OT I just got a FULL TIME nursing job! :-)

[John Kuthe]

I go on next Tues to do all the orientation/paperwork! :-)

John Kuthe, Climate Anarchist and Does What I Refuse To Fail

[GM]

John Kuthe wrote:

> I go on next Tues to do all the orientation/paperwork! :-)
>
> John Kuthe, Climate Anarchist and Does What I Refuse To Fail

You *do* realise that they are doing a *background* check, do you not...???

--
Best
Greg

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 12:29:59 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
>
> I go on next Tues to do all the orientation/paperwork! :-)
>
> John Kuthe, Climate Anarchist and Does What I Refuse To Fail
>

Try not to screw this job up. I'm sure your patients are not the least
bit interested in your sound system, your djembe, or tales of your
boarding house buddies.

[Hank Rogers]

John Kuthe wrote:
> I go on next Tues to do all the orientation/paperwork! :-)
>
> John Kuthe, Climate Anarchist and Does What I Refuse To Fail
>

I thought you were not going to tell anyone about this ???

[Hank Rogers]

He can't help it. He'll pull his djembe out and start whacking it
at the interview.

[John Kuthe]

Each and every "background check" done on me turns up CLEAN!

How about FUCKING OFF! You Greg, really do not know what the FUCK you are talking about!

John Kuthe...

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 5:57:21 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
>
> Each and every "background check" done on me turns up CLEAN!
>

> John Kuthe...
>
Must be a newbie doing the background checks. They didn't enter your name
into any search engine on this planet or they'd seen your name all over the
internet like the worst case of measles imaginable.

[Creme Fraiche]

itsjoan...@webtv.net presented the following explanation :

Or the suckers he has stuffed in his spare
bedrooms forgot to pay the Internet bill.

[Hank Rogers]

Maybe he applied for a position as an UZI cannabis nurse?

[John Kuthe]

The agencies that DO legitimate background checks know the difference between genuine behaviors of concern and Internet chit chat! Many here do NOT! Many here are just evil Internet TROLLS, nattering naysayers of negativism, etc.

I have been on the Internet almost before there even was a World Wide Web. I cut my Internet teeth on Usenet newsgroups like alt.tasteless just after the infamous crossposting war between alt.tasteless and rec.pets.cats! Early 1990's. And I personally saw what happened after Steve Case sent free AOL CDs (with n-hours of free anon Internet access!) to anything with a pulse! THAT was sick sad and why I started posting with my real legal name.

John Kuthe...

[Christ...@deathtochristianity.pl]

There is a covid 19 crisis and they will hire monkeys if they could
apply.

--

____/~~~sine qua non~~~\____

[Bruce]

On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 17:20:23 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

Are you disappointed? All dressed and nowhere to go kinda thing?

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 10:06:27 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>
> Are you disappointed? All dressed and nowhere to go kinda thing?
>

His award-winning personality will show itself. We just have to wait.

[Janet]

Hooray, rfc will get some respite from your all-day drivel posting.

Janet UK

[Janet]

In article <d9e8c2ab-7b72-4d73...@googlegroups.com>,
itsjoan...@webtv.net says...

>
> On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 5:57:21 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
> >
> > Each and every "background check" done on me turns up CLEAN!

? You think a nursing agency won't find out why two previous nursing
agencies terminated your employment?

Janet UK

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-04-17 7:53 a.m., Janet wrote:
>
> Hooray, rfc will get some respite from your all-day drivel posting.
>
> Janet UK
>

Not for long.

[Dave Smith]

They are desperate these days and scraping the bottom of the barrel.
We had a call from a friend the other day who is coming out of
retirement. She was an ER nurse for years and her husband was a doctor.
They have both opted to go back to work to help out with the fight
against the pandemic.

[jmcquown]

On 4/17/2020 7:53 AM, Janet wrote:
>
> Hooray, rfc will get some respite from your all-day drivel posting.
>
> Janet UK
>

We'll find out just how full-time this job is when he stops posting
constantly. :)

Jill

[Bruce]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:53:22 +0100, Janet <nob...@home.org> wrote:

>
> Hooray, rfc will get some respite from your all-day drivel posting.

You love it. Gives you something to bitch about.

[Hank Rogers]

You won't see any slowdown of posts from da Loo.

Tune in daily ... for updates on the little church in da Loo and
new steeple.
And don't forget to follow the poor indian students trapped there.
Kuth seems defensive and ashamed of them, so they are probably much
more upstanding than kuth himself.

Music please maestro ...
Come to the little brown church,... Oh, the little brown church in
da Loo.

[Alex]

?

[Alex]

The "full-time" part is going to be the end of that.

[Alex]

Good for them!  I hope they don't become victims of this mess!

[John Kuthe]

In my ZIP code 63121 we have 0 reported cases of "this mess"! People should wear masks, not N95 antivital and antiTB masks but to keep them from spitting/sneezing/drooling on each other!

John Kuthe...

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-04-17 8:47 p.m., Alex wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:

>
>>

>> They are desperate these days and scraping the bottom of the barrel.
>> We had a call from a friend the other day who is coming out of
>> retirement. She was an ER nurse for years and her husband was a
>> doctor. They have both opted to go back to work to help out with the
>> fight against the pandemic.
>>
>>
>
> Good for them!  I hope they don't become victims of this mess!

Heaven forbid. It is a big sacrifice for them. He was doctor with a
medical consultation business and just retired in the last year. She
retired from nursing a few years ago. She is a big time rider and
equestrian event judge. They have a horse farm, so they have a lot of
work around the barn even without them going back to work. They also had
travel plans, but those plans were dashed by the travel bans.

[jmcquown]

All I can say is thank you to the retired medical personnel for going
back to work at this time. A lot of medical personnel are apparently
coming out of retirement in many countries to try to help out their
communities. Kudos to all of them for putting their lives on the line.
It's a very humanitarian thing to do. I hope they'll all be able to get
the equipment (masks, gloves, respirators) they need.

As for the rest of us, we all have to shop for food but we don't all
have to go at the same time. Don't need to stand around talking in
parking lots, either. Get what you need and go home. Wash your hands
before and after shopping. Wash the produce. Wear a mask when you go
out. Figure out how to make a mask if you don't have one. Plenty of
videos online if you don't have a sewing machine.

At any rate, I appreciate these retired medical professionals who are
stepping up at this time. I never in my lifetime thought I'd live
through a pandemic. The last one I read about (other than a little bit
about Ebola) was the Spanish Flu pandemic back in 1918. Back then they
thought it was bacterial. They hadn't yet discovered virii...

Jill
Jill

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-04-17 10:33 p.m., jmcquown wrote:


> All I can say is thank you to the retired medical personnel for going
> back to work at this time. A lot of medical personnel are
> apparently coming out of retirement in many countries to try to help
> out their communities. Kudos to all of them for putting their lives
> on the line. It's a very humanitarian thing to do. I hope they'll
> all be able to get the equipment (masks, gloves, respirators) they
> need.

At least doctors and nurses are well paid. The highest fatality rates
from Covid19 have been in the retirement homes and long term care homes
that tend to be staffed by low paid mostly immigrants. They get a little
more than minimum wage and no benefits because they are part time. In
order to make a living wage they have to work 2-3 jobs, usually in
similar facilities, so they are passing the virus back and forth to the
various homes where they work. Things were so bad in one home in Quebec
that the staff bailed and abandoned their charges. NOw the government is
scrambling to find people to go in and deal with the mess.

>
As for the rest of us, we all have to shop for food but we don't all
> have to go at the same time. Don't need to stand around talking in
> parking lots, either. Get what you need and go home. Wash your
> hands before and after shopping. Wash the produce. Wear a mask when
> you go out. Figure out how to make a mask if you don't have one.
> Plenty of videos online if you don't have a sewing machine.

My sister in law made some masks for us, and a friend is getting some
for us that her SiL is making. That woman is cranking out something like
250 a day. My son also brought us some masks, gloves and hand sanitizer
from work. The friend who is getting us the masks also picked up a
750ml bottle of sanitizer that was made by a local craft distillery.
They are a new distillery and switched their production to use their
alcohol for sanitizer. That effort and good will was worth a million
dollars in advertising. No one knew who they were two months ago.

>
> At any rate, I appreciate these retired medical professionals who are
> stepping up at this time. I never in my lifetime thought I'd live
> through a pandemic. The last one I read about (other than a little
> bit about Ebola) was the Spanish Flu pandemic back in 1918. Back
> then they thought it was bacterial. They hadn't yet discovered
> virii...
>

Curiously, I had been reading a novel about an out of control virus. I
just wasn't getting into it because it more like a medical text than a
novel. I started into a more interesting book. Now I can't return this
to the library because it has been closed for a month.

[jmcquown]

There is a rumour (via Nextdoor.com) the library book-drops just
re-opened in my area with no late fees. No one is allowed inside the
libraries, though.

I get my books from a private library. I wash my hands before I go to
the Cannery to drop off and pick up books. These days I spray the books
lightly with Lysol when I bring them home and again before I return
them. I'm not worried about getting the virus from books. Books about
viruses do seem to pop up, though. So do movies on television that have
to do with weird medical situations.

Jill

[Janet]

In article <MGtmG.3779$2P1....@fx15.iad>, j_mc...@comcast.net says...

> At any rate, I appreciate these retired medical professionals who are
> stepping up at this time. I never in my lifetime thought I'd live
> through a pandemic. The last one I read about (other than a little bit
> about Ebola) was the Spanish Flu pandemic back in 1918. Back then they
> thought it was bacterial. They hadn't yet discovered virii...

There was a later pandemic in 1957, called "Asian Flu". I was 9 and
can still remember how desperately ill I felt.

Janet UK

[John Kuthe]

On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 6:08:05 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
> In article <MGtmG.3779$2P1....@fx15.iad>, j_mc...@comcast.net says...
> > At any rate, I appreciate these retired medical professionals who are
> > stepping up at this time. I never in my lifetime thought I'd live
> > through a pandemic. The last one I read about (other than a little bit
> > about Ebola) was the Spanish Flu pandemic back in 1918. Back then they
> > thought it was bacterial. They hadn't yet discovered virii...

Humans did not have microscopes powerful enough to SEE the Influenza virus, yet.

>
> There was a later pandemic in 1957, called "Asian Flu". I was 9 and
> can still remember how desperately ill I felt.
>
> Janet UK

Yep! When you have "The Flu", you are SICK SICK SICK!! Influenza is nothing to mess with!

John Kuthe...

[Gary]

Dave Smith wrote:
> Curiously, I had been reading a novel about an out of control virus. I
> just wasn't getting into it because it more like a medical text than a
> novel. I started into a more interesting book. Now I can't return this
> to the library because it has been closed for a month.

My library is also closed but they do have a drop box to return
books.

Read the old book, "The White Plague" by Frank Herbert sometime.
Copyright 1982

[Gary]

The last big scare I remember was the Swine Flu in the mid-1970s.

[Lucretia Borgia]

I had that at the time, ghastly. I was so ill my family doctor came
out to the house twice to check up on me.

It's the reason I have always had the 'flu vaccination, plus for
several years helped in research for a vaccine for Asian 'flu and the
last I did was an 8 year study for Shingrix, the now very popular
shingles vaccination.

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-04-17 11:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/17/2020 11:05 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

>> Curiously, I had been reading a novel about an out of control virus. I
>> just wasn't getting into it because it  more like a medical text than
>> a novel.  I started into a more interesting book. Now I can't return
>> this to the library because it has been closed for a month.
>>
> There is a rumour (via Nextdoor.com) the library book-drops just
> re-opened in my area with no late fees.  No one is allowed inside the
> libraries, though.

Our town's library web site says not to return books until the lock down
is over. The town just laid off 22 workers, but not the librarians.
Apparently they are working from home. They can't be too busy because I
had to book a meeting room for the art festival committee. I emailed the
acting CEO and heard back from here within 5 minutes the she had
forwarded it to someone else who is looking after bookings now, and then
I heard back from that woman within 5 more minutes.

> I get my books from a private library.  I wash my hands before I go to
> the Cannery to drop off and pick up books.  These days I spray the books
> lightly with Lysol when I bring them home and again before I return
> them.  I'm not worried about getting the virus from books.  Books about
> viruses do seem to pop up, though.  So do movies on television that have
> to do with weird medical situations.

I have lots or books that I have read before and would no mind
re-reading. I have one that my son gave me that I just haven't ever
been able to finish. Then, if I get really really bored, I have Under
the Volcano. It is supposed to be some kind of a masterpiece but I have
never been able to read more than 10 pages of it.

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-04-18 8:13 a.m., Gary wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> Curiously, I had been reading a novel about an out of control virus. I
>> just wasn't getting into it because it more like a medical text than a
>> novel. I started into a more interesting book. Now I can't return this
>> to the library because it has been closed for a month.
>
> My library is also closed but they do have a drop box to return
> books.

Do they really want you doing that? Those boxes have limited capacity
and if people keep dropping them in there the books could be sliding off
onto the floor, which tends not to be good for them.

[Sheldon Martin]

Started from chinky Asians too.

[Gary]

To answer you honestly, Dave. I haven't checked out any books in
a long time so I have none to return. I really don't know what's
going on at my local other than that they are closed for now.

I have 2 books here (my own) that I would like to reread but
so far I haven't been able to find them. I'll try again today.
I have way too many books here.

[graham]

I caught it too and it was bad. I remember the delirium. However, 4 days
later i was back at school.

[graham]

On 2020-04-18 6:31 a.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>
> It's the reason I have always had the 'flu vaccination, plus for
> several years helped in research for a vaccine for Asian 'flu and the
> last I did was an 8 year study for Shingrix, the now very popular
> shingles vaccination.
>

I had the Shingles jab a few years ago but later had a mild attack which
anti-virals stopped after 24 hours of a hint of what a full blown attack
would be like. My Dr had me get the new vaccine at the end of last year
that is supposed to be more effective.

[jmcquown]

On 4/18/2020 9:43 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-04-17 11:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 4/17/2020 11:05 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>> Curiously, I had been reading a novel about an out of control virus.
>>> I just wasn't getting into it because it  more like a medical text
>>> than a novel.  I started into a more interesting book. Now I can't
>>> return this to the library because it has been closed for a month.
>>>
>> There is a rumour (via Nextdoor.com) the library book-drops just
>> re-opened in my area with no late fees.  No one is allowed inside the
>> libraries, though.
>
> Our town's library web site says not to return books until the lock down
> is over.

Okay, go with what your library dictates at the moment. Don't use the
book drop.

> The town just laid off 22 workers, but not the librarians.
> Apparently they are working from home. They can't be too busy because I
> had to book a meeting room for the art festival committee. I emailed the
> acting CEO and heard back from here within 5 minutes the she had
> forwarded it to someone else who is looking after bookings now, and then
> I heard back from that woman within 5 more minutes.
>

Uh... why would they still be considering holding an art festival right
now? No surprise everyone is able to email but what was the answer to
the question?

>> I get my books from a private library.  I wash my hands before I go to
>> the Cannery to drop off and pick up books.  These days I spray the
>> books lightly with Lysol when I bring them home and again before I
>> return them.  I'm not worried about getting the virus from books.
>> Books about viruses do seem to pop up, though.  So do movies on
>> television that have to do with weird medical situations.
>
> I have lots or books that I have read before and would no mind
> re-reading.  I have one that my son gave me that I just haven't ever
> been able to finish. Then, if I get really really bored, I have Under
> the Volcano. It is supposed to be some kind of a masterpiece but I have
> never been able to read more than 10 pages of it.
>

I have tons of books on my shelves. I've got no problem re-reading
enjoyable books. As long as I didn't just read it last month. LOL

As for so-called "masterpieces" of literature, some of them bored me to
tears. I thought 'The Great Gatsby' was pretty darn dull.

I read for enjoyment. I'm not in school completing an assignment. If
it bores me I won't read it. There's always another book. :)

Jill

[Lucretia Borgia]

Yes, the first vaccine out only helped one to have a lesser attack of
shingles, this newer one claims in 'most' cases you won't even develop
it. Definitely worth having it.

[Dave Smith]

On my way home about half an hour ago there was a program on CBC that
talked about vaccines. The guest said that close to 40% of people who
have had chicken pox end up getting shingles. The said that for most
people Shingrex is 98% effective. There is a variation of the disease
for which it is still about 90% effective.

In the last two years I got one shot of the old and two of the new. I am
going to be really pissed if I end up with shingles.

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-04-18 1:47 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/18/2020 9:43 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

>> The town just laid off 22 workers, but not the librarians. Apparently
>> they are working from home. They can't be too busy because I had to
>> book a meeting room for the art festival committee. I emailed the
>> acting CEO and heard back from here within 5 minutes the she had
>> forwarded it to someone else who is looking after bookings now, and
>> then I heard back from that woman within 5 more minutes.
>>
> Uh... why would they still be considering holding an art festival right
> now?  No surprise everyone is able to email but what was the answer to
> the question?

This year's show has been cancelled. AAMOF, We had decided at the March
meeting to discuss contingency plans at the April meeting. I was the one
who pushed to act before that. We discussed it by emails and did an
email vote where it was unanimously decided to cancel. It was planned
for Mothers Day weekend. We thought that they isolation order might be
lifted by then, but that people would be gun shy about being in crowds.
We had already had the usual volunteers reluctant to commit.

I wanted to cancel before any more major expenses came up. We had just
spent a bundle on advertising, printing posters and brochures, and had
spent more than $500 on postage for the artists' packages. I also
figured it was better for us to cancel than to risk a flop. Luckily, we
had set aside surplus from previous years and put them into GICs. This
was the rainy day we had been saving them for.

>> I have lots or books that I have read before and would no mind
>> re-reading.  I have one that my son gave me that I just haven't ever
>> been able to finish. Then, if I get really really bored, I have Under
>> the Volcano. It is supposed to be some kind of a masterpiece but I
>> have never been able to read more than 10 pages of it.
>>
> I have tons of books on my shelves.  I've got no problem re-reading
> enjoyable books.  As long as I didn't just read it last month. LOL
>
> As for so-called "masterpieces" of literature, some of them bored me to
> tears.  I thought 'The Great Gatsby' was pretty darn dull.

That's one I am glad was never on a course reading list. I got about 50
pages into it before I walked away from it.

> I read for enjoyment.  I'm not in school completing an assignment.  If
> it bores me I won't read it.  There's always another book. :)

I used to always read books through, no matter how boring they got. The
problem was that when I finally finished a bad book I didn't bother
starting another for a while. I got into the habit of borrowing at least
three books at a time and if a book isn't doing it for me I put it down
and start another one, hopefully a better one.

[Creme Fraiche]

Sheldon Martin formulated on Saturday :

I don't always agree with you but yes, China
should have to pay dearly for this clusterfuck.

People are too busy bitching about Trump than
to put the blame where it *really* belongs.

[Bruce]

I read that but too long ago to remember. I'm sure I preferred it to
The Great Gatsby.

[Bruce]

On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 08:17:10 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

What about the swine flu from 2009?

[Cindy Hamilton]

There's plenty of blame for everybody. Both China and Trump lied
and people suffered for it.

Cindy Hamilton

[Creme Fraiche]

Cindy Hamilton formulated on Saturday :

Without China there's no shelter at home law,
so let us at least see that much from the get
go about this Coronavirus mess.

You can't lay this one on Trump, there is
no Administration in History that could
have been really prepared for this size
of a mess.

I'm not making any excuses for Trump being
an asshole or saying he couldn't have acted
faster, just saying what a load of shit
China planted on the world, this time and
what's next from them?!

[Lucretia Borgia]

I heard today that the 'source' was most likely a dead bat, eaten by a
street dog and subsequently it transferred to humans.

[Creme Fraiche]

Lucretia Borgia submitted this idea :

It started out as a bat from a wet market and now
the rumor is it was a lab near the market. <shrug>

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-04-18 5:53 p.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:

> I heard today that the 'source' was most likely a dead bat, eaten by a
> street dog and subsequently it transferred to humans.
>

Every empirical study in epidemiology starts with a dog eating a wild
animal.

[Mike Duffy]

On 2020-04-18 7:30 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:

> Every empirical study in epidemiology starts with a dog eating a wild
> animal.

Yabbut in China they wok the dog afterwards.

[Alex]

John Kuthe wrote:

> On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 7:47:32 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:

>>> On 2020-04-17 7:58 a.m., Janet wrote:
>>>> In article <d9e8c2ab-7b72-4d73...@googlegroups.com>,
>>>> itsjoan...@webtv.net says...
>>>>> On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 5:57:21 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
>>>>>> Each and every "background check" done on me turns up CLEAN!
>>>>    ? You think a nursing agency won't find out  why two previous nursing
>>>> agencies terminated your employment?
>>>>
>>> They are desperate these days and scraping the bottom of the barrel.
>>> We had a call from a friend the other day who is coming out of
>>> retirement. She was an ER nurse for years and her husband was a
>>> doctor. They have both opted to go back to work to help out with the
>>> fight against the pandemic.
>>>
>>>
>> Good for them!  I hope they don't become victims of this mess!
> In my ZIP code 63121 we have 0 reported cases of "this mess"! People should wear masks, not N95 antivital and antiTB masks but to keep them from spitting/sneezing/drooling on each other!
>
> John Kuthe...

I didn't respond to you.

[Alex]

Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2020-04-17 8:47 p.m., Alex wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>
>>>
>>> They are desperate these days and scraping the bottom of the barrel.
>>> We had a call from a friend the other day who is coming out of
>>> retirement. She was an ER nurse for years and her husband was a
>>> doctor. They have both opted to go back to work to help out with the
>>> fight against the pandemic.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Good for them!  I hope they don't become victims of this mess!
>

> Heaven forbid. It is a big sacrifice for them. He was doctor with a
> medical consultation business and just retired in the last year. She
> retired from nursing a few years ago. She is a big time rider and
> equestrian event judge. They have a horse farm, so they have a lot of
> work around the barn even without them going back to work. They also
> had travel plans, but those plans were dashed by the travel bans.

Clearly they aren't doing it for the money.  They will save a lot of
lives.  True heroes!

[Gary]

I never even knew about it. ABC news, especially, does a
flu scare every single year. Just trying to generate news.
They also report "deadly storms" every single night. YAWN!

I've had the flu a few times. Rare but true. Some really put
me down. For all I know, I might have gotten that one
in 2009.

As I said, cold and flu season is EVERY winter and I always
do take precautions each year. The years that I did get it
was from some co-worker coming in sick as to not lose a day's
pay. Worked all day alongside them then I got sick a few
days later.

Luckily...no more of that nonsense here. :)

[Bruce]

The 2009 swine flu was a big pandemic, although the number of deaths
was similar to regular influenza:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_swine_flu_pandemic>
Still, 11 to 21 of the word population got it.