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03-26-15, 08:33 PM
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Barristers should be baristas first, teach 'em a little humanity.
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03-26-15, 08:36 PM
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Which means you can't start until next month.
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03-26-15, 08:53 PM
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I do not like Starbuck's coffee.
I do not think a barista trying to engage with me in a substantive conversation on race will fix that... this sort of thing is better left to bar tenders and barbers.
I do not think a barista trying to engage with me in a substantive conversation on race will fix that... this sort of thing is better left to bar tenders and barbers.
03-26-15, 09:30 PM
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03-26-15, 09:34 PM
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I'm mainly there for the free Wi-Fi. The coffee's okay. The clerks aren't especially chatty.
03-26-15, 10:18 PM
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03-26-15, 10:21 PM
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03-27-15, 05:45 AM
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Am I being too harsh with Starbucks? Oh, well...
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03-27-15, 05:46 AM
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03-27-15, 06:05 AM
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Well, sometimes certain brews can taste too harsh for me, yes.
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03-27-15, 06:09 AM
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Why is it coffee servers get a special name anyway?
Do they get paid more than regular waiters?
Do they get paid more than regular waiters?
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03-27-15, 06:28 AM
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When it comes to Sbucks, I'm surprised that you don't use the acronym PBTC - Person Behind The Counter. That was the en vogue derisive (a handful of years ago, at least), don't know if it still is.
03-27-15, 07:23 AM
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I should up my coffee consumption just so I can practice my pouring a little more.
03-27-15, 07:39 AM
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I am actually not the beneficiary of the win. Its a dog.
The story is this little dog became acutely paralyzed on Mon. People took it to their vet, who correctly recommended referral for emergency spinal surgery. Expensive, but a 90% chance of dog being fine. They couldn't afford it, so vet gave it the only medication that might make the dog better. It didn't get better.
The people finally scrape up enough $ to pay for the surgery, they borrowed from everyone they know who had any money to give them. We know nothing about any of this, they just show up unannounced in our ER.
By the time they show up, the dog is paralyzed but worse yet has lost the ability to feel her toes. The key to this is 'when did she lose feeling in her toes?' If it was >48 hrs ago, she has <5% chance of walking with immediate surgery. If it is <48hr hr ago, her chances are 50%. The people do not speak English, everything has to be translated for them. I'm not sure they 100% understand. But they sign the paperwork, plunk down their money and away we go. The quicker we can be with all this, the better, it saves the people lots of $ if we can get the dog diagnosed and the surgery completed during normal business hours.
CT scan shows a big disc herniation, surgery goes really well and I get in done in record time, I even make my 6pm train.
Today the little dog can feel her toes again. Which means now a 90% chance that she will return to walking normally or close to normally. So its not really my win. Either way, I would have been paid. Its just nice for this dog and these people, I felt pretty bad taking their money when I wasn't sure they really fully understood everything and when I was pretty sure this vet bill will cause financial hardship. Now it doesn't matter if they don't 100% understand because in all likelihood their little dog will be fine and there will be nothing really they need to understand.
The story is this little dog became acutely paralyzed on Mon. People took it to their vet, who correctly recommended referral for emergency spinal surgery. Expensive, but a 90% chance of dog being fine. They couldn't afford it, so vet gave it the only medication that might make the dog better. It didn't get better.
The people finally scrape up enough $ to pay for the surgery, they borrowed from everyone they know who had any money to give them. We know nothing about any of this, they just show up unannounced in our ER.
By the time they show up, the dog is paralyzed but worse yet has lost the ability to feel her toes. The key to this is 'when did she lose feeling in her toes?' If it was >48 hrs ago, she has <5% chance of walking with immediate surgery. If it is <48hr hr ago, her chances are 50%. The people do not speak English, everything has to be translated for them. I'm not sure they 100% understand. But they sign the paperwork, plunk down their money and away we go. The quicker we can be with all this, the better, it saves the people lots of $ if we can get the dog diagnosed and the surgery completed during normal business hours.
CT scan shows a big disc herniation, surgery goes really well and I get in done in record time, I even make my 6pm train.
Today the little dog can feel her toes again. Which means now a 90% chance that she will return to walking normally or close to normally. So its not really my win. Either way, I would have been paid. Its just nice for this dog and these people, I felt pretty bad taking their money when I wasn't sure they really fully understood everything and when I was pretty sure this vet bill will cause financial hardship. Now it doesn't matter if they don't 100% understand because in all likelihood their little dog will be fine and there will be nothing really they need to understand.
03-27-15, 07:39 AM
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That looks delicious, @WhyFi.
03-27-15, 07:57 AM
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That looks delicious, @WhyFi.
03-27-15, 08:26 AM
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That looks delicious, @WhyFi.
03-27-15, 08:51 AM
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That looks delicious, @WhyFi.
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03-27-15, 10:12 AM
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Today I'm heading out to Durango to race the pedal bikes.
I've never been there before which is exciting, but man after California I am so friggin tired of driving. So it goes.
I've never been there before which is exciting, but man after California I am so friggin tired of driving. So it goes.
03-27-15, 10:23 AM
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I've been staving off computer GAS for a while, but I've finally succumbed - bought a slightly larger, faster SSD for my computer so that I could put my current SSD in my wife's computer (which currently has one o' them clunky mechanicals).
Time to back-up both PCs and get underway...
Time to back-up both PCs and get underway...
03-27-15, 10:41 AM
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Have fun!
03-27-15, 11:18 AM
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Have fun.
03-27-15, 11:21 AM
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Been a while. Heard about Tom and did a drive by. Is Pcad still the ruler of this place?
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