Potato chips, gatorade, an IV and blood test. Alrighty then..

I have talked about the "Contractor chic" look which I , of course, spelled wrong. I now have now seen the "contractor dork" look. You can tell us from a mile away. 5.11 pants, desert boots, and a fly fishing shirt. Very practical. But some guys have no fashion sense. Ok a lot of guys have no fashion sense. Not that you need it here, but why look like a dork in an airport.  I like to travel in my traveling clothes. A pair of Levis, collared shirt with pocket and walking shoes. These guys have a collared, usually green shirt, shorts and desert boots with long socks. And they are always chewing gum. Very intensely. And loudly. Dude, really? Quitting smoking maybe. Good on ya. But some old dude smacking his lips with his white spindly legs and USMC hat is a little much. That look will definitely not get you laid.
The temp is well over a hundred and heading to 41 degrees C. We have to be on the alert for heat exhaustion. Drink water is our mantra. But not too much. 'Specially if you don't eat. And are driving a car. And crash it into a ditch. And then your friends throw you in another car and drive you past the Role 3 to us. The medical name is hyponatremia. The lay person term is water poisoning. Too much water, not enough salt. Tell the medic that you drank 5 bottles of water but then you tell me 15. Aha there's your problem...Normal sodium-135. Yours 128. That would be less than. This is bad, so we started an IV and I went down to the Role 3 to get you admitted. But they don't want you. There is a high tech, fancy smancy solution and then there's the Afghanistan way. Give him IVs, Gatorade and salty potato chips. One question-salt and vinegar or barbecue? We want to get this treatment right you know. Off to the PX I go. I sort of vetoed the potato chips, he was also dehydrated. His urine looked like orange juice. With a high specific gravity. Gatorade was  on sale, so I bought 5. Talk  about controlling health care costs. I don't even know what "obamacare" is but I don't think it involves Pringles.