What's on your mind today?

[Firebird]

I can't decide if my joints are going bad or if it's just work. The company requires us to stand but gives us goddamn sitting desks. My right shoulder pretty much always burns. There is absolutely no posturally correct position I can maintain... It's just a trade off throughout the day of whether you want to be hurting your back or your shoulders or your wrists. This can't be legal.

Do they have an HR department? Or a facilities department even? When I started my current job, I did some digging and found out they had an ergonomics specialist available, but they didn't like to let people know about it because it cost money. He got me a new chair and better mouse, which relieved the pain in my shoulders

[jumbojak]

Hard living, untreated injuries, and a deep seated hatred of going to the doctor. I've had metal dug out of my eyes while being held down on a workbench, broken bones and waited weeks to see anybody about it if I go at all, etc. That's probably a good part of the reason I'm going blind and have so much joint trouble. That and a family history of RA.

You can say that again. Sounds like you grew up in the industrial revolution.

Some I know are worse than me. For instance, one of my brothers has completely worn out one of his shoulders working as a commercial fisherman. I know two people who have lost the use of an arm due to chainsaw accidents.

Most of my more serious injuries were due to stupidity and ignorance on my part. Like operating a brake lathe without safety glasses or running an angle grinder without them too. I don't know how many times I've managed to get sparks up my nose and it's a miracle I never actually lost an eye.

Over the years I've become a big advocate of safety glasses and face shields, depending on the job being done. I even have a collection of fatalgrams and nonlethal accident photos to convince naysayers that yes, you DO need to protect your eyes and face. A shot with someone who has a piece of wire sticking their eye in place usually does the trick but there are still idiots out there.

[Bad Penny]

Manly men are anti PPE, it demeans them.
Hopefully they'll die out sooner than later.

[Bad Penny]

I disturbed a cormorant, it dropped it's fish and flew away, I was hoping it wouldn't.
I did do see a large stingray leave the water and fly for a bit.
An osprey did an impressive dive close by, didn't come up with anything.

[Tank]

Buddy is busy

Sends hugs!

[Biggus Dickus]

I want to know what kind of fucked up world we live in that someone, somewhere, would want to ban such a cool-ass dog?

[Icarus]

^ The dog is not being banned. The rule in the skate park is ; Dog skate boarders are not allowed to drink or smoke while  in the park.

[Pasta Chick]

"Why can't I go to the park anymore?"

[Biggus Dickus]

^ The dog is not being banned. The rule in the skate park is ; Dog skate boarders are not allowed to drink or smoke while  in the park.

Well that's still wrong in my book Icarus!

"Why can't I go to the park anymore?"

That's the dog PC, how utterly cool!

I bet the dog likes the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Best Coast ("The Only Place" is a great surf song), and haz an awesome name, like Gunner or Hazel!
(Apparently though the dog likes some cheap ass wine, probably spends all it's money on boards and cigs)

[Crow]

What on earth is in that glass.

[Pasta Chick]

Probably the blood of vanquished skateboard competitors.

I was going to call him Bronson. As in, "it's cool, Bronson and I have better shit to do than hang around that lame park."

[Guardian85]

What on earth is in that glass.

Probably some manner of red juice.

[Buddy]

I'm sitting in the dealership right now and this guy just walked in who is a carbon copy of G85. It's actually a bit unsettling really. 

[Guardian85]

I'm sitting in the dealership right now and this guy just walked in who is a carbon copy of G85. It's actually a bit unsettling really. 

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Pics or it didn't happen!

Everybody knows I'm one of a kind. 

[Bad Penny]

Birds spreading fire to flush out prey and negative interest rates, they're a bit disturbing.
They aren't related as far as I know but they might be...