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23153. wabbit - 12/11/2007 4:24:26 PM Seriously, how stupid are the people handing out the cards that they don't explain how the system works. We aren't all born with knowledge about the security features of jails. And how hard would it be to put a small poster in the elevator, or even outside the elevator door, showing folks what to do? 23154. Ms. No - 12/11/2007 6:47:56 PM Ah, but that might take some the of scary intimidation out of the whole process, Wabbit, and then where would the fun be? I mean, if one isn't terrified of criminal detention at any moment how could we continue to run the jails --- or the country for that matter??
It's probably the biggest kick some of those folks get all day --- frightening visitors and trying to make them feel stupid. The antagonism towards presumably innocent relatives of inmates is only marginally less than the antagonism directed at the inmates themselves. 23155. wabbit - 12/11/2007 6:56:11 PM You're probably right. Small people get their kicks however they can, without regard to anyone else.
I really need to move to a cave. I don't understand people anymore. 23156. wonkers2 - 12/11/2007 9:50:03 PM Law enforcement/prisons attract small people. 23157. arkymalarky - 12/12/2007 12:26:35 AM I think a lot of it had to do with security, but a heads-up to my parents would have been nice. What's funny (sad, really) is that they were apparently the only visitors there who were unfamiliar with the procedure. 23158. wabbit - 12/12/2007 1:36:37 AM Well then, it's their own damn fault for not being regulars, LOL!
I can understand not having controls in the elevators as a security measure. I just don't get not letting people in on the secret handshake. I guess I'm not, I don't know what, to get the joke. 23159. arkymalarky - 12/12/2007 2:13:16 AM Ha! Really. The reason it's a funny story to me (and our whole family) is because of my mother's thing about elevators. When I was going to Girl Scout camp as a kid I had to have a tetanus shot and the doctor's office was in a multi-story building. My mother refused to take the elevator, so on the way out she tumbled down about three flights of stairs. Having just had the shot it made me physically sick trying to help her up. We were quite a scene, I'm sure.
We all envisioned a human operating the camera and what my mother must have looked like to him/her/them, and my dad is always telling her how ludicrous she is to be afraid, and he was scared too and not wanting to admit it. It's like the time when we were little and went to Moffat Tunnel. There were "tame" donkeys on the way and we had some leftover breakfast rolls we were trying to feed them. Bro and I kept throwing the food on the ground and Dad said, "Don't be so silly! Donkeys know the difference between your hand and the food!" And as he moved to show us how it was done "properly"--you guessed it--the donkey chomped his hand, hard, and wouldn't let go. He had to be stoic in front of us, because you know you don't want to scare your children, or humiliate yourself in front of them. 23160. judithathome - 12/12/2007 3:34:14 PM Good lord...it is still dark as night outside...I was thinking I was up waaay early but turns out, a really bad storm is rumbling in and the sky looks like it's past sundown already. 23161. Ms. No - 12/12/2007 6:36:18 PM I know weather can be a pain to deal with, but I've been telling my mother for weeks now that she'd better order up a good thunderstorm while I'm out for Christmas. I miss them in the worst way. 23162. alistairconnor - 12/12/2007 6:39:33 PM All I want for Christmas is a couple of feet of snow. 23163. Ms. No - 12/12/2007 6:48:10 PM Ha! Love the donkey story, Arky!
I've developed a fear of heights as I've gotten older. This is strange to me because I never had much of one as a child even though I used to have horrid recurring falling dreams.
When I was youngest they involved slides that I couldn't get off of and the sensation was like that continual falling down the steep side of the roller coaster. Later they did become roller coaster nightmares only what they consisted of for the longest time was that leaned-back, steady, click-click-click you get as you climb to the top of the plunge.
I graduated from that to elevator dreams, but it never gave me a fear of actual elevators.
On one of my trips to D.C. I traveled a bit with an Australian guy who was a lift repairman. We were in the elevator at the Old Post Office and he was explaining to me all of the reasons why it wasn't possible for us to crash to the ground.
Funnily, he could be quite adamant about it. He'd get worked up about it as if someone had said something nasty or fearful about his beloved dog.
23164. thoughtful - 12/14/2007 5:18:57 PM This year's holiday card:
The sun awakens,
Parting clouds, lighting the sea,
A new day of life.
Hope all of you enjoy the holiday season and I wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. 23165. judithathome - 12/14/2007 7:57:38 PM Thoughtful, that is stunning...I wish I had something like it for you but my best wishes for the coming year will have to suffice. 23166. wabbit - 12/14/2007 9:38:55 PM Beautiful photo, t'ful, and a nice haiku as well! I'm looking forward to seeing your shots of yesterday's snowfall.
23167. Ms. No - 12/14/2007 11:42:35 PM Oh, gorgeous! Thanks, thoughtful!! 23168. Ms. No - 12/14/2007 11:45:47 PM I am diligently transcribing 90 seconds of speech recorded in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis off the northwest coast of Scotland.
The only thing that's frustrating me is that I don't have the proper phoenetic alphabet to write what I'm hearing. Actually, what I don't have is the knowledge to pick those symbols out of the International Phonetic Alphabet which is greatly expanded from the American Phonetic Alphabet that I know.
I'm still having loads of geeky fun! 23169. wonkers2 - 12/14/2007 11:51:49 PM Call Me Ishmael 23170. Ms. No - 12/15/2007 12:22:14 AM Ah, I'd fogotten what a wonderful voice he had. 23171. arkymalarky - 12/15/2007 4:04:58 AM Beautiful, Thoughtful!
I FINALLY got a call this evening. I have two arteries with some blockage and she (the cardiologist's nurse) said it's "borderline" for needing an angiogram, but they will monitor it and treat it with medication, which from what I understood means keeping my cholesterol and heart rate down. I don't have high blood pressure. I don't have any restrictions, but strict instructions about what to look for and report that would indicate things are getting worse, so they can recheck.
All in all, I'm happy with what I learned and my numbers are already SO MUCH BETTER than they were in April, and my stress level is so much lower (as is my weight)--I'm glad I shelled out the money and didn't go with the angiogram. And I don't have to worry every time I get a chest pain. 23172. Ms. No - 12/15/2007 5:28:29 AM Excellent news, Arky!
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