8( we just lost Momma Kitty (white one). Found her in front of the house on the side of the road.
She's the cat that just showed up on our porch one day preggers. Couldnt keep her inside for the life of us and when we tried she pee'd in everything but overall she was the nicest cat Ive ever met. Very upset but not unexpected really.
So yesterday went into my office to find out if boss knows when we might have more work (haven't had any in a couple of weeks) he said no, so I asked if I could talk to one of the other "bosses" there about working for them in the mean time and he said go for it. She wasn't there yesterday though so I had to go back today.
She has plenty of work for fields other than what I was doing. She's got me on radiography now. Still don't know when I start but radiographers have more steady work so hopefully I stay here. The thing is though, that we have to climb severe heights sometimes (well above 500 feet) and radiation scares the hell out of me because of the risk involved. The seemingly most minor screw ups can actually give you a fatal dose and it's sometimes so quick you and your tech won't even notice until it's too late.
This is the field I was originally going for though, and why I have a safety certificate for it.
TL;DR I've been moved to another field and am now going to be working with highly radioactive sources.
Also, my damn car is having problems. Sitting in the shop right now. Hope it's out soon, you really HAVE to have transportation for this job.
Damn, dude. Be safe for crying out loud. Wear lead underwear or something.
The person who did our safety class told us a story of a bunch of dumbasses who did stupid ***with radiation because they were dumbasses. one of the ones that stick in my mind is the dude who had like 7 kids or something and didn't want anymore. He wasn't a radiographer but he paid one like 50 bucks to let him sit with the source between his legs to become infertile. (The source was sealed, so nothing bad happened) but someone from the NRC was there and witnessed what happened.
The radiographer went to prison for life for it. They do not play around. That's another thing that concerns me with becoming a tech for Radiography. We are responsible for every idiot. If some idiot breaks our barrier (basically caution tape) that says "Danger Radiation" just because he doesn't feel like walking all the way around, we can be charged and go to prison over it. If we missed even one tiny thing in our procedure we'll take the blame, the only way we're safe is if we literally do everything by the book.
There was another one who wasn't following regulation for securing the source and it ended up falling out somehow. Well someone else, who has no idea what it is (the source for all intents and purposes is a 6 inch long fuse, the cylinder type with the glass and 2 metal ends) and stuck it in his back pocket. He walked around with it in his back pocket all day. He showed it to a bunch of people, too. I can't remember the dose he received but 600rad is pretty much a guaranteed death sentence, his was either in at least the thousands, but I want to say it was something ridiculous like 10,000+. Just all the people he showed it to, to ask what it was, got radiation sickness.
Well, there are all sorts of horror stories I'm sure, but you can give those idiots back up and keep everybody safe. Plus, at least in my line of work, once you get to 1 REM(=rad) you get 10% disability pay. I figure you might get something like that if you work in that long enough.
Also, something you don't see much is that there are plenty of people who've received high doses of radiation and recovered just fine. I'm sure you will be fine, Slip.
Nope, at my job if you pass your yearly limit, you don't get to work anymore, at least for that year, you're done. It's your responsibility to make sure you're not reaching your limits. You'll get monthly and half yearly evaluations and if you're going over a certain amount, they'll want to know what you're doing (or not doing) to result in the levels you're getting and figure out how to fix it. If it's a common occurrence we're subject to disciplinary action up to termination. If you do something stupid and get a large exposure, you can even be taken before the NRC committee and possibly face charges, even if no one else was hurt.
And yeah it's not the idiots that make me scared, because they're idiots (and I can't say that enough lol). It's just how inherently dangerous this stuff is, all the little mistakes that can lead to big problems, some out of your control.
I thought I was doing decent with my 3570k and a single 660...
Eh, when it comes to gaming theres little difference in 4770k/3770k vs their i5 counter part, so not like it matters, the difference is seen outside of that like video editing/coding etc
Im either going to wait for the 800s or just splurge on some 780Tis, inc waiting game.
*trues to use the cutest most innocent avatar currently in circulation*. ": (!"
I told myself I'd never use this old sentimental hidden char for posting, and you get its only post that will ever exist on ffxiah forums. feel special hito~
I feel honored!
however, I question the word "cutest" when referring to this image as cute is on the lower spectrum of thoughts when I see an image of a woman blushing, shaking and sighs of relief running all over her body..
This is a thread that I found on another website I post at. It can be really really interesting. I thought it deserved a place here.
Post your random thoughts for the day here, or anything else that intrigues you.
For starters, is it possible to give constructive critism to someone who doesn't have a neck? I totally just walked by a girl who didn't. Someone isn't getting a necklace for Valentines day!
And who decided black and white can't be colors? I want to say a racist. I really do.
