Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Pics of boss?

There ya go ....... AGAIN, Clipdat ......

I think I found her ....... for you ......


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by MrFisty

Has he hired a lawyer?

It's more expensive on the front end, but cheaper/worth it long term, especially in odd situations like this.


In some places, it's about where the keys are (Within reach, IIRC in MS, where I used to live). A decent lawyer could do some work with that...

We have been through this. In Alberta and Ontario (and pretty much every other Province actually) if the keys are accessible at all it is care and control. They could be locked in the trunk but if you have a button to open it they consider it "accessible". A lawyer can't argue that but the judge would indeed take it into consideration when sentencing. The whole premise (which is actually sound) is that if the keys are anyplace nearby the driver could grab them and drive while impaired. Since it can take 12 to 24 hours to drop below the legal limit and very few people are willing to sleep in their car for that long then the expectation is that they will indeed drive at some point. Could they be in better shape after a couple of hours? Sure. Would they be safe to drive? Probably not.


I know everybody feels for the guy and all but he made a bad choice in even getting into the car and will pay the price at some level for that choice. I am not sure that it should be a criminal offense when somebody is not actually driving but there need to be some ramifications. This whole "he did the right thing by sleeping" argument doesn't cut it for me. We have no clue he "did the right thing". Maybe he had every intention of driving and just passed out. Perhaps he would have rested for 1/2 an hour and decided he was good to go. We don't know what would have happened but can be pretty sure he wasn't going to sit there in an Alberta winter until he was fully recovered.


Not sure if any of you have ever been impacted by an impaired driver but I have. My wife's cousin and best friend were killed by an impaired driver when he plowed into them head on. The year old baby that they were coming back from picking up for adoption almost didn't make it and has permanent brain damage from the accident. At 12 years old they function at the level of about a 4 year old and this will never get better. It came out in court that the impaired driver had not had a drink in 4 hours but still blew almost twice the limit. Oh and he didn't have a scratch on him.


Sorry for preaching but I have very little compassion for people that get caught for impaired even when they say they weren't going to drive. They could have and eventually would have.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ahhh it all makes sense then. Meaford can hardly be called a "base" at the best of times so yes people could indeed get away with not doing much.
I was at Meaford as a cadet when it reopened in 73 or 74. It was interesting because it had been shut down for several years and was in pretty bad shape. I hauled a shitload of ammo from Pet to Meaford in 80 and 81 and although it had improved it was still a shithole so I never stayed over there. Although it has no doubt improved even more I still can't even picture staying there for a few months.

It's rough. Especially when you're a master, but since there aren't enough accomodations, you're sharing a room with 5 gunners and bombers that you're in charge of

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

So we built a new clinical building here at work. They wanted to put high tech electric hand dryers in the bathrooms. Now these are not the old fashioned box type you put your hands under, these are japanese modern ones you put your hands in. so there were two different brands and the powers that be wanted to see which brand people like better. In our building, they put one brand in the women's bathroom, and the other brand in the men's, and put out a clipboard for people to comment on which one they liked better.

I can't make this shit up.

Welp.. Didn't put much thought into that one, did they?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

So we built a new clinical building here at work. They wanted to put high tech electric hand dryers in the bathrooms. Now these are not the old fashioned box type you put your hands under, these are japanese modern ones you put your hands in. so there were two different brands and the powers that be wanted to see which brand people like better. In our building, they put one brand in the women's bathroom, and the other brand in the men's, and put out a clipboard for people to comment on which one they liked better.

I can't make this shit up.

Damnit. I need to go change a trial we are running. Be right back.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

So we built a new clinical building here at work. They wanted to put high tech electric hand dryers in the bathrooms. Now these are not the old fashioned box type you put your hands under, these are japanese modern ones you put your hands in. so there were two different brands and the powers that be wanted to see which brand people like better. In our building, they put one brand in the women's bathroom, and the other brand in the men's, and put out a clipboard for people to comment on which one they liked better.

I can't make this shit up.

Well now, THAT sounds like a government experiment, fer sure .......


humfrz

[Clipdat]

Everyone knows that this is the best hand dryer. Fuck the blowing air bullshit.

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

So we built a new clinical building here at work. They wanted to put high tech electric hand dryers in the bathrooms. Now these are not the old fashioned box type you put your hands under, these are japanese modern ones you put your hands in. so there were two different brands and the powers that be wanted to see which brand people like better. In our building, they put one brand in the women's bathroom, and the other brand in the men's, and put out a clipboard for people to comment on which one they liked better.

I can't make this shit up.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Damnit. I need to go change a trial we are running. Be right back.

Besides ...... I suggest you make another choice on the paper on the clipboard:

* I'm not about to put my wet hands into an electrified box .....


humfrz

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

So we built a new clinical building here at work. They wanted to put high tech electric hand dryers in the bathrooms. Now these are not the old fashioned box type you put your hands under, these are japanese modern ones you put your hands in. so there were two different brands and the powers that be wanted to see which brand people like better. In our building, they put one brand in the women's bathroom, and the other brand in the men's, and put out a clipboard for people to comment on which one they liked better.

I can't make this shit up.

Reminds me of the test procedure for every application owner ever who approached me about an issue "AV is causing."

It ends up being AV a generous 2% of the time.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

There ya go ....... AGAIN, Clipdat ......

I think I found her ....... for you ......


humfrz

My boss isn't near that attractive.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Cole

It's rough. Especially when you're a master, but since there aren't enough accomodations, you're sharing a room with 5 gunners and bombers that you're in charge of

At least you had a "room"!

I used to have my driver pitch my tent on the "high ground" so as to separate me from the enlisted soldiers (actually, so if the area flooded, I would get less wet .....).


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Cept for the First Sergeant's hat and bandana, which I made him take off before we got back to our company area ......


humfrz

When I was attached to 28th Trans Bat in Mannhiem they gave me a hat just like yours in the picture (other than rank of course) which I used to wear whenever driving since it shaded the eyes far better than our berets. I always changed before getting out of the truck.
Except once when back on a base in Canada. Got out of the truck walked around behind and came face to face with a Major. He was not impressed and it did not go well for me at all. I peeled a pile of potatoes but never once forgot to change it again.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Besides ...... I suggest you make another choice on the paper on the clipboard:

* I'm not about to put my wet hands into an electrified box .....


humfrz

The one I've tried is pretty cool. And having had 5 hand surgeries in the last 8 years it feels pretty good.

As soon as I go all Caitlyn Jenner I'll get to try the other one.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Everyone knows that this is the best hand dryer. Fuck the blowing air bullshit.

Something wrong with your pants ...... ??




humfrz