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I want to go home in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I've lived in a few places in my almost 40 years of life. I started out in Oxford, England. Then when I was 4 months old, I got moved to a wee little village about 1 miles from the city. I was there for 17 years before the wanderlust hit me and I came to the US. 4 years and many states later, I came back to the UK and met a southern Indiana boy who decided he wanted to keep me forever and have me make babies with him. He took me to South Dakota and kept

Reply to When life gives you lemmings...... in Humor JoeUser Forums

I was wondering where you were. Will you please email me your mailing address over there so I can write you? I may even be able to send you a few knitting supplies - although I dunno if you're a Secret Knitter or not. A lot of male knitter are SK's, they just can't seem to bring themselves to Knit In Public. Myself, I KIP all the time....anyway, please drop me a line at [email protected] and I'll drop you a line or two in the

Reply to Your Tax Dollars at Work in Misc JoeUser Forums

You have changed a dim and boring Saturday morning into a laughing, smiling one with this, Ock. I read through the entire thing with a big grin on my face! I think it would be very, very cool (sorry, words fail me right now. I haven't had enough caffeine to be eloquent) to be a Shellback. Out of the entire global population, how many people can say that they're a Shellback? Not very many; it's a pretty exclusive club that you're got yourself membership to.

Reply to Compassion and the distinct lack thereof in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

It is easy to shoot at soft targets like the staff but the real 'criminals' in this instance is the management team at the facility. I'm going to have to disagree with you there. What I saw the other day (and have seen in other facilities) is a willful disregard for the patients and their needs and also of the training they recieved.&nb

Reply to Compassion and the distinct lack thereof in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

while I have no time for nursing staff or doctors who treat their patients with anything less than the very best of care and compassion, being constantly subjected to negative reviews without offering solutions on how to turn these aspects around can be very demoralising for staff. Oh, I totally understand that. However, it's not ok to

Reply to Compassion and the distinct lack thereof in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Why would someone choose to go into a profession of care if they were not the gentle kind or not so inclined to have the patience to do it with? I don't understand and I thinnk it's a horrible situation for the residents that are under their care. I don't know, Donna. I just don't know. What we do as nurses - whether it's as a CNA

Compassion and the distinct lack thereof in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

In the course of our clinical rotations, our class has to visit a number of long term care facilities and local hospitals to put into practice what we learned in the classroom. It became apparant to a few of ues yesterday that we have, until now, been spolied by the excellent standard of care we saw at other facilities. The place we were at yesterday left us angry and sad at what we saw. The first inkling of things to come was given to us in the lobby. We gathered

Reply to Christianity: A Religion of Hate? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Aeryck When Gid said 'please don't patronize this thread' he meant that you should NOT respond here. You've ignored that request. I don't know if it's because Gid used long words like 'patronize' and 'don't' or because you're a total nutjob, but my money's on the nutjob theory. You do realize that your behaviour does absolutely nothing to draw people to your christ, right? People look at your delusional rantings and think 'wow. what a nutbag, lets stay as

Reply to this is to all of the veterans current and past. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

i don't say that i was to tired to spell. i don't use excuses for my misspells. i simple make a mistake. Would you like some help with that? I'd be more than willing to try and help you improve your language skills.

Reply to this is to all of the veterans current and past. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

and she turned something nice to her hubby into garbage because of a simple misspell. First of all it was a GENUINE mistake on my part. I was born and raised in England, and over there we call it 'Rememberance Day'. I've lived in the US for some time, but I don't celebrate all the holidays - Thanksgiving is the only one I truly observe. Secondly, you were the one who copped the attitude with me, so I just returned the favor. Thirdly, the 'victim' atti

Reply to this is to all of the veterans current and past. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

why are you comparing our troops to animal doctors. I'm not comparing them, actually. You spelled 'veterans' wrong. I thought that you were trying to spell 'veterinarians'. It's not my fault that you don't know how to a)spell properly or b) use a spell check program before you post an article.

Reply to this is to all of the veterans current and past. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

you might be laughing at the veterans i am not. He's not laughing AT the veterans, he's laughing at me thinking your spelling mistake meant veterinarians and asking you why you would want to honor animal doctors.

Reply to this is to all of the veterans current and past. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Oh, I see the problem now. You mean 'VETERANS'. You threw me off with the mis-spelling in the title of your article. There's no 'i' in veterans, fyi, but there are a few 'i's' in 'VETERINARIANS' I call it 'Rememberance Day'. You'd think that after 13 years I'd be used to American holidays, wouldn't you?

Reply to this is to all of the veterans current and past. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

for giving everything that they are for those things which we have. freedom being the main thing People who look after animals give us freedom?? Sorry, but I can't see how animal doctors ensure and protect freedom.

Reply to this is to all of the veterans current and past. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Please don't think me rude, but why are you saying thank you to veterinarians? Have you had a good experience with one of them recently?

Reply to I have become (like)my mother. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

My poor childrens. Now that's not right. You're smart, compassionate, loving.....you are, when the time comes, going to be a great dad. Look at your brother; he's doing wonderful things as a parent. There's obviously some good genetic material in your family! <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF3

I have become (like)my mother. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

When I was a kid, I'd look at my mom and think to myself "I'm never gonna be like you. When I grow up things are gonna be different; I'm not gonna act, talk, cook or dress like you". As the years passed, things changed. I got married. I had babies. I gained weight. My outlook changed. I found myself saying things to my kids that my own mom had said to me when I was a kid. I found myself cooking the same meals that my mom made. I found my

Reply to Passing Away. in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Oh my. I'm sorry for your loss, Zoo. in all reality the person she used to be was already gone That's very true. Dementia is a bitch of a disease; it takes away the personality and leaves behind an empty shell. In a way it causes 2 deaths: the death of the person who used to inhabit the body

Reply to The true path to God. in Religion JoeUser Forums

Aeryck, if you don't believe in any other deity but your god, why are you so afraid of Kali and her vengence? It's not very 'Christian' of you to come here and threaten Braeden with the Grim Reaper. Doesn't your book of faith command you to turn the other cheek?

Reply to The true path to God. in Religion JoeUser Forums

Kali is my favorite godess! She's such a badass bitch, you know? That scary blue skin and all those arms....she can put the smackdown on a lame-o run of the mill deity any day. Aeryck isn't 'all there', B. He's not right in the head because he did too much acid back in the day and now he thinks that Jesus is talking to him. For a minute I thought you were talking about Kentucky Fried Christian!

Reply to I passed. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Best of luck when you get the transcripts, my dear. Love ya. Right back at ya, and thanks! There are even a number of hospitals that are sponsoring nursing students through with an agreement they'll come work for them.</T

I passed. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

After my surgery was over this morning I called the college to see if they had my exam results from yesterday. I passed. All three parts. :) Now I have to get my high school transcript and two letters of recommendation together and send them in with my official application to the nursing program, wait for them to ask me to come in for an interview, hope that they like me enough to offer me a place and hope that my financial aid paperwork goes through and I can fina

Big week. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It seems as if I'm only ever writing update articles lately. That gots to change. It's Sunday night, again. I have ahead of me a week I've been dreading since all plans came together and I could see it as it really was: busy. Too busy for my liking. Tomorrow morning my and a classmate are going 30 miles south of here to take an entrance exam at a college there. If we a) pass this exam, b) get a copy of our HS and college transcripts attached to c) our c

Reply to Rockin and Rollin in Rota, Spain in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Oh my. You don't look like I thought you did. I expected you to be a lot older, a fair bit heavier and much dorkier. I like the reality better than my expectation, though. May you have fair winds and following seas!

Reply to Dang, Women are Complicated. in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

The thing that you've got to understand is that it's not a question of comparing notes about each of you. She's not going to sit with her notebook saying 'Mr Costlow is very extrovert but Mr Buyless is more confident in his extrovert nature. I think that Mr Buyless won that round. Now, let's look at their shoelace tying skills...' It doesn't work like that. It's not about lining up your attributes, it's about attraction and, basically, chemistry. I know people who, in theory, woul