Re: Open Bar: RECOMMENDABLE

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

CPD: Fingers crossed.
Cain: Yay!
Nigel.  I own a few trilbys.  I may Spagbook them if I can find any pics.

You are an Easterner. Your people apparently wear trilbys.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Growing the fu manchu back in.

Also, we got another Safety Officer.  It isn't looking good so far.  He told me I had to tarp the ALL WEATHER welding machines.  I asked him if there was an easier way to gather up scorpions, snakes, and killer bees.  He then ORDERED me to do it.  I showed him the org chart and explained the chain of command to him, as well as the fact that his title is "safety technician", not "safety director", as his helmet says (he had the helmet made...and illegally modified).

He is currently whimpering to my boss.

Somehow, this all seems so terribly familiar.  ALMOST LIKE IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.

These people. Where does your company find them?

[Ben Shapiro]

Growing the fu manchu back in.

Also, we got another Safety Officer.  It isn't looking good so far.  He told me I had to tarp the ALL WEATHER welding machines.  I asked him if there was an easier way to gather up scorpions, snakes, and killer bees.  He then ORDERED me to do it.  I showed him the org chart and explained the chain of command to him, as well as the fact that his title is "safety technician", not "safety director", as his helmet says (he had the helmet made...and illegally modified).

He is currently whimpering to my boss.

Somehow, this all seems so terribly familiar.  ALMOST LIKE IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.

You reached the end of the Tucson ouroboros again. Expect a threat of the end and a nightmare of teeth, before the nagging sense of repetition comes.

Expect it?  I set my fucking watch to it.

Seriously, how fucking hard is it to find a safety technician that doesn't think he's Goddamn Lee Iacoca?  This jackass has "Capt <last name>" on his helmet, and told one of my guys to refer to him as captain (Wtf?  For real.  WTF?  CAPTAIN?).  I told my guy to refer to ME as "Emperor by Grace of God Roger I", and to refer to the safety officer as "Just another bloody peasant".  He got mad, started bitching about me "undermining his authority".  I pointed out that he hasn't got any.

The man is obviously unhinged.  Time to push things along, and cut right to the end.

My Muse! My Inspiration!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Growing the fu manchu back in.

Also, we got another Safety Officer.  It isn't looking good so far.  He told me I had to tarp the ALL WEATHER welding machines.  I asked him if there was an easier way to gather up scorpions, snakes, and killer bees.  He then ORDERED me to do it.  I showed him the org chart and explained the chain of command to him, as well as the fact that his title is "safety technician", not "safety director", as his helmet says (he had the helmet made...and illegally modified).

He is currently whimpering to my boss.

Somehow, this all seems so terribly familiar.  ALMOST LIKE IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.

These people. Where does your company find them?

Tucson, of course.  Remember that we are under your cities, and all the weird shit flows down here.

[Cain]

Tutorial on terrorists and crime.  Boring, boring BORING.  Some of us were reading John Robb in 2004, you know.  MEND, FARC, Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, Haqqani Network....yawn.  And having to read some snorefest apparently authorised by the DIA is not helping any.  Kidnappers in bed with suicide bombers in bed with money launderers in bed with heroin traffickers in bed with assassins, oh my!

Let's talk about crime as terrorism.  Economic asymmetrical warfare.  Self-sustaining profit networks that contribute to insecurity used in a strategic fashion.

That'd be fun.

[Junkenstein]

Tutorial on terrorists and crime.  Boring, boring BORING.  Some of us were reading John Robb in 2004, you know.  MEND, FARC, Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, Haqqani Network....yawn.  And having to read some snorefest apparently authorised by the DIA is not helping any.  Kidnappers in bed with suicide bombers in bed with money launderers in bed with heroin traffickers in bed with assassins, oh my!

Let's talk about crime as terrorism.  Economic asymmetrical warfare.  Self-sustaining profit networks that contribute to insecurity used in a strategic fashion.

That'd be fun.

It would, and I wish to know more! Can I encourage a thread or book recommendation?

[Cain]

Tutorial on terrorists and crime.  Boring, boring BORING.  Some of us were reading John Robb in 2004, you know.  MEND, FARC, Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, Haqqani Network....yawn.  And having to read some snorefest apparently authorised by the DIA is not helping any.  Kidnappers in bed with suicide bombers in bed with money launderers in bed with heroin traffickers in bed with assassins, oh my!

Let's talk about crime as terrorism.  Economic asymmetrical warfare.  Self-sustaining profit networks that contribute to insecurity used in a strategic fashion.

That'd be fun.

It would, and I wish to know more! Can I encourage a thread or book recommendation?

John Robb's archives, 2004-6 would be a good start.

[Cain]

Seriously, I think I've spoken more this session than anyone, including the presenter and the professor.

[Junkenstein]

Appreciated, will add to the list.

ETA - Awesome. Impart wisdom to those fuckers.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

CPD: Fingers crossed.
Cain: Yay!
Nigel.  I own a few trilbys.  I may Spagbook them if I can find any pics.

Thank you. Appointment is Wednesday.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

So I don't know if I posted about this or if I did and erased it or whatever so forgive me if this is a repeat. Or not, whatevs.

I have a lump on my chest. Directly below the point of my right collar bone. It started out as a tiny annoying bump that got written off as a clogged pore or whatever. I forget when this was. And it stayed small for a long time, and invisible to the naked eye, but recently it has started growing. Last month it was smaller than my pinky-fingertip. Yesterday it fit under my index fingertip. Today it does not.

So doctor's appointment for me. And what the hell, I may as well get a pap smear too. Damn it.

Chances are it's just a growth or fibroma of some kind. Don't worry if you don't have to.

Don't even care. It's just annoyingly itchy and starting to show under my shirts. Also, I hate doctors like the plague upon humanity that they are . . . in my paranoia-infused fantasy world.

Yeah, it's itchy and growing fast, get it removed and biopsied ASAP.

I took a nap earlier and had a dream that the doctor was trying to force me to have a whole drawn-out surgery to get it removed. $$ upon $$. I said screw that and borrowed his scalpel and removed it myself. Which is what I was tempted to do in the first place but my roommates think I'm nuts. I might possibly be but I really hate constant itching. Pain I can ignore but not itchy.

Yeah NOPE NOPE NOPE. Get it properly removed and biopsied as soon as you can. Like, tomorrow if possible. Earliest possible appointment, please.

I know. It's just . . . iiiiitchy. Will do soonest.

Youtube "Cyst removal" for why you should listen to Nigel.  The hillarity of having body-made reekcheese spew out of your flesh faded when it turns into an infected crater of pain.

Yup, I know. Grew up on the farm, was a vet tech. Cysts are all the fun, especially in odd places on animals that out weigh you liek woah. I just . . . really really hate itching. Fear not, Nigel's wisdom has been taken unto my heart and carried out.

I told my doctor it was probably filled with lymph-flavored Pepsi since I drink so much (Pepsi, not lymph). I think he was crying after that. I thought it was funny.

[Suu]

Odd, maybe personal question: Is it along your bra line, perhaps located under the wire?

[Richter]

So I don't know if I posted about this or if I did and erased it or whatever so forgive me if this is a repeat. Or not, whatevs.

I have a lump on my chest. Directly below the point of my right collar bone. It started out as a tiny annoying bump that got written off as a clogged pore or whatever. I forget when this was. And it stayed small for a long time, and invisible to the naked eye, but recently it has started growing. Last month it was smaller than my pinky-fingertip. Yesterday it fit under my index fingertip. Today it does not.

So doctor's appointment for me. And what the hell, I may as well get a pap smear too. Damn it.

Chances are it's just a growth or fibroma of some kind. Don't worry if you don't have to.

Don't even care. It's just annoyingly itchy and starting to show under my shirts. Also, I hate doctors like the plague upon humanity that they are . . . in my paranoia-infused fantasy world.

Yeah, it's itchy and growing fast, get it removed and biopsied ASAP.

I took a nap earlier and had a dream that the doctor was trying to force me to have a whole drawn-out surgery to get it removed. $$ upon $$. I said screw that and borrowed his scalpel and removed it myself. Which is what I was tempted to do in the first place but my roommates think I'm nuts. I might possibly be but I really hate constant itching. Pain I can ignore but not itchy.

Yeah NOPE NOPE NOPE. Get it properly removed and biopsied as soon as you can. Like, tomorrow if possible. Earliest possible appointment, please.

I know. It's just . . . iiiiitchy. Will do soonest.

Youtube "Cyst removal" for why you should listen to Nigel.  The hillarity of having body-made reekcheese spew out of your flesh faded when it turns into an infected crater of pain.

Yup, I know. Grew up on the farm, was a vet tech. Cysts are all the fun, especially in odd places on animals that out weigh you liek woah. I just . . . really really hate itching. Fear not, Nigel's wisdom has been taken unto my heart and carried out.

I told my doctor it was probably filled with lymph-flavored Pepsi since I drink so much (Pepsi, not lymph). I think he was crying after that. I thought it was funny.

WEll done 

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Odd, maybe personal question: Is it along your bra line, perhaps located under the wire?

Nope. It's right below my collar bone on the right side. If it gets any bigger it will be ON my collar bone.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

So I don't know if I posted about this or if I did and erased it or whatever so forgive me if this is a repeat. Or not, whatevs.

I have a lump on my chest. Directly below the point of my right collar bone. It started out as a tiny annoying bump that got written off as a clogged pore or whatever. I forget when this was. And it stayed small for a long time, and invisible to the naked eye, but recently it has started growing. Last month it was smaller than my pinky-fingertip. Yesterday it fit under my index fingertip. Today it does not.

So doctor's appointment for me. And what the hell, I may as well get a pap smear too. Damn it.

Chances are it's just a growth or fibroma of some kind. Don't worry if you don't have to.

Don't even care. It's just annoyingly itchy and starting to show under my shirts. Also, I hate doctors like the plague upon humanity that they are . . . in my paranoia-infused fantasy world.

Yeah, it's itchy and growing fast, get it removed and biopsied ASAP.

I took a nap earlier and had a dream that the doctor was trying to force me to have a whole drawn-out surgery to get it removed. $$ upon $$. I said screw that and borrowed his scalpel and removed it myself. Which is what I was tempted to do in the first place but my roommates think I'm nuts. I might possibly be but I really hate constant itching. Pain I can ignore but not itchy.

Yeah NOPE NOPE NOPE. Get it properly removed and biopsied as soon as you can. Like, tomorrow if possible. Earliest possible appointment, please.

I know. It's just . . . iiiiitchy. Will do soonest.

Youtube "Cyst removal" for why you should listen to Nigel.  The hillarity of having body-made reekcheese spew out of your flesh faded when it turns into an infected crater of pain.

Yup, I know. Grew up on the farm, was a vet tech. Cysts are all the fun, especially in odd places on animals that out weigh you liek woah. I just . . . really really hate itching. Fear not, Nigel's wisdom has been taken unto my heart and carried out.

I told my doctor it was probably filled with lymph-flavored Pepsi since I drink so much (Pepsi, not lymph). I think he was crying after that. I thought it was funny.

WEll done 

*bows*