And now what did you do TODAY?

[Augsburger]

Perhaps he liked having his pupils dilated, there are many ways to dilate a pupil ya know. 

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Uh...what?  No!

 

Need to talk to you all about Lasik, too.  She seemed to say some outdated things in that area, too.

[mypasswordis]

I did get my eyes dilated in a test in preparation for my lasik. I forget why, off the top of my head, and don't care to delve deeper.

[n_maher]

Today's lesson kids - Nate did not successfully find and/or close the bat entrance to his bedroom.

Results:

1. The NH bat population has been reduced by one assuming another spawn of satan has not already sprung free from the clutches of hell.

2. I will now sleep with a tennis racket under the bed.

3. It's 2:45est and I'm drinking. It's noon somewhere, right?

FML

[Dreadhead]

Sorry Nate. Good luck with the sleeping.

[skullguise]

Crap, sorry to hear Nate.  Hope the situation resolves soon, and you can sleep peacefully sans racket(s)

[blessingx]

Sorry to hear man. It seems some actually have good luck with sonic repellents. Have you considered?

[shellylh]

Ugh, I like bats but not inside the house. Sorry Nate. Pest problems suck.

[RudeWolf]

I once got bitten by a bat when I was little. Don't think that I bacame rabbid or batman. Then again many things bit me when I was little - starting from a hornet to my granma who had the nasty habbit of tickling me to death and biting me in the ass. Maybe I'm bathornetgrannyman. The old gramps was an ambulance driver and she's documented as the holder of the land speed record for one of them old soviet "Latvija" ambulances. If im not mistaken she pushed 147km/h with one of these rockets-

 

 

It had a 2.13 liter inline 4 cilinder engine with 95hp and whopping 19Nm of torque at around 2000rpm. The oficial declared top speed was 120km/h, but alas - the guy who was making the engine at the factory probably was in a good mood that day. Funnily enough her husband worked in such a factory.

[mypasswordis]

^ Such is life in Latvia? 

[n_maher]

On the advice of counsel I'm at the ER waiting to get the first in a series of rabbits shots instead of going for a nice bike ride. Fuck.

[Voltron]

Were you bitten?!  I hope it is just preventative...

[n_maher]

Just preventative. If I'd had any actual contact I would have been in last night.

[Voltron]

Good to hear, and good luck.

[n_maher]

I'll be happy if I'm home by 9pm. I think that's irrationally exuberant of me.

[mypasswordis]

What they said, good luck with the bats. Don't use a bat to whack-a-bat. It's probably a bat idea. 

[Aimless1]

The preventative shots suck, but glad you were not bit.

[n_maher]

Home already...because they've had so many bat incidents lately that they ran out of some of the shots. So back I go tomorrow in the late afternoon for 3 more.

[Dusty Chalk]

[jpelg]

That sucks Nate.

 

Thought of you & your family when I saw this today:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/15/rabies-bats-woman-dies-_n_3763283.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

 

Good call on preventive measures.

[jvlgato]

Ugh. Sorry Nate, that's awful. Those are some freaky ass creatures. Cool to watch from a distance. Scary up close. Downright creepy inside your house.

[guzziguy]

Sorry for the pain and hassle, Nate.  Better safe than sorry though.

 

Sorry that you felt ill, Jacob.  If you like naps, you'll love retirement!

[skullguise]

Good luck Nate, hopefully no further visits will be required after this (last?) one.

 

Regarding naps: many years ago we were implementing a new Finance system in our Japanese subsidiary.  The Controller there was a smart and nice gent Yanaga-san.  EVERY day of the 2 weeks I was there - and I was told it was basically every day - he would stop work at pretty much precisely noon, eat a brown bag lunch for 5-10 minutes, and then simply fold his arms on the table, rest his head, and nap for the remainder of lunch hour.  Always back up by 1:00.

 

I can still picture him to this day.....certainly one of the more relaxed and easygoing people with whom I've worked.

Edited August 16, 2013 by skullguise

[acidbasement]

Playing the headline slot with my original band at the Harvest Sun Music Festival tonight.  Gonna be 2.5 hours of awesome, followed by no more rehearsals for quite awhile (I need a break!).

[Grahame]

Finally got around to putting up a framed poster we scored at a garage sale earlier in the year for $5

Look Familiar?