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Post by coalsmoke on Jul 20, 2024 10:47:54 GMT -5
And how about you, John? How's the chemo treating you? On Cycle 7 with one more to go. Tired, confused, dazed, clumsy. I am hoping it is working. So far, no indication of Cancer spreading. Thanks for asking. The worst part of this is the isolation. I am a pariah in my community. Hear from few people. Visited by people three times in five months. No one calls. My Ex has been the best support but she has other issues like her partner who has the shaking disease. I cannot what it is called. What Katherine Hepburn had. Poor guy. I hear ya, John and, for what it's worth, you have friends here. Have you reached out to social services to at least get someone to stop by and see how you're getting along?
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Post by Plainsman on Jul 20, 2024 14:02:48 GMT -5
Did I miss something, John? Why are you a pariah in your community?
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Post by urbino on Jul 20, 2024 15:17:12 GMT -5
And how about you, John? How's the chemo treating you? On Cycle 7 with one more to go. Tired, confused, dazed, clumsy. I am hoping it is working. So far, no indication of Cancer spreading. Thanks for asking. The worst part of this is the isolation. I am a pariah in my community. Hear from few people. Visited by people three times in five months. No one calls. My Ex has been the best support but she has other issues like her partner who has the shaking disease. I cannot what it is called. What Katherine Hepburn had. Poor guy. Hers was essential tremor, I think?
Sorry to hear this has left you so isolated. People just don't visit with each other the way they used to, even when all's well. We've all been getting more absorbed in our own individual worlds for a couple decades, at least, and I think COVID really kinda finished off the old-style dropping by for a visit. That makes things tough when you live alone and aren't feeling well.
Hang in there. Like Russ said, we're around. We can't help out with chores, unfortunately, but we can chat, at least.
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Post by urbino on Jul 20, 2024 15:21:32 GMT -5
I was getting the yard work done while we're getting this break from the heat, but my mower batteries pooped out. Waiting for them to recharge so I can finish.
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Post by coalsmoke on Jul 20, 2024 15:26:47 GMT -5
I was getting the yard work done while we're getting this break from the heat, but my mower batteries pooped out. Waiting for them to recharge so I can finish. I was watching baseball, but I pooped out and had to recharge my batteries.
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Post by urbino on Jul 20, 2024 15:40:23 GMT -5
I was getting the yard work done while we're getting this break from the heat, but my mower batteries pooped out. Waiting for them to recharge so I can finish. I was watching baseball, but I pooped out and had to recharge my batteries. Heh. If you need a nap, afternoon baseball can help sometimes.
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Post by trailboss on Jul 20, 2024 16:13:59 GMT -5
I was getting the yard work done while we're getting this break from the heat, but my mower batteries pooped out. Waiting for them to recharge so I can finish. I recharged my mower today, it took 5 seconds for my Troy Bilt!
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 20, 2024 16:42:16 GMT -5
Relatively cool day in NE Texas today. I got the yard mowed, still need to trim.
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Post by urbino on Jul 20, 2024 16:59:12 GMT -5
I was getting the yard work done while we're getting this break from the heat, but my mower batteries pooped out. Waiting for them to recharge so I can finish. I recharged my mower today, it took 5 seconds for my Troy Bilt! Leaving you with no excuse to sit down in the middle of your chores and smoke a pipe.
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Post by trailboss on Jul 20, 2024 17:13:44 GMT -5
I recharged my mower today, it took 5 seconds for my Troy Bilt! Leaving you with no excuse to sit down in the middle of your chores and smoke a pipe. Not in Arizona, Hoss...you have to "git er done" early or you have to deal with ever increasing heat. Done with yardwork by 10 AM. My reptilian skin is already a "10"...going past that is diminishing returns. Smoking me pipe in air-conditioned comfort.
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Post by toshtego on Jul 20, 2024 17:14:15 GMT -5
On Cycle 7 with one more to go. Tired, confused, dazed, clumsy. I am hoping it is working. So far, no indication of Cancer spreading. Thanks for asking. The worst part of this is the isolation. I am a pariah in my community. Hear from few people. Visited by people three times in five months. No one calls. My Ex has been the best support but she has other issues like her partner who has the shaking disease. I cannot what it is called. What Katherine Hepburn had. Poor guy. I hear ya, John and, for what it's worth, you have friends here. Have you reached out to social services to at least get someone to stop by and see how you're getting along? Because of where I live there is no service. The State of NM makes a big noise about care for the aged but that is in town. At a certain point the old are expected to move closer to the medical and social services. Ain't gonna happen here. After 25 years of living out here I would not fit in town. Thanks for being a friend and I appreciate all youse guys.
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Post by toshtego on Jul 20, 2024 17:16:40 GMT -5
Did I miss something, John? Why are you a pariah in your community? I have Cancer. It's contagious, you know. People here are very superstitious. The outsiders who moved here and are less tribal just do not care. The are kind enough to invite me to social functions here. When I tell them I am not up to it becuase of the Chemo they drop all contact.
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Post by urbino on Jul 20, 2024 17:24:42 GMT -5
I have to say, where you live, it sounds like a fairly unpleasant place.
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Post by trailboss on Jul 20, 2024 17:25:14 GMT -5
Did I miss something, John? Why are you a pariah in your community? I have Cancer. It's contagious, you know. People here are very superstitious. The outsiders who moved here and are less tribal just do not care. The are kind enough to invite me to social functions here. When I tell them I am not up to it becuase of the Chemo they drop all contact. That sounds like gross ignorance. When I worked in San Francisco, in the infancy stages of Aids and the transmissibility was unknown, I counted Dusty as a true friend that worked the Henry Ohloff House, and was the dietician for the residents.... we had different societal views but respected each other... I gave him a big hug last time I saw him, he passed shortly after that. When you understand that you are a created being, I think it guides you into realizing that your destiny is in wiser hands. Not horn tooting, just it is what it is.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 20, 2024 18:42:39 GMT -5
I have to say, where you live, it sounds like a fairly unpleasant place. It's pretty, with an old, insular culture. He's not Hispanic or married to a local. Such is life.
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Post by urbino on Jul 20, 2024 21:52:00 GMT -5
Just watched a heck of a game between my Dodgers and the Red Sox. No napping in this one, Russ. It was a back-and-forth affair that the Dodgers finally won in the 11th.
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Post by toshtego on Jul 20, 2024 22:23:48 GMT -5
I have to say, where you live, it sounds like a fairly unpleasant place. It's pretty, with an old, insular culture. He's not Hispanic or married to a local. Such is life. Ron has it right. I knew that some of that would be so when I moved here. I never expected the other outsiders here to be the way they are. I thought they were my friends. Live and learn. The truth always comes to the surface. I can carry on as I have for the past five months.
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Post by lizardonarock on Jul 21, 2024 0:28:52 GMT -5
My wife got up early this morning and drove to Brenham and bought me a lift chair. So doing what I do best I settled in for a 7 hour nap to test it out. www.besthf.com/best/Furniture/Performance-Collections/The-Beast I was advised no birthday or Christmas this year. Price aside it is pretty nice to be able to flat or in zero gravity.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 21, 2024 9:54:12 GMT -5
My wife got up early this morning and drove to Brenham and bought me a lift chair. So doing what I do best I settled in for a 7 hour nap to test it out. www.besthf.com/best/Furniture/Performance-Collections/The-Beast I was advised no birthday or Christmas this year. Price aside it is pretty nice to be able to flat or in zero gravity. We bought my mom one from Mattress Mack. He had a huge selection. After my mom died, my sister who weighed over 300 pounds used it until she died. I got a UPS to go with it.
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Post by Silver on Jul 21, 2024 10:07:57 GMT -5
Assembled the ingredients for brining some pickles. Cukes are resting in an ice water bath. Gonna make some more pesto, too.
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Post by toshtego on Jul 21, 2024 11:04:19 GMT -5
My wife got up early this morning and drove to Brenham and bought me a lift chair. So doing what I do best I settled in for a 7 hour nap to test it out. www.besthf.com/best/Furniture/Performance-Collections/The-Beast I was advised no birthday or Christmas this year. Price aside it is pretty nice to be able to flat or in zero gravity. Hey Lizardo, that will help greatly I am sure.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 21, 2024 12:08:30 GMT -5
My wife got up early this morning and drove to Brenham and bought me a lift chair. So doing what I do best I settled in for a 7 hour nap to test it out. www.besthf.com/best/Furniture/Performance-Collections/The-Beast I was advised no birthday or Christmas this year. Price aside it is pretty nice to be able to flat or in zero gravity. Hey Lizardo, that will help greatly I am sure. He should have got the one from Acme The one Coyote uses. 😁
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Post by lizardonarock on Jul 21, 2024 12:12:02 GMT -5
Being a lizard on a rock is all good but a soft place to rest was badly needed. The saga of fixing the lizard is going on a year and a half with lots of operations and a steady diet of antibiotics and dealing with what insurance covers and what it does not. Doctors who needed to be fired and replaced. It is a long journey becoming the three million dollar man with co=pays. Acme did not make a chair but there are a few companies left in the USA that make excellent chairs.
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Post by urbino on Jul 21, 2024 14:24:15 GMT -5
Being a lizard on a rock is all good but a soft place to rest was badly needed. The saga of fixing the lizard is going on a year and a half with lots of operations and a steady diet of antibiotics and dealing with what insurance covers and what it does not. Doctors who needed to be fired and replaced. It is a long journey becoming the three million dollar man with co=pays. Acme did not make a chair but there are a few companies left in the USA that make excellent chairs. I believe "Fixing the Lizard" was the name of Jim Morrison's ill-fated solo album.
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Post by urbino on Jul 21, 2024 14:48:21 GMT -5
Looks like it's a good thing I got my mowing done. We're about to enter the heat-showers-every-afternoon phase of summer in Memphis.
Oh, and mole activity has dropped off to nothing.
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Post by coalsmoke on Jul 21, 2024 15:30:00 GMT -5
Oh, and mole activity has dropped off to nothing.
So those mole thumper gizmos worked?
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Post by urbino on Jul 21, 2024 15:37:17 GMT -5
Oh, and mole activity has dropped off to nothing.
So those mole thumper gizmos worked? It took a few weeks, but they do seem to have eventually done the job, yeah.
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Post by relight on Jul 21, 2024 17:20:25 GMT -5
I recharged my mower today, it took 5 seconds for my Troy Bilt! Leaving you with no excuse to sit down in the middle of your chores and smoke a pipe. Yeah but just think of all the spilled gas stink and dirty oily hands we battery mower guys out on. 😂😛
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Post by relight on Jul 21, 2024 17:21:40 GMT -5
So those mole thumper gizmos worked? It took a few weeks, but they do seem to have eventually done the job, yeah. I'll be damned. You said you treated for grubs well before, right?
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Post by urbino on Jul 21, 2024 17:28:41 GMT -5
It took a few weeks, but they do seem to have eventually done the job, yeah. I'll be damned. You said you treated for grubs well before, right? Nope. I called a guy about it, but he said there shouldn't be any grubs in the lawn this late in the year. He said the mole was just looking around for whatever it could find to eat. Earthworms, mostly.
I've heard 2 explanations for why the thumpers work. I don't know if either of them is correct, but here they are. One is that the moles don't like them. The other is that the worms, etc., don't like them, and once they're gone, the moles have no reason to hang around.
My dad told me he heard that those pinwheels you can stick in the ground just for decorative purposes have the same effect -- the moles or worms or whatever don't like the vibrations they cause in the ground. I didn't try it so I can't vouch for it.
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