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Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 4:12 pm

I guess I cannot compare pain, but after I shattered my femur, and after they removed the catheter, I discovered to my horror that I had bruises on my penis. On. My. Penis. I still shudder with the image of that in my head.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 9:17 pm

guitargeek wrote:Ever had a bone marrow biopsy?

Nope. And I don't want one, thank you very much.

Bigshankhank wrote:I guess I cannot compare pain, but after I shattered my femur, and after they removed the catheter, I discovered to my horror that I had bruises on my penis. On. My. Penis. I still shudder with the image of that in my head.

Don't want that, either.

Turns out the measuring of intra-occular pressure wasn't what was so damn painful.
I talked to my father, who's getting that procedure regularly, and was told he never had any discomfort.
Then I tried out the new, extra fancy, extra expensive eye-drops the eye doc had given me to try out from her drawer of pharma-rep samples.
And it felt just like it had when I had walked out of the hospital. For several hours, like it had earlier, also. Allergies, hurrah!

Sisyphus · Post by **Sisyphus** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:16 pm

Waiting to sober up a little.

Bo_9 · Post by **Bo_9** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:13 am

Was trying to decide where this belongs.
Decided to just leave it here.
[media]http://youtu.be/lkaIoH6Um60[/media]

Post by **DerGolgo** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:58 am

Ballistic cuisine. I approve!

Rench · Post by **Rench** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:21 am

That is so fantaStic, it has changed my day. Possibly my outlook on life.

-Rench

Zim · Post by **Zim** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:18 pm

Sent in résumé. Mojo requested.

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:29 pm

Zim wrote:Sent in résumé. Mojo requested.

Mojo.

--Jaeger

Post by **DerGolgo** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:30 pm

Yes. Mojo that!!

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:24 pm

All the Mojo, all the time.

calamari kid · Post by **calamari kid** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:50 pm

Mojo sent.

Should be good, it landed me a gig just a couple months back.

Pattio · Post by **Pattio** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 4:43 am

Mojo rising...

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:58 am

Post by **DerGolgo** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:09 pm

Today, I had my water heater fixed, so I could take a shower other than the cold-type, for the first time in weeks. Was informed the reason for the defect was a blown fuse, on account of the little red lamp on the front of the machine having burnt out. I'd get a not-quite-so-antique water heater installed "sometime next year".

I was looking forward for my first non-cold shower in ages but, about four hours ago, the water wasn't warm. Before the repair, I had measure 82°F, barely luke-warm, and pretty cold for a shower. Now, it wasn't even that. Text the building's caretaker, grumble.
Then, as I was preparing dinner ... hey, I spilled something, let's mop that up ... thirty minutes later ... "did I spill something again?!"
Nope, I hadn't, I hadn't even the first time, the water heater was leaking. Yay.

So I wrestle my pantry-kitchen's little old fridge out from under the counter, since some genius had decided the water heater should be mounted behind that. After mopping up a bit, text the caretaker once more.
"Yeah, I'll come over in twenty, turn off the water supply, and we'll install a new heater tomorrow!"
Fair enough, non-cold shower one way or the other.
Dude just left.
"Hm, that brass nut came loose ... however could that have happened? Mysterious?!"
In the end, he admitted he might have loosened it further than corrosion indicated it had been loose before when, earlier today, he put the heater's cover back on. But I won't necessarily get a new one tomorrow either, now everything is fixed again and, if it's remains fixed till tomorrow, the old one will stay in for a while yet. Who cares. No mo cold showers, wheee!

EDIT: 9:30 PM. Ice-cold water, once more, no hot shower for DerG.

Zim · Post by **Zim** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:31 pm

Deleting a rant.

Three months tomorrow without a drink. After a realization today, I am so thirsty.

Zim · Post by **Zim** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 9:06 pm

Fuck it, I need to rant. Today I realized that I'm stuck.

Thanks for the mojo. It worked! I have an interview on Wednesday.

I'm calling tomorrow to decline the interview.

My favorite job had been driving a truck. The whole freedom of being on the road thing. The scenery, the shifting, the occasional overnights, the traveling. I've loved driving since I got my license. Things got better after getting my motorcycle license. Then to get my CDL and actually have a job upon the road? But then I bred myself out of the workforce.

It's been just short of 7 years of being a stay-at-home parent. The Breadwinner Mom has the advancing career. She is the one who does the traveling now (albeit occasionally). Boston, SF, Chicago, NYC, Vegas next year. She gets to leave the house every work day. The kids are in school, but I can't get a regular job because 'who's going to be home for sick days? For the bus? Vacation? Early release days? Summer vacation?'. Childcare is difficult to find around here, and costly. So I'm on standby. I'm the taxi. I'm the childcare. I just want a goddamn job. 7 years.

Some might understand why I threw a resume at the Help Wanted ad without consideration.

Doesn't matter, the job sounded lousy anyway. It would have been a stupid truck driving position... for a used motorcycle distributor/Triumph & Royal Enfield dealer. I mean, that would have sucked. Hardly a dream job.

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 9:30 pm

Zim wrote:My favorite job had been driving a truck. The whole freedom of being on the road thing. The scenery, the shifting, the occasional overnights, the traveling. I've loved driving since I got my license. Things got better after getting my motorcycle license. Then to get my CDL and actually have a job upon the road? But then I bred myself out of the workforce.
...
Doesn't matter, the job sounded lousy anyway. It would have been a stupid truck driving position... for a used motorcycle distributor/Triumph & Royal Enfield dealer. I mean, that would have sucked. Hardly a dream job.

I drove and dispatched for years, and I miss driving sometimes too. Ad for a Triumph/Enfield dealer?

*sigh*

I didn't appreciate the plight of the stay-at-home parent (including my own wife) until I started working from home. Some serious advantages, sure, but... I feel like a fucking shut-in half the time. I used to drive 30-40k/year in my personal car -- not for work -- and last check I'm doing under 5k.

--Jaeger

Post by **DerGolgo** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 4:01 am

Waiting for the new water-heater to be installed.
Dude managed to identify why it would work after he had fixed it, even did that twice, but not later.
While you could turn on the hot water, and even turn it off again, the little pressure switch that's supposed to cut the juice to the heating element once the water is turned off got stuck and, hence, it would just merrily keep on heating and heating, until, after a minute or two, it would trip the safety switch that kills the entire heating circuit dead in case of over-heating and won't self-reset, either. That heating element just heating with no water flowing was also what destroyed the gasket that kept the loose nut tight-ish before. The destruction of that gasket was what turned the tiny dribble inside the heater's casing into a flooded kitchen.
If the old heater ever had a nameplate with the year of manufacture and stuff, it has it no more, but the idea of even trying to find a spare hydraulic switch to fit this antique is preposterous. It's all analogue, man ...

The new water-heater should arrive any minute now and, in maybe two hours or so, I will have a fancy new water heater. Maybe one that I don't have to trick into maintaining a constant temperature by turning on the tap on the bathroom sink before stepping into the shower. Actually, a fucked up hydraulic switch may well explain why I had to do that.
Exciting!

EDIT: After weeks of only cold showers, a long, luxurious hot shower ...

The new water heater is actually a bit more powerful than the old one, hot water never came with that kind of water pressure. Fucking BLISS!!!

goose · Post by **goose** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:20 am

WTF?!!!

WTF?!! some more!

And finally, last Sunday . . .

Post by **DerGolgo** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:24 am

I've got the dumbs.
Does that last image indicate that your original 'berg had met it's demise in lovely Chico, and you replaced it with a blue one, or does it indicate she has risen from the dead-ish and got a new coat of paint along the way?

goose · Post by **goose** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:28 am

Scored an "unobtanium" black tank, along with rare graphics. bought some black shrouds, basically rebuilt the engine after an amazing saga of delays, mis-steps, shoddy assembly work, etc. Upside? Got to know my engine inside and out, had fun rebuilding it and now, she's got a whole different personality.

Bo_9 · Post by **Bo_9** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:47 am

You should really install a proper sidestand.
Or do you like replying to stupid questions "BECAUSE RACEBIKE!"

Post by **DerGolgo** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:05 am

goose wrote:Scored an "unobtanium" black tank, along with rare graphics. bought some black shrouds, basically rebuilt the engine after an amazing saga of delays, mis-steps, shoddy assembly work, etc. Upside? Got to know my engine inside and out, had fun rebuilding it and now, she's got a whole different personality.

YAY!!

goose · Post by **goose** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:33 pm

Bo_9 wrote:You should really install a proper sidestand.
Or do you like replying to stupid questions "BECAUSE RACEBIKE!"

There's no room. The frame deletes the FS650e sidestand clevice and, with SM wheels, there's no room on the swingarm. And yes, I love saying "BECAUSE RACEBIKE!"

Toonce(s) · Post by **Toonce(s)** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:32 pm

Waiting for Rag. To me this means trying to get my work done at the office, working out as often as I can, thinking about new spark plugs, tires, and some soft luggage for the ZX14.
Meanwhile dealing with personal crap on a day by day basis.

All crap has a song, you just have to find it!

http://herzeleid.com/en/lyrics/reise_re ... n_um_stein" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARlKQhLcMo0[/media]

calamari kid · Post by **calamari kid** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:35 pm

Husaberg POWERRR!!!

Bo_9 · Post by **Bo_9** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:45 am

goose wrote:
Bo_9 wrote:You should really install a proper sidestand.
Or do you like replying to stupid questions "BECAUSE RACEBIKE!"
There's no room. The frame deletes the FS650e sidestand clevice and, with SM wheels, there's no room on the swingarm. And yes, I love saying "BECAUSE RACEBIKE!"

If I remember correctly the guy we "streetified" (Wiring harness, lights, etc) a couple works SM 'bergs for had an old style add-on the attached directly to the swingarm. Definitely not factory but it never got loose or moved around..

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:39 am

Prepping to head to Cali for a couple of days for work. Wish I was staying home. Bleh.

(Anybody near Ventura, CA?)

--Jaeger

Toonce(s) · Post by **Toonce(s)** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 11:20 am

Surviving a layoff. Today was brutal. Yay energy industry, y'all enjoy the $2.80 gas.

Rench · Post by **Rench** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 11:35 am

That sucks man. I was just bitching at work last night that I never thought I'd be unhappy much less downright pissed off about low gas prices. The other fellas didn't really follow I don't think. Good luck Toonce!!

-Rench

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