Soon you will see my pain

The BBQ Pit
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I’m ok (for a certain value of ok), thanks for asking. My loved ones stayed safe, that’s what mattered most to me.

Otherwise, I’m tired, burnt out, unenthused, cynical towards the health care industry, our bureaucracy, our politicians, large chunks of our citizenry. Favored hobbies now are sleeping, napping, eating, staring into space, remembering what I used to be like. I focus on retiring in about a year. I’ll miss the patient contact but not much else about medicine.

At my particular prison institution: of my 1100 patients nearly 900 tested positive for covid. I’m sure others were positive at some point but didn’t happen to get tested while infected or had false negatives. Miraculously only 1 died (thanks to our excellent nursing staff keeping a close eye on EVERYONE). Many were very ill. Many had next to no symptoms. Now I’m busy with “long covid”, folks with chronic fatigue, chest pain, shortness of breath, mental fog, elevated liver and muscle enzymes. All this months after their infection. No effective treatment for that.

All of our inmates who are willing to take the vaccine are now vaccinated, the rate ran around 70%, we hope to convince more. We’ve not had a new covid case in months. Staff still turn up infected (we get tested every 2 weeks) but not in great numbers. We lost a few staff too, to the virus. I never had it, I was antibody negative. Got fully vaxxed myself with the last dose over 3 1/2 months ago.

So I’ll ride this pandemic out until things are more stable (assuming things continue to get better) and then pack it in. I’ve had enough. That’s my pain.

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I’ve got it!!

Something is really the Snarl (name fits) and is time-wonky, currently threatening one of the Order that imprisoned it, not know Soon died years ago.

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Twenty-two Pit posts and not a single “fuck” yet? What’s the matter with you weenies? Fuck this un-Pit-like Pit thread!

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That is miraculous.

Do you mean they got too sick to work? Or just left? Or <gulp> died?

When you retire are you going to write a book about your experiences? I’d read it.

Maybe the title of the thread was meant to be “Soon you will see my PLAN,” and we’ll be seeing it soon. :woman_shrugging:t4:

Edited after @CairoCarol’s post:

Maybe the fucking title of the fucking thread was meant to be “Soon you will see my PLAN,” and we’ll be seeing it fucking soon.

Better?

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@something…

When come back, bring pain.

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Glorious sunset of my heart was fading. Soon the super karate monkey death car would park in my space. But Jimmy has fancy plans, and pants to match.

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I was sort of guessing/thinking/hoping that the OP was French, and we’ll be graced with lovely pictures of fresh, hot loaves anon.

Still waiting.

Merde !

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And not a single person has suggested the OP rewrite history to hide his pain.

Or… since their pain’s not come up yet, maybe WE rewrote history? Hunh? Maybe it’s us? FUCK. Could you guys rewrite history so I’m independently wealthy and well-regarded?

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Now I really want a baguette.

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Hot, with butter… :yum:

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I want mine with a dish of olive oil and herbs… :baguette_bread:

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Could we have some clarification on “soon“?

Are we talking “soon“ on geological timescales for example? Or what?

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Unsalted butter.

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For my wife and me, it was most often had with trappist monk cheese and smoked salmon … often in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, on a blanket with a bottle of wine.

Cheers … and thanks for a wonderful gustatory memory !

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Is this relevant?

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All your pain are belong to me, motherfucker.

Also, I burning your pain.

With a 1920’s style death ray.

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Sigh… I’m really dating myself, eh?

Fuck.

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Yeah, you are. That 100 year old death ray never really worked, anyway.

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I have never had that but based on that article, that cheese is on my bucket list.

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Yes. Now please stop “dating yourself” at the dinner table, please.