Random Babbling Post #109

Party last night....finally crashed on the floor for an hour at about 2am. I hurt lots all over now

 

They sure are not mandatory here. A lot of people use the bike in Holland, but I rarely see someone wear a helmet. Most elementary schools do give bike classes, so that children are at least taught how to behave and avoid accidents.

 

...and then follow "Dealing with the Aftermath of an Accident", taught by yours truly...

 

Tal,
bike helmets aren't mandatory in Germany. For most of the time that will be ok anyway, but in the city with dense traffic ... on my way back from work I have passed by a couple bicycle accidents with cars lately (needless to say, the bicycle riders appear to have lost in every instance), and every time it left me with a bad feeling. For the next thirty minutes that is.

*knocks on wood*

 

Me is shlightly pished, so I will do a Silvery impersonation.

I love you guys!

 

Filming should be all done... now we need to edit the shiite monk out of this!

 

I don't think a helment is going to do much good against being hit/ran over by a car...

 

Helmets are proven to significantly reduce risk of traumatic brain injury in serious bicycle accidents i.e. yes, your leg or arm may indeed be broken, but you have much lower risk of, say, falling into a vegetative state afterwards because of a heavy head or brain injury.

 

True....but being hit by a speeding car usually = death

Your lifeless body will be mangled and broken...but hey, at least your brain will be safe. Perhaps they can put your head in a jar like they do in Futurama!

 

Oh dear...I think it may be time to quit drinking. Especially since the damn CANADIANS are extracting the urine!

 

Uuuuhhhh.... hun?

I'm not extracting no urine! What are you talking about woman?

 

Silvery, you must have us confused with the Americans. We don't drink bud

ION, I love long weekends

 

Haha, Dane Cook has a joke about that. Not sure if he saw the same program (although it is an older joke, circa 2004).

 

Bike helmets are only mandatory for children in Florida. UF holds a lot of bike safety classes that stress the benefits of helmet use, and the fact that "the car has a much longer stopping distance than you do."
Gainesville has managed to way reduce the number and severity of bike accidents over the years. They still happen, but considering how many bikes and cars are on the same roads, the percentage is small.

ION, this Saturday was misadventures in home improvement.
Backstory: My house has the original plumbing & bathroom fixtures from when it was built in 1968. The toilet in my bathroom had quit functioning, so we replaced the innards, only for the tank to crack, and send me back to bucket flushing. I'm abbreviating this timeline, the toilet has been bucket flush only for the better parts of two years now.
My grandmother had a spare since her had been replaced with one more friendly to mobility limited people.
My friend and I went to install this on Saturday. Should be easy, right? Right.
So, we had to go shopping for supplies, so my friend suggested pulling out the old one first to make sure the wax ring I had would work. That was fine. What was not fine was the fact that several tiles come up with the toilet. So, this is now a reflooring + toilet installation project. Joy.
Due to the timing (it was early afternoon at this point) I decided that new vinyl tiles would have to do. so, off shopping we went, for the toilet supplies, new tiles, and latex primer, since I wanted to do this properly.
We got back to the house, and pulled up the THREE sets of old tiles that were on the floor, then cleaned out the outgoing drain, which had old wax ring remnants, and oakum packing, from the looks of it. Then primed the floor. Luckily it only took and hour for it to dry. Then laid down enough tiles to cover up to the toilet area. There were a few that did not lay down perfectly, but those were sealed with caulk.
Th toilet was installed without issue we thought, but when it was tested, it rocks. This is a bad thing. By this time is was 9pm and we had not eaten dinner, so I called it quits for the night, before we started making mistakes that would cause bigger problems.
So, tonight is the removal and re-install of the toilet. Later this week will be finishing the tiles. They are not as urgent, the concrete is painted with the primer, so it'll be easy to keep clean for another day or so. Luckily, I am the only one that uses that bathroom.

 

A year or so ago, a co-worker of mine was walking to work. While she was crossing the street (she had her crossing signal), a car turned left and plowed right through her. And the driver, with the "good" presence of mind, had the reflex to accelerate and drag my coworker a few feet further.

Witnesses on the scene said the driver just seemed neutral. She didn't seem concerned, wasn't panicking.. But what most disgusting, is that the driver was charged with "Failed to stop for a pedestrian"... WTF?? Another co-worker was on the scene when the accident happened, and the police didn't even want to talk to her. In fact, they never asked the victim anything... makes me mad... grrr...

 

Argh, no, I don't want to do a 8 hour shift... wait, I got enough nature to wash it down.