If I see one more post titled....

mazy · Nov 2, 2011

Exactly! The most offensive thing was those hideous disco athletic shorts. Which, by the way Scott, were yellow. OK, off to think about puppies and unicorns.

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Nov 3, 2011

Exactly! The most offensive thing was those hideous disco athletic shorts. Which, by the way Scott, were yellow. OK, off to think about puppies and unicorns.

Rainbows, disco balls, "The Hustle", Tab, Lip Smackers (the big ones), Bonne Bell, Clairol Herbal Essence.... "Oh What a Night...late December back in '63......", THOSE were the days (aside from high school)

talaxandra · Nov 3, 2011

From a recent thread on moving to Australia, a new member who's been "meaning to go down under" was wondering what AHPRA stood for, haivng seen it mentioned a few times. Here's a novel thought - instead of wondering if it's a hospital or an agency, I suggested the Great God Google. In less time that posting would have taken, s/he could have discovered that it's the national regulating authority.

Or instead I could spend my time writing that, because I can't help but bite, almost every time.

exnavygirl-RN · Nov 3, 2011

I love how the post topics read "Unusal situation" or "Unique situation". If the poster would go back a few hundred post they would see that their issue is not so "unique".

talaxandra · Nov 3, 2011

Yep, but to appreciate their situation's not unique they'd need to understand that they're not as special as they think.

And I see there's a new thread asking about which areas of nursing have the least (and most) amount of maths. I can't read the thread, as I suspect doing so will lead me to taking my own life. After I've posted "This is not a good way to select a specialty. If you can't do calcs you should be an RN."

ETA: hmm. They need "advices."

Oops! ANd ETA: "shouldn't be an RN."!

KimICURN · Nov 3, 2011

My patient from clinical this past week had a fever and the physician wrote an order for "more cowbell" is this a valid order?

According to Dr. Walken "The ONLY prescription is more cowbell!"

CT Pixie, BSN, RN · Nov 3, 2011

A little OT but I remember one time being on the bus, there was this guy sitting across from me, older, kind of hairy, hefty guy. He was wearing those tight little satiny running shorts that they used to wear in the '70s, the really short ones with that white trim around the seams and hems. NO underwear! He was hanging out for all the world to see! I still can't unsee that.:hdvwl:

And now, I can't "unsee" that either...ewww...thanks for that mental picture..anyone have a rusty spoon so that I might dig my own eyes out in an effort to unsee that nasty mental pic... :lol2:

AgentBeast, MSN, RN · Nov 3, 2011

Eh schwing-shwongs and bajingos don't really get to me. Dr. Elliot Reid on the other hand is a different matter.

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caroladybelle, BSN, RN · Nov 3, 2011

Here's a novel thought - instead of wondering if it's a hospital or an agency, I suggested the Great God Google. In less time that posting would have taken, s/he could have discovered that it's the national regulating authority.
.

But would using Google do any good?

If Rush "Excellence In Broadcasting" Limbaugh can Google the LRA, and only come away with, that they are just a sweet little Christian group, protecting themselves from Muslims....what do you think that some of the posters could manufacture out of Google.

It strikes fear into my heart.

caroladybelle, BSN, RN · Nov 3, 2011

A little OT but I remember one time being on the bus, there was this guy sitting across from me, older, kind of hairy, hefty guy. He was wearing those tight little satiny running shorts that they used to wear in the '70s, the really short ones with that white trim around the seams and hems. NO underwear! He was hanging out for all the world to see! I still can't unsee that.:hdvwl:

I once tried the Internet BB dating thing. The results truly had me contemplating entering a convent.....and I'm Jewish.

The number of middle aged men listing themselves as having good taste, and being very attractive, that think it appropriate for their profile pic to be shirtless, and wearing tighty whity swim trunks, was disheartening .....especially considering that the BB was purported for those that were religious/spiritual in nature.

Some people are seriously deluded out there.

mazy · Nov 3, 2011

I once tried the Internet BB dating thing. The results truly had me contemplating entering a convent.....and I'm Jewish.
The number of middle aged men listing themselves as having good taste, and being very attractive, that think it appropriate for their profile pic to be shirtless, and wearing tighty whity swim trunks, was disheartening .....especially considering that the BB was purported for those that were religious/spiritual in nature.
Some people are seriously deluded out there.

I stumbled on Three's Company on TV a while ago, and watched it to the point where I had started planning my life around it, so I had to stop (didn't catch it the first time around). At any rate, what I noticed from that show was that a) the men had really hairy chests and were quite proud of them -- you don't see much of that anymore...at least on TV or the movies; and b) the women all wore nude panty hose with their short shorts and bikinis.

I'm not sure what that has to do with your dating site experience, other than that it sounds like some of those men, especially the older ones, still haven't moved on from the '70s.

Oh. And those striped white tube socks. Over nude pantyhose. Or with disco shorts. On the men.

joanna73, BSN, RN · Nov 4, 2011

While useful, the internet, tv and instant messaging has created a stunted generation. The teens and 20 somethings really don't know how to think or express themselves. This is glaringly evident from the posts on this site, filled with text speak, spelling, and grammatical errors. Very sad. I'm only 38, but I have noticed a huge difference.

Even more disturbing is the lack of humility. It's true that you don't know what you don't know. What are we going to do when all these baby boomers DO retire? Run!