The Vent and Rant Thread

[MrPLD]

Damned shiny lights and fancy cables gets them every time

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by MrPLD

Damned shiny lights and fancy cables gets them every time

Could be worse. A SysAdmin friend was telling me about a case he saw. A construction outfit was driving piles for a project. They were good little boys, and carefully checked the maps for the area to avoid cutting cables. Unfortunately, one map wasn't exactly right.

They punched a pile though about half a major cable, feeding, among other things, a major bank data center up the road doing back office clearing.

The telco dispatched a repair crew. The supervisor said "Pull that pile out! Now!" "Er, we don't think that would be a good idea..." said the construction guys. "I don't care what you think! Pull it out now!"

It had been raining heavily for several days. The ground was soggy. When they pulled up the pile, the water seeped in, and shorted out the other half of the cable...
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Dennis

[recluse]

I say accept that you are doomed to failure by forces beyond your understanding, have a good cry, then go serial.

[MrPLD]

Whootz... time to put on my lipstick and stalk those people who bullied me at school! - thanks for the permission Recluse.

[recluse]

You're welcome.

Have fun!

[nohmi2]

Originally Posted by mrscoach

Ever feel like taking someone out and beating the daylights out of them? My daughter has a leg injury, exercise induced compartment syndrome, and it is pretty serious. Serious enough that her future ability to walk normally is in jeapordy. The doctor wrote a letter to my daughter's coaches, telling them of the seriousness of the situation and that she cannot work out, and only minimal walking, if she is symptom free.

Daughter tells head coach she can still do upper body weightlifting and he tells her no, they are responsible for her and she might get hurt. Then TWO days later this same SOB coach tells her to walk to the track and walk four laps and come back in. The rest of the situation is like a negotiation. "I can't", "You go out there for marching band, 3 laps". "I used to walk out there, but not I drive to the field for practice. I can't" "Two laps" "I can't" "One lap". Daughter felt bullied into walking out to the track, walking the one lap, then walking back to the gym. She was limping and wanting to stop before she got the lap halfway done.

Now, if a coach is given a doctor's note, restricting an athlete's activities, then said coach cannot have the student do practice until another note from the doctor releases the athlete. This isn't a suggestion, it is a RULE. Which the coach just broke. Daughter wants to handle it for now, but I told her I get next crack, and I am not stopping until the he is disciplined for this. The rules are Principal, Superintendent, school board, in that order. I WILL get satisfaction for this. He cannot get away with endangering my daughter's health because he's a jerk.

The problem is, there isn't an obvious injury, so they don't seem to believe she is injured.

Compartment syndrome means the fascia (sheathing) around muscles is cutting off circulation to the muscles because it doesn't stretch and the muscles are injured and swollen inside the fascia. This causes muscle damage inside the fascia. If enough pressure is produced inside the fascia compartment then it can burst, causing permanent damage. Not something we want.

I would make damned sure that he is disciplined. Can you get a doctor's note at this stage?

Good luck.

Cheers

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by MrPLD

May as well share a story from my school days - I was (am!) a computer geek and the school had two main focuses, sports (rugby) and academia. Anyhow, one day I'm coming down from the computer room and this huge football player decides he doesn't like me, thumps me in the arm nice and hard then SLAM, headbutts me and splits my eyebrow clean open - all because I was in the wrong place at the wrong time and looked like an easy picking (I was).

Needless to say - because there was a very important rugby tournament coming up they (school) did nothing, they needed him on the team because of his bulk/power. Do I feel bitter about it - yep. I still have the scar...22 years on. As a kid you really don't always understand your rights. I feel a bit annoyed too that my parents didn't leverage for more punishment - alas my father worked away from home for 3 months at a time in the mining industry.


Paul.

one of the happiest days in my life was when my son's school counselor told me he was "a bit of a geek" as at the time and in the area we lived there weren't many options. with all of that he grew up to be a SEAL and a Rugger! (then again I was a Rugger as well)

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

Could be worse. A SysAdmin friend was telling me about a case he saw. A construction outfit was driving piles for a project. They were good little boys, and carefully checked the maps for the area to avoid cutting cables. Unfortunately, one map wasn't exactly right.

They punched a pile though about half a major cable, feeding, among other things, a major bank data center up the road doing back office clearing.

The telco dispatched a repair crew. The supervisor said "Pull that pile out! Now!" "Er, we don't think that would be a good idea..." said the construction guys. "I don't care what you think! Pull it out now!"

It had been raining heavily for several days. The ground was soggy. When they pulled up the pile, the water seeped in, and shorted out the other half of the cable...
______
Dennis

oh! the stories I could tell about wrecked cable!

[recluse]

Oh, Kindlekitten, you are just so butch,
your knuckles are starting to drag!

[kindlekitten]

now you are being really mean ;o(

[recluse]

Oh, don't get your boy shorts in a knot!

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I accidentally clicked on the wrong spot today and unsubscribed to one of my threads, but I don't know which one it was.

Curses!

Originally Posted by dsvick

It is invariable one or more of the following...

A. Everyone is having a really great time without you
B. Everyone is talking about you
C. No one has noticed you absence
D. No one knew you were there to begin with

Tom is sad.

Originally Posted by kennyc

That's quite a vent Tom.

I don't be pullin' no punches!

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by devilsadvocate

Any idea why I can't post YouTube vids? I paste the embed code in the YouTube tags and it just shows up as text even though that worked just fine a couple months ago.

Okay, that's only half a rant...

@$##%^*!&@$(%^! WINDOWS DRIVERS.

Okay, now it's a full rant. Would appreciate help on the YouTube thing though

Try this.

[devilsadvocate]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Try this.

Got it; sussed that out from what Dennis said. Thanks.

[pshrynk]

Compartment syndrome is nothing to sneer at. If it advances too far, there can be permanent nerve damage and a chronic foot drop. We sent Basics home with it all the time when I was in the AF. They had to follow a strict regimen while home and then pass a physical when they came back. Shin splints are the first stage of the problem.

[mrscoach]

My daughter thought she was getting shin splints and calf cramps.

Nohmi, we have a letter from the doctor. I'll type it below.

"***** was evaluated today for continued pain in her right lower leg. A compartment compression test revealed significant Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome. Very simply put her athletic participation is suspended until further notice. We will re-evaluate her sumptomatically in three weeks. She may march in the band provided she remains symptom free. Other than that NO activity is required until her symptoms completely subside or further treatment is carried out.

Thank you for your help in this potentially very serious matter."

So there is wiggle room. I'll be at her school tomorrow, and plan on having a meeting with the coach, the athletic director and the principal of the school. We were smart enough to keep copies of the letter before she gave it to the coaches. We know exactly what the school rules are, because my husband is also a coach and we are very aware of what this coach is allowed to do.

The reason I haven't been to the school already is that she lives in a different town, with my sister, so she can finish her senior year with her friends.