I'm wondering if we will soon start seeing anatomical changes in the orientation of hand bones to accommodate cell 'phone use?
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I'm wondering if we will soon start seeing anatomical changes in the orientation of hand bones to accommodate cell 'phone use?
Oh gracious me, we'll probably evolve with that as a root cause. Because their grasp of ergonomics is not apparent.Quote:
Originally Posted by NortonDommi
I stopped liking cell phones when pull-out antennas disappeared. Sized like cordless phones are now, decent keypad, hand filling yet operable in the palm by thumb, batteries with sufficient mass to generate a real vibration, screen not dominating the device.
Biggest joke is keypad or touch screen crowded in the lower margin.
I always thought the screens should be lowered, so thumb can flex over first and second fingers; like almost EVERY tool you can think of.
As if phones haven't become fidgety enough. Here's one more toy than device, and a keypad only fit for a Barbie doll. I thanked Jon's post though; something else for my anti-want list. "Anti-want" is the PG rated name...accurate title is more like "don't you f'n DARE".
Millennial floor cleaner.
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3 guys showing how to give their boss grounds for dismissal, goofing off on company time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
Employees goofing off on the internet: hilarious!
YOUR employees goofing off on the internet: hell to pay.
I like that arm motion though. Made me think of this:
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OH look it is a mechanical hermit crab feeding itself snowQuote:
Originally Posted by Jon
I was thinking, those guys have some creativity. Every place I have worked, has encouraged some fun, as long as the work is quality and done on time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
It's a Shop Roomba!
If it was my boss the only thing you would hear is FIRED.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
I am really not liking how the word millennial is being used as a disparaging prefix for anything these days, even when it has nothing to do with the millennial generation.
You might like to remember it's the millennials who are keeping you healthy, paying your pension, growing your food, inventing new technology and trying the save the planet that the baby boomers and others have so messed up.
My son and daughter are both millennials so I never use the the term in a disparaging manner, it simply refers to a sector of humans that were born at in a specific time period instead of saying twenty year olds or 30 year olds. It's a term that can be used for the next 60 years or so to pinpoint that age group.
That being said, leave it to millennials to turn a 1 man 1 broom task into a 3 man, 3 broom with pallet truck task costing the company over 3X what it should cost. With the set up and break down likely no time savings there either.
I could sweep up faster. Those guys are doing it for the "lols" as they say. I would have been fired as well. I just barely missed being in their generation. Thanks, maw, and paw.
Technically, yes, they are probably too young to be millennials. Interestingly, Generation Z is actually looking very positively to the older generation now, for a variety of reasons, but that's another discussion.
These memes broadly aren't about millennials; they're just the current version of the "young people today" joke, that has been part of human culture for thousands of years. On their end, they brandish the meme version of the old "get off my lawn" joke.
Rest assured our generational foibles are being well addressed via the younger generation's memes of choice, like Old Economy Steve, Unhelpful High School Teacher, and Scumbag Parents. Lest you are concerned that the cross-generation memeing is asymetric, here are some examples from the wild:
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However, my favorite is High Expectations Asian Father:
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The whole generational thing can become a bit confusing when it is broken down My patents were born in what is called the silent generation which places me in the boomer generation but there is a often a reference to a micro generation called generation Jones. I could loosely be called a Jones'er, along with Bill Gates. My kids are Gen-xer's sharing the same generation as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. then there is another micro generation called Xennials Mark Zuckerburg would fit in here almost to young to be a gen-xer but too old to be a millennial
Got to tak the wife to the emergency clinc will finish later
Sorry not a fun day First off she is fine everything is as should be.
The wife went out early this morning to feed the animals and let the chickens out to roam As she approached the ramp to back door reaching for the railing both arms suddenly went numb and her head felt like it was going to explode, she said her chest felt like it was on fire but no pain. 12 minutes later i had driven the 14 miles to the ER ( Yes my little pickup will wrap the needle on the speedometer when it needs to. I had phoned the Sheriff's office to ask them to inform the DPS who I knew would be parked out on the highway and inform him that I would be shattering his radar. I don't know how fast I was going but when we passed the only cross road intersection between our house and town he was sitting cross ways blocking the intersecting road when we blew past. then he tried to catch up with us, and did finally manage to pass me about 4 miles later leading us on into hospital which fortunately is on the edge of our small town.
Once in the ER they did their thing her episode had passed on the way there but her blood pressure was still somewhere in the 250 over something ranges
Test after test plus more tests and a couple injections later she was wheeled into a room for observation 5 hours later it was determined she had had an adverse reaction to a new medicine the Dr had prescribed last week to control her BP They managed to get her BP down to 117/54 then an hour later it was 124/62 then after another hour and 3 more checks it had stabilized at 157/72 for the last 3 checks they decided to release her Loaned me an electronic pressure arm band but we stopped and bought one anyway since the one they loaned us we will have to return eventually Our is a small community hospital and much of that type equipment is donated in the first place. They can ill afford to just hand them out and not get them back someday.
Anyway she has to go back for a follow up Friday but if she experiences another spike or episode I'm to call the ambulance LOL fat chance we can be there long before the ambulance could even arrive at our house.
I will finish my thoughts on the generations soon
My [all our] thoughts are on Ms. S and her dedicated husband. I'm sure she is in good hands.
Glad to hear everything is back under control and the Mrs. will be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
My first post, and introduction. Knew what I was going to see before I clicked, not disappointed. Well done OP!
We bought a car for my daughter to have at college her last 2 years. It was a manual and although it took her a couple weeks to get proficient she learned and made the 5 hours trip many, many times without issue. Most of her friends at school did not have a car and would often ask to borrow it. "Can you drive a manual?" was her comeback and the answer always "No!". She said the looks when she told them were like she was a space alien. Pretty soon no one asked her anymore to borrow it, heh.
About me, basic guy who likes building and modifying things in metal and by circumstance have often made a tool or jig to finish up a project. Starting a new business and building some dedicated tooling for it and surprised to find a forum dedicated to that today. I joined 5 minutes later, behold the power of the interweb! I have a feeling I will be here quite a bit.......
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I don't know how I missed this post, but several years ago we (my wife) had the very same thing happen - with nearly the same critical BP and pulse numbers. The ER of a "brand name" hospital in the Houston burbs diagnosed her as having a "panic attack"!! Long story short, her doc prescribed a medicine that was known to be a problem for her and this medicine was known to be incompatible with another she was taking at the time. Plus, the pharmacy had relevant notes "on file" in her records!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
Before, we left for the hospital in a literal panic and because the entire episode seemed so strange, I basically swiped the cabinet shelf of meds into a large zip-loc baggie just in case it would yield some help and so they would know what was potentially in her system before giving her anything else. The ER doc could hardly have been less interested in the bag of meds, vitamins - and even some empty boxes that I did not discriminate against. The ER doc never once bothered to even peak in the bag - the clue was right there for them to see!
The wild ride (adverse effects) eventually subsided some frightful hours later and she was sent home with pamphlets on coping with panic attacks and some new prescriptions! My wife, some weeks later, while trying to understand what really happened, scoured the internet and she is the one that found the answers about what really happened which had NOTHING to do with any panic attack!
This is a tool website, I realize, but don't underestimate the power of information as being one of your most useful tools!! Find a few trustworthy medical sites in advance of needing them and be familiar with them so some incompetent ER doesn't harm someone in your family by their ignorance or arrogance!
Thanks Joe for the reply.
I suppose I should give an up date on the wife.
First off yes panic attacks are very real and are often augmented by an actual medical condition.
My wife has pretty much always been very slender some would say down right skinny.
25 to 30 years ago up to the time we went to Kuwait,when we had our machine and fab shop folks and doctors alike couldn't believe that she weighed 135lbs her 5ft9 stature and her nearly absent body fat percentage made her look as though she might weigh a max of around 100 lbs. same as me I was 5 11 and weighed 210 lbs wore a 32 waist jeans I'm quite a bit different now still 5 11 but down to 198 on a good day but my waist has expanded to 34.
Anyway she has always had higher than optimum BP which can be a real problem for thin people as much or more so than for someone a bet more on the portly side. the denser the body tissue the harder it is for veins and arteries to expand just like people who carry around an extra 100 lbs it is harder to pump blood through the real body tissue since there are very little to no blood vessels in that yellow stuff.
Her DR back then diagnosed her high BP as being anxiety but put her on 2 bp meds and of all things valium which she took faithfully for many years But while in Q8 and mostly just sitting around or working in the office she began to loose her muscle mass and dropped weight as well she began to complain to the Dr over there that she felt a lot of her problems were caused by the valium. Not being fully aware of her med history he was reluctant to reduce or stop the prescription so she began cutting her pills in half and eventyally taking a half of one every other day until after about 3 months stopped taking it all together. She had begun to feel better all along although her BP still needed to be regulated.
Advance to stateside years later. her weight down to 105 skinnier than ever BP still needs regulated new DR changed meds weight drops to 85 can see joints in arms and legs BP still rampant DR changes meds again and again results improve briefly then one day she has an episode We call it an episode because there doesn't seem to be a better word for it. She goes lethargic completely unresponsive to everything rush her to the ER they take 1 look and blast her way to a hospital spends 3 days in CICU BP at times is 90/50 5 minutes later it is 200/ 120 roller coasters like that for 48 hrs her weight was 80lbs nothing but skeleton with skin while In CICU they discover she had somehow acquired a broken hip can't operate until they have her stabilized on the 3rd day they insert a pin and screws 2 weeks in ICU weight comes up to 87 lbs transfer to room another 2 weeks then to a nursing rehab for 3 months She was in the nursing rehab before she even knew who I was and couldn't recall much of anything else. Eventually her weight is back up to 112 lbs 75% recall of most things. Discharged had to use a rolling walker for several months while we were making our move out here. gets stronger full recall stashes walker away in back closet rides lawnmower pushes walk behind mower tends to flowers and pets takes care of the chickens helps in the garden goes to the woods and loads the fire wood while I cut it up Everything seems fine but numbness in leg and foot starts goes to ER gets sent to hospital they do 2 by passes in her leg and 1 stint in her leg same leg with broken hip. year goes by leads up to this last event. now a couple months past new BP meds BP regularly checked morning and night always in good normal range Hopefully they have the problem held at bay. plus she has taken a liking to my heavy use of garlic and onions I'm sure that helps
Reading some of the comments makes me think about when our truck was stolen in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Our company was informed they had found our trailer dumped in a back lot of a truckstop. We went to Hertz and picked up a power unit. I had not driven a cabover in years and the tranny it had was not a regular 9 speed shift. The 8th and 9th gear position was reversed, so instead of shifting going up into 8, you went down into the 9th position then up to the 9th hole. That took a little bit of missing a couple of times to finally get it down.
Nelson
Nelson I have an 85 Freightliner cabover with that same 9 sp, it is a long step from 7th to 8th the big cam III formula 300 it had in in until I did an out of frame major and updated the engine to just a tad over 450HP took for ever to loose enough RPMs to shift from 7 to 8 after the upgrade I installed jake brakes then it was an easy shift just hit the button to drop the r's. 9th was the throw it against the dash and come home gear
I won't claim this one at all, merely passed to me. But we all can certainly relate;
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To current generation, feeling smarter than a past generation?
An earlier population had an automobile, equipped with a operators manual describing how to adjust intake and exhaust valves.
A later generations automobile manual warns to not drink battery fluid...
so thats why the crack head generation has no teeth.....
on another note. our first big racecar hauler had a bunch of gears...I only drove it once.not that hard but..I wish they had put some syncros in it:rolleyes: after 2 years we upgraded to a stacker trailer( cars up top and down below, all inclosed not a used car hauler) heater&ac equiped as well as lots of storage&tools. the tow rigg(5th wheel) had a 16' living quarters witch was awesome. that freightliner was the 525 hp engine with the auto shifted trans.just use clutch for starting and stoping. I did a lot more driving with it,( we were traveling much farther for racing, fl to tex, down south fl & up to bristol tenn and all over in between. lost of fun.I miss it a lot.(NHRA topsportsman&promod drag racing)
Some of the folding windshield sunshades now have a sticker warning the user to remove before driving.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
good thing that sticker has gotten removed, now I can drive!!!
Funny thing to me, what makes them think that their target audience can read actual WORDS. Or which of them is so stupid to leave the sun shield in place, yet smart enough to READ the sticker?Quote:
Originally Posted by mklotz
Sometimes symbols makes sense, but other times... not so much.
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And then there are the signs that, even if you can read, are difficult to comprehend...
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well that first one would be something I would want to know....
Millennial anti-theft device; so if that stymies one group,
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what level of awareness needs this?
I am going to say "Corporate Lawyer" level of awareness; the same ones who think we need to be told not use the paint-can tray on a stepladder as a step, or to not use a hair dryer while asleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
or car window sunshade while driving?
Believe me, when I said 'lookalike', I meant exactly. Other than 3 years age difference, they'd have been indistinguishable from birthed as identical twins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
I have a identicle twin,that useless sob only shows up when i look in the mirrior,and apparently he is aging dam fast. Im just gladd I dont look that effing old.
