Well they backed off of the 77º ~~ BUT it's 70's as far into the future as they're willing to go! And no lows within 15º of freezing. Looks to me like REAL spring (not fluke spring) has arrived. I'm good wit dat.
"listener Yeah. I wish it [time change] happened midday on a workday instead."
It DOES, listener. You just have to get the right kind of job. [grin]
Doozy of a weekend at the hospital--they had to call in one or two extra nurses from medical-surgical, called one or two in early, also an additional ward clerk. Even when it "slowed down" it was still Pick On The ER Day [and Night] They also had two doctors instead of one for several hours. When things get like that, lab, X-ray and respiratory therapy usually know it. I had one instrument malfunction that it took me some time to identify, but once I did I could figure out a workaround that would serve until it could be fixed. Whine, whine, whine. But once in a while we get to do someone some real good, and that did happen over this weekend.
BTW, did y'all know that the adjective "doozy" is derived from the Dusenberg automobile?
Gotta head off to Salt Mine No. 1 shortly--more catching up later.
There's a good AP story about the Republican delegate chase here: http://news.yahoo.com/world-news-political-insights-mitt-romneys-math-beating-233335831--abc-news.html. Although it doesn't explicitly draw the comparison, the resemblance between Romney's situation and Obama's around this time in 2008 is unmistakable. Not only were both campaigns committed to contesting for delegates everywhere, but by March both had built up delegate leads that made narrow losses in the heavily contested big states largely irrelevant.
<blockquote>listener Yeah. I wish it [time change] happened midday on a workday instead."
It DOES, listener. You just have to get the right kind of job. [grin] </blockquote> Yep. One of Penny's colleagues was working when the time changed. Don't know whether he got paid for that nonexistent hour. She was scheduled to go in at 4 p.m., but the guy who was supposed to work 8-4 didn't show up so she actually started at noon.
Alan...[grin] Mah*Sweetie and I were talking about that on Sunday. What do folks do when the time change happens during their shift? How is that worked out in a hospital?
At the nursing home, you got paid for the extra hour in the fall; and didn't get paid for the short hour in the spring. And you didn't get to pick if you'd work those shifts.
Howard's THE one!
ReplyDeleteLows in the mid forties or low fifties all week! Many days in the 70s and one at 77! Bring 'er on!
I'm gonna get a LOT of washing done this week, you wait and see. . . .
Well they backed off of the 77º ~~ BUT it's 70's as far into the future as they're willing to go! And no lows within 15º of freezing. Looks to me like REAL spring (not fluke spring) has arrived. I'm good wit dat.
ReplyDelete"listener Yeah. I wish it [time change] happened midday on a workday instead."
ReplyDeleteIt DOES, listener. You just have to get the right kind of job. [grin]
Doozy of a weekend at the hospital--they had to call in one or two extra nurses from medical-surgical, called one or two in early, also an additional ward clerk. Even when it "slowed down" it was still Pick On The ER Day [and Night] They also had two doctors instead of one for several hours. When things get like that, lab, X-ray and respiratory therapy usually know it. I had one instrument malfunction that it took me some time to identify, but once I did I could figure out a workaround that would serve until it could be fixed. Whine, whine, whine. But once in a while we get to do someone some real good, and that did happen over this weekend.
BTW, did y'all know that the adjective "doozy" is derived from the Dusenberg automobile?
Gotta head off to Salt Mine No. 1 shortly--more catching up later.
There's a good AP story about the Republican delegate chase here: http://news.yahoo.com/world-news-political-insights-mitt-romneys-math-beating-233335831--abc-news.html. Although it doesn't explicitly draw the comparison, the resemblance between Romney's situation and Obama's around this time in 2008 is unmistakable. Not only were both campaigns committed to contesting for delegates everywhere, but by March both had built up delegate leads that made narrow losses in the heavily contested big states largely irrelevant.
ReplyDeleteHeadline in the Chicago Sun-Times: Spring-like Weather for the Last Week of Winter.
ReplyDelete<blockquote>listener Yeah. I wish it [time change] happened midday on a workday instead."
ReplyDeleteIt DOES, listener. You just have to get the right kind of job. [grin]
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Yep. One of Penny's colleagues was working when the time changed. Don't know whether he got paid for that nonexistent hour. She was scheduled to go in at 4 p.m., but the guy who was supposed to work 8-4 didn't show up so she actually started at noon.
So <blockquote> doesn't work here. Oh, well.</blockquote>
ReplyDeleteAlan...[grin]
ReplyDeleteMah*Sweetie and I were talking about that on Sunday. What do folks do when the time change happens during their shift? How is that worked out in a hospital?
Just saw a video of my 5 year old Grand doing...cartwheels!!
ReplyDeleteAt the nursing home, you got paid for the extra hour in the fall; and didn't get paid for the short hour in the spring. And you didn't get to pick if you'd work those shifts.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! I never *did* get the hang of 'em, lol!
ReplyDeleteWe thought of that. But...what if you we're the person in the job in the fall? How would that be fair?
ReplyDeleteAt time change in the Spring, midnight to 0800 is seven hours. In the Fall it is nine hours. If you hang around for a year, the money evens out.
ReplyDeleteLooks good!
ReplyDeleteAlmost 8 and still sixty degrees! Amazing.
ReplyDeletePretty strange way to offer incentive pay.
ReplyDeleteMe either, but I could touch my feet to my head over backwards.
ReplyDeleteWe broke records today in VT.
ReplyDeleteIt hit at least 62F and maybe 64F here.
It's still 44F at 11:12pm in NW VT on March 12th!