Wiederbelebung - revitalisation
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scottishlassI can't believe the chuzpe of some ppl. Really, what am I? Some idiot who shells out money and just sit by so others can reap in the success or whatnot?
Anyway, not a good week. None at all :s
First my ongoing battle with my health, then Olly had to be cranky again, a tenant where I live steals mail packages or leaves them ripped open on the mailboxes downstairs and I just had to get out.
Soo, I fired up my bike today and was gone for six hours. That emptied my mind and relaxed my soul. I really needed it. It was a beautiful day and I drove up all the way to Xanten and had a peek at the Roman city they are still excavating and re-creating.
I just hope that trip helped my muse, it sure helped me to get rid of those cobwebs in my head :)
And here is something that might be an urban legend or true (and a bit late)... judging from work ethics and the Me, Myself And I mentality of the majority of ppl, I'm afraid this could happen:
Subject: Dead to the world
WORKER DEAD AT DESK FOR 5 DAYS
New York Times 1-22-03
Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to work out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for FIVE DAYS before anyone asked if he was feeling okay.
George Turklebaum, 51, who had been employed as a proof-reader at a New York firm for 30 years, had a heart attack in the open-plan office he shared with 23 other workers. He quietly passed away on Monday, but nobody noticed until Saturday morning when an office cleaner asked why he was still working during the weekend.
His boss Elliot Wachiaski said: "George was always the first guy in each morning and the last to leave at night, so no one found it unusual that he was in the same position all that time and didn't say anything. He was always absorbed in his work and kept much to himself."
A postmortem examination revealed that he had been dead for five days after suffering a coronary. Ironically, George was proofreading manuscripts of medical textbooks when he died.
You may want to give your co-workers a nudge occasionally.
* Moral of the story: Don't work too hard. Nobody notices anyway.
thanks to Donna C.
Anyway, not a good week. None at all :s
First my ongoing battle with my health, then Olly had to be cranky again, a tenant where I live steals mail packages or leaves them ripped open on the mailboxes downstairs and I just had to get out.
Soo, I fired up my bike today and was gone for six hours. That emptied my mind and relaxed my soul. I really needed it. It was a beautiful day and I drove up all the way to Xanten and had a peek at the Roman city they are still excavating and re-creating.
I just hope that trip helped my muse, it sure helped me to get rid of those cobwebs in my head :)
And here is something that might be an urban legend or true (and a bit late)... judging from work ethics and the Me, Myself And I mentality of the majority of ppl, I'm afraid this could happen:
Subject: Dead to the world
WORKER DEAD AT DESK FOR 5 DAYS
New York Times 1-22-03
Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to work out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for FIVE DAYS before anyone asked if he was feeling okay.
George Turklebaum, 51, who had been employed as a proof-reader at a New York firm for 30 years, had a heart attack in the open-plan office he shared with 23 other workers. He quietly passed away on Monday, but nobody noticed until Saturday morning when an office cleaner asked why he was still working during the weekend.
His boss Elliot Wachiaski said: "George was always the first guy in each morning and the last to leave at night, so no one found it unusual that he was in the same position all that time and didn't say anything. He was always absorbed in his work and kept much to himself."
A postmortem examination revealed that he had been dead for five days after suffering a coronary. Ironically, George was proofreading manuscripts of medical textbooks when he died.
You may want to give your co-workers a nudge occasionally.
* Moral of the story: Don't work too hard. Nobody notices anyway.
thanks to Donna C.
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Date: 2003-09-05 02:33 pm (UTC)I wish I could be there too :S
Instead I get MOLOTOV!!!!
YAY, can't wait. Hope to either feel better afterwards or .... I shall keep on trying!
Loggles
Da Elf
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Date: 2003-09-06 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-05 03:28 pm (UTC)I think that might be a Urban Legend, it feels like it... But when I look around and think about how crazy the working life is, I'm afraid that could probably had happened or will happen.
*Hugs*
Marie
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Date: 2003-09-06 03:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-06 02:26 am (UTC)I'm sooo jealous that you ride! I've been wanting to get my licence for ages but keep putting it off. My husband has a Honda CBR 1000 and we keep talking about getting a cheap, little 250 for him to do up and me to learn on. What do you have?
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Date: 2003-09-06 03:49 pm (UTC)I have an old 1982 Yamaha XJS. Black, chrome and not so fast like the new ones, but I'm a sucker for the vintage bikes :)
Una
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Date: 2003-09-10 03:15 am (UTC)Oh, I love the older bikes! My hubby had an 86 Kawasaki GT750 when I first met him and it was a GORGEOUS bike. Classic road bike style with a nice meaty growl. GUH...what a bike!