep.

 

[Enigman]

My pen is stuck.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

... Life's too short to sleep.

I don't agree. Life can be very long so long as your longing to lengthen your experiences is sufficient.

 

[Evo]

For those of you that wanted to see my eyes after exposure to the toxin in the shrimp. I don't even look human.

 

[phion]

Eww Evo

 

[Evo]

Eww Evo

 

[Borek]

Oh my You look like my step-mother after eating mustard.

Technically even if I lived with my Mom second wife of my Dad was my step-mother, wasn't she?

 

[lisab]

take some Benadryl, quick!

 

[Evo]

take some Benadryl, quick!

I had to see the doctor the next day, I was taking large doses of Benadryl and it wasn't helping, the swelling wasn't going down. The doctor prescribed oral corticosteroids and steroid drops for my eyes, that seems to be working, but it's been 3 days and there is still a lot of swelling, but the "burned" look is much lighter.

It seems a chemical called sodium tripolyphosphate is added to seafood to plump it up and add weight. Apparently it is not regulated and there is no telling how much of this chemical was in the batch of shrimp (from china) I was handling. It is a chemical used for toilet cleansers and is considered a severe eye and skin irritant. Apparently I handled the shrimp, then touched my eyes and face, even though the shrimp had been thoroughly rinsed. Within minutes the burning caused me to get to the bathroom to try to flush my eyes with water, and I noticed all of my skin on my face looked burned where I had touched it. Within a few minutes one eye was completely swollen shut and the other mostly swollen under the eye.

 

[lisab]

I had to see the doctor the next day, I was taking large doses of Benadryl and it wasn't helping, the swelling wasn't going down. The doctor prescribed oral corticosteroids and steroid drops for my eyes, that seems to be working, but it's been 3 days and there is still a lot of swelling, but the "burned" look is much lighter.

It seems a chemical called sodium tripolyphosphate is added to seafood to plump it up and add weight. Apparently it is not regulated and there is no telling how much of this chemical was in the batch of shrimp (from china) I was handling. It is a chemical used for toilet cleansers and is considered a severe eye and skin irritant. Apparently I handled the shrimp, then touched my eyes and face, even though the shrimp had been thoroughly rinsed. Within minutes the burning caused me to get to the bathroom to try to flush my eyes with water, and I noticed all of my skin on my face looked burned where I had touched it. Within a few minutes one eye was completely swollen shut and the other mostly swollen under the eye.

Dang, that sounds horrible. I hope you're better soon!

I worry about our food supply. More and more, I look for "country of origin" on the label. I will buy local even if it's more expensive.

 

[dlgoff]

Apparently it is not regulated and there is no telling how much of this chemical was in the batch of shrimp (from china) I was handling.

More and more, I look for "country of origin" on the label.

At my last job working in a USDA lab, I read one news letter stating that some soy sauce made from human hair was discovered.

 

[lisab]

At my last job working in a USDA lab, I read one news letter stating that some soy sauce made from human hair was discovered.

Whaaaaaaaa?

By which I mean, Whaaaaaaaa??

 

[dlgoff]

I wonder what all we've consumed that we weren't aware of?

 

[Evo]

i wonder what all we've consumed that we weren't aware of?

Aaaaaarrrgggh!

 

[Borek]

I wonder what all we've consumed that we weren't aware of?

You probably don't want to know it.

 

[Enigman]

I should use more 'one's while talking...One like using 'one's while talking to one...

 

[dkotschessaa]

You probably don't want to know it.

Anybody remember this SNL Sketch?

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/86/86qheaven.phtml

[Guy talking to an angel in heaven right after his own death]

Deceased: Well. Let's see.. what's the grossest thing I ever ate?

Angel: You don't want to know.

Deceased: Oh. Okay. What about the 200th grossest thing?

Angel: Okay.. that would be some butterscotch pudding that had a dead earwig in it.

Deceased: [ grimaces ] Oh, gross! You mean I never tasted it!

Angel: Well, you made this very funny face.. but you were watching a football game on TV at the time..

 

[dkotschessaa]

If you learn the ins and outs of forward error detection and correction, that is a very useful thing to put on your resume.

Perhaps my sarcasm is ill founded then. Would you mind expounding a bit in this post of mine?

-Dave K

 

[AlephZero]

I wonder what all we've consumed that we weren't aware of?

You probably don't want to know it.

Whatever it was, it hasn't killed you yet.

But you are still going to die, eventually

 

[Astronuc]

For those of you that wanted to see my eyes after exposure to the toxin in the shrimp. I don't even look human.

Wow, that's quite an allergic/toxic reaction!

 

[zoobyshoe]

Whatever it was, it hasn't killed you yet.

But you are still going to die, eventually

There was a line in a novel I read recently that went something like, "All these health nuts are going to be surprised eventually when they die...of nothing."

 

[dkotschessaa]

For those of you that wanted to see my eyes after exposure to the toxin in the shrimp. I don't even look human.

Ouch!

Lovely eyebrows though.

(I see the good in every situation).

-Dave K

 

[AlephZero]

I read recently that went something like, "All these health nuts are going to be surprised eventually when they die...of nothing."

There was a guy at work who spent a lot of time finding the "best" sources of organic food etc, and also spent a lot of time researching organic remedies for all the minor ailments he had.

We kept telling him he could get two slices of his life back by eating junk like everybody else, but he was immune to that sort of logic.

 

[Caveat]

There was a line in a novel I read recently that went something like, "All these health nuts are going to be surprised eventually when they die...of nothing."

Better to live healthy and die of old age than live your last days walking on a limb, organs failing and looking like you lost a fight to a swarm of bees

 

[dkotschessaa]

Better to live healthy and die of old age than live your last days walking on a limb, organs failing and looking like you lost a fight to a swarm of bees

Exactly. It's about quality of life. And most people cited as living unhealthily/exceptionally long are just statistical anomalies.

 

[dkotschessaa]

There was a guy at work who spent a lot of time finding the "best" sources of organic food etc, and also spent a lot of time researching organic remedies for all the minor ailments he had.

We kept telling him he could get two slices of his life back by eating junk like everybody else, but he was immune to that sort of logic.

Organic does not mean healthy, therefore eating unhealthy is not equivalent to not eating organic. There's some logic for ya.

 

[dkotschessaa]

It's finally cool enough outside to sit out on the porch. Which I am doing right now. ahhhh.

 

[lisab]

I wonder what all we've consumed that we weren't aware of?

You probably don't want to know it.

Whatever it was, it hasn't killed you yet.

That's likely true, but...have you killed *it* yet?

 

[dkotschessaa]

That's likely true, but...have you killed *it* yet?

I killed a carrot. Chopped it's head off, put it through the juicer and drank it's blood.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Better to live healthy and die of old age than live your last days walking on a limb, organs failing and looking like you lost a fight to a swarm of bees

Dying of old age is a long, unpleasant process indistinguishable from dying of some wasting disease. Quality of life in the last few years is very poor.