Random stupid things on your mind. Post them.

[Unquenchable Angst]

I  liked Buscemi in that 'you got milk commercial'  which seems to have been the first thing he appeared in nationally. (The Aaron Burr contest call-Peanut butter tied mouth- no milk one).
Kaopectate and activated charcoal caps ,Paregoric (like opium)( They still sell that?) But the Kaolin clay and the charcoal will sequester the offending organisms and the Pectin will bulk the liquidity, I tend to follow that up with a good pro biotic enteric coated  to overwhelm (hopefully) the bad organisms.

As far as modern cars I can't tell some apart unless I see the badge. First family car I remember was a 1953 Ford 2 door. Dad had a fear my sister and I would fall out of the back of a 4-door as such a thing happened in front of him one time.
Dad was chief pilot for Ford in those days. I was in a Greenfield Village advertisement for a year sitting in a fancy kiddy car from the museum.
For me these are cars....

[b_dubb]

I went to the emergency room at a modern hospital ER a couple days ago and I am starting to feel better. How much was the cost for the ER treatment in Morocco? A little bit less than 50 American dollars. This would have easily cost $1000 in the USA. Unbelievable. I don't care what Rush Limbaugh says. Our medical system sucks mule shaft.

i had a similar illness earlier this summer.  treatment cost me $2000.  WITH insurance. best healthcare system my ass.  pardon the expression

[MV/Liberace!]

pardon the expression

jeeze. just rub it in.

[Sardondi]

just rub it in.

I would have thought after your ordeal that's the last thing you want done.

[Heather Wade]

i had a similar illness earlier this summer.  treatment cost me $2000.  WITH insurance. best healthcare system my ass.  pardon the expression

I had a minor skin problem I had never had before, and instead of telling me the very simple home treatment, er treated it & billed me $1,000. 
Grrrrr.  Most expensive band-aid ever.

[onan]

I had a minor skin problem I had never had before, and instead of telling me the very simple home treatment, er treated it & billed me $1,000. 
Grrrrr.  Most expensive band-aid ever.

couple years ago a guy came in with complaint of stiffening neck, head twisting to the right side, thick tongue, and general malaise. I gave him 50 cents worth of benadryl... probably saved him well over a grand.

[Heather Wade]

couple years ago a guy came in with complaint of stiffening neck, head twisting to the right side, thick tongue, and general malaise. I gave him 50 cents worth of benadryl... probably saved him well over a grand.

Wish there were more thoughtful nurses & dr.'s in the er like you.
I got horror stories.

Is there a reason some nurses are so rude? I just assume they are overworked & keep quiet.

[onan]

Wish there were more thoughtful nurses & dr.'s in the er like you.
I got horror stories.

Is there a reason some nurses are so rude? I just assume they are overworked & keep quiet.

Yeah, lots of reasons actually. Nurses by their nature (generally speaking) are control freaks. Second they (at least in my experience) are always under the auspices of the state nursing board. I have yet to see a nurse-friendly supportive board. More often than not boards are relentlessly punitive. So nurses are almost always in some amount of fear that some complaint might cost them their license.
Add to that, especially in ERs, doctors can get to be real dismissive of any opinion that is different than theirs, not always, but once a nurse is burned... well you can understand.

ERs are tough places, rural Ers are less so, but large hospitals... the ERs are not only extremely competitive but also rife with people looking for any mistake from another nurse. It isn't always that way, not even a majority of the time but it is easy to see how rude behavior can become the norm.

[Heather Wade]

That explains alot.  Fear of losing a hard-earned position due to any idiot's random complaint would put me on edge too.

All due respect to you for working in such an environment.

[Nucky Nolan]

I went to the emergency room at a modern hospital ER a couple days ago and I am starting to feel better. How much was the cost for the ER treatment in Morocco? A little bit less than 50 American dollars. This would have easily cost $1000 in the USA. Unbelievable. I don't care what Rush Limbaugh says. Our medical system sucks mule shaft.

It's good to hear that you're on the mend. You'll feel well enough to fully appreciate the big debut. It would suck to get it on both ends while Art's voice booms from the speaker(s). It's the other guy who makes us gag and puke.

[SaucyRossy]

alberto sittig

[analog kid]

i had a similar illness earlier this summer.  treatment cost me $2000.  WITH insurance. best healthcare system my ass.  pardon the expression

I got a $4,000 bill to pay for an ER visit earlier this year. It was just a quick MRI scan.

[Heather Wade]

I went to the emergency room at a modern hospital ER a couple days ago and I am starting to feel better. How much was the cost for the ER treatment in Morocco? A little bit less than 50 American dollars. This would have easily cost $1000 in the USA. Unbelievable. I don't care what Rush Limbaugh says. Our medical system sucks mule shaft.

Just thankful you're ok.  Those bugs can get ugly quick.
Wishing you a safe trip home.

[aldousburbank]

Our medical system sucks mule shaft.

George Noory SMS

[HorrorRetro]

jeeze. just rub it in.

One positive aspect of your illness is that my husband has been calling everyone ass fountains all weekend.  I'm sure this will carry over into his work tomorrow as well. 

[ItsOver]

couple years ago a guy came in with complaint of stiffening neck, head twisting to the right side, thick tongue, and general malaise. I gave him 50 cents worth of benadryl... probably saved him well over a grand.

The guy wasn't named George or Dave by any chance?  Maybe with a beefy, squirrely looking guy, holding a Twinkie?

[onan]

The guy wasn't named George or Dave by any chance?  Maybe with a beefy, squirrely looking guy, holding a Twinkie?

You made me cough up my sandwich.

[aldousburbank]

HorrorRetro, your avatar makes me very very very happy.

http://youtu.be/YLO7tCdBVrA

[sleeplessinca]

HorrorRetro, your avatar makes me very very very happy.

http://youtu.be/YLO7tCdBVrA

This made our night.  A whole messa good Grateful Dead and then that...one by one two of my daughters cam in saying "what the ? What's this"  They left with smiles ear to ear.  Used to watch him with my oldest when she was little.  Loved it. happy happy happy.

Whoops time for Breaking Bad!!!!!!!

[HorrorRetro]

HorrorRetro, your avatar makes me very very very happy.

http://youtu.be/YLO7tCdBVrA

That's great!    My daughter loved watching him when she was little.

[sleeplessinca]

HorrorRetro, your avatar makes me very very very happy.

http://youtu.be/YLO7tCdBVrA

Jeez, just finished watching Breaking Bad with those same two daughters and they both said they need to watch Bob Ross again.  Just thinking of him made things better.   

[Ravenna]

couple years ago a guy came in with complaint of stiffening neck, head twisting to the right side, thick tongue, and general malaise. I gave him 50 cents worth of benadryl... probably saved him well over a grand.

How do you think the Benadryl helped him?  I presume coz he was having an allergic reaction.

I use Benadryl to sleep -- two little blue tablets of the generic of it knock me out for 8 hours.  I do then feel groggy for half the next day though, so I try to avoid using it on nights I have to work the next day.

[onan]

How do you think the Benadryl helped him?  I presume coz he was having an allergic reaction.

I use Benadryl to sleep -- two little blue tablets of the generic of it knock me out for 8 hours.  I do then feel groggy for half the next day though, so I try to avoid using it on nights I have to work the next day.

He was having extra pyramidal symptoms. had a family member taking antipsychotics. He admitted to taking some of those.

[Chine]

Craft beer. I believe I may have discovered that I could love beer. Went to a tasting for a press preview of a new restaurant opening. The owner introduced me to some lovely variations. Excuse my limited 'beer verbiage'. The alchemy behind it fascinates me.  As does the art in any cuisine and drink. It was a light smooth Belgium beer that stole my heart.

[Chine]

For wine lovers.

[Sardondi]

Craft beer. I believe I may have discovered that I could love beer. Went to a tasting for a press preview of a new restaurant opening. The owner introduced me to some lovely variations. Excuse my limited 'beer verbiage'. The alchemy behind it fascinates me.  As does the art in any cuisine and drink. It was a light smooth Belgium beer that stole my heart.

Heh. Sounds a lot like me in that I had floundering efforts to accurately and appropriately describe and record for the nice people at the mini-brewery what their products were like. I discovered that "sweet" and "sour" and "tangy" might be cute once, but didn't help them all that much. The extent of my deep and pithy descriptions were about a Hefeweizen they had on offer that Summer. My contribution?: "It tastes like bananas." They couldn't have been nicer, but I was not invited back. I think maybe they discovered that I like the "idea" of bear more than bear itself. But it really did taste like bananas. *sigh*

There was a time I pretended to know something about single-malt Scotch whisky, but as the price for a single shot of the more esoteric of the single-malts began approaching an entire bottle of Johnny Walker or Cutty Sark I gave up the game - along with my dreams of tweed jackets with leather elbow patches and a briar pipe as I sit before the fire with my loyal Irish Setter sleeping comfortably at my feet. But as I was only slightly better at tasting single-malts than I was mini-brewery beers (I mean, how could real experts keep a straight face when reading my review of a Laphroaig or Lagavulin, or even a ghastly Ballantine's for that matter, which read "Tastes so much of iodine that I thought I was eating a Band-Aid", and not burst out laughing at it?), the world has missed nothing and I have missed only embarrassment. So now the best I pretend to on Scotch is one of the three "Glens": Glenlivet, Glenfiddich or Glenmorangie, and a Macallan to break the monotony.

And I know I'm old now, because I've got some bottles which are maybe 15 years old. I mean, 15 years since I bought them, and there's still a good bit in them. Ah, the party days are gone. Or at least when the rare party comes around, I break out the Gordon's gin or Smirnoff and leave the dark, expensive drinks alone. God, what different life from when I was in school, when there were some weeks when I was drunk 5 nights of the week. 

[PB the Deplorable]

Craft beer. I believe I may have discovered that I could love beer. Went to a tasting for a press preview of a new restaurant opening. The owner introduced me to some lovely variations. Excuse my limited 'beer verbiage'. The alchemy behind it fascinates me.  As does the art in any cuisine and drink. It was a light smooth Belgium beer that stole my heart.

Welcome to beer as food and as art.  In a glass hold different varieties up to the light and see how beautiful some of the rich colors are.

There are so many amazing beers out there now from small breweries, brew pubs, home brewers.  The Belgians and Wheats are typically more malty and less bitter than the beers more weighted towards the hops.

A Belgian I like a lot is Chimay (blue label)

 

[PB the Deplorable]

Heh. Sounds a lot like me in that I had floundering efforts to accurately and appropriately describe and record for the nice people at the mini-brewery what their products were like. I discovered that "sweet" and "sour" and "tangy" might be cute once, but didn't help them all that much. The extent of my deep and pithy descriptions were about a Hefeweizen they had on offer that Summer. My contribution?: "It tastes like bananas." They couldn't have been nicer, but I was not invited back. I think maybe they discovered that I like the "idea" of bear more than bear itself. But it really did taste like bananas. *sigh*

Beer is made from water, yeast, hops and barley malt.  Sometimes they replace some of the barley malt with wheat (wheat beers and belgians).  Sometimes they add something like fruit or chocolate or spices for flavor.

For a 'sweeter' less bitter beer they use more malt and less hops, or certain less bitter hops (Belgians, wheats, porters and stouts).  For a more bitter beer they use more hops (IPAs etc).  If done right the hops and malt balance each other.

You were not wrong about the banana taste.  Certain hops, which is a fruit, will give beer specific notes of fruit tastes, just as certain grapes do with wine.  For example bananas share a common molecule with that particular hop, other hops may have other faint fruit tastes.  The fruit flavor can be brought out or lessened by fermenting the beer warmer or cooler.  Most brewers are not going for that fruit taste, so they are careful to not ferment at too high of a temp - if they want a fruit beer (aka chick beer), they add the fruit

[Chine]

Yes, the dark beers are indeed weighty. Felt like I digested a Firestone tire. I went with my editor as I write on film and the arts for an online magazine. Communicating tension between colors, playful displays of brushtrokes, bold versus airy, etc. in a painting is not far in language of cuisine or drink. Also, the signature of a chef or  master infusers of martinis. Naturally, I got it. Truly appreciate it to and educating myself on the process.

[aldousburbank]

Beer gets me drunk.