3,181 Comments Posted by Lynne

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Because he is "sauced" so often.
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OK, I showed this to several folks but now it's time to power up and figure it out. Mssr. Motts, what all can you tell me about the location of this room in relation to the rest of the building, and what all was in the room as far as pipes, vents, drains, anything like that? You said the piece that divides the room from the hallway was also made of marble and was not movable, yes?
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Private Snafu?

http://www.toonopedia.com/snafu.htm
http://www.tultw.com/bios/snafu.htm
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OK, ~Me, here's your straight line again. ;-)
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Oh boy! More Johnny Depp! ;-)
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Can he "date the canisters"? Does he have to send them candy and flowers first?!?!?!?!?!?!
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But my dear, you ARE a lollipop! ;-)
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The word "pirate" will always conjur up Johnny Depp from here on out for most of us, luckily. ;-)
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Ha! :-)
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I do lubs my clients very much, and I am happy to say there are many MANY more people out there who feel the same way. There really are a large number of people who care about folks who have disabilities or who have psychiatric issues or who have dementia or Alzheimer's or any of those things. As is always the case, you hear more about the bad stuff and the bad people, and you tend to remember the bad things that happen more than the good ones. Lots of terrible, terrible things have happened in this field. This field has ALL of the elements of a potential disaster in the making. Tough work, terrible pay, little respect from outsiders, high injury/accident rate, few resources, little support from management/government, and still so many of them do a great job. I am always thankful and often frankly shocked that there are as many people who give their time and effort and concern to people with as many issues as these different groups have. If people truly understood what a service the average staff person does keeping these fragile, complicated, medically complex, sometimes very difficult people alive, they would be amazed. That's why I said I lubs my staff almost as much as I lubs my clients.

I wish everyone felt the same way about the field that I do because I am still always excited to go to work, even after all these years. And, on the selfish side, you get more reinforcement when your clients see you and light up and smile and reach out for you than you could get if you were President. You'll hear this again and again from the people who work in this field - THIS is what keeps good staff coming back for more, even with all the rough work and the terrible pay.

Yes, anna?
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It's Motts' orb - he didn't get out of the way of the camera fast enough, and we have done caught a glimpse of his immortal soul! =8-o
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~Me used to be an X - don't know if she still is, however . . .
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Are you trying to get me to publicly admit that I use ECT on the people I work with? ;-)
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I wonder if he is the same Edwin L. Olander who was a WWII ace pilot who flew in the South Pacific? That Ed Olander flew with Pappy Boyington in the Blacksheep Squadron. If so, they still make model airplanes of the Corsair he flew.
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I think the bottom part says:

Administer first aid and call for medical assistance.
COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES
(TEMPORAL LOBE, PSYCHOMOTOR)
-Do not try to stop or restrain the person
-Try to remove harmful objects from the person's pathway or gently coax the person away from them
-Do not agitate the person