On 12/22/2014 4:20 PM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:38:14 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
>
>>> Oh, come on. How can you say that with all the gramophones in rfc?

>> gramophones??? germaphobes, maybe; but I don't recall a single gramophone
>> here.
>
> Hit the wrong spell check and when I went back to look at the choices
> thought I'd picked a different one. This isn't bad as wrong word
> choices go.
>
Just another reason not to rely on spell check.

Jill

On 12/22/2014 4:22 PM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:13:32 -0400, wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:57:18 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2014-12-22 11:56 AM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:27:49 -0500, Dave Smith
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2014-12-21 6:00 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Most people drink their booze mixed. It is almost comical to see someone
>>>>>>> worrying about watering down their booze with melted ice when they have
>>>>>>> already *******ized good liquor with sweet sodas.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The only time I've ever "heard" anyone worry about ice cubes watering
>>>>>> a drink down is here. Most people don't care one way or the other.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you serious?
>>>>
>>>> I'm wondering how serious you are.
>>>>
>>> Well, I am quite serious that people care about their drinks being water
>>> down with too much ice. If I order a shot of liquor I don't want a
>>> single shot of good booze with a glass full of ice that soon turns to
>>> water.
>>
>>
>> You need to learn to drink faster
>
> And to put the glass down. His hot hand is melting the ice.
>
That's what drink cozy's are for.

I've got some odd crocheted drink cozy's that fit highball glasses.
Aside from catching condensation (no doubt from that plethora of ice
cubes!) they also sort of insulate the glass from the heat of your hand.
I think they were given to my mom as a gift when she was first married.

Jill

Dave Smith wrote:
>
>Fercrissakes.... I said I like a little bit of ice. If I drink a gin
>and tonic I want a shot of gin with some tonic and enough ice to cool
>it. I don't want a little bit of gin and a little bit of tonic in a huge
>glassful of ice cubes to supersize it and to turn into a slightly gin
>flavoured bucket of icewater.
>
>Should I dare to mention that if I order a soft drink I expect a glass
>of pop not a glassful of ice.

At home I typically fill a tall glass with an entire tray of ice
cubes, I add like two shots of Crystal Palace vodka and fill the glass
to the top with cherry Coke, works for me... I'll have one maybe two
for the night. But if I go to a bar and want good scotch I'll order a
double rocks easy on the ice, never have a problem. If I want neat it
comes in a shot glass, if I want a chaser, soda or water comes in a
small tumbler. I don't understand the problem... fix your own, or
bartenders will know how to fix whatever you ask for... from reading
this thread none of yoose have ever ordered a bar drink, yoose all
patronize fast food joints... Pepsi in a paper cup with a ton of
crushed ice.

On 12/22/2014 5:54 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> Fercrissakes.... I said I like a little bit of ice. If I drink a gin
>> and tonic I want a shot of gin with some tonic and enough ice to cool
>> it. I don't want a little bit of gin and a little bit of tonic in a huge
>> glassful of ice cubes to supersize it and to turn into a slightly gin
>> flavoured bucket of icewater.
>>
>> Should I dare to mention that if I order a soft drink I expect a glass
>> of pop not a glassful of ice.
>
> At home I typically fill a tall glass with an entire tray of ice
> cubes, I add like two shots of Crystal Palace vodka and fill the glass
> to the top with cherry Coke, works for me...

Uh... an entire tray of ice cubes in a tall glass?

I'll have one maybe two
> for the night.

With that much ice just add more booze and make a pitcher. Cherry coke?
TIAD

> I don't understand the problem... fix your own, or
> bartenders will know how to fix whatever you ask for... from reading
> this thread none of yoose have ever ordered a bar drink, yoose all
> patronize fast food joints... Pepsi in a paper cup with a ton of
> crushed ice.
>
Actually, if you go to a fast food joint all they do is hand you a cup.
It's up to you to add ice (or not). The soda comes out of the
tap/dispenser chilled. That's what those CO2 tanks behind the counter
are for.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/22/2014 11:40 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Around here cell phone use is not permitted in doctor's offices...
>> there are signs saying to go outdoors to use your phone... many
>> medical waiting rooms have cell phone signal jammers. Public pay
>> phones were in booths or behind a sound barrier... but cell phone
>> users are rude, they scream into their phone so annoy everyone
>
> Many medical waiting rooms have cell phone signal jammers? Huh.

I don't think so. Some medical rooms have signs not to use them as the cell
phones interfere with medical equipment but I have not seen such signs in
waiting rooms.
>
> There are signs saying no cell phones, sure. That doesn't stop most
> people from using them in doctor's offices or hospitals. When I went to
> the doctor last month despite the obvious signage there were people
> talking on cell phones in the waiting room.
>
Nope. Does not stop them at all.

> People pay as much attention to those signs as they do the airplane
> announcement about shutting off all electronic devices. Some people
> simply can't bring themselves to do it. I doubt I'll ever understand it.

Yep.

"Janet B" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:24:32 -0800, sf > wrote:
> snip
>>>
>>Antibacterial soap is being banned. Actually it's a chemical called
>>triclosan that's being banned, mainly because it's connected to the
>>increase of antibiotic-resistant "superbugs".
>>http://www.beyondpesticides.org/anti.../triclosan.php
>>
>>I am not a big user of antibacterial soaps, but I do require the wet
>>wipes grocery stores put at their entrances because it never fails
>>that I pick up a cold if I don't use one on my cart handle and the
>>surrounding area.
>
> I'm glad to hear that. It has become almost impossible to buy a
> liquid soap that isn't antibacterial.
> Janet US

Nonsense!

On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:04:43 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 12/22/2014 5:54 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> Fercrissakes.... I said I like a little bit of ice. If I drink a gin
> >> and tonic I want a shot of gin with some tonic and enough ice to cool
> >> it. I don't want a little bit of gin and a little bit of tonic in a huge
> >> glassful of ice cubes to supersize it and to turn into a slightly gin
> >> flavoured bucket of icewater.
> >>
> >> Should I dare to mention that if I order a soft drink I expect a glass
> >> of pop not a glassful of ice.
> >
> > At home I typically fill a tall glass with an entire tray of ice
> > cubes, I add like two shots of Crystal Palace vodka and fill the glass
> > to the top with cherry Coke, works for me...
>
> Uh... an entire tray of ice cubes in a tall glass?
>
> I'll have one maybe two
> > for the night.
>
> With that much ice just add more booze and make a pitcher. Cherry coke?
> TIAD
>
> > I don't understand the problem... fix your own, or
> > bartenders will know how to fix whatever you ask for... from reading
> > this thread none of yoose have ever ordered a bar drink, yoose all
> > patronize fast food joints... Pepsi in a paper cup with a ton of
> > crushed ice.
> >
> Actually, if you go to a fast food joint all they do is hand you a cup.
> It's up to you to add ice (or not). The soda comes out of the
> tap/dispenser chilled. That's what those CO2 tanks behind the counter
> are for.
>
It's probably been quite a while since either one of them have
experienced whatever it is they're complaining about. Dave can't
decide what he's mad about but by golly he didn't like it.


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On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:31:36 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 12/22/2014 4:20 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:38:14 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
> >
> >>> Oh, come on. How can you say that with all the gramophones in rfc?
>
> >> gramophones??? germaphobes, maybe; but I don't recall a single gramophone
> >> here.
> >
> > Hit the wrong spell check and when I went back to look at the choices
> > thought I'd picked a different one. This isn't bad as wrong word
> > choices go.
> >
> Just another reason not to rely on spell check.
>
It's not spell check's fault, Jill. The fault is all mine. This kind
of thing is what tells me it's time for eye surgery, something I don't
want to do because they let me wake up too early and it hurt. I say
BS about how you're supposed to forget the pain. I still remember.


--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/22/2014 5:54 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> Fercrissakes.... I said I like a little bit of ice. If I drink a gin
>>> and tonic I want a shot of gin with some tonic and enough ice to cool
>>> it. I don't want a little bit of gin and a little bit of tonic in a
>>> huge
>>> glassful of ice cubes to supersize it and to turn into a slightly gin
>>> flavoured bucket of icewater.
>>>
>>> Should I dare to mention that if I order a soft drink I expect a glass
>>> of pop not a glassful of ice.
>>
>> At home I typically fill a tall glass with an entire tray of ice
>> cubes, I add like two shots of Crystal Palace vodka and fill the glass
>> to the top with cherry Coke, works for me...
>
> Uh... an entire tray of ice cubes in a tall glass?
>
> I'll have one maybe two
>> for the night.
>
> With that much ice just add more booze and make a pitcher. Cherry
> coke? TIAD
>
>> I don't understand the problem... fix your own, or
>> bartenders will know how to fix whatever you ask for... from reading
>> this thread none of yoose have ever ordered a bar drink, yoose all
>> patronize fast food joints... Pepsi in a paper cup with a ton of
>> crushed ice.
>>
> Actually, if you go to a fast food joint all they do is hand you a
> cup. It's up to you to add ice (or not). The soda comes out of the
> tap/dispenser chilled. That's what those CO2 tanks behind the counter
> are for.
>
> Jill
>
Actually, that's how it becomes carbonated.

On 2014-12-22 19:53, sf wrote:

> It's probably been quite a while since either one of them have
> experienced whatever it is they're complaining about. Dave can't
> decide what he's mad about but by golly he didn't like it.
>


You were the one who said that you never hear about anyone complaining
about their booze being watered down. Get over yourself.

On 12/22/2014 6:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

>
> I don't think so. Some medical rooms have signs not to use them as the
> cell phones interfere with medical equipment but I have not seen such
> signs in waiting rooms.

I have seen them in a few doctor's waiting rooms. N E Retina not only
has one in the main waiting room, it also has signs in the exam rooms.
They don't care if you are using them to text or read, but it prevents
the loudmouths from disturbing everyone within 200 feet. There is
always the ignoramus that would make the doctor wait while they finish a
call too.

The medical group we use does provide free wi-fi for visitors though.

On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:26:16 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-12-22 19:53, sf wrote:
>
> > It's probably been quite a while since either one of them have
> > experienced whatever it is they're complaining about. Dave can't
> > decide what he's mad about but by golly he didn't like it.
> >
>
>
> You were the one who said that you never hear about anyone complaining
> about their booze being watered down. Get over yourself.

Nobody in my real life has that complaint. Only the pantywaists on
rfc seem to have that problem.

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"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/22/2014 6:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't think so. Some medical rooms have signs not to use them as the
>> cell phones interfere with medical equipment but I have not seen such
>> signs in waiting rooms.
>
> I have seen them in a few doctor's waiting rooms. N E Retina not only has
> one in the main waiting room, it also has signs in the exam rooms. They
> don't care if you are using them to text or read, but it prevents the
> loudmouths from disturbing everyone within 200 feet. There is always the
> ignoramus that would make the doctor wait while they finish a call too.
>
> The medical group we use does provide free wi-fi for visitors though.

Yes. Free Wifi here too.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:40:08 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Around here cell phone use is not permitted in doctor's offices...
>> there are signs saying to go outdoors to use your phone... many
>> medical waiting rooms have cell phone signal jammers.
>
> <yawn> More of your fictional bullshit. Cell phone signal jammers
> are against Federal law. And no doctor is going to open himself up to
> a federal scrutiny and a lawsuit.
>
> Admit it - you just made that shit up just like half the other crap
> you come up with here.
>
> If cell phones are not allowed in waiting rooms, is it also against
> their rules that you can't talk to the person next to you?

I do know that when I lived in NY, many places had signs for no cell phone
use. That included restaurants.
>
>> Public pay
>> phones were in booths or behind a sound barrier... but cell phone
>> users are rude, they scream into their phone so annoy everyone around
>> them and who needs to hear their filthy language. I have no need to
>> use a phone when I'm not at home, in my entire life I used a pay phone
>> maybe 4 times... every cell phone conversation I've ever overheard is
>> nothing but inane gibberish with the foulest of language.
>
> You have a very odd lifestyle if that's all your hear on cell phones.
> Hell, you practically never even go out of the house yet here you are
> claiming to be an expert on how all people use their cell phones.

I don't claim to be an expert on anything but I sure have heard people
screaming and cursing on cell phones! Also talking bedroom type talk where
little kids were. Some people have no clue.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:09:14 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 12/22/2014 11:40 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> Around here cell phone use is not permitted in doctor's offices...
>>> there are signs saying to go outdoors to use your phone... many
>>> medical waiting rooms have cell phone signal jammers. Public pay
>>> phones were in booths or behind a sound barrier... but cell phone
>>> users are rude, they scream into their phone so annoy everyone
>>
>> Many medical waiting rooms have cell phone signal jammers? Huh.
>
> No, they don't.
>
> The only place I've seen a "No Cell Phone" rule is in a hospital, on
> planes, and at the DMV. And they sure as hell don't use jammers.

The dance studio has such signs. It all stemmed from a conversation that
went on in front of children where the woman on the phone was talking about
the guy she met online and the sex that they had. Hour long conversation in
front of some kids who thankfully were too little to understand what she was
talking about. The rest of us sat there in horror, giving her dirty looks.
She didn't seem to notice us. She was using Bluetooth.

Restaurants in NY also commonly have such signs.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:04:43 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 12/22/2014 5:54 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> > Dave Smith wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Fercrissakes.... I said I like a little bit of ice. If I drink a gin
>> >> and tonic I want a shot of gin with some tonic and enough ice to cool
>> >> it. I don't want a little bit of gin and a little bit of tonic in a
>> >> huge
>> >> glassful of ice cubes to supersize it and to turn into a slightly gin
>> >> flavoured bucket of icewater.
>> >>
>> >> Should I dare to mention that if I order a soft drink I expect a glass
>> >> of pop not a glassful of ice.
>> >
>> > At home I typically fill a tall glass with an entire tray of ice
>> > cubes, I add like two shots of Crystal Palace vodka and fill the glass
>> > to the top with cherry Coke, works for me...
>>
>> Uh... an entire tray of ice cubes in a tall glass?
>>
>> I'll have one maybe two
>> > for the night.
>>
>> With that much ice just add more booze and make a pitcher. Cherry coke?
>> TIAD
>>
>> > I don't understand the problem... fix your own, or
>> > bartenders will know how to fix whatever you ask for... from reading
>> > this thread none of yoose have ever ordered a bar drink, yoose all
>> > patronize fast food joints... Pepsi in a paper cup with a ton of
>> > crushed ice.
>> >
>> Actually, if you go to a fast food joint all they do is hand you a cup.
>> It's up to you to add ice (or not). The soda comes out of the
>> tap/dispenser chilled. That's what those CO2 tanks behind the counter
>> are for.
>>
> It's probably been quite a while since either one of them have
> experienced whatever it is they're complaining about. Dave can't
> decide what he's mad about but by golly he didn't like it.

Ha! I think you're right about Dave. The soda does come out chilled
though. Not super cold but cold enough that when I get my own, I only put a
small amount of ice in. I love what we call the "magic" machines. Coke
machines that allow you all sorts of flavoring choices. Love them!

On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:08:59 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:40:08 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >
> >> Around here cell phone use is not permitted in doctor's offices...
> >> there are signs saying to go outdoors to use your phone... many
> >> medical waiting rooms have cell phone signal jammers.
> >
> > <yawn> More of your fictional bullshit. Cell phone signal jammers
> > are against Federal law. And no doctor is going to open himself up to
> > a federal scrutiny and a lawsuit.
> >
> > Admit it - you just made that shit up just like half the other crap
> > you come up with here.
> >
> > If cell phones are not allowed in waiting rooms, is it also against
> > their rules that you can't talk to the person next to you?
>
> I do know that when I lived in NY, many places had signs for no cell phone
> use. That included restaurants.

That was a long time ago and things have changed since then.

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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>> >I just got a gift box of Kansas City Steaks in a styrofoam cooler
>> >delivered with dry ice to keep it very frozen.
>>
>> What is the point of paying those ridiculously high prices for
>> friggin' frozen steak, once frozen it's no longer fresh nor according
>> to the USDA can it be sold as fresh... freezing knocks it down at
>> least one maybe two USDA grades... you'd do much better at any
>> stupidmarket.
>
> Sheldon! It was a Christmas gift from a friend. I'm not about to
> complain. I've now got 4 12oz sirloin steaks in my freezer.

You have a very generous and kind friend. I am sure you will enjoy them
all)

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> wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:57:18 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>>On 2014-12-22 11:56 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:27:49 -0500, Dave Smith
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2014-12-21 6:00 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Most people drink their booze mixed. It is almost comical to see
>>>>>> someone
>>>>>> worrying about watering down their booze with melted ice when they
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> already *******ized good liquor with sweet sodas.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only time I've ever "heard" anyone worry about ice cubes watering
>>>>> a drink down is here. Most people don't care one way or the other.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are you serious?
>>>
>>> I'm wondering how serious you are.
>>>
>>Well, I am quite serious that people care about their drinks being water
>>down with too much ice. If I order a shot of liquor I don't want a
>>single shot of good booze with a glass full of ice that soon turns to
>>water.
>
>
> You need to learn to drink faster

;-)

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"l not -l" > wrote in message
eb.com...
>
> On 22-Dec-2014, sf > wrote:
>
>> On 21 DecDEC14 16:49:58 GMT, notnot > wrote:
>>
>> > On 2014-12-21, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Back in the early 60's I worked in a grocery/butcher shop. Gloves
>> > > were
>> > > unheard of back then. Yes, my hands touched every slice of your
>> > > lunchmeat as I sliced it. I don't recall when gloves became the
>> > > norm.
>> >
>> > No doubt, when glove companies became profitable enough to hire
>> > lobbyists.
>> >
>>
>> Oh, come on. How can you say that with all the gramophones in rfc?
> gramophones??? germaphobes, maybe; but I don't recall a single gramophone
> here.

lol

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"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/22/2014 11:40 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Around here cell phone use is not permitted in doctor's offices...
>> there are signs saying to go outdoors to use your phone... many
>> medical waiting rooms have cell phone signal jammers. Public pay
>> phones were in booths or behind a sound barrier... but cell phone
>> users are rude, they scream into their phone so annoy everyone around
>> them and who needs to hear their filthy language.
>
> They should be banned. . . for calling.
> I use my phone, but not for calls. I can read the newspaper or some
> magazine articles on my phone. I put the ringer on silent and would never
> use it to make a call.

Exactly! I have books on my phone and I read to pass the time.

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On 2014-12-22 11:43 PM, sf wrote:

>> You were the one who said that you never hear about anyone complaining
>> about their booze being watered down. Get over yourself.
>
> Nobody in my real life has that complaint. Only the pantywaists on
> rfc seem to have that problem.
>


It is interesting that you would suggest that people who don't want
their liquored watered down too much are pantywaists. No wonder no one
dares to complain around you. They could get their heads bitten off.

On 12/22/2014 9:32 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 12/22/2014 6:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't think so. Some medical rooms have signs not to use them as the
>> cell phones interfere with medical equipment but I have not seen such
>> signs in waiting rooms.
>
> I have seen them in a few doctor's waiting rooms. N E Retina not only
> has one in the main waiting room, it also has signs in the exam rooms.
> They don't care if you are using them to text or read, but it prevents
> the loudmouths from disturbing everyone within 200 feet. There is
> always the ignoramus that would make the doctor wait while they finish a
> call too.
>
The medical group I was seen at recently has signs on the front doors to
the building: No Cell Phones along with the ubiquitous image of a phone
in a red circle with a big red / through it. There are signs at the
desk where you sign-in and also in the waiting area. It probably has
more to do with courtesy, as you say, than anything else. The signs
didn't stop anyone from using them.

Jill

Julie Bove wrote:
>Sqwertz wrote:
>>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> Around here cell phone use is not permitted in doctor's offices...
>>> there are signs saying to go outdoors to use your phone... many
>>> medical waiting rooms have cell phone signal jammers.
>>
>> <yawn> More of your fictional bullshit. Cell phone signal jammers
>> are against Federal law. And no doctor is going to open himself up to
>> a federal scrutiny and a lawsuit.
>>
>> Admit it - you just made that shit up just like half the other crap
>> you come up with here.
>>
>> If cell phones are not allowed in waiting rooms, is it also against
>> their rules that you can't talk to the person next to you?

It's very rare for people in doctor's waiting rooms who don't know
each other to converse.

>I do know that when I lived in NY, many places had signs for no cell phone
>use. That included restaurants.

There are even more No Cell Phones signs now.

>>> Public pay
>>> phones were in booths or behind a sound barrier... but cell phone
>>> users are rude, they scream into their phone so annoy everyone around
>>> them and who needs to hear their filthy language. I have no need to
>>> use a phone when I'm not at home, in my entire life I used a pay phone
>>> maybe 4 times... every cell phone conversation I've ever overheard is
>>> nothing but inane gibberish with the foulest of language.
>>
>> You have a very odd lifestyle if that's all your hear on cell phones.
>> Hell, you practically never even go out of the house yet here you are
>> claiming to be an expert on how all people use their cell phones.
>
>I don't claim to be an expert on anything but I sure have heard people
>screaming and cursing on cell phones! Also talking bedroom type talk where
>little kids were. Some people have no clue.

Several of the conversations I've overheard are definitely not
appropriate for public places. I don't think cell phones are
appropriate for use in public places, not on the street, not even in
ones vehicle... should have to go into a booth to get a signal...
several times I've walked by a vehicle in supermarket parking lots and
someone's on their cell phone engaged in phone sex. I think anyone
using a phone in a public place for any reason simply has no couth.
Not only do I think it's unsafe to drive while on a cell phone it's
just as unsafe for a passenger to be on a cell phone, that distracts
the driver too, possibly even moreso.

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>Sqwertz wrote:
>>>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Around here cell phone use is not permitted in doctor's offices...
>>>> there are signs saying to go outdoors to use your phone... many
>>>> medical waiting rooms have cell phone signal jammers.
>>>
>>> <yawn> More of your fictional bullshit. Cell phone signal jammers
>>> are against Federal law. And no doctor is going to open himself up to
>>> a federal scrutiny and a lawsuit.
>>>
>>> Admit it - you just made that shit up just like half the other crap
>>> you come up with here.
>>>
>>> If cell phones are not allowed in waiting rooms, is it also against
>>> their rules that you can't talk to the person next to you?
>
> It's very rare for people in doctor's waiting rooms who don't know
> each other to converse.

No it's not.
>
>>I do know that when I lived in NY, many places had signs for no cell phone
>>use. That included restaurants.
>
> There are even more No Cell Phones signs now.

Okay.
>
>>>> Public pay
>>>> phones were in booths or behind a sound barrier... but cell phone
>>>> users are rude, they scream into their phone so annoy everyone around
>>>> them and who needs to hear their filthy language. I have no need to
>>>> use a phone when I'm not at home, in my entire life I used a pay phone
>>>> maybe 4 times... every cell phone conversation I've ever overheard is
>>>> nothing but inane gibberish with the foulest of language.
>>>
>>> You have a very odd lifestyle if that's all your hear on cell phones.
>>> Hell, you practically never even go out of the house yet here you are
>>> claiming to be an expert on how all people use their cell phones.
>>
>>I don't claim to be an expert on anything but I sure have heard people
>>screaming and cursing on cell phones! Also talking bedroom type talk
>>where
>>little kids were. Some people have no clue.
>
> Several of the conversations I've overheard are definitely not
> appropriate for public places. I don't think cell phones are
> appropriate for use in public places, not on the street, not even in
> ones vehicle... should have to go into a booth to get a signal...
> several times I've walked by a vehicle in supermarket parking lots and
> someone's on their cell phone engaged in phone sex. I think anyone
> using a phone in a public place for any reason simply has no couth.
> Not only do I think it's unsafe to drive while on a cell phone it's
> just as unsafe for a passenger to be on a cell phone, that distracts
> the driver too, possibly even moreso.

Daughter and I had to listen to a very loud conversation about some guy's
phlegm. That wasn't pleasant. Another time a woman was very agitated
because a relative was in some hospital here and she didn't think he was
getting proper treatment. She was shouting very loudly and although I
didn't mean to, I was staring at her. She did notice and eventually
apologized to me for shouting.

On 12/23/2014 7:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> > wrote in message

>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:57:18 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:

>>> Well, I am quite serious that people care about their drinks being water
>>> down with too much ice. If I order a shot of liquor I don't want a
>>> single shot of good booze with a glass full of ice that soon turns to
>>> water.
>>
>>
>> You need to learn to drink faster
>
> ;-)

I know what he means ... you get a shot in so much ice
you can barely get a sip after it has to travel through
all those cubes. Best to order the ice on the side, I've
done that for just that reason.

nancy

On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:36:13 -0400, wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:56:36 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:31:36 -0500, jmcquown >
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/22/2014 4:20 PM, sf wrote:
> >> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:38:14 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>> Oh, come on. How can you say that with all the gramophones in rfc?
> >>
> >> >> gramophones??? germaphobes, maybe; but I don't recall a single gramophone
> >> >> here.
> >> >
> >> > Hit the wrong spell check and when I went back to look at the choices
> >> > thought I'd picked a different one. This isn't bad as wrong word
> >> > choices go.
> >> >
> >> Just another reason not to rely on spell check.
> >>
> >It's not spell check's fault, Jill. The fault is all mine. This kind
> >of thing is what tells me it's time for eye surgery, something I don't
> >want to do because they let me wake up too early and it hurt. I say
> >BS about how you're supposed to forget the pain. I still remember.
>
> Are you talking about cataract surgery ?

Yes.

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On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:26:16 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-12-22 19:53, sf wrote:
>
> > It's probably been quite a while since either one of them have
> > experienced whatever it is they're complaining about. Dave can't
> > decide what he's mad about but by golly he didn't like it.
> >
>
>
> You were the one who said that you never hear about anyone complaining
> about their booze being watered down. Get over yourself.

Never in real life. It only happens in the pretend world of rfc.

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> wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:19:27 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:36:13 -0400, wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:56:36 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>>
>>> >On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:31:36 -0500, jmcquown >
>>> >wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> On 12/22/2014 4:20 PM, sf wrote:
>>> >> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:38:14 GMT, "l not -l" >
>>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >>> Oh, come on. How can you say that with all the gramophones in
>>> >> >>> rfc?
>>> >>
>>> >> >> gramophones??? germaphobes, maybe; but I don't recall a single
>>> >> >> gramophone
>>> >> >> here.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Hit the wrong spell check and when I went back to look at the
>>> >> > choices
>>> >> > thought I'd picked a different one. This isn't bad as wrong word
>>> >> > choices go.
>>> >> >
>>> >> Just another reason not to rely on spell check.
>>> >>
>>> >It's not spell check's fault, Jill. The fault is all mine. This kind
>>> >of thing is what tells me it's time for eye surgery, something I don't
>>> >want to do because they let me wake up too early and it hurt. I say
>>> >BS about how you're supposed to forget the pain. I still remember.
>>>
>>> Are you talking about cataract surgery ?
>>
>>Yes.
>
> I pressured my doc into sending me to have it done - I could no longer
> accurately focus my cameras - it is wonderful - I can now read
> anything except the very finest print.
>
> You are not anesthetized for cataracts - they pour drops in your eyes
> that totally freeze them. I could see him doing it in the lights over
> the table, it was intriguing. Came home an hour later and while it
> took awhile to unfreeze and the eye to lose its dilation, nothing
> hurt. Good to go hours later. Couldn't wait for the second to be
> done, they don't do both at the same time here.
>
> I totally recommend cataract surgery.

Amen! Both of mine have been done! Nothing hurt with mine either.

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On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 08:41:48 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-12-22 11:43 PM, sf wrote:
>
> >> You were the one who said that you never hear about anyone complaining
> >> about their booze being watered down. Get over yourself.
> >
> > Nobody in my real life has that complaint. Only the pantywaists on
> > rfc seem to have that problem.
> >
>
>
> It is interesting that you would suggest that people who don't want
> their liquored watered down too much are pantywaists. No wonder no one
> dares to complain around you. They could get their heads bitten off.

Only here, dearie.

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On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:43:49 -0800, sf > wrote:

No idea what that was all about.

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On 12/22/2014 12:20 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 12/21/2014 11:15 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 15:32:20 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not too many magazines in waiting rooms these days. People just use
>>>> their
>>>> phones.
>>>
>>> Really? There are lots of magazines in waiting rooms around here. In
>>> the last 6 months or so, I've been in waiting rooms in a Doctor's
>>> office, a dental hygienist, a dentist, a physiotherapist, and an eye
>>> doctor. Lots of magazines - including some quite nice ones.
>>>
>>> Doris
>>>
>> I've seen lots of nice magazines in waiting rooms. Sorry, I never
>> noticed whether or not people were licking their fingers in order to
>> turn the pages. I generally take a book with me. It's my book so
>> yes, if I want to, I can lick my finger to turn the page but I
>> generally don't need to.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I bring my Kindle.
>
> Cheri

George won a Kindle Fire in an annual sales contest. He set it up, we
played with it, but it is rare that we have free time to read for
pleasure. He gave it to his ex-wife when we met her on a cruise in
October and she is enjoying it.

We read the news, look at Facebook and read newsgroups while we are on
hold on the telephone, but we do not read anything where you have to
keep up with the plot.

Becca

On 12/21/2014 5:18 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-12-21 5:23 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> The local WalMart and HEB supermarket sell dry ice. I'm pretty sure it's
>> because it gets pretty hot here and if you have a long way to tote your
>> groceries home, the dry ice is needed to keep the frozen stuff frozen.
>>
> Good idea.
> At the very hottest time of year I sometimes same a cooler and put in a
> couple of those frozen cooling thingies. It is less than ten minutes to
> any of the grocery stores I shop at. I am rural,but not that rural. If I
> buy frozen things I toss them into the cooler and straight home. At this
> time of year I can forget about the cooler and stop for a coffee in the
> way home.

We keep two coolers in the trunk of the car and we place frozen ice
blocks in the coolers before we go shopping for groceries, it gets too
hot in the summer to do without them.

Becca

On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:13:11 -0400, wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:19:27 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:36:13 -0400, wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:56:36 -0800, sf > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:31:36 -0500, jmcquown >
> >> >wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On 12/22/2014 4:20 PM, sf wrote:
> >> >> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:38:14 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>> Oh, come on. How can you say that with all the gramophones in rfc?
> >> >>
> >> >> >> gramophones??? germaphobes, maybe; but I don't recall a single gramophone
> >> >> >> here.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hit the wrong spell check and when I went back to look at the choices
> >> >> > thought I'd picked a different one. This isn't bad as wrong word
> >> >> > choices go.
> >> >> >
> >> >> Just another reason not to rely on spell check.
> >> >>
> >> >It's not spell check's fault, Jill. The fault is all mine. This kind
> >> >of thing is what tells me it's time for eye surgery, something I don't
> >> >want to do because they let me wake up too early and it hurt. I say
> >> >BS about how you're supposed to forget the pain. I still remember.
> >>
> >> Are you talking about cataract surgery ?
> >
> >Yes.
>
> I pressured my doc into sending me to have it done - I could no longer
> accurately focus my cameras - it is wonderful - I can now read
> anything except the very finest print.
>
> You are not anesthetized for cataracts - they pour drops in your eyes
> that totally freeze them. I could see him doing it in the lights over
> the table, it was intriguing. Came home an hour later and while it
> took awhile to unfreeze and the eye to lose its dilation, nothing
> hurt. Good to go hours later. Couldn't wait for the second to be
> done, they don't do both at the same time here.
>
> I totally recommend cataract surgery.

I was talking about when my other eye was done. They knocked me out
and I woke up too soon. My mother said it was a breeze too, but I
remain unconvinced based on my last experience. I think I'm
impervious to those meds.

I've been hospitalized a couple of times and can't sleep in there.
They claimed they gave me a sleeping pill, but if they did - I
couldn't tell.

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On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:19:12 -0700, Janet B >
wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:19:27 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:36:13 -0400, wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:56:36 -0800, sf > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:31:36 -0500, jmcquown >
> >> >wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On 12/22/2014 4:20 PM, sf wrote:
> >> >> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:38:14 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>> Oh, come on. How can you say that with all the gramophones in rfc?
> >> >>
> >> >> >> gramophones??? germaphobes, maybe; but I don't recall a single gramophone
> >> >> >> here.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hit the wrong spell check and when I went back to look at the choices
> >> >> > thought I'd picked a different one. This isn't bad as wrong word
> >> >> > choices go.
> >> >> >
> >> >> Just another reason not to rely on spell check.
> >> >>
> >> >It's not spell check's fault, Jill. The fault is all mine. This kind
> >> >of thing is what tells me it's time for eye surgery, something I don't
> >> >want to do because they let me wake up too early and it hurt. I say
> >> >BS about how you're supposed to forget the pain. I still remember.
> >>
> >> Are you talking about cataract surgery ?
> >
> >Yes.
> Try again or try another doctor. Neither my husband or I had any
> pain, surgery was completed while semi-conscious and we were awake
> almost immediately. Our vision was improved immediately. There was
> only light sensitivity for about 6 hours. Of course, our doctor is a
> specialist in this field and has a large medical staff and surgical
> facilities. He's been doing eye surgery for decades.
> Janet US

It will probably be another Dr. but it's the anesthesiologist who
administers the meds, not the Dr. I just don't want to do it again,
so I've been holding out.

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"Becca EmaNymton" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/21/2014 5:18 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-12-21 5:23 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>>> The local WalMart and HEB supermarket sell dry ice. I'm pretty sure it's
>>> because it gets pretty hot here and if you have a long way to tote your
>>> groceries home, the dry ice is needed to keep the frozen stuff frozen.
>>>
>> Good idea.
>> At the very hottest time of year I sometimes same a cooler and put in a
>> couple of those frozen cooling thingies. It is less than ten minutes to
>> any of the grocery stores I shop at. I am rural,but not that rural. If I
>> buy frozen things I toss them into the cooler and straight home. At this
>> time of year I can forget about the cooler and stop for a coffee in the
>> way home.
>
> We keep two coolers in the trunk of the car and we place frozen ice blocks
> in the coolers before we go shopping for groceries, it gets too hot in the
> summer to do without them.

It doesn't get so hot here but in the summer time I do carry something
similar to those you describe. If we are travelling though, we have a
portable freezer/fridge which plugs into the car cigarette lighter socket.

http://www.minicoolers.co.uk/products/waeco/cf40.htm



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On 12/23/2014 9:19 AM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:36:13 -0400, wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:56:36 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:31:36 -0500, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/22/2014 4:20 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:38:14 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh, come on. How can you say that with all the gramophones in rfc?
>>>>
>>>>>> gramophones??? germaphobes, maybe; but I don't recall a single gramophone
>>>>>> here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hit the wrong spell check and when I went back to look at the choices
>>>>> thought I'd picked a different one. This isn't bad as wrong word
>>>>> choices go.
>>>>>
>>>> Just another reason not to rely on spell check.
>>>>
>>> It's not spell check's fault, Jill. The fault is all mine. This kind
>>> of thing is what tells me it's time for eye surgery, something I don't
>>> want to do because they let me wake up too early and it hurt. I say
>>> BS about how you're supposed to forget the pain. I still remember.
>>
>> Are you talking about cataract surgery ?
>
> Yes.

Please tell them that you do not want to wake up early and be in pain. I
have never had cataract surgery, but it seems like they would have given
you something for pain. I hope you have a better experience, this time.

Becca

On 12/23/2014 12:13 PM, wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:00:06 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
>>
>> It will probably be another Dr. but it's the anesthesiologist who
>> administers the meds, not the Dr. I just don't want to do it again,
>> so I've been holding out.
>
> There should be NO anesthesiologist ! sheesh the nurse puts the drops
> in the eye to dilate it and at the same time it completely deadens it.
> Feels weird if you touch it but that's all. I could feel him working
> on my eye, I could see what he did in the lamp glass (cos I asked the
> resident to tilt it a bit so I could see) and the only thing I could
> feel was slight pressure, that's all.
>
Isn't cataract surgery pretty much lasic these days? They don't knock
you out for that. And yes, if you want to they'll let you watch. (I was
in the room with my brother when he had very early lasic for vision
correction - not cataracts - years ago. He was wide awake but couldn't
feel anything. I did have to excuse myself from the room when they
peeled back the cornea. Some things I just don't want to see.)

I've not [yet] needed cataract surgery but my neighbor had hers done
earlier this year. She was awake the entire time and never mentioned
any pain. She was irritated because they told her to rest her eyes for
a bit when she got home; she wanted to work in the yard.

Jill

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:40:08 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> Around here cell phone use is not permitted in doctor's offices...
>>> there are signs saying to go outdoors to use your phone... many
>>> medical waiting rooms have cell phone signal jammers.
>>
>> <yawn> More of your fictional bullshit. Cell phone signal jammers
>> are against Federal law. And no doctor is going to open himself up to
>> a federal scrutiny and a lawsuit.
>>
>> Admit it - you just made that shit up just like half the other crap
>> you come up with here.
>>
>> If cell phones are not allowed in waiting rooms, is it also against
>> their rules that you can't talk to the person next to you?
>
> I do know that when I lived in NY, many places had signs for no cell phone
> use. That included restaurants.
>>
>>> Public pay
>>> phones were in booths or behind a sound barrier... but cell phone
>>> users are rude, they scream into their phone so annoy everyone around
>>> them and who needs to hear their filthy language. I have no need to
>>> use a phone when I'm not at home, in my entire life I used a pay phone
>>> maybe 4 times... every cell phone conversation I've ever overheard is
>>> nothing but inane gibberish with the foulest of language.
>>
>> You have a very odd lifestyle if that's all your hear on cell phones.
>> Hell, you practically never even go out of the house yet here you are
>> claiming to be an expert on how all people use their cell phones.
>
> I don't claim to be an expert on anything but I sure have heard people
> screaming and cursing on cell phones! Also talking bedroom type talk
> where little kids were. Some people have no clue.

I only had that happen once at Safeway not too long ago, some woman
screaming into the phone with all kinds of nasty language, going over to
kick someones ass etc., I told her to take it somewhere else because no one
wants to hear it, and she did without cussing me out too. LOL

Cheri