What about my newt?
And I kept the thing in a plastic box, it died over night though... I heard that their bite is more like a bee sting (got stung several times by bees, only reaction I have is a slight shivering).
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And I kept the thing in a plastic box, it died over night though... I heard that their bite is more like a bee sting (got stung several times by bees, only reaction I have is a slight shivering).
I must rant!
What the freak of nature is THIS?!
I thought it was a locust since my lights were too dim, but then it ran like a Ferrari!
Waaaaay too many legs to count.
Can I feed it to my fish?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
KILL IT. KILL IT WITH FIRE.
No fire available. I killed it with steel though (only possible cause of death, since the container had holes in it anyway).
Fintastic!
Fishaholic
That was an interesting find FishBlast, rather me than you!
My current rant: 3 year olds. Tantrums. Enough already, Jake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My current rant: 3 year olds. Tantrums. Enough already, Jake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FishFanatic04
I'm in Planted School.
I second the above {insert name: Gavin} !!! and wipe your nose!Do you want it?That was an interesting find FishBlast, rather me than you!
My current rant: 3 year olds. Tantrums. Enough already, Jake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Idiot customers who dont have a clue!!
Customer: Hello dear, my pond pump is broken and I need a new one... have you got any?
Me: *looks around room full of them...* Yes sir... we have lots...
Customer: So... which one do I need then?
Me: I'm not really sure sir! What do you need the pump for?
Customer: I don't really know... just to go in a pond you know?
Me: Ok... to power a filter? A fountain? A waterfall? To just circulate the water?
Customer: Oh to put water in the filter!
Me:Ok.. What filter have you got?
Customer: I don't really know... its just... its about "insert gesture" this big and sits outside the pond... and has sponges in it... and plastic bits...
Me: So do most pond filters unfortunately. Without knowing what filter you have, I can't really tell you what pump you need... could it be Laguna? Blagdon? Hozelock? Oase?...
Customer: Oh its a hozelock filter!! Do you know which pump I need now?
Me: They make so many different filters and each one needs a different pump! Best thing to do would be for you to pop home and check the filter, it will have the make and model stamped on it somewhere and if you call back, I can tell you how much the right pump is to save you travelling all the way back just to ask...
Customer: *stomps out the shop grumbling and muttering about awful customer service and how I don't know anything at all*
You just can't win!
It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't every other bloomin customer! I swear that half the people that own fish are just complete idiots!!
Some days I find myself wondering just how people manage to cope day to day with general tasks when its obviously such astruggle for them!!
How can idiots survive and breed so well? Gene pool seriously needs some chlorine around here!
Customer: Hello dear, my pond pump is broken and I need a new one... have you got any?
Me: *looks around room full of them...* Yes sir... we have lots...
Customer: So... which one do I need then?
Me: I'm not really sure sir! What do you need the pump for?
Customer: I don't really know... just to go in a pond you know?
Me: Ok... to power a filter? A fountain? A waterfall? To just circulate the water?
Customer: Oh to put water in the filter!
Me:Ok.. What filter have you got?
Customer: I don't really know... its just... its about "insert gesture" this big and sits outside the pond... and has sponges in it... and plastic bits...
Me: So do most pond filters unfortunately. Without knowing what filter you have, I can't really tell you what pump you need... could it be Laguna? Blagdon? Hozelock? Oase?...
Customer: Oh its a hozelock filter!! Do you know which pump I need now?
Me: They make so many different filters and each one needs a different pump! Best thing to do would be for you to pop home and check the filter, it will have the make and model stamped on it somewhere and if you call back, I can tell you how much the right pump is to save you travelling all the way back just to ask...
Customer: *stomps out the shop grumbling and muttering about awful customer service and how I don't know anything at all*
You just can't win!
It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't every other bloomin customer! I swear that half the people that own fish are just complete idiots!!
Some days I find myself wondering just how people manage to cope day to day with general tasks when its obviously such astruggle for them!!
How can idiots survive and breed so well? Gene pool seriously needs some chlorine around here!
It killed itself, no need to do that.
Yet another rant:
I keep getting e-mails from Avaaz org and it ticks me off. Most of the stuff they're covering is hopeless and they can't do much about it. And signing petitions online means next to nothing.
One person can vote as many times as they want on those petitions, unless they'd ask and verify their ID card number. So it is just a load of crap, because who would care since there could just as easily be bots signing those petitions?
I also laughed when they were asking for donations when some random bunch of skiddies flooded their server. What do they expect when their IP is shown in the header of the e-mails and leads directly to their servers?
Sure they themselves help people (unless what wikipedia says is just to put Avaaz in the spotlight as heroes), but this petition signing normally shouldn't go anywhere, as no leader would care about them, especially knowing how they can be signed. Even funnier was when they thought they stopped SOPA and the other law, but then more laws replaced them, that are pretty much the same as SOPA.
I keep getting e-mails from Avaaz org and it ticks me off. Most of the stuff they're covering is hopeless and they can't do much about it. And signing petitions online means next to nothing.
One person can vote as many times as they want on those petitions, unless they'd ask and verify their ID card number. So it is just a load of crap, because who would care since there could just as easily be bots signing those petitions?
I also laughed when they were asking for donations when some random bunch of skiddies flooded their server. What do they expect when their IP is shown in the header of the e-mails and leads directly to their servers?
Sure they themselves help people (unless what wikipedia says is just to put Avaaz in the spotlight as heroes), but this petition signing normally shouldn't go anywhere, as no leader would care about them, especially knowing how they can be signed. Even funnier was when they thought they stopped SOPA and the other law, but then more laws replaced them, that are pretty much the same as SOPA.
So Stewart Pearce didn't select david beckham to play for the GB football team. What a fuss this has caused.
Has beckham worked tirelessly to bring the Olympics to London?
Yes he has. But, does who he is, and what he's done off the field entitle him to be selected - NO
If he wants to be at the forefont of the Olympics, fine, stick to the adminisration. He doesn't deserve to play on current fitness or current playing merit.
Beckham has gone to the USA to play football. For 2 reasons. 1) Money ££ 2) To prolong his career. He comes off the bench to play in the US Leagues. Let's not kid. He wouldn't get in to a top flght European team.....on fitness.
There has been a lot of complaining that Olympic football isn't taken seriously enough. That it isn't regarded as highly as other football competitions. True this may be. But selecting celebrities on who they are, rather than ability, isn't going to improve this.
Well done Pierce.
Has beckham worked tirelessly to bring the Olympics to London?
Yes he has. But, does who he is, and what he's done off the field entitle him to be selected - NO
If he wants to be at the forefont of the Olympics, fine, stick to the adminisration. He doesn't deserve to play on current fitness or current playing merit.
Beckham has gone to the USA to play football. For 2 reasons. 1) Money ££ 2) To prolong his career. He comes off the bench to play in the US Leagues. Let's not kid. He wouldn't get in to a top flght European team.....on fitness.
There has been a lot of complaining that Olympic football isn't taken seriously enough. That it isn't regarded as highly as other football competitions. True this may be. But selecting celebrities on who they are, rather than ability, isn't going to improve this.
Well done Pierce.
HannahBear77
Fishaholic
Idiot customers who dont have a clue!!
Customer: Hello dear, my pond pump is broken and I need a new one... have you got any?
Me: *looks around room full of them...* Yes sir... we have lots...
Customer: So... which one do I need then?
Me: I'm not really sure sir! What do you need the pump for?
Customer: I don't really know... just to go in a pond you know?
Me: Ok... to power a filter? A fountain? A waterfall? To just circulate the water?
Customer: Oh to put water in the filter!
Me:Ok.. What filter have you got?
Customer: I don't really know... its just... its about "insert gesture" this big and sits outside the pond... and has sponges in it... and plastic bits...
Me: So do most pond filters unfortunately. Without knowing what filter you have, I can't really tell you what pump you need... could it be Laguna? Blagdon? Hozelock? Oase?...
Customer: Oh its a hozelock filter!! Do you know which pump I need now?
Me: They make so many different filters and each one needs a different pump! Best thing to do would be for you to pop home and check the filter, it will have the make and model stamped on it somewhere and if you call back, I can tell you how much the right pump is to save you travelling all the way back just to ask...
Customer: *stomps out the shop grumbling and muttering about awful customer service and how I don't know anything at all*
You just can't win!
It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't every other bloomin customer! I swear that half the people that own fish are just complete idiots!!
Some days I find myself wondering just how people manage to cope day to day with general tasks when its obviously such astruggle for them!!
How can idiots survive and breed so well? Gene pool seriously needs some chlorine around here!
See that's when you take the filter in with you and be like hey i need a pump for this type of filter or take a picture of it I mean it's not that hard instead of relying soley on the ppl working at the store
Mbou reminds me of some of the patients I deal with...
Me: Hello, we're going to do an x-ray of your chest today, is that right?
Patient: I thought it was my leg?
Me: *checks form* The doctor has asked for a chest x-ray because you're short of breath, is that correct?
Patient: My leg hurts too.
Me: But are you short of breath?
Patient: Not really, no.
Me: So why has your doctor asked for a chest x-ray then?
Patient: I dunno.
Me: Why did you go and see the doctor?
Patient: Because I was short of breath. Do I have to take my watch off for this?
Me: No.
Patient: *takes off watch*
... and so on.
Me: Hello, we're going to do an x-ray of your chest today, is that right?
Patient: I thought it was my leg?
Me: *checks form* The doctor has asked for a chest x-ray because you're short of breath, is that correct?
Patient: My leg hurts too.
Me: But are you short of breath?
Patient: Not really, no.
Me: So why has your doctor asked for a chest x-ray then?
Patient: I dunno.
Me: Why did you go and see the doctor?
Patient: Because I was short of breath. Do I have to take my watch off for this?
Me: No.
Patient: *takes off watch*
... and so on.
Reminds my of some of the doctors that I have worked with:Mbou reminds me of some of the patients I deal with...
Me: Hello, we're going to do an x-ray of your chest today, is that right?
Patient: I thought it was my leg?
Me: *checks form* The doctor has asked for a chest x-ray because you're short of breath, is that correct?
Patient: My leg hurts too.
Me: But are you short of breath?
Patient: Not really, no.
Me: So why has your doctor asked for a chest x-ray then?
Patient: I dunno.
Me: Why did you go and see the doctor?
Patient: Because I was short of breath. Do I have to take my watch off for this?
Me: No.
Patient: *takes off watch*
... and so on.
me: "Hello sir, This is *** from that lab. I need a recollect on your patient John Doe for a blue top tube. The one sent was hemolyzed.
Doctor: "We just sent a redraw on that patient"
me: "I understand that sir, but unfortunetely the redraw was hemolyzed as well.
Doctor:" I just don't understand this. How can the specimens keep on being hemolyzed?? There are anti-clotting agents in the tube."
me: "Well sir, the good news is, the specimen is not clotted....
For those confused, hemolysis is desctruction of cell cause by a traumatic blood drawn or improper handling of the specimen. It leave the plasma red rather than yellowish straw. Clotting, well most of you have had a cut and know what clotting it...
Yes, fellow medical professionals can be just as frustrating as the patients! Here's another thing I get a lot:
Me: Hello Doctor XYZ, I'm not going to do a spine x-ray on your patient because what you're looking for won't show on x-ray. He needs an MRI scan.
Doctor: But it's the middle of the night, I can't get an MRI scan.
Me: Correct, but that doesn't mean you should request a pointless x-ray that won't make any difference instead.
Doctor: *takes form and writes "query fractured spine" on it in attempt to force me to do the x-ray*
Me: If you write that in the patient's notes too, then I'll do it (knowing full well that the doctors won't write lies in the notes but are happy to write rubbish on x-ray request forms as if they were toilet paper).
Me: Hello Doctor XYZ, I'm not going to do a spine x-ray on your patient because what you're looking for won't show on x-ray. He needs an MRI scan.
Doctor: But it's the middle of the night, I can't get an MRI scan.
Me: Correct, but that doesn't mean you should request a pointless x-ray that won't make any difference instead.
Doctor: *takes form and writes "query fractured spine" on it in attempt to force me to do the x-ray*
Me: If you write that in the patient's notes too, then I'll do it (knowing full well that the doctors won't write lies in the notes but are happy to write rubbish on x-ray request forms as if they were toilet paper).
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