THOUGHT -- For those of us who still watch network TV do you ever notice advertising is focused for needs we didn't know we had for products we didn't know we needed?
Medications that have so many side effects they seem worse than the malady. For previously unknown conditions like belly button lint emulsifier; bi-lateral elbow conjunctivitis; smelly parts disease; jazz hands, you name it. Then be sure your doctor knows you're taking this med and as someone who has been referred several times to "specialists" I'll give you that one. But the kicker? Do not take if you are allergic to the ingredients contained in the medication. How the hell do you know what's in the med until you break out in itchy little red spots, start speaking in tongues or your throat starts closing up? Do they track that? For example, I am "supposedly" allergic to penicillin due to some itching about 10 days after taking it eons ago. Then I was issued an anti-biotic recently when I got a mild case of shingles that is not recommended for folks allergic to penicillin. Within 3 days I broke out in beautiful little hives...while in the dentist chair. News flash-I now know for certain I am allergic to penicillin! Caused quite the consternation in the dentist's office though. Wait until I tell them on my next visit that hives were the penicillin, but I also was active for shingles. Does anybody else think that's even funnier?
One has to be their own advocate and expert to track down their symptoms as the doctor fumbles through several weeks of trying to figure out your issue in the 15 minutes the insurance middleman gives them to diagnose and to seek permission to refer you to someone who might know. Just a process of elimination by diagnosing what "it usually is" based on their experience. Sometimes it works and sometimes..... I practiced employee safety like that all the time-same scenario of the middleperson's non-expert opinion "Well how do you know this process will work-can you give me stats on its success?" Clue-it's going to cost money or down-time so prove it works before you try it. Umm-ok, which is why all safety and health skates carry a Magic 8 Ball with them on inspections as education and experience do not mean much. Like Facebook experts today.
FUNNY FACT-- Early in my career I tracked the amount of water each well pumped every day for the City. I calculated off paper venturi charts the well folks would drop off each morning. BORING. Made a game out of it by calculating what time the most water was used and determined if a television show was popular by the "flush" factor. If a lot of water was used at a certain time,15-minute or 30-minute intervals of an hour, the show was a success as people all hit the WC at the same time. Crude, but passes the time. Now folks just carry their phone/IPAD into the comfort station with them and don't miss a beat - eecchh.
IS IT JUST ME or
-- does everyone struggle with what and where to tip? Still trying to figure out why servers are fighting not to receive minimum wage - just jack up the price of food like they do overseas and pay them. I love when they give you the handheld card reader and say, "I'll just look the other way while you put in the tip". And I just read that folks who track this sort of thing are concerned that the average tip has dropped to 19.4%. Sh---, as the price of food has gone up post-pandemic aren't they making more in tips now? I also think we're getting p.o.'d about tip jars showing up everywhere. I expect to see them at the pharmacist (thanks for not guessing on my Drs writing), store check-out, self-serve gas station (when you have to go in to get the receipt), operating rooms, etc, etc. How much is enough? If 4 people had to lift me onto the conveyor belt for my back surgery, do you tip all four or have them share a token? Is it based on who did what or who has the most education or experience. See what a muddle it's all become?
-- does anyone besides me think the Zehnder's chicken dinner is just blah? Just saw a show extolling the great taste of the dinner and their best-selling chicken seasoning mix and I go what? It's as bad as cruise ship food was (again just me maybe), but my thought is they serve so many people they "bland" the crap out of it to cut down on complaints.
-- does anyone else notice what women are wearing more than what men are wearing? I'm guilty of that one. Guys seem to get away with one suit and several sets of khakis and t-shirts. So probably that's just my self-perpetuating issue. I'll watch the news or a hosted show and notice the guy rotates 2-3 (blue, black, gray) suits while the lady dresses in something different every time-why do we do that? Also explains why we can spend 17 hours shopping for an outfit. It's legit. And shoes! How I love to look at shoes. I'll point a cute pair out to the OH and he says Huh? That's not what he notices - sly dog. Except Steve Harvey on Family Feud. His clothes scream look at me! All you see are a lot of teeth and a chartreuse or scarlet suit. He be crazy with fashion.
OH DEER/DEAR As we are continually visited by the wraiths of winter being in direct line to the Grand River, we have taken particular note of one proud father? brother? distant stranger buck. Rack still proudly intact he chaperones three younger beasts. One little one loves to run in circles and hops up and down trying to get the others to play or whatever. I immediately think "it's always the joyful one that gets capped first". At any rate we invested in a bag of deer feed corn cobs and pop a few in his lay-down area. Since the corn all disappears overnight, someone or something is being fed.
Lions #1. All MSU teams won this week so all good. Oh crap, it's snowing again. Peace out 💚 💙💛
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