August D.

Loving God, seeking growth, and serving others.

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@KellyLMcCarty @galexy70 Except for the OG bottle rockets, like Moon Travelers. Those were my childhood, until some dummy banned them from sale in the state!

[captive dreamer @captive_dreamer]

Imagine not finding this cool as hell

[Dan Hightower @Danhightower]

Daycare calls me. That's never good.

For them.

Daycare: "your son hurt his elbow and won't move his arm. Can you come take him to a doctor's office?"

Me (ex Special Forces Medic): "A real doctor is on the way to you now. I am 6 mikes out. Alert me of status changes."

I arrive at daycare. I locate the patient. 21 month old male. Scene is not safe. I drag the patient to cover and concealment behind a seesaw, away from the other small terrorists in the AO.

I begin my assessment. Blood sweep negative for massive hemorrhage. Mental status: conscious and verbal but confused (answers "dada" when asked for blood type). One breath every 2 seconds. Bilateral rise and fall of the chest. Strong carotid pulse, strong bilat radial pulse.

Teeth and tongue intact no blood no mucus no dip or foreign objects. Eyes PERRLA, negative JVD/trach deviation, C-spine intact upon palpation.

Heart sounds strong upon auscultation. Percussion negative for hemo-T. Abdominal quads normal upon palpation. Pelvis negative for book sign.

Arms and legs negative for crepitus. However, Patient indicates discomfort in right arm upon palpation and supination/flexion of the elbow.

Nursemaid's elbow.

I begin interventions. Supination/flexion technique complete at 1215. Palpable clunk on successful reduction. I write the time on his chest in Sharpie. I tape a popsicle to his hand and tell the patient to suck but do not bite/chew. I write "1 x popsicle (10g sugar)" on his chest in Sharpie.

I reassess the patient after performing interventions then package the patient for handoff to daycare/higher level of care. I yell at daycare over the Blackhawk in my head: "21 month old male!!! Nursemaids elbow!!! Treated with supination/flexion technique at 1215!!! Patient has 1 x popsicle onboard!!"

Daycare: "sir please leave."

Me: "you should have called my wife."

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@DschlopesIsBack @HLC_actual would say something about how we do be building… what was that quote, again?

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@r_u_thinking @SummRidge They’re becoming far more fashionable, though, especially with non-firearm enthusiasts. I don’t see a waist pack/fanny pack and automatically think “gun.” I usually think “man purse.” And I do have sling bags and at least one fanny pack.

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@redneckratholos @HLC_actual @codym1917 Arguably the best use ever.

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@SandyofCthulhu Also, as a social studies teacher who is sick of siloed education which treats the real world as imaginary, Marie needs to spend some time on a farm learning how to do skills like basic carpentry, animal husbandry, agriculture, and an honest day’s work.

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@SandyofCthulhu Marie needs to buy a compound miter saw, and assuming she is supposed to cut the board into three equal pieces, she should measure the full length of the board, divide by three, mark the length, cut, then take the cut board and mark the next cut, then make her second cut.

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@SandyofCthulhu @greenmorefields If nothing else, Transylvania is a town in North Carolina. But it’s also part of Romania.

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@Goatedredbeard @FenixAmmunition Oh, those are the primary colors! You can make just about any other color by combining those three!

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@tsunemitsu I grew up eating authentic BBQ!

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@AstellarDiabell @Chibben_Fren @PeninsulaBoy217 @interstatejuche Wiener: sausage from Wien. Frankfurter: similar sausage from Frankfurt. Evolved into the American “hot dog” when immigrants brought them to the USA. Also evolved into Vienna sausages as the meat packing plants sought a way to preserve the product longer. Not the same; related.

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@AstellarDiabell @Chibben_Fren @PeninsulaBoy217 @interstatejuche Hot dogs and Vienna sausages (the American variant) both derive from the same basic sausage from Germany — wieners (from Wein, or Vienna) and frankfurters (from Frankfurt) are at least somewhat interchangeable in terminology, and both terms are used synonymously with “hot dog.”

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@canedeeman One of my ancestors, Lt. Adam Jordan, served under Peter Horry in the Revolution. Horry served under Gen. Francis Marion. My ancestor was given a land grant in payment for his service.

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@canedeeman Having a massive ocean on both sides, which prevented direct attacks on the mainland. Not a technology, but crucial in our ability to contribute.

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@tuuu28283 Because we can. That’s not a snarky answer — it’s a literal fact.

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@TheTwitchyTrex @DonutOperator @tuuu28283 From the cans of beans.

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@tuuu28283 @pantry_bandit The quality is fine, generally, since it’s the same products sold in other stores. The quantities per package are sometimes different, but not always. The store brand stuff is typical lower-quality off-brand stuff, but still perfectly adequate.

[August D. @adittyMBSC]

@tuuu28283 It’s a general store with rabbit DNA.