What has shocked you today?

monster · 04-23-2014, 10:27 PM

I just learned that a friend had a heart attack yesterday (A parent of my daughter's peer and long-time classmate/teammate who works alongside me on the score table at swim meets). Seemingly young (ish), fit, and healthy, no red flags, no warning signs. I shouldn't be shocked given my stroke last year, but I am. :/ Looks like he'll escape jail/hospital tomorrow, so that's good, but still......

BigV · 04-24-2014, 02:27 AM

I'm a bit shocked to learn that in Michigan you might wind up in jail for having a heart attack.

YIKES!

Aliantha · 04-24-2014, 02:51 AM

I'll tell you what I didn't get shocked by today.

The spa heater or the wiring in my house.

It was nice.

Clodfobble · 04-24-2014, 05:19 AM

My dad had a heart attack around age 44, for no apparent reason. The doctors saved him, and he's never had any trouble in the 20+ years since. Crazy flukes are crazy (unlike parasitic flukes, which are just gross.)

Griff · 04-24-2014, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

I'm a bit shocked to learn that in Michigan you might wind up in jail for having a heart attack.

YIKES!

Thanks Obamacare!

monster · 07-12-2016, 07:00 PM

I found the Sale-planning instructions for the Deli a little shocking this week. as a Brit.

orthodoc · 07-12-2016, 07:24 PM

Does POS mean what I think it means?

xoxoxoBruce · 07-12-2016, 07:25 PM

Point of Sale.

orthodoc · 07-12-2016, 07:43 PM

Yes, I know.

I was just being difficult.

monster · 07-12-2016, 08:10 PM

It does as far as I'm concerned -scanner's nightmare

monster · 07-12-2016, 08:10 PM

Did you find the bit that might shock a Brit, though?

monster · 07-12-2016, 08:11 PM

(well apart from the grammar)

orthodoc · 07-12-2016, 08:14 PM

Let's see ...

"You MUST get ahead on cooking off birds"?

Idk, my ancestors were Brits so this is third-hand. Imma Canuck.

footfootfoot · 07-12-2016, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Did you find the bit that might shock a Brit, though?

How shockingly tiny that picture is?

glatt · 07-12-2016, 08:43 PM

WOGS sounds like it might be British slang for something dirty

04-23-2014, 10:27 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	What has shocked you today? I just learned that a friend had a heart attack yesterday (A parent of my daughter's peer and long-time classmate/teammate who works alongside me on the score table at swim meets). Seemingly young (ish), fit, and healthy, no red flags, no warning signs. I shouldn't be shocked given my stroke last year, but I am. :/ Looks like he'll escape jail/hospital tomorrow, so that's good, but still...... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-24-2014, 02:27 AM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I'm a bit shocked to learn that in Michigan you might wind up in jail for having a heart attack. YIKES! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

04-24-2014, 02:51 AM	#3
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I'll tell you what I didn't get shocked by today. The spa heater or the wiring in my house. It was nice. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-24-2014, 05:19 AM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	My dad had a heart attack around age 44, for no apparent reason. The doctors saved him, and he's never had any trouble in the 20+ years since. Crazy flukes are crazy (unlike parasitic flukes, which are just gross.) __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-12-2016, 07:00 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I found the Sale-planning instructions for the Deli a little shocking this week. as a Brit. Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-12-2016, 07:24 PM	#7
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Does POS mean what I think it means? __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-12-2016, 07:25 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Point of Sale. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-12-2016, 07:43 PM	#9
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Yes, I know. I was just being difficult. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-12-2016, 08:10 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It does as far as I'm concerned -scanner's nightmare __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-12-2016, 08:11 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(well apart from the grammar) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-12-2016, 08:14 PM	#13
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Let's see ... "You MUST get ahead on cooking off birds"? Idk, my ancestors were Brits so this is third-hand. Imma Canuck. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-12-2016, 08:43 PM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	WOGS sounds like it might be British slang for something dirty

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