The Venting Spot

[Race4LastPlace 31]

Saw the orthopedic surgeon about my knee again today. He has no idea what to do about it, MRI was inconclusive except to show I have a large 'cyst' inside the joint. Since cortisone injection did nothing at all, I now have to go see an orthopedic surgeon specializing in oncology. Fantastic...

[adam14 182]

knee was bothering me before prospect camp last weekend, went to the doc for a check up, he thinks I may have a torn meniscus.

[DarkStar50 679]

To the last 2 guys: get second opinions.

[Race4LastPlace 31]

Exactly, DS50. Original doc thinks maybe meniscus or cartilage damage, but since the cyst is so far into the joint and not surfaced, I'm going to see a cyst and tumor specialist who will help decide where we go from there. As opposed to the original doc cutting me open and hoping to find the cause of my pain, instability, and the cyst. I'm just hoping to get in pretty quickly (with my hospital connections I should be able to). Grim outlook for hockey/tennis and other sports this year though..

[puckhoggy 0]

Lesson learned I hope. I had that happen to me before. Feel your pain :(

Ya it is a pain. I knew i should have done it a lot sooner for the alignment. so unfortunately had to buy the tires :( i could have saved myself a few hundred dollars

[AIREAYE 248]

First day at my first ever job at a supermarket. I was supposed to get there at 6 PM, I get there at 5:45 PM, quite early and I look for my manager. He sees me and asks "Why are you late?" , I get caught off-guard and reply with apologies and a promise of never again. I was thinking 'no way, are you kidding?" and I ask him for the time, his watch reads 6:45 PM and the wall clock in the store reads the same. I told him all of my clocks at home said 5:45, an hour early. More apologies and he sends me home.

I get home and double check every clock, even the news, all my clocks were right... This manager is the no nonsense type, I dunno what I should do now, he says come back Tuesday, last chance. But if all of my times are correct... ?

[Law Goalie 147]

Ugh. Horrible case of metallogeusia from contaminated pine nuts: hideous bitter metallic taste in your mouth that lasts for two bloody weeks, and only intensifies when you eat or drink, and the more flavourful the food or drink, the worse the sensation. Goddamn you, Pacific Rim.

[vek 0]

My wife made me buy a honda odyssey today and trade in my beloved tsx.

At least I was able to get the NHL edition.

[jds 20]

My friend, who happens to be gay, is in a local bar with a friend for dinner. A table of about five guys are going on and on about how "faggots should be killed" etc etc. They have no clue. My friendpolitely asks them to stop using the word and one of them comes over to my friend and sticks his face inches from his face and screams at him that he and his kind should be killed and how he will shut him up if he comes outside and all the usual bullshit bravado stuff. Goes on for a full minute. The guy is screaming this vitriole.The losers leave. NOT A SINGLE PERSON IN THE BAR DID A THING INCLUDING THE STAFF. Nice world we live in.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

My friend, who happens to be gay, is in a local bar with a friend for dinner. A table of about five guys are going on and on about how "faggots should be killed" etc etc. They have no clue. My friendpolitely asks them to stop using the word and one of them comes over to my friend and sticks his face inches from his face and screams at him that he and his kind should be killed and how he will shut him up if he comes outside and all the usual bullshit bravado stuff. Goes on for a full minute. The guy is screaming this vitriole.The losers leave. NOT A SINGLE PERSON IN THE BAR DID A THING INCLUDING THE STAFF. Nice world we live in.

That's awful. If anyone ever acted that way towards my uncle who's gay, I'd be sure to do something about it.

[jds 20]

That's awful. If anyone ever acted that way towards my uncle who's gay, I'd be sure to do something about it.

I just don't get how some people can judge other people and then be that offensive to them and nobody does anything about it. The world would be a better place if people stood up for each other and made the dicks the ones who feel ostracized. Nothing I hate more than bullies. Okay, stupid bullies.

[Law Goalie 147]

Bystander apathy sucks.

One day buddy will try that in the wrong place, and someone will teach him that shitting teeth ain't fun.

[NextBobbyOrr 0]

The terrible thing is this is the real world. Even in high school, judging and bullying and stereotypes are a giant thing. I'm think everybody has judged at least a few times and has been judged. And too many people want to just be cool or "fit in". We become objects of a stupid cycle that ends up consuming us and making us scared of our own goddamn shadow. When really, this is a temporary thing which outside of school in the world, these jock and prep and whatever else mean squat....just my rant. Got to be irrelevant of what jds said but made me feel a helluvalot better.

[BenderHockey 127]

First day at my first ever job at a supermarket. I was supposed to get there at 6 PM, I get there at 5:45 PM, quite early and I look for my manager. He sees me and asks "Why are you late?" , I get caught off-guard and reply with apologies and a promise of never again. I was thinking 'no way, are you kidding?" and I ask him for the time, his watch reads 6:45 PM and the wall clock in the store reads the same. I told him all of my clocks at home said 5:45, an hour early. More apologies and he sends me home.

I get home and double check every clock, even the news, all my clocks were right... This manager is the no nonsense type, I dunno what I should do now, he says come back Tuesday, last chance. But if all of my times are correct... ?

Any chance you work in a different time zone than the one you live in? Either that or someone might have been messing with you.

[Fire0nIce228 1]

Yup I think someones playing quite a good joke on the new guy. Show up by his time on Tuesday and see what happens. If it was a joke laugh it off and go with it but thats kinda crazy lol.

[mik3 1]

Some kid put graf tongues in air force ones on PHEW. Just when you thought they couldn't get any lower...

[iceNsteel 0]

It might be bystander apathy, but I'm not getting involved in conflicts other people create. Not saying going around talking about kill homosexuals is a good thing, but any time you say something to someone in public you're taking your life in your hands. Maybe he's got a gun, or knife, and is crazy enough to use. Best thing to do is just ignore it and go on about your business. If you choose to make an issue of it, then you deal with the fallout. I'll certainly cooperate with the police in the aftermath, but I'm not putting myself in harms way for someone else's need to make a principled stand.

[Law Goalie 147]

That's not quite what bystander apathy means; it's a sociological principle, not an ethical one. If it's you alone bearing witness to a threatening confrontation between two (or more) people, the decision to intervene is a private one. You calculate the risks, weigh the pros and cons, etc. Bystander apathy applies to larger groups which bear witness to the violence (in whatever form) done by one or more persons to another or others. Even when the group bearing witness is overwhelmingly superior in numbers, resources, etc., and would, as you say, in the aftermath, almost universally profess a strong, highly motivated desire to have intervened in the moment of confrontation, they do not. The theory is that they do not intervene because no single one of them is willing to be the first one to step forward. As soon as one person raises a hand - or even their voice - against the violence, nearly everyone else joins in almost instantly.

The really sad thing is that the principle is observable even in situations where the violence has already happened, and the injured party is simply in need of medical aid. People have bled to death in crowded streets. That's part of the reason why (until liability became a bigger issue than ethical conduct) governments used to love have people trained in first aid, basic military skills, etc. Trained reactions are the single best way to overcome bystander apathy; that's largely why, in good first aid training, one of the more important lessons is crowd control. As soon as you step in, you'll have ten or fifteen other wannabe heroes lunging foreward as well, and most of them don't know what the hell to do; best thing is to send them off to do things like call an ambulance, get water, get a cloth, etc.

[Chadd 916]

Rolled my ankle yesterday at our team party and I'm having some problems getting around today. Wouldn't be too bad but we have a playoff game this week and even if I can skate by then, I'll be lucky to be back to 50-60%

[ndlancer95 0]

Rolled my ankle yesterday at our team party and I'm having some problems getting around today. Wouldn't be too bad but we have a playoff game this week and even if I can skate by then, I'll be lucky to be back to 50-60%

Ice it and stay off of it. Then maybe 5-6 hours before game time, stretch it, like pick your foot up and make circles with your ankle. Dont know how to explain it better

[Chadd 916]

Ice it and stay off of it. Then maybe 5-6 hours before game time, stretch it, like pick your foot up and make circles with your ankle. Dont know how to explain it better

I've been dealing with sprained ankles longer than you've been alive. It used to happen all the time when I played basketball in school.

[ndlancer95 0]

Just trying to help, I've had a few myself. Sorry

[Chadd 916]

Just trying to help, I've had a few myself. Sorry

Make sure people are asking for help before you offer it.

[K9 Unit 1]

control freak parents sigh...

[adam14 182]

Boss just called me and told me they didnt need me at work anymore, I wasn't catching on fast enough, I worked there for a week.