Thread 1 - Lifeboat Muster Point for TalkExiles

[Kucinghitam]

Gather here all ye refugees from the foundering ship of JTT, if ye be in need of "How the heck do I format my post?" "Why can't I edit my typos?" "What do those acronyms mean?" and most importantly, "Where is everybody that I used to know?"

Or just to chat randomly.

"A chicken is a noble beast,
The cow is much forlorner;
Standing in the pouring rain,
With a leg at every corner."

-- William Topaz McGonagall

That makes me think of Ivor Cutler.

@Kucingsparkles - I went back on the research threads and it was my misremembering - this is the original post, back in 2014, that brought it up:

What would you think if I told you the following? MDR 555555 kkkkk www jajaja

The answer is: these are all the equivalents, in various languages, of 'lol'.

MDR is my favourite - instead of Laugh out Loud, it is 'Mort de Rire', or 'dying of laughter'.

555: In Thailand, the number 5 is pronounced 'ha', meaning you can type '555' and you'll be understood as meaning 'hahaha'.

kkk: In Korean, this is laughter because "This comes from ㅋㅋㅋ, short for 크크크, or keu keu keu".

www: This one's Japanese. It probably comes from the character
Quote:
'for "laugh," 笑, which is pronounced as "warai" in Japanese. "Warai," in message boards and chat rooms, quickly became shortened to "w" as an indication of laughter. And then, much the same way "ha" begat "haha" begat "hahaha," the sentiment became extended -- to "ww" and then "www"'.

jajaja: In Spanish, 'j' is pronounced 'h', making this a straightforward 'hahaha'-alike.

^s: www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/12/55555-or-how-to-laugh-online-in-other-languages/266175/^

That reminds me of a Korean woman I worked with. We had a picture taken one time and she said 'kimchi' instead of 'cheese', which makes sense.

Fascinating post @Britinme !

Thanks everyone for the pet photos and lovely\sad stories. Just woke up from night shift sleep and it was nice reading the thread.

Hope you are feeling well-rested @Dotellhimpike - I have endless admiration for people who can do night shifts, I'd be broken within 2 days!

I love night shifts, the ward is so different on night compared to the day, although it also depends on the patients you have currently. You run night shift on a skeleton crew and if you have labour intensive patients who need feeding/changing/turning multiple times through the night, it soon adds up and becomes physically almost impossible, like spinning plates for 12 hours. My only real issue is I have trouble adjusting my sleeping pattern from day shift to night shift, which has a knock on effect on my sleep and as a consequence my mental health.

Sympathise on the sleep front! Anyone who does your job has my admiration and gratitude. I know I'd struggle with it.

What do you do @Dotellhimpike if you don’t mind me asking?

I'll post a photo of my cat later. And of my ginger stepson cat. He lives nextdoor and spends at least half his time with me. I'm moving in a couple of weeks and I'm going to miss him so much!

I'm a nursing assistant on a neuro rehab ward. Was training to be full nurse but long covid and the pandemic meant I had to give that up.

Do you still have Georgie?

I want a cat, our old boy died in the spring, he came to live with us about 5 years ago. My parents allowed a cat to stick his head in the back door far enough to eat from his bowl. When they moved the next people adopted her properly and let her in the house. They took her to the vet and he was a she.

"They took her to the vet and he was a she."

I read that in Lou Reed's voice.

I now also have that earworm.

When we got our kittens, they were cruelly misgendered by the rescue place, and we thought he was a she and vice versa. It was only when I noticed the 'girl' growing deciding male appendages that we realised the error. They were untraumatised.

Great stuff. That must have been very hard during the height of Covid. Neuro is such a fascinating area, am considering going that direction but a friend said it’s quite difficult and I’m leaning towards an easier life.

There would be no chance of misgendering K. When I got him home from the procedure I wondered if the vet had forgotten something.

Have you tried melatonin, @Dotellhimpike ? I take 5g every night (from the States, we're limited to1,5g here in France)

Yeah Tass, tried everything, and I sleep more now that I have done in previous years but it's the adjusting from day shift to night shift that just takes a few days to do which messes me up.

When people do that "what would you tell your younger self" question, I always think the main thing I'd try to impress on my younger self was the importance of a proper amount of sleep and how not sleeping can lead to all sorts of medical issues in later life both mental and physical, it's as serious as being a smoker.

I am a long-time JTT and GUT poster but had stopped posting on JTT a few months ago - named after a famous Audrey Hepburn character. I am also a fervent Mumsnet lurker and learnt of the recent furore at JTT and popped back in there to see what had happened. What a sad state of affairs.

"Neuro is such a fascinating area, am considering going that direction but a friend said it’s quite difficult and I’m leaning towards an easier life"

It's hard work but not difficult (does that make sense?) but the rewards are enormous. I never get tired of seeing people who come in on a bed needing hoisted and turned to even use the toilet, walk out of the ward six months later. It's not the same outcome for everyone but I can confidently say that pretty much every one of our patients benefits enormously from the specialised care they get from our amazing OTs and the rest of the team.

You also learn to appreciate just how quickly everything we have can be snatched away in an instant, be it heart attack, stroke, road traffic accident or even a drunk tumble down a couple of steps.

It's only in the last few years that I've really got enough sleep after a lifetime of 'not enough'. I've seen all kinds of health benefits follow,, for which I think more sleep is at least partially responsible.

Hello Binker!

You also learn to appreciate just how quickly everything we have can be snatched away in an instant, be it heart attack, stroke, road traffic accident or even a drunk tumble down a couple of steps.

Yes, this! Sobering thought indeed.

Hello, Binker. A sad state of affairs indeed.