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[Astronuc]

I lifted a heavy box this morning and heard another crack and felt a bad jolt of pain (as opposed to a good jolt of pain).

You were using your broken arm in liftin the box?! Don't do that! The point is to not use it until it heals.

When are you going back to the doctor?

I'm not sleeping.

That's not good. Be careful, especially when driving. Don't operate any power or heavy equipment.

 

[turbo]

That's not good. Be carefule, especially when driving. Don't operate any power or heavy equipment.

She shouldn't be doing those things when she's healthy and alert. That's a real down-side to fixin' her up. Up here, women are expected to run wood splitters and swing axes, if not run chain saws. That's a sure-fire way to make Evo an amputee.

 

[Evo]

I'm working on a large MPLS network (multiprotocol label switching) for an oil company and I'm falling asleep. I should have had this design to the client hours ago. I spent two hours just viewing fiber & POP drawings. Should have taken me 30 minutes.

I wan't to go home and go to sleep.

 

[Astronuc]

I'm working on a large MPLS network (multiprotocol label switching) for an oil company and I'm falling asleep. I should have had this design to the client hours ago. I spent two hours just viewing fiber & POP drawings. Should have taken me 30 minutes.

Call the client. Explain your situation, which I have had to do. When I was working on a major project, and was too tired and began making mistakes, and I was getting pressure to get the work finished and out the door, I called the customer, told him I was too tired and that it would take another day to finish. I also mentioned that, in the meantime, I was taking the rest of the day off to rest. He appreciated the honesty and was willing to wait an extra day.

I wan't to go home and go to sleep.

Hang in there! Do what you can do. See the previous comment. Don't kill yourself.

 

[rewebster]

I'm working on a large MPLS network (multiprotocol label switching) for an oil company and I'm falling asleep. I should have had this design to the client hours ago. I spent two hours just viewing fiber & POP drawings. Should have taken me 30 minutes.

I wan't to go home and go to sleep.

do'nt put any comm'as on that drawing where the'yre not supposed to be --that oi'ls needed

 

[Moonbear]

Call the client. Explain your situation, which I have had to do. When I was working on a major project, and was too tired and began making mistakes, and I was getting pressure to get the work finished and out the door, I called the customer, told him I was too tired and that it would take another day to finish. I also mentioned that, in the meantime, I was taking the rest of the day off to rest. He appreciated the honesty and was willing to wait an extra day.

I think this would especially be appreciated if you mention that you have a broken arm and it's the painkillers and lack of sleep that have you unfocused so they don't just think you're being lazy or slacking off. If they know that your reason for putting off the work is that you're concerned you'll make a critical mistake if you try to work on it while not feeling well, then they ought to understand and appreciate that you are conscientious enough about doing a good job to not just crank out crap to meet what's probably an artificial deadline anyway, while buzzed on painkillers (of course, then you HAVE to get on it first thing tomorrow after a day of catching up on rest).

 

[rewebster]

OK----Evo---two weeks now since the 'move' started and and the 'arm' put it back into low gear----Is there an update or an upgrade?

 

[Evo]

OK----Evo---two weeks now since the 'move' started and and the 'arm' put it back into low gear----Is there an update or an upgrade?

Whine alert!

I felt much better the day after it happened than I do now. I've been told I should start feeling better in another week. If it was just my arm it wouldn't be too bad but I hurt my back, neck and shoulder also. I do not know how those ice skaters can take those falls and get back up and skate, I'm a whimp.

The move is going at a snail's pace. I'm going to try to move more boxes later today. I'm using a couple of suitcases on wheels also. The only problem is lifting them in and out of the car.

 

[Astronuc]

I do not know how those ice skaters can take those falls and get back up and skate,

They are in their 20's mostly, or perhaps 30's. We older folks have to be a bit more careful. It takes me weeks to heal now, when it would take a few days - 30 years ago.

I'm a whimp.

No, you're not!

 

[rewebster]

Whine alert!

I felt much better the day after it happened than I do now. I've been told I should start feeling better in another week. If it was just my arm it wouldn't be too bad but I hurt my back, neck and shoulder also. I do not know how those ice skaters can take those falls and get back up and skate, I'm a whimp.

The move is going at a snail's pace. I'm going to try to move more boxes later today. I'm using a couple of suitcases on wheels also. The only problem is lifting them in and out of the car.

(most of them are in their teens and twenties)

---PAY SOME PEOPLE TO HELP YOU---(that's why they invented money in the first place)

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astro hit it first about the age
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(maybe not a whimp--quark?)
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do I have to get the 2x4 out? (get some help)

 

[Evo]

I keep forgetting I'm not 25 anymore. I don't "feel" old.

I'll never forget a few years ago when I bought a new car, the salesman told me he'd programmed my radio with stations that people our age like, not that stuff that teenagers listen to. It was all easy listening. I reprogrammed with my alternative music stations. Why is it that when you get older people assume you listen to crappy music?

I've already had movers do the big stuff and I figured I would do the small stuff over a period of 1-2 weeks. Whenever I've had professional movers pack my small stuff they always break things. They "compensate" you financially, but a lot of these items cannot be replaced.

 

[rewebster]

have you had 'things' broken this time?

--there are different 'qualities' of movers, too

 

[Evo]

have you had 'things' broken this time?

--there are different 'qualities' of movers, too

The only thing I've broken is me. These were the top moving companies in the country. My last move from Philadelphia was the most disastrous, one guy was a complete idiot and did so much damage the first day of packing that I called and had him removed, but it was too late, I had thousands of dollars in damage, not to mention losing some very sentimentally precious items.

On a positive note, I have a lot of squirrels in my backyard here. I'm going to buy them some nuts and seeds and see if I can start a little colony on my back porch. I want to become "squirrel lady". (I REALLY need sleep)

 

[EnumaElish]

On a positive note, I have a lot of squirrels in my backyard here. I'm going to buy them some nuts and seeds and see if I can start a little colony on my back porch. I want to become "squirrel lady".

Uhh, they can become too attached and friendly...

 

[rewebster]

The only thing I've broken is me. These were the top moving companies in the country. My last move from Philadelphia was the most disastrous, one guy was a complete idiot and did so much damage the first day of packing that I called and had him removed, but it was too late, I had thousands of dollars in damage, not to mention losing some very sentimentally precious items.

On a positive note, I have a lot of squirrels in my backyard here. I'm going to buy them some nuts and seeds and see if I can start a little colony on my back porch. I want to become "squirrel lady". (I REALLY need sleep)

too bad about the stuff--(you still could use some help, it sounds like)

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"squirrel lady"?

(oh, boy--there's a 'new' line of thought/(threads))

--that reminds me--did you email that guy yet?

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(you NEED a vacation)

 

[Evo]

Uhh, they can become too attached and friendly...

They do become very friendly once they get used to you. I made friends with a squirrel when I was little. It got to the point that the squirrel would scratch at the back door to get food, then it started running into the house any time you opened the door. My mother was thrilled.

 

[rewebster]

squirrels (and opossums and raccoons) cause a lot of house fires

--------make sure your roof (soffit, eaves, facia, etc.) are all in good cond. and sealed up well

 

[EnumaElish]

They do become very friendly once they get used to you. I made friends with a squirrel when I was little. It got to the point that the squirrel would scratch at the back door to get food, then it started running into the house any time you opened the door. My mother was thrilled.

I wonder whether they make good (albeit unconventional) pets.

Or how intelligent they are.

Once a flying squirrel helped itself into our kitchen in the middle of the night. Since the kitchen has no outside door, I had to build a highway using furniture and paper rolls from the kitchen to the front door. It "intelligently" followed the highway and did not steer away although it could have easily. It was clear that it wanted to get outside, too.

 

[Evo]

squirrels (and opossums and raccoons) cause a lot of house fires

I think the reputation these animals have for being highly combustible has been debunked. It's their propensity for playing with matches that is the problem.

I wonder whether they make good (albeit unconventional) pets.

Or how intelligent they are.

There are some great videos on youtube by a guy that rehabilitates squirrels to release into the wild. Ok, maybe yards in a suburb aren't exactly the wild.

Once a flying squirrel helped itself into our kitchen in the middle of the night. Since the kitchen has no outside door, I had to build a highway using furniture and paper rolls from the kitchen to the front door. It "intelligently" followed the highway and did not steer away although it could have easily. It was clear that it wanted to get outside, too.

That reminds me of a demented cat that got into my house once. I tried making a similar tunnel but it wouldn't fall for it.

 

[rewebster]

I think the reputation these animals have for being highly combustible has been debunked. It's their propensity for playing with matches that is the problem.

being 'highly combustible' isn't the problem-----it's that they're more prone to spontaneous combustion

 

[mgb_phys]

being 'highly combustible' isn't the problem-----it's that they're more prone to spontaneous combustion

Static is the main problem - awlays make sure your squirrels are properly grounded.

 

[rewebster]

Static is the main problem - awlays make sure your squirrels are properly grounded.

yeah--they can be foxy, too

hint to evo: be sub-species 'related' if you are going to be a 'squirrel lady'

 

[Evo]

being 'highly combustible' isn't the problem-----it's that they're more prone to spontaneous combustion

Static is the main problem - awlays make sure your squirrels are properly grounded.

Good point! I'll have to attach grounding strips to them. Or perhaps a rub down with a fabric softener sheet would work. This would have the added benefit of making them "springtime fresh".

 

[rewebster]

Good point! I'll have to attach grounding strips to them. Or perhaps a rub down with a fabric softener sheet would work. This would have the added benefit of making them "springtime fresh".

well, we'll need a photo:


caption: rubbing down softly so that you don't have to 'ground squirrel'

 

[EnumaElish]

rubbing softly so that you don't have 'ground squirrel'

 

[EnumaElish]

That reminds me of a demented cat that got into my house once. I tried making a similar tunnel but it wouldn't fall for it.

Because it wanted to stay?

 

[Evo]

Because it wanted to stay?

Unfortunately. I would leave the door open so it could get out and it would not leave.

 

[rewebster]

rubbing softly so that you don't have 'ground squirrel'

I've always wondered why farmers just 'pattied' their cows when they walked by them

 

[EnumaElish]

Unfortunately. I would leave the door open so it could get out and it would not leave.

Awww, it loved you, Evo!

 

[Evo]

Awww, it loved you, Evo!

No, it wouldn't let me near it. It was evil.