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Twelve hour shifts... (Good) Friday... Saturday and (Easter) Sunday. Yuck. Elvisio "then only one day off then three more on" Rodriguez

Dunno about snorting liquid vodka. There's always been talk around my EMS buddies about NEBULIZED vodka. Talk was it was a quick-on quick-off drunk. The lungs are a wonderful interface between the "inside" and outside worlds. ...never seen it done though. Any of you healthcare types ever try it? Elvisio "curious" Rodriguez

I heard the same thing about people winning new cars and vacations and whatnot on The Price is Right, that before you could claim the prizes you had to be able to pay the taxes on it, and that since so many of the "good ol' boys and gals" we see on TPIR could never afford the taxes on their "IT'S A NEW CAR!" and "fabulous showcases" that lots of the prizes end up unclaimed. Thank you Uncle Sam. Elvisio "tweak him by that funny lookin' beard" Rodriguez

I was an engineer, now am an ICU nurse. I skydive, SCUBA dive, and play ice hockey. I like to think I'm a decent guy to hang around with, but it's an incontrovertable fact that I am, in all endeavors, an analytical thinker. I like rules. I like conditions. When this happens, do this. If this happens instead, do this. Thus, I HATE it when one goes out to dinner with others and we have to do the "oh no, let ME get the check" dance. Dammit, there should be a set of rules to make this easier! Sure, if I invite you, then I get the check. But it's so rare that happens; usually, the need for the meal is mutually agreed upon, so no real inviting gets done. For example, the in-laws are in town and we've already eaten out twice and will do so again. All three meals will inevitably involve the Dance of the Check. Back when we were poor it was easy. If we went out with the in-laws to someplace swanky, it was understood they'd have to get the check. But now that we both have jobs, we can afford to pay, and don't mind paying at all, but STILL there's the damn wrestling match at the end of each meal. For the safety and sanity of society as a whole, we need to figure this out! Elvisio "table for four" Rodriguez

It's funny how this comes up every year or so. It's just like Charlie and the Angels. Only we're the angels. Damn, we're some UGLY angels. HH, you need prettier angels. Elvisio "I'll be Bosley" Rodriguez

Thanks, already watching The Usual Suspects. We'll see how it goes! Elvisio "good combo of free and legal?" Rodriguez

Is the one at the 3 o'clock position sticking out his tongue? Geeking the camera, maybe? Elvisio "way below my breakoff" Rodriguez

that depends on how fast it is accelerating... at 1 g (i.e. sitting on the table next to you, which we all know it wouldn't be doing...) it would weigh 34 Newtons but since the majority of the time we work at 1 g it is eaiser just to think of things in grams... So does that mean weed's cheaper on the moon? Elvisio "have to figure in gas prices, though" Rodriguez

This is kinda what I was thinking. The reason the guy with 10 years' experience has never done this is just that: it hasn't been in style for that long. Although it'd suck to have to do the extra work, refinishing the whole deal will add to the value of your home when you sell. Elvisio "what I've learned from hours and hours of do-it-yourself shows" Rodriguez

DING DING DING, we have a winner. The important thing about it is to find a way to spin it to make you seem like a better, more responsible person than you would be without skydiving. When I was interviewing for engineering jobs, I highlighted the fact that (at the time) I was a rigger and an instructor. I described the extra responsibility involved with being an instructor, and the detail-orientation that comes with being a rigger. Yep, got the job. Elvisio "left out the part about drinking beer and running on the runway naked, though" Rodriguez

Damage caused to my car by possum

The thread is pretty much dead, but just to add something I saw yesterday... Another great one from XKCD... http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ultimate_game.png Elvisio "more good stuff" Rodriguez

But then they'd have to add all the snowmobile manufacturers to the list... Elvisio "still too damn cold, eh?" Rodriguez

...and remember those two wonderful words: TAX DEDUCTION! Elvisio "Takes the sting off, at least a little" Rodriguez

SUPRISE TREE SECKS! Elvisio "icanhasnolife" Rodriguez

Very harsh, but, well, also very funny. So much time lost to D&D in my youth... Yes, I was a geek. Elvisio "no wonder the girls always laughed and pointed" Rodriguez

I was wondering who was gonna go there first!!! OP: Just sit on it (your hand) until it goes to sleep and get "The Stranger"... Huh... go there? THAT'S what I thought the thread was about from the get-go! Elvisio "beyond in the gutter" Rodriguez

Talk to your boss, unless you're convinced s/he is a complete prick who'd be just looking for a reason to screw you over. Make a point of stressing, early in the conversation, that you know where your priorities lie (your job), so that your boss will be at ease and not afraid you're going to run away on them. Let them know you just need to find a way to meet your duties to your job and pay your bills at the same time. Managers can be a pain in the ass, but once in a while they can surprise you by being human beings, too. Elvisio "did my time in management" Rodriguez

You're good! Not only a repost, but a repost of a thread that's still in the top ten on the front page! Elvisio "seen it coming" Rodriguez

Don't forget that someone needs to organize the annual Hot Chili Pepper Eating Contest! Elvisio "just in case" Rodriguez

Someday, when I make my first billion, I'm going to build a parking garage. In my parking garage, instead of white lines separating the spaces, I'm going to use rows of those "caution: severe tire damage" spikes. I work in a hospital with limited parking, and am amazed at how people have no qualms at all about parking over the lines and just walking away. In the meantime, I'm going to be starting a grassroots movement to petition congress to make it legal, hell let's make it MANDATORY to let the air out of any vehicle tire that is touching paint while parked. Waddaya say? Elvisio "somebody else already ranted about the back-in parking I was gonna bitch about too" Rodriguez

What do you do at boogies? Elvisio "they're like the metal box in Bridge Over the River Qwai" Rodriguez

... pigs fly. I mean really, imagine hitting one of those things in freefall! Elvisio "high speed bacon" Rodriguez

write 'em off on an expense report. at least, write them off your taxes as a business expense. Elvisio "dat's what I'd do" rodriguez

...but always worth a quick second look! IIRC, the first time I saw that, I was huddled around Paul Rafferty's laptop at Blue Sky Adventures with him and three or four of my fellow BSA'ers. It was always hot as balls at that DZ, but the beer was cold and the company (Raff that night as well as the BSA crew every other weekend) just couldn't be beat. Both Paul and that DZ are gone now. The memory definitely has a fair amount of , but I try to emphasize the heaping helping of . Plus, it IS a great video. Somebody went online and found out the group's name Boogie Pimps and the choice of skydiving for the video had nothing to do with one another, it's just a co-inky-dink that the word means so much to those of us in the sport... Elvisio "and the damn tree frogs were loud as hell too" Rodriguez