So, tomorrow the rental goes back, which means I need to fix Vixy, properly. This is potentially traumatic because I am, quite frankly, exhausted. Today’s shift was laughable in the number of dross patients (a bloke who really, truly had man flu. I rarely want to slap patients, but frankly he needed a slap*). People who really had no place in a hospital cluttering up the beds and making me feel like…well… it stretched my patience a little.
I’ve been working on being ‘nicer’, I’m not quite sure what I mean by that, I’ve never thought of myself as being a not-nice nurse, but I’ve been trying to be more touchy-feely than I used to be; I am, however, hampered by the fact that I’m extraordinarily sarcastic.
One of the agency nurses said I’d delivered a foundation course in sarcasm today :-)
Still, I’ve been getting on well with the (nicer) patients, and perhaps saving my annoyance for those who don’t deserve the extra-nice Kate.
In other news, I finally obtained a cable which meant I could plug in my 300 series phone to the internet boxen. This was cool, in-so-far as it went ‘Riiiiiiing’ (because it does a US style ring) – unfortunately, picking it up killed the phone stone-dead. I’m assuming that while it can run phones with a REN value up to 5 – the 1950s circuitry requires a tad more power than the standard modern phones use, and therefore the little boxen can’t power the amplifier. A terribly sad situation.
I’ve got a 200 Series phone, too. With an A/B coinbox. I want to get that working in Canada too,
Essentially, I think I need to build a separate power supply to power the phone which is a bit of a bugger, really. And may need me to get my head around some electronics I’ve not really been thinking about for a long time.
* I’m thinking of developing a clinical parthian shot – I suspect it’s clinical efficacy when correctly administered to appropriate patients would be remarkable.
