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That's true. My grandmother's house in Colorado did not have A/C until just a few years ago. So it was kinda awful there in the summer when it got up in the 90s.
Late meeting so didn’t finish on time. But done for the weekend now.
Also all my exercise rings are done to.
So I can now officially relax!
Also all my exercise rings are done to.
So I can now officially relax!
Not a fun prospect, and I can all too well understand how you're dreading it! For me, in some ways the anticipation of surgery was always worse than the actual reality of it.... After I found myself in the recovery area and knew that the procedure was over, there was always a sense of relief. Along with that, of course, came the realization that the surgery team had done their part and now it was time to look ahead and focus on the next phase of this: the healing and recovery process, which can of course bring along its own challenges.
So I fell for a scam the other day. 
I don't want to go into details, since it is embarrassing, but I fell for people deliberately posing as legit, in an attempt to deceive. Doing some research on Reddit, I found out that it is a "legal scam", and it is something I can get out of, but I have to wait until Monday to contact them.
I've never felt more my age, like a dumb, naive kid who doesn't have any experience of the world. Because it's true. It's only been a couple years since I moved out of my parents' house, I'm not used to autonomy, and the fact that I look like the backwards-cap-wearing college dude that I am made me an easy target.
Oh well, I guess that's why they say "live and learn".
I don't want to go into details, since it is embarrassing, but I fell for people deliberately posing as legit, in an attempt to deceive. Doing some research on Reddit, I found out that it is a "legal scam", and it is something I can get out of, but I have to wait until Monday to contact them.
I've never felt more my age, like a dumb, naive kid who doesn't have any experience of the world. Because it's true. It's only been a couple years since I moved out of my parents' house, I'm not used to autonomy, and the fact that I look like the backwards-cap-wearing college dude that I am made me an easy target.
Oh well, I guess that's why they say "live and learn".
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Commiserations.So I fell for a scam the other day.
I don't want to go into details, since it is embarrassing, but I fell for people deliberately posing as legit, in an attempt to deceive. Doing some research on Reddit, I found out that it is a "legal scam", and it is something I can get out of, but I have to wait until Monday to contact them.
I've never felt more my age, like a dumb, naive kid who doesn't have any experience of the world. Because it's true. It's only been a couple years since I moved out of my parents' house, I'm not used to autonomy, and the fact that I look like the backwards-cap-wearing college dude that I am made me an easy target.
Oh well, I guess that's why they say "live and learn".
No need to beat yourself up about it.
And no, it is not only a matter of age, (or maturity) - I've met some very experienced, mature, and very (professionally) talented people who have admitted - to their utter mortification - that they fell for a scam.
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Hopefully you can get it sorted out soon!So I fell for a scam the other day.
I don't want to go into details, since it is embarrassing, but I fell for people deliberately posing as legit, in an attempt to deceive. Doing some research on Reddit, I found out that it is a "legal scam", and it is something I can get out of, but I have to wait until Monday to contact them.
I've never felt more my age, like a dumb, naive kid who doesn't have any experience of the world. Because it's true. It's only been a couple years since I moved out of my parents' house, I'm not used to autonomy, and the fact that I look like the backwards-cap-wearing college dude that I am made me an easy target.
Oh well, I guess that's why they say "live and learn".
I mean, hey, I almost got scammed out of $100 a couple weeks ago (and definitely would have if the PayPal transaction actually went through). And a few years ago, I downloaded a corrupt firmware package for one of my Tascam units that completely bricked it. So it happens to all of us, don't feel too ashamed of yourself.
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About to go to a rehearsal, I'm gonna teach some high school students stuff for their upcoming concert. I'll probably end up trading off between piano and bass, cause I don't think this ensemble has either of those.
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You are brutally honest about it. It’s a learning thing, among many as you get older.So I fell for a scam the other day.
I don't want to go into details, since it is embarrassing, but I fell for people deliberately posing as legit, in an attempt to deceive. Doing some research on Reddit, I found out that it is a "legal scam", and it is something I can get out of, but I have to wait until Monday to contact them.
I've never felt more my age, like a dumb, naive kid who doesn't have any experience of the world. Because it's true. It's only been a couple years since I moved out of my parents' house, I'm not used to autonomy, and the fact that I look like the backwards-cap-wearing college dude that I am made me an easy target.
Oh well, I guess that's why they say "live and learn".
These days so many scams.
Ones targeting your identity are the worst.
I suppose it depends upon what the surgery is but I have had a great time with mine.
For the last one spent some 6+ hours in pre-op as only 1 of the 28 surgeries had the equipment that they needed and they had a difficult patient in the one room that I could use. My iPhone battery lasted just to the point when they took me in. It was fascinating talking to the nurses, watching all of the things that were going on.
For the one day recovery fun to order from the food menu, play with all of the rooms electronic controls (window shades, television, etc.). Talk to the nurses about what they liked, disliked about their work. Why they got into that field. etc. It's nice to just lay back and have all of your needs met.
Lots of questions for the team when I got into the surgery. How in the $#%#$% do they clean all of that equipment between surgeries. What does that thing do? etc.
I should say no pain was involved and the only sign that it had happened was 2 bandaids so your experience could be quite different. Wished I could have taken pictures in the surgery (IPhone put in a bag with other belongings in pre-op) but found some web shots of the room.
In another case I took a picture of the emergency technicians with me in a wheel chair in my hotel room just before they took me to the hospital in Barcelona. Pictures of the waiting room. Although this was a painful experience it was fun seeing the world in a different way. When you are disabled you are routed through parts of the Madrid airport which you would never see otherwise. This first experience with socialized medicine was an eye opener. The drugs which were prescribed (one banned in the U.S.) cost $1.50!
If you can focus on what is going on around you rather than on your own situation (pain?) it helps.
The last (well only as an adult) was a vasectomy. There were about 6 pyall waiting for the same opp. I went in first. When I came back in everyone stared intensely seeing how I was.
I should have screamed every step. I think half would have left!
For anyone thinking about getting it done, it’s not that big a deal by the way.
Interesting. Thankfully, this procedure is not very complex, so I will probably be able to recover at home.
What you describe sounds like the surgeries I had as a child--waiting for hours, and in the hospital for days afterwards.
When I was a teenager I woke up after a surgery (to remove a thankfully benign tumour) with a very dry throat. When I asked for water, the nursing staff were ice cold to me and only begrudgingly got me a drink. Apparently I did something under the influence of anaesthesia, but I am not sure what exactly, and they wouldn't tell me. Not a good feeling. 😳
I woke a puked on the anesthetist, so probably can't be worse than that.
They told me not to eat after midnight. So as a college student, that meant drinking at burgers at 11pm was just fine.
I woke a puked on the anesthetist, so probably can't be worse than that.
They told me not to eat after midnight. So as a college student, that meant drinking at burgers at 11pm was just fine.
Got you beat! I was 16 when my appendix decided to explode! I was lucky because when they brought me into hospital a salmon was there selling them a laser scalpel system (in 1986) and they used that to operate on me, my scar was only 1 inch now and happy about that, no stitches because the laser cauterized were they operated!
The worse part was novacane because they only gave m two doses! After the second one me current girlfriend came in my room as did my old girlfriend! They pushed everybody out to give me the second shot and it made me really loopy before I passed out! The girl started arguing and I interrupted them 'Honey your better in bed then old girlfriend" and my brother said he wanted to call under bed when I sent that!
It would have been worse if you said the old girlfriend was better.
Ditto. Some of us (from birth onward) have more surgeries and different types of surgeries than other people for various reasons..... This is just not the same as someone who is having what I've always thought of as "normal" surgeries because those surgeries are also experienced by "normal" people: (appendectomy, tonsillectomy, back surgeries (Cervical or Lumbar Spine), etc........ And, yes, I've had a few of those, too, along with the other stuff!
I have had 4 knee surgeries, a vasectomy and cataract surgery (at 45).
I probably should get shoulder surgery, but a couple of things have stopped me. Of all the people I know who have had their shoulders cut, and being a long-time baseball player, I know quite a few, only 2 have been happy with it a year later. Also, given the amount of rehab you have to do, if I just did that amount I might not need it. LOL
And I do have a BB in my left hand, but the doctor didn't want to take it out because of its location, nerves could have been damaged. He felt it was best to leave it alone. He seems to have been correct as it has been there for 42 years.
I probably should get shoulder surgery, but a couple of things have stopped me. Of all the people I know who have had their shoulders cut, and being a long-time baseball player, I know quite a few, only 2 have been happy with it a year later. Also, given the amount of rehab you have to do, if I just did that amount I might not need it. LOL
And I do have a BB in my left hand, but the doctor didn't want to take it out because of its location, nerves could have been damaged. He felt it was best to leave it alone. He seems to have been correct as it has been there for 42 years.
I feel the same about my back. I have a prolapsed (i.e. 'slipped') disc in my lower back. I don't want to have people attack it with knives, saws, hammers, screws and the like when the occasional (i.e. about once a month) panadeine ( codeine + paracetamol) makes it behave, along with regular stretching exercises*.
* Ok, ok, irregular...
I came across this the other day -- CP/M is 50 years old
Really? REALLY???? Have I been using computers for that long?????????
I am speechless (or keyboardless?). I cannot think of anything witty to write. Other than Where did all that F****ing time go?. We got married, moved countries, changed careers, had a child, lived life. And now, HALF A CENTURY HAS GONE BY!!!!!.
Really? REALLY???? Have I been using computers for that long?????????
I am speechless (or keyboardless?). I cannot think of anything witty to write. Other than Where did all that F****ing time go?. We got married, moved countries, changed careers, had a child, lived life. And now, HALF A CENTURY HAS GONE BY!!!!!.