Neanderpundit

From the lovely handler tamer keeper Ktreva, a link to Jarhead Red.

Get down and buy me twenty! And buy some for Ktreva too, and her huuuuge…tracts of land

Randal McCloy, the lone miner of 13 found alive, can “respond to a pinprick” and his brain stem is still functioning. he can “come up to grab your hand”

Fuck ‘im. pull the plug. After all, we yanked the cord on Terri Schiavo, who was substantially more responsive. What? you mean Randal has a spouse who doesn’t want to discard him like a used kleenex for his new girlfriend and kids? Ah.

Nevermind..

And for all of those who are going to comment “at least this guy has a chance of recovery” so did Terri, if her murdering husband hadn’t messed with her. One way or another; it’s the job of the creator to make those decisions.

I have been doing field service off and on for twenty years, more or less.

I began working on woodworking machines- CNC routers and point-to-point machines. I moved on to machine tools and eventually robotics. I do pre and post sale engineering for robotics these days, mostly, but I still get into the field for installations and often for service work where some project has gone to the dogs- it’s as my friend Jenny says, when we have a “stand back and let the expert in” moment.

Because of this, I always keep my kit in the truck. it contans some specialty tools specific to the work i do, but it also has acted as emergency kit in many circumstances, often saving me the trouble of having to hitchhike home.
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