Jump to content

And now what did you do TODAY?


morphsci

Recommended Posts

There are two crappy quality connectors that flex when the CD player is hot, instead of just the one. Reseating it immediately fixes the issue. Unfortunately, the thing has to be diassembled to fix it, but we'll do that next time.

I see, one of those a lot of work for a small fix kind of things. Having the problem spotted is great news though.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Now, United outdoes themselves.  After waiting in line for several hours at the airport to get rebooked on an earlier flight, my father-in-law thought he was able to get seats on a flight on Monday (he is a little hard of hearing and gets confused though).  We get home and look on the computer to find out that my mother-in-law is booked for 2 flights on Wednesday and my father-in-law no longer has any reserved flights.  My husband has been waiting on the phone for about 2 hours to try and talk to someone and can't get through to anyone. Fuckers. 

 

Still couldn't get a hold of them this morning so we just bought one way tickets on Southwest for Tuesday.   [The problem is that my mother-in-law only has enough heart medication to made it until Tuesday.]

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just returned from dropping my daughter off at LA's skid row.

 

 

 

 

The Los Angeles Notre Dame club is sponsoring a two day retreat for students working and serving the homeless in downtown LA.  It is one thing to read about these homeless folks and see the newscasts but to see them up close and personal camping out on Hope street (how ironic) in cardboard boxes and under tents made of painting tarps taped together kind of makes one reconsider their priorities. The college kids who are giving up the last few days of their Christmas vacation to work helping others are pretty special. 

Edited by Augsburger
  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Really great, Greg! My wife did stuff like that in college, and they are still some of the best memories and friendships she's made in her life! Kudos to her for the goodness she is spreading. I think and hope that she will end up being rewarded in unexpected ways ...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Greg, very cool of your daughter!

 

Not quite the same but we just found out that Brittnie got a gig doing an externship at the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division for this summer.  While I am proud, I now get to pay for an apartment in Tallahassee and D.C. :palm:  Go Noles!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Congrats to Brittinie Mike! hopefully the DOJ can come up with some sort of living expenses (repay Dad for rent money) stipend.

 

And thanks for the kind words everyone, I will pass them along to Emily when she returns.

Edited by Augsburger
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I was just fidgeting with my Blackberry (I know, I'm behind the times and should have an iPhone or whatever).  

 

Anyway, I've had this phone for several years, but have never bothered to figure out what the physical buttons on the side of the thing are for.  So I pressed one, and the voice activation system (which I didn't even know that it had) kicked in, and here's what happened next:

 

Phone:  "Say a command."

 

Me:  "Fuck off."

 

Phone:  "Did you say 'Call Grawk'?"

  • Like 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Went back to the rheumatologist to have my knee drained 

only 65 ml this time

And another cortisone injection to knee, due to my knee swelling up again. Frustrating.

Both helped, but I had hoped to avoid another visit, as before Christmas I was thinking of discontinuing physiotherapy as I had reduced swelling and made good progress,

and thought I was well enough to take a 10 day road trip to Vegas, etc.

Knee swelled up on trip, and I put it down to "too much, too soon" - loss of extension + flexion due to swelling - no loss of activation of quads as previously - thank goodness, but this may have set me back a bit.

Dr thinks It might be down to effects of previous cortisone injection wearing off.

Either way we have a baseline to work from - I'll see how my knee is next week to see if physiotherapy makes sense - it should be easier this time.

So If I look after my knee, in about two months time, we'll know if my knee has significantly improved, or if we are into a repeating cycle and we can look into medicinal treatment rather than rinse, repeat. Ho Hum.

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.