Questions You Feel Silly Asking...

[Shinko]

My boss at work is a cheapskate and he refuses to stock the first aid kit despite the fact that he is required to by law. All that has been in it since the day I started working there are some gauze pads (there isn't even any medical adhesive tape to attach them.)

When someone gets burned (and since it's a fast food restaurant at least one person gets burned every day) he tells them to put mustard on the burn. Yes, mustard. All of the managers swear by it, but frankly I think this is a rather half-hearted attempt at the placebo effect.

Then I recently heard that the oil in mustard will actually make a burn worse. My question is, does anyone know for sure if the mustard really is good for burns or not?

[Nimras]

Jul 28, 2010 16:46:56 GMT -5 Shinko said:

My boss at work is a cheapskate and he refuses to stock the first aid kit despite the fact that he is required to by law. All that has been in it since the day I started working there are some gauze pads (there isn't even any medical adhesive tape to attach them.)

When someone gets burned (and since it's a fast food restaurant at least one person gets burned every day) he tells them to put mustard on the burn. Yes, mustard. All of the managers swear by it, but frankly I think this is a rather half-hearted attempt at the placebo effect.

Then I recently heard that the oil in mustard will actually make a burn worse. My question is, does anyone know for sure if the mustard really is good for burns or not?

Mustard works as a temporary pain relief if it's a first degree burn (where it's kind of red) because of the vinegar. However, if it's blistered (second) or worse third, do NOT put mustard on it!

That said, not having the proper thing and relying on home cures like that is illegal and can get them in big, big trouble. Can you anonymously report at your work?

[Breakingchains]

I have had burns that were easily bad enough to blister and ruin my week, but the mustard not only takes the pain away, it prevents blistering. I know it's not the placebo effect because I honestly did not believe it was going to work the first time I tried it - I only did it due to my Mother's hollering insistence. Worked like a charm.

Don't ask me how the chemistry works here because I have no earthly idea. :B

[Shinko]

Jul 28, 2010 18:53:57 GMT -5 Nimras said:

Jul 28, 2010 16:46:56 GMT -5 Shinko said:

My boss at work is a cheapskate and he refuses to stock the first aid kit despite the fact that he is required to by law. All that has been in it since the day I started working there are some gauze pads (there isn't even any medical adhesive tape to attach them.)

When someone gets burned (and since it's a fast food restaurant at least one person gets burned every day) he tells them to put mustard on the burn. Yes, mustard. All of the managers swear by it, but frankly I think this is a rather half-hearted attempt at the placebo effect.

Then I recently heard that the oil in mustard will actually make a burn worse. My question is, does anyone know for sure if the mustard really is good for burns or not?

Mustard works as a temporary pain relief if it's a first degree burn (where it's kind of red) because of the vinegar. However, if it's blistered (second) or worse third, do NOT put mustard on it!

That said, not having the proper thing and relying on home cures like that is illegal and can get them in big, big trouble. Can you anonymously report at your work?

I already tried... the restaurant in question (McDonalds) has a singularly invasive complaint line. => www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/contact_us/restaurant_feedback.html

If I tried to file a complaint, they would know exactly who I was. I thought about complaining to OSHA, but they admit on their site that anonymous complaints generally only result in a phone call to the establishment; I'd have to file an official complaint with my name and all that to get them to inspect the place.

I have to say, once I've stopped working there for the summer I am sorely tempted to do just that. It isn't just the first aid kit (or lack thereof) they have gone for a week or more at a time with no hand sanitizer in the place, most of the machinery is faulty and they refuse to have it replaced (which is part of why everyone keeps getting burned) and the ceiling in the lobby is covered with mold. It's the most poorly run McDonalds I've ever worked at.

[Breakingchains]

Ick... sounds like they need to shut that place down.

New question: Why is it that a piece of art that looks perfectly good at first can sometimes look awkward and strange when horizontally flipped?

[Sq]

Jul 28, 2010 23:51:53 GMT -5 Breakingchains said:

Ick... sounds like they need to shut that place down.

New question: Why is it that a piece of art that looks perfectly good at first can sometimes look awkward and strange when horizontally flipped?

I think 'Cause you were used to seeing it the other way? I used to think about that all the time before deciding on an answer myself. XDD

[Komori]

Jul 28, 2010 23:51:53 GMT -5 Breakingchains said:

New question: Why is it that a piece of art that looks perfectly good at first can sometimes look awkward and strange when horizontally flipped?

((This isn't an official answer from anywhere, only my interpretation.))

Drawing something you're used to drawing can often mean you're drawing the symbols of a head/face/hands/etc, rather than your brain actually trying to draw the thing itself. Flipping the image horizontally will break it from being a symbol and allow you to see exactly what you're drawing. One should get into the habit of flipping drawings and making sure the image looks just as good from all directions.

[Rachel]

This isn't as much of a question that I feel silly asking, but to lazy to lookup.

But uh, whatever happened to featheralley? I must really have missed a lot during my hiatus. O.o

[PFA]

So, uh. Does anyone happen to know what the general comfortable range for a tenor is? XD; Or a bass, for that matter? I always wonder about this when I try to write music that guys are supposed to be singing. Because, y'know, I don't sing that low, and I have no idea how low on the bass clef people normally go.

[Cow-winkle]

Aug 14, 2010 19:46:23 GMT -5 PFA said:

So, uh. Does anyone happen to know what the general comfortable range for a tenor is? XD; Or a bass, for that matter? I always wonder about this when I try to write music that guys are supposed to be singing. Because, y'know, I don't sing that low, and I have no idea how low on the bass clef people normally go.

I'm not sure if this webpage helps:

www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/vocalrg.htm

I've cross-referenced with a book I own on choral composition, and the book lists the ranges mentioned on that page as being the extremes. My book lists the ranges as follows (I'm using scientific pitch notation):

Tenor:

Very Comfortable Range: G4 to D5

Average Range: F4 to G5

Maximum Range: E4 to A5

Bass:

Very Comfortable Range: B♭2 to G3

Average Range: G2 to C4 (middle C)

Maximum Range: E♭2 to D4

[Breakingchains]

Thanks, Komori, that makes sense

Another dumb question:

So, a typical method for making a neopets userlookup is to make a large background image with designated spots for all your modules, then move said modules into position, right?

...What is the procedure for figuring out how big said module-spots need to be? I've been winging it and I've gone through five different versions of my image because I keep making everything too small. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about here, take a look at my last attempt. Massive image warning. The gold plate-looking things are where I want to put my stats, neohome, pets, etc. but I can't figure out how big they actually need to be to contain said things without being disproportionate.)

[Nut]

I have a silly question. When people online end their sentences with "...", as in:

"Huh, funny..." or "Yeah, I guess..." or "Heh, thanks..."

... does it give you the impression that they're... vaguely aggrieved? xD I just read a comment from someone I know who thought that a person might be offended because he ended his reply with an ellipsis. While I've never gone that far, I do tend to feel vaguely uncomfortable when people trail off at the end of their comments, unless I know them well. I always read it as a sort of reluctant "I don't really want to say this and would rather not be having this conversation, but I have to reply to you somehow, so I guess I will..." xD; Even if I know that's not what they mean, that's automatically how I read it. xDD

So am I the only one? xD

[Killix]

Ellipsis are used to portray trailing off into silence, a pause in speech, or an unfinished thought.

So that's what I use/percieve it as.
You might be the only one who percieves it as aggrivation. XD

[Deleted]

I usually see it as trailing off as well. I know I personally use it that way, usually when I see something interesting and am thinking on it, or giving an answer I'm not sure about. Don't worry about it. ^^

[Komori]

Well, when I see "Thanks..." or "I guess...", I definitely see a reluctance in there, because why else would they be pausing in their phrasing? If I said, "This picture is cute!" and they said, "Thanks...", then I'd see it as possibly a sarcastic/insincere "thanks," because why else would they include an ellipsis instead of a period?

And if I saw "Heh, funny...", then it definitely feels like a "Funny... but" sort of scenario.