The Chat Thread

[karlhenning]

And of course, it is unpleasant when people whose society you've more or less enjoyed turn out to have serious behavioral issues.

And not only people on the Internet . . . .

[greg]

And of course, it is unpleasant when people whose society you've more or less enjoyed turn out to have serious behavioral issues.

And not only people on the Internet . . . .

Yeah, it's always a surprise.
The weird thing is, today this guy who used to be in my class came through my line today. I hadn't seen him for probably 7 or 8 months since he just went to Pennsylvania one day and never came back (though he did unenroll, but he said it would be temporary just to prevent his grades from falling from bad attendance). We thought he just moved or died or something.  So, it ends up he needs a job and since that one dude left, I told him he could apply and I'd recommend him- so, who knows. It would be great.

Also, a month or so ago, while at the gym, I saw the guy who used to be a loader but moved to Orlando and it was another complete surprise. He told me he moved back and they wouldn't rehire him. Everyone wants him back, too, so it may turn out that he gets the job again. Either way, it could be one of these two people who both nearly shocked me to death. 

[drogulus]

So, today, the guy I enjoy talking to most at work was caught stealing from one of the registers, arrested, and fired. I saw him walking out of the store in handcuffs and it looked like he had been crying.

There goes another person that actually gave me a reason to look forward to going to work. The last guy who I really enjoyed talking to was fired about a year ago because after he came back from jail (apparently driving while on painkillers), I heard he passed out while clocking in at the registers and then failed a drug test.

I don't understand what's wrong with these people. The guy with the painkillers is one that was abnormally nice, friendly, fun (though sometimes a little bit too hyper) and it was fun talking about anime or Japanese stuff with him. The guy who got fired today was a really messed up guy with tons of problems and anger, but he's the only person I can really talk music with (I even planned on playing guitar with him, and playing his bass), among other things. I had no idea he would do something so stupid.

And then someone else who I somewhat enjoyed talking to is leaving soon... I just don't understand.

      Earlier this year I spent my vacation visiting my father and noticed that in Arlington, Texas, where he lives, there are an unnaturally large number of offices for bail bondsmen, some featuring big signs saying something like if you're ever in trouble call us and so on.* Now what I want to know is where do you go in Arlington, Massachusetts where I live? Who do I call the next time I zone out on Oxycontin and steal money from a cash register? My community is woefully underserved in this respect.

      _{* Uh, if you need a bailbondsman what are you doing driving around reading signs? Maybe you're supposed to be the girlfriend heading over to work at the taqueria or the hospital, worried about how to spring the boyfriend, who's really a nice guy, just a little confused, that's all, and then you read the sign.....}
     

[Szykneij]

My community is woefully underserved in this respect.

Not underserved, just more discreet. Around here, they operate as insurance companies. "Surety agent" sounds so much nicer than "bail bondsman".

[MN Dave]

Dance, dance, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he...

[drogulus]

Not underserved, just more discreet. Around here, they operate as insurance companies. "Surety agent" sounds so much nicer than "bail bondsman".

     Naw, there's more to it than that. I think the good folks of the Commonwealth lack a proper appreciation of low level criminality.

     Coming back on the plane circling over Boston I had the feeling that I was returning to a great civilization. I actually felt that cliche about Athens (not the Hub of the Universe, though). There is something very real behind it. Too bad Boston is full of the sourest people on the planet. It's an astonishingly unfriendly place.

[Szykneij]

When I use my name in the search function to try to find a post I made in a thread, it asks me if I meant to search for "skunk".     

[PaulR]

I guess I really did get a 4.0 this semester, and it wasn't a dream to screw with my mind! 

I still have no clue how I managed a 4.0......but I'll take it!     

[karlhenning]

Bravo!

[Lethevich]

Time to be a stereotypical internet moron and ask for medical advice on a forum

I slipped on some ice yesterday and landed on my wrist. If it had even a hairline fracture I'd know about it, so it doesn't, but the discomfort hasn't gone away overnight. If it's a sprain, would it be worth buying one of those compressive wrist wraps to ward off any nastiness, or am I just being paranoid and should wait for the ache to fade away?

[Renfield]

I slipped on some ice yesterday and landed on my wrist. If it had even a hairline fracture I'd know about it, so it doesn't, but the discomfort hasn't gone away overnight. If it's a sprain, would it be worth buying one of those compressive wrist wraps to ward off any nastiness, or am I just being paranoid and should wait for the ache to fade away?

Give it a few days, I'd say, without doing any push-ups on that wrist over that time.

(Without possessing medical qualifications, and being a typical non-specialist internet moron responding to a specialist question. )

[Lethevich]

(Without possessing medical qualifications, and being a typical non-specialist internet moron responding to a specialist question. )

...and the circle closes

[Renfield]

...and the circle closes

With much rejoicing.

[greg]

Can headaches make you nauseous somehow? 

This is about the 3rd or 4th time it's happened... by the time I come home from work I still have a headache, and I feel like I'm about to throw up (and once I actually did, even though I hardly ever throw up).

This time, I knew that it wasn't me getting sick by remembering the patterns of what happened before. Just take an aspirin and relax for a couple of hours. Now I feel completely fine and am reviewing the program I'm writing (whereas just 2 hours ago, just thinking about it enough- or anything that requires thought like that- would probably have made me puke).

It's a weird phenomenon... can't say I've experienced it before...  i don't really understand how I can have flu-like symptoms for a few hours and then just have it disappear by doing nothing. 

[Szykneij]

Can headaches make you nauseous somehow? 

Sounds like you're having migraines.

[Renfield]

Can headaches make you nauseous somehow? 

My knowledge of headache-related causality is limited.

But I do know headaches can often be accompanied by nausea, under certain conditions (I would guess - repeat, guess - things like stress, insomnia, malnutrition, as well as more chronic stuff; certainly migraines are notoriously nausea-inducing).


Edit: Szykniej beat me to it.

[Szykneij]

Edit: Szykniej beat me to it.

But your answer was much more thorough   

[listener]

Can headaches make you nauseous somehow?

Headaches after driving sounds car-related.    Maybe sensitivity to a mould in the heating/ac system?

[greg]

Well, I don't think it was a migraine because the headache wasn't really that strong- and I've had some before which were pretty bad bad but never made me feel sick.

Can headaches make you nauseous somehow?

Headaches after driving sounds car-related.    Maybe sensitivity to a mould in the heating/ac system?

Hmmm... I didn't have the heating or ac on... (I don't know if that makes a difference)...

[Szykneij]

Well, I don't think it was a migraine because the headache wasn't really that strong- and I've had some before which were pretty bad bad but never made me feel sick.


Hmmm... I didn't have the heating or ac on... (I don't know if that makes a difference)...

Oh, well ... I guess all that's left is an inoperable brain tumor ...