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Enjoying a French Twist tonight. (Original Post) Aristus 16 hrs ago OP
That sounds like a hairstyle - LOL! 3catwoman3 15 hrs ago #1
Hey! Aristus 14 hrs ago #2
That sounds like a very gratifying week. 3catwoman3 14 hrs ago #3
I'm glad I gave up seeing pediatric patients. Aristus 14 hrs ago #5
How many words True Dough 14 hrs ago #4
Je ne sais pas. Aristus 14 hrs ago #6
And which of those True Dough 14 hrs ago #7
Je m'appelle Robert. Aristus 14 hrs ago #8
Tres bien! True Dough 9 hrs ago #9
One of my mother's friends Aristus 5 hrs ago #10

Aristus

(72,165 posts)
2. Hey!
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:14 PM
14 hrs ago

How are you?

I had a busy, but wonderful week in clinic. I left every day feeling like I’m good at what I do. That’s so rare nowadays.

I just wish the country was more in a Barack Obama mood right now…

3catwoman3

(29,377 posts)
3. That sounds like a very gratifying week.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:33 PM
14 hrs ago

I recently came across a card I had saved, sent to my boss by the mom of one of my patients, and then passed open to me. In it, the mom expressed her appreciation for my diligence and communication skills, and further said, "I wish she was (sic) a gynie so she could be my doctor."

The postmark is a little blurred, but looks like way back in 2000, 4 years into my time with that practice. I'll continue to keep it and look at it from time to time. Moments like that go a long way to balance off times when things were stressful and draining.

"I just wish the country was more in a Barack Obama mood right now…". You and me, both. We don't have Trump Derangement Syndrome, we have Trump Exhaustion Syndrome. I am soooooo sick of what an uncivilized cretin he is, and distressed by how many of our countrymen find him admirable.

I continue to be happy to be retired. About once a month, a few of us from my office get together to walk and then have brunch. At the last one, one of my MD colleagues was lamenting the anti-vaxx parents and said this ignorance has now expanded to parents refusing the vitamin K shots that newborns have gotten for decades to get them started producing Vit K, and also the eye ointment to prevent possible GC eye infections. I don't miss dumbass parents.

Aristus

(72,165 posts)
8. Je m'appelle Robert.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 11:09 PM
14 hrs ago

Je parl pas bien Française. Un pout, C’est tout. Parlez vous Anglais?

True Dough

(26,642 posts)
9. Tres bien!
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 03:15 AM
9 hrs ago

Of course, Robert would be pronounced Ro-bare. And I'm guessing you can really role your Rs, like a true Francophonie.

Aristus

(72,165 posts)
10. One of my mother's friends
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 08:03 AM
5 hrs ago

has called me Robért for as long as she has known me. She’s the only one who does. I like it.

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