On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:33:25 -0500, Scott W <ooooooooooooo@ooooh.ooo>
wrote:
>In article <ku8pc3d21jmjndchv332onshk10mui0tjm@4ax.com>,
>larex@meisarx.com says...
>> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:08:39 -0500, "Angrie.woman"
>> <RonPaul@WhiteHouse.rox> wrote:
>>
>> >Scott W wrote:
>> >> In article <fag6e6$9bs$1@aioe.org>, bob@stonedimmaculate.com says...
>> >>> Scott W wrote:
>> >>>> In article <a5smc3d1tjv9qmpmuu3jkra3476r9okf9r@4ax.com>,
>> >>>> larex@meisarx.com says...
>> >>>>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:50:55 -0500, Scott W <ooooooooooooo@ooooh.ooo>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> [This followup was posted to alt.life.sucks and a copy was sent to the
>> >>>>>> cited author.]
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> In article <facnlk$nns$1@aioe.org>, RonPaul@WhiteHouse.rox says...
>> >>>>>>> Scott W wrote:
>> >>>>>>>> So, I settled for a Timex watch. It's a pretty
>> >>>>>>>> nice one with a metal stretch band and it has an
>> >>>>>>>> hour hand and a minute hand and a second hand and
>> >>>>>>>> a day/date feature. But most awesomely of all
>> >>>>>>>> is that when you press in the "winder" it becomes
>> >>>>>>>> 'back lit' so you can see what time it is when
>> >>>>>>>> it's too dark to see where you are.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> So, I got the watch at K-Mart and everything
>> >>>>>>>> was going along fine and then the metal stretch
>> >>>>>>>> band started pinching the hairs on my wrist. I
>> >>>>>>>> use my shag trimmer to get rid of the erroneous
>> >>>>>>>> hairs, put the watch back on but there's still
>> >>>>>>>> enough stubble to cause me some grief. I get the
>> >>>>>>>> disposable razer and cut a little closer and then
>> >>>>>>>> too close and managed to slit my wrist somehow!
>> >>>>>>>> Blood went everywhere so I put a Band aid on it
>> >>>>>>>> and put the watch back on. Should I sue Timex?
>> >>>>>>> Where'd you get money?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I qualify for medical and mental disabilities
>> >>>>>> that prevent me from holding a job.
>> >>>>> You make being a crazy drunk with no liver sound so clinical!
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> It's not as easy as it looks!
>> >>> Being a non functioning junkie didn't get me paid by the state!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> I'm not getting paid for being an alcoholic. I'm
>> >> getting paid because my liver is completely fried
>> >> which hinders my abilities. If my problem was that
>> >> I was actively drinking too much and that was the
>> >> reason that I couldn't work, they wouldn't grant
>> >> me benefits. Liver malfunction becomes a completely
>> >> different issue than how and why there is liver
>> >> malfunction. Thusly, past alcohol use is immaterial
>> >> by federal law and statute. Got that? They're not
>> >> out to punish someone for being a substance abuser.
>> >> They're just not going to pay you to actively do drugs
>> >> and alcohol if being fucked up on those things on
>> >> a regular basis is what keeps you from getting out
>> >> of bed and going to work. Now if you smoke crack until
>> >> you have a stroke or if you drink until your liver
>> >> fails, they can help you. But if you aspire to get your
>> >> self into a situation where your body isn't holding
>> >> up, just so you can collect benefits yer a damned fool!
>> >> And MR T pities the fool.
>> >>
>> >
>> >HOw does your liver hinder your abilities?
>>
>> He can't drink and you can't expect him to work sober!
>>
> I'd do what I had to do. As fucked up as the work-place
> is these days, I don't see how anyone could work sober.
Me either really.
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