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Date Posted: 12:36:28 06/17/99 Thu
Author: Drake
Subject: I feel your pain man, I lost my sunglasses too...
In reply to: Emrys 's message, "A grammatical correction that I'm only fixing cause I have nothing better to do" on 06:53:05 06/17/99 Thu

> Not that any of you even noticed, or even cared at all
> if you did happen to notice, but my half-asleep self
> would like to point out that my fully-aware self would
> have said '...so some friends and I decided to give
> blood' as opposed to '...so me and some friends
> decided to give blood.' Honestly, I don't know why I
> even bothered to post this either.
> I lost my sunglasses too. Didn't lose 'em actually,
> but I forgot about them and left them in my car when I
> sold it to someone else that works with my mom
> (believe that Phule? someone actually bought my car!
> remember my car?). At any rate, they were really cool
> glasses but I doubt I'll ever see them again. I
> needed new glasses anyway though, so it's not like I
> particularly care.
>
> Emrys
> "Everything turtle is turtle"
>
> > Any of you ever give blood? I did today. I big bag
> > of it... one pint actually. It took me longer than
> > most of my co-workers (the blood center visited
> > Hillenbrand Industries today, which is where I work,
> > so me and some friends decided to give blood... my
> > first time by the way). The main reason it took me
> so
> > long is that I'm kind of a long distance runner type
> > now, and since I run every day I'm gotten my pulse
> > pretty low, so my heart pumps blood a lot slower when
> > I'm not running, which is a good thing cause it means
> > my heart is under less stress and has a much easier
> > time pumping blood... it also means that it takes
> > forever to fill a pint-sized bag, which isn't very
> > small if you've never seen one. Honestly, with the
> > way my blood was flowing, I could be mortally wounded
> > and it would still take me several hours to bleed to
> > death. At any rate, I've been pretty drowsy since
> > then, which is common when you lose that much blood,
> > and I'll probably fall asleep quite a bit earlier
> than
> > normal tonight. That's all right though, because I
> > have to get up at about 4 am tomorrow to drive to
> > Purdue and schedule classes, take credit tests, etc.
> > I also couldn't run today, cause they told me I'd
> > probably pass out if I tried. Plus, though none of
> > you have ever seen me with the exception of Phule,
> I'm
> > not the biggest guy... about 150 pounds and 6 feet
> > tall... my weight is well below the average for my
> age
> > and height... course, I know I'm not the only one who
> > posts here who can make that claim, but giving blood
> > definately has greater effects on those with a
> smaller
> > weight/height ratio. Not that that has anything to
> do
> > with my giving blood though. In fact, I don't even
> > know why I typed that, or why I typed this message in
> > general, but really I'm just to tired to care enough
> > to go back and delete things, cause I'd have to move
> > to reach my mouse... it's much easier to just move my
> > fingers and continue typing. Wow... this, to the
> best
> > of my knowledge, is the most tired I have ever been
> at
> > 6:45 pm.
> >
> > Emrys
> > "Um... yeah... I'm just to tired to think of anything
> > much to put here..."

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