pearly_54's blog

I am just toooo nice.  A couple months ago my Nurse Manager asked me to do her a huge favor.  She played on my sympathy.  Another clinic that I used to work per diem needed someone to replace the primary nurse for a couple weeks.  The other nurse now has cancer and has retired to get treated.  So, they have hired an agency nurse to fill in, but the regular one wanted to go on vacation.  Well, having been there and done that, i needed to think about it for a few days.  Even tho she insisted I didn't have to do it, I knew better, so I finally told her I would.  Now this is a small clinic, and

Two hillbillies walk into a Dairy Queen.  While having a couple of Blizzards, they talk privately about their moonshine operation.  Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table, eating a chicken sandwich, begins to cough.  After a while, it becomes apparent that she is in real distress. 

One of the hillbillies looks at her and says, "Kin ya swallar?"  The woman shakes her head no. 

Two hillbillies walk into a Dairy Queen.  While having a couple of Blizzards, they talk privately about their moonshine operation.  Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table, eating a chicken sandwich, begins to cough.  After a while, it becomes apparent that she is in real distress. 

One of the hillbillies looks at her and says, "Kin ya swallar?"  The woman shakes her head no. 

I think I'm on a roll here.  Something else to rant about.  How do you take a 78 year old, guy, introduce him to the internet, and keep him from breaking the computer??  This is someone who is sorta close to me.  He has had this computer for over a year.  Yeh, warantee gone!  All he does is search for "information" and try to find porn, which he has been unsuccessful at, so far.  Oh yeh, he is absolutely anal about deleting anything he doesn't think belongs, which is just about anything and everything.  For the last year+ he has been deleting files that were, um, sorta important, cuz he did

I think I'm on a roll here.  Something else to rant about.  How do you take a 78 year old, guy, introduce him to the internet, and keep him from breaking the computer??  This is someone who is sorta close to me.  He has had this computer for over a year.  Yeh, warantee gone!  All he does is search for "information" and try to find porn, which he has been unsuccessful at, so far.  Oh yeh, he is absolutely anal about deleting anything he doesn't think belongs, which is just about anything and everything.  For the last year+ he has been deleting files that were, um, sorta important, cuz he did

Have a Great Day!!!

Life is short!

Break the rules!

Forgive quickly!

Kiss slowly!

Have a Great Day!!!

Life is short!

Break the rules!

Forgive quickly!

Kiss slowly!

I have officially cancelled the NE Lan.  It just wasn't meant to be.  But now my road trip I want to take instead is growing steadily.  This is the short list:

Knoxville:  330 miles

Richmond:  434 miles

Manchester:  596 miles

New York:  255 miles

Ottawa:  441 miles

Toronto:  452 km  (how many miles is that???)