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Rep Retirement Lodge 97: ways to train a dragon

Rep Retirement Lodge 97: ways to train a dragon

  • Torture it into submission with the PK Ditty

    Votes: 16 36.4%

  • Have Harry Potter fly circles around it on a broom/ask Hagrid for help

    Votes: 6 13.6%

  • Offer BWK/BB/annoying posters as sacrifices to dragon

    Votes: 15 34.1%

  • Find geeky LARP friend to do all the work

    Votes: 3 6.8%

  • Bacon: positive reinforcment

    Votes: 14 31.8%

  • Why are we wasting bacon on a dragon?

    Votes: 16 36.4%

  • There's a dragon here? I was too distracted by Giada's melons to notice

    Votes: 18 40.9%

  • Dragons can't be much harder to train than men

    Votes: 5 11.4%

  • Confuse it with simple math

    Votes: 17 38.6%

  • Lull it into submission by making it watch Tech hockey

    Votes: 16 36.4%

  • Have Freddy hack him

    Votes: 23 52.3%

  • Other (please post)

    Votes: 4 9.1%
  • Total voters
    44
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Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 97: ways to train a dragon

bostonewe said:
les - thanks for the words of support. Despite the tears, I found today (and the past week) to be more rewarding than any of the work I've done since I worked for BU in the scholarship/fellowship department (we worked with students to get them Fulbright, Rhodes, and other grants). I'm very much looking forward to getting on with my schooling so I can dive right in and help patients too.

'diva -Indeed. It is pretty brutal. I saw 6 cases today, 2 incredibly severe and uncontrolled, 3 under control with oral medication and injections, and 1 new diagnosis. Careful diet and strict adherence to medicine are really the only things they can offer and even then... :o
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Sometimes I walk through the VA and see some poor guy in a wheelchair with no legs. Sobering moment, indeed.

Like the sign out front says, "the price of freedom is visible here."
 
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Twitch Boy said:
Sometimes I walk through the VA and see some poor guy in a wheelchair with no legs. Sobering moment, indeed.

Like the sign out front says, "the price of freedom is visible here."
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We can't thank those men and women enough.
 
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leswp1 said:
Diving in means learning that if you can't detach you can't help the patient. It is more like wading in gently, holding hands with the patient and feeling the bottom so you don't get over your heads.

When I first worked I used to be really upset (worked acute rehab, lots of broken bodies) but you get a mental callous. Not like you don't care but you learn to accept that you can only do the best you can and try and help to optimal function. I blew out my back about 2 yrs in. After a few weeks I got to thinking about all the broken-ness and cried for a week about all the kids that would never have a real life, folks who would never be independent again etc. Didn't think about that when I was in it. You can't. You can be compasshionate but not let the situation sink in too far.

20 yrs in, I have had a few that I took care of that were addicted that made me cry at the waste of it. One of them OD'd and I went to the wake. Lil had to wait outside (I couldn't find a babysitter). I came out and cried all over him. He just patted me and said yup alot as I went on about how this kid had died because she decided to try drugs and got sucked in.

The best you can do is realize that while you can't fix what they have, you can give the tools that let them function at the best level they can. While it is not perfection, to someone who is really suffering, even an acknowlegement of the situation and the suckiness of it can be a relief. Lots of folks don't have anyone who will listen.

:climbs off soapbox:
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Yup - growing up with a doctor, the early lesson is: you can't fix anyone, only help those who want it/need it.

Twitch Boy said:
Sometimes I walk through the VA and see some poor guy in a wheelchair with no legs. Sobering moment, indeed.

Like the sign out front says, "the price of freedom is visible here."
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Wow - that would be sobering, I do like that though.
 
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I just gained another rep point for 25,000 posts! :D
West Texas Wolverine said:
In fact, I just saw a study that showed that fully half of the people on this earth are below average intelligence!
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You don't say! :p But what if the median is median is above the mean???? ;)
 
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Other: send Dragonslayer after him. This kid is a real piece of work, wears dragon shirts everyday, asks stupid questions, ****ty hygiene. I really wish i had video of this kid to post
 
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So, my great-grandma passed away this afternoon. She was 98, and it was her time, but it was still really hard. She lived a couple blocks away all my life, and I spent a lot of time with her. Like bb_dl told me, if she golfed when she was 90 that automatically made her awesome. (She golfed 'til she was 90 or 91 and picked berries until she was about 94)
 
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Painted_Bandit said:
Other: send Dragonslayer after him. This kid is a real piece of work, wears dragon shirts everyday, asks stupid questions, ****ty hygiene. I really wish i had video of this kid to post
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I could be wrong, but generally Dragonslayer is a sub-type of Disgusting CS Major.
 
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wolverineTrumpet said:
Today is one of those days where it's really tempting to burn bridges and quit my job.

I really want to tell someone he is an ineffective bumbling idiot when it comes to communicating. However I figure it would be inappropriate to respond to his e-mail which reads "I do not understand how you were not informed?" with "you fail at communication and life" :rolleyes:
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You know, in while I'll be learning NMT Massage, which can be pretty intense. Mostly its Forcing the Muscles to Relax, no matter how much they might not want to. Its the reason why, "Suck it up Cupcake!" gets tossed around a lot at school. Perhaps you should offer a date to your employers to give out Free Massages and just point out the ones that you really want to hear squeal. ;) :D

crazytechfan said:
So, my great-grandma passed away this afternoon. She was 98, and it was her time, but it was still really hard. She lived a couple blocks away all my life, and I spent a lot of time with her. Like bb_dl told me, if she golfed when she was 90 that automatically made her awesome. (She golfed 'til she was 90 or 91 and picked berries until she was about 94)
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Sorry to hear about that CTF. :(
 
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Brenthoven said:
Noooooo.

Because if the cop does, I bet 1015 gets the speeding ticket added on.
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I'm going to see what my options are when I call the court this week. Possibly looking at adjourning it a couple/few times because of school/school related activities that will send me to Europe this summer. I have until 2/9 to get my plea in, then probably a court date in April I'm guessing, based on how town courts do things over here historically. Because it would be over 5 hours to the court appearance and I have classes I literally cannot miss (USCG license classes have strict attendance standards), I would have a good argument to get an adjournment or 3 into the fall.

Ideally, I'll get it reduced out of court, but I'm not sure if they do it that way or not there, all courts are different. However, I highly doubt I would get that ticket added on. I would likely just get a higher surcharge and a lashing about trying to fight a deal from the cop.
 
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Sorry about your loss, ctf, but it's good that you had her in your life for so long.
 
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Scarlet said:
So, the diagnosis is in. Sinus infection with swollen glands. Got some antibiotics. Am home and will be napping this afternoon.
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Get well soon!

A Shot and a Goal said:
Good afternoon LODGE. I hope everyone's week is in the process of getting off to a good start. :)
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It is; started off this morning with a good run and a nice nap.

Twitch Boy said:
Sometimes I walk through the VA and see some poor guy in a wheelchair with no legs. Sobering moment, indeed.

Like the sign out front says, "the price of freedom is visible here."
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Amen.

crazytechfan said:
So, my great-grandma passed away this afternoon. She was 98, and it was her time, but it was still really hard. She lived a couple blocks away all my life, and I spent a lot of time with her. Like bb_dl told me, if she golfed when she was 90 that automatically made her awesome. (She golfed 'til she was 90 or 91 and picked berries until she was about 94)
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Thoughts and prayers headed your way, ctf. :(

Evening, Lodge. Sometimes, nothing beats steak and potatoes for dinner.
 
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Tomorrow I get to go home for the first time in about 24 days :)
crazytechfan said:
So, my great-grandma passed away this afternoon. She was 98, and it was her time, but it was still really hard. She lived a couple blocks away all my life, and I spent a lot of time with her. Like bb_dl told me, if she golfed when she was 90 that automatically made her awesome. (She golfed 'til she was 90 or 91 and picked berries until she was about 94)
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Sorry to hear it ctf, but it sounds like she lead a long and good life.
 
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