Useless Conversation

[Trippy]

Stay safe.

[KallDrexx]

Anyone here been to San Antonio? 

I"m moving there for a 4 month project with 3 other coworkers.  We are bringing at least one SUV already but I"m debating if I want to bring my car so we have two cars.  I know it's a 10 minute bus ride from our apartment complex to where we are working (downtown I believe) but I"m not sure if I'm just going to hate life without a car.  The idea of driving 17-18 hours doesn't sound appealing at all.

[Chimpy]

Morat lives in SA.

[Lantyssa]

Morat lives near Houston.

Still, a basic tenant of all Texas cities is that they aren't walkable because everything is spread out and the weather is rarely pleasant enough to want to be outside for long periods of time if not acclimated.  Bring your vehicle or at least have ready access to one.

[Merusk]

Buy a beater for $800-$1200 from one of those places that preys on low-income individuals, then sell it to a junkyard at the end of the stint. Split the costs with your coworkers. Cheaper than rental and you're not having to drive 18+ hours both ways.

[Yegolev]

Tenet.

[Chimpy]

Tenet.

Pedant.

 

[Yegolev]

My son is eleven, which is sixth grade for you non-breeders.  On the way to school today we find ourselves behind a van labeled Dickerson Heating + Air.  My son comments that is not a great name for a company, so I innocently ask why.  Silence.  I then chuckle and ask why he even made the joke if he didn't want me to know he knew what was funny.  Ah, middle school.

[Merusk]

Yep. I keep waiting for internet search histories to get embarrassing.  I've already caught him staring at women in lowcut tops more than a few times. I've been informed I get to "have the talk" with him by myself. Yaaay.

[Yegolev]

Doing it in a group seems awkward.

[HaemishM]

Doing most things involving sex in a group is awkward. 

[Viin]

Yep. I keep waiting for internet search histories to get embarrassing.  I've already caught him staring at women in lowcut tops more than a few times. I've been informed I get to "have the talk" with him by myself. Yaaay.

Let us know what you tell him so I can tell my girls the opposite when it's their turn.

[Rasix]

Not looking forward to that.  First grade has seen the emergence of butt and fart jokes.  Last year was pee and poop.

We were all set to have next door neighbors, but after picking trim colors in the morning, they were split up before signing the contract in the afternoon.    They seemed nice.

[Viin]

Not looking forward to that.  First grade has seen the emergence of butt and fart jokes.  Last year was pee and poop.

Dealing with poop jokes right now! (Kindergarten)

[ghost]

Anyone here been to San Antonio? 

I"m moving there for a 4 month project with 3 other coworkers.  We are bringing at least one SUV already but I"m debating if I want to bring my car so we have two cars.  I know it's a 10 minute bus ride from our apartment complex to where we are working (downtown I believe) but I"m not sure if I'm just going to hate life without a car.  The idea of driving 17-18 hours doesn't sound appealing at all.

I lived there for 15 years.  You'll want a car. 

[KallDrexx]

Yeah slowly through the day I decided to take my car and just make it a two day trip, stop over to see someone in New Orleans on the way (which ends up being half way)

[Sky]

6 pins in my big toe, yay! And the guy is an old school cast maker, this thing is straight out of 1975. Hey dude, cast tech has moved on. So now I can't walk without crutches, where I was getting by with a cane yesterday.

For a dynamic person that moves around a lot (A LOT), this reeeally sucks. For a control freak to lose self-sufficiency, so bad it hurts.

Work is also less than thrilled, as I have to talk non-techs through things on the phone because I wasn't allowed to VNC into all my stuff :\ I have a feeling I'll have some remote capability after I return...

[Cyrrex]

6 pins in my big toe, yay! And the guy is an old school cast maker, this thing is straight out of 1975. Hey dude, cast tech has moved on. So now I can't walk without crutches, where I was getting by with a cane yesterday.

For a dynamic person that moves around a lot (A LOT), this reeeally sucks. For a control freak to lose self-sufficiency, so bad it hurts.

Work is also less than thrilled, as I have to talk non-techs through things on the phone because I wasn't allowed to VNC into all my stuff :\ I have a feeling I'll have some remote capability after I return...

Needs picture.  I am having trouble visualizing a cast for a toe problem that causes that much of an issue with mobility.

[Merusk]

I'm having problems picturing a cast for a digit fracture at all. I've broken metatarsals and metacarpals and all the doc has done is confirmed, "yep, there's a break and there's no pieces."  Treatment was "don't put any weight on it/ use it for 6 weeks while it heals." Same with nephews who broke fingers and when my wife broke her pinky toe.

Pins? You must've broken that thing gooood.

[Lantyssa]

At six pins, yes.  When I broke my little toe at an angle it wouldn't heal at properly, they put in just one.  That was a miserable couple of months.

[Bunk]

I'm thinking he must have really huge toes to accommodate that many pins. I've broken two different toes and the worst I ever had was the doc taping a couple together for a few weeks.

Smashed my little toe once and the docs reaction was basically "meh". It's permanently rotated almost 90 degrees, but works fine in as much as little toes work.

[HaemishM]

I have obtained a picture of Sky's big toe.



 

[Sky]

The cast basically goes from my toes (open ended) to midway up my shin. And he did it in the position my foot was in on the operating table, so it's canted forward and won't sit flat. Basically, he sucks at making casts. Fiancee's mom is a nurse and she's pissed.

[Mandella]

That's a whole lot of pins Sky. You sure your doc doesn't have a few screws loose?

 

I'll show myself out now....

[Teleku]

So it started snowing on me on my walk back from work today, October 7th, the year of our lord Two Thousand and Fifteen.  Moscow living up to allll the stereotypes so far in my first few months.   

I wouldn't be as bitter if it wasn't for the fact that it was almost 70 degree's on Monday.  Thats a hell of a drop over two days.  Apparently Russia is like California in that it has two seasons.  Though were as California's two seasons are Summer and Sort of Cold/rainy, Russia seems to be Mild Spring and Snow.

[Morat20]

Morat lives near Houston.

Still, a basic tenant of all Texas cities is that they aren't walkable because everything is spread out and the weather is rarely pleasant enough to want to be outside for long periods of time if not acclimated.  Bring your vehicle or at least have ready access to one.

Yep, to both of those. I live in Hosuton, and the motto of Texas is "Fuck Walking". Even before cars, we had horses. Or you stayed at home. Walking is for yankees. SA is pretty nice, though. I get there once a year for business.

As for the old-school cast guy: Go see a sports medicine guy and have the stupid thing removed and replaced, if you're that active or it's that much of a PITA. I'm pretty sure if it's a crap job someone will cut it off and replace it properly. (Although you should probably finish your treatment with the new guy.)

Also, finished my physical therapy yesterday. I hate clamshells. They were devised by the devil. I get to start jogging again tomorrow. A test run at the PT's office had everything BUT the problem muscle group aching. (I'd just spent an hour doing painful things to every muscle from the hips down. Nothing wanted to run). The whole thing has really made me miss going to a gym. Just using a pair of machines made me realize how much I'd missed working out.

[Sky]

Morat, a sports medicine doc is a really great idea!

[Sky]

Made an appt with the local sports doc, the lady chuckled when I told her the operating doc's name, "We get a lot of people from his office"

So...good call there. And I was able to get in the day before my followup with old rusty, so hopefully I'll be up and about a bit sooner than otherwise.

[IainC]

Made an appt with the local sports doc, the lady chuckled when I told her the operating doc's name, "We get a lot of people from his office"

So...good call there. And I was able to get in the day before my followup with old rusty, so hopefully I'll be up and about a bit sooner than otherwise.

I'm imagining that 'Old Rusty' is the name of your favourite axe.

[Sky]

Hells no, I'd never let Sven get rusty.

[Signe]

Svengoolie?  

I actually had a great uncle named Sven but he got old and his name became senseless.  :(  

Edit: Now he's dead.  

[Sky]

Svengoolie is soo bad he's awesome. My old lady hates him. Which makes him even better.

[IainC]

Svengoolie?  

I actually had a great uncle named Sven but he got old and his name became senseless.  :(  

Edit: Now he's dead.  

Did he die while you were posting?

[Rasix]

OK.  I now officially hate red light cameras.  Apparently they get you for right on red.    Fuck.

[HaemishM]

That's illegal in your state? I do not understand that.