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Old 06-16-20, 07:22 AM
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So I texted a cardiac surgeon about a mutual patient yesterday. Told him I wanted to discuss but not urgent. He did not get back to me, so today I sent him this text:

"Bueller??"

He called me back and we discussed the patient.

He then said, there is a second patient. I said huh? He said patient named Bueller.

SMH. I had to explain to him the pop-culture reference. He is in his 50's and old enough to get it, I had hoped.
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Originally Posted by datlas
SMH. I had to explain to him the pop-culture reference. He is in his 50's and old enough to get it, I had hoped.
Maybe he was just a little too old to watch a movie about a high school kid ditching school and it slipped under his radar.
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Awww. Think he'll get used to it?
She's almost ready to go now, but I need to wait for the teething to stop.
She even chews on her metal dog tags.
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Old 06-16-20, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Maybe he was just a little too old to watch a movie about a high school kid ditching school and it slipped under his radar.
Yeah, maybe I should have used an older reference. We are all products of our times.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Yeah, maybe I should have used an older reference. We are all products of our times.
You might like this. Went for an INR this morning. Health care worker gets on the elevator with her mask down. Goes to my floor. She works in the office where I am going. After I check in I go to the waiting area. Woman passes close to me, still with her mask down. I move away. She asks me if something is wrong. I told I had to ride the elevator with her unmasked and now she’s walking around the suite doing the same. “I was sipping my coffee.”, which was a lie, even if it had been a valid excuse. Complained to my nurse, who I have a good relationship with. Sad thing is that she was one of maybe 3 I saw in the building with masks down, and I was only there for maybe 20 min. tops.
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Old 06-16-20, 08:08 AM
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Great workout this morning, overcast, felt hugely powerful. And despite that, Garmin came back and said "... yeah but I think your FTP is 285 instead of 290". Everyone's a critic.

I suspect its reasoning was the higher-than-normal HR, which easily exceeds anything I've done outdoors on the bike, ever.

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Great workout this morning, overcast, felt hugely powerful. And despite that, Garmin came back and said "... yeah but I think your FTP is 285 instead of 290.
Excuse my ignorance, but what is FTP?
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I don't want to spoil this, but in addition to all the '70s weirdness, riding bicycles on cobblestones (pavé) is very dumb.
I took a bike to Nantucket Island (off the coast of Massachusetts). There is a cop there to prevent people riding bikes on the cobbles In the middle of town. They are pretty big, I would never try to ride a road bike there. There is a cobbled old road from the days of the Pilgrims that is cobbled with stones they found in the woods, many different sizes. I have ridden it on a good mountain bike. It's a lot of work, you can't look away for a second.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Excuse my ignorance, but what is FTP?
It's something in the computer realm. He's a coder, or some such.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
It's something in the computer realm. He's a coder, or some such.
​​​​​​FTP was a huge hit for NWA BITD. Now they're spray painting it at all the protests.
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Originally Posted by datlas
So I texted a cardiac surgeon about a mutual patient yesterday. Told him I wanted to discuss but not urgent. He did not get back to me, so today I sent him this text:

"Bueller??"

He called me back and we discussed the patient.

He then said, there is a second patient. I said huh? He said patient named Bueller.

SMH. I had to explain to him the pop-culture reference. He is in his 50's and old enough to get it, I had hoped.
People miss my movie references all the time.
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Functional Threshold Power. It's what every workout is based upon. You train around it, on it, under it, near it, and especially over it.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
People miss my movie references all the time.
Some of them are pretty obscure.
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Old 06-16-20, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Some of them are pretty obscure.
They are mostly for my own amusement.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Maybe he was just a little too old to watch a movie about a high school kid ditching school and it slipped under his radar.
Maybe he's a serious MD. No fun allowed.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
People miss my movie references all the time.
Same here. I even expect people to miss references from "cult" movies like Big Lebowski or Caddyshack or Holy Grail. I would think Bueller should not be so niche.
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Excuse my ignorance, but what is FTP?
File Transfer Protocol.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Same here. I even expect people to miss references from "cult" movies like Big Lebowski or Caddyshack or Holy Grail. I would think Bueller should not be so niche.
Holy Grail is a cult movie?
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Originally Posted by datlas
Same here. I even expect people to miss references from "cult" movies like Big Lebowski or Caddyshack or Holy Grail. I would think Bueller should not be so niche.
I work with people that have never seen those movies, or almost anything released before 2000.

The Godfather, Goodfellas, Scarface, Tombstone. They've never seen them.

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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
​​​​​​FTP was a huge hit for NWA BITD. Now they're spray painting it at all the protests.
Straight Outta Compton is a really good film. O’Shea’s son is terrific, and a dead ringer.

My favorite N.W.A track.

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Originally Posted by noodle soup
I work with people that have never seen those movies, or almost anything released before 2000.

The Godfather, Goodfellas, Scarface, Tombstone. They've never seen them.

Man... Tombstone is one of my all time favorites
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Originally Posted by noodle soup
I work with people that have never seen those movies, or almost anything released before 2000.
Gone with the Wind?

#P&R
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Originally Posted by rjones28
People miss my movie references all the time.
Maybe they're not very good?
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Holy Grail is a cult movie?
Niche maybe?

It's not quite Spielberg or Lucas or Marvel.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
​​​​​​FTP was a huge hit for NWA BITD. Now they're spray painting it at all the protests.
I see they don't like 12 speed either.
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