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Personal Problems...

I didn't want to share this when it happened, for a lot of reasons. Some of the reasons are related to divorcing my online persona from the real-world me. A somewhat larger part would be what you;d call tough-guy bullshit
I had the Widowmaker heart attack more-or-less two years ago.
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Remember the Silly Idea with Earthside Horses Becoming Intelligent?

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90 weeks
Engineering vs. Management (or, "The Balloon Story")

A fellow rented a hot air balloon for the morning. He's having a wonderful time, drifting around, enjoying the beautiful scenery and the gentle spring weather, when the wind dies down, and he realizes that he's lost. He sees a guy walking across a field below, so he eases down into a hover and calls out to him.
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113 weeks
From the Silly Ideas Bin (but only barely gelled)

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121 weeks
A Tall Tale, Half-Remembered

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Apr

13th

2021

That Was a Macabre First... · 6:53am Apr 13th, 2021

Let's call him Farmer Tweak...

Farmer Tweak owned a smallish farm, with cattle. He was also a drunk and a meth addict. He apparently got drunk and high one night, stumbled outside, fell into the cesspit next to the barn, and suffocated. They were fairly sure of who he was, but they called me in to confirm the identification.

The annoying part was scrubbing the caked-on manure from his hands so that I could take his prints (and it should tell you something about how long I've been on the job that the stench didn't bother me in the least). After that, it was pretty straightforward. I called the coroner to confirm it, and the coroner's unofficial verdict was, "He was his own worst enemy."

My own thought was, "Never had anyone suffocated by his own bullshit before. Huh, I'd've expected a politician, if anybody..."

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