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Part of my drive to/from work goes by a busy gas station situated near an intersection of 55 MPH and 60 MPH roads. Today there were two vehicles leaving the gas station when I was driving by - one car wanting to turn right into my lane and a truck pulling a full trailer waiting to turn left across my lane. At first my concern was the car not being able to see past the truck and going, but that concern quickly shifted to the truck turning out in front of me so that I had to slam on my brakes and come to a complete stop. No regard for oncoming traffic (there were other cars behind me, I was first at a green arrow), wasn't even close to having enough room to go, just gently caress you I'm a big truck and want to go. As it went by I got to see what was written on the trailer: DAKOTA COUNTY SHERIFF e: Update on needing a navy suit: we went to Kohls and got a suit jacket and pants that were almost identical in price to the Men's Wearhouse one, so I'm covered on wedding suit. I feared we would have to go to the Mall of America where there is both a Nordstrom's and Macy's, but my wife found that instead, thankfully.
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Our team is doing an onsite this week and oh god so much booze
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I completely forgot about the Savannah Bananas coming to town this month to play at the sports complex down the road and just hopped online to check It was last weekend 
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Sep 13, 2023 18:01
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New dahlia has dropped https://twitter.com/formerlyfiz/status/1702006393845260764?s=46&t=JBd6ZXmGQ3LmWL-ineTnAA
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Sep 13, 2023 18:13
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Sep 13, 2023 18:26
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Neil Armbong posted:https://www.sketchup.com/ comes to mind. This seems good, but my rear end is having trouble learning it. Might just break out graph paper and do it manually.
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Sep 13, 2023 19:03
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Has anyone had luck learning a language with Duolingo or Rosetta Stone? I'm finding that I really need to be able to speak at least basic Spanish to patients, and my 4 years of it in high school just ain't cutting it.
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Sep 13, 2023 19:06
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Aaaaaaarrrrrggggg posted:Has anyone had luck learning a language with Duolingo or Rosetta Stone? I'm finding that I really need to be able to speak at least basic Spanish to patients, and my 4 years of it in high school just ain't cutting it. My mom had some luck learning Italian with duolingo for the purposes of being a tourist in Italy before she went. The only time I had decent conversational Spanish I had to take an intensive course where the teacher only spoke Spanish and I was in there for 4 hours a day 5 days a week.
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Sep 13, 2023 19:11
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Aaaaaaarrrrrggggg posted:Has anyone had luck learning a language with Duolingo or Rosetta Stone? I'm finding that I really need to be able to speak at least basic Spanish to patients, and my 4 years of it in high school just ain't cutting it. There are crash courses in Medical Spanish that I would recommend taking, in person if you can find it. I had really good grammar but a limited vocabulary when I started medical school because of fluency requirements in high school, but not having spoken it much since then. I found that having a good vocabulary is a lot easier and goes a lot further than correct grammar. Also, a lot of terms you use aren't going to be covered in a regular class. Using that information, and learning to formulate yes/no questions will take you really far in gathering information and interviewing. Explaining what is going on can be a problem and will take a while. Of those two, Rosetta Stone is the more proven one. One thing I did was do a "word of the day" type thing for medical words. Learn how to say "shortness of breath" (falta de air), murmur (soplo) and a bunch of other things. Learn the body parts, and the difference between "bladder" (vejiga) and gall bladder (vesiculo). See as many patients with someone who speaks as possible to just listen and learn.
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Sep 13, 2023 19:17
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If I apply for a position that is 100% remote for a company in another state, am I covered by Minnesota's law prohibiting THC testing as part of pre-employment screening? Guessing not, but wanted to be sure. Also I'm used to applying for positions on-site where there is manufacturing, which all do pre-screens. This decidedly is not, so there's a chance it might not even come up 
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Sep 13, 2023 19:42
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Blowjob Overtime posted:If I apply for a position that is 100% remote for a company in another state, am I covered by Minnesota's law prohibiting THC testing as part of pre-employment screening? Guessing not, but wanted to be sure. Also I'm used to applying for positions on-site where there is manufacturing, which all do pre-screens. This decidedly is not, so there's a chance it might not even come up They will probably not care at all
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Blowjob Overtime posted:If I apply for a position that is 100% remote for a company in another state, am I covered by Minnesota's law prohibiting THC testing as part of pre-employment screening? Guessing not, but wanted to be sure. Also I'm used to applying for positions on-site where there is manufacturing, which all do pre-screens. This decidedly is not, so there's a chance it might not even come up If your job doesn't involve driving a company vehicle who the gently caress does drug testing anymore?
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Sep 13, 2023 19:56
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T-Square posted:I completely forgot about the Savannah Bananas coming to town this month to play at the sports complex down the road and just hopped online to check Aw noooo. I love the Bananas and wanna go to a banana ball game so bad
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Sep 13, 2023 20:02
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Air Skwirl posted:If your job doesn't involve driving a company vehicle who the gently caress does drug testing anymore? Laughs in federal contracting.
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MrLogan posted:Laughs in federal contracting. I work for USPS and have never been drug tested (thank god).
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Sep 13, 2023 20:21
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The VA drug tests too.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:22
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MrLogan posted:Laughs in federal contracting. It's why their tech is poo poo and the work done done by the big contracting/consulting firms is bloated garbage that's half a decade behind what the rest of the world is doing -- they are attracting all the garbo students looking for nothing more than a steady check.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:23
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Neil Armbong posted:It's why their tech is poo poo and the work done done by the big contracting/consulting firms is bloated garbage that's half a decade behind what the rest of the world is doing -- they are attracting all the garbo students looking for nothing more than a steady check. Federal contractors are not the same as federal employees.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:25
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Air Skwirl posted:If your job doesn't involve driving a company vehicle who the gently caress does drug testing anymore? Every job I've had as an engineer in a manufacturing facility has drug tested, which is four different employers now. When I worked at the gift card manufacturer they didn't hire someone for IT because he failed his drug test. The obnoxious engineer I worked with was all for the guy before that, then suddenly it was "I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING OFF ABOUT HIM!!". My wife has never been drug tested to work as an RT, which is very entertaining weighing the level of potential damage to human life she has doing direct patient care compared to me playing spreadsheets all day. 3 DONG HORSE posted:They will probably not care at all For this position I do think this would be the case
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I won’t go into a long ramble like the other day, but my mom’s biopsy came back and her growth is Stage 4 melanoma. I think many of the various scans they’ve done so far have come back with no concern or such (lungs, brain, liver), but they know it’s spread to a lymph node in her groin. The internist on duty depressed her with the news and his thoughts, but the oncologist cheered her up some by saying it’s treatable, it’s good it hasn’t gotten further, and they’ll come up with a plan. So we’ll see where it goes, and take each day as something special, and I’m hoping she’ll be around a few more years with her grandkids, but still an emotional wreck.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:57
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I've never been drug tested for a job, even back when I did some retail work. One of old coworkers did offer to take a drug test with a client after they accused him of taking drugs but I don't know if he actually went through with it. Same client also keyed his car and we got a reminder to always try take state cars instead of your personal vehicle when going out to houses.
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Sep 13, 2023 21:00
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I was drugtested once... and it was for volunteer work I was doing at a hospital. Which was silly, I was touching computers, it would've been pretty hard for me to get into the meds.
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Kalli posted:I was drugtested once... and it was for volunteer work I was doing at a hospital. Dennis Nedry got into the embryos that way
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I had to be drug-tested for my current job which does have federal contracts, but my employer also places what I might call too much trust in me to conduct myself as a full-time remote employee so I would imagine that the drug testing is a federal requirement. Said contracts also give us a lot of annoying IT hoops to jump through, but almost certainly keep us afloat as a business. A land of contrasts for sure.SourKraut posted:I won’t go into a long ramble like the other day, but my mom’s biopsy came back and her growth is Stage 4 melanoma. I think many of the various scans they’ve done so far have come back with no concern or such (lungs, brain, liver), but they know it’s spread to a lymph node in her groin. The internist on duty depressed her with the news and his thoughts, but the oncologist cheered her up some by saying it’s treatable, it’s good it hasn’t gotten further, and they’ll come up with a plan. Haven't heard of Good Doc, Bad Doc before. Hope your mom is able to rally, my parents both had their own cancer scares over the last several years but they have fortunately both pulled through.
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Yeah, sorry to hear that SourKraut. Getting that diagnosis is rough, but at least there's a solid fighting chance with melanoma right? Not like stage 4 lung or pancreas right?
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swickles posted:The VA drug tests too. But they can't fire you if you admit in advance you're going to fail it. You just get stuck in VA punitive video education hell
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I fundamentally don't understand drug testing, if it's something involving machinery where someone could get hurt I don't really care if the guy who just ran over my leg was sober or not, and if it doesn't involve safety, why should I care if my accountant is sober or not? Just do your job and if you're good at it keep doing it and if you aren't you get fired. Also most drug tests will find substance well after the person had sobered up, you test a truck driver for weed on a Monday because there was an accident he could get in trouble because he smoked Friday night and had two days off before he got behind the wheel of a truck again.
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Air Skwirl posted:I fundamentally don't understand drug testing, if it's something involving machinery where someone could get hurt I don't really care if the guy who just ran over my leg was sober or not, and if it doesn't involve safety, why should I care if my accountant is sober or not? Just do your job and if you're good at it keep doing it and if you aren't you get fired. Also most drug tests will find substance well after the person had sobered up, you test a truck driver for weed on a Monday because there was an accident he could get in trouble because he smoked Friday night and had two days off before he got behind the wheel of a truck again. Drug testing exists to deny workers comp claims.
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Sep 13, 2023 21:48
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Air Skwirl posted:If your job doesn't involve driving a company vehicle who the gently caress does drug testing anymore? Tonnsssss of companies who try to save on their insurance Nextera Energy did regularly.
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FizFashizzle posted:Drug testing exists to deny workers comp claims. Yes, it's all about insurance. I'm in construction, and the first thing after an accident, aside from getting the guy any medical help needed, is they get drug tested. It's about liability as well since if you're showing up to work high or drunk and then hurt somebody, well that is not going to be fun when that injured party is looking to sue you.
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Got the results of a shoulder MRI this morning and I am not a sawbones but I know what "extensive tearing" means quote:Extensive tearing of the glenoid labrum including the anterior, anterior-inferior, inferior and posterior-inferior portions of the labrum. There is irregularity of the medial attachment of the anterior band of the inferior glenohumeral ligament also likely reflecting sequelae of tearing. This is from a slip and fall backwards down icy steps back in March
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The only times I have been drug tested were working for two big east coast based companies, no one west of Pennsylvania seems to care.
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SourKraut posted:I won’t go into a long ramble like the other day, but my mom’s biopsy came back and her growth is Stage 4 melanoma. I think many of the various scans they’ve done so far have come back with no concern or such (lungs, brain, liver), but they know it’s spread to a lymph node in her groin. The internist on duty depressed her with the news and his thoughts, but the oncologist cheered her up some by saying it’s treatable, it’s good it hasn’t gotten further, and they’ll come up with a plan. I'm sorry to hear and hoping for the best for you mom.
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SourKraut posted:I won’t go into a long ramble like the other day, but my mom’s biopsy came back and her growth is Stage 4 melanoma. I think many of the various scans they’ve done so far have come back with no concern or such (lungs, brain, liver), but they know it’s spread to a lymph node in her groin. The internist on duty depressed her with the news and his thoughts, but the oncologist cheered her up some by saying it’s treatable, it’s good it hasn’t gotten further, and they’ll come up with a plan. That loving sucks.
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Air Skwirl posted:I fundamentally don't understand drug testing, if it's something involving machinery where someone could get hurt I don't really care if the guy who just ran over my leg was sober or not, and if it doesn't involve safety, why should I care if my accountant is sober or not? Just do your job and if you're good at it keep doing it and if you aren't you get fired. Also most drug tests will find substance well after the person had sobered up, you test a truck driver for weed on a Monday because there was an accident he could get in trouble because he smoked Friday night and had two days off before he got behind the wheel of a truck again. Outside of THC, the drugs caught on testing typically wash out of your system in a couple days. There is logic that if you can't abstain for a few days and pass a test, then you are in the territory of having a problem. The real issue is that failure just means no job. Very, very few places have systems to offer help and/or probation for substance use for established employees, let alone prospective ones.
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SourKraut posted:I won’t go into a long ramble like the other day, but my mom’s biopsy came back and her growth is Stage 4 melanoma. I think many of the various scans they’ve done so far have come back with no concern or such (lungs, brain, liver), but they know it’s spread to a lymph node in her groin. The internist on duty depressed her with the news and his thoughts, but the oncologist cheered her up some by saying it’s treatable, it’s good it hasn’t gotten further, and they’ll come up with a plan. I’m sorry and hope she can pull through. Lost my mom to cancer many years ago now and it sucks.
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SourKraut posted:I won’t go into a long ramble like the other day, but my mom’s biopsy came back and her growth is Stage 4 melanoma. I think many of the various scans they’ve done so far have come back with no concern or such (lungs, brain, liver), but they know it’s spread to a lymph node in her groin. The internist on duty depressed her with the news and his thoughts, but the oncologist cheered her up some by saying it’s treatable, it’s good it hasn’t gotten further, and they’ll come up with a plan. This is awful. Hoping for the best possible outcome for your mom.
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Air Skwirl posted:I fundamentally don't understand drug testing, if it's something involving machinery where someone could get hurt I don't really care if the guy who just ran over my leg was sober or not, and if it doesn't involve safety, why should I care if my accountant is sober or not? Just do your job and if you're good at it keep doing it and if you aren't you get fired. Also most drug tests will find substance well after the person had sobered up, you test a truck driver for weed on a Monday because there was an accident he could get in trouble because he smoked Friday night and had two days off before he got behind the wheel of a truck again. National security jobs/clearances are another example.
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