Random Thoughts 18: The Year of Fire
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Being that I only have 6.6 months left, I could probably try it out. You'll probably last a little longer if you use the term slag off.
Leaving in a few minutes to head for Des Moines. Going to turn my sweet little Milo the Dork into a pile of radioactive waste.
Well, not really...but it feels that way. He has a serious thyroid problem, and the treatments are:
1) Feed him a special food, but he can't have any other food. Even a morsel can counteract the medicinal food. Tough to do with seven cats.
2) Treat him twice daily with an ointment massaged into the hairless part of his ear, alternating ears. We've been doing this for a couple of months, but it's not really fair to ask neighbors to come down TWICE a day to do his meds. We now have his thyroid numbers stabilized so that we can move ahead with...
3) A one-time treatment with an Iodine isotope. He will stay there for three days, then when he comes home he will live in a large cage in the sunroom for the next six weeks.
It's going to be tough for him AND for me. He sleeps above my head on my pillow...I'm used to falling asleep with him purring. Keep your fingers crossed that this works for him. He'll be 11 in a few weeks - he's got a lot of life ahead of him (I hope).
Well, not really...but it feels that way. He has a serious thyroid problem, and the treatments are:
1) Feed him a special food, but he can't have any other food. Even a morsel can counteract the medicinal food. Tough to do with seven cats.
2) Treat him twice daily with an ointment massaged into the hairless part of his ear, alternating ears. We've been doing this for a couple of months, but it's not really fair to ask neighbors to come down TWICE a day to do his meds. We now have his thyroid numbers stabilized so that we can move ahead with...
3) A one-time treatment with an Iodine isotope. He will stay there for three days, then when he comes home he will live in a large cage in the sunroom for the next six weeks.
It's going to be tough for him AND for me. He sleeps above my head on my pillow...I'm used to falling asleep with him purring. Keep your fingers crossed that this works for him. He'll be 11 in a few weeks - he's got a lot of life ahead of him (I hope).
Is that what the kids are saying nowadays? I considered also using the phrase “blow me” but i thought it potentially being to offensive in the workplace.
I have no idea what kids are using, I got the term slag off from Bart Simpson about 30 years ago.
I had a worker on a different team that had that attitude all of the time. It got to the point, people would rather do workarounds that took time rather than dealing with her to fix the issue. She would constantly complain about how other people did their jobs, but she made frequent mistakes herself. Fortunately she left the company because she "hated dealing with people".
Good luck to Milo. Our 14-year-old Jasper has thyroid issues as well and has been on the ear ointment for well over a year. He's our senior sage and "glue cat" who keeps our pride together. But sometimes I wonder if I'll ever get a vacation again. He also has Feline Herpes Virus and got very ill before his thyroid diagnosis helped get him back on the right track.
Awful dealing with those kind of people. I am fighting being that guy. Morale over all is just terrible across the board.
Anyone got any experience in the food truck business? Might start working county fairs and such hustlin’ tenderloins.
Talked to a dude who makes mini donuts. He makes a crapton at small county fairs. Said he bought his machine and paid for it the first 2 days he ran it.
There is this Mexican truck that has it figured out. They have the order taker sitting out front (like an early 20s female) in a bikini top and daisy dukes and they have a non stop line.
I’ve heard similar. I believe you could make some serious hay if you did it right and were committed. The problem for me would be terrible hours. Unless I built a small fleet of them and hired it out but that would take a couple years I’d think.
Tough decision for us, but we travel too often to maintain the ear treatment. I just hope the short term hardship will have longterm benefits.
204 days here . . . . but who is counting.
Co-worker (human) had similar thyroid treatment and it was enough to set off the radiation portal detectors at the Canadian/USA border.
My sister has had it for the same reason and yeah it is some scary stuff from a standpoint of how am I alive kind of thing to me.
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