Heh. My example isn't as bad as yours (nobody's life is hanging in the balance), but still reminds me of when I was sick over Christmas 1999 (turned out to be pneumonia). On the day after Christmas, which was a Sunday I believe, I had a pain in my ribs so bad I wondered if I had cracked one from all the coughing. So I called up my doctor and told the answering service that I needed to talk to whoever was on call, and they gave me the number for another doctor. So I called that number.

Me: Hi, I need to talk to Dr. X. I'm a patient of Dr. Y.

Service: They're closed now. The office will be open tomorrow. You can call back then.

Me: Well, I was told Dr. X is on call for Dr. Y's practice this weekend. Is that true?

Service: [long pause] Yes, he is.

Me: Well, since he was on call, I thought maybe you could page him for me.

Service: [long pause, obviously to allow this person's view of the universe to be rearranged] Oh, yeah, we can do that.

Don't say anything ina stairwell that you don't want the whole building to hear... :censored: they tend to work like megaphones.

During a landing, the speed is gradually reduced from its cruising speed as it descends.
Normally, as the planes pass through 10,000 feet, the speed must be reduced to 250 knots.
By 3000 feet, it is down to 200 knots, 1500 feet, 160 knots and by landing, it should be between 110 to 140 knots depending on the type and weight of the airplane. :cool:

What I learned today, again.

Being right about a person's personality ain't worth shit if nobody listens.

Today, I learned that I need to be careful about buying tennis shoes at Hot Topic.

Hot Topic? Isn't their primary clientele 13-year-old girls?

They won't even listen to the I-told-you-so's? That ain't fair. ;)

13 year old goth girls, IIRC. They also do some retro punk.

Yeah, Rockette went thru a Hot Topic phase. Now, she's 16 and too old for that. For clothes, we go to Bebe and Rampage now. As for shoes, the hippest girls wear the retro Chuck Taylors in black (Foot Locker, etc.)

tut, tut. So quick to judge! Just because I found a pair of fierce tennis shoes there and bought them and just because I am no longer 13 does not mean that there isn't a 13 year-old girl inside me somewhere wanting these shoes! :)

does that sound right?

<i>O tempora. O mores!</i> "Retro punk", eh? Coming up next: Goth nostalgia.

I wasn't judging. :angel: I was just asking for my own information. You know I just can't keep up with all this stuff.

They won't, the schmucks.

Learned this on Tues, but just got back to work today...had infuenza AND strep throat for the last 5 days...

875 mg of amoxicillin, even when taken with food, can cause one the immense displeaseure of vomiting. Break those pills in half folks, and take 'em an hour apart.

Oh, and "immediate care" doctors are idiots.

This sounds like the plague that Mrs. Elspode is currently battling...fifth day into the sickness, and third day off of work. Nasty red sore throat, with everything having begun in her chest like a thunderbolt from the blue, segueing into body aches, fever, chills and generally feeling like shit.

Iowa isn't that far removed from KC, so perhaps you two are sharing a common affliction.