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SURE, weenie, <em>ANY</em> excuse! 
<em>ROFL</em> But hey, take me with ya…just make it a Tequiza! :)</p>
<p>~b.</p>
<p>A - LOL, I’m with cheers, and assumed you had treated yourself to a seat up front! Glad to hear you are OK. If it were me, I would have wanted to see the expressions on the pilot’s faces after landing. If they looked like this :eek: then I would know that maybe I <em>should</em> have been freaking out!</p>
<p>Glad to hear you made it through, Audiophile.</p>
<p>Reminds me of the story of the flight back from our honeymoon…Cayman Island on a Sunday and no mechanics on site, back in the day. The pilot announced that the slide for life light was on and we couldn’t take off…they would try to fix it. The pilot and co-pilot had blueprints to the plane and little screwdrivers out trying. A scary sight! After a long time of trial and error, they were just about to give up when a passenger stood up, threw his baseball cap on the seat and said, I’ll get it fixed."“I’m an auto mechanic l’ll get it fixed.” Well…he did (even scarier!)…we took off and had an uneventful flight home. Don’t think that would happen today!</p>
<p>Audiophile, we’re all grateful to hear you’re well and only severely shook up.</p>
<p>I have one to add to the pile, although it has nothing to do with airplanes. This morning I was heading to my first 8:30am yoga practice in almost 2 years, when I checked at 7:55am and learned the class began at 8:00am (I’d remembered “8:30” because that’s the time tonight when older S’s plane takes off for Boston – oh yeah look, there’s a plane in this story after all!). Instead I busied myself chopping veggies and cheese for omelets, as the boys squeezed oranges for juice… and suddenly (I’ll try not to be too graphic here…) I found the knife instead imbedded in the back of my left hand.</p>
<p>Long story short, no tendon damage nor serious nerve impairment, concern about infection as with any puncture wound but I had a tetanus shot last year and am now on mondo antibiotics, hand well wrapped, no wetness for several days (too bad about the dishwashing, huh), and disappointment that I won’t be getting to yoga for a little while yet.</p>
<p>It’s always something, isn’t it. Pour me something strong, I can’t pour very well myself just now. Oh wait, can I have alcohol with antibiotics? Will have to check the label. (Virtual is always fine, though.)</p>
<p>Typing hurts, I’m done for now.</p>
<p>Oh, mootie, audio - so sorry! Special bar snacks for you both, sweet or salty, whatever you prefer.</p>
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<p>Interestingly enough, there was a pilot in full uniform seated in front of me as a passenger (I later found out there was another one in plain clothes). I was watching carefully to see if he got off the plane in Dallas. If he did, I probably would have too.</p>
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Reminds me of how I watched the OB’s and nurses’ faces during a few difficult and harrowing deliveries! :eek: In a tense moment, take your cues from the experts! ;)</p>
<p>mootmom~</p>
<p><strong><em>OUCH</em></strong>!!! :eek: Hope your hand is on the mend soon! Enjoy your dishwashing respite! :)</p>
<p>~b.</p>
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<p>b.,</p>
<p>I figured by the last few, you’d be telling them what to do! ;)</p>
<p>Now for something completely different…</p>
<p>I just had a veggie pizza and a…get this…a martini with extra olives. Yum!</p>
<p>Wow, but martinis are strong! I cannot imagine drinking three, or even two and doing anything remotely cogent. Caramba! (or, for UCLAri: おやっ)!</p>
<p>Wow mootmom…another close call a patron of Sinner’s Alley. Take care.</p>
<p>I’m treating y’all to a round to toast everyone for a safe, healthy and happy new year! (Virtual generosity is easy )</p>
<p>icesk8mom–we’ll put it on your virtual tab!</p>
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<em>ROFL</em>!!! By the last few, I was tellling them WHERE TO GO!!! <em>lol</em> :eek:</p>
<p>(actually, I was a remarkably calm “laborer”…probably from the exhaustion given the length of each one! )</p>
<p>~b.</p>
<p>Audiophile,</p>
<p>I am glad that you are okay and I hope you keep your feet on solid ground (at least for a little while).</p>
<p>mootie, mootie, mootie</p>
<p>First of all I am glad that everything is ok.</p>
<p>Gosh what are we going to do with you? Last year it was the foot, this year it’s the hand. Ya know Bhappy and the funny fairies took all of the bubble wrap to create her latest fab dress .</p>
<p>You just go to prove my point, cooking can be hazardous to your health, which is why I try to avoid it at all cost . I remember a few years ago I was cutting some chicken and accidentially cut my finger and needed stitiches. I sat in the ER for about 4 hours, got desperate, called D’s pediatrician, because I knew she had evening hours if I could see her to stitch my finger. She told me that she could not do it I had to wait to see the plastic surgeon to stitch my finger.</p>
<p>Like me, now you have to learn how to stay away from sharp objects.</p>
<p>Alu, what’s up with the special bar snacks? You mean curmie and dodds finally got some grub in this place. where are you stashing all of the snacks?</p>
<p>mootmom, Ugh, that sounds JUST awful! I hope your hand heals quickly. You might want to get those knives sharpened - sometimes if they are too dull, it can contribute to an accident like yours. Feel better soon!</p>
<p>mootmom: Sorry to hear about your hand! Ouch! 
Anything to avoid those New Year’s resolutions though…</p>
<p>Thanks for the (spiked 
) tea and sympathy, all. I’m typing much better this morning, and when I raised my bandaged hand to look at something this morning, my H commented on how helpless my little “paw” looked with its boo-boo. Awwww!</p>
<p>So roshke, the funny (ha ha) thing was, we’d just been talking 10 minutes before the accident about how wonderful it was to have such lovely sharp knives. No joke. And the ER dr. told me it was probably a good thing the knife was so sharp, since it didn’t do as much damage as it could have.</p>
<p>The real problem is that I talk with my hands, and ought to know <em>far</em> better than to do so when I’m cutting up veggies into little bits. Jeepers… I think I should sit on the dunce chair for a while. (And watch someone else cut things up – sybbie, who’ve you found to do that for you now? I might call them.)</p>
<p>But you’re right, berurah – it’s nice to have a ticket out of dishwashing for a few days anyway! :D</p>
<p>Oh yeah and the good thing? In the initial post-accident confusion, someone quickly dialed 911 (again not to be graphic, but there was reason to think it might be more serious than it turned out to be) but hung up before the call connected, instead dialing our medical service to find out which ER to go to. I kid you not, it was not FIVE MINUTES LATER that two sheriff’s deputies were banging on our door responding to an incompleted 911 call. (!!) They looked at my hand and asked to see where the accident occurred (I guess to be sure someone else in the house hadn’t been attacking me, so I didn’t take any offense) and then offered to get an ambulance for me, but we declined as we were heading out to the ER at that point. I was reassured by how quickly they arrived and how they attempted to be certain there wasn’t anything they could or should do before leaving. (As we drove out to the ER, we saw them standing next to their (2!) squad cars in our circle, so I guess it was a slow morning. )</p>
<p>Audiophile - Good story! (I always travel with eyeshades and earplugs…I would have missed the whole thing!) glad you landed safely! :)</p>
<p>Mootmom - (((( "" ))) Hugs to your hand , thank goodness nothing was detached! :eek: Marmots are not the best at nursing… so instead, (and you may not see her) the Wellness Fairy has been sent post haste to sprinkle faerie dust on your digit!! Get well soon. :)</p>
<p>Mootie, hope your hand is better today! Happy New Year to all my fellow SINNERS!</p>
<p>mstee!!!</p>
<p>SINNERS??? US??? Whoda thunk it! :eek: And here all of this time, I thought this place was “Angel’s Alley”…<em>sigh</em> ;)</p>
<p>~b.</p>