Dammit, Oppo, I'm sick

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 01/23/2020 at 17:02 • Filed to: None

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And I’ve got a show to play tonight. Oh well, in the immortal tradition, the show must go on. I don’t even feel like looking at a trumpet right now. Gonna go take a nap.

If I wake up speaking Chinese, call the CDC. 

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 17:14

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I’m sick at work, and have been revising drawings to match up to a new Standard Operating Procedure that was written up by someone who doesn’t know how the drawings are actually done, and desperately trying to fix the SOP at the same time.

And chopping out pieces of those drawings and reassembling them into something else, in a fight with Adobe Acrobat.

Whee.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 17:16

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if only the human sinus system had a trumpet-like spit valve for easy drainage

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 01/23/2020 at 17:19

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That would be awesome. I do remember, though, when one of my twins was very young and had a nasty sinus infection. They put a vacuum hose up his nose. It was impressive how much they got out. Might have been a bit of brain too.....

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/23/2020 at 17:20

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Good luck. We’re all counting on you. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 17:21

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I’m always astounded how much snot I can produce when I have a sinus infection. Thankfully, it’s been a while. [knocks wood]

shop-teacher > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 17:27

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CDC? Sorry boss, we’re calling in an air strike ;)

Feel better!

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 17:30

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I missed almost 2 weeks of work when I got sick. Sinus infection. Strep throat. Bronchitis. And the flu all at once.

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/23/2020 at 17:30

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Don’t fuck it up or someone might lose their job!

Come to think of it,  it’d probably be your boss who always takes credit for your work...maybe you should screw the pooch on that SOP.

smobgirl > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 17:33

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Me too! Fortunately mine has thus far produced lots of whining with  minimal misery. I did just have a nap though. 

Chariotoflove > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/23/2020 at 17:34

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I read Adobe Acrobat and wretched.  It had nothing to do with a virus.  Good luck.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 17:35

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Oh the bright side, your horn will become a WMD, and the entire ensemble will come down sick next week.  Happy trails.

ClassicDatsunDebate > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 17:51

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Like any good trumpet player, hop yourself up on pharmaceuticals before the show. :)

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 17:55

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I think the only solution here is amputation at the neck. Only guaranteed cure as far as I know.

hedbutter > GoodIdeaAtTheTime 01/23/2020 at 17:55

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I had strep followed by the stomach bug to start off the new year, glad i wasnt the only one!

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/23/2020 at 17:57

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We need you to measure how much next time you get a chance... either in liters or milliliters.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 01/23/2020 at 17:59

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I have the possibly unenviable job security of being the only one here willing and able to do some of this stuff. I may also have already been playing “miss me with that shit” with a couple of the requirements of the SOP because they were unenforceable and insane, waiting for things to come to a head.

As written, there was not an explicit clause for grandfathered documents. Which means by one reading, we would have to have taken up several thousand drawings, *copied them whole into new format shells*, and reissued them one at a time.

That is one of several dumb things I am attempting to get corrected. I may also try to alter the template clause which I am currently cheating by copying over the template’s title block, because the output is identical in every way.

I had the responsibility of reviewing the SOP when it was circulated, but the first draft had serious structural and classification of drawing issues that had to be fixed first, and the second pass - I was wildly busy on something else and the other drafter missed some of this stuff on how it was Almost English written very close to what we need, but was actually written in Space Man with bad ideas and bad implications throughout.

I wrote up proposed revisions and had nearly a change needed in every paragraph.

As further and as previously said, WHEEEE

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Chariotoflove 01/23/2020 at 18:01

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Did you know that even if you set Acrobat to 100% resolution, that the output resolution of the Snapshot Tool is nearly random, unless you set it by hand to a fixed output? Guess who found that setting today, after several months in which it would have been useful? Guess who was really annoyed by this, because 100% used to work, but then his Acrobat bricked itself, necessitating an update?

Hint:

ttyymmnn > shop-teacher 01/23/2020 at 18:13

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Thanks. But you have a great idea there. 

ttyymmnn > smobgirl 01/23/2020 at 18:14

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Mine always seem to be upper respiratory infections. Which is really fun when you’re trying to play trumpet. 

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 01/23/2020 at 18:14

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I blame the third trumpet, who sits right next to me. He was sick earlier this week. 

ttyymmnn > ClassicDatsunDebate 01/23/2020 at 18:15

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Nothing different there. 

ttyymmnn > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 01/23/2020 at 18:15

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Seems a bit drastic. I usually opt for massive amounts of alcohol. It won’t do much for the virus, but I won’t care how I feel.

wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 18:20

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gin - an older gentleman from the Philippines I work with swears by gin.  He’s 70 and in much better than average health so he might be on to something...  

Chariotoflove > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/23/2020 at 18:44

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I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.

Acrobat has lots of those little gems.  I seem to find one every time I do a project.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 18:45

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Bastard.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 18:49

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Well... we could just do a lobotomy as an alternative treatment...

ttyymmnn > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 01/23/2020 at 19:36

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That is one of my favorite CH cartoons of all time. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 01/23/2020 at 21:11

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LOL

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 01/23/2020 at 23:16

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get well soon mate

try not to pull an o lney

smobgirl > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 01:01

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Sounds absolutely horrid.

Random question, can you do the circular breathing thing (when you aren’t stuffy and sick, anyway)? Always fascinated me.

ttyymmnn > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/24/2020 at 01:55

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Not sure what that means. There was an Olney Road where I grew up as a kid.

How’d it go with your doctor?

ttyymmnn > smobgirl 01/24/2020 at 01:57

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No, I never learned. For trumpet players, it’s sort of a gimmick. It’s more of a thing with low brass players who have to hold out long notes. They expend their air faster. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 03:39

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Olney was a country singer died on stage a couple days ago

Doc went okay gave me sleeping pills...I think I could have used something stronger as I still only got about 4 hours

But that’s an improvement and maybe they work better after a few days

Long_Voyager94 > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 07:17

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I feel for you. I’m still fighting the leftover cough and drainage from having Influenza 3 weeks ago.

ttyymmnn > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/24/2020 at 07:42

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Now is your blood pressure? Lack of sleep (and smoking, and eating poorly, and drinking too much) can really make it skyrocket. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 01/24/2020 at 10:35

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its fine apparently...

wich is amazing all things considered

but i’m due for a proper check up soon enough so then we’ll see properly how ok i really am..or amt lol