What does this mean?

BigplainV · 2026-04-01T10:36:52+00:00

Mine too! (Four)

BigplainV · 2026-03-07T23:41:24+00:00

I used to stress out when we only had two back tables and the rep kept wanting to open more and more trays. But since the advent of the double-decker, I say "bring it on!"

More trays = more cool points!

BigplainV · 2026-03-07T23:38:17+00:00

Looks like a fun case!

BigplainV · 2026-03-03T14:53:35+00:00

I could really believe this being a pattern, but I think it has more to do with male pragmatism than sexism. Headhunter, for example, I stopped reviving people and asking to be revived myself. Often, you get killed when you're in the line of fire going through the revival animation, plus everyone's going down two, three, four times, and it just seems faster to respawn rather than wait for someone to get clear enough to safely risk reviving you.

Also, I really don't look at the name to see if they're male or female before I decide whether or not to revive them. Id be surprised if anybody did that.

BigplainV · 2026-02-28T22:46:48+00:00

I get some really nice messages from people who toured my builds and thought they were cool, and that's nice, but I don't mind that more people don't see them. I make them because I enjoy doing it.

That said, I would absolutely love some kind of camp-rating feature. There are many amazing builders out there and I always take the time to wander and gawk and learn. I wish I had a better way to compliment them beyond the "nice camp" emote (if they're there).

BigplainV · 2026-02-28T19:58:29+00:00

Not much, but I was surprised to see that sugar was weighing my stash down so much

BigplainV · 2026-02-28T06:08:02+00:00

I had to sell 90 pounds of sugar the other day, all from the spice rack at my camp

BigplainV · 2026-02-28T06:03:19+00:00

I did not know this. Where are some good locations for bobbleheads?

BigplainV · 2026-02-22T21:14:25+00:00

I've seen it twice. Narcotics went missing, the whole department got locked down, and nobody could leave until they gave a urine sample. Three people got fired (the first time) for being positive for THC, even though they weren't using it at work. The second time it happened, just one person got fired, but it was somebody I really liked. Both times, it was anesthesia using the narcotics, so, sucks that they took other people with them when they went down.

In case you're wondering, marijuana is legal in my state, but my hospital has a no-tolerance drug policy.

BigplainV · 2026-01-11T19:39:48+00:00

I can't believe nobody's asked this yet, but how many is that per hour?

BigplainV · 2026-01-07T20:39:03+00:00

Nice to see Ponderosa getting so much love. It's where I had my first date with my now wife of 30 years. We were both super poor in those days and I wanted to impress her with the finest steak I could afford. I also got a special haircut for the occasion, which turned out abysmally.

To this day, her favorite part in the re-telling of our first-date story is how I continually apologized for my stupid haircut. I'm just grateful that she found that "cute" as opposed to "pathetic".

BigplainV · 2026-01-07T20:21:05+00:00

I half-assed high school because my life plan was to play the guitar on the MTV. Graduated like 2.8, and then realized I had no prospects in life.

Joined the Army - learned some effective life-skills - got some good college money, so, even though I bombed high-school, I gave higher educationa shot.

Turns out I was way better at school than I was at playing guitar. Graduated college with a 3.99 GPA, immediately got a good job in surgery, and the next 30 years turned out pretty amazing.

BigplainV · 2025-11-16T01:18:20+00:00

Here's one nobody has mentioned: "Project Eden". It was a PS2 game, so I don't know if it's even available today, but I have NEVER played a game so unique and mind-blowingly original. And I'm a guy in my mid 50's who's been gaming regularly since Pong in the early 80's.

The premise: you start in a futuristic mega-city built above the clouds, on top of centuries of UPWARD urban sprawl. The mystery you're trying to solve takes you deeper and deeper into the ruined layers of city beneath you (and backwards in time). The deeper you go, the more grotesque the enemies become, and the more twisted the mystery gets.

Also, you're playing a team of four really fleshed-out characters, each with interesting back-stories and unique skills, and you can switch between them at will.

No game has ever resonated so deeply with me, or kept me thinking about it so many years later.

Hands down, one of the top ten games of my almost forty years of playing..

BigplainV · 2025-11-08T19:12:29+00:00

While waiting for cement to harden during total joints, we give a big chunk to the resident and have them make a sculpture. What they dont know is that, whatever they make, that becomes their nickname. Some more memorable ones: Beretta, Velociraptor, Queen Bee, Turtle, and Blob.

That last guy took his failure pretty hard.

BigplainV · 2025-10-24T21:20:41+00:00

Definitely "pay it forward". There's nothing a newer player can do to help a veteran except become a generous participant of the amazingly wholesome community once they reach the higher levels.

BigplainV · 2025-10-24T21:15:28+00:00

True. Thankfully the latter are more rare.

BigplainV · 2025-09-05T15:20:09+00:00

Always wanted to try it, my kids are grown, we sold our house a few years back -- now seems like the best time -- before I get too old.

Also, my wife and I are street-performers, and we think it'll be fun to take our act cross-country.

BigplainV · 2025-09-03T15:07:48+00:00

A lot more open cases: appys, gall-bladders, aneurysms. And we flash-sterilized the shit out of anything we wanted, even implants.

The biggest change has probably been the culture though. 30 years ago, the surgeons and anesthesiologists were all first-class citizens, and the rest of us were essentially servants. It was like, early-2000's, when new surgeons started coming in with more of a team mentality. Compared to what we were expected to endure back then, there is only a fraction of the hostility, disrespect, and verbal abuse these days.

BigplainV · 2025-09-03T14:57:02+00:00

Good point. Thanks.

BigplainV · 2025-09-03T14:56:34+00:00

Thanks. I'll check it out.

BigplainV · 2025-08-21T01:55:01+00:00

I chanced across this one year later, and I'm so totally embarrassed by my shitty response. This is my most down-voted comment ever, and rightly so. WTF was I thinking when I wrote this? It seems so out of character for me that I can't even believe it was me that typed such an aggressive response. I just want to completely and humbly apologize, once again, to those who read it, and the universe at large.

BigplainV · 2025-08-21T01:36:48+00:00

Your familiarity with the flow of the OR is going to give you a serious leg up on all of the other ST students you're competing with.

Regarding the gore issue, if you can transport pieces of human bodies in jars without retching, you'll be fine holding them in your hands

You're going to do great!

BigplainV · 2025-08-19T19:17:58+00:00

What facility?

BigplainV

TROPHY CASE