Back At Work.

[H Richard]

Welcome back. Follow the Dr's orders. I've been retired 7 years now, and can say I don't miss work at all. When I first "Semi-retired", I went part time and only worked 20 hrs p/week. I did this for a yr and a half. That was a good stepping stone into retirement. Just plan to keep busy. Since I retired we built a new condo, traveled some, but with my wife still working part time (thank god, she would drive me nuts with projects), I have most mornings to be on the Forum, I do the laundry to help out while I am on the Forum. Tues. is bullseye league, Thurs. is Trap or Skeet league, I attend quite a few informational courses at a local college, strictly Sr. Citizen fun & entertainment classes, a lot of history. Volunteer work, especially with the shooting sports can keep you busy also, I do help out with the High School Rifle team from time to time, and on the board of our local Friends of NRA committee. Don't worry, you'll find plenty to keep you busy. You will say, "I don't know how I had time to work", one of these days.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I applaud your ability to make it home first. If I were in your profession, I bet I'd be cracking the flask while the judge's gavel was still on the way down.

Well, I would but that pesky DWI thing ya know......If a lawyer gets one the bar association makes him go substance abuse class to get evaluated to see if there is a problem ( they WILL find one). Then they give you a bar sponsor-which is another lawyer that is on the wagon because HE got a DWI. Then they make you go to AA meetings AND PARTICIPATE and you can't drink for a couple of years all to prove that you have the requisite character to remain a member of the bar in good standing. This is what it is now as those sanctimonious illegitimate sons and daughters of Satan ( ie the LA state Supreme Court Justices) have become so politically correct as to make one throw up, even if one is sober!
Anyone see the delicious irony in the bar association frowning on drinking
Anyway, I now only drink at the same place I go to sleep or am with someone who will drive me to where I will sleep.

 

[TACC1]

Glad you're back, and keep the stories coming. Sometimes I
forget and think the world is a nice place. It's the same as always,
a challenge, and we're expected to meet it.
I imagine you'll be kickin' butt and takin' names just like always.
More power to ya! TACC1

 

[BarbC]

This is a huge problem nationwide that is not being addressed by anybody.

I'm just sticking my toe into the nursing field. Apparently, the medical profession is also full of drug pushers ("pain management") and drug seekers (staff). And nothing is done about this either.

But - I'm glad you're back on the job.

 

[Onomea]

Good to see you back at it, Charlie.

Re body repairs in general, I like that tag line someone has on here: "If I'd known I was gonna live this long I woulda taken better care of myself."

 

[Rule 303]

My favorite Criminal Defense Lawyer was one named Cecil Pruitt (who is no longer with us) who joined the US Army Airborne Infantry in the mid 1940s at the tender age of 16. One night in the fight for the Bulge, he was sick and tired of the cold and the Germans were about to counter attack his company's position and he told his First Sergeant he needed to talk to the CO. He went to the CO and told him, "Sir, there's been a big mistake, I'm only 16 years old", his CO said, "Son, there sure the Hell has been, I up here with you and I'm 46 years old, now get you Rear End back up to your position and stay there".

Cecil use to ask his clients, usually several time offenders if they wanted a "Fixin' Attorney" or a "Fightin' Attorney". Most always said they wanted a Fixin' Attorney. Ol' Cecil used to tell them "good son, I'm a fixin' attorney", the DAs always gave him and his client a fair deal.

I've only seen Defense Attornies not give a client notice of a plea bargin offer once. It was in a Multi Million Dollar Law Suit. It was a good thing they had lots and lost of malpratice Insurance.

Jungle Work

 

[handejector]

Charlie,
Glad you're back. Keep gettin' parts repaired/replaced, and you'll be a new man!

We had another one wake up dead this morning. Apparent overdose on prescription meds. I don't know how it is in your hometown but we're getting about one a week around here. These folks get there stuff from two sources. They either get legal scripts from doctors or buy their stuff from folks that do. I hate to say this, but most of the folks that die this way ain't exactly pillars of the community. This is a huge problem nationwide that is not being addressed by anybody.

In Georgia, we seem to be having "pain management clinics" springing up like convenience stores. There is no town too small, it seems.
You walk in, say your back hurts all the time, and leave with scrips for oxy, plus xanax for the anxiety.
Dealers do this all over the state and make big bucks selling them.

 

[Deacon KC]

Charlie glad you're back. My partner busted one of sex offenders with a meth lab yesterday. They always keep us hopping.

 

[Cyrano]

Back in the '80s I had the 'roto-rooter' prostate surgery. At that time theu gave us a huge dark green pill that turned our urine a bright, fluorescent green. I worked on Ft Bliss then, and once went to the latrine in an old WW II building; the urinal was shaped like a bathtub. A soldier came in and saw what was coming out of me and turned sorta green himself. I told him it was some medicine I was taking, but he didn't wait around to make sure.

Anotgher story: after my wife's death from cancer, I had a huge supply of pain medication. I had enough Tylenol and codene pills to get myself a registered magnum out on the sreet. I flushed them down the toilet; I knew you weren't supposed to do that, but at that point I didn't care. I also had several boxes of pain patches. The disposal directions were to boil them in a pot of water for five minutes, then throw them away. I thought "Sure. What will that do to my pot, and after breathing the fumes for five minutes will I even be able to to turn off the stove." I opened them and set them out on a table for a week, then threw them away.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I have over 550 hours of overtime so far this year, I will not miss work!

 

[Tam 3]

Like to hear the encouraging prostate experiences. My turn is Tuesday.

Way to go Charlie.

Regards,

Tam 3

 

[mike from st pete]

I'm 56 and been out on medical since the last week of June. Two hips replaced and targeted to get back at the first of next year.
I'm happy for you and getting back on the job. But after the 12 week FMLA I'm wondering if there is a job for me to return to. I got the operations so I could be the employee I once was. Time will tell but I have always said the worst most boring day at home beats the living ---- Out of the best day I've ever had at work.