Posted on 02/03/2015 6:27:08 AM PST by MasterMason
I just re-joined FR and I would like to post to my local NC state board but I am not able to. How do I get the ability to do that?
Dammit.
Only one? I know I haven’t been around much, but that’s just disappointing. ;-)
Depends on the manikin...
*wink wink. Nudge nudge*
I’m really sleepy this morning....Darks, pass the secret coffee!
Coughee?
Come back more often and I’ll give you more accolades... ;o]
Gerard Butler! *swoon*
Was it Barry Manikin? I THINK that's the name of the singer from the '70s..
I think that cat’s eyes are the same blue as the blanket behind it. Pretty!
This morning, I just opened the last packet of steroid vials. GAH! That new BP med caused a lot of breathing problems that I wasn’t expecting. I hope the doc doesn’t prescribe anything else for me that messes me up that bad.
11 seconds sooner and it would have been post #300.
That’s OK...I misundercalculate, too.
I actually like the Angel of Music myself, but he looks kind of strange with those CGI abs.
(Part 2 is at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3245340/posts?page=2279#2279. If nobody’s reading these we can stop with this installment.)
“Where am I?”
“Technically, Dr. Pressley, you’re dead. You’re a computer simulation they were building when you died almost 200 years ago.”
“Interesting, why am I only being awakened now?”
“You died before the simulation could be finished. By all reports nobody was sure how it would go if you were switched on. Unfortunately, we have a huge problem now and we need your help. We decided it was worth the risk.”
“Who is ‘we?’”
“I’m Amanda Stevensen, Sir. I’m part of the senior operations team for the Galactic Control computer you created.”
“Yes, I remember. Is the problem with the GCC?”
“Well, Sir, we call him Glick now and he has changed a lot since you finished him, mostly from programming himself. But, yes, the problem is with Glick.”
“What’s happening?”
“He’s trying to determine the cause of the Big Bang. We think when he gets to calculating the probability he’ll have one desired outcome but no possible outcomes. When he hits a division-by-zero we don’t know what will happen.”
“Computers have failed before.”
“True, but now he doesn’t just control shipping and communication. The Quantum Web you and he created gives him the ability to regulate everything that goes on in the galaxy, even the burning of the stars. He’s been tinkering with so much for so long we’re concerned with the impact of taking the controls off.”
“Has anyone discussed the risk with him?”
“Yes, Sir, but he refuses to accept that he’ll hit the Div/0 before he gets to the solution and he won’t stop working on the problem.”
“Maybe he’s right.”
“Maybe, Sir, but that’s a pretty big chance for us to take.”
“Where do I fit in?”
“Can you talk to Him, Sir? I know he’s changed in the past 200 years, but you’re still his father. Nobody knows him like you do.”
“I can only try. What kind of machine am I?”
“You’re a humanoid robot, Sir. You’re connected to your central processor using the QW. You should be able to follow me to the room where we interface with Glick?”
“Where you interface with Glick? Where is he really?”
“He’s in the QW, Sir. We don’t actually know where.”
“This gets more interesting all the time. I’ve missed a lot. Well, Amanda, lead on. Let’s see what Glick has to say for himself.”
You’re welcome.
You should probably stop taking any BP meds, since they don’t work.
They seem to be working swimingly at INCREASING blood pressure.
Maybe the doc red the directions wrong.
OH, NO! THE HOMOPHONES!!!
I’m not taking any BP meds, and I think after this one, the doctor won’t prescribe any more. Right now, the prescriptions are for the nebulizer (including the steroid,) nitroglycerin, morphine and something to help with the dizziness caused by my neck.
Most of them are under $4 with my insurance, but the steroid is almost $50 co-pay.
The only BP meds I plan on getting are the ones from iherb.com but they will have to wait. My BP today was 150/82, but it may come down later on.
Tell your BP that President Obama said to come down off its high horse.
That should take care of it.
That's exactly what they do, and until this particular batch of BP meds, I was unable to convince the doctors that CFIDS does really strange things when it comes to prescription meds.
The worst, of course, is the side-effects, and one of them is that certain meds have no effect whatsoever. They are like taking a capsule full of water...nothing.
I don't know why the nebulizer meds work, but I'm really glad they do, especially the steroid. ;o]
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