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Attitude and Pepper Spray: Pack Rat

I don't drink that water at work unless it's run through a coffee filter first. That stuff will make you glow in the dark. And it tastes nasty. As far as I'm concerned, the entire water system for everywhere within 25 miles of this place needs to be dug up and thrown away and rethought and replaced. I don't know where this stuff comes from originally but it is sure nasty by the time it makes it to the tap.

When I was a guard it also used to amaze me people showed up with nothing, except it wasn't food I was expecting to see but rather a book or a newspaper or something to keep them occupied. In the places where I was posted I'm sure I probably had a lot more downtime than you have you're at. At the salt mine we had to make a couple of different rounds. Altogether they probably took up about an hour and a half of the shift, and that's a pretty liberal estimate. The rest of the time, especially on weekends, was spent sitting in the guard shack, trying to stay awake. I would have gone out of my mind if I had nothing to do but stare out the window.

You should see what I carry in my purse (aka the suitcase!) Glasses, sunglasses, contact lens case and extra solution, Kleenex, wallet with cash, credit cards, and change, checkbook, pens, paper, paper clips, safety pins, band aids, nail file, chapstick, brush, mirror, assorted meds, including emergency migraine Rx, cell phone, keys, "female stuff," gum, usually a snack, a bottle of water, sometimes a book or notebook. There's probably more!

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