“Natch!”
I hate that term, really hate it. Unless you are auditioning for the next metrosexual-diva-celebrity-columnist on the next supermodel du jour reality show, then knock it off!
Grumpy grump grump…:mad:
I think I read “natch” in old Trixie Belden books when I was a kid. I hated it, too!
I don’t just use natch… I sometimes even use sitch.
Granted, I use them slightly tongue-in-cheek and because I love playing with language, but still. They’re being used.
My god, Trixie Belden! I’d forgotten about those. I borrowed a crap-ton of them from my best friend across the alley when I was little.
Bollocks! I was on a training course today (venue is a public city hall) - I went to stand up out of a comfy armchair at the end of my lunch break and the hand (my right one) that I pushed myself up with was badly cut by a piece of craft knife blade that someone had left in the crevice at the side of the cushion. I have a cut that goes through the nail bed and under the nail on my index finger and a very deep slice right across the tip of my middle finger that really didn’t want to stop bleeding.
Folks in charge there reckon it was probably dropped there by accident by a decorating contractor, but I think it was put there for exactly the purpose of causing injury (soft furnishings would have been covered up or removed during decorating works and anyway, the last time that place was decorated looks like it may well have been before the invention of steel knives)
That can’t bode well for the cleanliness of the chair. Are your tetanus shots current?
Yeah, I’m covered for tetanus - it just hurts, and it’s really inconvenient.
You probably make five times what I do. So why the fuck can’t you understand how to reply to an email without including the attachments? Since, you know, I SENT THEM TO YOU, so I clearly have them already? Since, you know, they’re THIRTY FUCKING MEGABYTES?
ETA@Mangetout: At least it sounds like it’ll be covered by Worker’s Comp. :\
Dunno. Nobody’s really at fault (except the wanker who left the blade there and he’s long gone).
Git er done, a’ight? Booyah!
Sorry, you escalated it.
Must be a trash can in there, eh? Only place anything about the Duggars belongs… 
OWOWOWOWOWOW OW OW!!!
Over here on this side of the pond, if an injury occurs while you’re on the clock, it’s a Worker’s Comp case.
Of course, you guys have a halfway sane healthcare system, so Worker’s Comp could be an entirely different animal for you.
I hate “congrats.” I just do.
From a comment from someone else, I take it you’re not American? Your location in your profile was unclear. In the U.S., AFAIK any injury at work is covered by your employer’s insurance, regardless of whether it was an accident or they were actually negligent. (Not sure what happens if you’re doing something royally stupid like stabbing a pencil into your own eye.)
I will accept the a’ight and the booyah, but I firmly reject “git 'er done.”
I “grats,” but I blame WoW for that.
Thank and/or fuck you, Imitrex. My migraine is gone, but only because the pain has been shifted and redistributed to every major joint and muscle in my body. Now I can see straight, but I’m still feeling clumsy because I feel like I’ve been encased in jelly from the eyeballs down.
How are you on “conga-rats?” I personally like that one because of the mind-picture.
I really have nothing to complain about today except my own lazy self, not going and finding a job. It’s raining and cloudy here, but since I’ve got some planting done, I’m fine with that.
I’m in the UK, and I’m a civil servant - the accident took place on council premises too - and I think I probably could claim for some kind of compensation (regardless who is at fault), but I don’t want to do this for two main reasons:
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[li]It’s biting the hand that feeds me - nobody has been negligent or reckless and so it seems a shame to enter into an adversarial situation with my employer over it.[/li][li]Even if there is an insurance policy to cover any potential damages payout, it probably wouldn’t be free of cost to the organisation (either because of a policy excess, or a lower limit on claim size, or something like that). Some or all of the money I might seek to gain here ultimately comes out of the pocket of the public. My fingers will heal and be as stiff and stumpy as new. I don’t feel like anyone owes me anything here.[/li][/ul]
Oh-oh, can I get on board with this?
Imitrex is mostly effective for me, but can give me horrible shoulder and neck pain. Plus, sometimes it does not kill the head pain completely.
BUT - Relpax did, it is a wonder drug. Kills my migraines dead. No side effects, well maybe a little drowsiness, but not much. Anyhoo, the fucking cock-sucking insurance company won’t cover Relpax anymore. Says it works the same as Imitrex and I can use that from now on. A hearty fuck you - it does not work the same.
I’m preggers and can’t use my usual wonder drug, Zomig. Zomig was the first Rx migraine med I ever used, and the only one I tried for several years – barfing is a normal symptom for me, so my GP back then prescribed the dissolve-in-your-mouth kind. I love that stuff: it totally works, even if there is this weird side effect of a sore, sort of tightened throat and a general feeling of weariness. I finally asked my present GP for something cheaper when my insurance stopped covering much of the Zomig cost – that shit costs something like $30 a dose! – and she gave me Treximet. Not at all impressed with Treximet; it didn’t seem to do much at all. (It’s basically Imitrex plus Aleve.)
But then I was given plain old fashioned generic Fioricet for use during pregnancy… and damn, it totally works. No side effects other than the ordinary effects of caffeine, one of the ingredients, and cheap. Of course it remains to be seen if it still works that well for me when I’m not pregnant and have normal body chemistry again.
Sorry. If I could remember how to spell the whole word I would use it.
The worst part of all my years of migraines was the times when the drugs just stopped working. It took a year of experimenting and 5 different drugs but we finally found a preventative that worked for me with no side effects. At the time I was starting to question if it was worth the horrors of side effects but… it’s been 8 years with only a migraine every couple of years as a hint that it’s time for me to start another 6 months on the preventative drug. That down from 3 a week. It was TOTALLY worth the year of hell. So in the spirit of mini rants I pit doctors who don’t even try to find a way to prevent these when they can.