I'll just have water

[Jstpssng]

I''ve gone greener: use both sides and the edges

Sounds like browner to me...

 

[masseyrider]

I've gone "green"....that is ....I use both sides of the toilet paper.

I wash it out and hang it on the clothes line.

 

[MossRoad]

The phlebotomists here tend to be amazing. The rest of the talent pool is..., yeah, not so great at times. We seem to have something like a 50% staffing in ultrasound technicians around here; salary, too many retirements, I don't know.

More than half of all RNs, MDs, and semi drivers plan to retire in the next decade. It is going to get interesting for sure.

I think part of it is that for many professions we hire and promote by certificates and degrees rather than skills. In the medical professions, I agree 100% with @ultrarunner; I've seen more than a few professionals with advanced degrees that seemed to lack skills. Even in our local blood center, I've had more than a few RNs stick the heavy gauge needle all the way through the vein and out the other side, and I have big, easy veins. I don't know why it is ten times more painful going out the other side, but for me it sure feels that way.

But like anything, I think that it varies. I treasure the great ones, and avoid the others when possible.

For me, the same is true of painters, mechanics...

All the best,

Peter

We had a diabetic cat. I had to scruff his fur over his shoulder blades into a little tent, then give him the injection twice a day. One day I stabbed clear through both sides of the tent and gave my thumb a shot of insulin before even realizing it!

 

[ponytug]

We had a diabetic cat. I had to scruff his fur over his shoulder blades into a little tent, then give him the injection twice a day. One day I stabbed clear through both sides of the tent and gave my thumb a shot of insulin before even realizing it!

Ouch!!!

 

[2manyrocks]

Scored another Echo String Trimmer and Blower…

It was a gift since now illegal to operate in my city.

Amazing what folks get rid of.

Step away from the trimmer and the blower and come out with your hands up.

 

[not2old]

Ever since we got married, my wife never followed our finances. She would ask me if she could spend x amount and I would tell her no, which was usually the case starting out 28 years ago.

She still doesn't follow the finances, she doesn't even have the bank app on her phone. Obviously she has access to everything but she doesn't worry about it.

Even now, if we have say 2grand in 1 of the accounts ( we use a couple different banks) , I will tell her 750.

Now if she really needed something it would be different but frivolous spending....she can get a job.

what's a bank app?

 

[ljjhouser]

Not broke and plan to stay that way - I'll have water with a slice of lemon.

 

[Carl_NH]

My wife is similar - never able to balance a checkbook, or manage finances, so thats my job, We have an agreement if it's over like $250 we discuss it first. She's always finding "deals" especially on dresses, oh look how much I saved us today! Not expensive, $100-200 typically, and usually one or two a month.

For her its clothes and shoes, and me it's tractors, tools, and chainsaws, she asks, do you need 6 saws honey? I am of the mindset, wear out the old one first, and fixing things like hoe and shovel handles rather than buying new..

 

[MossRoad]

Ouch!!!

That's what the cat said.

In all seriousness, he couldn't have cared less. I'd get the syringe ready, throw a cat treat on the floor, he'd lean over to eat it and I'd shoot him in the back. He rarely flinched. I taught my 12ish year old daughter how to do it. My wife, too. He was a great cat! We raised him with a Cairn Terrier, so he thought he was a dog. He'd walk on a leash, sit, stay, shake hands, speak. He was also in cahoots with the dog. He'd hop up on the counter and knock everything off. The dog would rip it open, and they'd both chow down.

He lived two years with the diabetes and passed away when he was 17. Good kitty!

 

[MossRoad]

Not broke and plan to stay that way - I'll have water with a slice of lemon.

I order that and dump in 5-6 packs of sugar to make lemonade.