"My first flu shot" written by Paul on estrip.org

10/13/09 03:00 - 49ºF - ID#50007

My first flu shot

Saved the lot number in this pic just in case. I never got a flu shot
before but damn they hurt. We had no choice this here at work ;(. Two
weeks until immunity.

libertad writes at 07:51:43 10/14/09 - Comment #52101: Those are all good points metalpeter and jenks. My grandfather had a reaction to a flu shot once. He had symptoms of a heart attack and went to the hospital at my grandmother's insistence. I don't believe he has had another flu shot since. It would be awful if either one of them got the flu. It is so dangerous.

metalpeter writes at 07:42:02 10/14/09 - Comment #52095: I'll tell you why they are freaking out: our at least why I disagree with the mandate.

1. The Vacine for Swine Flu is new and hasn't really had that much testing. What I mean is for things long term.

2. The Government is over stepping their bounds. If they can make you get a shot of this, what is the next thing they will be able to force you to do?

3. Some people with shots do get sick from them. I don't mean that tiny bit of sick you are supposed to get. Everyone's body doesn't take to it the same.

4. I have heard that this Swine Flu going around now may have changed some and if that is really true then would the shot help any one any ways.

5. There are some people who I'm guessing also have conditions that might not iteract well with it. How about people who have poor imune systems. I'm not sure what else but what happens if you are on allergy medicine those seem like that could be a problem.

I get what NYS is trying to do, and I don't fault them for doing it, but I get why a nurse would be upset. But there is one other factor and that is group think. What I mean is when a couple people don't like something they talk a lot about how it is bullshit and how they aren't doing it and this and that and then others join in. Then when that event comes they do it any ways.

jenks writes at 06:47:10 10/14/09 - Comment #52088: twisted- I think NY is mandating all 'health care workers' get the flu shot. (I guess paul counts since he's at roswell?)

I dunno. I personally am sick of hearing the nurses bitch about it. I have heard several that say they will be fired before getting a flu shot.

Seriously? I don't understand what the big deal is. Ok sure, your arms hurts for a day or so. Sometimes you get some mild flu symptoms. And there's like a one in a million chance something bad happens.

Seriously? it's worth losing your job over that?

I mean the point is so you don't get the flu from/give the flu to your patients/coworkers/family/friends. I don't see why people are freaking out so much.

Bleh.

libertad writes at 01:34:56 10/14/09 - Comment #52079: So far nobody in my dept has gotten sick from flu shot but our arms all hurt.

ladycroft writes at 01:33:13 10/14/09 - Comment #52078: you know, i only ever got 1 flu shot my entire life, and that is the time I got the flu, really, really badly. Most other years, no shot, no flu.

twisted writes at 01:01:15 10/14/09 - Comment #52072: What do you mean "you had no choice?" Did Buffalo suddenly become a police state?

tiburon1724 writes at 11:55:06 10/13/09 - Comment #52068: it shouldn't hurt if they give the shot right :/

tinypliny writes at 09:48:39 10/13/09 - Comment #52067: Don't think about it - plus don't keep rubbing it. The pain should subside overnight.

paul writes at 09:44:44 10/13/09 - Comment #52066: It hurts a lot but I had no choice. They wrote the lot number down for us on a paper we are supposed to give to our primary care physicians.

vincent writes at 07:39:31 10/13/09 - Comment #52063: What's the point of saving the lot #, the manufactures have full and total immunity from any liability lawsuits.

lilho writes at 05:27:38 10/13/09 - Comment #52062: paul it does not hurt. i have gotten them the last three years... not required to, but i haven't gotten sick so...

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10/12/09 11:39 - 42ºF - ID#50003

Christmas already?

Home depot has already started selling tons of Christmas stuff. Bits
like holloween never happend?

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Location: Buffalo, NY

10/12/09 11:37 - 42ºF - ID#50002

Epoxy and clamps

Makes everything better.

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10/12/09 01:42 - 45ºF - ID#49993

Two very diverse projects

Only a few feet apart, a ps3 bring repaired and a window being
repaired. Lets hope they don't mix.

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Category: pets

10/12/09 12:16 - 43ºF - ID#49990

Basra the tortoise eats a carrot in 3:30

Just watch basra take 3:30 to eat half of a carrot and try to imagine to tragic fate of the parakeet (e:paul,49948) Can you imagine being eaten this way?

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Category: windows

10/10/09 08:30 - 51ºF - ID#49983

One complete but unpainted window

I have to wait 7-14 days for the putty to skim before it can be
painted. This is an insane amount of work. I have a much deeper
understanding of just how complex windows can be.

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Category: linwood

10/10/09 06:45 - 52ºF - ID#49980

Almost done with window one

This whole stripping, sanding, priming, cutting glass, reglazing is
time consuming. Especially, considering the window is really made up
of 17 panes.

Also just got done painting the dormer we primed last week. It looks
awesome in dark brown like the house is carved from a solid block of
dark chocolate.

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Category: work

10/09/09 11:48 - 50ºF - ID#49977

I have the best job in america

Well not my job specifically but the job I do. It even has a projected 45% growth rate over the next ten years according to CNN money

it seems like there are lots of IT and medical jobs on there. I guess healthcare is where it's at.

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10/09/09 03:13 - 53ºF - ID#49973

Who eats this shit

Someone I know actually bought this. It kind of blows my mind that
anyone would choose this inedible looking pizza sitting in styrofoam,
wrapped in plastic.

It's just one step away from canned pizza as far as I am concerned.

metalpeter writes at 07:11:38 10/10/09 - Comment #52001: Just thought of why for fruits and vegetables why it is a great idea. For the same reason it is with meats. It means you don't have to have a scale and have someone weigh it then take it to the counter. Plus it also lets you change your price with ease. Lets say something is $5 a pound and you order it but a bunch of the fruit is bad. Well to make up that money you would have to go out and change a sign and that might get tricky. But packaged you just print out a new label.

tinypliny writes at 09:04:28 10/09/09 - Comment #51994: (e:jenks): I am really not sure they wash the veggies in these packages. I was told that it was a "convenience thing" for the shop because consumers would not be able to:
a) Cherry pick the non-rotten veggies
b) Forced to buy a certain quantity and the stock would be cleared.

Veggies packaged this way are usually a BIG SIGN that they are not as fresh as the loose ones and that the shop is trying to sell them out by packaging them - they are probably last of the lot.

However, I know for a fact that Guercio's packages beans, peppers, snap peas etc. in these packages for no reason at all - because if you ask them for a bigger quantity that is not packaged, they easily bring that out as well. I have a suspicion that the packages are the last of a particular lot of vegetables but when you ask them for loose veggies, they open a new lot.

tinypliny writes at 08:57:21 10/09/09 - Comment #51993: (e:metalpeter) you have a good point. Honestly, I don't find that pizza gross at all. If it were on a plate or just out there, I am dead positive many of us would take it and heat it up in the oven/microwave it without thinking.

BUT, its in THAT hideous packaging - which I hate, even for vegetables. On top of it, the label implies that you could probably just pop it in the microwave, package and all - not a very responsible message.

paul writes at 08:53:25 10/09/09 - Comment #51992: It was a super deal. It actually came with two pieces.

metalpeter writes at 07:48:31 10/09/09 - Comment #51991: I don't like those toppings, but that is a cheap piece of Pizza with all that stuff on it. Hey if it is ok to buy frozen meat like that what is wrong with pizza. The Part that I find odd is that you can tell that an entire pie was made and then it was cut that way so why not just sell the slices by the slice instead of like that?

jason writes at 04:25:27 10/09/09 - Comment #51990: BTW, Paul, I hope this person you know is a poor person that has no other options. I can understand poor people eating that slop but if you have a choice??? Then it's worth an intervention.

jenks writes at 04:24:55 10/09/09 - Comment #51989: well that pizza looks gross, but I *do* like the pre-washed/chopped veggies. yes, it's lazy. But, it makes me more likely to eat veggies if I don't have to do the work.

mrmike writes at 04:18:03 10/09/09 - Comment #51988: Not to mention really unappetizing

tinypliny writes at 03:42:42 10/09/09 - Comment #51987: But I do. I don't get it. I have suggested that they get rid of this wasteful and downright toxic practice altogether in several written notes to the Pricerite management over the past few months AND personally every time I go to Guercio's (to the great Guercio family members). I have also written in my concerns at the Wegmans and Tops chains in the past (and then gave up because they never listen anyway).

Pricerite took some steps (or at least I think they did)when they stopped putting peppers and string beans in these stupid packages - for almost 2 months. I think now they are back to doing the same thing. I intend writing once again and/or speaking with the management. It is unacceptable. :/

jason writes at 03:34:00 10/09/09 - Comment #51985: Tiny - please tell me you don't offer these "suggestions" to Guercio's, etc.

tinypliny writes at 03:30:13 10/09/09 - Comment #51984: Not very different from all those veggies that are chopped up and put in styrofoam padding and then wrapped in cling film. Try telling the shop how wasteful and silly all of it and they turn a deaf ear - including Guercios, Wegmans, Pricerite etc.

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Category: life

10/08/09 11:50 - 56ºF - ID#49966

Weird 24 hours

I was up late last night with the tortoise who was wretching up bird.

Then I went to work. I ended up getting into something that should take like 3 days but i didn't have three days so I compressed it into a 13 hour stretch with no lunch. In fact I just did not eat today and there is only a half hour until tommorow. I figured it was worth getting it over with so that I could actually have tommorow and the Monday holiday off without having to stress about it. That way I can work on the house this weekend.

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