Big Brown Bear Family Open Thread

In case you're in a hibernating mood.

Posted by: Ace at 04:50 PM

Comments

1 186 Take it apart, and see if it has an internal circuit breaker. The little electric fan heater running right behind me now had an internal circuit breaker, which failed open, so I bypassed it (and wrote a note to that effect in Sharpie on the case!). It has worked fine for years, since.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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It uses two metal strips with contact points. When the strip warms it contracts and moves away from the other strip, opening the circuit. I bent the strips closer to the point of good contact at #2 on the setting dial. Progressively within less than two minutes, moving the setting to a higher number each time, the contact strip (it resembles a flat feeler gauge strip) had resumed its original shape leave the circuit open at the highest setting.

Thought about a dab of solder on the contact points. If the solder melted it would clear the electronics and fall to the bottom of the heater. Second thought is to wrap copper wire the two strips together.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 04:52 PM (wQ7Zi)

2 Happy Thanksgiving to you, Ace! Just now seeing your earlier post and I don't know how I would have survived all these years without you and the 'ron and the ettes. It's been a blessing. xoxo to all

Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2024 04:53 PM (14URa)

3 Good day Horde. Good smells coming from the kitchen...

Posted by: TRex at November 28, 2024 04:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

4
Yeah, I suppose I too am Thankful for all you foul-mouthed brigands and blaggards.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 04:57 PM (g9a9d)

5
Except for Dildo.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 04:57 PM (g9a9d)

6 Had a black bear sit at a picnic table with me once when working Yellowstone before the open. Brown bear...no.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 04:58 PM (5LAwZ)

7
[Today]: 54 degrees feels like 44 degrees. My ass feels like 34 degrees. Had to look down see if I had pants on. This is ETEX, not Siberia.
Posted by: Eromero

[Yesterday]: Can You People explain Dallas weather to me?

I thought Boston weather fluctuated wildly, but shit, Dallas is way worse.

Gonna be 80 today in Dallas. Then 50's. And it gets in the 30s at night. That's the SAME weather we're having now in Massachusetts.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 27, 2024 10:21 AM

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 05:00 PM (g9a9d)

8
In b4 "Timothy Treadwell?"

That used to be a popular sock here at one time.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 05:01 PM (g9a9d)

9 Moose out front should have told me it's quiet tonight.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 05:04 PM (3SJzV)

10 Otisville is about 25m sw of me . Been past this place several times , never stopped though. It's all good till the bears say "nah"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 28, 2024 05:04 PM (FxDm7)

11 At least they aren't Russian.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2024 05:09 PM (63Dwl)

12 I'll probably take heat for this, but . . .

As heartwarming as such videos may be, IMHO they can cause more harm than good when people venture into wilder areas. I have my own catalog of (nearly tragic) stories, witnessing tourists in national parks, thinking they're in a petting zoo. I've had my own encounters with bear, moose, bison and wolves, among others.

Wildlife rescue and fostering is a good thing--my niece does it, with the appropriate training--so long as the animals are returned to the wild. It too millennia and countless generations to get our current domesticated breeds.

Touching vids should not cause the rest of us to become complacent in the wild or believe we're suddenly transported to a '60s Disney movie.

Posted by: RS at November 28, 2024 05:11 PM (E7m29)

13 FOOD COMA!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 05:11 PM (3SJzV)

14
Ready to hibernate myself. Turkey, stuffing, escalloped potatoes, baked beans, cranberry sauce. Everything turned out well and, much to my surprise, was ready more or less at the same time.

Boiling down the carcass for soup. Pie later. Dishwasher is full and running.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2024 05:11 PM (dxSpM)

15 Would NOT get that close to either color variant, they're feral animals. We can co-exist just fine with space and hefty steel bars between us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 28, 2024 05:11 PM (hKoQL)

16 The Bear Necessities, Meghan's Jazz Band

youtu.be/pOfTR8-x28Q

Posted by: Kindltot+ (Now with Flavinoids!) at November 28, 2024 05:12 PM (D7oie)

17
Dan and Diana got the plates to clean off, so everyone participated. They did not discuss politics.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2024 05:13 PM (dxSpM)

18 I guess DEI still rules. Why isn't there a vid of a white bear?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 28, 2024 05:13 PM (0eaVi)

19 transported to a '60s Disney movie.

Spin and Marty weren't gay?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 05:14 PM (3SJzV)

20 Good afternoon good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2024 05:14 PM (WXNFJ)

21 A Peaches sighting!

Happy Thanksgiving, love.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 28, 2024 05:15 PM (KDgJ1)

22 The festivities here have concluded. The refugees were loaded up with leftovers and sent on their way. It's cold and dreary outside with bitterly cold nights in store for us for the next week or so.

I need to find my space heaters for the garage.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 28, 2024 05:15 PM (Q4IgG)

23 It's 60° and sunny in Las Cruces, New Mexico. If you stand outside and sniff you can smell the Walmart parking lot tamales. The bars are all closed and this being New Mexico that means the Dona Ana County jail roster tonight should be most entertaining.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:16 PM (vO42M)

24 Happy Thanksgiving ace! And all the horde, of course.

Sweet potato pie *looks* excellent, garlic mashed/whipped potatoes *are good*, heading off to the event in a bit.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 28, 2024 05:16 PM (1m82a)

25 @20 And good afternoon to you, Tonypete. I trust your Turkey Day has gone as desired?

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 28, 2024 05:17 PM (hKoQL)

26 Big Bear Family

Sorry, I think people who expect wildlife to be "pets" - not serious threats - are just a little bit unclear on the concept. As many "mauled by" stories will attest.

"Fluffy was just like a member of the family… until it ate Auntie…"

Heck, even dogs can turn on you, some of them, sometimes. (Glances over at our sweet, frantic Belgian Malinois.)

Even vicious squirrels and racoons! 😒

Posted by: mindful webworker - here, kitty, kitty --- RROOARRR at November 28, 2024 05:17 PM (68TeV)

27 Mid 70s/feels like upper 70s in the sun, picturesque blown out cirrus clouds in an otherwise blue sky, freeway looks empty. I really liked the mid-Atlantic T-giving cool weather, would always take a long walk or medium run and come back to my place with the great aromas of the meal. But it's not so bad with this weather either.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 28, 2024 05:19 PM (1m82a)

28 Posted by: mindful webworker - here, kitty, kitty --- RROOARRR at November 28, 2024 05:17 PM

Amen. Preach it. See my comment above.

Posted by: RS at November 28, 2024 05:19 PM (E7m29)

29
What a wonderful day! The four grandchildren are here and it's a madhouse, lol. Just how we like. We aren't formal people, we want all to have fun and they are, and we are too.

Blessings to all of you!

Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2024 05:20 PM (3ek7K)

30 The dinner at church for 'The Lost and The Lonely' is completed. All dishes washed, tables wiped down, leftovers distributed, and empty boxes of wine thrown in the trash.

Why is it, in any organized group, there is only a very few that do the vast majority of the work?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2024 05:21 PM (WXNFJ)

31 Even vicious squirrels and racoons! 😒
Posted by: mindful webworker -

Justice for P-Nut.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:21 PM (vO42M)

32 21 A Peaches sighting!

Happy Thanksgiving, love.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 28, 2024 05:15 PM (KDgJ1)

And to you, my friend! It's kinda awesome that Ace has been posting so much today, he's so good to us.

Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2024 05:23 PM (14URa)

33 31 Even vicious squirrels and racoons! 😒
Posted by: mindful webworker -

Justice for P-Nut.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:21 PM
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And Fred. Don't forget about Fred.

Posted by: TRex at November 28, 2024 05:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

34 >>>Even vicious squirrels and racoons! 😒
Posted by: mindful webworker +
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Clip of a squirrel poaching at a deer feeder, deer walks up, squirrel attacks deer by clamping its teeth into the deer's nose. Squirrel still hanging on as deer runs off shaking its head.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 05:25 PM (wQ7Zi)

35 They don't strain scat looking for your buttons and zippers. K?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 28, 2024 05:25 PM (2f1DR)

36 30 The dinner at church for 'The Lost and The Lonely' is completed. All dishes washed, tables wiped down, leftovers distributed, and empty boxes of wine thrown in the trash.

Why is it, in any organized group, there is only a very few that do the vast majority of the work?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2024 05:21 PM
You have a servant’s heart, Tonypete.

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 05:26 PM (jgmnb)

37 Went for a bike ride. Jackals and dingoes were running about, each with a turkey carcass.

Posted by: Tough Neighborhood at November 28, 2024 05:27 PM (nS6qG)

38 Years ago would go to the "orphans" Thanksgiving at Joe's Great American Bar in Burbank. Pot luck heaven.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 05:27 PM (3SJzV)

39 Anyone ever RV to Alaska? I'm having some rather severe health issues and am trying to find a goal through the pain.

Many blessings all.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 05:29 PM (5LAwZ)

40 Tom Brady is not John Madden. As the color commentator it'd be nice if he had some.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:29 PM (vO42M)

41 Best fight scene in cinema history.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 05:31 PM (L/fGl)

42 Best fight scene in cinema history.

https://is.gd/IEPzbF

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 05:32 PM (L/fGl)

43 I hope the bear is house broken

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2024 05:32 PM (fwDg9)

44 41 Best fight scene in cinema history.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 28, 2024 05:31 PM (L/fGl)
Blazing Saddles final scene?

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 05:32 PM (jgmnb)

45
Anyone ever RV to Alaska? I'm having some rather severe health issues and am trying to find a goal through the pain.

Posted by: DiddlySquat

Whatever you choose, don't hesitate.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 05:33 PM (g9a9d)

46 >>Went for a bike ride. Jackals and dingoes were running about, each with a turkey carcass.

Took Elvis for a walk at the park yesterday and he met a 6 month old Australian Cattle Dog. Or more properly he was stalked and pounced on by a 6 month old Ozzie.

Adorable little thing. Their innate herding instinct is pretty spectacular.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 05:35 PM (LkLld)

47 "39 Anyone ever RV to Alaska? I'm having some rather severe health issues and am trying to find a goal through the pain.

Many blessings all."

I have friends who did it in a VW Westphalia camper van They loved it. Crossed into Canada at Chief Mountain, MT, I think

I'm a few years past 29, with some health issues, too. I'd be hesitant because of the isolation.

That's why my lovely spouse is campaigning for an Alaskan cruise.

Posted by: RS at November 28, 2024 05:35 PM (E7m29)

48 43 I hope the bear is house broken
Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2024 05:32
He has to go outside. In the woods. Everybody knows this.

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 05:35 PM (jgmnb)

49
btw, I know almost nothing first-hand about RV's, but I do have lots of common sense.

And I can tell you that RV's are work. They can be a lot of trouble and very expensive. And, even just driving them, they are, after all, a giant, slow, cumbersome, bus on the road with lots of Blind Spots.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 05:36 PM (g9a9d)

50 giant, slow, cumbersome, bus on the road

Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 05:37 PM (3SJzV)

51 >>Why is it, in any organized group, there is only a very few that do the vast majority of the work?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2024 05:21 PM

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Because most people are lazy, particularly when it comes to any activity that doesn't directly benefit themselves.

Posted by: Bigsmith at November 28, 2024 05:37 PM (1Au9i)

52 40 Tom Brady is not John Madden. As the color commentator it'd be nice if he had some.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:29 PM (vO42M)

He’s got a horrible voice for a color man.

Posted by: browndog tail between legs at November 28, 2024 05:38 PM (TTAGa)

53 I hope the bear is house broken
Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2024 05:32
He has to go outside. In the woods. Everybody knows this.
Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 05:35 PM (jgmnb)

Yep. It's common knowledge.

Posted by: The Pope at November 28, 2024 05:39 PM (0eaVi)

54 Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 05:29 PM
Within the hour we were FaceTime with our Alaskan relatives. It's 12 degrees and snow on the ground. Wait until June

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2024 05:39 PM (fwDg9)

55 Tom Brady is not John Madden. As the color commentator it'd be nice if he had some.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:29 PM (vO42M)

He’s got a horrible voice for a color man.

Posted by: browndog tail between legs at November 28, 2024 05:38 PM (TTAGa)

Well, he's white, so....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 28, 2024 05:39 PM (0eaVi)

56 The bear has broken the house.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2024 05:40 PM (63Dwl)

57 45
‘ Whatever you choose, don't hesitate’

Don’t hesi-tay-yay-ate.

Posted by: Peter Frampton at November 28, 2024 05:40 PM (kn6ML)

58 Good Lord, those are massive animals. Say, do you smell smoke, Smokey?

Posted by: Will Rothschild at November 28, 2024 05:42 PM (ls1gy)

59 30. I suppose someone would step up if one of the few was not there. I tend to feel like I'm in the way, but I have learned to find a task away from the crowd when I'm in such a setting. e.g. I'd probably wipe down tables, maybe sweep, but would stay clear of the crew that was bundling leftovers or washing dishes.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 28, 2024 05:42 PM (UKUm3)

60 Tom Brady is not John Madden. As the color commentator it'd be nice if he had some.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:29 PM (vO42M)

He’s got a horrible voice for a color man.

Posted by: browndog tail between legs at November 28, 2024 05:38 PM (TTAGa)

Well, he's white, so....
Posted by: OrangeEnt

A day with Tom Brady is like a year Ecru. I don't want to hear about his stupid screen pass strategies. I want to hear about freaking turkey legs.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:42 PM (vO42M)

61
He’s got a horrible voice for a color man.
Posted by: browndog tail between legs

Well, he's white, so....
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Feed him some collard greens.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2024 05:44 PM (63Dwl)

62 He’s got a horrible voice for a color man.
Posted by: browndog tail between legs

Well, he's white, so....
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Feed him some collard greens.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Perhaps some alcohol would help. What would be the best to recommend for a super rich white guy?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 05:45 PM (VNX3d)

63 And those Dallas cowboy jerseys. When did they turn into a bowling team?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:45 PM (vO42M)

64 Why is it, in any organized group, there is only a very few that do the vast majority of the work?
Posted by: Tonypete

Because the vast majority are there so they can either be seen, or claim they were there. The silent few who bust their asses are too busy to pose for pictures.

But you don't do it so someone will pat you on the back. You do it because it makes your heart happy to serve others.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 28, 2024 05:45 PM (ySK8l)

65 Thanks all. Skip, it would be when i recover and there is no timeline on that unfortunately. I am trying to find a path through the pain. (Probably back surgery). I'm offering it up at this point for those in more need than me.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 05:45 PM (5LAwZ)

66 Don’t hesi-tay-yay-ate.
Posted by: Peter Frampton

I saw Gary Wright open for Peter Frampton who opened for The Beach Boys at Three Rivers Stadium back in '76.

Wright and Frampton were fantastic. The Beach Boys sucked. Most of the folks headed for the exits shortly after the Beach Boys began.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2024 05:46 PM (WXNFJ)

67 "Posted by: DiddlySquat"

Addendum to my comment above.

Not to scare you, but I had a stroke on a hiking trip to NM in 2019. Took my wife 4 hours to drive me to the stroke center at the UNM Hospital in Albuquerque. The distances to medical help are longer on the road trip to AK.

Posted by: RS at November 28, 2024 05:46 PM (E7m29)

68 Y'all will remember that I piloted Weird Dave's 32 ft. RV, (Class A),from his former home outside of D.C., all the way to Tyler, TX. With a Toyota Tacoma crew cab truck in tow. Said truck holding a 125cc MX bike on it's own traverse bumper hitch ramp.

The ONLY "difficulty" I found, was in a Burger King parking lot, where geometry demanded that the Tacoma "jump the curb" in order to make a tight-enough turn to exit the lot. Weird Dave & Gingy made it easier, by finding RV parks with nice, "pull-through" parking pads.

That said, there's a lifetime of driving large vehicles with only the side mirrors for "rear view", and a host of mental tricks for maintaining Situational Awareness of what's around you.... even in your blind spots.

Pro-tip. They were NOT in your "blind spot" as you overtook them, or as they overtook you. But you've GOT to "index" them, i.e; Remember They're THERE, until the re-emerge from said blind spot.

Oh, and Weird Dave's mechanical preparations were impeccable. Not one glitch in the Matrix, the entire distance.

Happy Thanksgiving, Horde!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 28, 2024 05:49 PM (Xo+UM)

69 trying to find a path through the pain.

Drugs *can* be your friend.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 05:49 PM (3SJzV)

70 Tom Brady is the Kamala Harris of color commentators. Pasta salad meets word salad.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:49 PM (vO42M)

71 The distances to medical help are longer on the road trip to AK.

Posted by: RS at November 28, 2024 05:46 PM (E7m29)

No worries. Hell I'm in the boonies now in AZ and would have to be medivaced out for any life threatening issues.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 05:50 PM (5LAwZ)

72 Okay, just started Alice's Restaurant.

RIP Alice, just a few days ago.

Posted by: mindful webworker - anything you want, exceptin' Alice at November 28, 2024 05:50 PM (68TeV)

73 Also TonyPete, never over estimate peoples ability to think. Probably plenty of people would be like "oh sure, I can do that" if someone said 'hey John Doe we could use another person in the leftover assembly line' but just don't look around and see a task that could be done.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 28, 2024 05:52 PM (UKUm3)

74 I thought about doing an RV to Alaska. But I put that one on hold. What I'd really love to do is take a train across Canada, Toronto to Vancouver.

The country is beautiful and some of the trains are incredibly luxurious and when things go pear shaped, and thing always go pear shaped, someone else can deal with while I have a beer.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 05:52 PM (LkLld)

75 Drugs *can* be your friend.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 05:49 PM (3SJzV)

Lol. And they have been. I had two knee replacements done in one shot. morphene up the yin yang.. thank God I'm not an addictive personality.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 05:53 PM (5LAwZ)

76 Robert Spencer found quite amusement I think in today's article how the Leftist Hippies became their worst enemies

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2024 05:53 PM (fwDg9)

77 Why is it, in any organized group, there is only a very few that do the vast majority of the work?
Posted by: Tonypete

Behold the definition of "supernumerary".

Posted by: SFGoth at November 28, 2024 05:54 PM (KAi1n)

78 I'd recommend you consider what I did. Buy a teardrop trailer. Easy to tow with almost anything. Start doing trips around your home. Keep going when you're ready. Live2Day Wanderland has some nice videos on You Tube of trips with their teardrop.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 05:54 PM (gfViB)

79 shaped, and thing always go pear shaped, someone else can deal with while I have a beer.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 05:52 PM (LkLld)

I believe we can sail our RV to Alaska also.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 05:55 PM (5LAwZ)

80 And someone may know more about this than me, but I think you could take your trailer up on the ferry, on the inland passage.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 05:55 PM (gfViB)

81
trying to find a path through the pain.

Drugs *can* be your friend.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle

Laughing gassss

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2024 05:55 PM (63Dwl)

82 Burgess Meredith from Grumpy Old Men 1 & 2

https://youtu.be/OrnrSPCfoHw

Everyone can use a laugh or three....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 05:56 PM (VNX3d)

83 What about a sprinter van or equivalent?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:56 PM (vO42M)

84
[Yesterday]: Does anyone else have certain relatives who show up on Thanksgiving with Tupperware for leftovers ?
Posted by: jsg at November 27, 2024 07:40 PM

What? Would you rather they take YOUR Tupperware/Dishes/Pans home with them?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 05:56 PM (g9a9d)

85 addictive personality.

At this point what difference does it make?
Age 29? Give me pain relief! My body my choice!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 05:57 PM (3SJzV)

86 "No worries. Hell I'm in the boonies now in AZ"

I've spent many glorious days in your fine state. Chiricahua NM is a favorite. Plus, convincing my kids that, because there was no TV at the cabins in Jacob's Lake (North Rim), they should just throw pine cones at each other 'till dinnertime.

Posted by: RS at November 28, 2024 05:57 PM (E7m29)

87 Drugs *can* be your friend.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism

And then you decide to add just 10 more mgs of friend.... I had great fun last night playing music, thinking about some legal stuff going on, overeating, and then my body decided it was time to properly metabolize 80 mgs of THC.... Ugh. At least there aren't any spins. I think I actually get a better high from convection (dry air) vaping weed these days but I'm not thrilled about subjecting my lungs to it. So my digestive tract and liver get to do their thing. Happy Thanksgiving Horde.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 28, 2024 05:58 PM (KAi1n)

88 I believe we can sail our RV to Alaska also.
Posted by: DiddlySquat

I'm pretty sure you could get your firearms up there too. Driving through Canada. That's a No-No.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:58 PM (vO42M)

89 [Yesterday]: Does anyone else have certain relatives who show up on Thanksgiving with Tupperware for leftovers ?
Posted by: jsg at November 27, 2024 07:40 PM

What? Would you rather they take YOUR Tupperware/Dishes/Pans home with them?
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 05:56 PM (g9a9d)

Naw, they can take them home in the old-style fold-close sandwich bags.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 05:59 PM (VNX3d)

90 Laughing gassss

Some teenage girl crashed car catastrophically had a pressure bottle of that in her lap.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 05:59 PM (3SJzV)

91 @41/Anonosaurus Wrecks: "Best fight scene in cinema history."

The back alley fight in "THEY LIVE"?
https://youtu.be/rhr3TzEknzY

"I'm giving you a choice. Either put on these glasses, or start eating that trash-can."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 28, 2024 06:00 PM (O7YUW)

92 My parents did a trip to Alaska in an RV, starting in Ga, 20 years or so ago. They were well prepared and had plenty of experience. It's not a trip you do without both. There are ferries you can take at different stages to save some driving miles too.

I own that RV now, and another like it. It's nearly 50 years old and could make that trip again. I don't know if I could though.

Posted by: fd at November 28, 2024 06:00 PM (vFG9F)

93 84
[Yesterday]: Does anyone else have certain relatives who show up on Thanksgiving with Tupperware for leftovers ?
Posted by: jsg

I will be, so I can hijack the turkey wings to make stock.

Turkey with dumplings! It's so good in mid February when it's cold and wet and dark. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 28, 2024 06:00 PM (HIm0D)

94 8 I'd recommend you consider what I did. Buy a teardrop trailer. Easy to tow with almost anything. Start doing trips around your home. Keep going when you're ready. Live2Day Wanderland has some nice videos on You Tube of trips with their teardrop.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 05:54 PM (gfViB)

Thanks, we have explored that. We are exploring options now. We have a Tundra so an easy pull. I think we want a little more room. We did travel from St. Pete FL to Bamff years back in a van. Amazing trip.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 06:02 PM (5LAwZ)

95 Posted by: SFGoth

Pro tip: micro toking. Kief pipe size bowl.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 06:02 PM (3SJzV)

96 Addendum to my comment above.

Not to scare you, but I had a stroke on a hiking trip to NM in 2019. Took my wife 4 hours to drive me to the stroke center at the UNM Hospital in Albuquerque. The distances to medical help are longer on the road trip to AK.
Posted by: RS at November 28, 2024 05:46 PM (E7m29)

Well, the entire Alaska Highway is now paved. There is air ambulance service through Alberta, and probably B.C and Yukon, too. It's a long-ass road, to be sure, but not completely devoid of towns and cities.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2024 06:03 PM (hoTMZ)

97 65 Thanks all. Skip, it would be when i recover and there is no timeline on that unfortunately. I am trying to find a path through the pain. (Probably back surgery). I'm offering it up at this point for those in more need than me.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 05:45 PM (5LAwZ)

I read something the other day about back surgeries and how most of them are unnecessary, except as a profit center. In case you hadn't seen it, I found it very enlightening. Can't seem to post a link (too long and tiny url no longer easy access), but it's on a site called Pain News Network. Story dated 11/20/24. Search on back surgery unnecessary should bring it up.

Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2024 06:03 PM (14URa)

98 Afternoon, turkey folk!

We have returned from darkest downtown Swamp. The restaurant and the food (though $$$) were fine. The surroundings . . . Well, let me count them up:

Number of homeless sleeping in doorways: 5

Panhandlers with cardboard signs: 3

People wearing sweats, or hoodies, or just T-shirts and shorts: Too many to count

Conversely, number of people dressed up even a little bit: 4 (this number includes Miss Linda and myself)

Landmarks (stores, etc.) I recall from when I lived there as a kid: Precious few

It is what it is.

And . . . there was a parade. We knew it was going to happen, and parked where we could get out and back home. But it was still annoying.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 06:03 PM (omVj0)

99 Pro tip: micro toking. Kief pipe size bowl.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism

I want to feel, not snicker that, yeah, technically I did drugs.... Part of turning 29 is not being as sensitive to good things.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 28, 2024 06:04 PM (KAi1n)

100 sprinter van

Read that as "sphincter" van.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 06:04 PM (3SJzV)

101
What about a sprinter van or equivalent?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

This.

I think you're better off with a big, comfortable van, and staying in motels.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 06:05 PM (g9a9d)

102 I thought about doing an RV to Alaska. But I put that one on hold. What I'd really love to do is take a train across Canada, Toronto to Vancouver.

The country is beautiful and some of the trains are incredibly luxurious and when things go pear shaped, and thing always go pear shaped, someone else can deal with while I have a beer.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 05:52 PM (LkLld)

The problem with trains is they run night and day, so some of the scenery you might want to see passes by under cover of night.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2024 06:06 PM (hoTMZ)

103 Touching vids should not cause the rest of us to become complacent in the wild or believe we're suddenly transported to a '60s Disney movie.

Posted by: RS at November 28, 2024 05:11 PM (E7m29)

Kate at smalldeadanimals has a post with stories of people attacked by animals under posts "How many death is Walt Disney responsible for?"

Posted by: Stateless at November 28, 2024 06:07 PM (jvJvP)

104 Take a look at their videos. They have a hot tent, complete with an inflatable couch. He winter camps tool

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 06:08 PM (gfViB)

105
It's been so long since I watched Sleepy Hollow that I had forgotten it was Tim Burton made Ichabod Crane into Sherlock Holmes.

WTF??

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 06:10 PM (g9a9d)

106 I'm pretty sure you could get your firearms up there too. Driving through Canada. That's a No-No.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 05:58 PM (vO42M)

Not certain, but I believe there is a procedure for U.S. citizens to transport firearms under seal when going from the Lower 48 to Alaska by road. Even handguns. Check with Canada Customs web site.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2024 06:10 PM (hoTMZ)

107 At this point what difference does it make?
Age 29? Give me pain relief! My body my choice!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 05:57 PM (3SJzV)

LOL. Let's see. tramadol and vodka, and ice working right now. and Methocarbamol muscles relaxer or as needed and gabamentin before bed. Just finished round of progesterone. Still wake up in pain. Oh well. It'll work out. Doctors are booked out the rest fo the year. yay.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 06:10 PM (5LAwZ)

108 102 I thought about doing an RV to Alaska. But I put that one on hold. What I'd really love to do is take a train across Canada, Toronto to Vancouver.

The country is beautiful and some of the trains are incredibly luxurious and when things go pear shaped, and thing always go pear shaped, someone else can deal with while I have a beer.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 05:52 PM (LkLld

My friend was in charge of a national trophy that was going to be brought by train to 100 Canadian cities. Those last few dozen cities can't be huge.

It sounded like a great thing except you're on a train going to 100 Canadian cities....

Posted by: Stateless at November 28, 2024 06:11 PM (jvJvP)

109 Nu Camp also makes the T@b, if you want a teardrop ith a standard trailer interior.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 06:11 PM (gfViB)

110 The great cranberry scare of 1959:
https://tinyurl.com/4v7jb3vz
Your FDA at work.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 28, 2024 06:11 PM (XMwZJ)

111
There are two types of People in this world:

1. Those who have slept on Air Mattresses.
2. And those who make their guests sleep on Air Mattresses.

Which are you?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 06:11 PM (g9a9d)

112 Gotta love my doctor. She had the clinic calll me yesterday. Your sodium is low. EAT MOAR SALT!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 06:11 PM (3SJzV)

113 Tonypete. Yep. Church secretary is on vacation tomorrow and guess who will be there for a UPS delivery. Always seems to fall to myself, hubby and one other couple. Even with the Knights of Columbus it's the same handful of people.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 28, 2024 06:13 PM (2NHgQ)

114 FOOD COMA!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 05:11 PM (3SJzV)

FOOD FIGHT!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 28, 2024 06:13 PM (i24o9)

115 I like those teardrop trailers. I'll bet even my Buick could haul a small one?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 06:14 PM (omVj0)

116 Pregabalin AKA Lyrica. Help stretch the Norco.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 06:14 PM (3SJzV)

117 What a wonderful day! The four grandchildren are here and it's a madhouse, lol. Just how we like. We aren't formal people, we want all to have fun and they are, and we are too.

Blessings to all of you!

Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2024 05:20 PM (3ek7K)
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What a wonderful time!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 06:14 PM (ZOv7s)

118 Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Are you sure you can skin grizz?

Jeremiah Johnson: Just as fast as you can catch' em.

[Bear Claw runs into and through the cabin with a huge grizzly bear close behind and jumps out the back window]

Bear Claw Chris Lapp: [as the fight rages inside the cabin] Skin that one, pilgrim, and I'll get you another!
[Shot sounds from inside the cabin]

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 06:14 PM (Aqu9a)

119 >>The problem with trains is they run night and day, so some of the scenery you might want to see passes by under cover of night.

True. On the other hand you aren't driving and when you are awake you can see everything. When I was a kid my grandfather had a business meeting in California. He hated to fly. So he took me, my sister and my mom to California by train.

We had to drive to Chicago and then took the Santa Fe Super Chief the rest of the way. One of the most unforgettable trips of my life.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 06:15 PM (LkLld)

120 Since he's constantly in the news-
Big Bang Theory, 1915

https://tinyurl.com/y5ytdv4p

Posted by: sal at November 28, 2024 06:15 PM (f+FmA)

121 They are under a thousand pounds. Depends on what your vehicle can handle.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 06:15 PM (gfViB)

122 Again, thanks all. Seems to be easy to take guns through Canada. Many do, for hunting.

We are looking a small Class C Rv's. 25 ft. Amazing the room in them and almost most fit in a regular parking spot. At this point the planning is to take my mind off my issues.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 06:16 PM (5LAwZ)

123 30 The dinner at church for 'The Lost and The Lonely' is completed. All dishes washed, tables wiped down, leftovers distributed, and empty boxes of wine thrown in the trash.

Why is it, in any organized group, there is only a very few that do the vast majority of the work?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2024 05:21 PM
You have a servant’s heart, Tonypete.
Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 05:26 PM (jgmnb)

The 80/20 rule in action.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 06:17 PM (Aqu9a)

124 Any of y'all who come through Western Washington, gimme a holler. Please.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 28, 2024 06:17 PM (1Bcgn)

125 I like those teardrop trailers. I'll bet even my Buick could haul a small one?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 28, 2024 06:14 PM (omVj0)

Maybe. It would be good for two people, but golly they're expensive.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 28, 2024 06:17 PM (0eaVi)

126 Offspring Number One left home today. I dropped him at the airport.
Sigh. I can't help but feel melancholy.
But it's time. In fact, it's long overdue.
He's launching his career and I'm very happy and proud of him - he has worked so hard to make this happen.
In May he finished a Masters degree - WITH NO DEBT!
Monday he begins the job.

In Alaska.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 28, 2024 06:18 PM (dg+HA)

127 "At this point the planning is to take my mind off my issues."

I've never known anyone who's had back surgery who's regretted it, FWIW. Prayers up.

Posted by: RS at November 28, 2024 06:19 PM (E7m29)

128 I read something the other day about back surgeries and how most of them are unnecessary, except as a profit center. In case you hadn't seen it, I found it very enlightening. Can't seem to post a link (too long and tiny url no longer easy access), but it's on a site called Pain News Network. Story dated 11/20/24. Search on back surgery unnecessary should bring it up.
Posted by: Peaches at November 28, 2024 06:03 PM (14URa)
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One of the things RFK needs to look at is the notion that an appointment isn't complete unless a drug is prescribed or a procedure is scheduled. Time was, you want in and maybe nothing needed to be done. Now there is clear pressure for the to push you into accepting some sort of medication to justify paying for the appointment, even if it's just 800mg Motrin.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)

129 >>It sounded like a great thing except you're on a train going to 100 Canadian cities....

For all the crap I give Canada, mostly because of their current government, Canada has some great cities. Quebec City in the winter is awesome and Vancouver has some spectacular views.

If we could only figure out how to stop Canadian men from invading our beaches in their speedos we might be able to avoid war.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 06:19 PM (LkLld)

130 Diddly, I knew someone who had back surgery to get a replacement disk and was very happy with the results and someone else that had dealt with back pain for years and then had a fall and needed surgery and because they had been doing all the core exercising already their recovery was good. So my 3rd hand two rat experience is that surgery can be fine depending on reason for it. I hope you find a treatment plan that works wonderfully for you. I'm fortunate to only need 4 week chiro visits and arnica topical + stetching for a couple spots that get tight and sore on me. I'm in between the "getting old aint for sissies and I'm too young to feel this old" stage of life.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 28, 2024 06:19 PM (UKUm3)

131
Worst John Wayne movie: North To Alaska.

I hate that song so much.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 06:20 PM (g9a9d)

132 Haven't even eaten yet and i have dishpan hands.
Ugh

Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 06:20 PM (W/lyH)

133 LOL. Let's see. tramadol and vodka, and ice working right now. and Methocarbamol muscles relaxer or as needed and gabamentin before bed. Just finished round of progesterone. Still wake up in pain. Oh well. It'll work out. Doctors are booked out the rest fo the year. yay.
Posted by: DiddlySquat

I really hope you meant PREDNISONE and not PROGESTERONE.

Unless you're get a sex change operation.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 28, 2024 06:20 PM (1Bcgn)

134 What's for dinner ?

/// Bear gets three votes ///

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 28, 2024 06:21 PM (/lPRQ)

135 Offspring Number One left home today. I dropped him at the airport.
Sigh. I can't help but feel melancholy.
But it's time. In fact, it's long overdue.
He's launching his career and I'm very happy and proud of him - he has worked so hard to make this happen.
In May he finished a Masters degree - WITH NO DEBT!
Monday he begins the job.

In Alaska.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 28, 2024 06:18 PM (dg+HA)

No Debt and a Masters? Impressive!

A job as well - even better!

Can't speak to Alaska, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 06:21 PM (VNX3d)

136 I had an industrial accident 13 years ago, Unfortunate that I was at work and sucked into the Workers Comp system, resulting in two major back surgeries. Two because they messed up the first one (or they got away with it money wise)

I have found that Naproxen is amazing. You can take a lot more than than one tablet a day. Consult internet.

Just make sure you take it with food or milk, because it will tear up your stomach without it.

Posted by: pawn at November 28, 2024 06:21 PM (QB+5g)

137 Holy shit NFL is boring. It’s taken like 20 minutes to play 2:00 of game. How do people spend all day Sunday watching this?

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 28, 2024 06:22 PM (M2P6t)

138 Maybe. It would be good for two people, but golly they're expensive.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 28, 2024 06:17 PM (0eaVi)
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My wife and I have been discussing vacation concepts for when we actually get free time again. We've been looking at RVs and trailers, but one of the downsides I see is that they need to be maintained even if you don't use them, and if you don't use them, the money is wasted.

It seems better to have a comfy car for long-distance driving (with plentiful space for luggage) and simply book hotels. If the year proves too busy to travel much, roll the hotel budget into the next year.

YMMV, but the last few years we've always had stuff coming up that have killed or cut short vacation opportunities, and I hate the idea of watching a vehicle just age in place.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)

139
Ever notice nobody has "commercial" accidents?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 06:23 PM (g9a9d)

140 They are under a thousand pounds. Depends on what your vehicle can handle.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 06:15 PM (gfViB)

My F-150 can haul her, iffen she can step up into the cab.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 06:23 PM (Aqu9a)

141 NOOD Bird

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 06:23 PM (VNX3d)

142 Saw more NFL today than Last 5 years

Cowboys are bad

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2024 06:23 PM (fwDg9)

143 Naproxen

Doc told me no more for you unless you like fried liver.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 06:23 PM (3SJzV)

144 I have found that Naproxen is amazing. You can take a lot more than than one tablet a day. Consult internet.

Just make sure you take it with food or milk, because it will tear up your stomach without it.

Posted by: pawn at November 28, 2024 06:21 PM (QB+5g)

The prescription strength Naproxen gives me intense kidney pain after two days. It's no good for me.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 28, 2024 06:24 PM (i24o9)

145 "26 Offspring Number One left home today. I dropped him at the airport."

I remember when I took my first to the airport immediately after college to seek her " adventure" in Europe.

Cried all the way home.

That was ten years ago. She's done well. I'm sure yours will, too.

Because you reared your children right.

Posted by: RS at November 28, 2024 06:24 PM (E7m29)

146 ...We are looking a small Class C Rv's. 25 ft. Amazing the room in them and almost most fit in a regular parking spot. At this point the planning is to take my mind off my issues. Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 06:16 PM (5LAwZ)

Front seats in a full sized Ford Transit are nothing short of INCREDIBLE, for proper ergonomics and back support. I oughta know, having driven a fleet of 'em since 2017.

STRONGLY suggest you arrange a half-day test drive in one. Even a used one. You're test driving "the seat", more than the whole van, so "used" is great for this purpose.

+200k mile service life, without "breakdown" of the seat, too. Ford designed the Transits for a 300k mile service life, and with care and attention, they'll do that.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 28, 2024 06:25 PM (Xo+UM)

147 I'm in between the "getting old aint for sissies and I'm too young to feel this old" stage of life.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 28, 2024 06:19 PM (UKUm3)

Thanks PR. my buddy fits into the happy with surgery group. My problem is getting a diagnosis. I was in Greta shape and then after a gym workout my foot went numb and throbbing pain and pain down my leg. Ugh. Have a nerve test a coupla weeks from now. Every doc is booked up.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 06:27 PM (5LAwZ)

148 ibuprofen gel caps for me, but I found that tumeric capsules are great and I've never found any warnings. It boosts the effectiveness of OTC nsaids and for myself with no severe issues I only need to take 200 mg ibuprofen a few times a month when I over do the weekend manual labor.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 28, 2024 06:30 PM (UKUm3)

149 One thing I have learned is that everyone's body is different. What works for one person doesn't necessarily help another. You have to mess around to figure out the right meds and activity/lifestyle.

Posted by: pawn at November 28, 2024 06:31 PM (QB+5g)

150 132 Haven't even eaten yet and i have dishpan hands.
Ugh
Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 06:20 PM (W/lyH)

The success of any holiday dinner is measured by how many loads of dish towels you have to wash.

Posted by: sal at November 28, 2024 06:31 PM (f+FmA)

151 I had been taking 400 mg ibuprofen pretty much every night for a sore neck before tumeric got all the press several years ago and I tried it for a dog that needed a pain control boost and then for my dad and myself. I know I flog it pretty often, I've found it to be good stuff.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 28, 2024 06:32 PM (UKUm3)

152 "Have a nerve test a coupla weeks from now. "

Oh, those are fun. Try not to punch the tech out.

Posted by: pawn at November 28, 2024 06:34 PM (QB+5g)

153 About that RV to Alaska.
Research the amount of contiguous highways and accessibility according to climate. Many places are like Juneau, in that, you can drive around Juneau, but that's about all you can do, depending on weather and what you are driving.
That's why airplanes are preferred.
The ferry is a good idea.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 28, 2024 06:35 PM (MeG8a)

154 >>Posted by: DiddlySquat

Get many doctors options before you agree to back surgery.

Trust me on this one.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 06:35 PM (LkLld)

155
There's a nood, you know.

Bring your infirmities.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 06:41 PM (g9a9d)

156 As a matter of fact, some of the funniest Alaska driving videos begin with the question "Am I still on the road?"

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 28, 2024 06:41 PM (MeG8a)

157 Those Leute in the video above...I have quite literally documented the inevitable end of all who dally with Bruins, and it is not a lovely spectacle to observe. Yet people continue to indulge in this slow-motion seppuku, and any who survive are stunned. "Surely," they say, "Not my brown bear! Never would he, a creature from the wild who occupies an apex predator position, deign to do what is second nature to him, rending, slashing, and biting us to shreds before feasting upon our entrails! It is unthinkable!"

Werner could (and has) point out that bears do not delight in snuggling, and their intake of protein is ever foremost in their minds. Yogi and Boo-Boo seek not a picnic basket, much as Smokey the Bear cares naught about arboreal combustion. When hunger raises its feral head, one's chances are slim or none, and slim has already made his exit. Leave the bears to the Russians, who will gleefully engage in vodka-fueled combat with them. Ach, it is despair to even contemplate.

Oh well. Happy Thanksgiving to all, and greet not the bears unless you have a Weatherby slung over your shoulder, backed up by a Desert Eagle on your hip.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Briefly Resurfaces at November 28, 2024 06:42 PM (G6LTi)

158 Bring your infirmities.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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[rucks up]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2024 06:43 PM (XeU6L)

159 One thing. They are probably going to send you for an MRI. An interpolation of an MRI is not conclusive. There are people in no pain whose backs look like crap in an MRI and folk that can barely walk because of the pain who's MRI looks fine.

If I were you I would go and get the best pain specialist you can find and get assessed. Someone who will look you in the eye. Someone who goes beyond the interpolations.

I had the same numb foot and able to feel the nerve pathways down my leg too. Major nerve compression by ruptured disks.

Back pain has completely changed my life and not for the better.

Posted by: pawn at November 28, 2024 06:51 PM (QB+5g)

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