Went to give blood today.
While I was lying back ignoring the pain from the fat tube in my vein and
chatting to the nurse she said 'What are you doing later, for the rest of
the afternoon?' I thought my luck was in. 'I am going to finish the work I
was doing on a stable roof then walk the dog' I said. 'Roof?' she said,
'Roof? No way can you go on a roof. You aren't even supposed to climb a
ladder after you have given blood.'
Nice afternoon off. Just me and the dog.
Tim W
On 7/27/2011 1:19 PM, Tim W wrote:
> Went to give blood today.
>
> While I was lying back ignoring the pain from the fat tube in my vein and
> chatting to the nurse she said 'What are you doing later, for the rest of
> the afternoon?' I thought my luck was in. 'I am going to finish the work I
> was doing on a stable roof then walk the dog' I said. 'Roof?' she said,
> 'Roof? No way can you go on a roof. You aren't even supposed to climb a
> ladder after you have given blood.'
>
> Nice afternoon off. Just me and the dog.
>
> Tim W
>
>
...here we were, 250 strapping young men standing at attention at
0-dark-30. The DI says "...any of you flat dicks wanna give blood this
morning, you get to take it easy the rest of the day, just get on the
trucks!" Well, you only have to imagine ALL of us running for those
trucks and climbing on and being taken to the give-blood-place, and
getting back on and returning to the company area...and then the same
DI says, "I said you dickheads would get to take it easy the rest of the
day, and we'll start the easy part off with a little run around the
Ponderosa!" The Ponderosa was an infamously hard, hilly, stoney 7 mile
run we did often enough 'cause we were always being punished for
*something*...he made us do it 3 times...*almost* all of us made
it...nobody died...we forgot all about that there missing blood...
cg
Charlie Groh wrote the following:
> On 7/27/2011 1:19 PM, Tim W wrote:
>> Went to give blood today.
>>
>> While I was lying back ignoring the pain from the fat tube in my vein and
>> chatting to the nurse she said 'What are you doing later, for the rest of
>> the afternoon?' I thought my luck was in. 'I am going to finish the
>> work I
>> was doing on a stable roof then walk the dog' I said. 'Roof?' she said,
>> 'Roof? No way can you go on a roof. You aren't even supposed to climb a
>> ladder after you have given blood.'
>>
>> Nice afternoon off. Just me and the dog.
>>
>> Tim W
>>
>>
> ...here we were, 250 strapping young men standing at attention at
> 0-dark-30. The DI says "...any of you flat dicks wanna give blood this
> morning, you get to take it easy the rest of the day, just get on the
> trucks!" Well, you only have to imagine ALL of us running for those
> trucks and climbing on and being taken to the give-blood-place, and
> getting back on and returning to the company area...and then the same
> DI says, "I said you dickheads would get to take it easy the rest of the
> day, and we'll start the easy part off with a little run around the
> Ponderosa!" The Ponderosa was an infamously hard, hilly, stoney 7 mile
> run we did often enough 'cause we were always being punished for
> *something*...he made us do it 3 times...*almost* all of us made
> it...nobody died...we forgot all about that there missing blood...
>
> cg
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Thanks to you and all who served.
I served in the US Navy, but my heroes have always been Marines.
The US Navy - America's first line of defense.
The US Marines - America's first line of offense.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:39:39 -0700, CW <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 8/2/2011 10:58 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
>> On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:49:17 -0700, CW<[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/27/2011 1:19 PM, Tim W wrote:
>>>
>>>> 'Roof? No way can you go on a roof. You aren't even supposed to climb a
>>>> ladder after you have given blood.'
>>>>
>>>
>>> They told me no smoking before or after giving blood so I went in there
>>> with a big chew. No problem.
>>
>> Ewwwwwwwwww! Where'd you spit?
>
>I don't spit.
You chew tobacco and swallow that crap? Double Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
--
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
On 8/2/2011 10:58 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:49:17 -0700, CW<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/27/2011 1:19 PM, Tim W wrote:
>>
>>> 'Roof? No way can you go on a roof. You aren't even supposed to climb a
>>> ladder after you have given blood.'
>>>
>>
>> They told me no smoking before or after giving blood so I went in there
>> with a big chew. No problem.
>
> Ewwwwwwwwww! Where'd you spit?
>
I don't spit.
On 8/2/2011 10:58 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:49:17 -0700, CW<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/27/2011 1:19 PM, Tim W wrote:
>>
>>> 'Roof? No way can you go on a roof. You aren't even supposed to climb a
>>> ladder after you have given blood.'
>>>
>>
>> They told me no smoking before or after giving blood so I went in there
>> with a big chew. No problem.
>
> Ewwwwwwwwww! Where'd you spit?
>
> --
> Win first, Fight later.
>
> --martial principle of the Samurai
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:19:22 +0100, "Tim W" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I thought my luck was in. 'I am going to finish the work I
>was doing on a stable roof then walk the dog' I said. 'Roof?' she said,
>'Roof? No way can you go on a roof. You aren't even supposed to climb a
>ladder after you have given blood.'
Way too slow, or maybe they took too much blood. Your proper come back
should have been, "Well then, I could really use your company to stop
me from climbing up on that roof." Or, something to that effect.
>While I was lying back ignoring the pain from the fat tube in my vein and
>chatting to the nurse she said 'What are you doing later, for the rest of
>the afternoon?' I thought my luck was in. 'I am going to finish the work I
>was doing on a stable roof then walk the dog' I said. 'Roof?' she said,
>'Roof? No way can you go on a roof. You aren't even supposed to climb a
>ladder after you have given blood.'
>
>Nice afternoon off. Just me and the dog.
LUCKY YOU! Too bad she was ugly. id you put a paper bag on her head?
-TES
On 8/6/2011 4:12 AM, Charlie Groh wrote:
> On 7/27/2011 1:19 PM, Tim W wrote:
>> Went to give blood today.
>>
>> While I was lying back ignoring the pain from the fat tube in my vein and
>> chatting to the nurse she said 'What are you doing later, for the rest of
>> the afternoon?' I thought my luck was in. 'I am going to finish the
>> work I
>> was doing on a stable roof then walk the dog' I said. 'Roof?' she said,
>> 'Roof? No way can you go on a roof. You aren't even supposed to climb a
>> ladder after you have given blood.'
>>
>> Nice afternoon off. Just me and the dog.
> ...here we were, 250 strapping young men standing at attention at
> 0-dark-30. The DI says "...any of you flat dicks wanna give blood this
> morning, you get to take it easy the rest of the day, just get on the
> trucks!" Well, you only have to imagine ALL of us running for those
> trucks and climbing on and being taken to the give-blood-place, and
> getting back on and returning to the company area...and then the same DI
> says, "I said you dickheads would get to take it easy the rest of the
> day, and we'll start the easy part off with a little run around the
> Ponderosa!" The Ponderosa was an infamously hard, hilly, stoney 7 mile
> run we did often enough 'cause we were always being punished for
> *something*...he made us do it 3 times...*almost* all of us made
> it...nobody died...we forgot all about that there missing blood...
LOL ... remember the exact same "blood drive" in Basic in '68, except
afterwards we double timed the 12 miles to the rifle range, with full
packs, as our "morning off".
It was this stage in your education that you finally learned "never
volunteer for nothing".
And it didn't hurt your "self esteem" at all did it!
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 4/15/2010
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On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:49:17 -0700, CW <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 7/27/2011 1:19 PM, Tim W wrote:
>
>> 'Roof? No way can you go on a roof. You aren't even supposed to climb a
>> ladder after you have given blood.'
>>
>
>They told me no smoking before or after giving blood so I went in there
>with a big chew. No problem.
Ewwwwwwwwww! Where'd you spit?
--
Win first, Fight later.
--martial principle of the Samurai