Rant VIII: The Reckoning

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PatrThom said:
http://danceswithfat.wordpress.com/
Heard a radio interview with this person. Enjoyed it. Passing it on.

--Patrick
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Yeah her site is one of the ones I read on a regular basis. Also adipositivy. I happen to enjoy nudes of fatties so if that isn't your thing don't go there

Quotemander Prime said:
Okay, fine.

I guess since I'm skin and bones, I can say she's a drooling, vapid bitch and criticize her all I please.
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I can say she is that too but I wouldn't appreciate someone coming and being a jerk about me being fat on the sites I got o specifically to talk about being fat. That's what I am saying. Maybe she doesn't act like that all the time. That's her place to be a single minded and judgmental. I have my place to be single minded and judgmental. If she came here and started saying that stuff you bet your stick butt I'd chew her out.
 
Adam

Adam

Amorous Eyes said:
I don't really know the proper context here, nor do I care from what I've skimmed over, but...

I'm shorter and weigh less than any of those people you listed.
I'm 5'0 / 152cm and weigh (today) 90lbs / 41kg.
That's me on a good day. I'm no pro-ana. I've been desperately trying to gain weight.

To put it into perspective: Two years ago and any time before that I had never weighed this much before.
At my worst I was stuck just above 75 lbs / 34kg. (Yes, that's bad. No, simply "eating a sammich" isn't what works for me to gain weight.)

I'm very happy where I am now. It didn't seem possible a few years ago.
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I think the point I was really trying to make was that not one of them is happy about the way they look and one of their vehicles for validation is attacking others. Considering they had a 'Starving Tip of the Day', it wasn't a healthy way to gain confidence in one's body either.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I was ironically playing along with the poster ahead of me. The girl on that website viciously insults any woman that anything but rail-thin. Then says that she is not pro-ana, then only complements models that have anorexic features.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

I've been trying to gain weight for the past 25 years. In that time, I've managed to put on about 20lbs. Being male, I of course wish less than half of it had turned out adipose. I realize I could've started a "program" to do so, I just doubt I would enjoy that much sweating.

--Patrick
 
Dave

Dave

Staff member
Tosh stuff was moved to its own thread. Sorry, Nick, but I don't know how to move a single thread to the end of a different one.
 
WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

Well this isn't really a rant, but I don't know where else to put it. I just got a call from my husband's Chief. He fell down a ladder well on the ship and is being taken off to a hospital on the base in Bahrain. She said he is ok. If he's ok why are they taking him to a hospital? Can't be too minor if the docs on board can't handle it.
I am waiting for a call from the person escorting him to get more info.
OMFG. I'm a wreck. My son is still awake and he asked who was on the phone (we rarely ever get calls past 9pm). I told him Daddy got hurt and is going to the hospital, but he is ok. I'm trying not to cry or look like I'm frightened, but I'm pretty sure he knows something is up. I want to call my mom, but it's 3am back east. Same goes for my best friend. My stomach is in a knot. FUCKING HELL I HATE THIS!
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Not just the docs, but trying to get in and out of your average berthing rack would be hell if he twisted or sprained anything. God forbid if anything broke.

I had a food poisoning episode while in port in Mayport, FL. The duty corpsman had to take me to the hospital at NAS Jacksonville. The other side of town. >.< And all they really did there was give me an IV to replace lost fluids.

So if they were reasonably close, or were making a port call, it might just be a precaution to send him to the hospital. Here's hoping.
 
WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

Sounds like it's his leg. Don't know the extent of the injury, but in talking to the ombudsman the docs onboard were being cautious in case it was something they couldn't take care of there. He's on a destroyer and their medical facilities aren't that big. So if it's more than first aid, basically, they have to send him out. She said they're going to do an MRI to make sure he didn't tear anything. They just finished up a port call so they weren't that far away. I feel better since talking to the ombudsman because the Chief was so vague about what happened and her phone connection was really bad.
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

That's reassuring. IIRC, the cruisers I was on didn't have x-ray capabilities, so at the least I'd have to be helo'd over to a carrier or tender that had larger medical facilities if underway, or transported to hospital if that was possible.
 
WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

It's 12:30 and I haven't heard anything yet. I figure I'll finally drift off to sleep and that's when his escort will call. Either that or it won't be until later this morning when I'm out running errands.
 
WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

I heard from him on FB twice last night. I still don't know exactly what happened, but he's had a bajillion x-rays and a ct scan. Sounds like the docs gave him some medication and have sent him back. Hopefully I can hear from him (on the phone) soon.
 
WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

From what I am gathering, based on bits and pieces I got from the ombudsman and from his two FB messages, his knee gave out while he was on the ladder. He's been having trouble with this knee for a few months now and had just been seen at medical on the base a couple of days ago to try to figure out what's wrong. I'm just glad it is not as bad as my imagination was leading me to believe. I kept thinking he broke his neck or something terrible because I only got a vague "He fell. He's hurt, but he's ok," from his Chief. That knee-jerk, "But he's ok..." is one of those things I know all too well to be something said just to keep the other person calm.
 
WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

So now I really have a rant about this situation my husband is in. I guess when he was going to be transported to the hospital they had someone go to his rack (bunk, bed and locker, etc) and pack some things for him. They packed uniforms for him, one set of civilian clothes, and nothing else. So he is in port for a week at least with no toothbrush, no deodorant, no regular shoes only his work boots, and...NO MONEY because they forgot to pack his wallet! :facepalm:
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

WasabiPoptart said:
So now I really have a rant about this situation my husband is in. I guess when he was going to be transported to the hospital they had someone go to his rack (bunk, bed and locker, etc) and pack some things for him. They packed uniforms for him, one set of civilian clothes, and nothing else. So he is in port for a week at least with no toothbrush, no deodorant, no regular shoes only his work boots, and...NO MONEY because they forgot to pack his wallet! :facepalm:
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Option A would seem to be: anybody he can borrow from? I assume he can pay it back afterwards.
Option B: Western Union and the like allow you to send money to silly places like Iraq and Afghanistan pretty easily and quickly...If not cheaply.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I am a little disappointed with myself. I defriended a friend of mine on Facebook. Everyday it is some political attack on Obama, that normally has some racist overtones. I called him on one of his racist rants against illegal aliens. Then he posted a patch of the Confederate Battle Flag, with writing on it, "TRY TO BURN THIS ASSHOLE." So I ended my Facebook friendship with him.

I am disappointed that I did not call him out for not being a true son of the Confederacy. He has a German surname, and they did not move to Texas until the hostilities were over. So he has no fucking right to wave that flag since nobody in his family died defending it. MINE DID. I grew up respecting that flag, but I would never fly it now due to the racist overtones. i.e. The cultural importance of the flag has been overtaken by the Klan.
 
Terrik

Terrik

Well, my job is jerking me around and as opposed to resigning, last night I decided to try something else, so I'm handing this to my bosses and see if this gets a reaction.


--- WITHOUT PREJIDUCE ---

ATTN: Principal Zhou, Century Only Kindergarten, East Wuzhong Road Campus
Principal Lin, Century Only Kindergarten, East Wuzhong Road Campus

DATE: July ------

On several occasions, it has been demanded that I perform more work than initially agreed upon when we first negotiated my contract. I have been forced to accept extra classes when the school allowed other teacher(s) to take time off. I have been forced to work extra classes because the school caused one of the other teachers to resign and I have, throughout the year been forced to take part in many events, duties and lessons not listed as my duties under sections 2, 5 980, and 5 (10).

Further, I have on two separate occasions submitted my request, both with more than the two week notice as listed in Section 5(4) and been refused as, according to Principal Zhou, I should have given more notice than the more than two weeks I provided. Finally, following a great deal of argument from Principal Zhou, was able to convince her that it was not merely fair but also provided for in the contract that I am able to take vacation time following two weeks notice.

I was informed that I would be forced to teach my classes throughout the summer at another campus apparently without a Chinese co-teacher and A'yi per the Education Laws of the Peoples' Republic of China. On the morning of July 12, 2012, I was informed after insisting to be told the situation, that I would not be teaching at the other campus through the summer and would not receive my monthly salary contrary to Section 4 of the contract which has absolutely no provision for the school not paying me throughout the contract term.

I have, following all the extra duties forced upon me in paragraph 1 of this letter of formal notice of breach of contract coupled with the impossibility of being able to arrange vacations while other teachers very clearly are able to do so, hereby and without prejudice, inform you that you are in breach of both the chopped English contract and the contract with the Foreign Expert Administration Bureau. Further, I have been told directly that I simply must do as I am told and, not only is there no chance offered for negotiation, there are threats regarding my salary.

The Labour Bureau of Shanghai states that no provision of a contract or an Employer's demands can overrule their Labour Laws and Regulations. There are several problems listed above that clearly violate Foreign Expert Administration Bureau Laws and Regulations, the contract itself and the Labour Bureau of Shanghai Laws and Regulations.

It is my hope that all problems can be solved immediately without the need of involving outside bureaus.

Yours truly,

__________________
Stephen Charles Gilbo
Shanghai, China
2012-07-

cc: HR Department
 
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