hoo-boy what a day........
due to unforseen circumstances i was only able to get 2 hours sleep before the contract ratification meeting ( which passed with a vote 74 yea, 14 nea ) dammnit! now we have mandatory overtime.... grrrrrrrr...........
anyway, i walked through town and stopped at the chinese buffet before getting home and sleeping for another 2 hours before i headed back into...
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due to unforseen circumstances i was only able to get 2 hours sleep before the contract ratification meeting ( which passed with a vote 74 yea, 14 nea ) dammnit! now we have mandatory overtime.... grrrrrrrr...........
anyway, i walked through town and stopped at the chinese buffet before getting home and sleeping for another 2 hours before i headed back into...
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well after 15 months without a contract the union and the company have finally agreed on things. the ratification meeting is this friday afternoon. the union officers asked me if i would be sergent at arms. when i asked what that would entail i was told i was to keep order during the meeting and remove anyone who was causing a problem. yay! i'm now...
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nopantsdave:
Symbolic Logic is when you use symbols to represent the parts of your proof. If, for example I had a proof that went:
The object is either red or blue.
The object is not red.
The object is blue.
In symbolic logic it would go like this:
AvB
~A
B
Things can get very, very complex once you start getting several things that you need to represent and they each relate back to one another in a different way. There are many rules about how to get to the correct answer too. I took logic a few years ago and I need a brush up on it, so I figured I would pick up that book.
The object is either red or blue.
The object is not red.
The object is blue.
In symbolic logic it would go like this:
AvB
~A
B
Things can get very, very complex once you start getting several things that you need to represent and they each relate back to one another in a different way. There are many rules about how to get to the correct answer too. I took logic a few years ago and I need a brush up on it, so I figured I would pick up that book.
mrstitches:
Ah, that's too bad.
I've always wanted a union job. Maybe I should start a lazy bastards union or something.
I've always wanted a union job. Maybe I should start a lazy bastards union or something.
mistake #1 when rotating work shoes ( i have 3 pairs ) and you put on one pair that you haven't worn in a while and notice that it's just doesn't fit well any more beacuse your feet have gotten used to the slightly larger pairs do not wear said shoes into work as horrendous blisters will result.
ouch.....
so here i sit, pen knife...
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ouch.....
so here i sit, pen knife...
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mrstitches:
That's fucking pleasant man.
I've been breaking in new boots at work the past couple of weeks. Luckily, I haven't gotten any blisters, though do they still fit a bit tight.
Yeah, never fat bastard, though for a brief while I was called Spicy McHaggis. I wasn't a fan of that either really.
I've been breaking in new boots at work the past couple of weeks. Luckily, I haven't gotten any blisters, though do they still fit a bit tight.
Yeah, never fat bastard, though for a brief while I was called Spicy McHaggis. I wasn't a fan of that either really.
syh:
I forgot one of the funnier moments of that night:
Shortly after I was told "You just bought yourself the hand surgeon", I called my parents. It was 11PM here, so 9PM in CO. The very first words out of my mouth? "Hi. This is not a social call."
Seven-and-a-half years later, it's still a running gag.
Shortly after I was told "You just bought yourself the hand surgeon", I called my parents. It was 11PM here, so 9PM in CO. The very first words out of my mouth? "Hi. This is not a social call."
Seven-and-a-half years later, it's still a running gag.
thank you, everyone, for the birthday wishes 
nothing to write about really so here is a silly post.
nicknames: the other day i realized how many nicknames i have. way too many i think but here is the list.
both sides of the family: willy
mothers side: willy lump-lump, willy wonka
in high school: bigwill, hunga ( i have no idea where the kid at...
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nothing to write about really so here is a silly post.
nicknames: the other day i realized how many nicknames i have. way too many i think but here is the list.
both sides of the family: willy
mothers side: willy lump-lump, willy wonka
in high school: bigwill, hunga ( i have no idea where the kid at...
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lastbadger:
Schmitty, Smoosh-key, Booty, BootyD, Big D,and regretfully Taco Bender. It was a weird ass nickname my parents had for me up till 'bout age 7.
syh:
Yep, Thumbs.
The first weekend of my second term at GMI (Freshman II, March '98), I was helping a friend make a ladder for his bunk. It was an old palette, so the saw kept binding in the wood.
"Here, let me do it. It's my saw, I know a few tricks," I told him.
One, two, thr--the saw jumped from the wood & buried itself in my left hand. The first joint of the index finger & the first thumb joint were laid open, the tendon that flexes the thumb was severed, and there was quite a bit of blood.
I did not panic. I grabbed my left wrist, elevated the wounded hand, said "Shit.", and walked to the bathroom. I spent a good ten minutes with my hand under the cold water faucet, watching the bones move around.
I wrapped up my hand & went back into my friend's room. "Dude, you need something? Jack, beer?"
"151'd be nice."
"Lemme see it." He looked at it. "You're going to the hospital."
"I don't need to go to the hospital. Just need to wrap it up & it'll heal on its own."
"You're going."
"Fine."
So began the SEVEN-AND-A-HALF HOUR ordeal at McLaren's ER. This being Flint, a stupid white boy who'd tried to cut his thumb off is a low priority.
Roughly five hours into it, I finally get to fill out paperwork (in triplicate with blood oozing out of my makeshift bandage) then I get to see the nurse. He takes one look at my thumb & asks me to flex it. I cannot. "Son, you just bought yourself the hand surgeon."
I got to wait another hour-and-a-half for the surgeon. For some reason, he went to Hurley first.
I really hadn't felt anything until he stuck the needle in my thumb & began digging around with it, scraping the tip along the bone. That's when my wounds began to sing.
I've felt some odd things in my life. Having forceps shoved between my skin & bone to fish around for the tendon, then having said tendon pulled towards my hand was by far the weirdest. It felt like a string was turning my arm inside-out.
I didn't get a cast, but I did get a splint wrapped in about five pounds of Ace bandage. Couldn't get it wet, couldn't sleep on it, couldn't remove it. Regardless of how much Betadine he had poured onto my thumb (I was afraid I'd have an orange thumb for the rest of my life), it smelled kinda funny after a while.
Two weeks later I got my stitches out. Why did I do immediately after returning to the dorms? I changed the transmission fluid in my S10 (automatic).
Oh Lordy was my thumb stiff...
The first weekend of my second term at GMI (Freshman II, March '98), I was helping a friend make a ladder for his bunk. It was an old palette, so the saw kept binding in the wood.
"Here, let me do it. It's my saw, I know a few tricks," I told him.
One, two, thr--the saw jumped from the wood & buried itself in my left hand. The first joint of the index finger & the first thumb joint were laid open, the tendon that flexes the thumb was severed, and there was quite a bit of blood.
I did not panic. I grabbed my left wrist, elevated the wounded hand, said "Shit.", and walked to the bathroom. I spent a good ten minutes with my hand under the cold water faucet, watching the bones move around.
I wrapped up my hand & went back into my friend's room. "Dude, you need something? Jack, beer?"
"151'd be nice."
"Lemme see it." He looked at it. "You're going to the hospital."
"I don't need to go to the hospital. Just need to wrap it up & it'll heal on its own."
"You're going."
"Fine."
So began the SEVEN-AND-A-HALF HOUR ordeal at McLaren's ER. This being Flint, a stupid white boy who'd tried to cut his thumb off is a low priority.
Roughly five hours into it, I finally get to fill out paperwork (in triplicate with blood oozing out of my makeshift bandage) then I get to see the nurse. He takes one look at my thumb & asks me to flex it. I cannot. "Son, you just bought yourself the hand surgeon."
I got to wait another hour-and-a-half for the surgeon. For some reason, he went to Hurley first.
I really hadn't felt anything until he stuck the needle in my thumb & began digging around with it, scraping the tip along the bone. That's when my wounds began to sing.
I've felt some odd things in my life. Having forceps shoved between my skin & bone to fish around for the tendon, then having said tendon pulled towards my hand was by far the weirdest. It felt like a string was turning my arm inside-out.
I didn't get a cast, but I did get a splint wrapped in about five pounds of Ace bandage. Couldn't get it wet, couldn't sleep on it, couldn't remove it. Regardless of how much Betadine he had poured onto my thumb (I was afraid I'd have an orange thumb for the rest of my life), it smelled kinda funny after a while.
Two weeks later I got my stitches out. Why did I do immediately after returning to the dorms? I changed the transmission fluid in my S10 (automatic).
Oh Lordy was my thumb stiff...finally worked out a decent eating plan: after working out when i get up i head over to the chinese resturant. what? eating out? you're thinking. but in reality the mongolian BBQ is the healthiest way to eat. fresh chicken and raw vegetables steamed on an open grill with water is about as good as it gets. top that off with generous portions of fruit...
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lastbadger:
Wow, Totally Happy Belated B-Day Brah!!
At first I was gonna be like "turning down the Double Double time?!?!, WTF!" But then I find out it's your B-day this weekend And I'm like "Fuck It, hope you have some mad ass fun!!!" Wish I could help you celelbrate.
Any chance you know why my SGkazoo membership ain't been approved yet?
At first I was gonna be like "turning down the Double Double time?!?!, WTF!" But then I find out it's your B-day this weekend And I'm like "Fuck It, hope you have some mad ass fun!!!" Wish I could help you celelbrate.
Any chance you know why my SGkazoo membership ain't been approved yet?
nopantsdave:
The only redeeming factor in reading Emily is that I get to ruin the experience for all of my classmates by telling them about the Gilligan's Island connection. I don't know if you've heard this, but pretty much every poem she wrote can be read in the same cadence as the Gilligan's Island theme song. I am pretty near incapable of reading one without getting that song in my head.
i've been planning my exercise routine in my new attempt at weight loss. the hard part is being able to stick to a sensible eating plan working third shift. i know i can do it as i demonstrated last year by taking off 60 pounds but gaining most of it back. depression was a major factor in that for i gave up all exercise and...
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lastbadger:
I'm looking most seriously right now at Shido-Kan? I guess Okinowan Karate. Here's the Dojo
I'd be attending.
I'd be attending.
gogobongo:
hmmm, it looks like if you just eat that guiness you're holding and nothing else you should be fine!
i recieved my clutch tickets today! yay! a friend of mine wants to go see system of a down next month on the 28th.
tickets start at $32 for upper level and $45 for floor and lower level. ouch!
tickets start at $32 for upper level and $45 for floor and lower level. ouch!
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porcelainheart:
haha
porcelainheart:
good. tired.
random notes-
i just saw march of the penguins. amazing. through out the whole movie i was debating with myself about the purpose of life and existance. if this movie doesn't have that affect on you then you watch too much TV.
stubbed my little toe yesterday. i didn't think anything of it until a few minuets later when i looked down to noticed my...
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i just saw march of the penguins. amazing. through out the whole movie i was debating with myself about the purpose of life and existance. if this movie doesn't have that affect on you then you watch too much TV.
stubbed my little toe yesterday. i didn't think anything of it until a few minuets later when i looked down to noticed my...
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lastbadger:
Man It's good To hear from you! I so wanted to see March of the Penguins, but as of yet have failed to do so. To me Penguins and Morgan Freeman go totgether like Peanut butter and Chocolate. I forgot what kind of work do you do? I'm thinking manufacturing. Bloody toes make you all xCore and shit. Anyone doubts your cred you just be like "B-yatch look at that bloody toe motherfucker, I'm 'bout it"
syh:
I say you should be proud to know who Jay Ward is!
Lazenby, he got a bum rap. Nice guy, bad movie.
Lazenby, he got a bum rap. Nice guy, bad movie.
i was on my lunch break at work enjoying a tasty cup-O-ramen
when over the plant intercom..."will nothdruft, please report to the dry end of the corrugator. the water is overflowing!"
apperantly the coating applicator, which i had on washup cycle, was overflowing and nobody could figure how to shut it off. *sigh* so, when i finished my break ( yeah, i'm a dedicated employee)...
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when over the plant intercom..."will nothdruft, please report to the dry end of the corrugator. the water is overflowing!"
apperantly the coating applicator, which i had on washup cycle, was overflowing and nobody could figure how to shut it off. *sigh* so, when i finished my break ( yeah, i'm a dedicated employee)...
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mrstitches:
Heh. . .fucking people.
panzermensch:
Yep... 
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syh:
I'm depressed to admit I'm a sufferer of that statistic.
yuriel:
HAHAHAAHA
yeah i suffer that statistic too still though
yeah i suffer that statistic too still though
I finally sent it out yesterday, so it should be there around...tomorrow.