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Ah! Generic pills means generic machines November 9, 2006 3:10 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, News, Of Interest , 1 comment so far

So we make cheaper pain medicine by using inferior equipment?

WASHINGTON - A major manufacturer of acetaminophen sold by Wal-Mart, CVS, Safeway and more than 100 other retailers recalled 11 million bottles of the widely used pain-relieving pills Thursday after discovering some were contaminated with metal fragments.
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The contaminated pills included metal fragments ranging in size from “microdots” to portions of wire one-third of an inch long, the Food and Drug Administration said. Perrigo discovered the metal bits during quality-control checks after realizing the equipment it uses to make pills was wearing down prematurely… [Source]

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Great Pictures! November 9, 2006 3:07 pm

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You must see these pictures that Uncle Dean and Aunt Jeni took of the children! Nice work guys! Btw, their cat has his own blog.

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I’m blind - and in trouble November 9, 2006 11:57 am

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When I lost my glasses I was actually being given a vision test. Turns out, for most of the day, they were resting gently on some beautiful, rolling landscape…er, cleavage.

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Does your spouse ever make your eye twitch? November 9, 2006 11:36 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cathy, Daily Life, Family, Of Being Dad , 4comments

I love my wife more than anything. She is special! She fantastic! She is beautiful! She is my soul mate. All that aside, she still occasionally makes me feel like Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus.

Me, trying to portion dinner: "Honey, are you a little hungry or a lot hungry?"
Wife, as I mouth the answer: "Medium."
Me: Twitch. Twitch.

I love my wife!

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Living Quad I November 9, 2006 10:58 am

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Dear Stephen R Covey,
How does your system work when _everything_ is Urgent and Important?
Sincerely,
Testing Tensile Strength

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Politely Rude - Parking Lot Road Rage November 9, 2006 9:33 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life , 2comments

parking rage

So yesterday I pull into the parking lot of the Baptist church where my daughter gets her preschool classes. They have such an exceptional program! I nose into my parking space and the car to my left is backed in with a driver and passenger still in the large SUV. To my right is another van that is nosed in, perfectly parallel but maybe one tires width off center toward me. It is well within its space. Since the car beside me is occupied, I take an extra moment to make sure I have pulled into my space straight and well spaced. I am perfectly parallel to the white lines. I know this because when I got out I gave it a critical eye for a reason that is about to be explained. I am equally spaced between the two cars making my not perfectly centered in my parking space but well within the lines. I am probably a tire’s width off center and I could easily open my door and get out without the door crossing the virtual wall of the white line.

After I get out the occupied car’s engine cranks up, the car lunges forward, then backs up at an exagerated angle with the rear tire overlapping the white line and the backcorner now occupying the empty space beside him. I should have taken a picture with my camera phone.

Being a person not afraid of confrontation, I turn around and walk right up to his window and he rolls it down. I ask, "did I park too close to you?" He replies, "No, I was parked at angle." Me, "I am parked well in my spot with plenty of space between ours. Would you like me to move my car?" He politely replies, "No." I re-examine my parking job and am prideful of how straight I parked. I could have maybe been slightly more centered in the spot but not by much. Thank you Alan Shore for helping me not telling this guy what I really thought of him.

Fifteen minute later I return with my daughter and they are still sitting in the car and it is unmoved from the angled parking. These are the people that make me sad for they are the ones whose emotional problems are damaging our democracy and the American lifestyle.

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