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henryn

oldfarmer50 said:

mjfloyd1 said:

Too bad that he didn’t learn from his prior speeding ticket

Sometimes speed is relative. Yesterday we were on I-287 in NJ where the speed limit was 65. I was just keeping up with traffic and occasionally hit 87. It was like driving on a race track but if I was doing 65 I would have been rear ended or run off the road.

Which is one of the reasons I do not want one of those "speed nannies" being pushed by some car insurance companies.

andres3

mjfloyd1 said:

Too bad that he didn’t learn from his prior speeding ticket

That's the problem with speeding tickets; they are dumb. If he was driving dangerously, he should have got a reckless driving charge that might actually make him think twice, otherwise, why pull him over? Answer = $$$$.

Officer's should have the ability to exhibit discretion, and not be afraid of someone challenging their citation. A lot of the feedback from former Officer's is that they like speeding tickets because they don't get fought, and if they do get fought, they can't lose. Why are they so afraid to write a ticket that might not hold up? It's not like they get reprimanded for it.

explorerx4

Car was picked up in CT last night around 8pm.
Delivered in OH at noon today.

kyfdx

Wow! Very nice

jmonroe1

explorerx4 said:

Car was picked up in CT last night around 8pm.
Delivered in OH at noon today.

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To keep this on topic, did you have to pay for any speeding tickets the driver got?

jmonroe

tjc78

I’m sure that’s a relief to know it is there safely.

oldfarmer50

explorerx4 said:

Car was picked up in CT last night around 8pm.
Delivered in OH at noon today.

That’s a pretty sharp looking car.

jmonroe1

oldfarmer50 said:

explorerx4 said:

Car was picked up in CT last night around 8pm.
Delivered in OH at noon today.

That’s a pretty sharp looking car.

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It would looker even sharper without those thinga-mabobs on the trunk.

jmonroe

explorerx4

Ended up with about quotes from a dozen shippers.
Quote was $760. Shiply charged me $65 for their quote gathering service, which came off the $760.
Shipper changed me 5% of balance to put on a credit card, so total was just under $800.
Process was fairly easy and great communication from the shipper, so it was worth it.
I might have to rent a U Haul trailer if all our stuff doesn't fit on the moving truck and didn't want to make 2 trips to OH.

driver100

explorerx4 said:

Ended up with about quotes from a dozen shippers.
Quote was $760. Shiply charged me $65 for their quote gathering service, which came off the $760.
Shipper changed me 5% of balance to put on a credit card, so total was just under $800.
Process was fairly easy and great communication from the shipper, so it was worth it.
I might have to rent a U Haul trailer if all our stuff doesn't fit on the moving truck and didn't want to make 2 trips to OH.

How come you shipped one car but you end up with 3?
Couldn't you stuff the Mustang with all those extra items...or add a U-Haul on it on the trailer truck?
The Stang looks like new.

explorerx4

@driver100,
Broker charge of $65 plus Shipper charge $695 = $760. Another 5% was charged on top of the $695 by the shipper for using a credit card.
I might put things like lawn mowers in the rented trailer if I need it.
In the car you were allowed up to an additional 100 lbs, but that isn't much.

fintail

Put the top down and go for a cruise:

explorerx4 said:

Car was picked up in CT last night around 8pm.
Delivered in OH at noon today.

explorerx4

@fintail,
That's what I told the kids.
I didn't know about Vanilla Ice until some time after I bought the car.

explorerx4

As much as I kind of hate the Red Sox, I feel bad for them.
Keep having to update the score. Started out this post at 21.
They are losing 25-3 in the 5th inning and it isn't over yet.
Previous 2 games were lost 14-1 and 13-2.
I think they will have a new manager tomorrow.

fintail

Every time I see a white GT convertible, I hear that song.

explorerx4 said:

@fintail,
That's what I told the kids.
I didn't know about Vanilla Ice until some time after I bought the car.

jmonroe1

explorerx4 said:

As much as I kind of hate the Red Sox, I feel bad for them.
Keep having to update the score. Started out this post at 21.
They are losing 25-3 in the 5th inning and it isn't over yet.
Previous 2 games were lost 14-1 and 13-2.
I think they will have a new manager tomorrow.

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That sounds like they’ve contracted Pirates fever. Not good at all.

jmonroe

roadburner

Some of you may have seen the news story about the lady in Michigan who sued a guy for standing her up on a date. The nitwit argued with the judge over the definition of perjury and would not shut up. It reminded me of a small claims case that my fellow judge asked me to hear because she knew one of the parties. It was between two women- and they not only hated each other, but they couldn’t stop talking over each other. About 2 minutes into the hearing I informed both ladies that the next person who talked out of turn lost. 20 seconds later the case was over. I walked out of the courtroom and the other judge gave me “the look”(that she often gave me) and asked, “WHAT did you do?”
“I heard your damn case!” was my reply.

oldfarmer50

I saw a video on that Michigan case and I have to say I would have paid $10k NOT to date that harpy.

laurasdada

Re: Red Sox. Be it 1-0 or 28-5, a loss is a humiliating, inept, amateur, low-minors level pitching and fielding, highest ticket prices loss. But, just a loss.

Up to the break, I called the Sox a good bad team. I was wrong, they are now a bad bad team. Probably not Cora's fault, rather management constructing a "value" roster. Maybe some injuries, but perhaps you get what you (over?) pay for.

Let's go Mets!

I

laurasdada

roadburner said:

Some of you may have seen the news story about the lady in Michigan who sued a guy for standing her up on a date. The nitwit argued with the judge over the definition of perjury and would not shut up. It reminded me of a small claims case that my fellow judge asked me to hear because she knew one of the parties. It was between two women- and they not only hated each other, but they couldn’t stop talking over each other. About 2 minutes into the hearing I informed both ladies that the next person who talked out of turn lost. 20 seconds later the case was over. I walked out of the courtroom and the other judge gave me “the look”(that she often gave me) and asked, “WHAT did you do?”
“I heard your damn case!” was my reply.

I saw that; for the longest time I've lost my sense of incredulity.
She'll probably end up on "reality" tv and make a mint.

jmonroe1

laurasdada said:

Re: Red Sox. Be it 1-0 or 28-5, a loss is a humiliating, inept, amateur, low-minors level pitching and fielding, highest ticket prices loss. But, just a loss.

Up to the break, I called the Sox a good bad team. I was wrong, they are now a bad bad team. Probably not Cora's fault, rather management constructing a "value" roster. Maybe some injuries, but perhaps you get what you (over?) pay for.

Let's go Mets!

I

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That would never happen to the Pirates organization as long as their thrifty owner is in charge. And, he’s already threatened the city that when he decides to step aside, he’s turning over control of the team to his daughters.

Another decade or two of minor league ball in this city.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

laurasdada said:

roadburner said:

Some of you may have seen the news story about the lady in Michigan who sued a guy for standing her up on a date. The nitwit argued with the judge over the definition of perjury and would not shut up. It reminded me of a small claims case that my fellow judge asked me to hear because she knew one of the parties. It was between two women- and they not only hated each other, but they couldn’t stop talking over each other. About 2 minutes into the hearing I informed both ladies that the next person who talked out of turn lost. 20 seconds later the case was over. I walked out of the courtroom and the other judge gave me “the look”(that she often gave me) and asked, “WHAT did you do?”
“I heard your damn case!” was my reply.

I saw that; for the longest time I've lost my sense of incredulity.
She'll probably end up on "reality" tv and make a mint.

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Ain’t that the truth!

jmonroe

jipster

@roadburner said:
Some of you may have seen the news story about the lady in Michigan who sued a guy for standing her up on a date. The nitwit argued with the judge over the definition of perjury and would not shut up. It reminded me of a small claims case that my fellow judge asked me to hear because she knew one of the parties. It was between two women- and they not only hated each other, but they couldn’t stop talking over each other. About 2 minutes into the hearing I informed both ladies that the next person who talked out of turn lost. 20 seconds later the case was over. I walked out of the courtroom and the other judge gave me “the look”(that she often gave me) and asked, “WHAT did you do?”
“I heard your damn case!” was my reply.

That would have been 2 good cases for Judge Judy.

mjfloyd1

Hmmm. Sometimes I hate my job. I got called at 530 am for a case at 10 am. “Foreign body in rectum”. Hmm

I go in at 9. Nurse asks what it could be. I say “well we have a 59 yr old male who is HIV+, hepatitis C + and used meth two days ago . He has a 7.5 in by 1.5 inch cylindrical object in his rectum. Do you have any ideas what it might be?” She says “never mind “.

Pt says “it happened in Louisville two nights ago and I drove home yesterday , I probably should have gone to a hospital in Louisville when it happened “.

Interesting.

I did talk to the house supervisor and ask for them to maybe call at a more reasonable hour since he was admitted at 6 pm the night before…

jmonroe1

mjfloyd1 said:

Hmmm. Sometimes I hate my job. I got called at 530 am for a case at 10 am. “Foreign body in rectum”. Hmm

I go in at 9. Nurse asks what it could be. I say “well we have a 59 yr old male who is HIV+, hepatitis C + and used meth two days ago . He has a 7.5 in by 1.5 inch cylindrical object in his rectum. Do you have any ideas what it might be?” She says “never mind “.

Pt says “it happened in Louisville two nights ago and I drove home yesterday , I probably should have gone to a hospital in Louisville when it happened “.

Interesting.

I did talk to the house supervisor and ask for them to maybe call at a more reasonable hour since he was admitted at 6 pm the night before…

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Too bad you probably can’t call in sick like the rest of the working stiff world can do when they don’t want to go to work that day.

jmonroe

carnaught

I think the timing of this emergency calls by house supervisor's is universal.

A colleague of mine, a GI, said when he got those emergency foreign body calls involving an “orifice”, he was just hoping when he put in the endoscope that he wouldn’t see any eyes staring back at him.

mjfloyd1

That’s the issue. It wasn’t an emergency. It would have been done last night if it was emergency case

Craptastic, now a septic knee…

oldfarmer50

mjfloyd1 said:

Hmmm. Sometimes I hate my job. I got called at 530 am for a case at 10 am. “Foreign body in rectum”. Hmm

I go in at 9. Nurse asks what it could be. I say “well we have a 59 yr old male who is HIV+, hepatitis C + and used meth two days ago . He has a 7.5 in by 1.5 inch cylindrical object in his rectum. Do you have any ideas what it might be?” She says “never mind “.

Pt says “it happened in Louisville two nights ago and I drove home yesterday , I probably should have gone to a hospital in Louisville when it happened “.

Interesting.

I did talk to the house supervisor and ask for them to maybe call at a more reasonable hour since he was admitted at 6 pm the night before…

I slipped….honest! million to one shot, doc!

explorerx4

@mjfloyd1,
Did you saw the Pt, did you show carrying a tube of super glue and rope?

driver100

There are times when I had wished I could have been a doctor....and then there are times when I am glad I wasn't one!
Did he accidentally sit on a kid's toy rocket ship?

mjfloyd1

@explorerx4 said:
@mjfloyd1,
Did you saw the Pt, did you show carrying a tube of super glue and rope?

If you like it, then you put a string on it🤣.

I’ve had people try to say they slipped and fell on a whatever. Then I ask why they were walking with no pants or underwear. Clearly they didn’t think that through.

Next case even whackier. ER let her go smoke and she went to White Castle and ate sliders. Refuses spinal due to prior post dural puncture headaches after spinals for c sections. Refuses general anesthesia because she only wants Dilaudid.

Gave her a leg (femoral nerve)block and minimal sedation. Ugh. People be crazy.

And so is my life

explorerx4

Wife is working her way through more stuff. Found this. Will be giving to one of her Brothers who has a Dale Earnhardt shrine.

driver100

@mjfloyd1 My mother was in the hospital a few years ago and a woman in the same room would say she wanted to sleep, and she closed all the curtains. One day the staff looked in and found her smoking, lots of smoke floating around. they told her if she did it again she would be out....she needed serious cancer treatment. She called her husband, told him to pick up a carton of cigarettes and then to come to the front door and pick her up to take her home. The nurse came in and said she has gone, and there is no way she will be readmitted again for her cancer treatment.

Smoking must be a strong addiction.

stickguy

we are back from vacation. sadly our mountains of stuff did not disappear, or pack itself, while we are gone. I am seriously concerned about getting this done, especially since the wife will be swamped at work next week. The movers are sending a few guys Thursday to pack the Uhaul for me. That should be a good reality check for A) how much stuff is left (as in, will it fit in their truck) and how much work is left for us to get it all packed well enough to go on it (I have a feeling we will be hiring extra from them to finish more packing. Already booked them to pack the kitchen, since that is going to be a huge job.

snakeweasel

qbrozen said:

mjfloyd1 said:

Ricardo Montalbán?

Chrysler Cordoba with fine Corinthian leather

My wife likes to call him Ricky Ricardo.

FYI, for those who may have missed this bit of trivia about my family, I was granted leeway on his middle name. So he is Ricardo Enzo.

What? Not Ricardo Khan?

snakeweasel

jmonroe1 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

tjc78 said:

New topic! I don’t believe we have discussed this before.

Coolers -

Looking for a soft cooler. Stuck between paying the crazy price for a Yeti or the more reasonable one for a n RTic. Anyone have real world experience with an RTic. Reviews seem very good and all point to them being as good as the Yeti at a much lower price.

Want to save money on a cooler? Order some Omaha steaks. They come in a styrofoam cooler that could hold a case of beer. Perfect party arrangement, take the steaks out, cook them and fill the cooler. Don’t forget to invite all your Edmunds buddies.

How many beers will that thing hold?

jmonroe

I think the better question is how many beers will oldfarmer hold?

snakeweasel

jmonroe1 said:

driver100 said:

.....actually, if the truth be known, I can tell those two are guilty just by looking at them.

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It’s a good thing you’re not a judge. I saw a statistic once that said going by looks you’re wrong more than 60% of the time. Now, once folks open their mouths you’ve got a much better chance, but looks, that’s treading in water where you shouldn’t be.

Maybe our judge could shed some light on this.

jmonroe

Well you could go by looks but go the other way and you'll be right 60% of the time.

snakeweasel

roadburner said:

Some of you may have seen the news story about the lady in Michigan who sued a guy for standing her up on a date. The nitwit argued with the judge over the definition of perjury and would not shut up. It reminded me of a small claims case that my fellow judge asked me to hear because she knew one of the parties. It was between two women- and they not only hated each other, but they couldn’t stop talking over each other. About 2 minutes into the hearing I informed both ladies that the next person who talked out of turn lost. 20 seconds later the case was over. I walked out of the courtroom and the other judge gave me “the look”(that she often gave me) and asked, “WHAT did you do?”
“I heard your damn case!” was my reply.

Wait, what? You can sue someone for being stood up? What's the statute of limitations on that?

snakeweasel

Walked outside the front of the house yesterday and noticed that it had rained just a little while prior as the ground was wet. Then I noticed my neighbor in his driveway standing next to his convertible with the top down looking into it with a rather stunned blank look on his face.

28firefighter

@mjfloyd1 said:
Hmmm. Sometimes I hate my job. I got called at 530 am for a case at 10 am. “Foreign body in rectum”. Hmm

I go in at 9. Nurse asks what it could be. I say “well we have a 59 yr old male who is HIV+, hepatitis C + and used meth two days ago . He has a 7.5 in by 1.5 inch cylindrical object in his rectum. Do you have any ideas what it might be?” She says “never mind “.

Pt says “it happened in Louisville two nights ago and I drove home yesterday , I probably should have gone to a hospital in Louisville when it happened “.

Interesting.

I did talk to the house supervisor and ask for them to maybe call at a more reasonable hour since he was admitted at 6 pm the night before…

To quote the venerable Dr. Cox viewing a radiology film:
“I don't know what to tell you, there, Bobbo. Either this kid has a light bulb up his butt or his colon has a great idea.”

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

we are back from vacation. sadly our mountains of stuff did not disappear, or pack itself, while we are gone. I am seriously concerned about getting this done, especially since the wife will be swamped at work next week. The movers are sending a few guys Thursday to pack the Uhaul for me. That should be a good reality check for A) how much stuff is left (as in, will it fit in their truck) and how much work is left for us to get it all packed well enough to go on it (I have a feeling we will be hiring extra from them to finish more packing. Already booked them to pack the kitchen, since that is going to be a huge job.

Load your Maverick up as high as you can go and then drive really fast with the tailgate down.

oldfarmer50

snakeweasel said:

jmonroe1 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

tjc78 said:

New topic! I don’t believe we have discussed this before.

Coolers -

Looking for a soft cooler. Stuck between paying the crazy price for a Yeti or the more reasonable one for a n RTic. Anyone have real world experience with an RTic. Reviews seem very good and all point to them being as good as the Yeti at a much lower price.

Want to save money on a cooler? Order some Omaha steaks. They come in a styrofoam cooler that could hold a case of beer. Perfect party arrangement, take the steaks out, cook them and fill the cooler. Don’t forget to invite all your Edmunds buddies.

How many beers will that thing hold?

jmonroe

I think the better question is how many beers will oldfarmer hold?

If last July 4th, with my BIL and I holding each other up was any indication….a whole lot.

explorerx4

The usual method is to load up the truck bed, drive to where you want to drop the load, put it in reverse, then slam on the brakes.

roadburner

mjfloyd1 said:

That’s the issue. It wasn’t an emergency. It would have been done last night if it was emergency case

Craptastic, now a septic knee…

In a similar vein, I'd get calls at 3:00 am from police wanting a search warrant for a car that's already been towed in to the impound lot; unless it's a literal matter of life and death it can wait until morning- the car isn't going anywhere.

driver100

stickguy said:

we are back from vacation. sadly our mountains of stuff did not disappear, or pack itself, while we are gone. I am seriously concerned about getting this done, especially since the wife will be swamped at work next week. .

If you haven't used it in 2 years you probably won't need it again, and if you do need it you will never find it. Not only that, but it will be cheaper to buy a new one than to haul all that stuff from one location to another.
There should be a rule, you must move every 6 years and throw out anything that hasn't been used in 2 years. Maybe also, get rid of 25% of junk every time you move too.

jmonroe1

@driver100 said:
If you haven't used it in 2 years you probably won't need it again, and if you do need it you will never find it. Not only that, but it will be cheaper to buy a new one than to haul all that stuff from one location to another.
There should be a rule, you must move every 6 years and throw out anything that hasn't been used in 2 years. Maybe also, get rid of 25% of junk every time you move too.

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Are you heavily invested in landfills?

jmonroe

mjfloyd1

On to day 3 of shiite show weekend call. No better. Nurse hands me a bag of “iv fluid”. It is sterile water that should never be given iv. Ugh. Thankfully I saw it before I even opened the bag..Wow. Remind me never to take call here again.

This is the small hospital that is usually quiet

qbrozen

We are at the Phillies game today. Of course we picked the day that wound up being brutally hot.

mjfloyd1

@andres3 said:
That's the problem with speeding tickets; they are dumb. If he was driving dangerously, he should have got a reckless driving charge

And taken his key fobs away…

stickguy

driver100 said:

stickguy said:

we are back from vacation. sadly our mountains of stuff did not disappear, or pack itself, while we are gone. I am seriously concerned about getting this done, especially since the wife will be swamped at work next week. .

If you haven't used it in 2 years you probably won't need it again, and if you do need it you will never find it. Not only that, but it will be cheaper to buy a new one than to haul all that stuff from one location to another.
There should be a rule, you must move every 6 years and throw out anything that hasn't been used in 2 years. Maybe also, get rid of 25% of junk every time you move too.

I know all this. and 2 years? Try 20+ for a lot of it. I however am not the problem. The other half has attachment issues. To everything it seems.