Sunday.
Nothing on TV.
Nothing on computer.
Lunch over and cleaned up.
Nothing on TV.
Nothing on computer.
After lunch I did have to come back and wash a cake pan I had soaking, and I decided to quickly wipe down the inside of my refrigerator.
Nothing quick about this dumb idea. Took it all apart, washed and put it back together.
Nothing on TV.
Nothing on computer.
I hate to say this, but cleaning my frig seems like the highlight of my day.
I call this the ultimate pit of boredom !!
Boredom sucks.
Don't tell Colleen I used the "S" word.
Feb 26, 2012
Feb 25, 2012
SURGERY
Basal cell carcinoma. Skin cancer.
The magic word here is skin. If you have to have cancer, you want the word skin in front of it. Unless you totally ignore it, it is easily treated.
Sort of.
Mine was in the very lowest corner of my lower right eye lid. This required a two step process. Surgery Monday to remove the cancer (in doctors office) and reconstructive surgery Tuesday (out patient in hospital) to close the hole left by the first surgery.
The reconstructive surgery was, well, an experience. I like the way doctors tell you what needs to be done. They just don't tell you exactly HOW it gets done.
I checked in. Was taken to my room. IV started. Taken to pre-op holding area. All expected.
Then a nice young man proceeded to tell me what happens next. First a little something in my IV to put me to sleep for a few minutes while the doctor injected my face to numb it. Then I would wake up and stay awake during the entire surgery. Then he laid a handful of syringes on my chest and asked if I had any questions.
Wa the "_ _ _ _ !!
At that momment, another young man on the other side of me said "I am just going to put this in your IV now". I said "oh", and then the ceiling started blurring. Ten minutes later I woke up. Snoring. Shots in face given.
Then it was time for the ride to the operating room, totally awake and alert. I was introduced to everyone and then they went to work. I see nurses on doctor shows draping patients for surgery, but those patients were always asleep. I swear, they wrapped me up like a mummy.
The Doc came in, took his place and the nurse asked me to close my eyes because the lights would dry out my eyeballs.
No could do. The injections paralyzed my right eye lid. Open. I laid there and watched everything. I saw instruments, needles, heard everything they said and even asked permission once if I could clear my throat.( Doc thanked me for asking. )Once in a while one of the nurses would have to irrigate my eye when it got too dry. I heard the Doctor tell one of them to change his pre-op notes because he was going to have to move a muscle. Every so often he would tell me to look straight up and open my mouth wide. This was so he could tell if he was sewing the skin too tight. One hour later it was over. No recovery room needed.
I went back to the room I checked into, and with a can of coke in one hand and my clothes in the other, I got ready to go home.
I just had to wait a few minutes for Kellie to pick me up.
Very interesting morning, just not in a hurry to do it anytime soon.
Feb 23, 2012
WHITNEY HOUSTON
A beautiful woman. A voice few can equal. Dead at 48.
My favorite song is "I Will Always Love You". I also loved her when she did the National Anthem during half time at the 2007 Super Bowl.
I am getting very tired of the various "news" stories on TV. Everytime I walk through the living room, Bob has another show on to tell us "new information" about her death , some family member or her Ex. Yesterday I heard somebody had taken a secret picture of her in her casket and sold it to the National Inquirer.
What is more shocking? The fact that somebody did this or that the gossip sheet published it?
More often than not, the term "untimely death" is used. Really? I don't care how old or young a person is when they die, how can anybody insinuate a death is timely?
Why and what did she die from? All topics that are none of our bussiness and and certainly should not be in our "need to know" list. This information should only be for family members.
Isn't it about time to let her go and rest in peace?
My favorite song is "I Will Always Love You". I also loved her when she did the National Anthem during half time at the 2007 Super Bowl.
I am getting very tired of the various "news" stories on TV. Everytime I walk through the living room, Bob has another show on to tell us "new information" about her death , some family member or her Ex. Yesterday I heard somebody had taken a secret picture of her in her casket and sold it to the National Inquirer.
What is more shocking? The fact that somebody did this or that the gossip sheet published it?
More often than not, the term "untimely death" is used. Really? I don't care how old or young a person is when they die, how can anybody insinuate a death is timely?
Why and what did she die from? All topics that are none of our bussiness and and certainly should not be in our "need to know" list. This information should only be for family members.
Isn't it about time to let her go and rest in peace?
Feb 14, 2012
QUALITY ASSURANCE
I came across a story that still has me laughing.
As you know I worked for a well known manufacturing company for years. Though the company in the following story isn't the one I worked for, the management could have been.
Enjoy.
A toothpaste factory had a problem - they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the toothpaste tubes inside. This was due to the way the production line had originally been built and installed. Rather than completely redoing the production line, they decided to find a way to detect and stop empty boxes from getting through. So, they hired a top-notch consulting firm to do the job.
The consulting firm flew in several of their best production line engineers. Physical measurements were taken and video cameras were setup to monitor the line during normal production. Data collected was then taken back to the consulting firms headquarters for analysis. The recommendation of the engineers and designers was to build and install a custom inline scale, using strain gauges, connected to a computer that will weigh each box coming down the production line. If the box is empty, the computer will stop the line, display a warning message on a screen, sound an alarm, and turn on flashing lights to alert workers to the fact that an empty box needs to be removed from the line. One press of a large pushbutton will restart the assembly line.
Unfortunately, the consulting firms in-house prototype shop was booked about six weeks out. So, it was then decided to put the custom electronic production line scale out for bid. Plans and specifications were sent out, along with request for proposals (RFP’s), to several engineering specialty firms, to build the custom electronic scale. Bids were received, evaluated, and the primary contractor selected. Six months and $5,000,000 later, the custom scale is delivered to the toothpaste manufacturer. Now, when the scale detects an empty box, it stops the assembly line, so a worker can remove it. Pushing a button restarts the assembly line. Included with the scale and new computer is a statistics program that shows how well the scale is doing its job.
A month later the president of the company comes by and decides to check on the new scale to see if it is stopping empty boxes from being shipped. While looking at the computer screen he is amazed to find out that NO empty boxes were shipped out of the factory after the custom electronic scale was installed. Also, complaints about empty boxes have stopped. He says to himself, “The scale cost a lot, but it looks like it was worth it.” However, looking closer at the statistics, he is shocked to see that the number of empty boxes picked-up by the scale was zero, after three weeks of production.
Puzzled, the president goes down to the factory floor, and walks up to the part of the line where the new electronic scale was installed. After looking at the scale, he notices a portable electric fan blowing across the conveyor belt just before the scale, which suddenly blows an empty box off the line – without stopping the line. He turns to one of the nearby workers and asks, “who put that fan there?” “I did, sir. I got tired of having to stop what I was doing, go remove the empty box on the scale, and then restart the line. Stopping and starting the line was hurting our overall production. Now, thanks to that little $20 fan, no more empty boxes. Good idea, huh?” “Yeah, good idea....”
As you know I worked for a well known manufacturing company for years. Though the company in the following story isn't the one I worked for, the management could have been.
Enjoy.
A toothpaste factory had a problem - they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the toothpaste tubes inside. This was due to the way the production line had originally been built and installed. Rather than completely redoing the production line, they decided to find a way to detect and stop empty boxes from getting through. So, they hired a top-notch consulting firm to do the job.
The consulting firm flew in several of their best production line engineers. Physical measurements were taken and video cameras were setup to monitor the line during normal production. Data collected was then taken back to the consulting firms headquarters for analysis. The recommendation of the engineers and designers was to build and install a custom inline scale, using strain gauges, connected to a computer that will weigh each box coming down the production line. If the box is empty, the computer will stop the line, display a warning message on a screen, sound an alarm, and turn on flashing lights to alert workers to the fact that an empty box needs to be removed from the line. One press of a large pushbutton will restart the assembly line.
Unfortunately, the consulting firms in-house prototype shop was booked about six weeks out. So, it was then decided to put the custom electronic production line scale out for bid. Plans and specifications were sent out, along with request for proposals (RFP’s), to several engineering specialty firms, to build the custom electronic scale. Bids were received, evaluated, and the primary contractor selected. Six months and $5,000,000 later, the custom scale is delivered to the toothpaste manufacturer. Now, when the scale detects an empty box, it stops the assembly line, so a worker can remove it. Pushing a button restarts the assembly line. Included with the scale and new computer is a statistics program that shows how well the scale is doing its job.
A month later the president of the company comes by and decides to check on the new scale to see if it is stopping empty boxes from being shipped. While looking at the computer screen he is amazed to find out that NO empty boxes were shipped out of the factory after the custom electronic scale was installed. Also, complaints about empty boxes have stopped. He says to himself, “The scale cost a lot, but it looks like it was worth it.” However, looking closer at the statistics, he is shocked to see that the number of empty boxes picked-up by the scale was zero, after three weeks of production.
Puzzled, the president goes down to the factory floor, and walks up to the part of the line where the new electronic scale was installed. After looking at the scale, he notices a portable electric fan blowing across the conveyor belt just before the scale, which suddenly blows an empty box off the line – without stopping the line. He turns to one of the nearby workers and asks, “who put that fan there?” “I did, sir. I got tired of having to stop what I was doing, go remove the empty box on the scale, and then restart the line. Stopping and starting the line was hurting our overall production. Now, thanks to that little $20 fan, no more empty boxes. Good idea, huh?” “Yeah, good idea....”
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