@kdfrawg My olfactory nerve and the optic nerve of my left eye were totally severed in a hunting accident (.22 bullet ricochet)
The loss of smell was more long term traumatic than the vision in my left eye.
Eventually, my taste adapted. Took several years for my appetite to fully return.
// @sumudu @indigo
@kdfrawg The hospital one I had no idea what I was walking into. It happened while I was there and I was the only one working for that particular company who knew anything about WORM drives. The IRS stuff was me learning that some jobs are okay to say "No" to.
// @matigo
@kdfrawg Having your taste change is a lot more difficult to deal with than people realize. I lost my sense of smell when I was 16. I nearly starved because nothing tasted right and my hunger response was all but disabled. I went from 200 pounds to a little over 150. (I was, at that age, 6' 1" and medium-large framed)
// @sumudu @indigo
@kdfrawg I had to modify some that was in use by a federal income tax processing center. That was about as stressful as getting a hospital's WORM drive back online. There were surgeries waiting on my getting that records database back online.
// @matigo
If I wait another 25 minutes, I can avoid the majority of school buses and soccer moms. Only have the lumber trucks to get by after that.
If I wait another 68 hours…three day weekend.
Tempting.
@kdfrawg What I do not understand is anyone who was reasonably aware during the 80s supporting that man. He has always been a walking disaster propped up by a silver spoon.
// @matigo @JeremyCherfas
@matigo There are few people who know I can code in it. I get violently angry if they mention to others that I have this skill. I would rather go through someone's assembler than a 30 year old chunk of COBOL. Mainly because that chunk of COBOL is generally tied to something very mission critical.
// @kdfrawg
@matigo Development is just so rapid with C# in my experience. It was one of those things that let me see that Microsoft wasn't totally asleep at the wheel.
@kdfrawg There are people who are fond of COBOL. I try to avoid them.
// @matigo