The Simple Life Cafe

Petit France, Strasbourg

Little Westie will protect you from the mean tyrannosaurus.

A big reach from a good boy.

Wait for me, I've got little legs!

She plays with such passion!

Serenading your donkeys.

More hide-and-seek with a golden dum-dum.

This seems like a pretty good life:

If you want to get rich, get into the farming grift:

Posted by: Ace at 07:23 PM

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1 Well this is a surprise! Early cafe!

Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 04:16 PM (pZEOD)

2 First.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:16 PM (wZ2Bf)

3 Damnit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 26, 2024 04:17 PM (wZ2Bf)

4 I hath called the others.

Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 04:18 PM (pZEOD)

5 Yay! I made it!

Posted by: NR Pax at December 26, 2024 04:18 PM (lXCUP)

6 You can have first, Boss Moss. Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 04:18 PM (pZEOD)

7 Lueve gatos y perros.

Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2024 04:20 PM (jgmnb)

8 You're either First or you're Not.

Posted by: Coach Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 04:21 PM (a3Q+t)

9 Whoops, looks like Ace hit post a little early on the cafe.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 26, 2024 04:22 PM (2UnvF)

10 Who broke the blog?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 26, 2024 04:23 PM (GSHbq)

11 I know I'm not the only one that wants to see a hammock hanging in the vicinity of our planet's most idiotic animals.... PANDAS.

Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 04:23 PM (dIske)

12 wait whut? where's e'erbody at?

Posted by: DanMan at December 26, 2024 04:25 PM (8uzBS)

13 And, just like that, the Café Thread wasn't there.

Posted by: Coach Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 04:26 PM (a3Q+t)

14 That baby girl, River, is very well guarded by that pack of GSDs.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 04:27 PM (MsrgL)

15 Those are big German Shepherds.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 26, 2024 04:29 PM (hoCmQ)

16 I suppose the bear cam videos on youtube bring in more $$ than the cost of the produce they eat and the things they break. But I just can't grok encouraging wild animals, especially something powerful like a bear that could kill ya if its in a bad mood or hungry to hang around your living area. And yes I know black bears rarely attack people unless they are starving, but I still can't grok it.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 26, 2024 04:31 PM (UKUm3)

17 Well.... these things happen

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at December 26, 2024 04:41 PM (dzZCL)

18 "The Simple Life" with Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie was cute.

And willowed.....

184 I'm taking care of my friends' other cats for the next 7 days.

Starry is an outdoor cat. Beautiful cat and she's the mother of Snowflake and Trumpy.

And there are 2 very furry beautiful kittens. Snowflakes' children.

And popular opinion is that Trumpy is the father. As the kids said, they are married, even though they are brother and sister.

Beats dating I guess....

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:26 PM (jvJvP)

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:27 PM (jvJvP)

19 From the still, it looks like that kid and her muscle are here to collect.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 26, 2024 07:28 PM (4780s)

20 Rick Beato is not happy about the term Yacht Rock and he's got a stemwinder of a video talking about it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 26, 2024 07:30 PM (XV/Pl)

21

Her name is Lola
She has big knockers
She plays classics
And she plays rockers

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2024 07:31 PM (63Dwl)

22 16 I suppose the bear cam videos on youtube bring in more $$ than the cost of the produce they eat and the things they break. But I just can't grok encouraging wild animals, especially something powerful like a bear that could kill ya if its in a bad mood or hungry to hang around your living area. And yes I know black bears rarely attack people unless they are starving, but I still can't grok it.

agree fully

we have a lot of black bears in PA and people are getting too cozy with them up in the Poconos and by our cabin in the endless mountains.

they are very destructive! and dangerous. not at all harmless.

I am all for shooting bears, sorry.

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 26, 2024 07:31 PM (Pv3Rg)

23 For those of you joining us late here in the Café (after 4:41 PM EST), we saved you the remains of the buffet. Not sure whats still available at the bar, perhaps some Boones Farm or Mogen David, but feel free to have a wee drop or two.

Oh, yeah, Happy Boxing Day!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 07:32 PM (a3Q+t)

24 Blizzard of posts this afternoon. Can't keep up. Are we settled on the cafe until ONT-time now?

Woulda-been willard:

Amazon is researching on how Santa is able to traverse the Globe in a few hours, including hundreds of millions of stops.
RFK is trying to unearth the diet/metabolic trick of Santa, eating all those cookies and drinking all that milk but still remaining comparatively just plump.

This was answered a long time ago. Simple: Santa is a Time Lord and the sleigh is his Tardis. Has all the time in the world to visit all the good little Christian kids' houses and digest the unhealthy snacks.

Also, about the Flintstones celebrating Christmas, some commenters have it partially right. They are actually living in a post-apocalyptic future. The dinosaurs were escapees from Jurassic Park.

Follow me for any other mysteries you need cleared up.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (rlxnV)

25 Lol.

Cbc .... Trump calls for Gretzky to run for Governor of Canads.

Troll level....MASTER!

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (jvJvP)

26 >>>>That baby girl, River, is very well guarded by that pack of GSDs.
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 04:27 PM (MsrgL)
*****
Interesting how those GSDs figured out that guarding River is their new job. I always heard that they need work and a purpose Smart dogs, lucky kid.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 26, 2024 07:36 PM (VS0eV)

27 Lol.

Cbc .... Trump calls for Gretzky to run for Governor of Canads.

Troll level....MASTER!
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (jvJvP)

I'm surprised he didn't call out William Shatner, to get someone equal to his trolling skills in their government.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 07:38 PM (VNX3d)

28 Follow me for any other mysteries you need cleared up.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM

Despite the extensive and public knowledge of their polymorphically perverse behavior, as well as the extreme mephitic nature of their projectile pooping, a couple of commentators here support penguins. Why is that?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 07:39 PM (a3Q+t)

29 Hi Ace Merry Christmas 🎄

Posted by: LASue at December 26, 2024 07:40 PM (lCppi)

30 Follow me for any other mysteries you need cleared up.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (rlxnV)

-----------------------------------------

When a sock goes missing from the dryer, where does it go?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 26, 2024 07:41 PM (OGOaV)

31 I'm surprised he didn't call out William Shatner, to get someone equal to his trolling skills in their government.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 07:38 PM (VNX3d)

Good idea.

The cats are in and tired. My brother brought my 88 year old mother to the hospital to get her checked out. The dog Ralphy is depressed. The cats are inside and not zoomy.

And I'm having a 12 pack which I can't usually do taking care of everyone and thing.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:42 PM (jvJvP)

32 they are very destructive! and dangerous. not at all harmless.

I am all for shooting bears, sorry.
Posted by: Black Orchid
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We have several bear seasons in PA, but any bear taken has to be presented, whole, at a state game check station. It's the only animal where that's required. To me that is just too much work.

Posted by: Cosda at December 26, 2024 07:42 PM (SvfV7)

33 Also, about the Flintstones celebrating Christmas, some commenters have it partially right. They are actually living in a post-apocalyptic future. The dinosaurs were escapees from Jurassic Park.

Follow me for any other mysteries you need cleared up.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (rlxnV)

Don't be silly. It says right in the opening credits that they are a "MODERN stone age family." Like the Bidens are a modern crime family. Same kinda deal there. Or some such shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:43 PM (K861k)

34 Follow me for any other mysteries you need cleared up.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (rlxnV)

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Posted by: Castle Guard at December 26, 2024 07:44 PM (Aqu9a)

35 We have several bear seasons in PA, but any bear taken has to be presented, whole, at a state game check station. It's the only animal where that's required. To me that is just too much work.

PA state game wardens are ridiculous

we need to cull our barrrr population, STAT!

btw I am very tired

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 26, 2024 07:45 PM (Pv3Rg)

36 I have a friend here who hunts bears. I can't imagine why. I certainly don't eat predators. I don't need a bear skin rug, or any such item. But I would shoot one in a heartbeat if it went for one of my dogs or DH. BIL only shot the one that kept coming into the fenced play yard when the kids were small. Bears who behave themselves are safe around me.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:45 PM (K861k)

37 From the still, it looks like that kid and her muscle are here to collect.
Posted by: From about That Time

"We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. One way or the other, you're going to the cornfield."

"Wishing is easier. Being dragged by Zeus and Champ will hurt more."

Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 07:46 PM (DgGvY)

38 >>>More hide-and-seek with a golden dum-dum.

I'd like to play a little hide and seek with the owner, if you know what I mean.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 26, 2024 07:46 PM (klJTj)

39 Follow me for any other mysteries you need cleared up.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (rlxnV)

Did anyone have "Javier Milei quoting Hunter S Thompson in an official speech about the Argentine Modular Nuclear Reactor program?"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 07:46 PM (D7oie)

40 You're either First or you're Not.
Posted by: Coach Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 04:21 PM (a3Q+t)

Unless you're the lead commentator, the view is the same.

Posted by: The Lead Dog at December 26, 2024 07:47 PM (Aqu9a)

41 Did anyone have "Javier Milei quoting Hunter S Thompson in an official speech about the Argentine Modular Nuclear Reactor program?" on their 2024 Bingo card?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 07:48 PM (D7oie)

42 Cbc .... Trump calls for Gretzky to run for Governor of Canads.

Troll level....MASTER!
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (jvJvP)
====

I really like this Pierre Poilievre fellow.

Posted by: President Obama at December 26, 2024 07:48 PM (RIvkX)

43 Did anyone have "Javier Milei quoting Hunter S Thompson in an official speech about the Argentine Modular Nuclear Reactor program?"
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 07:46 PM (D7oie)
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Are you kidding? It's the center square on my BINGO card.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2024 07:48 PM (BpYfr)

44 /creepy sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 07:48 PM (RIvkX)

45 How can Wilma drive a car with giant rock wheels?

Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 07:49 PM (iziT8)

46 Black bears are the dorks of the bear world. I once watched two young ones pull a feather pillow out of the trash and beat it so hard it looked like it was snowing. They really enjoyed that, and so did we. Of course we kept our distance, but they bears could not have cared less that we were there. Rare to find a starving bear up here, unless they are ill, which is also rather rare. I expect Alaska is pretty good living if you are a bear. All those salmon.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:49 PM (K861k)

47 Good evening everyone
Way late because spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:49 PM (fwDg9)

48 How long will France get to celebrate Christmas?

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:50 PM (fwDg9)

49 I just can't grok encouraging wild animals, especially something powerful like a bear that could kill ya if its in a bad mood or hungry to hang around your living area.
Posted by: PaleRider

That's why it works to read all of the text on the youtube still as one sentence.

"Woman buys new hammock for bear family, the dodo."

Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 07:50 PM (DgGvY)

50 45 How can Wilma drive a car with giant rock wheels?
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 07:49 PM (iziT

Thigh Master.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:50 PM (K861k)

51 How can Wilma drive a car with giant rock wheels?
Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 07:49 PM

It's an automatic, not a stick, duh!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2024 07:50 PM (a3Q+t)

52 45
'How can Wilma drive a car with giant rock wheels?'

Obviously the rock wheels are hollow and some stone age animal is running inside them like a hamster wheel.
It's stone age equivalent to hydraulic assist.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 07:51 PM (3wi/L)

53 'How can Wilma drive a car with giant rock wheels?'

Obviously the rock wheels are hollow and some stone age animal is running inside them like a hamster wheel.
It's stone age equivalent to hydraulic assist.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 07:51 PM (3wi/L)

How do you think Pixy trains the hamsters for this site?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (VNX3d)

54 How can Wilma drive a car with giant rock wheels?
Posted by: eleven

I want to know how anyone steers with one front wheel and one rear wheel, both soil-compactor-sized, and both on fixed axles.

Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (DgGvY)

55 That little Westie. That's one sinister little hellraiser. Dogs can have intelligence, but there is no way you can explain "entertainment" or "make-believe" to a dog. They see what's in front of them, take it in, and react accordingly (usually based on instinct).

BUT, that little bastard is wagging his tail throughout that entire T-Rex attack. Bus gets plastered (wag wag wag). Bus plows into store (wag, wag wag). Guy gets picked up and eaten (wag, wag, wag).

I'm telling...Little Westie there is one depraved son of a bitch...literally.

Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (dIske)

56 I really like this Pierre Poilievre fellow.

Posted by: President Obama at December 26, 2024 07:48 PM (RIvkX)

Unless he talks about jab deaths and injuries, I'm not voting for him.

One big uniParty.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:53 PM (jvJvP)

57 'How can Wilma drive a car with giant rock wheels?'

She has prosthetic rock wheels instead of feet?

It must have been a terrible accident.

Posted by: davidt at December 26, 2024 07:53 PM (i0F8b)

58 The sad part is kids outlive their childhood pets. By no means they shouldn't have one, just the way life is.

Hope everyone has a great evening
I have a long commute and. Have to be out before 6am.

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2024 07:54 PM (fwDg9)

59 54 How can Wilma drive a car with giant rock wheels?
Posted by: eleven

I want to know how anyone steers with one front wheel and one rear wheel, both soil-compactor-sized, and both on fixed axles.
Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (DgGvY)
You have a tricycle when you were young?

Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2024 07:54 PM (LHPAg)

60 Cbc .... Trump calls for Gretzky to run for Governor of Canads.

Troll level....MASTER!
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (jvJvP)

I think Wayne is much to liberal for the job. Needs a hard-ass conservative.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 07:57 PM (8zz6B)

61 Willowed again!!!!!

190 188 ----
Mounjaro - is that an acceptable abbreviation for Mount Kilimanjaro ?

Posted by: Ciampino - Why is ABBREVIATION such a long word?
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https://tinyurl.com/3ea8b4sb

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2024 07:33 PM (ODCB/)

Have you tried Abbr.?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 07:36 PM (ynpvh)
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I'm shocked Jim. Such a simple solution. Brilliant. A++

Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant mad? at December 26, 2024 07:57 PM (i0xsb)

62 I'm telling...Little Westie there is one depraved son of a bitch...literally.
Posted by: Orson at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (dIske)

The depravity of terriers is one of their charms. I had an Australian terrier once who ran up to DH at the dog park and peed on his leg, to prove to the rest of the park that DH was his. He would nearly turn himself over an pee on himself trying to pee higher than big dogs. That little shit was positively possessed. And a marvelous dog in every respect. Fair Dinkum Jazzman Louie Armstrong. Also responded to "you little shit."

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 07:57 PM (K861k)

63 60
'Needs a hard-ass conservative.'

Are there any?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 07:57 PM (3wi/L)

64 I attended a Hunter Thompson speech at University many moons ago. I didn’t really know who he was but he had name recognition. My politics was considerably uninformed.

I don’t believe he was drunk, strangely enough. Sure wish I could find a transcript, as his speech was entirely unremarkable and I don’t remember anything, I seem to recall he bitched about GHWB.

What I do remember, once he got to the lectern he pulled a Colt Peacemaker revolver with about a 9” barrel and laid it down. That was part of his schtick.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 07:58 PM (JIDSP)

65 Watching 1% Club on Amazon Prime.

Episode 3. I want to save a bunch for my buddy. They ask a bunch of questions, not trivia, to a lot of Americans. Have 100 contestants. Each has $1000.

They ask questions 90% of Americans got right.
Then 80%, 70% down to 15%, 10%, 5% and the 1 percent.

It's logic, word, spatial reasoning puzzles.

I took a test at the computer company like this when I worked at the casino. White guy in a room full of Indians. The guy in charge said the test would tell them exactly how great a programmer you could be.

40 questions.

Very hot black girl came up to me shortly after grading. I was the only person they ever had that scored perfect.

Go white guy.

Still. Cool show. I do stop it to check my answers. I'm not the fastest. And I've had plenty of Christmas beer. But still.

I do get the 5% and 1% questions right. Sometimes after some thought, but still.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 07:58 PM (jvJvP)

66 Willowed some more - Ace's fault here .......

191 138 137 Amazing winter sunset here, alizarin crimson pinks ....
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Chemical Enya with that 'alizarin crimson'. Wait that's from the madder plant?

What really cool colors could we get from the 'maddest' plant?

Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant madder? at December 26, 2024 07:59 PM (i0xsb)

67 Gnight Skip

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 07:59 PM (RIvkX)

68 I think Wayne is much to liberal for the job. Needs a hard-ass conservative.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 07:57 PM (8zz6B)

So, we're screwed?!

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:00 PM (jvJvP)

69 I want to know how anyone steers with one front wheel and one rear wheel, both soil-compactor-sized, and both on fixed axles.
Posted by: mikeski

You have a tricycle when you were young?
Posted by: Eromero

Yes, and the front wheel turned relative to the rear wheels. The Flintstone's car's wheels can't do that.

I'm not even sure what the steering wheel is there for, other than to have something for Fred to hold on to while he's walking the car forward or backwards.

I haven't watched it since I was a kid, but weren't there times where he made a U-turn by deadlifting the car and turning himself? Zero turning radius!

Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 08:00 PM (DgGvY)

70 I wouldn't hunt bears. They don't taste particularly good and the meat is oily and kinda foul.

I don't know about a bearskin rug. I guess if it was necessary to stay warm in a log cabin, sure. But isnt that what a fireplace and a cast iron insert is for?

My mom and dad always kept a teapot full of water on the insert. Otherwise it was too dry inside. Made your nose bleed.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:01 PM (mT+6a)

71 Flintstones jumped the shark early, with that goofy Kazoo

Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 08:02 PM (JIDSP)

72 "... he made a U-turn by deadlifting the car and turning himself? Zero turning radius!
Posted by: mikeski "

The old ways truly are best.

Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2024 08:02 PM (iziT8)

73 So, we're screwed?!
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:00 PM (jvJvP)

I think Pierre Polievre is the best we can reasonably expect to get right now. And he is an Albertan, and not a damned Easterner, so there's that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:02 PM (8zz6B)

74 But isnt that what a fireplace and a cast iron insert is for?

That’s what both of them are for. Git yourself a stove AND a bear rug.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 08:03 PM (JIDSP)

75 My mom and dad always kept a teapot full of water on the insert. Otherwise it was too dry inside. Made your nose bleed.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:01 PM (mT+6a)

I keep a cast iron one on the woodstove. We haven't used the woodstove much this year. We haven't harvested our wood, and we moved in here in late October so we didn't have time. I suppose I could just buy some, but that doesn't really fit my energy budget. We heat with Toyos and heating oil, so it's dry. DH bought a humidifier for the interim. I hope we do better next year.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:04 PM (K861k)

76 73 So, we're screwed?!
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:00 PM (jvJvP)

I think Pierre Polievre is the best we can reasonably expect to get right now. And he is an Albertan, and not a damned Easterner, so there's that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:02 PM (8zz6B)
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However he is Frenchified right?

Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant madder than hell? at December 26, 2024 08:05 PM (i0xsb)

77 And he is an Albertan, and not a damned Easterner, so there's that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:02 PM (8zz6B)

The farther west you go, the more sense Canada makes, until you hit Vancouver. Those folks are crazy.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:05 PM (K861k)

78 Here you go. Crack shack or mansion Vancouver.

Is it a crack shack or a million dollar home.

https://tinyurl.com/5esj5crp

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:10 PM (jvJvP)

79 Flintstones jumped the shark early, with that goofy Kazoo
Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 08:02 PM (JIDSP)

It paid the bills and led to better gigs. And it's Mr. Great Gazoo to you.

Posted by: Zombie Harvey Korman at December 26, 2024 08:11 PM (Aqu9a)

80 What really cool colors could we get from the 'maddest' plant?
Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant madder?

Actually, they're just homophones. Madder (the plant) and madder (more angry) have no etymology in common. The plant name goes all the way back to Proto-Indo-European. The emotion comes from a Proto-German word for "abnormal," which became a word for "out of your mind" in Old English.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 26, 2024 08:12 PM (DgGvY)

81 However he is Frenchified right?
Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant madder than hell? at December 26, 2024 08:05 PM (i0xsb)

Franco-Albertans have been an integral part of Alberta since Alberta has been any kind of polity at all. They have never been "othered", so they don't carry a communal chip on their shoulders. And mostly, they don't give a shit about Quebec.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:13 PM (8zz6B)

82 Chickenhawks are about to destroy the Bears.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:13 PM (K861k)

83 34 Follow me for any other mysteries you need cleared up.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ace, blizzard poster at December 26, 2024 07:35 PM (rlxnV)

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Posted by: Castle Guard at December 26, 2024 07:44 PM (Aqu9a)
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European or African?

.... wait, airspeed or velocity? Can't have both, that's like saying what's the speed of speed. Mind you Monty Python would probably make it work employing a warty wooden witch or two.

Posted by: Ciampino - does the swallow float? at December 26, 2024 08:14 PM (i0xsb)

84 Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 26, 2024 08:12 PM (DgGvY)

Shut up, Wesley.

Mandatory.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:14 PM (K861k)

85 I think Pierre Polievre is the best we can reasonably expect to get right now. And he is an Albertan, and not a damned Easterner, so there's that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I thought he was from Winnepeg? Or is that just where his grandfather settled when he came over?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 26, 2024 08:15 PM (b294k)

86 . And mostly, they don't give a shit about Quebec.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:13 PM (8zz6B)

Does anyone?

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:15 PM (jvJvP)

87 I love Canada land. The people are polite and helpful, the meat and fish is good and fresh. I used to love going to Vancouver for a girls weekend, and Victoria too.

But those friends were lost to Covid. They went nuts. I told Them they were full of shit. Oh well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (/0DxH)

88 80 What really cool colors could we get from the 'maddest' plant?
Posted by: Ciampino - why is that plant madder?

Actually, they're just homophones. Madder (the plant) and madder (more angry) have no etymology in common. The plant name goes all the way back to Proto-Indo-European. The emotion comes from a Proto-German word for "abnormal," which became a word for "out of your mind" in Old English.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 26, 2024 08:12 PM (DgGvY)
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SHUT UP WESLEY!!!!!

Posted by: Ciampino - Yes, shut the F up Wesley at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (i0xsb)

89 Geno, get off yer ass. The Bears still suck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYFAvrmbSXg

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (K861k)

90 I thought he was from Winnepeg? Or is that just where his grandfather settled when he came over?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 26, 2024 08:15 PM (b294k)

Born and raised in Calgary, AFAIK. Educated at U of C.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (8zz6B)

91 86 . And mostly, they don't give a shit about Quebec.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:13 PM (8zz6B)

Does anyone?

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:15 PM (jvJvP)

Maybe the Québecois? But I could be wrong.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (ynpvh)

92 But those friends were lost to Covid. They went nuts. I told Them they were full of shit. Oh well.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (/0DxH)

It still hurts. That people would leave a friendship over bullshit. I lost my BFF because she went fag-hag and decided guns were evil. Her mom was quite a good shot on the farm, killing the owls that got into the hens. But somehow, that didn't sway her. So because I shoot, I was evil.

Yeah, we shared our entire adolescence happily, but now I'm the problem.

I think she probably resents my happy marriage as well. I miss her. I doubt she misses me. Sad.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:20 PM (K861k)

93 And mostly, they don't give a shit about Quebec.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

How would Canadian national politics differ if the English just let Quebec go their own way which they're ALWAYS threatening to do? No more Bloc.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 26, 2024 08:21 PM (b294k)

94 87 I love Canada land. The people are polite and helpful, the meat and fish is good and fresh. I used to love going to Vancouver for a girls weekend, and Victoria too.

But those friends were lost to Covid. They went nuts. I told Them they were full of shit. Oh well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (/0DxH)
----
I love the Canadian Police car chase.
https://youtu.be/4baX8NfOEP0

Posted by: Ciampino - Jokes about Canada are funny because bland at December 26, 2024 08:22 PM (i0xsb)

95 Yeah, we shared our entire adolescence happily, but now I'm the problem.

I think she probably resents my happy marriage as well. I miss her. I doubt she misses me. Sad.

Posted by: tcn in AK

People are Asshoe. I'm grateful for this place, and the gentle souls that comment here.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 26, 2024 08:23 PM (MsrgL)

96 Quebec City is a very cool place. Sadly, inhabited by far too many French Canadians but the city itself is beautiful.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 08:23 PM (LkLld)

97 Geno, you tool.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:23 PM (K861k)

98 How would Canadian national politics differ if the English just let Quebec go their own way which they're ALWAYS threatening to do? No more Bloc.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at December 26, 2024 08:21 PM (b294k)

We would be a lot better off without Quebec.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:24 PM (8zz6B)

99 87 I love Canada land. The people are polite and helpful, the meat and fish is good and fresh. I used to love going to Vancouver for a girls weekend, and Victoria too.

But those friends were lost to Covid. They went nuts. I told Them they were full of shit. Oh well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:17 PM (/0DxH)

Hi nurse.

Try the 16 question Vancouver crack shack or mansion quiz.

My brother took my elderly mother to the hospital to get her checked out for pain in her side. All the animals are depressed. The dog Ralphy worships her.

The cats are in. Not zoomy at all. Trumpy even went up to Ralphy to console him.

I'm drinking and a caregiver so screw it. Taking a day off.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:24 PM (jvJvP)

100 100

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 26, 2024 08:25 PM (u73oe)

101 I'm drinking and a caregiver so screw it. Taking a day off.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:24 PM (jvJvP)

Honey, we are all drinking. It's what we do.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:26 PM (K861k)

102 How is it raining in Chicago right now? WTF? Well, it probably feels more like Seattle, then, so what's Geno's excuse?

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:27 PM (K861k)

103 Honey, we are all drinking. It's what we do.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:26 PM (K861k)

Cheers, friends!

*raises glass

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 26, 2024 08:27 PM (OX9vb)

104 101 I'm drinking and a caregiver so screw it. Taking a day off.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:24 PM (jvJvP)

Honey, we are all drinking. It's what we do.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:26 PM (K861k)

I'm always happy for the Horde.
Thanks.

Game show or Japanese 'documentaries' about college coeds...

Also a Horde thing.....
Maybe for some...

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:28 PM (jvJvP)

105 Try the 16 question Vancouver crack shack or mansion quiz.

My brother took my elderly mother to the hospital to get her checked out for pain in her side. All the animals are depressed. The dog Ralphy worships her.

The cats are in. Not zoomy at all. Trumpy even went up to Ralphy to console him.

I'm drinking and a caregiver so screw it. Taking a day off.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:24 PM (jvJvP)

Heh. Some of those Vancouver homes look familiar. All that a "mansion" needs to become a crack shack is to be vacant and get squatted in by transients.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:30 PM (8zz6B)

106
Hubby and I expect the evil mfs to come up with some kind of national emergency to mess up Trump's inauguration. We are not doom and gloomers, we don't trust the evil ones.

Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 08:30 PM (3ek7K)

107 If I didn’t have to get up at 0400 for work I’d have a couple drinks with you morons.

Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2024 08:33 PM (LHPAg)

108 How do you think Pixy trains the hamsters for this site?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (VNX3d)

With the lash.

Posted by: Red One at December 26, 2024 08:33 PM (8s11j)

109 Evil never sleeps. They will be trying stuff forever.

But now we are all paying attention and we know their tricks.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 08:34 PM (LkLld)

110 108 How do you think Pixy trains the hamsters for this site?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 26, 2024 07:52 PM (VNX3d)

With the lash.
Posted by: Red One at December 26, 2024 08:33 PM (8s11j)
And rum, and…..that other thing.

Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2024 08:35 PM (LHPAg)

111 Heh. Some of those Vancouver homes look familiar. All that a "mansion" needs to become a crack shack is to be vacant and get squatted in by transients.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 08:30 PM (8zz6B)

Like my mother's child hood home in Detroit.

Now torn down.

Separate note....so many depressed animals with Mom gone. About 5 hours in the ER so far, hasn't been seen.

Even the cats are inside for the first time in 3 months....ughhhh.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:37 PM (jvJvP)

112 103 Honey, we are all drinking. It's what we do.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 26, 2024 08:26 PM (K861k)

Cheers, friends!

*raises glass
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

How about coffee? I'm drinking coffee. No booze at work, those jerks.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 08:39 PM (C26rB)

113 Hi, Stateless.

Enjoy your 'day off' while you can!

I slept so well, while hubby was in hospital. Because I knew he was getting good care & I didn't need to worry for a change.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 08:42 PM (YoCnN)

114 113 Hi, Stateless.

Enjoy your 'day off' while you can!

I slept so well, while hubby was in hospital. Because I knew he was getting good care & I didn't need to worry for a change.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 08:42 PM (YoCnN)

{{{JQ}}}

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 08:43 PM (ynpvh)

115 71 Flintstones jumped the shark early, with that goofy Kazoo
Posted by: Common Tater

Preach it, Brother!

Posted by: Cousin Oliver at December 26, 2024 08:43 PM (G5+As)

116 How about coffee? I'm drinking coffee. No booze at work, those jerks.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 08:39 PM (C26rB)

Eh, I'm drinking water with a splash of apple cider vinegar.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 08:43 PM (D7oie)

117 Soprano State U is beating Kansas State, 41-29, in some bowl game. The Rate Bowl? Ok. (shrugs)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 08:43 PM (C26rB)

118 Sorry to hear about your mother, Stateless. I hope it turns out to be some minor little thing.

Query: does a person get seen immediately at the hospital if they go by ambulance rather than showing up on their own at the emergency room?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 08:45 PM (3AwA+)

119 How do you think Pixy trains the hamsters for this site?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

With the lash.
Posted by: Red One

And rum, and…..that other thing.
Posted by: Eromero

Rum, for sure. One little airline bottle will keep them spinning in their wheels for a month.

The other thing..... I don't think Pixy is related to Richard Gere.

Posted by: mikeski at December 26, 2024 08:46 PM (DgGvY)

120 For dinner I am making a chicken pot pie, with celery, carrots, garlic, ham and chicken gravy

Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 08:47 PM (D7oie)

121 114 113 Hi, Stateless.

Enjoy your 'day off' while you can!

I slept so well, while hubby was in hospital. Because I knew he was getting good care & I didn't need to worry for a change.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 08:42 PM (YoCnN)

{{{JQ}}}

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 08:43 PM (ynpvh)

Hugs to both of you.

In a not liberal, Democratic Party way.

Man, the animals. Dogs, and cats are the best.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:47 PM (jvJvP)

122 >>Flintstones jumped the shark early, with that goofy Kazoo

Yea, that was the unbelievable part. The part where Fred is using a brontosaurus to work the quarry was totally believable.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 08:47 PM (LkLld)

123 Query: does a person get seen immediately at the hospital if they go by ambulance rather than showing up on their own at the emergency room?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 08:45 PM (3AwA+)

For heart issues, yes.

I've taken parents to the hospital many times at 5am or so which works out well.

My brother wanted to take over so fine.
I'm just tired.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:50 PM (jvJvP)

124 122
'The part where Fred is using a brontosaurus to work the quarry was totally believable.'

It's just a cartoon, man. You aren't supposed to take it literally.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2024 08:50 PM (3wi/L)

125 Flintstones always seemed stupid and usually some little kid wanted to watch it when Star Trek was on.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 08:51 PM (RIvkX)

126 Thanks, Stateless. Hang in there. Praying for you tonight.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 08:52 PM (3AwA+)

127 116 How about coffee? I'm drinking coffee. No booze at work, those jerks.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 08:39 PM (C26rB)

I went into work in Columbus, Ohio very late one night to support a client having issues. It was at least 10pm.

Roaming the building, I did find hidden beer and helped myself to a couple. If I'm being wonderful for people at midnight on a weekend night, I've earned that.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:55 PM (jvJvP)

128 101 I'm drinking and a caregiver so screw it. Taking a day off.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:24 PM (jvJvP)

Honey, we are all drinking. It's what we do.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Enjoy your day off! Drink your face off. Make sure the cats are safe from the elements.

I adore how you have succumbed to their wiles

Jeebus Geno sucks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:55 PM (mT+6a)

129 Eh, I'm drinking water with a splash of apple cider vinegar.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 08:43 PM (D7oie)
My Uncle drank a mix of honey, applecider vinegar, and cayenne pepper every morning. Made to 80 still working as a trim carpenter. Stick-built in house cabinetry.

Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2024 08:56 PM (LHPAg)

130 126 Thanks, Stateless. Hang in there. Praying for you tonight.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 08:52 PM (3AwA+)

Thank you.
All!

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:57 PM (jvJvP)

131
I adore how you have succumbed to their wiles

Jeebus Geno sucks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 08:55 PM (mT+6a)

Give me one minute.

70 second video of Snowflake chasing snowflakes. She's less than 10 pounds but so fluffy.

Brb

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 08:59 PM (jvJvP)

132 Query: does a person get seen immediately at the hospital if they go by ambulance rather than showing up on their own at the emergency room?
Posted by: Brunnhilde
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In our experience, ambulance has been quicker, at least to be assigned an ER bed. Get seen by Dr.? Nope.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 09:01 PM (YoCnN)

133 Nurse!

Try to resist this little cloud of purring love..

https://tinyurl.com/mrjvu59r

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 09:01 PM (jvJvP)

134 JQ,
Well, that's something, I guess. I can't see sitting in an er waiting room for hours while ill, surrounded by other sick "individuals." What a circle of hell that must be.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 09:05 PM (3AwA+)

135 134 JQ,
Well, that's something, I guess. I can't see sitting in an er waiting room for hours while ill, surrounded by other sick "individuals." What a circle of hell that must be.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 09:05 PM (3AwA+)

That was the last time I was in the hospital for what was diagnosed as a return of sepsis. Son dropped me off, checked in, had my vitals taken (and not returned, what cheek!), then sat in the waiting room for an hour or two, in pain, waiting...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 09:09 PM (ynpvh)

136 What a circle of hell that must be.
--------

Yes.

And we're not in some huge metro area, so the ERs (2 hospitals, one way better than the other) are not usually overrun with the *usual suspects*... but sometimes they are quite busy. And, of course, always understaffed.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 09:12 PM (YoCnN)

137 Query: does a person get seen immediately at the hospital if they go by ambulance rather than showing up on their own at the emergency room?
Posted by: Brunnhilde
~~~~~

It only gets you triaged earlier.

Something for everyone to remember: if you have volunteer EMS in your community, your ambulance transport is free of charge. However, if you have a paid emergency service in your town, your transport will only be covered if your insurance determines that your illness or injury required ambulance transport. In other words, with paid service, don't call an ambulance if you break your arm or sprain your ankle--it will cost you an arm and a leg.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 26, 2024 09:14 PM (3ImbR)

138

My husband has Scleroderma. He's 75 and it's taking a toll on him. It's in his digestive tract. He had an attack Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It breaks my heart when he has an attack because there isn't anything I can do to help him through an attack.

He is awesome though. We were going to the oldest son's house to have Christmas with our four grandchildren but we couldn't go. He was really bummed because he didn't get to wear his ugly Christmas sweater, lol. I told him the season isn't over, so he will be able to wear his sweater.

Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 09:14 PM (3ek7K)

139 That was the last time I was in the hospital for what was diagnosed as a return of sepsis. Son dropped me off, checked in, had my vitals taken (and not returned, what cheek!), then sat in the waiting room for an hour or two, in pain, waiting...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 26, 2024 09:09 PM (ynpvh)

Mom always gets amazing care at our hospital. Even if it takes a while.

She's a sweet ex-nun and the hospital staff always take great care of her. She's written the food people notes thanking them for the great food. People have told me those notes are hanging on the wall.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 09:14 PM (jvJvP)

140 And Soprano State U, loses. KState wins the Rate Bowl.

They're not even trying with these bowl names. Sheesh.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 09:15 PM (C26rB)

141 Something for everyone to remember: if you have volunteer EMS in your community, your ambulance transport is free of charge. However, if you have a paid emergency service in your town, your transport will only be covered if your insurance determines that your illness or injury required ambulance transport. In other words, with paid service, don't call an ambulance if you break your arm or sprain your ankle--it will cost you an arm and a leg.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 26, 2024 09:14 PM (3ImbR)

$225 Canadian for an ambulance in Ontario but you pay $75.

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 09:18 PM (jvJvP)

142 125 Flintstones always seemed stupid and usually some little kid wanted to watch it when Star Trek was on.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2024 08:51 PM (RIvkX)
----
punchline only
"Now I'm watching Froofy The Dog".
(Bill Cosby)

Posted by: Ciampino - Whatever, he's still funny. at December 26, 2024 09:18 PM (i0xsb)

143 Next up? Bowling Green vs. Arkansas State in Mobile Alabama. I like that part of Alabama. I'd live in Dauphin Island, but I don't want my home getting blown away by those huge hurricanes they get in those parts.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 09:19 PM (C26rB)

144 Can hardly wait to see the amberlamps bill for hubby...

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 09:20 PM (YoCnN)

145 Whoa! Space and time continuum! I wasn’t even here and I made first!

Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2024 09:22 PM (p4NUW)

146 144 Can hardly wait to see the amberlamps bill for hubby...
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 09:20 PM (YoCnN

First time with the ambulance?

How is he?

Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 09:22 PM (jvJvP)

147 Stateless,
Snowflake is gorgeous.

Please enjoy your night off.

When I went to the ER for my belly pain, I kinda knew what was going on and gave the nurses all the code words they needed to get my blood drawn and CT scan stat.

On the surgical table within 2 1/2 hours of arriving and discharged to home post surgery after another 3.

Not bad.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 09:23 PM (mT+6a)

148 $225 Canadian for an ambulance in Ontario but you pay $75.
Posted by: Stateless at December 26, 2024 09:18 PM (jvJvP)
~~~~~

It's $600 by me.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 26, 2024 09:25 PM (3ImbR)

149 Stateless, that yellow picnic table is constructed exactly like the one my dad built in the 70s. I have it on my patio now.

Posted by: Emmie at December 26, 2024 09:25 PM (Sf2cq)

150 >>Something for everyone to remember: if you have volunteer EMS in your community, your ambulance transport is free of charge. However, if you have a paid emergency service in your town, your transport will only be covered if your insurance determines that your illness or injury required ambulance transport. In other words, with paid service, don't call an ambulance if you break your arm or sprain your ankle--it will cost you an arm and a leg.

When I had a heart attack my local volunteer EMS picked me up and drove me to the nearest hospital. Being a heart attack I actually got seen right away.

Then they determined I needed to go up to Providence for a procedure and that was a private ambulance. Boy howdy was that an expensive ride.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 09:26 PM (LkLld)

151 Last time 2020. Chest pains. Called ambulance. It comes with the Fire Dept. and is commercial, Litton or something like that. Cost me $50 and insurance paid the rest, which included ridiculous things like an aspirin.

Posted by: Ciampino - & I thought my property taxes helped pay for it at December 26, 2024 09:27 PM (i0xsb)

152

We're in SW Wyoming. We have to go to Utah to the main hospital. We looked into helicopter insurance but we aren't covered here. We can't imagine how much it will cost to get almost 2 hours to Utah.

Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 09:28 PM (3ek7K)

153 151
Yes. I went from ambulance to an ER examination table. Seen right away. After a couple of hours of tests, etc. I was admitted. Stent insert eventually. Previous time, chest pains, daughter drove me, ER, seen right away and admitted fairly quickly.

Posted by: Ciampino - & I thought my property taxes should help pay for it at December 26, 2024 09:32 PM (i0xsb)

154 151 153
Forgot to say Southern Illinois.

Posted by: Ciampino - I thought my property taxes should help pay for it at December 26, 2024 09:33 PM (i0xsb)

155 I keep being told I will probably need a second stent due to arteriosclerosis, eventually. What is your experience?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 26, 2024 09:36 PM (D7oie)

156 First time with the ambulance?
How is he?
Posted by: Stateless
--------

First time we've had them take him in, instead of just helping him into my car. (fire dept. EMS)

He's... okay. He fell in the middle of the night, on the way to bathroom. I was asleep & unaware until morning. No blood, but he was talking funny & confused.

Nothing broken & they did head CT-- "not stroke"-- plus some arrhythmia (which had started earlier this year).

We're sure now it's due to his liver disease. Hepatic encephalopathy. Lots of lactulose & diapers & heartache.

Wait and see, if he recovers his mind. He knows who & where he is, and who I am. Irrational thinking and confusion rule his days.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 09:37 PM (YoCnN)

157 Just get the DeLuxe roadside service thru AAA.

Have them tow your vehicle to the Hospital.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 26, 2024 09:38 PM (17WQZ)

158 Doctors make more money on procedures and prescriptions than they do by healing people.

After covid, I don't trust any of them.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 09:40 PM (mT+6a)

159 The Ambulators!

Posted by: A.W.Merrick at December 26, 2024 09:40 PM (i0F8b)

160
Amen Nurse. We feel the same way.

Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 09:40 PM (3ek7K)

161 JQ,
That sounds like muy husband only we didn't reallyknow it was liver disease. He was sleepy all the time. He had some internal bleeding from it but I couldn't talk him into seeing a doctor for it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 26, 2024 09:41 PM (NQtI0)

162 Do stents have to be taken out and replaced after so long?

Posted by: Ciampino - I thought my property taxes should help pay for it at December 26, 2024 09:44 PM (i0xsb)

163 Doctors make more money on procedures and prescriptions than they do by healing people.

After covid, I don't trust any of them.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 09:40 PM (mT+6a)

--------------

And the health insurance & legal industries serve to encourage fraud: exorbitant prices & unnecessary procedures.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 26, 2024 09:44 PM (z3WOQ)

164
And Soprano State U, loses. KState wins the Rate Bowl.

They're not even trying with these bowl names. Sheesh.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Give them all a number and take away all their names.

Posted by: Secret Agent Bowl at December 26, 2024 09:44 PM (63Dwl)

165 We should be getting a Weird Dave ONT this evening.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 26, 2024 09:46 PM (8zz6B)

166

On a different note, I'm really in to Pillsbury's Crescent Roll Sheet.

I've made it with sausage and cheese, ham egg and cheese. Today I used a can of apple pie filling, which I doctored up with vanilla, allspice and brown sugar.

There are many ways to use it.

Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 09:46 PM (3ek7K)

167 >>I keep being told I will probably need a second stent due to arteriosclerosis, eventually. What is your experience?

Mine was due to some questionable life choices. My cardiologist told me to stop doing stupid things and I should be in the clear but we'll see.

If it happens again I definitely won't assume it's indigestion and wait a week to get it checked out.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 09:47 PM (LkLld)

168 I will never discourage folks from seeking medical care. You do what you feel is right for you, your spouse, your family and your lifestyle. Think about what you want for your 70s and 80s and 90s. Independence? Supported living? With your kids or in a facility? Are you ok sitting in a chair looking out the window? How about mere existence?

It's tough. But, at the end of the day, it's up to you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 09:50 PM (mT+6a)

169 166

On a different note, I'm really in to Pillsbury's Crescent Roll Sheet.

I've made it with sausage and cheese, ham egg and cheese. Today I used a can of apple pie filling, which I doctored up with vanilla, allspice and brown sugar.

There are many ways to use it.
Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 09:46 PM (3ek7K)

Not on the roll sheet, but on the pie filling...when you have a jar of fruit pie filling and you want to make pie or something similar, add equal amounts of fresh fruit and more seasoning (and a touch of starch depending on the fruit), but no more sugar. You won't miss it, you'll get varying textures of the fruit (and enough of the fruit), and you'll impress folks who won't realize you just used an Aldi's or Trader Joe's jar as the base, ala Sandra Lee (who had a nice "semi-homemade" concept, except she had no idea how to execute it b/c she couldn't cook)...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 26, 2024 09:50 PM (exHjb)

170 Nurse,

I am afraid you are right. The medical establishment whored itself out.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 26, 2024 09:52 PM (3AwA+)

171 Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 26, 2024 09:41 PM

Hubs was diagnosed with End Stage Liver Disease, early 2021. We were told he had "maybe 3-6 months, probably less" back then. "Get your affairs in order." said the doctor...

It's a miracle (according to ALL of his Dr's) that he's survived this long. And was doing well enough, really, until just a couple weeks ago. BAM!.

His kidney function is down, too. And to be honest, he's been losing ground mentally --ever so slowly-- for months.

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2024 09:54 PM (YoCnN)

172
Nurse,

Husband and I have had THE conversation many times. We are elderly and don't want any care which will be long term. We differ from many other people, but we aren't going to burden our family if there is no hope.

We don't want to end up vegetables, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 09:55 PM (3ek7K)

173
Yeah, why does the siren-blaring Fire Engine always have to come with the Ambulamps??

A union thing??

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 09:55 PM (J4gi/)

174 Govs. Kathy Hochul and Gavin Newsom Post Their Happy Kwanzaa Videos

https://is.gd/ZvEGtm

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And me caught without handcuffs or a tazer!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 26, 2024 09:55 PM (L/fGl)

175
In fact, I think a police cruiser comes, too.

So, a 911 call for an ambulance becomes a Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey circus at your house.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 09:56 PM (J4gi/)

176 Mine was due to some questionable life choices. My cardiologist told me to stop doing stupid things and I should be in the clear but we'll see.

Posted by: JackStraw

But you dont know that. There are a lot of folks who live to 80 treating their bodies and minds like crap.

There are people who live like saints and die at 45.

What quality of life do you want? How much of a burden are you happy to put on your kids?

I don't want to live forever.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 09:57 PM (mT+6a)

177 If it happens again I definitely won't assume it's indigestion and wait a week to get it checked out.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 09:47 PM (LkLld)
~~~~~

One of the first signs of a heart attack is denial.

Bad Jack. Bad, boy Jack.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 26, 2024 09:57 PM (3ImbR)

178
There is not a single black in the entire world who *really* "celebrates" or acknowledges that fake kwanza bullshit fake day.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 09:57 PM (J4gi/)

179
I will bet my left nut that a legit kwanza-celebrating black is more rare than a unicorn.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 09:58 PM (J4gi/)

180 If there's something acute going on, get it checked out.

But taking multiple medications and scheduling your life around medical appointments and procedures is no way to live.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 10:00 PM (mT+6a)

181 We live literally across the street from a well-run emergency room. I've been there twice, both false-alarms. But both at the time felt pretty scary. last time was when my blood pressure was scary high.

Thing is, I felt kind of dumb for going in, but also I think it was the right call, because I am no longer 29.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Cotton-headed ninny-muggins at December 26, 2024 10:00 PM (Ad8y9)

182

AMEN Nurse!!!

Posted by: four seasons at December 26, 2024 10:00 PM (3ek7K)

183 179
I will bet my left nut that a legit kwanza-celebrating black is more rare than a unicorn.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 26, 2024 09:58 PM (J4gi/)

Honestly, I always thought it has only lasted this long b/c
public school teachers didn't want to only teach winter holidays about white people...

Now that Diwali is around, its usefulness is much less...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 26, 2024 10:01 PM (exHjb)

184 180 If there's something acute going on, get it checked out.

But taking multiple medications and scheduling your life around medical appointments and procedures is no way to live.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2024 10:00 PM (mT+6a)

Depends if you're 45 or 85...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 26, 2024 10:02 PM (exHjb)

185 Diwali, Die!

Posted by: Beaver, armed with a knife at December 26, 2024 10:03 PM (8zz6B)

186 Went to the emergency room at 6AM Sunday morning. The illegals hadn't woken up from their drunken stupor yet, so got right in.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 26, 2024 10:03 PM (aZxh/)

187 NOOD ONT WD

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 26, 2024 10:03 PM (YTktQ)

188 I don't plan on being a burden to anybody. Wouldn't mind taking a few more trips around the sun.

I'm not exactly living the Jack Lalanne lifestyle. Just cut out a couple of the most egregious issues.

Having a dad die slowly from Parkinson's over 20 years I'm pretty aware of what I don't want.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2024 10:03 PM (LkLld)

189 My dad’s name was “Connie.” Navy corpsman. He had a stroke. My mom had him placed in assisted living near me. He was lost multiple times after seizures. I had to track him down after “Events” at the assisted living facility.

Posted by: Oso loco at December 26, 2024 10:04 PM (YjLFi)

190 But you dont know that. There are a lot of folks who live to 80 treating their bodies and minds like crap.

Both sets of grandparents are now gone. My Dads parents died at 88 and 94. They smoked like chimneys and were alcoholics. My moms parents lived till 97 and 101. They did not smoke or drink booze.

Living is bad for your health. Drink a beer, have a steak.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 26, 2024 10:07 PM (C26rB)

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