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(Message started by: john_d on Jan 15^th, 2005, 4:21pm)

Title: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by john_d on Jan 15^th, 2005, 4:21pm

Anybody else feel like everyone is staring in pity when you lug an o2 bottle around? Lately I have had to take one to work and then to a conference in Ohio. I have to keep saying, 'it looks life-threatening doesn't it? Don't worry It's not.' The conference was at a school for the deaf and all the deaf folks I knew were feeling sorry (they are very facial expressive :-[) for me when they saw me wheeling my o2 bottle to my room, lol. not a bitch or whine, but just kind of a funny observation, wonder if others feel a little embarrassed by it also.

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by Langa on Jan 15^th, 2005, 4:26pm

I was somewhat embarrased when I had to drag the tank in to work. Everyone looked at me like "poor thing"...Some people wanted to know why and I explained, others avoided me...LOL.

Eventually my boss had me set it up in a supply room. I got caught sucking the oxygen a few times too, but then I didn't care, I was just thankful to have it there... :-/

Langa

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by don on Jan 15^th, 2005, 4:27pm

Dress it up.

Tell everyone your dating a midget.

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by high_commander on Jan 15^th, 2005, 4:40pm

LMAO !! [smiley=laugh.gif]

I always look forward to your replies Don

Danielle

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by ckelly181 on Jan 15^th, 2005, 4:51pm

But the best thing about dragging that dang tank around is people start to believe it's more than a headache...my meegrainer friends don't give me so much "yea, I have that kind of headache" business so much anymore...

Chris

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by Langa on Jan 15^th, 2005, 4:55pm

on 01/15/05 at 16:51:18, ckelly181 wrote:

Exactly...

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by Ree on Jan 15^th, 2005, 5:01pm

Hey John what were you doing at a conference for the deaf... my pupils used to be deaf... I sign...

as long as they let you travel with the O2 I wouldnt worry.......... its great isnt it... Ree

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by BobG on Jan 15^th, 2005, 5:06pm

God bless those deaf folks. They have a pain, you have a pain. The pains may be different but they able to sympathize and understand what it is to be different.

It's the "normal" people that are a big pain in the butt.

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by john_d on Jan 15^th, 2005, 5:19pm

on 01/15/05 at 17:01:39, Ree wrote:

Hey John what were you doing at a conference for the deaf... my pupils used to be deaf... I sign...

as long as they let you travel with the O2 I wouldnt worry.......... its great isnt it... Ree

wow Ree you sign? I built this software for deaf students to learn with, http://vreal.orlando.veridian.com/. It was under a grant. I have been working with deaf (co-working) for five years and I am still very limited in signing. Need to get you to teach me eh?
Unfortunately that project is ending, back to working primarily with the miserable defense industry. It bums me out to think about it.

I had to call a company to deliver it in ohio for me, the airline said no,no,no to o2 on the airplane in any way shape or form.

ps anybody looking at those pictures of me on there, I am 30 lbs lighter than that fat ass in those pictures, hehe

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by john_d on Jan 15^th, 2005, 5:20pm

on 01/15/05 at 16:27:44, don wrote:

Dress it up.

Tell everyone your dating a midget.

lol, I never thought of that one. I thought about stuffing it in a suitcase but it would not fit.

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by Kevin_M on Jan 15^th, 2005, 5:24pm

on 01/15/05 at 17:06:51, BobG wrote:

Too many good one's to mention from ya, but...

BobG, I like this post.

Kevin M

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by nani on Jan 15^th, 2005, 7:03pm

Quote:

It's the "normal" people that are a big pain in the butt.

There's normal people?

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by Magick on Jan 15^th, 2005, 7:12pm

I'm going back to work Monday. (Lost my last one to CH) and I'll be lugging my o2 and all my meds to work to decorate my cube. So stiiing in front of a bunch of computers (I'm a systems administrator/programer) and sucking o2 will be kinda like, being on CH.com! lol. I've only lugged to bottle to a few places so bring it where people don't understand will be... intresting.

I think my standard responce will be. "What the fuck you looking at???" ;)

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by nani on Jan 15^th, 2005, 7:17pm

My sister had a serious throat injury when she was a kid and the rebuilding of her larnyx caused her to have a very hoarse normal voice. When we'd go places people would always comment...Oh do you have a sore throat. The first few years we ignored it. Then it got really old. So if I was with her and someone asked, I'd say..."No, cancer." You should have seen the looks that would provoke. a lot like this:

[smiley=bag.gif] or this:

[smiley=JAW_DROP.gif]

Title: Re: o2 bottle embarrassment
Post by Karla on Jan 15^th, 2005, 10:40pm

I can sign church songs excellently. I sign for church. Im not good enough yet to sign the service. We have 5 interpreters in our church. They are teaching the other ones as a foreign language in the christian school and anyone else who wants to meet on Sunday afternoons can sit in and learn also. My cousin is deaf and it is so nice to be able to say Hello to her. She can read lips and teaches a college level class to students wanting to learn ASL.