Random Thoughts IV
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Just the one, that I saw of anyway. Just kind of came out and bull rushed that one.
I talk to all my hairstylists. They're people too. Although to be fair, younger GTO was socially awkward, so I would not talk to them. My current job requires me to talk with lots of people, so I don't have any issues making small talk anymore.
Showers? I worked at a cattle slaughterhouse one summer and I would need a 30 minute shower afterwards just to get the smell off me.
Showers? I worked at a cattle slaughterhouse one summer and I would need a 30 minute shower afterwards just to get the smell off me.
So it would have been a great sociological experiment to put young GTO and young CG in a room to see what happens?
Did you cry in the shower for those 30 minutes when working in the slaughterhouse?
I know it's a way of life for many, but most here know my take with animals, and I feel like that kind of work would literally just mentally and emotionally break me. And it usually would take a LOT for that to happen with me.
Same dude did the same thing to me when I asked about tablets and stuff for kiddos in the car. Came into the thread and his only input was along the lines of "merrrr, maybe kids should be looking out the window and stuff instead of just putting them in front of a screen, merrr...get off my lawn", so when he did the same exact thing, it just struck me that man...does he give unsolicited ridicule in real life, or just here? (BTW, got a "rep so that I don't have to give it a thumbs-up and let everyone see that I liked this post" from a mod on that post, too)
CG sounds more socially awkward than I was. I avoided human contact more than anything and think I had some social anxiety at times, but got over it in time.
Crying? I would usually go have a burger or something like that during lunch. Never bothered me much.
That's my man. I think it would take some time to get used to the killing room, and I wouldn't work in the 'blow the brains out with compressed air' room, but other'n that, I think I could do it. As long as it was going for food, and not to waste. But, I've never done it, so it's really easy for me to say I could....However, I have done some pretty in-depth meat processing.
I was there 3 times a week collecting samples for an immunology lab. My station was right next to the rack where they keep all the heads. My job? Wheelbarrow full of organs and then examining the livers and collecting the bile from infected cows. It was a hot summer, too. I ended up throwing away all the clothes I wore for that job. I could never get them clean enough.
Great stuff. I'm such a nerd when it comes to maps. I once spent about an hour on Google Earth bouncing around trying to find different landmarks in the world from memory.
http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/
dude, i love them as well. check these out
I think it took me a good month after leaving the farm before I got that liquid **** smell out of my nose for good. Confinement barns with a big slurry store was something not to be downwind from.
One more farm-related observation. My wife (not from a farm) never understands how I can decipher between cattle and hogs just based on the smell as we are driving down the road. I'm like, "I hate to say it, but I can still pick out cattle, sheep, hogs, horses, and chickens with about 95% certainty." Some things, you just can't un-remember.
Cattle, hogs & poultry...but not horse or sheep...although I do remember the nasty smell & feel of a shearing shed (that's another shower story...).
Part of my ex's post-doc involved using serum derived from goat blood. Lucky him, HE had to go draw the blood from the goats, which were kept in a large pen. He had to chase them down & hold them while doing the draw...all while within that nasty mudpoop environment. I would make him go straight to the laundry room, strip & put his clothes directly in the washer, then go straight to the shower. No hugs from me or the boys until he got that crap off him.
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