12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 12

[GoofyforGoofy]

Scuse any typos. LOL. I am not a typist at all. Don't get a chance to do Rx entry on the computer anymore. We leave that up to the Techs.

Yeah, but you Pharmacists get to look at the neat computer pictures of the pills to make sure that the pill on the screen matchs the pills you're counting...unless you are using the IA cabinets or Baker Cells or whatever pill counting equipment you guys are up to now...just push a button and move on.

(I worked with CVS Pharmacy for 7 years doing pharmacy renovations from the design end of it....architects.)

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

Aaron cannot be the "Keeper of the PJ". He has his hands full being the "Keeper of the Becka". A far scarier and risky job! I am a redhead after all!

Ok, she MUST have meant me then.

 

[becka]

DH left for his game, DS is watching Cars and DD is fighting her nap.

Before he left I managed to gather some more stuff together. I am at the point now where I don't know quite how to organize it all. I am also starting to wonder if fewer bigger suitcases would be easier than more smaller ones. I can't remember how big of a suitcase will fit under the bed....

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

Boy oh boy....I did miss a few things!

Haven't you learned that you can't disapear for more than a day or so without missing SOME new angle on regional food preparation, pre-teen antics, or a new name for the favorite of all grownup pastimes...(besides Disney)??

 

[brack]

Amazon has the XT for $650 and the XTi for $815.

Isn't it hard to lug around with the lens?

Decisions decisions...

I love our Rebel and our new XTi. We are bringing both on the cruise. Even with the power pack it is not that bad to carry. Without the power pack the XTi is just a handful.

JMHO but I always want the best pictures I can get from my vacations so I always take my best camera. Before digital I took my Canon EOS1 which is very bulky.

 

[klineyqueen]

My santa always wrapped my presents as a kid...and Santa still wraps! This year santa is wrapping Eliza's in pink princess paper and Jakes in red mickey paper.

 

[klineyqueen]

I am going to head downstairs to work on my scrapbook calendars. Later guys!

 

[DrHug]

Chances are they will install the new one, get it running at 100%, backup everything from this server to the new one and then at 3 am one morning, shut down the first and load up the second. We may not even know the difference...until we wake up.

Brack may be the only one affected.

 

[DrHug]

I thought Unichs made for good sopranos ????

Ahhh! Great minds think alike.

 

[DrHug]

DH wants to know about pin trading on this cruise. I PM'd Brack because I know he is a pin trader but what about the rest of you? DH is trying to decide which pins to bring on the cruise with him because I won't let him pack his BIG book - gotta save space somehow!

Count me in. I MAY try to smuggle my big book past Angie.

 

[DrHug]

Those will be covered in the advance classes on Thursday. You will have to pass remedial math first before you will be invited to my advance classes. I am using this as the syllabus in case you would like to read ahead: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace_transform.

BTW...did Dennis pull that one out for you or did you google for it?

And here is one for all of you, that should be easy to understand, The Heaviside Step function. There will be a quiz.
The transfer function is simply the Laplace transform of the impulse response:

where

is the (undamped) natural frequency or resonance of the system (in radians per second).

 

[DrHug]

I was kidding about the eyedropper. I was gonna use a spoon, then remembered the baster I bought from Tupperware and never used.

Angie knows all about Basting. She is a Master.......at it.

 

[DrHug]

The girls are very small-scale pin traders. If he has any kid-friendly traders (as in not the $$$$ ones) he may want to bring a few of those.

Okay, mighty fine. I will check my inventory. And, we need to share with them a few tips and secrets, right guys?

 

[DrHug]

I bought ginger caps, too, but read somewhere to check before giving to kids??

Good advice. ALWAYS check before giving to kids. That goes for any drug, as far as I'm concerned. That's why I usually recommend the natural, true Ginger ales as first choice to try. Most kids can drink ginger ale, and they usually like it.

 

[DisneyVegas1]

Ahhh! Great minds think alike.

Figured it was a great place to use the line ...

 

[brack]

I have the Rebel XT with the standard lens and an extra zoom lens. I bought LowePro mini backpack that will come with us to the park. My Canon A510 was bequeathed to DH when I got the Rebel and we usually take both with us to the parks. The last trip, there were actually shots of me because he was taking pics of me Usually I'm never in there because I'm taking the picture, hehe.

My DW inherited the Digital Rebel so I hope to be in some pictures this trip

 

[DrHug]

Is it over the counter?

Yes it is OTC. BUT, it is FREE on the ship. OR, if you want your very own bottle, most of our Pharmacies have it for about 4 to 6 $ per 100. But get it from the Pharmacist and not from the shelf. You can save that way. Or, I will be bringing a bottle of 100. You can have some of them.

 

[DrHug]

With all of this work you are making her do (when the stuff isn't even hers) and having her lug around your camera, I am having second thoughts about you giving DH pointers...

I have written a Dr Hug methods manual for him. Or perhaps a subscription to the newsletter?

 

[DrHug]

Yeah, but you Pharmacists get to look at the neat computer pictures of the pills to make sure that the pill on the screen matchs the pills you're counting...unless you are using the IA cabinets or Baker Cells or whatever pill counting equipment you guys are up to now...just push a button and move on.

(I worked with CVS Pharmacy for 7 years doing pharmacy renovations from the design end of it....architects.)

AHA! So you're the one.........LOL!

 

[DrHug]

Actually, I hate Baker Cells and other automated equipment. They can save time, but if there's a problem of anykind, alll of that saved time is negated in one day. The day you wish you'd never been born. LOL. AND, if someone loads one wrong. Hoo Boy. One mistake can become 100 mistakes. That's why we spend so much time counseling and checking now. And still bad stuff can happen. Most errors are things the staff doesn't even know about until after the prescription has left the store. Yikes! It can be devastating to everyone involved. I recommend everyone put up with the couseling on all new perscriptions, ask ? if you are unsure about anything, and give the Pharmacist a little time to do their jobs. Even if they have to look up something for you. AND, check everything yourself BEFORE you leave the Pharmacy area. It looks like an easy job, but it's not. Especially in a very stressful busy store. Too many people will drop off a prescription at one end of the Pharmacy, walk directly to the other end, and ask if it is ready yet. duh. They don't see the 10 waiters on the counter ahead of theirs. sigh, And I have to be nice.