Reasons to be cheerful!

[Dave]

I have a reason to be cheerful; my car, the mighty Günhilde, passed inspection yesterday. :}

Would it be possible to see a pic of a car named Gunhilde?

But it's not just a car named Gunhilde, this is the mighty Gunhilde. 

Does it have . . . Oops, no, it was Brünhilde who had an iron bra.



The show's not over 'til the fat lady dings sings!

[Edited, got my quotes mixed before!]

[Biggus Dickus]

Is the mighty Gunhilde a boy car or a girl car?

[jumbojak]

Gender neutral. I think, anyway.

[Biggus Dickus]

Gender neutral. I think, anyway.

I was thinking maybe it was a Bi-Cycle...get it?

[Dave]

Well, wallnuts and banana nibbled bit at a time late last night stayed put. Goodish night, pain level now 0.5 or less!

Thanks for all the symp guys!

[Dave]

Hee, hee. How to freak out a friend.

A friend is totally 100% body piercings on men and I used to wind her up by talking about getting an earing.

Saw an add for magnetic earings - got lots of little magnets . . . Put a 4mm, very shiny, ball magnet on the front of my earlobe and a 4mm disk magnet behind, then did the same 3/4 the way up the rim. Worked a treat, I could flip my ears without them falling off and not too uncomfortable.

My friend also flipped!

[Velma]

It is great to work with a group of people who get stuff done. As you may or may not know, I work in a mail order pharmacy. Things work a bit differently from your corner pharmacy. Prescription orders are filled through a combination of automation and manual filling. My department deal with problem orders. We are also responsible for keeping track of orders for our largest client to make sure that they get out before they are 11 days old.

Last night at work was horrible. Night shift came in to find 25 ten-day old orders for that account. Twenty-five is a unacceptably large number of orders to have gotten so close to the deadline. I could have understood if they were orders that had been held up in front end and prevented from reaching the pharmacy, but they weren't. There was a momentary WTF! moment, then we pulled together and got those orders out. No bickering. No whining. No one worrying about doing more work than someone else. Just work getting done.

There was great moment right after I ran the report. The night shift lead left her desk, walked up the day shift lead to ask, "What the f**k were you all doing all day?"

[Dave]

^ That is one if the things I missed after leaving the RAF, Velma. It is not so easy to find a strong ethos of duty, of united purpose and teamwork in commercial organisations. Politics gets in the way, often mostly amongst the managers, who should be setting example. Find a bitchy, inefficient team and you will mostly find a bitchy, inefficient manager in charge of it.

A trouble shooting team needs to be picked from the top workers, in attitude as well as skills!

Sounds like you are in the right place.

[Velma]

^Yes, I am in the right place.

Funny thing is, people who have worked with both day and night shifts have commented on the difference between the two. Apparently, day shift needs a lot of hand-holding and baby-sitting, while night shift just gets on with it. 

[Velma]

Another reason to be cheerful:

The new medication for my autoimmune disease is working so well that I was able to clean out my closet and a couple of chests. I donated three bags of clothes to a local charity.

[Dave]

Another reason to be cheerful:

The new medication for my autoimmune disease is working so well that I was able to clean out my closet and a couple of chests. I donated three bags of clothes to a local charity.

Don't think I even own three bags of clothes!

We get chsrity bagsvthrough the door. By the time my clothes are ready to be "let go" they are usually only raggable anyway. Fashion - wor's dat den?

[Velma]

Another reason to be cheerful:

The new medication for my autoimmune disease is working so well that I was able to clean out my closet and a couple of chests. I donated three bags of clothes to a local charity.

Don't think I even own three bags of clothes!

We get chsrity bagsvthrough the door. By the time my clothes are ready to be "let go" they are usually only raggable anyway. Fashion - wor's dat den?

Most of it was items I'd stuffed in a drawer or storage box and forgotten. It felt good to get rid of it all.

[Tank]

Another reason to be cheerful:

The new medication for my autoimmune disease is working so well that I was able to clean out my closet and a couple of chests. I donated three bags of clothes to a local charity.

Super duper news!

[Tom62]

Another reason to be cheerful:

The new medication for my autoimmune disease is working so well that I was able to clean out my closet and a couple of chests. I donated three bags of clothes to a local charity.

Super duper news!

That is great news!

[Sandra Craft]

Another reason to be cheerful:

The new medication for my autoimmune disease is working so well that I was able to clean out my closet and a couple of chests. I donated three bags of clothes to a local charity.

Don't think I even own three bags of clothes!

We get chsrity bagsvthrough the door. By the time my clothes are ready to be "let go" they are usually only raggable anyway. Fashion - wor's dat den?

Most of it was items I'd stuffed in a drawer or storage box and forgotten. It felt good to get rid of it all.

Fantastic news!