I'm sorry, did my eyes roll out loud?

I think this is cool. I have no idea what anyone would do with it, which is probably why the seller has listed it. But it dates back to the 20's and proves that they had both great imagination and skill back in the day. If I had an RV dealership this would be sitting in my showroom.
Note: speculation online is that this is an early example of what sheep herders used to park out in the fields when they had to spend weeks & months at a time out there.

Which reminds me of an incident from when we lived in Riverside, CA. I was doing a lot of long distance bike riding at the time and rode into the desert east of our home to get the miles in. On one of those rides I came across a large flock of sheep in a field next to the road and spotted a ewe in the midst of birthing not far from the fence. I stopped to watch the event (cool!) and was watched myself by both the two dogs and the shepherd nearby, both clearly concerned to protect the flock.
I learned that area of rural Riverside County is (was?) prime pasture land for flocks of sheep and they are tended by immigrant Basque herders who have been at that task for centuries. At least back then (late 80's) they were reclusive and maintained their cultural traditions while living out with the sheep for long stretches of time.

OK, another ministry story from Riverside:
 I got to know the funeral director at the leading mortuary in town where most funerals took place. Great guy with a great sense of humor. One day while riding from the mortuary to the cemetery for the graveside service he told me about the Roma (Gypsy) community that lived just south of our house in Moreno Valley, a suburb east of Riverside. The Roma have very strict rules about how to deal with a deceased person and he was the one they called on because he knew and would follow those requirements.

• While the body lies on display community  members come to pay their respects and put money in the pockets of the deceased. The more important that person was the more money you're expected to put in, and your relative wealth is also a factor re. that amount. (I'd write a check.) That money pays for their living conditions in the afterlife.
• He told me he'd buried people with thousands of dollars of cash in their pockets. That's why the body was always accompanied by a member of the Roma community while he transported it.
• The casket always proceeded forward, with the person's head at the front, even once it was in the hearse; he was not allowed to back up. He said one time he had to wait while they took down a fence so he didn't have to put the hearse in reverse. 

Note: the Roma consider the term Gypsy derogatory because it originated from the view of others that they were people who would cheat, gyp you. 

That conversation with the funeral director led me to do some research and to read the book Bury Me Standing, written by a lady who spent an extended time living with a Roma community in central Europe. The title comes from the tradition of burying their dead vertically, though I don't remember why. Fascinating book that was WAY too forgiving of some of the ... perverse aspects of that culture, including marrying off their daughters as soon as they reached puberty in arranged marriages designed to enhance their standing in the community. They also have a very flexible view of business ethics. To cheat a fellow Roma is bad, but to cheat someone else is to be expected. They're the enemy and deserve it. Same with telling the truth. 

By now you've probably seen the video of the nurse being arrested for now allowing the cop to get a blood draw from an unconscious patient. 

The video disturbs me. Let's allow, as seems to be the case, that the cop was out of line and it was in fact inappropriate to get the guy's blood without either his consent or a warrant.

What bothers me is the nurse's hysterics. Every nurse I know, and every nurse I want if/when I'm in the hospital, is noteworthy for keeping their cool under pressure. Hysterics and doing a good job as a nurse are mutually exclusive.

I asked Pam if any of the nurses on 5C would have responded like that, "No." 

It doesn't happen often, but occasionally they get a Code Red, a patient who crashes. What comes next looks like chaos with specialists coming from everywhere to do their thing, typically only one thing, that may be what keeps the patient alive. No place for dramatics, never mind hysterics. 

I don't remember where that incident happened, but I don't want that lady for a nurse. Give me one who can get caught up in a situation like that and keep her cool.