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  1. My wife will ask to use the bed pan and then after awhile she will say she is done. She will say she didn’t think she did anything it was just gas. So I roll her over and remove the bed pan. She sleeps off and on all day. Last night just before bedtime she did that. After I removed the bedpan she drifted off to sleep. I was still goofing around on my iPad. I get up to turn off the lights and go to bed and she says I think I’m done. I said done what? She said “am I still on the bedpan?” I said “No, you said you were done so I took it away.” She said “I’m sorry”. I laughed and told her it was ok, that’s why I have those disposable pads under you. I cleaned her up and put a new pad under her and went to bed. I never thought I’d be doing this but it’s not that bad when you are doing it for someone you love.
    13 points
  2. As usual, it took me three times longer than it should have, but I made a new garden gate for my mom. Believe it or not there were a few challenges for such a simple gate, but I got it! That's my sister with me. She helped me with the install. It was fun, and my mom was happy.
    7 points
  3. It’s easy to get depressed but I try to count my blessings when I start to feel depressed. If I dwell on what’s wrong it would be easy to get depressed. I will probably lose the love of my life sometime sooner than I hoped but I think of all the good times we have had together and the great kids we raised and grandkids. I have been truly been blessed.
    7 points
  4. I had my dream car in high school. 55 Chevy. I wouldn’t want it now. They have made some major improvements in the last sixty five years. I found my 55 in the want ads in the newspaper. A farmer had it and when he bought his new car he just parked it in the field beside the barn. He sold it to me for thirty dollars. I jumped it and drove it home. I fixed it up and kept it for seven years.
    6 points
  5. And I really LIKED my job. I waned to do (and did) a good job... I guess even it it wore me out. That's one reason I started to ride my bike again... I had time to decompress and just relax, even if my HR was a new high during the small climbs we have in central Illinois. Thinking back... sleep was more like passing out from exhaustion more often than I'd care to remember. That happened a lot, when we were essentially on call 24 X 7 for customer problems. I'd go to sleep between 11:00 and 11:30 PM and get up at 5:30 on most days. It sucked when the phone rang at 2:00 AM with a problem. Maybe... an hour later I could go back to sleep again. Many times I'd just lay there waiting for the phone to ring again. Sleeping in was 6:30, even on the weekends (which you could get called on too) I'd just wake up and couldn't go back to sleep. Yeah retirement is GOOD for me. I remember the last time I was able to take 3 weeks of vacation at one time. (possibility in the mid 90s) I'd save my days and most of December I'd be off. I could not roll the vacation into the next year. My boss asked me "How do I get a hold of you while you are off?" He caught me at a bad time... I was upset... and I told him, "What would you do if I died? That's what you do for the next 3 weeks." And I left his office and went on vacation. I still can't believe I didn't get in trouble for that...
    6 points
  6. I have a desk in the SOC & share the office with my team. I probably should have done this sooner but the head shed told me to get the F out of there to create social distancing. Our desks are about 15’ apart but I am in there with another person with masks for 5-6 hours daily. I was actually offered an office in the head shed a couple of times but declined, I like being in the nerve center... Now I’m a building away up on the top floor but in the same campus. The good news is all my neighbors are WFH and when we are back to normal I’ll have an assistant right outside my door. She’s WFH now though. For the time being just me FT up there. Since I’m tight with IT & Facilities, the office is getting a fresh paint job, a big screen TV to watch Jerry Springer & a new bank of monitors for my systems!
    5 points
  7. Actually, my mental and physical health has been improving throughout the rise of covid. It seems working from home and social isolation is actually good for me! I've lost over 50 lbs and been keeping it off, while transitioning to a healthier, whole foods and low sugar diet that's actually quite satisfying. I ran half marathon about a month ago, and am riding as good as i ever have... I'm probably in better shape than I have been since my early 20s and it feels great. Mentally, I've mostly shaken the funk I was in the second half of last year, beginning of this year. Online therapy, diet, exercise, exploration of philosophy and spirituality have combined to give me a much more positive and stable base mood. I still have bad moments, even days, but they don't drag me into the depths these days.
    5 points
  8. I've been doing that a lot lately, I'll live till I die, why make my time here more miserable than I have to. I am also a firm believer in eat your dessert first. If you choke on a chicken bone, at least you already enjoyed dessert.
    5 points
  9. We learned to tie the Friendship Knot at Wood Badge. US Scouts do not do this much, but Scouts in other countries do.
    4 points
  10. What?! You must be made of money.
    4 points
  11. Technically @bikeman564™ beat him first, so sloppy seconds for me. Day 26 running. No missed days. @bikeman564™ has a little over a million consecutive days.
    4 points
  12. This may be my final answer to this stupid game.
    4 points
  13. A 1957 Dodge car. I do not know the model. I would name it 'Harvey'. My moms first car was a 57 Dodge that she named Harvey. She always said she wished she could afford to buy one again, it was her favorite car. I would get it and take her for rides in it. It would make her happy
    4 points
  14. chew up an antacid tablet, swallow and when your mouth is clear take a drink of Pepsi. Be prepared for one of those science experiments where the volcano blows up.
    4 points
  15. Mine and my wife's test came back negative. Amazingly, so has my 90 y/o mother who has been in hospitals, inpatient rehab center, and nursing homes for other medical reasons throughout the entire entire time until about 3 weeks ago.
    4 points
  16. Not so much depressed as demoralized. I guess like lots of old people, dismayed that we are so dysfunctional as a country. Hell and hand baskets and such.
    4 points
  17. How many X's you got ? Maybe you could write a song...
    4 points
  18. I think I am mostly tired, but feel mentally roughed up at the moment. Do you have days where everything seems to be all roadblocks and each decision has negative consequences for either way you decide?
    3 points
  19. Womaxx decided to make us a treat, something she knows we like that she doesn't eat, Jalapeno poppers. We all stayed away while she was making the "surprise". The kitchen was a bit too much for all the cowards in my family so I marched in and pulled the sheet out of the oven. Where's the breading? Poppers are supposed to be breaded? I knew this was going to take some fortitude as these were fresh half jalapenos looking like clams on the half shell with a bit of cream cheese, cheddar and bacon bits on top. The boys took two each and I took 5. Well the first one was damn hot. The second started out hotter but by the end it was tolerable. The third, forth and fifth were good but I suspect that my mouth had gone numb by then. I think I'm going to pay for this tomorrow.
    3 points
  20. I mentioned earlier that I was planning on getting a dexcom system to monitor my blood glucose. Thought I had things ready to go after visiting with my insurance group, diabetes specialist (in Billings), and my regular doctor. Thought that it would be processed and sent via our mail order bcbs pharmacy. Local diabetes specialists told me I would be receiving a call relative to the meter and the insurance coverage. Got the call today, and seems the supplier is located in Houston, and the rep was suggesting I use my major medical plan rather than the pharmacy. So now I have numbers to go through and make a decision. Actually, she irritated me right off the bat, when she noted I only have Medicare A, and then proceeded to tell me what it would be like if I had Medicare B. I stopped her in mid-sentence, and told her she was wasting her time, since that bridge had already been crossed. I also noted that they suggest replacing the meter after a year, which was not addressed by any of the others during consultation. Now, I will spend part of tomorrow visiting with bcbs reps and the local diabetes specialist via phone. May say to hell with the whole process and forget about the new technology. In addition bcbs is in association with this new group, that will provide a meter and strips for testing bg, free of charge. Only problem is the bastards are tracking me. Found this out after turning on the meter and going through a few steps before testing, and then getting an email indicating I only had one or two steps to go. I know, I know, this is the way the world is going with tracking devices in 'your' cars and ids at the lgs, but it is not what I want. I may never use the new meter and keep paying for strips, as I've done since 1999. Thanks for listening, just needed to vent. Easy way out is to say to hell with both systems.
    3 points
  21. My new digs. Facilities already cleared the crap out, IT sets me up later today but paint might be later in the week.
    3 points
  22. When I read the title to this I immediately thought it was another shed post by smudge and I thought "She calls it the what?"
    3 points
  23. that is an excellent phrase. I am mentally roughed up for sure.
    3 points
  24. You are a good man, Longjohn. I know this is a hard time for you, but I'm sure it's hard for her as well and you are making this as good as possible for her. It must be such comfort for her to feel your love every day.
    3 points
  25. I'd think you'd be more excited about the 364 days that CAnada is grumpy versus this one that is happy.
    3 points
  26. I logged in my time on xxx activities. Our team uses it for metrics, who are our clients, etc. Sent email to course registrants to remind them of time, date next wk. and link to training manual. Presented on change request for Waste & Reycling dept. Showed legislation to group for compliance --what we need to keep as evidence ...for off-set carbon emissions reporting/benchmarking. This is law for certain organizations. More questions. Other topics reported from other team members. Meeting is 1.5 hrs. long. Chatted with colleague to ask what was going on...based on meeting info. He didn't want to talk much ...I think he was annoyed at situation/ other colleagues (not me). Tested built custom software application for a client. (I prepared specs. doc. and got sign-off from client). More fixes. Takes me 40 min. to document/explain in writing. Can't just pick up phone...IT want fix requests tracked. Crafted email, in politically neutral words. Suggest steps to recipient, stuck with some mess for data/100,000 document load that was missing critical info. This is a 2nd different built application for another client. It took me 45 min. to wordsmith .....after spot check for final migrated volume. Asked retiring boss (she's leaving today) for her opinion on business cases since she's done hiring for past 15+ years..on non-competition positions. She happily obliged. I know I won't get a fast answer from her interim replacement...other person is too new. Change request email from another dept. Subdivision Development Appeals tribunal. Am surprised but good on her consulting a lawyer so quickly, about audio-recordings. I acknowledged her email. I will present her case to team next wk. More testing on software fixes. Still other problems. I documented abit more. For 20 min., answered online employee survey on what we hope for department changes/adjustments during & after covid, preferences about working from home or not. For a virtual town hall dept. meeting next wk. There will be approx. 90 people. Meeting with 5 other people on mega- metatadata solution for Planning and Development business unit with multi-workflows which affects several other integrated software applications. After meeting, phoned IT and demonstrated my software problem on MS Teams. Spent half an hr. before he did more fixes. Showed me a couple of tips. Retested for 4th time...documenting instructions for client to test. Note for client...who returning from surgery soon, Has test instructions (during my vacation) with certain fix still outstanding. End of work day. Bought myself matcha latte and little cakelet. Vacation for only 3 days+ weekend.
    3 points
  27. Hell. I haven't done anything weird in....oh shit....must be a couple hours anyway
    3 points
  28. I did not know that. Somebody give them @Razors Edge credit card. Let's find out if it''s legit.
    3 points
  29. Of course. Normally I'm a happy go lucky jovial guy who is pleasant to be around.
    3 points
  30. I kinda have the pastor on my side. She at least agrees that the flag is offensive. However she is concerned about curtailing his 1st amendment rights. My counter to that is he is broadcasting in public, he’s asking to be called out. He’s also asking for it to go viral. And this is the kind of thing that could easily go viral, it’s just one click and share away. But until this afternoon’s phone call I was a lone voice in the dark. My doomer friend’s daughter is in the scouts, different troop. He says he will be happy to confront the scouts, he finds this offensive as well. But his would be a voice of anger, I don’t know if that would be helpful. Anger can be easy to dismiss. I’m encouraging him to contact the district office. My leverage over the church is pointing out the liability this sort of behavior creates. I’m using the pastor as my cudgel because I’m basically a nobody. I don’t have a kid to be in scouts, not active in the church, and I don’t have the wealth to wield power. So I’m figuring my best plan of attack is to convince those who do that it is in their best interest not to speak up for me but to speak up for themselves. I’m hoping the thought of protesters in front of the church resonates with them. We’ll see how her meeting goes with the scout liaison.
    3 points
  31. Taken by a friend with his drone over the golf course in our hood. My house would be in the far distance in the trees under the building to the middle left.
    3 points
  32. The houses face each other, with sidewalks in front of each set of houses. A greenway in the middle. Alley load garages. About 15 years old so landscaping is mature. No actual street down the middle. Designed to be like an English Village hang on I'll get another picture
    3 points
  33. Skipping the rule about 10 years from my birthday... (I wouldn't want anything that old to drive) I always liked the 1971 Z28 Camaro
    2 points
  34. We’re a direct lender so times are not only good but great, like all time records. But I know at some point the tables will turn.
    2 points
  35. Our Ikea bookcases - 7' high - all came with a strap and wall attachment to keep them from getting tipped. I imagine folks complain about "Big Gov't" making all sorts of unnecessary rules, but a bookcase full of books or other stuff could cause some pretty painful injuries vs a $0.50 strap and some mounting screws.
    2 points
  36. Pennsylvania started paying outrageous amounts for unemployment long after I ever needed it. It was hard to get guys back to work when they would have less take home pay working full time than they made not working at all. They also made it easy to sign up and collect. You never have to go in or talk to a real person, it’s all done online.
    2 points
  37. I don't know if I am more depressed but I am more grumpy. The grumpiness could be a manifestation of depression though. I am definitely not as silly as I once was.
    2 points
  38. to my Canadian peeps
    2 points
  39. Maybe he's living on cat food.
    2 points
  40. I must be one of the lucky ones. No matter what’s going on at work, once i leave the office for the day, i never give it another thought.
    2 points
  41. Just what I was thinking!
    2 points
  42. Did that power lifter rough you up? I knew it.
    2 points
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