The Occupation Thread - Page 6

_Modern_Hippie · #76 08-09-2006, 03:50 AM

I quit school when I was sixteen, stayed at home for four years(working on a novel, singing, exercising, playing guitar, drawing, painting, choreographing dances, watching 'General Hospital', experiencing a lot of the first times I never got to while in high school, ext. ...) Now, I work as an ice cream scooper, at Marble Slab Creamery! I'm saving money to go visit my birth mother's back-up singer in Jersey

BombaySapphire3 · #77 08-09-2006, 05:00 AM

I'm a psychiatric nurse .Got a bachleors in Social Work at SDSU a couple of decades ago but never got my masters .I 'm nocturnal and couldn't feature getting up every morning for the rest of my working life.It had to be something in human services though .I 've always had a fair amount of compassion for the lost souls of this world maybe because alot of the time i've been one.

KarmaContestant · #78 08-09-2006, 11:29 AM

I'm a Services Cost Engineer. I work with an environmental engineering group that contracts with the Department of Defense and various branches of the US military. In a nutshell, I'm responsible for ensuring that the charges we bill to government contracts are accurate, timely and in compliance with the contractual terms. Most of the work my company does is in Iraq, or at various US Air Force bases.

DavidMn · #79 08-09-2006, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by seeker007nmss

Pit Boss on the Las Vegas strip. Also taking courses at UNLV for Degrees I will never use.

Really? that must be interesting! Which Casino?

skcin · #80 08-09-2006, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad

That being said, I'm a resident physician in the first year of my anesthesiology residency. I love it so far, and it's not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Granted, I'm only about 6 weeks into it but hopefully it'll stay this way!

Brad

Good to hear your residency's going well! No worries - everyone will be so shocked that there's a nice non-arrogant anesthesiologist, they'll have to be nice to you.

You have my respect for sure - anesthesia scares the crap out of me.

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Originally Posted by michelle2677

I know exactly what you mean. I mean, I'm not a nurse, but I'm the person down on their level where our Dr. kinda talks over their heads and doesn't listen. When I see that confused look on their face and they start drifting off, I interject and say.."it's like this"....then they get it.

anyway, the purpose of me posting this is kind of stupid but it has to do with Gray's Anatomy (or any show like that I guess). I have noticed they really put nurses down on that show..(and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the show....of course not becuase of that!!!

) but I just wondered do you just take it with a grain of salt or does it tick you off when they degrade the nurses..??

and yes....i do know its....just a show...but just curious

I know! Sometimes I feel like a translator! And Grey's doesn't offend me at all, since it is a show about interns, not nurses. I don't mind. ER did a decent job at showing nurses in a positive light - then they sent Abby to med school (further implying the mistaken assumption that all nurses want to be doctors) and cut the other nurses' parts so you hardly ever see them anymore. Stupid TV.

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Originally Posted by _Modern_Hippie

I quit school when I was sixteen, stayed at home for four years(working on a novel, singing, exercising, playing guitar, drawing, painting, choreographing dances, watching 'General Hospital', experiencing a lot of the first times I never got to while in high school, ext. ...) Now, I work as an ice cream scooper, at Marble Slab Creamery! I'm saving money to go visit my birth mother's back-up singer in Jersey

Wow. You're way more interesting than most of us. I assume you mean Cold Stone? I love your ice cream. I'll be right up for a few scoops...

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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

I'm a psychiatric nurse.

I baptise thee Saint Bombay Sapphire3.

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Originally Posted by DavidMn

Really? that must be interesting! Which Casino?

He can't tell us. Too many stalkers.

DavidMn · #81 08-09-2006, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

He can't tell us. Too many stalkers.

The more I think about it, I wouldnt be suprised he couldnt say for security reasons.

DrummerDeanna · #82 08-09-2006, 01:23 PM

[QUOTE=skcin]

Wow. You're way more interesting than most of us. I assume you mean Cold Stone? I love your ice cream. I'll be right up for a few scoops...

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I'm not ModernHIppie - but I think those are two different chains..there's Marble Slab and there's Cold Stone

skcin · #83 08-09-2006, 01:31 PM

[QUOTE=DrummerDeanna]

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Originally Posted by skcin

Wow. You're way more interesting than most of us. I assume you mean Cold Stone? I love your ice cream. I'll be right up for a few scoops...

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I'm not ModernHIppie - but I think those are two different chains..there's Marble Slab and there's Cold Stone

Really? I thought he/she was dogging the place - like when peole call Pizza Hut Pizza Slut? Interesting. I don't think I've had anything from Marble Slab.

michelle2677 · #84 08-09-2006, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

I know! Sometimes I feel like a translator! And Grey's doesn't offend me at all, since it is a show about interns, not nurses. I don't mind. ER did a decent job at showing nurses in a positive light - then they sent Abby to med school (further implying the mistaken assumption that all nurses want to be doctors) and cut the other nurses' parts so you hardly ever see them anymore. Stupid TV.

completely off the topic but how do you quote several people?? (and actually have their names show up)

but on the subject of Grays, I don't know...like when Alex fails his test or something and they joked and said he was going to end up as a nurse and that type of thing

seeker007nmss · #85 08-09-2006, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidMn

Really? that must be interesting! Which Casino?

I shouldn't really say. shshshsh

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Originally Posted by skcin

He can't tell us. Too many stalkers.

yup

It actually happened once!

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Originally Posted by DavidMn

The more I think about it, I wouldnt be suprised he couldnt say for security reasons.

I have to keep my cover.

seeker007nmss · #86 08-09-2006, 02:41 PM

I am very much in awe of those that work in the medical field. Those are the type of professions I would have trouble doing. A lady I know works with terminally ill children. Talk about having your heart ripped out on a daily basis! Although the kids handle it better than the parents. I could never handle a job like that, poor little peeps.

seeker007nmss · #87 08-09-2006, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

, I like to stay cutting edge with my info.

You crazy Corn Kids and your new fangled ideas!

skcin · #88 08-09-2006, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by michelle2677

completely off the topic but how do you quote several people?? (and actually have their names show up)

Cut & paste, my sweet.

1 - Quote a post
2 - Write your reply, but don't submit
3 - Highlight the entire thing, right click, then cut
4 - Hit your browser's "back" button to return to the thread
5 - Quote another post
6 - Left click in the reply space (to make sure your curser's in the right place), then right click & paste.

And so on & so on. It's not hard, but sometimes in the cut & paste madness you'll lose a ] or [ symbol, which screws it up, so you just have to find out what you accidentally deleted & put it back in.

Did that make sense?

Rickypt · #89 08-09-2006, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by michelle2677

This has definately started intriguing me lately. Not that it hasn't before, but recently we have gotten a few patients who do this very same thing (or at least I think they do if I'm getting it correctly.) It's a non profit org. that gives free tests, meds, counseling and so on. I was talking to one of the employees about her job and she loves it. She was able to explain some things to me that I didn't quite understand and I'm definately wanting to learn more.

You mean you have patients who are engaged in advocacy? That's great. If you want to PM me, I'd love to talk more about it.

michelle2677 · #90 08-09-2006, 05:29 PM

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Cut & paste, my sweet.

1 - Quote a post
2 - Write your reply, but don't submit
3 - Highlight the entire thing, right click, then cut
4 - Hit your browser's "back" button to return to the thread
5 - Quote another post
6 - Left click in the reply space (to make sure your curser's in the right place), then right click & paste.

And so on & so on. It's not hard, but sometimes in the cut & paste madness you'll lose a ] or [ symbol, which screws it up, so you just have to find out what you accidentally deleted & put it back in.

Did that make sense?
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that makes sense, but any time I've ever just "cut and paste" instead of clicking on the post area that says "quote" I can't get it to say "originally posted by...." like I did with yours