Donating Blood + A Little Whiskey

[Gerta]

Oh god. Now the judging will begin. Crown Royal.

Typically I like some Hendricks on the rocks with a little fresh-squeezed lemon, or Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve.

Most of the time I am a beer guy, but straight liquor on ice has been growing on me.

No judgement here. I'm mostly a craft brew guy myself and don't typically od mixed drinks of any sort (though I can be convinced). I do like Scotch and I have a bottle of a fine single malt (Glennfiddich) that I keep for the occasional. Lately I have been liking wine. I guess I'm equal opportunity when it comes to drinking.

[slammin.e28]

you are married right??? if that the case....oh yes you have.....

I've never been married.

[IceWhite]

Every King needs his Crown. But my biggest beef with donating blood is, they get it for free, yet charge up the wazu for it when someone needs it.

True.

[z31maniac]

Every King needs his Crown. But my biggest beef with donating blood is, they get it for free, yet charge up the wazu for it when someone needs it.

So then sell your plasma.


I'm honestly hoping for a worldwide extinction event of the human race on this planet. We are a literal cancer.

[BraveUlysses]

Every King needs his Crown. But my biggest beef with donating blood is, they get it for free, yet charge up the wazu for it when someone needs it.

Blood plasma is the stuff they really, really charge big money for.

12 years ago when I was in college I knew a guy who worked at one of the plasma places and he said each bag was insured for something crazy like 1500 bucks.

He also timed his twice weekly donations to align with thirsty thursdays at the bars.

[AbeSonic]

Needles scare me lol

[bmwman91]

Needles scare me lol

I sort of used to be. Now I watch them put the needle in and don't flinch at all. Granted, the staff is GOOD at their job and they get it in place in a fraction of a second. I also have pretty large veins in my arms from 12 years of rock climbing and car wrenching, so I'd have to walk into a clinic staffed by Ray Charles to have a miss.

Actually, they did mess up once a number of years ago. They put the needle in too far and it went right out the other side of the vein. There was a papaya sized bruise/bulge on my arm where the blood leaked lol. That shit SUUUUUUUCKED, for a day or so.

And sure, while that seems like exactly the sort of thing that keeps people from donating, think about all the dumb self inflicted injuries in your life. I have had plenty of stitches and other "oops" moments that are a lot worse than that. The most recent was when I was sheetrocking my garage. The utility knife jumped and went through my thumb...about 1/2" of meat on the end (including nail) was sliced clean through and dangling by a little flap of skin. Once I calmed my wife down (lol) enough to have her drive me to the ER I got 23 stitches in there. So, donating blood isn't scary. DIY projects are scary.

And I am enjoying some more of that handle of Crown now. Mmmmmm.

[bmwman91]

I lol'd.

Nice. I was hoping that there were some SP fans in here.

Don't call me buddy, fwiend.