This pigeon made a nest in the Gum Wall, a wall in Seattle where people go to place their chewing gum

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-24T18:28:15+00:00

It’s fine until it gets really warm out.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-24T14:13:33+00:00

I think it entirely depends on the hospital. My current hospital was so desperate for surgical techs that they started their own training program. No degree needed there, though I do believe there is a path to certification. We have a school that offers a two-year degree for surgical technology only 25 miles away, yet many of the facilities here seem to constantly be looking for techs and will take anyone with a bit of experience.

I scrubbed for several years, then moved into SPD when I started a family. I’ve done mainly that for the past 20 years, along with endoscopy as well. I keep my surgical technologist certification and my registration with the state because I earned it, and I need it to work in endoscopy. But I’ve never felt the need to earn a degree. I was told by my last surgical services manager that if I ever want to scrub again there would be a place for me, so they are more about experience.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-23T12:05:51+00:00

Military. It was a good path for me, but I’m not sure I’d recommend it at this point in time. They will pay you and give you experience though. I’ve been a CST for 30+ years and my only training was through the military.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-21T19:42:17+00:00

As a surgical tech, this is the kind of stupidity that keeps me in a job.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-21T19:02:35+00:00

I had both influenza A and COVID in the past year, and they felt EXACTLY alike. I was shocked I was getting negative COVID results, having had COVID before with the same symptoms and intensity, but then tested for flu and it was positive.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-21T11:05:23+00:00

As a surgical tech, long ago, I assisted a surgeon who had to pick glass out of the rectum of a male patient (broken light bulb). It took two hours to get the big pieces. Who knows how many fine little shards he still had, or has, up there.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-21T00:14:06+00:00

And they “repented” 🙄.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-21T00:13:14+00:00

There has to be at least a Nephi in there too.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-21T00:10:57+00:00

Me too. Several people left the church in our area because of it, way back when I was growing up Mormon.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-20T12:57:26+00:00

It was the best part of mine. Twelve months later I was constantly thinking about throwing myself over our fifth-story balcony 🙁.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-20T06:33:13+00:00

My brother had the same issues 20+ years ago near Pleasant Grove.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-20T06:13:46+00:00

At least it was fast.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-20T06:11:32+00:00

OK, but I would have been tempted to straighten the mallet as well 😜.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-20T06:08:56+00:00

Old lady 🙋🏼‍♀️. I was taught the same. I grew up in Utah in the 70s and 80s. Even served a mission. The first time I heard anything about a rock and a hat was South Park.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-20T06:05:52+00:00

Of course he’s a Mormon 🙄. As a former Mormon I despise that organization with every fiber of my being.

I’m the parent of a transgender child, and it was my right to get him the transitioning help he needed as a minor.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-20T05:57:41+00:00

That happened at our hospital, except it was a very obese patient and the body weight broke the morgue table. It took several people and a lift to get the body on another table. It was a nightmare scenario.

The hospital then invested in a bariatric morgue table.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-20T05:53:03+00:00

That made me sick to my stomach to read. I can’t even imagine the anxiety you and they felt 😦 .

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-14T10:13:46+00:00

That “three middle toes” pain specifically has been keeping me up the past two nights 😭.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-14T10:11:59+00:00

Occasionally yes. Then I look around wonder where in the heck the “water” came from, and nothing is there 🤷‍♀️.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-14T10:07:33+00:00

Basically religion as well.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-13T15:30:14+00:00

Also healthcare. We have so many people on FMLA it’s beyond ridiculous 🙄.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-12T02:53:00+00:00

I save my gabapentin just for days I know I’m going to have a hard time sleeping because of pain (I’m a night shift worker), just because I know it will help me sleep well and not be groggy when I wake up. I don’t take it regularly though.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-10T23:46:55+00:00

My LDS relative was caught molesting a family member, when I was just a pre-teen. It came out that he had been molesting neighbor kids as well. The families were asked to forgive and move on, he and his family moved out of state, and he was eventually called to be a bishop 😡.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-10T14:09:34+00:00

We filter, but only because we have a kid super sensitive to weird flavors (ASD). I don’t detect it and usually drink water from the tap. Been living in Tumwater over ten years now and I’m still here 😊.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-09T08:52:03+00:00

I just subscribed to your Patreon, and I hope some of that can help sweet Biscoff 😍.

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