Well, the flood gates have opened and I have lots to say….hopefully I’ll be able to keep it in some kind of orderly scrawlings….
Most important stuff first:
I went to my family doctor and he said…..wait for it…..NO RECTAL PROBE FOR ME!
Yet.
He said, “the general rule of thumb is start checking children 10 years before their parents were diagnosed”, so that would be 56 for me, but he post scripted that with, “but alot of doctor recommend colonoscopies starting at age 50”, but the post scripted that with, “but I’m more aggressive than that — we’ll start you at 40”. So, a couple years left before I have to go! Woo hoo! But Scott (turning 40 in 9 days) ought to be going in!
What else….Ah! The “big” project at work is over. We officially closed it two weeks ago, and I told the manufacturers the news today (bang on schedule). Everything seems to have gone really well — nothing at all unusual was found in testing. It felt VERY anti-climactic to me. No fanfare. No gut wrenching. Just a fax sheet saying, “Go to Production”. Sigh. I think I’ll have a drink to celebrate anyway.
I also bought myself some lock picks tonight on the net from — you guessed it — Lock-Picks.com. I had made myself some crude tools just for playing around. Well, it’s ALL just for playing around, really. No, I’m not going to break into anything. I’d just like to know I CAN if I have to. They’re really cheap too, so who really cares. Everyone needs a hobby.
The hardest part about picking locks is making a torque wrench that works. It needs to be made of some kind of metal that has some “spring” to it. The little piece of brass I was using just got bent. It generally worked, but was a pain. If you’ve never looked into it, you can look the classic guide to lockpicking if you’d like. It’s not really very hard — with the right tools.
I could go on, but then I’d have nothing to write tomorrow (my days aren’t THAT full).
Lock picking!!!Everybody needs a hobby??!! Does that make arson a fun hobby? What about forging 20 dollar bills!!??
Besides, I think you should get a colonoscope…we in the biz prefer not to call it a ‘rectal probe’…thats a bit too much alien capture for us. And ya don’t live in a trailer, eh?
I agree Scott needs one…too bad the Kiwis only have garden hoses with real strong flashlights to do the job…whatever needs to be done.
Garden hose ….. gad that is the delux service around here. I talked to my GP last week as when I had a bit of general medical and fat thing under the skin cut out. The Policy here is that I’m not high risk but the Doc is going to push me for the garden hose (finger crossed) before I’m 45. Had the digital version ….. already.
As for the lock picking …. well I can see the use.
S
Are you being fasicious Scott?
It’s just something to do! Boy!
Ian
Why would I be fasicious. Does that sound like me?
Why do you need to learn lock picking? That said i have a number of odd hobbies so I should not throw stones eh!
SO seriously I think its cool ………….
But is the possession of lock pick not a crime?