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Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: Lestat on March 08, 2017, 04:21:51 PM
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So, what good deed or deeds have you done for the day?
I'll start: wishing well the lovely young receptionist, who it seems, we've both missed each other and wondered where each other had been, who works at my local dr's surgery. Haven't seen each other in a while, so we both caught up, and had a good long talk whilst waiting for my appt.
She's not been well, blood clot on the lung. Gave her some warnings about a few foods and aspirin, because she's on blood thinners currently.
And just a moment ago, removed a slug climbing up a large plastic drum with a tap dispenser mounted on the top whilst it was still near the bottom. It didn't know of course, but it REALLY wouldn't have had a happy time of things had it managed to climb to the very top or near that tap, because thats a couple of gallons of fuming concentrated hydrochloric acid, that has to be stored outside because even through the closed valve of the tap, it can't be stored anywhere near any sensitive or metal equipment. Keeping it in the same ROOM as my lab stands where I fix my boss-head clamp grips and subsequently, clamps to (the kind of clamps that you turn a screw to tighten or loosen a pair of slightly curved wide prongs coated in a layer of a softer, chemically resistant plastic with a little give so as not to break them) that are used for securely gripping hold of the necks of lab flasks, separatory funnels, condensers, distillation heads, vac takeoff adapters and what have you. Just keeping that weighted stand (its cast iron or steel) in the same room as the tank of acid rusted it so badly now I'll have to give it a more controlled bath in something like dilute sulfuric or phosphoric acid to strip away the thick layer of rust that it ended up covered in within days.
Something tells me that slug wouldn't have enjoyed getting to the top of the tank, which now I have to store in the garden, to avoid corrosion of the internals of things such as my autoclave, lab vacuum pump, any steel wool (which is useful for ghettoing up fine iron powder by cutting it up with scissors into as little bits of fine fluff as possible then putting it in the kitchen spice grinder. Although I doubt its particularly good for the spice grinder either) and I am sure as shit letting that thing enter the same room as my sensitive digital scale (accurate to 0.001g at least, can't remember whether its 1mg or 10ug, the former I think, CBF checking, I've got fallout II to play :P, but certainly accurate down to single digit miligram resolution in 1mg increments. The last general purpose one I had was accurate only down to 10mg, so pretty crappy really but served for weighing out reagents and that ended up getting brutalized by acid vapors of sulfur dioxide and HCl gas, after a SOCl2 spill which welded the thing into a blob of plastic and rust, which needless to say never turned on again. I'm not having my sensitive lab balance, or for that matter my microscope (got that for a steal at about 200-300 quid second hand from a pathology lab, and second hand or not there isn't a thing wrong with it, although a trinocular head rather than binocular one would have been a nice extra if it could have been had at that price range, for mounting a computer-controlled USB camera on top for taking digital photomicrographs, but as it is, the best I can do for photography of slides is to use my digital camera on the maximum magnification and macro closeup set), came from india, but again, nothing wrong with it, and coming secondhand from a pathology lab, for that kind of original use it needs o be able to view microorganisms clearly. And its certainly good enough for viewing single cells clearly, especially with stains and stain-counterstain combinations as well as for when I want to take a look at the spores of fungi under the microscope to aid in identifying the species before I decide whether its destined for the cook-pot or if its a poisonous look-alike for something I would otherwise want to eat. Shows up the likes of red and white blood cells, platelets etc. clear as day, without even needing to go highest magnification with my best eyepieces and objectives mounted, of the conventional type. The oil-immersion lens is even better for higher magnification still. Whilst I've never found any to look at, there are certain kinds of giant viruses even, such as mimivirus, mamavirus etc, that this could show up under the highest magnification its capable of. So blowed if I'm letting that anywhere near acid fumes, since its unlikely I'd find another of that quality at such a bargain price.
(these giant viruses are unusual in size, afflict amoebae, and don't pose any threat to humans, but they are unusually complex, for a virus, and of such size as to be visible under a top-end light microscope, which for a virus is absolutely massive at a thousandth of a millimeter or two across compared to far smaller than the physical limits of optical microscopes altogether for most virus types due to the wavelengths of light in the visible spectrrrrrr)
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I shut the door on a Jehovah's Witness.
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If they come back, just go upstairs and pour a kettle of boiling water out of an upper floor window. Or have a piss in a container and pour it out onto their heads :P
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Haven't seen a Jehovah's Witness at this house in 15+ years I think, they still hit the neighbors though.
My Mom scared them off years ago. :laugh:
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Haven't seen a Jehovah's Witness at this house in 15+ years I think, they still hit the neighbors though.
My Mom scared them off years ago. :laugh:
Lol! What did she do to them? :laugh:
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There was a JW in the family. She turned because she lost her son in the war.
She used to read books for JWs that trained you how to use manipulation tactics, like voice etc.
She also gave my mum (she was little) these books with illustrations of skeleton people on skeleton horses riding into Hell. They were non JWs.
My family is full of stories of encounters with spirits and whathaveyou. One of them was when she (the JW) was gardening and she looked up and saw her son smiling at her again.
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I found a slug, a midsized, black, slimy slug had taken shelter under of all things, a tank of acid, and relocated the slug to a different part of the garden. #it would NOT like what is being produced and used atm one bit:P
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I shut the door on a Jehovah's Witness.
That's awesome, and it made me smile. :odeon: >:D
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I found a slug, a midsized, black, slimy slug had taken shelter under of all things, a tank of acid, and relocated the slug to a different part of the garden. #it would NOT like what is being produced and used atm one bit:P
I do similar relocations for woolly bear caterpillars
when I find them on the curb or in the street. :heart:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/WoollyBearCaterpillar.jpg/320px-WoollyBearCaterpillar.jpg)
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Haven't seen a Jehovah's Witness at this house in 15+ years I think, they still hit the neighbors though.
My Mom scared them off years ago. :laugh:
Lol! What did she do to them? :laugh:
I don't know, she got more creative as she got older.
Probably asked if they wanted to help her sacrifice a goat or something. :LOL:
All I know is that they won't even come up to the porch and leave a pamphlet now. They go over to the neighbors and kind of high tail it past the house.
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I saw a huge wasp in the hallway, so I bravely called my nan from my mobile to the phone downstairs so she could come up and get rid of it for me.
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Haven't seen a Jehovah's Witness at this house in 15+ years I think, they still hit the neighbors though.
My Mom scared them off years ago. :laugh:
Lol! What did she do to them? :laugh:
I don't know, she got more creative as she got older.
Probably asked if they wanted to help her sacrifice a goat or something. :LOL:
All I know is that they won't even come up to the porch and leave a pamphlet now. They go over to the neighbors and kind of high tail it past the house.
They're a bit of a pushy lot. Well done to your mother!
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I saw a huge wasp in the hallway, so I bravely called my nan from my mobile to the phone downstairs so she could come up and get rid of it for me.
Back when I worked in the dining room at the home, I was the designated wasp evicter.
I would place a coffee cup over the wasp, slide a saucer underneath, and carry it outside. :viking:
Or just squash it ruthlessly under a pile of napkins. Whatever got the job done. :laugh:
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Got change for a ten when I paid with a five the cashier was very happy I corrected him
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Got change for a ten when I paid with a five the cashier was very happy I corrected him
That was very honest. :police: So many people would just have kept the money.
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Got change for a ten when I paid with a five the cashier was very happy I corrected him
That was very honest. :police: So many people would just have kept the money.
I never would have been able to go in there again if I had kept it and they make the best sausage egg and cheese sandwiches in town
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So many people would just have kept the money.
Once saw a hidden camera test of that idea, and recalling only one person didn't give the money back to the cashier. When questioning them afterward, it seems it's not that people aren't opportunistic about money, but instead empathetic, realizing the cashier probably doesn't earn a great deal and their mistakes likely come out of their own pocket.
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I alerted two children and one adult to their untied shoelaces. :police: :angel:
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I alerted two children and one adult to their untied shoelaces. :police: :angel:
Yeah, after you sneaked up on them and untied them.
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So many people would just have kept the money.
Once saw a hidden camera test of that idea, and recalling only one person didn't give the money back to the cashier. When questioning them afterward, it seems it's not that people aren't opportunistic about money, but instead empathetic, realizing the cashier probably doesn't earn a great deal and their mistakes likely come out of their own pocket.
Pretty much how I feel. Though I have experienced lapses in my empathy in the past after being treated very poorly by the person ringing me out.
Also oddly enough when I went and got a coffee this morning, not the same place I get egg sandwiches, the cashier informed me she had over charged me the day before and gave back $2. I had not even noticed so I tossed a dollar in her tip jar for telling me
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Trying my best to keep the floor dry, volunteered at the animal shelter from 2:21pm to 4:15pm
Whenever I visit the shelter I visit the other animals instead of just working with the Rabbits like I'm suppose to ._.
I went to go see what Dogs we had, as well as the Cats, and a Mouse family that was brought in.
The Turtles were interesting, yet it looked like they preferred to look dazed while they were swimming in the water of their aquarium.
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^My sister works at a cattery. Even though she has to clean litter trays, I still envy her.
My good deed for the day was taking my friend to the doctor, she can't drive as she has pleurisy.
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I alerted two children and one adult to their untied shoelaces. :police: :angel:
Yeah, after you sneaked up on them and untied them.
I'm currently too fat for sneaky maneuvers like that. :P
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Removing a trapped bee, that was clinging on to the computer monitor in a small windowless room with a closed door.
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Removing a trapped bee, that was clinging on to the computer monitor in a small windowless room with a closed door.
Now she can go out in the world and make the flowers grow. :)
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I changed my avatar. :green:
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I changed my avatar. :green:
How is that a good deed? I liked your previous one.
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I changed my avatar. :green:
How is that a good deed? I liked your previous one.
April Fools? It is the same avatar, but inverted.
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I changed my avatar. :green:
How is that a good deed? I liked your previous one.
April Fools? It is the same avatar, but inverted.
It isn't the same avatar if you changed it. :P
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I changed my avatar. :green:
How is that a good deed? I liked your previous one.
April Fools? It is the same avatar, but inverted.
It isn't the same avatar if you changed it. :P
What are you, a spazz? :P
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I changed my avatar. :green:
How is that a good deed? I liked your previous one.
April Fools? It is the same avatar, but inverted.
It isn't the same avatar if you changed it. :P
What are you, a spazz? :P
A little pedantic fussiness does not a spazz make. :M :P
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Got a boot in my butt yesterday. Today I:
took The PR to therapy
Went to get air in tires
Had the flat fixed that they found (no charge because I'm a favored customer)
Went to grocery
Made Please-fix-it call to AT&T
Picked up The PR after waiting for 39 minutes because the pizza delivery was late
Hung (and took down later and folded) some shirts I had washed last week
Fixed the leak under the sink (merely needed to tighten flange
Washed dishes
cleaned the stove off and found out that a) The PR spilled milk on one of the burners recently, b) all 5 burners work
Put out one bag of trash
Fed the cat
Made cornbread stuffing
Ate said dressing with a store bought chicken
Made chicken salad with the leftover breasts
Made arrangements to go to my g'friend's house to use her computer and wash a load of clothes. Did same
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Awesome, QV. :)
Today I will be taking my friend to the doctor again.
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Got a boot in my butt yesterday.
Whose boot was it? :cfm:
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Got a boot in my butt yesterday.
Whose boot was it? :cfm:
My daughter's support coordinator. Things I need to/must do to be a better person, mom and Queen.
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Got a boot in my butt yesterday.
Whose boot was it? :cfm:
My daughter's support coordinator. Things I need to/must do to be a better person, mom and Queen.
I'm glad the Royal Advisor was of help to you. :hug:
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Long story shortened. Our-dentist-across-the-street's brother has a side-line lawn care operation and does the dentist's lawn. He mowed and edged my front lawn as a good deed. I think I'm fast approaching little-old-lady status.
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Long story shortened. Our-dentist-across-the-street's brother has a side-line lawn care operation and does the dentist's lawn. He mowed and edged my front lawn as a good deed. I think I'm fast approaching little-old-lady status.
Enjoy the favors, you are a special little old lady. :hug: