The Self Referential Thread

[kurchatovium]

Yea I hear ya. 🙂

I hope to get a job teaching but eyesight needs to be better. A blind chemistry is not to useful lol.

 

[milagros317]

I understand. Without better vision, you might make mistakes in the lab and mistakes in a chemistry lab can ruin your whole month. 😱

 

[kurchatovium]

I understand. Without better vision, you might make mistakes in the lab and mistakes in a chemistry lab can ruin your whole month. 😱

Yea it certainly can. I was a high energetic chemist too for a year for military. Those mistakes will get you blown to bits. Now I am mainly a novel molecules chemist which is safer but still a little risky.

 

[milagros317]

I was a high energetic chemist too for a year for military. Those mistakes will get you blown to bits.

Being blown to bits will ruin your whole year. 😱 Glad you avoided that fate while working for the military, my friend. 😀

 

[kurchatovium]

Being blown to bits will ruin your whole year. 😱 Glad you avoided that fate while working for the military, my friend. 😀

Yea I was lucky 2 months after I left the plant it had a major explosion. Some one lose a hand and another lost some fingers and part of their face. It's dangerous work to say the least

 

[milagros317]

Yea I was lucky 2 months after I left the plant it had a major explosion. Some one lose a hand and another lost some fingers and part of their face. It's dangerous work to say the least

I had not thought of that, but obviously you could be seriously injured and/or maimed by someone else's mistake. I don't think I would like that job at all.

 

[kurchatovium]

I had not thought of that, but obviously you could be seriously injured and/or maimed by someone else's mistake. I don't think I would like that job at all.

The only good part is you get to play with chemicals that normally are hard to get and you to have free reign more or less. You do need to have your head on a swivel though. Any accidents I had were usually being close to someone else's boo boo. Lol

 

[milagros317]

The only good part is you get to play with chemicals that normally are hard to get and you to have free reign more or less. You do need to have your head on a swivel though. Any accidents I had were usually being close to someone else's boo boo. Lol

That would be fun, but, given how much of a klutz that I am, quite dangerous. 😱

 

[kurchatovium]

That would be fun, but, given how much of a klutz that I am, quite dangerous. 😱

Yea you always have to plan ahead. I got I got into medical research instead after a year, much safer lol

 

[milagros317]

Yea you always have to plan ahead. I got I got into medical research instead after a year, much safer lol

I am glad you survived the year of energetic chemistry, my friend. 😀

 

[kurchatovium]

I am glad you survived the year of energetic chemistry, my friend. 😀

Thanks buddy. Ironic that ice cream and cookies did more damage to me then explosives. Lol

 

[milagros317]

Thanks buddy. Ironic that ice cream and cookies did more damage to me then explosives. Lol

Yes, diet gets us all in the end.

 

[kurchatovium]

I miss my ice cream lol.i still eat some diabetic ice cream or gelato which has less sugar.

 

[milagros317]

I miss my ice cream lol.i still eat some diabetic ice cream or gelato which has less sugar.

My father had to give up all sugar when he got adult onset diabetes. I tasted his sugarless ice cream and I can't say that I liked it. 🙁
😀

 

[kurchatovium]

My father had to give up all sugar when he got adult onset diabetes. I tasted his sugarless ice cream and I can't say that I liked it. 🙁
😀

Not the like the real stuff for sure but it has gotten better.

 

[milagros317]

Not the like the real stuff for sure but it has gotten better.

I am glad for you that it has gotten better. My father died in 1997 (of emphysema, not diabetes).

 

[kurchatovium]

Sorry about your father always hard to lose a parent. My mom died in 2020 I miss her so much.

Diabetes runs on my father's side of the family. My grandma had it but she lived to be 94.

 

[milagros317]

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Diabetes runs on my father's side of the family. My grandma had it but she lived to be 94.

If you keep it under control, then diabetes won't stop you from living into your 90's. Good for your grandmother.
😀

 

[kurchatovium]

If you keep it under control, then diabetes won't stop you from living into your 90's. Good for your grandmother.
😀

Yup gotta control my diet. Not sure if I will make it to 90 though lol

 

[milagros317]

Yup gotta control my diet. Not sure if I will make it to 90 though lol

Exactly, my friend. We have to eat sensibly and exercise (or at least move around a lot), too. 😀

 

[kurchatovium]

Eating i am better at now of course. Exercise i dont do really i just do gardening and move around a lot like you said. Lol

 

[milagros317]

Eating i am better at now of course. Exercise i dont do really i just do gardening and move around a lot like you said. Lol

Gardening is a good activity in several ways. It gets you outdoors in the fresh air, moving, and using various muscle groups. 😀

 

[kurchatovium]

Very true. Space Bauhinia also like me to visit. Lok

 

[milagros317]

Very true. Space Bauhinia also like me to visit. Lok

Visiting Space Bauhinia is, without doubt, also good for one's health. 😀

 

[kurchatovium]

Visiting Space Bauhinia is, without doubt, also good for one's health. 😀

Certainly does help me. Lol