Pet Peeves

[rjmyooper]

My first job as a care giver was for a former Marine who lost a leg following a slip and fall while working at a restaurant that cost him his leg. He didn't get a prosthetic though. Later he lost the other leg as well. He was in his 60's when I worked for him and has since passed. Great guy.

Edit: oops, prosthesis, not prosthetic.

There is a big difference between those who had a "sudden and spectacular event" when they lost their Limb, and those of us who knew it was eventually going to happen.

 

[tripletfeb]

I used to have beautiful feet. Now I have beautiful 'foot'.

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Now that foot I like!

Nurses love missing leg jokes and so do I. View attachment 3071954

And I love your sense of humor!

 

[rjmyooper]

Now that foot I like!

And I love your sense of humor!

*Blush*

 

[BigBlueHen53]

There is a big difference between those who had a "sudden and spectacular event" when they lost their Limb, and those of us who knew it was eventually going to happen.

Not sure which category he was in. When he fell, he broke his back. Had surgery for that. He said they didn't get him up soon enough and he got a clot in his leg. So I don't know how long he knew he was going to lose the first leg. The second leg was going downhill for a long time. It was while I was working for him that he ended up losing the second one. We really tried. In any case it seems it would take some adjustment, emotionally as well as physically.

 

[rjmyooper]

Someone who's keeping it family friendly rather than using f-bombs

 

[Bakbuk]

Who the heck calls people dillweeds?

Kansans.

Why?

At least, the only person I ever heard use that term was from Kansas.

As a Kansan this confounds me

 

[BigBlueHen53]

As a Kansan this confounds me

Ah well, it was long ago and far away.

 

[azurbanclucker]

I used to say that all the time. In the early '90's

My Dude! (thats the universal use of "dude")

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Whitey, how can you possibly tell if one raspberry is missing on a cake?

If the cake has icing, then there will be a small spot of disturbed icing -- a divot or little lumpy spot -- where the berry was.
Unless, of course, someone smoothed it out.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

When you have something important to print and your printer dies. Then you ask your friend to use theirs and it prints blurry. You ask why and they tell you that's just the way it prints

Staples offers printing services