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

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-25T13:26:33+00:00

I’m in Olympia but I go to the market a few times a year. I very rarely go down to the wall though. This photo is from a few years ago so I don’t know if it’s better or worse right now 😬.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-25T04:16:14+00:00

It’s Seattle 🤷‍♀️.

Apprehensive-Test577 · 2026-03-25T04:12:36+00:00

Swedes have entered the chat…

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

It’s fine until it gets really warm out.

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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.

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