The 'Nay!' but 'Yay!' Thread

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

asfish wrote:

That's good news sounds like a nasty infection.

Do you know how much longer she expects to be in the hospital?

They are pretty cagey on that. The surgeon said up to a month after the op but she seems so much more lively I am hoping that is not the case as she is getting a bit sick of the hospital as you can imagine.

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

Zardoz wrote:

All I got for my triple heart bypass was a lousy decent t-shirt.

Was it Burt Tank?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Sep 15, 2017 10:05

No. Trailer Park Boys based.

TheVision · **Posted:** Fri Sep 15, 2017 10:45

It's not exactly a Switch but that's a pretty neat T shirt... Anyway, glad she's on the mend Trousers! I can only imagine what you all must have been going through. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery and she'll be alright with plenty of time to play Zelda.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Great news, Mr Troos.

Jem · **Posted:** Fri Sep 15, 2017 13:08

Bloody hell Trousers!

Glad she's seemingly on the mend - definitely looks chipper in that photo - hopefully she'll be resting up at home with her switch soon (jammy bugger).

flis · **Joined:** 26th May, 2008 **Posts:** 3333

Aww, what a beautiful little minch she is, bless her.

Sounds bloody awful, poor thing. And you must've been absolutely beside yourself, Trousers. It's horrible sitting there, unable to help them, you feel so powerless. She'll be fully fed up soon no doubt!

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Sat Sep 16, 2017 22:53

Sorry to hear about all of this trousers. But it looks like you're doing a bloody good job of keeping her spirits up, and that's about the best thing that you can do.

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

So slight Nay in that she's still in hospital but she is definitely on the mend now - the infection is abating and with a bit of luck she will be out of hospital in a couple of days.

Mega Yay in that my stupidly wealthy uncle bought her a Switch to make her feel better. It worked.

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Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:07

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:20

I've been meaning to say for a while now (been on holiday), that though it's a major worry what your daughter is going through, it's important to remember how bloody serious a burst appendix is. My mother suffered one years ago and ending up spending three weeks in hospital recovering. The doctor said at the time that if they'd got her under the knife only a few hours later she may not have survived. Basically don't worry about the amount of time "shorts" is spending in hospital, just make sure she's properly fixed before they send her home.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 20, 2017 17:08

Looks like I'm finally not going to be a gentleman of leisure anymore.

Bit of a departure from my previous career; I'm going to be a self-employed vehicle delivery driver!

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

I think Grim... did that for a while

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25585

Congratulations!

How do you get back home?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25585

That's a serious question, by the way. I can't work out the logistics of it.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16557

You don't, you floor the Dodge Challenger straight into a pair of bulldozers and die in a fiery blaze of glory.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 20, 2017 17:32

Cras wrote:

I think Grim... did that for a while

Surprisignly, I did not. I would have (/ would) like to, though.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 20, 2017 18:01

Mimi wrote:

Congratulations!

How do you get back home?

You use public transport to get between each vehicle. So I could get a train to Bristol in the morning, then drive to Leeds, then get a train to Barnsley, then drive back home and deliver the last car locally or take it home and deliver it long distance the next day.

The money isn't as good as my old job but at least I won't be tied to a desk 5 days a week. I'll also be able to listen to music/podcasts/audiobooks in the cars and take an iPad for when i'm on the train. It'll be long days though.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Grim... wrote:

Cras wrote:

I think Grim... did that for a while

Surprisignly, I did not. I would have (/ would) like to, though.

Huh. I'm sure you've told anecdotes about it

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4299

Lonewolves wrote:

Looks like I'm finally not going to be a gentleman of leisure anymore.

Bit of a departure from my previous career; I'm going to be a self-employed vehicle delivery driver!

Congrats. Read this. It'll almost certainly be nothing exactly like it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/380810.Not_Fade_Away#

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Sep 20, 2017 18:51

Mimi wrote:

Congratulations!

How do you get back home?

Once you deliver the car, you live with the owner till he sells it.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 20, 2017 18:57

Cras wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Cras wrote:

I think Grim... did that for a while

Surprisignly, I did not. I would have (/ would) like to, though.

Huh. I'm sure you've told anecdotes about it

I used to drive around the country fixing printers and stuff. Maybe you're thinking of that?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Nope!

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 20, 2017 19:15

Hmm. Wait - I sometimes towed race cars between the workshop and the owner's house?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Maybe that was it? Dunno

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:40

Grim... wrote:

Hmm. Wait - I sometimes towed race cars between the workshop and the owner's house?

did you not have to give tshirts to police after towing a super car?

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:50

KovacsC wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Hmm. Wait - I sometimes towed race cars between the workshop and the owner's house?

did you not have to give tshirts to police after towing a super car?

I did. And then they told their police friends to look out for me, because I had free T-shirts.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:53

Here we are: viewtopic.php?p=332505#p332505

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:56

Did I tell this story?

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

An ex girlfriend of mine from 20ish years ago (rare breed, we still communicate) is a doctor currently overseas in a very troubled area. Superb cellist and alto singer, too, we met at a Radiohead concert and were in a choir together.

The Other Child (15 months) fell off the bed and landed on her head (She also cut her ear on the bedside table but this is incidental to the story). Anyhoo: she's got this lump on her neck with a bruise on it. Otherwise seems absolutely normal. I am not worried but the Big Dog was making noises over it all, so i said I would ask if anything should be done. So i hit this lass up on facebook messenger and get over it all. (Part of me sometimes feels bad over this in a "here's what you could have won" way, but my ego knows no bounds). She says no real cause for concern but keep an eye out.

3 days later and there's this massive light red expanding patch on the top of the kid's head. I'm shitting bricks over this when i see it and start typing out a long message as to just what i should do and how should i explain it away to The Authorities. I am convinced it is a fractured skull bleeding out under the skin. I'm about to hit send and bounce this panic to the other side of the world and MrsA appears, holding the red paint stained clothes that were the casualty of the day's painting at nursery.

So. Yeah.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2017 12:00

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2017 12:04

Well, that had me anxious until the Twilight Zone twist at the end.

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2017 13:36

MaliA wrote:

Did I tell this story?

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

An ex girlfriend of mine from 20ish years ago (rare breed, we still communicate) is a doctor currently overseas in a very troubled area. Superb cellist and alto singer, too, we met at a Radiohead concert and were in a choir together.

The Other Child (15 months) fell off the bed and landed on her head (She also cut her ear on the bedside table but this is incidental to the story). Anyhoo: she's got this lump on her neck with a bruise on it. Otherwise seems absolutely normal. I am not worried but the Big Dog was making noises over it all, so i said I would ask if anything should be done. So i hit this lass up on facebook messenger and get over it all. (Part of me sometimes feels bad over this in a "here's what you could have won" way, but my ego knows no bounds). She says no real cause for concern but keep an eye out.

3 days later and there's this massive light red expanding patch on the top of the kid's head. I'm shitting bricks over this when i see it and start typing out a long message as to just what i should do and how should i explain it away to The Authorities. I am convinced it is a fractured skull bleeding out under the skin. I'm about to hit send and bounce this panic to the other side of the world and MrsA appears, holding the red paint stained clothes that were the casualty of the day's painting at nursery.

So. Yeah.

Being a doctor on social media must be worse than being a geek. Instead of people messaging you with 'why is my 15 year-old computer running slowly?', it's 'why does it hurt when I do this?' and 'should my stools be this colour (see attached)?'

miki · **Joined:** 30th Apr, 2011 **Posts:** 1458 **Location:** NL

Trousers, I'm so glad your girl is doing much better!

MaliA, brilliant! you have made my week, first genuine grin today - could only have been better with a picture

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2017 15:10

miki wrote:

Trousers, I'm so glad your girl is doing much better!

MaliA, brilliant! you have made my week, first genuine grin today - could only have been better with a picture

miki · **Joined:** 30th Apr, 2011 **Posts:** 1458 **Location:** NL

thank you! :DD

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Worked my nuts off for the last 6 days in Denmark moving our office. All done aside from the tosser local phone company who I've been chasing to move the site phone numbers and line for 6 weeks (old and new office are next door to each other as well!)

As of now there is a cable with one end in the basement and one end in the office both of which need joining to things, 30 mins work.

They will be back in 7 days despite a promise it would be done today

Aside from this its gone well, everything done on time and although it was long days I have enjoyed myself. We are supposed to have "global" server people at work, but they are far from it. So I got to get my hand dirty putting in and removing servers and network stuff, not done this for years.

Office opens tomorrow and I will be praised by all the EU senior managers who are over for a wine and cheese type party.

Its more a case of how totaly shit IT was before I was given this office to look after than how great I am!

Still its getting me more pofile with people and more interesting stuff to do these days.

Of course the biggest Yay is I will see my wife and kids tomorrow night

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10074

Will they be praising you over cheese and wine while you sit in the airport debating over the expensibility of a cup of inadequate tea?

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

The offspring got her final blood test results back today - she has an infection level of 1 which the doctors are very pleased about. I don't know if the scale goes from 1 to 100 or 1 to 3 but either way the Docs are pleased and she's finished her course of antibiotics and is back at school tomorrow.

She was at mine at the weekend and she was back to her old self managing to remind me whenever I asked her to lift a finger that "I've just been in Hospital".

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Oct 02, 2017 17:21

Give her a break! You oldies just don't understand.

Pleased to hear she's ok :luv:

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5146

asfish wrote:

Worked my nuts off for the last 6 days in Denmark moving our office. All done aside from the tosser local phone company who I've been chasing to move the site phone numbers and line for 6 weeks (old and new office are next door to each other as well!)

As of now there is a cable with one end in the basement and one end in the office both of which need joining to things, 30 mins work.

They will be back in 7 days despite a promise it would be done today

Aside from this its gone well, everything done on time and although it was long days I have enjoyed myself. We are supposed to have "global" server people at work, but they are far from it. So I got to get my hand dirty putting in and removing servers and network stuff, not done this for years.

Office opens tomorrow and I will be praised by all the EU senior managers who are over for a wine and cheese type party.

Its more a case of how totaly shit IT was before I was given this office to look after than how great I am!

Still its getting me more pofile with people and more interesting stuff to do these days.

Of course the biggest Yay is I will see my wife and kids tomorrow night

Sounds like a really satisfying bit of work there. Well done.

Jem · **Posted:** Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:21

That's awesome news Trousers.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

asfish wrote:

Worked my nuts off for the last 6 days in Denmark moving our office. All done aside from the tosser local phone company who I've been chasing to move the site phone numbers and line for 6 weeks (old and new office are next door to each other as well!)

As of now there is a cable with one end in the basement and one end in the office both of which need joining to things, 30 mins work.

They will be back in 7 days despite a promise it would be done today

Aside from this its gone well, everything done on time and although it was long days I have enjoyed myself. We are supposed to have "global" server people at work, but they are far from it. So I got to get my hand dirty putting in and removing servers and network stuff, not done this for years.

Office opens tomorrow and I will be praised by all the EU senior managers who are over for a wine and cheese type party.

Its more a case of how totaly shit IT was before I was given this office to look after than how great I am!

Still its getting me more profile with people and more interesting stuff to do these days.

Of course, the biggest Yay is I will see my wife and kids tomorrow night

Sounds like a really satisfying bit of work there. Well done.

They were very happy and ridiculously generous, the head of the EU sent a minion out to get presents for my kids as I had worked the weekend as part of a 7-day stint

Would rather not have worked the weekend, but it's rare I have to and you need the time for unforeseen things with these moves.

I had to make them take back some £90 Lego Starwars ship they bought for my son, it was too complex and too bloody big for my case

They had got it from a Mall over the road so I got a smaller set for him, they also bought really nice clothes for our baby as well

Very nice and unexpected

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10074

I just burnt my thumb reasonably badly but I get smoked chicken, sausages and streaky bacon in a couple of hours.

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6507

Nay: Mrs Squirt bought a bottle of some fancy essential oil stuff and the dropped it and it smashed, and I had to pick bits of glass up everywhere.

Yay: I smell fucking lovely this morning.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5146

I had to have my cat put to sleep a week or so back, after a reocurrence of his blocked bladder.
I miss him hugely as he was awesome, but I will be getting this pair in a few weeks.

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myp · **Posted:** Tue Oct 31, 2017 20:45

Sorry to hear that, but glad you are getting some new additions to the household!

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Tue Oct 31, 2017 20:53

Sorry to hear about your cat Z, but those pair are gorgeous!

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Nov 03, 2017 14:38

MrsA didn't cancel a subscription thing, so we're received a crate of wine.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Yay! I've just solved a niggling issue with starting up the AV equipment in the Great Hall! It's been going for years!

Nay! I cracked my right temple good and hard on the corner of the cabinet whilst standing up. Ouch!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

I'm at a quiz! Yay!

I'm doing the tech! Nay!

I'm getting overtime! Yay!

I'm the oldest person in the room by a clear 6 years! Nay!

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