Word For The Day, Thursday, November 17, 2005 - acumen

dictionaries ad nauseum | November 17, 2005 | secret garden

[Gabz]

I'm done for the day - I have no intentions of venturing out on the roads again today.........I wouldn't have even done that trip, except the school nurse and a fever of 102 basically gave me no choice :(

[secret garden]

Do not question the acumen of the cyber crystal ball!
Warning: It WILL freak you out.

[secret garden]

Was it one of those ear thermometers? They are notorious for false high readings.

[NeoCaveman]

I tried it 3 times, and it never got it right. It looks to me that it has a 1 in 9 chance of being right.

[xsmommy]

it was wrong at least twice for me, also. hard to know how it is supposed to work. i am waiting for robt to tell us that.

[Gabz]

I don't know what kind of thermometer the nurse used, but I got an almost identical reading when I took it when I got her home.

I've got a call in to the Doctor' office. This child rarely gets this sick and this is now the second thursday in a row this has happened.

[secret garden]

It has been right for us every single time. Are you sure your subtraction is right? I'm not being a wise guy. I did subtract incorrectly one time and yelled A-HA! and then double checked afterwards.

[secret garden]

What other symptoms does she have? Fever is a good thing.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Ugh.

Argh.

Well, with Woodward (he who is famous for spending YEARS exposing Water-under-the-Gate-fame) having to be DRAGGED to the front of the federal prosecutor to admit under oath something that he had freely spent months telling other journalists - but what he REFUSED to volunteer to the autocrats to clear Libby's name, is it no wonder there is no accuratemen in front of the cameras in Washington.

[xsmommy]

i think so, can't be sure, but the very first time i did it it was incorrect and maybe i wasn't FOCUSING properly. i tried to backtrack to find a math error and still didn't get that particular symbol.

[Robert A Cook PE]

I refuse to comment about the crystal ball on the (coffee) grounds it may incinerate me.

[xsmommy]

i KNOW you know know it works, now tell us!

[Gabz]

She complained her head hurts. And now she is sound asleep.

[xsmommy]

i hear you guys are looking for work....

[secret garden]

Let her rest. Push fluids. Give ibuprofen every 6 hours while the temp is over 101.5 and go light on food today - toast, cereal, applesauce, some soup. There, now you don't need to call the office. Most viruses last 2-3 days and she doesn't need to see a doc unless the fever lasts longer. That's when it may be a bacterial infection.

[NeoCaveman]

it was wrong at least twice for me, also. hard to know how it is supposed to work. i am waiting for robt to tell us that.

Take any two didgit number and subtract the sum. The answer is always divisible by 9. The answer can only be 9,18,27,36,45,54,63,72, or 81

[xsmommy]

SG is really a nurse, she doesn't just play one on FR!!

[Gabz]

LOL!!!!

i knew I could count of my classmates :)

[Fierce Allegiance]

I went & saw the russian doctor, so I'm no longer qualified.

[xsmommy]

dang, he neutered ya? ; )