Coffee Break #57

I'm one of those they say "Look at all those lovely blue viens...how do we choose??"

Oh I like people with those big veins, push the blood backwards and watch it fill back in

Mine run horizontal.

I have great veins and bad blood...ironoverload....they can't use mine which is just as well I'm a big fainter!

I will take your blood but dont even touch mine. No love for needles

My brother has the iron overload condition. Has to be drained once in awhile. There is a name for it,cant remeber of course.

Yep, we need a new technology to replace needles...they are primative !!!

Maybe chelation, Jo? Sets off metal detectors?!

last time i gave blood was to the tick i had............................

Ticks are the lowest form of life on the planet, except for mosquitoes.

(Just an opinion.)

No, lawyers are.

Then you are in agreement with some guy named William Shakespeare.

Never heard of him. Rapper?

Jen, I don't know why the rush.

I've got good veins, also. All set to give blood early Easter morning.

Shakespeare isn't a rapper, just dapper.

Because he's always quoting Shakespeare, trying to impress people in the coffee houses.

Thank you for donating blood, folks....my DH was a blood donor as well......I was anemic most of my life....took B12 shots.

This story of the woman driving the van with three kids into the Hudson affected my ability to sleep last night.

Very troubling, indeed. The boy who managed to get out will likely have nightmares forever.

Just terrible...

Very upsetting, poor child will need lots of love and counseling now.

Mentally ill people can certainly be a danger to themselves as well as to others. At least the one youngster knew how to work the power windos & could get out. Poor youngster is going to have some tough times, but certainly glad he could get out.

I have not heard any report that she had a history of mental illness. Did they say that? It seems that society always takes that approach when a woman does something to her children. When a man does, they just want to kill him. Same with teachers and students. Not right.

Some people should just not be allowed to breed

She may have not had a history, but only people with an inability to cope with life do that sort of thing. One can kill oneself, but I think the urge to protect the children is pretty strong.

Iron Overload is called Hemochromatosis.

I missed the suicide/van story and glad I did...so sad

Heard it on the 12:00 news....said it happened after a domestic dispute.....don't care if she killed herself, but how could she do that to the kids? Awful....

People do it, incredibly, to get back in the worst way, at the spouse, girl/boyfriend.

Kids (have none) but in my book its death till you part, even with animals. How people can just do what they like, have thier time of pleasure and then decide to part? I think sometimes peoples morals, are not connecting with their brain.

Think about it - Husbands son.
Married 2 kids, then divorced.
Met another woman, had 1 kid, now split up and done. That kid will never have a whole family togather and will be an only child.

Just heard that woman used to live in the next town over.

I'm not angry at the mother, she was obviously in a lot of pain and in her mind had no way out and no hope.
There's a lot of people in bad situations out there, some of them have a lower tolerance than others and reach the breaking point. Once that happens they no longer think within the guidelines of society or any type of moral law. They become dangerous, desperate, and may not even realize what they are doing. One wrong decision at that time could ruin their life. - In this case it ended life.
It's very unfortunate for everyone involved, although it's not an unusual occurrence.

Just heard from someone in the area that the mother was just 25. It's all too sad.

According to neighbors, there was no history of depression or anything. She was attentive to her kids and they frequently played outside with the other kids. She balanced work with home life. It appears to me as another sad case of someone being so dependent on another that they will go to extremes.

or maybe we'll find out that she didn't actually drive the van into the river herself

??? And someone put her behind the wheel?

It happens all the time on TV Victor! (NCIS, CSI, etc)

Knocked her out, put it in drive, pushed it into the water

The surviving boy is old enough to say what happened.

Other horrible story is the Yale student whose hair got caught in a lathe, pulling her in and choking her. Goodness!! Having worked closely with large rotating machinery for 17 years, I was always acutely aware of stuff like that. My tie was a potential killer and I treated it as such.

I saw that...no one in the lab with her at the time???

Don't know. Did not want to read it. You just have to cover your hair. Crazy.