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I watched a video of professionals demonstrating emergency one-handed pistol reloads.

They employed two primary techniques:

1) Dropping the magazine, holstering the pistol, loading a new magazine into the pistol while it is holstered then taking it out.

2) Bending down on one knee and wedging the pistol in the inside of your knee and putting a magazine in.

The first technique seems a bit slow. But the second one I really don't like. I feel bending down on one knee will literally make you a sitting target.

How about adjusting your grip so you are holding the base of the handle. This will allow you to grab a magazine and put it partially into the magazine base, then reload it by pushing it against your chest? Seems to work out on paper.
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1) Gets you addicted to Chicken Big Macs.
2) Takes them off the menu at some point, but you still want it.
3) You realise you can still technically order it by customising a Big Mac to include two McChicken patties.
4) Charges you an additional $6 for the two extra McChicken patties.
5) Somehow tries to gets you to pay almost double what you would have paid during the promotional period.
6) Nope. Not worth it.
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Peanuts are tasty.

+ Salary is adjusted according to inflation every year.
+ Salary increases by a set percentage every year you work (currently 2.5%).
+ Guaranteed to be paid correctly according to legislation.
+ One paid day off a month.
+ Salary packaging agreements.
+ Discounts on certain Government-owned utilities/services (water/trains/buses).
+ Discounts on health insurance and gym memberships (my local gym offers 50% off).

I don't remember retail offering any of these.
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And the battery life is still full apparently.

What is this sorcery?

My smartphone loses 7% overnight.
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Talking about in particular the cultural differences so I don't end up pissing someone off.
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I was at the hospital visiting a relative. I sat on the visitor's chair and the patient across had a massive bleed and literally soaked the whole bed in blood. That patient's family was there and went into a massive panic. The nurses were trying to battle their way through the family and inject the patient with stuff (assuming painkillers) while his blood splatted on their gowns.

Wasn't pleasant to see. I feel sorry for the family.
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If they exist it's generally just the one third-party ATM hidden in a corner otherwise it doesn't exist at all.

I don't normally use cash, but what I do, it's in a hospital.
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Peanuts are tasty.

Rika_Furude posted...

the difference between a $40 set of earphones and a $0.40 set of headphones is night and day no matter what device you have

Yeah I have Bose speakers. Holy crap they're good. Worth the money.
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I remember when it was a few dollars each. Dammit.
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Oh yep. Here come the cryptocurrency experts of CE.
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SunWuKung420 posted...

3_1_1_FTW posted...

SunWuKung420 posted...

Lol 2 hours to change a seat. That is a 10 minute job max.

My god people don't read do they? This community is so toxic.

I read it. It took you 1hr and 50 minutes to clean your toilet.

You've made an assumption based on no evidence and contradicted yourself in two posts.
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SunWuKung420 posted...

Lol 2 hours to change a seat. That is a 10 minute job max.

My god people don't read do they? This community is so toxic.
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Foppe posted...

Wait, a toilet seat is just the plastic ring?
My mistake, I installed a whole new toilet, including the seat, in less than two hours.

Plastic ones don't break when you slam them down. Ceramic seats however, do.
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helIy posted...

what the fuck kinda toilet takes a $60 seat

like most i'd spend on one is $20 max

I got a nice polished timber seat.

DocDelicious posted...

Two hours?

I haven't....cleaned it for a while.
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A friend brought her kid came over and he cracked the toilet seat while trying to use it. A plumber quoted $250 for the job excluding goods. Didn't feel like dropping $250 on something that wasn't my fault so I went to the hardware store and bought a $60 toilet seat and attempted DIY.

Two hours later after cleaning and replacing and I'm dirty AF but it's all worth.

The seat has a soft close lid so I won't have to worry about people slamming down seats again. It's also made of timber. (my ass has never been this comfy on a toilet seat)
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How does one continue normal work relations without this being awkward?

She works downstairs but she has to come up quite often to pick up paperwork from my office.
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The radiation-resistant mutants are the winners.
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TC, let me give you an example of where a pharmacist intervened that resulted in avoiding harm in the patient.

My grandmother is old and very ill. She has complicated respiratory problems which makes her very susceptible to getting lung infections.

A respiratory specialist wanted to start her on tobramycin (an antibiotic) to prevent her from getting lung infections. So he wrote her a script for tobramycin 40mg/mL ampoules.

Her carer took this to the local pharmacy to get it filled. The doctor generated the prescription using an e-script software so the pharmacy would be able to access this order online and dispense the item the doctor ordered more accurately.

However, the doctor had written on the order, 'one ampoule twice daily' and didn't specify the route of administration. Normally, these vials are for intravenous use however the doctor intended them to be inhaled through a nebuliser. It was the pharmacist who picked that up by picking up the phone and calling him up.

Not only that, but the pharmacist also realised that the doctor had selected the incorrect tobramycin formulation on the e-script software. He had selected Tobramycin Pfizer 40mg/mL amp instead of Tobramycin Pfizer 40mg/mL PF amp (which resulted in the pharmacy technician collecting the wrong item for the order).

Both formulations are almost identical (even the brand) but the latter is preservative free, and the only formulation suitable for inhalation.

Had the pharmacist not intervened, she may have been supplied a formulation that wasn't safe for inhalation or worse, given instructions to give it as an injection instead.

How would you feel if something like this happened to you?

Do you really think any goof could do this? Use your head, TC and get a life.
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There are/were a LOT of people alive in the world during its existence.
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Not cops. But hired security guards. Are these guys hired to protect the patient or to protect the staff?

Saw a patient who wasn't quite with it. He started wondering out of his room and the security guard literally followed him (no more than 3 feet away).
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AsucaHayashi posted...

how did they get your pin?

Contactless payment $100 and under don't need pin to authorise here.
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Someone took it out of my bag while I was at the gym last week. I noticed it was missing the following day when I got an email from my bank saying that I've reached my credit limit.

I had about $1700 left on my card when it was lost. The bank told me that it took roughly 7 minutes for someone to reach the limit by making consecutive $100 purchases at the supermarket (presumably gift cards).

They refunded me back the money today, thankfully.

The first thing I'm going to do tomorrow is complain to my gym for not having a locker system for members (and potentially order a refund if there was a breach of contract) and see if they can show me the footage (or at least the cops) of my visit to the gym last week so they can catch the scumbag who took my card.

The rest of my wallet ($20) was left intact, oddly.
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Peanuts are tasty.

$5 for a small coffee? $9.50 for a pre-packed ham and cheese sandwich?

There is a McDonald's, but the line is longer than what the food court permits.
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Peanuts are tasty.

So much harder to fap now.
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Peanuts are tasty.

Nomak-54 posted...

is it tasty?

Not for the price you pay. It seems their focus is in the optimisation of the preparation, shelf-life and logistics of the food rather than the taste.

They cook their fries right, but $8 for a plate is ridiculous.
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Peanuts are tasty.

Zeus posted...

Backdoor funding for the hospital, usually.

Not even. The public hospitals here has privatised every other aspect of the hospital. Parking is owned and run by an external parking company. The food and beverage are run by a catering business and the stores/kiosks are managed by a third party real estate company.

Even patient TV and cable is run by a third party.

Just as a reference:
Pre-packaged ham and cheese sandwich: $5.50
Pre-packaged 'gourmet' chicken and avocado sandwich: $8.50
Pre-packaged California sushi roll: $4.50
Beef burger with fries and drink: $15.50
Sweet and sour chicken with fried rice: $13.90 (serving is tiny)
Beef kebab with tomato and lettuce: $12.90
Single serve pre-made Supreme pizza: $8.90
Baked beans with toast and butter: $4.50
Ham, eggs, toast, and butter: $9.50
Greek yogurt with frozen mixed berries: $6.50

The closest food place outside the hospital is a somewhat expensive cafe two minutes away and there is a Subway further down.
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Not the food served to inpatients. But the food in the cafeteria in the hospital available to the public.

Some fancy hospitals have elaborate food eateries that serve foods from a variety of ethnic cuisines.

Literally paid $16 for a chicken schnitzel, fries, and a can of Coke. This is as bad as the airport.
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Peanuts are tasty.