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Nothing until 5 today. I am going to the Executive Men’s Club for dinner. We allow women to join, but never got around to changing the name and our female members never seemed to care. I think they are waiting until all of the printed materials we have made up are used. We’re having our seafood dinner tonight. This includes: shrimp (different varieties), calamari, lobster tails, blue crabs, scallops, clams, oysters (from somewhere out of the country), fish include: cod, black tip shark, flounder, haddock, salmon, halibut and from Alaska “reindeer sausage.” I never had that, so I’m looking forward to it. There’s more, but I forget some of it and am too lazy right now to get up and get the menu.

I hope you are sitting down to read the price. The cost is $300 per person, plus your alcohol. (And that isn’t cheap either.)

If you or your guest can’t eat seafood, they are also serving some kind of chicken and beef tenderloins. You had to buy your tickets 2 weeks ago or at the door, the price goes to $400. The first $200 goes to pay for the food and the remainder is donated to a local charity. I think the charity this year is split 50/50 between youth athletic clubs in our area and the SPCA for maintenance only. None of the money may be used to euthanize any animals, but we all knows how that works out.

They begin serving at 4 and stop serving at 9 tonight. Anything left over gets sold at cost to members tomorrow. Overall, I think they do really well financially.You don’t have to be a member to join in on this event since it’s counted as a charity event. You can either be served or there is waitress service available. Same for the bar. You can go get your own drink or have a waitress bring it to you. It’s a fun time.
 
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Good morning! I slept like a log last night, and I feel great!

We are expecting a beautiful day today...68°F/20°C and sunny. I have a gazillion things that I want to get done today. The question is: will I actually accomplish anything, or just procrastinate the day away?!!! 😁

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Stay tuned for the exciting details!
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CinnamonSugar said:
@horseless carriage, you are fortunate to have someone close by who is knowledgeable about vintage cars! Hope you and your sweet wife have fun on your outing 😊
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What a lovely compliment, thank you.
CinnamonSugar said:
Ok I gotta get off this thread for a while or I’m gonna pop a seam— so many irresponsible, unfeeling people! 😡😡😡
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Don't get too stressed about forum postings. It was Albert Mehrabian, a researcher of body language, who first broke down the components of a face-to-face conversation. He found that communication is 55% nonverbal, 38% vocal, and 7% words only. In other words what we miss when typing rather than talking is nuance. The dictionary gives nuance the following definition:
"a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound." Subtle is the key word there. When conversing face to face, we automatically pick up and understand when a poor use of words has been inadvertently used. You can't do that with the written word.

What I am trying to get across is that people don't set out to be unfeeling or irresponsible, it's simply that without the face to face contact, body language and nuance are lost. Taking a break from any post that leaves you feeling uncomfortable is good common sense. Spats occur when those, who tend to forget that there is real flesh and blood on the other end, go at it gung ho, giving it both barrels. It gets them nowhere and just as anyone who has ever worked in sales will tell you: "A smile begets a smile," that works the other way too, written or spoken.
 
horseless carriage said:
What a lovely compliment, thank you.

Don't get too stressed about forum postings. It was Albert Mehrabian, a researcher of body language, who first broke down the components of a face-to-face conversation. He found that communication is 55% nonverbal, 38% vocal, and 7% words only. In other words what we miss when typing rather than talking is nuance. The dictionary gives nuance the following definition:
"a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound." Subtle is the key word there. When conversing face to face, we automatically pick up and understand when a poor use of words has been inadvertently used. You can't do that with the written word.

What I am trying to get across is that people don't set out to be unfeeling or irresponsible, it's simply that without the face to face contact, body language and nuance are lost. Taking a break from any post that leaves you feeling uncomfortable is good common sense. Spats occur when those, who tend to forget that there is real flesh and blood on the other end, go at it gung ho, giving it both barrels. It gets them nowhere and just as anyone who has ever worked in sales will tell you: "A smile begets a smile," that works the other way too, written or spoken.
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Not to speak for CS.. but HC I feel CS was talking about the people behind the stories some of have posted today, and not the posters...
 
horseless carriage said:
What a lovely compliment, thank you.

Don't get too stressed about forum postings. It was Albert Mehrabian, a researcher of body language, who first broke down the components of a face-to-face conversation. He found that communication is 55% nonverbal, 38% vocal, and 7% words only. In other words what we miss when typing rather than talking is nuance. The dictionary gives nuance the following definition:
"a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound." Subtle is the key word there. When conversing face to face, we automatically pick up and understand when a poor use of words has been inadvertently used. You can't do that with the written word.

What I am trying to get across is that people don't set out to be unfeeling or irresponsible, it's simply that without the face to face contact, body language and nuance are lost. Taking a break from any post that leaves you feeling uncomfortable is good common sense. Spats occur when those, who tend to forget that there is real flesh and blood on the other end, go at it gung ho, giving it both barrels. It gets them nowhere and just as anyone who has ever worked in sales will tell you: "A smile begets a smile," that works the other way too, written or spoken.
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Ah, bless you, @horseless carriage … I was referring to the thoughtless people to whom the posts Referred, such as the medical staff that “forgot” to call an ambulance for HD’s ex, Micks’s foster daughter/family, etc. your advice is well-stated, I will keep it in mind for other situations 😊
 
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If anyone is injured due to no elevators there must be a lawsuit @katlupe. Nothing for the average person will ever get done without action.
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It is a real problem and I have been researching it the last few days. This article published in 2019 states how bad the problem is in NYC.
"The embattled authority, which houses some 400,000 New Yorkers, oversees 325 developments with more than 1,200 elevators that take 3.2 million trips each day. A team of 400 people—including 193 mechanics responsible for repairs—are tasked with the equipment’s upkeep with a $74 million annual budget, according to NYCHA data. But that funding is a drop in the bucket compared to what the agency projects is a $1.5 billion need to ensure the city’s public housing elevators are fully functional.

In the meantime, New Yorkers pay the price with increasingly frequent outages in NYCHA buildings. A NY1 investigation found that between 2012 and 2018, the number of elevator outages jumped by more than 16 percent from nearly 38,000 in 2012 to more than 44,000 last year. That translates to 121 breakdowns per day with the average outage lasting some 12 hours, according to a year’s worth of elevator records obtained by the network.

In some extreme cases, elderly and disabled tenants are trapped in their homes for extended periods, with one elderly woman and her wheelchair-bound daughter stuck in their Throggs Neck Houses building in the Bronx without a working elevator since May 30. The local councilmember, Mark Gjonaj, blasted the agency for the long-busted lift, which is not expected to be repaired until October." NY Curbed
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It is just too bad this had to happen on Christmas day and some people can't leave for any holiday get together. For me, it is just appointments and groceries that will affect me. Today I am watching videos on how to go down the stairs using the standard walker (no wheels).
 
Still slacking off. But in truth I'm probably over the cold now.

I guess I'll at least clear the accumulation of snow from on and around the car. I haven't been out for 2 weeks!

My windows are frozen shut, and probably will be until about April. I was in the habit of opening the windows a bit each day when I showered and/or hung up laundry. It upsets me that I can't open them.

Balancing the humidity inside the apartment is tricky, because the winters are so cold here. Not enough, and my airways get irritated. Too much, and I get ice on the windows, plus other problems.

I'll figure something out.
 
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katlupe said:
The reason I don't want to cause a big thing over this is that if they evict us all over that I do not have any place to go.
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Fear keeps people in line and using these tactics against vulnerable people is to be despised and in some cases might be illegal. If people are not organized together that's what happens. Divide & conquer.

I don't blame you for not wanting to stick your neck out, kat. Just very worried about you on the stairs.
 
@katlupe I'm sorry you're having these problems. I've been a tenant most of my life, and in my experience the landlord-tenant laws are pretty useless. People can organize all they want, but the owners have lawyers and other leverage. Just my opinion. Be safe.

@Pepper I've been using two small (about 6 inches square) SAD lights for years. One white and one blue. Each cost more than $100. I don't think they help me any. I hope yours works for you!
 
@katlupe Contact the department of Aging by phone and email so there’s a paper trail of when this started. Ask for some assistance. With fellow tenants put together a logical list of things that may help. Things like them supplying temporary walkers on the first floor so there’d be something to use once you make your way down. Workers who come twice a day or more to do things like trash removal. If you can’t access the laundry, they could pay for laundry pickup and cleaning. Good luck.
 
I’ve been trying to find someone to shovel my driveway and sidewalk. I had the same boy for several years but he aged out. I think I have a girl coming now.

If I would go ahead and move to the old folks home I wouldn’t have to worry about this. ❄️ :rolleyes: 😁:oops:
 

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