#off-topic 2026-04-08

raining here too

star mg not mcg. the correction is faster than the mistake at this point

it is 4 degrees and horizontal out there, which is at least good weather for a parcel

cold chain incident

i own four thermometers and i can explain three of them

while im here somebody shared a spreadsheet, then somebody shared a better spreadsheet, and that is how this channel works

raining here for the ninth day, is it doing that everywhere

what do you tell visitors the little thermometer in the fridge is for

for the archive we have a running joke about the fridge and a serious pinned table about the fridge, and both are load bearing, i have it written down somewhere

i have a full sharps bin and no plan. this is the third one and the plan has never once existed in advance

what do you mean no plan, where did the other two go

one to a pharmacy who took it without comment, one is in a cupboard being a monument

the cupboard monument. every single one of us has a cupboard monument

wait can you not just put it in the bin

no. genuinely no. thats a bin worker getting a needlestick injury for your convenience

ok understood, sorry, i asked badly

you asked fine, its the right question to ask. it varies wildly by area, some councils collect, some pharmacies take them, some make you register

mine wanted a form. for a box of needles. with a reference number

the reference number for the needle box is peak bureaucracy

i once carried a full bin across a city on a bus because the one pharmacy that took them was closed on the day i had off

on a BUS

held it like a small unpleasant baby the entire way

im never recovering from that sentence

genuine tip request. how do you stop it filling so fast

one pin per injection, not one per attempt, is the honest answer and i am not good at it

technique chat belongs in #injection-technique but ill allow the comedy

on to important business. i made a spreadsheet nobody asked for

the four best words in this channel

nobody asked for this and it is the best thing posted here all week

swirl dont shake at 1.9 per hundred lines. we say it more than we say hello

swirl. dont shake

swirl dont shake

swirl dont shake

and the catechism is complete

why does mcg keep coming up

because somebody types mcg when they mean mg roughly once a fortnight and the correction has become a ritual

i did it last month. i said 2.5mcg

flawless demonstration, thank you for your service

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and @freya_fridge, ring your council before the cupboard monument gets a second sibling

i will ring them. i will not enjoy it

he has gone to find a form