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hawkdon said:
Morning gang....since it is 22deg outside I won't be going anywhere, even if I wanted to....woke at 330am for some damn
reason, no reason for it, unless it was my breathing, seems very
\difficult today.....caregivers supvr came yesterday to check on
me...and two other friends checked on me, maybe they know
something ahead of time?????????have a fun day if you want.....
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No, nobody knows anything ahead of time, Silly. :) Don't worry. Do stay inside; 22 degrees is too cold. Eat some hot soup.
 

Blessed said:
Funny thing is my husband was in the pool business when we were young but could not afford one. He had one put in at his parents complete with hot tub and rock waterfall. (he contracted it and did much of the work) That was the family pool!!
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That's why we insisted that the property had to already have a pool. When we bought in 1985 the rule of thumb that homes were roughly $10K extra if there was a pool, but it cost about $40K to put one in. Concrete pools the size of ours now cost $60 - $80K to put in.

When we bought our home, putting in a pool ourselves would have meant a higher interest second mortgage for that $40K, or some other loan to pay for it, or refinancing the whole she-bang (including points and all the other extras loan originators charged). Much less expensive - even at those high, high interest rates - to pay $10K as part of the original mortgage.

One son and our daughter bought homes with in-ground pools already there. ( Other son and DIL aren't interested in a pool and "no pool" was on their list house shopping.)

Of course, it's not terribly difficult to find resale suburban homes in So Cal with pools. New homes, not so much.
 
RadishRose said:
Made an appt for Doggy at the Vet. She has a little pink bump on the side of her left nostril. I just seemed to appear one day about a month ago. I kept hoping it would go away, but it hasn't.

I did look it up and learned there are more than several causes, and can also be hereditary. We go next Wed. I'm trying not to be nervous.
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Thes things seem to come out of the blue ..sure hope it is nothing to worry about.

I'm dealing with a tumor on Lil'Bear's neck that started as a small wort. Vet doesn't seem concerned - said it is non-cancerous and at his age (13) it would be dangerous to try to remove. I've been given medicated wipes for it, which do nothing.
Bear doesn't seem to be bothered by it at all.

I blame a lot of ailments that our pets get, on commercial food and treats.
 
JustBonee said:
Thes things seem to come out of the blue ..sure hope it is nothing to worry about.

I'm dealing with a tumor on Lil'Bear's neck that started as a small wort. Vet doesn't seem concerned - said it is non-cancerous and at his age (13) it would be dangerous to try to remove. I've been given medicated wipes for it, which do nothing.
Bear doesn't seem to be bothered by it at all.

I blame a lot of ailments that our pets get, on commercial food and treats.
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Thanks, Bonnie. Good to hear Lil'Bear's bump is of no concern. But yet, we still worry. Commercial food? Oh dear, That's what my dog eats; canned and dry. Now and then I'll give her some chicken or a scrambled egg, etc. She loves blueberries, tomatoes and watermelon.
 
Pepper said:
I have to take a walk today, have to get out there, been inside too much, gotta combat this agoraphobia I've been displaying lately.
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A lot of people with Down syndrome get various degrees of agoraphobia the older they get. We noticed the last time we took Joey on vacation he got really nervous and wanted to call the group home several times a day. Then he just started refusing to go.

Now he will go for lunch but when we took him for the movie he had lots of questions about when he would get back home. And he’s only come to our apartment twice in two years. Could not even tempt him with Disney plus and finally cancelled it.

Guess my point for you is, yes get out more, because it gets worst gradually and sneaks up on you, and then you might find it’s impossible to get out at all.
 
StarSong said:
I've heard this before and find the statement itself to be quite, well, stupid, not to mention condescending. There is indeed a cure for stupid. It's education, explanation and teaching.

Avoidance of drugs and alcohol help the lessons to stick.
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I strongly disagree.

Education, explanation, and teaching cures ignorance, it does not cure stupid. Ignorance and stupid are two different things.
 
JustBonee said:
Thes things seem to come out of the blue ..sure hope it is nothing to worry about.

I'm dealing with a tumor on Lil'Bear's neck that started as a small wort. Vet doesn't seem concerned - said it is non-cancerous and at his age (13) it would be dangerous to try to remove. I've been given medicated wipes for it, which do nothing.
Bear doesn't seem to be bothered by it at all.

I blame a lot of ailments that our pets get, on commercial food and treats.
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My daughter would agree with you.. when she had her boarding kennels , she collaborated with a Pet food manufacturer and had them make pet food to her recipe , which contained no nasties.. it was and still is a roaring success.. she believes totally in what they eat is often the problem behind their health issues..

Her eldest miniature Labradoodle.. is the last surviving one out of the pack he was born into.. and he was the runt of the litter...

All of his brothers and sisters have died, the last one just a week ago ( she keeps in touch with some of the owners).... .. and altho' Stan has dementia he has no other ailments, unlike his siblings, and she believes wholeheartedly that good exercise , regular dental appointments, and good food is at the root of his longevity
 
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Slept in, leisurely breakfast and chatting with my friend Julia…. Coffee x2….

there will be a game of Canasta later; it’s been several years since I’ve played and Julia will probably have to reteach me (along with stomping me) but it’s a game I enjoy.

later there will be pizza, wings and maybe a movie
 
Aneeda72 said:
Guess my point for you is, yes get out more, because it gets worst gradually and sneaks up on you, and then you might find it’s impossible to get out at all.
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Came back from over an hour outside, took a walk, went to two stores, had a lively conversation with a neighbor.

Aneeda, I'm considering giving you my phone number so you can call me every morning and yell at me to get my ass out of the front door!

Thanks!
 
Went shopping at costco and decided to get lunch at Sizzler. Salad and baked potato. We get to cashier to order, and he says,” we are giving free lunch to vets today. Do you want the steak or the chicken?” Hmm.

Steak, baked potato. Free. Had to pay for our drinks. Getting ready to leave the waitress walks up. “Don’t forget your brownie and ice cream.” OMGosh. No, Would not want to forget that 😂😂😂.

Ok, not stepping on the scale for a couple of weeks. Wait. Thanksgiving and Christmas. Not stepping on the scale till next March. 🤪
 
OK, I truly believe something weird blew into Orlando with Hurricane Nicole.

As I said earlier, I went downtown to watch the Veterans Day Parade. On the way there, I took a walk around Lake Eola, the city park. I was admiring the swans (there are at least 50 of them living there, black and white swans), I see something strange approaching.

It's a guy. A really strange guy. He's jogging along, wearing nothing but what looked like a white g-string and a large, very large, silver-studded black leather (or maybe vinyl, but my money's on leather....) codpiece with a large silver padlock dangling from it. I got a good look from the front and the rear. Unfortunately, my phone was buried at the bottom of my backpack or I'd have a picture that I probably wouldn't be able to post on here. Judging from the size of the codpiece, he either had something to be proud of and felt it should be kept under lock and key.....or he's suffering from delusions of grandeur. Either way, it was a verrry big codpiece. Most impressive. The biggest I've ever seen, not that I'm claiming to be an expert on codpieces.

So, after that I head over to the parade route, only to run into one of the street crazies, a woman laden down with backpacks, screaming at everyone she encountered, "YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID! I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU DID BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID!!!!!" One couple with a small child were backing away from her, but she was aggressively getting in their faces and screaming. Another guy pushed her away. She was heading in my general direction so I made a u-ey and crossed the street. A few minutes later, farther down the street, I saw her struggling with two officers and they weren't making much headway with her. She was screaming and punching and kicking. Finally they prevailed and hustled her off. I hope she got some help.

I come home and the Spousal Equivalent says when he was leaving this morning, he saw a young woman come out of one of the houses in our neighborhood wearing extremely skimpy shorts and pasties shaped like stars on her bare breasts and get into a car. This isn't the type of neighborhood in which that is a common occurence.

Mercy me, something's in the air......
 
WOW!! That IS some weird stuff. Misa says working at Dollar General is like a carnival show. She is surprised every time by some really strange customer. The world is full off surprises if we are lucky enough to have "good" ones.

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