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Grex > Agora46 > #8: I'm Bummed, I'm Bummed, I'm really really Bummed | |
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jep
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response 373 of 594:
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Aug 7 01:52 UTC 2003 |
I'm still at work, trying to solve a problem for someone. Pretty soon
he's going to accept we're not getting an answer tonight; I'm about out
of brain cells. And then I've got to drive home tonight. Sigh.
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other
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response 374 of 594:
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Aug 7 02:53 UTC 2003 |
My health insurance premium just went up 17.4% and is now over $200 per
month out of pocket, and this just after they cut the extent of their
prescription coverage.
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tod
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response 375 of 594:
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Aug 7 04:12 UTC 2003 |
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janc
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response 376 of 594:
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Aug 7 04:58 UTC 2003 |
IIRC stress tests involve an injection that causes the patient's heart rate
to elevate. A doppler ultrasound is used to observe the flow of blood through
the heart. Not a terribly nice procedure, but not one with obvious symptoms.
(I may be conflating a couple different cardiovascular tests here.) No idea
why it would set off the bordor guard.
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edina
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response 377 of 594:
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Aug 7 14:04 UTC 2003 |
Re 376 That's exactly right. I was hooked up to an IV and EKG ad then shot
up with adrenaline - it's quick, but I felt kinda crappy for the rest of the
day.
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edina
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response 378 of 594:
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Aug 7 14:14 UTC 2003 |
Oh, and thank you Sindi. Yeah, the stress is kinda wearing on me.
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lynne
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response 379 of 594:
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Aug 7 16:32 UTC 2003 |
Oh, we've been having a great time trying out different things to try to
take the stuff out of the floor. Nitric acid, sodium hydroxide, hydrogen
peroxide, combinations of the above with acetone to carry it into the
very hydrophobic floor, soap, dichloromethane, potassium permanganate...
Amazingly, we haven't been able to even mark the floor except with organic
stuff. As I believe I already mentioned, we literally scrubbed the floor
off--which was the only way to get rid of the color. next up: leaving a
uv-vis lamp on it overnight to see if we can induce photodecomposition.
I'm guessing that the fluorescence will fade but the bright yellow color
will remain.
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anderyn
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response 380 of 594:
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Aug 7 16:49 UTC 2003 |
Some stress tests involve some other stuff injected besides adrenaline, I
think. I know that the one test I had done for my thyroid would have set off
the detectors. (Twila's radioactive! Grin.)
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edina
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response 381 of 594:
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Aug 7 17:25 UTC 2003 |
Oh - I had the radioactive stuff too. It was funny - the doctor asked me 5
times if I was pregnant. I finally said, there would have to be a star rising
in the east and he said, "Miracles do happen".
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tod
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response 382 of 594:
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Aug 7 18:02 UTC 2003 |
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dcat
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response 383 of 594:
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Aug 7 18:41 UTC 2003 |
A former girlfriend had a thyroid disease (hyp(o|er)thyroidism, i don't recall
which), but I don't remember if she'd had the radioactive stuff. . . .
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keesan
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response 384 of 594:
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Aug 7 21:05 UTC 2003 |
Eric, re health insurance, 17% a year increase is normal. My previous policy
doubled in cost in two years. I am paying $100/month and I am probably 20
years older than you, American Community Mutual, very high deductible but it
covers drugs and preventive care and accidents with no deductible. If you
pay for a whole year just before your birthday you get the prebirthday rate.
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rcurl
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response 385 of 594:
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Aug 7 22:24 UTC 2003 |
You'll get a very brown floor with KMnO4. Try regular old sodium hypochlorite.
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russ
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response 386 of 594:
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Aug 7 22:33 UTC 2003 |
Man, Lynne... things must really be bad for you. My sympathies.
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lynne
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response 387 of 594:
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Aug 8 00:26 UTC 2003 |
386: Er, thanks. Not quite sure what prompted that--the floor doesn't
matter *that* much to me.
385: Bleach was one of the first things we tried. No dice. Amusingly
enough, one of my labmates suggested toothpaste--haven't tried *that* yet. :)
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anderyn
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response 388 of 594:
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Aug 8 01:58 UTC 2003 |
If you do have the radioactive stuff, you do set off the detectors at the
border for a while. Don't know how long, but Bruce said that people often do
set off the detectors, and it's that -- some folks bring in notes from their
doctors.
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edina
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response 389 of 594:
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Aug 8 14:43 UTC 2003 |
I just got to ingest barium this morning. Nasty nasty nasty!! No gall stones
though, so that's a good thing!
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dcat
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response 390 of 594:
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Aug 8 15:06 UTC 2003 |
A bunch of savings bonds that I was given had not yet matured --- although
the bank person couldn't tell me when they *would* have matured --- so
slightly-less-than-$3000 turned into $2750. Still more money than I've ever
had, but a lot more less than I'm going to owe the university by the end of
the year.
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arabella
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response 391 of 594:
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Aug 8 19:55 UTC 2003 |
Slightly bummed because I'm at an Internet cafe in Warsaw, and telnet
is forbidden here too. Sigh. I'll be home in 3 days, which does *not*
make me bummed.
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richard
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response 392 of 594:
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Aug 8 21:04 UTC 2003 |
IBB I got locked out of my apartment last night (while it was raining
no less). The key wouldn't open the lock. Seems the bolt broke. It
was an old lock and its time had come. The fire escape is on the other
side of the building and my windows were locked, so after pounding and
shaking on the door, trying to get the key to turn, I had to call a
locksmith who took more than hour to get there. He couldn't get it
open either and ended up having to get out a drill and break the lock.
He showed me the pieces of the broken bolt/lock as I'd been
skeptical when he said the bolt was broken and he explained (logically)
that locks are mechanical objects, and like anything else that is
mechanical, it was never going to last forever. Locks do break,
particularly old ones that are opened and closed every day for
decades. I just turned an old lock one too many times
So now I have a brand new shiny lock on my door, and can probably look
forward to a conversation with my landlord over the locksmith's
bill.
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slynne
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response 393 of 594:
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Aug 8 21:46 UTC 2003 |
wow. that would put me in a bad mood for sure.
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tod
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response 394 of 594:
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Aug 8 22:06 UTC 2003 |
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janc
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response 395 of 594:
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Aug 9 03:54 UTC 2003 |
We could also put up a Java telnet client on Grex, that anyone with a
Java-capable web browser could use to telnet to Grex.
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bru
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response 396 of 594:
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Aug 9 12:38 UTC 2003 |
I am bummed becaus eO lost my sons Air Force ring yesterday at the dollar
store in ypsilanti. It may be in the trunk of the car, but I have not found
it so far.
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novomit
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response 397 of 594:
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Aug 9 12:50 UTC 2003 |
IBB I ran out of valium today.
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