Fiberglass STINKS!!!

[William Reinicke]

Many thanks for your service - I have HUGE admiration for the nursing staff and charges in particular who worked through that period. An awful time, particularly in the early to mid stages before we started getting a handle on what it was and how to handle and treat, how to protect ourselves appropriately and safely, and until we got a nice assist from the vaccines. Lots of heartaches in that period, for HC workers and for family members. Heroic efforts my friend, and efforts I know all too well went underappreciated.

Meh... I feel like police officers had a harder job during covid. They were dealing with the riots and defunding and all the bs nonsense. It was a disaster for them. I just feel like every profession goes through some sort of shit, and it was hospital staff' turn. Ill be honest, burn me at the cross if you want, but I am still not vaccinated. I was signed up to be one of the first in the state when it came out. Elderly and "front line workers" were the first to be approved to get it. I signed myself and my significant other to get it..... then we started getting the patients who were just as sick but testing negative. I had a 92 year old who biked 20-24 miles a day and he was on 45L/min high flow and we tested him every day and all were negative covid tests. Same week I had a rock climber who had a body like a greek god, and she ended up vented. Both had just received the vaccine that week (I actually think it was same day) and the younger lady was the girlfriend of a healthcare worker, but we even swabbed her lung tissue when we intubated and it still came back negative. I didnt like that, I was out, cancelled my vaccine appt so fast and I found Jesus and picked up the bible again after almost 15 years and I wrote an essay on how it went against my religion. I was never forced to get it after I submitted that essay. Pretty sure HR just needed something for my file, but I also knew scripture pretty well and could get around the bible pretty quickly as my father is a pastor for a church. But i am the least bit religious, but it saved me from the jab. Not ashamed of my decision, and I had so many docs telling me I was going to die, right to my face. So when I did catch it, and came back completely fine and healthy, I shook all their hands and told them I would haunt them forever. Docs were BS during that time too. We had Ipads in every room and docs were doing their "rounding" through a screen. I blew through a doc meeting one time and asked how they could listen to lung sounds through an ipad screen. I got written up for that one, but I dont do well with nonsense like that. I guess that kind of showed the other day when I fought with an old lady about snow geese on here. got that italian fire from my mommas side unfortunately.

 

[HenryHawthorne]

Meh... I feel like police officers had a harder job during covid. They were dealing with the riots and defunding and all the bs nonsense. It was a disaster for them. I just feel like every profession goes through some sort of shit, and it was hospital staff' turn. Ill be honest, burn me at the cross if you want, but I am still not vaccinated. I was signed up to be one of the first in the state when it came out. Elderly and "front line workers" were the first to be approved to get it. I signed myself and my significant other to get it..... then we started getting the patients who were just as sick but testing negative. I had a 92 year old who biked 20-24 miles a day and he was on 45L/min high flow and we tested him every day and all were negative covid tests. Same week I had a rock climber who had a body like a greek god, and she ended up vented. Both had just received the vaccine that week (I actually think it was same day) and the younger lady was the girlfriend of a healthcare worker, but we even swabbed her lung tissue when we intubated and it still came back negative. I didnt like that, I was out, cancelled my vaccine appt so fast and I found Jesus and picked up the bible again after almost 15 years and I wrote an essay on how it went against my religion. I was never forced to get it after I submitted that essay. Pretty sure HR just needed something for my file, but I also knew scripture pretty well and could get around the bible pretty quickly as my father is a pastor for a church. But i am the least bit religious, but it saved me from the jab. Not ashamed of my decision, and I had so many docs telling me I was going to die, right to my face. So when I did catch it, and came back completely fine and healthy, I shook all their hands and told them I would haunt them forever. Docs were BS during that time too. We had Ipads in every room and docs were doing their "rounding" through a screen. I blew through a doc meeting one time and asked how they could listen to lung sounds through an ipad screen. I got written up for that one, but I dont do well with nonsense like that. I guess that kind of showed the other day when I fought with an old lady about snow geese on here. got that italian fire from my mommas side unfortunately.

I won't get into an argument over vaccines - it was the best we had at the time and a rush job to get it out (that's one thing I'll give Trump huge props for making happen), and I believe wholeheartedly it saved lives. But it was always going to have risks. I was among the first (I was responsible for cancer care, and to Hell with the risk to me I need to protect a highly immunocompromised population and set an example for my staff). Got the booster and eventually a 2nd vaccination. But now that we know a lot more about covid risks and vaccine risks (and I'm retired), I'll not get vaccinated further until other risk factors warrant. I still think it has value for a subset of the population.

Understand completely your frustration with physicians, I saw some of it myself. But I'll give huge props to our oncology specialists and to the hospitalists in our system - they were right in the middle of things alongside our nursing and RT team. But there is no doubt covid forever negatively impacted the physical exam - our residents from that period, in particular, never got hands-on unless their attending was one of the good ones and in their pocket. I hear that lingers, and is a major loss.

 

[William Reinicke]

I won't get into an argument over vaccines - it was the best we had at the time and a rush job to get it out (that's one thing I'll give Trump huge props for making happen), and I believe wholeheartedly it saved lives. But it was always going to have risks. I was among the first (I was responsible for cancer care, and to Hell with the risk to me I need to protect a highly immunocompromised population and set an example for my staff). Got the booster and eventually a 2nd vaccination. But now that we know a lot more about covid risks and vaccine risks (and I'm retired), I'll not get vaccinated further until other risk factors warrant. I still think it has value for a subset of the population.

I 100% agree. I refuse to argue about this anymore and i dont care what people do with their bodies. If they believe in it, go for it. I am not anti-vaxer, but I am when there is no evidence behind it and when I see first hand negative effects. I never told people not to get it and I never told anyone they would die with or without it. I can only trust half of what I hear and only what I see. Also, I loved when docs always said "trust the science" and I would look at my floor and out of 20 patients, I would have 17-19 admitted with covid that were vaccinated. Every time I brought that up, I got scowled. And I do understand my opinion is generally tainted with because I am in the worst of worst setting 60 hours a week. So I wasnt seeing how the reaction to the vaccination was out in the real world. I whole heartedly see that side of the argument, so I dont dare condemn or put anyone down that are believers in the vaccination. I may only see the 1% that were affected negatively, but its with my own eyes and its ultimately my body and I wasnt dare letting it in from what I saw.

Understand completely your frustration with physicians, I saw some of it myself. But I'll give huge props to our oncology specialists and to the hospitalists in our system - they were right in the middle of things alongside our nursing and RT team. But there is no doubt covid forever negatively impacted the physical exam - our residents from that period, in particular, never got hands-on unless their attending was one of the good ones and in their pocket. I hear that lingers, and is a major loss.

There are good eggs and there are bad eggs. We had so many bad eggs at the time and for them to think Ipads were a good idea, as physicians, I was beyond disappointed. It also was just a sign of disrespect towards nursing staff. It just screamed to me... "Im too afraid to be in the patients room, but I fully expect you to be in there caring for them" yet they are pulling 3x the wages and they are technically higher level of training and can do more at the bedside. Oh they got so mad when I started pushing drugs during a code because all the nursing staff was there and the docs were taking forever to get in the room. I explained the entire situation to the higher ups within the hospital, next thing I know, ipads started disappearing, and eventually docs were asked to be in the rooms again. We had a major issue and fear among docs in this hospital during covid. Hard to understand anything when you refuse to be in front of it and try and understand the sickness we are dealing with. And there was no family there to advocate for their loved ones. It was one of the messiest situations ever, and unfortunately our lovely Governor was the one who imposed most the rules. Glad the nightmare is over lol.

 

[Capt Rich Geminski]

So decided I was going to try my hand at fiberglass. Made half a shell on two birds. I think it would work out fine, but I pulled them and tossed them. My shop is a decent size shop in the basement of my home. I had NO IDEA how bad the resin for fiberglass stunk. I rid of everything fiberglass after about 3 hours as the whole house just stinks. I am doing everything I can to vent out the house, as I have 2 hepa filters running and multiple fans blowing out the windows. I got the rest of the house vented out pretty good, but wow oh wow that stuff is no joke. I will likely only ever do glass outside if I ever try my hand at it again. It is a whopping 40 degree high and snow expected tomorrow, so thats not an option if I want to cast custom foam soon. I will go back to artkast for my hardened skin around silicone, but the reason for this post.... how do you all rid of that nightmare of a smell? It is LINGERING!!! Hoping its gone by the time I get home, I have my doubts though. I was thinking of spraying the entire workbench with vinegar and leaving out baking soda boxes in the shop. I do have 2 windows in the shop, a vent out fan, and now the hepa filters. Do everything I can to keep air movement in that shop.

I don't have a shop, I work outdoors under shade. I do gun repair and had to limit the chemicals use. Try friendly chemicals, wife can smell mouse f r s.

 

[William Reinicke]

I don't have a shop, I work outdoors under shade. I do gun repair and had to limit the chemicals use. Try friendly chemicals, wife can smell mouse f r s.

I think I just rid of my wife's smell forever, shes reminds me every evening when she gets home. I should be in the clear to do whatever in the shop after this little escapade lol. She wont smell a thing. Could probably pick up a doobie again and not get caught at this point.