Useless Conversation

[Paelos]

Well, if you aren't on some sort of blood thinners I doubt you'll die from a barrette.

Although if it does happen you can take solace in the fact you'll be the first ever to suffer death from little finger.

[Sky]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIyjSgbia58

[Merusk]

Zombies bleed?

[Lantyssa]

Don't waste all that blood!  Collect it and donate it to a blood bank.

[Rishathra]

[Reg]

You applied pressure to it already, right?  If not, then press down hard on the wound (through the bandage) for at least 10 minutes and give your blood a chance to clot.

[IainC]

Signe is patient zero.

[Sky]

That means she turns into patient hero, right? Yay!

Or starts the plague that destroys humanity. Whatevs.

[Signe]

Yes, I put pressure on it again and bandaged firmly and it seems okay now.  I guess I'll find out soon enough.  Geez, it's not even big enough to put a proper stitch in!  I think I'm just ranting because I have dry clean this sofa cushion now.

And I'm NOT patient zero.  I don't know what that means.  And stop talking about me like I'm not here. 

[Sky]

I swear I just heard something. Probably just the house settling.

[cmlancas]

I swear I just heard something. Probably just the house settling.

Signe's all up in ur crib, bleedin' on ur cushions.

 

[ghost]

I just had dinner at my first restaurant after coming home from San Francisco.   

 

[Samwise]

I just had dinner at my first restaurant after coming home from San Francisco.   

 

Where all did you end up eating while you were here, anyway?

[Evildrider]

Signe is patient zero.

I hope FEMA has a plan for a Signe Apocolypse.   

[Cyrrex]

Maybe she has giant pinky fingers, and the hole just appears to be small relative to other holes?  It is Signe we're talking about here.

[Signe]

ENOUGH WITH THE HOLES!

[Evildrider]

[Teleku]

So...dropped about $3500 on flights to Cairo and Tel Aviv (Jerusalem) to finally take a vacation (only been here for 10 months now).

Will be my first vacation in 7 years. I'm not even sure I remember how to be a tourist in a place I don't speak the language, and this time I don't have silly study abroad classes in the way. 

I'm late to reply, and I know the crap in Cairo is probably tying things up, but were you not able to cost construct one of your RR's?  Seems rather pricy.

[ghost]

I just had dinner at my first restaurant after coming home from San Francisco.   

 

Where all did you end up eating while you were here, anyway?

Chapeau
Cafe Elite
La Mar
The Basin (in Los Gatos near the winery)

All were good and quite different.  The woman we were staying with is a bit of a foodie and knew the people at Chapeau, Elite and the Basin.  The Basin is a long drive from SF, but worth going to if you're out that way.  We visited the winery and it was a nice stop for us.

We also went to Carmel for a couple of days.  That was okay.  I would have preferred to stay in SF, but I wasn't driving the bus.  There we ate at the following:

Le St. Tropez
Bernardus Kitchen

Of all Bernardus was the best, followed by the Basin.  Cafe Elite and Chapeau were both excellent and might have been better with different dishes. 

[Samwise]

Oo, the Elite looks good; adding that one to my list.  I liked Chapeau the one time I went there but Le P'tit Laurent is still my favorite.

[ghost]

Yeah, the girl we were staying with knew the owner of Chapeau.  It was absolutely packed and the guy shuffled around tables so we could get in.  Same thing happened at the Basin.  It's nice going to this stuff with locals.  I thought we were going to be on our own.  It was nice of her to take a few days off of work to show us around.

Addendum-  and yeah, the Elite is badass.  They have amazing deviled eggs.  It's worth a trip. 

[Strazos]

I'm late to reply, and I know the crap in Cairo is probably tying things up, but were you not able to cost construct one of your RR's?  Seems rather pricy.

I kind of planned this last-minute, so no. I may yet use that R&R to go skiing next year, or maybe for a Greece Christmas vacation.

[ghost]

Oh, and I forgot to add this, Samwise.  We got behind some guy coming in from the airport with the license plate BNJOMAN (or something close) and I wondered if it was your dad. 

[Samwise]

Oh, and I forgot to add this, Samwise.  We got behind some guy coming in from the airport with the license plate BNJOMAN (or something close) and I wondered if it was your dad.  

My dad doesn't drive, but if he did that would have been a good bet.  

I would not be surprised if it were one of his students, or at least someone he's played with.  The SF folk community is fairly small and banjo players are a very small part of it.

[ghost]

The oldest boy is having the grandaddy of all tantrums right now.   

I guess it's okay since we were gone for 5 days and he really hasn't had one in about 3 or 4 months....

[Morat20]

Yes, I put pressure on it again and bandaged firmly and it seems okay now.  I guess I'll find out soon enough.  Geez, it's not even big enough to put a proper stitch in!  I think I'm just ranting because I have dry clean this sofa cushion now.

And I'm NOT patient zero.  I don't know what that means.  And stop talking about me like I'm not here. 

In the future, for those noxious little fuckers -- raise it above your heart (if at all possible) and apply pressure. A few years back my son gashed the back of his ankle -- shallow as shit, but it would not stop bleeding.

I had to stop and actually remember all that first aid stuff I associate with "massive injury" to treat a two inch, shallow cut. We elevated it with pressure for about ten minutes, then I wrapped it tight and put him to bed with his leg on like three pillows. Was fine the next morning -- it had mostly stopped bleeding when I went to wrap it.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Yay, avoided going out to lunch with some other women in the department.  Not because I normally wouldn't have wanted to go, but because I'm not into worshipping the dept. admin for doing the fucking job she's paid for.  Seriously, her birthday is tomorrow and another woman decided we needed to take admin out and buy her lunch to celebrate.  Yet this isn't done for anyone else and the dept. tradition is for the birthday person to bring in treats for everyone else to enjoy. 

So question - do I bring in Dunkin' Donuts next Friday?  Or get mini brownies from Costco?

[Paelos]

Donut holes!

[Samwise]

Do you have Krispy Kreme where you are?  That's always the favorite in my office.

We need more good donut shops around here.  I found out recently that San Jose has a place called Psycho Donuts that's basically a ripoff of Voodoo Donut in Portland, and I'm bitter that San Francisco has no such animal.  We've got some good donut places but none that raise fried dough to an art form like that.

[Signe]

Psycho Donuts sound awesome, though.  Packed full of red creme and thorazine and maybe some sharp and shiny sprinkles!  Yum.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Sam - We used to have Krispy Kremes in the area but I'm not sure if any are still around.  I know there aren't any close by.  Donut holes are a definite possibility, with the added bonus of not needing to by 2 boxes worth to satisfy the feeding frenzy.

I miss creme filled donuts, but at 13 points each, that's way too many points to spend for one item of breakfast. :(

[Yegolev]

Put the mini-brownies inside the donuts.  They come with holes already.  If you want them to like you, get a tub of frosting as well.

[Ironwood]

Wasn't Voodoo donuts the one in Man v Food ?

In unrelated news, I may sue over the topless shots of me roaming around.

[Signe]

Points?  What is points?  Has the economy got so bad that we pay with points in the US now?  I've only been gone a few months!

[Sky]

Points?  What is points?  Has the economy got so bad that we pay with points in the US now?  I've only been gone a few months!

I think IW is upset about his points being captured in public.