Tunnel Vision
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Wha? First?
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The downside to having an exotic pet like this little hedgehog cutie is your neighborhood vet probably will not be able to provide health care. Specialized exotic vet care is incredibly expensive.
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mh42 –
From your comment last night:Increasingly, it’s looking like President Obama will be forced to take military action in Syria not to punish the Assad regime, or to send a message to would be rogue countries that use of chemical weapons will not be tolerated or even to protect Syrian civilians.
No, sadly, Obama will be forced to take military action in Syria to avoid looking like, well, a spineless chickenshit.
And he has nobody to blame but himself.Dead on.
They’vetelegraphedstated openly that they’ll only fire some missiles for a couple days at most. Basically, they told Assad to move his helicopters and other hardware to widely dispersed locations away from airfields. They prolly won’t target any AA sites, since that would either be too provocative or give the Juice an unfair advantage or something.
So we’re planning on giving a hornet nest a whack with a stick and not hosing it down with Raid or simply leaving it alone because chocolate jesus said he would and Valerie and the wookiee don’t want to seem more manly than he is. -
Head fake.
While we’re all watching the Middle East, TBO took another stab at gun control.
I agree with the requirements that corporations’ beneficiaries and trustees go through background checks. That’s meant to help keep guns out of the hands of felons who use a “storefront” to hide their gun buys.
I don’t agree with the ban on the reimportation of military guns. That just seems silly.
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Drudge headline: OBAMA EYES ‘SHOT ACROSS THE BOW’
For a brief, ever so sweet moment, I had a mental picture of TBO’s eyeballs being shot out of a cannon over the bow of a ship.
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Fearless prediction
Obama ain’t gonna do squat. UN is gonna do their inspection and find the rebels gassed their own.
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While Bronco tries to decide how he can show that Jarrett lets him hold his rudder every now and again, other politicians are running for cover and/or rethinking their prior stances.
NY Dem congressperson sez that short of an actual attack on actual US territory, assets, or treaty partners, military action requires Congressional approval.
Britain is stalling, clearly due to resistance of its citizenry, waiting on more conclusive evidence to come forth.
The French are pushing for a “diplomatic solution”.
Bronco still wants to shoot something. Even if it’s just figurative water in front of a ship. -
#4 Pyro
So, I am noticing that our Couch Overlords’ posts do not go through the language filter. Or if they do, and get “moderated” for words like chickensh!t, said Overlords can then boost their own post on through. I’m just sayin’.
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I just got a Sunshine update:
She’s doing better, color is better, she’s sleeping a little better. She had a little fever last night. She’s showing signs of trying to throw off the infection, which is good. The whole family is being fussed over – it’s a brand spanking new hospital and they haven’t gotten too busy yet, so the nurses are taking especially good care of Sunshine. Mom and Dad have been provided a room close by, so that makes it easier for them. Friends are making sure that Mom and Dad get fed, too.
Sounds like things are going to be okay, but they’re still waiting on the cultures to come back. They still have no idea exactly what’s attacking the baby, but they have her on antibiotics just in case it’s bacterial.
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On another blog that I frequent, a poster (a Brit no less) suggested that Zero might be willing to continue to support Al-Queda from the oval office until such time as he is removed, tried, and executed for treason in order to find his 72 virgins reward; otherwise he will be stuck with Moochelle. Made sense to me in helping to understand some of the decisions he makes.
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TT, glad to hear of some improvement, and that there is plenty of support for the young parents too.
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#10 – GOOD News Grammaw!!
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Make sure your name matches on your Voter Registration and Driver’s License.
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#10 Tedtam , good news, and I’m sure mom and dad are glad to have a room there.
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PETA Calls To Ban Pregnant Women From Wing-Eating Contest, Cites Concerns Over Unborn’s Penis Size…..You just can’t make this stuff up.
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Ok y’all, I am officially on the schedule for my left knee surgery on Sept 9. I have to go in on Sept 5 for what is an almost-unbelievable ***FOUR HOUR*** class for joint replacement patients. Plus some other pre-op jazz that same afternoon. I should be completely exhausted by the time I get home that day. I had hoped to be able to attend one last board meeting of my civic group, but it’s that same night, so doubtful. Did I mention I have to go to a ***FOUR HOUR*** class?
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#18 Mharper
Did I mention I have to go to a ***FOUR HOUR*** class?
‘Cuz the new knee will give you superhuman powers and such, and you need to be prepared so you can control yourself. We can’t have you accidentally jumping over buildings and stuff.
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🙂 I hope I don’t have to go to the same class when I get the other knee done.
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#18 – no whining allowed! (besides it’s probably a seminar on place kicking a football 🙂 )
#20 – of COURSE you will have to! (that one will be a seminar on punting)
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A four hour pre-op class.
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Yeah, usually the rules are:
1) PLEASE take a shower the night before.
2) No food after midnight.
3) Show up at some g-awful early hour.
4) Lose your dignity in various ways prior to the surgery.
5) Get wheeled in the operating room.
6) Wake up. Cry a little bit from the pain of the trauma inflicted upon you.
7) Recover.
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Well, this is a CF in progress:
Detroit’s funeral directors received this unusual text message last month. “FYI, city of Detroit can’t process death certificates because they have no paper and don’t have money to buy any.”
The message, from a fellow funeral director, was mostly true: The city did stop issuing certified copies of birth and death certificates on July 23, days after the July 18 bankruptcy filing. That day, a nervous paper vendor demanded cash — and the city wanted to do business as usual, on credit.
FYI: In bankrupt and frequently bizarre Detroit, dying is easy. It’s proving you are dead that’s hard. -
#23 TT
No!
Instructions for your step 1 in my Patient Guide call for ***TWO SHOWERS***. One the previous night, followed by sleeping on “freshly laundered sheets”, and a shower the morning of surgery, before checkin at 6 FRIGGEN A.M.
Said showers to be conducted with an antibacterial scrub which will be issued to me at the pre-op class.
Also, how much sleep am I likely to get that morning, and still have time for a scrub/shower and make it to the hospital by 6 a.m. ? -
Maybe someone can start a Boxtops for Detroit program so they can buy paper to run the city with.
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From Facebook:
ALERTS TO THREATS
IN 2013 EUROPE
From JOHN CLEESE
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from “Tiresome” to “A Bloody Nuisance.” The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.
The Scots have raised their threat level from “Pissed Off” to “Let’s get the Bastards.” They don’t have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.
The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from “Run” to “Hide.” The only two higher levels in France are “Collaborate” and “Surrender.” The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France ‘s white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country’s military capability.
Italy has increased the alert level from “Shout Loudly and Excitedly” to “Elaborate Military Posturing.” Two more levels remain: “Ineffective Combat Operations” and “Change Sides.”
The Germans have increased their alert state from “Disdainful Arrogance” to “Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs.” They also have two higher levels: “Invade a Neighbour” and “Lose.”
Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels ..
The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.
Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from “No worries” to “She’ll be right, Mate.” Two more escalation levels remain: “Crikey! I think we’ll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!” and “The barbie is cancelled.” So far no situation has ever warranted use of the last final escalation level.
Regards,
John Cleese ,
British writer, actor and tall person
And as a final thought – Greece is collapsing, the Iranians are getting aggressive, and Rome is in disarray. Welcome back to 430 BC.
Life is too short… -
Looking forward to this movie.
God. And Kevin Sorbo.
Hubba hubba. -
in 3….2……1
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What are we counting down to, eh? Me, I think I’ll take an early nap.
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Okay, I’ll say it.
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mh42 –
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I think that if someone’s going to cut open my knee, cut through bone, disconnect a bunch of ligaments and tendons, go pushing about all the “stuff’ in the area, put in a foreign body, try to bunch all the “stuff” back around it, stick a needle repeatedly into those same ligaments, tendons, flesh, and skin….
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I would more than whine about a 4 hour class. What a colossal waste of everyone’s time.
I would refuse or find some place else.
Even for a heart transplant, it’s ridiculous. -
My oil change guys keep the vibes on a Stevie Ray/Pandora channel.
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Well Monopoly has gone to the
dogscats.……sigh
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How many people born after 1980 even know what an iron is?
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Shocked I tell ya, I’m shocked.
The final mile of county road leading to my subdivision has gotten so bad there are only two reasonable speeds to travel it – 15mph and 75mph.
Today I find that they have ground up most of the asphalt and are apparently going to repave it. -
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How many people born after 1980 even know what an iron is?
Worse than that the “Iron” on the Monopoly board was an old cast iron one that you heated on the wood stove or in front of the fireplace. my granny had several of them and used them for door stops. 😉
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#39 Shannon
The final mile of county road leading to my subdivision
I thought that you lived on a ranch and raised cattle?!
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No, my father-in-law was a rancher. We moved from the old home place nine years ago.
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We live at “Howard the Weird’s RV, Trailer Park and Bluegrass Festival Concert Extravaganza”.
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#15 Shannon
Good find. This info needs to be spread around. Did not see anything on it in today’s Chron, and it is part of the Hearst family as is the SA paper and frequently has stories from the SA paper. -
#39 & #40 – you mean the actual entrance road ????
WOWsers! Lemme know when they getterDUN (that stretch has been a freakin obstacle course since Yall moved from ‘the hill’) -
#25 – MH – No need to worry about getting sleep the night prior to surgery as there will be plenty of time for sleeping post op. I don’t know if they offer a spinal for post op pain relief, but they did for my hip replacement, and I was sicker from the spinal than from the procedure, so the second time around I skipped the spinal and did just fine. The four hour session will go by faster than you think because there is quite a bit of information out there about post op care, rehab, and infection avoidance. While many of these procedures are performed, they are still a “big deal.” Once you learn to tuck your good foot underneath the heal of the subject foot and swing your legs around you’ve got it made. Also, if you haven’t done so, there are several you tube videos out there showing the complete procedure that are very interesting (unless you are squeamish about such things). I just happen to be fascinated by that stuff. Keep us posted with all the details. I will be scheduling my knee next week but don’t know exactly when just yet. Good luck.
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We live at “Howard the Weird’s RV, Trailer Park and Bluegrass Festival Concert Extravaganza”.
So you live in a house trailer? Nothing wrong with that BTW, my first home had wheels, six of em. When I left home @ 19 and moved to Fort Walton Beach Florida, I rented an apartment with a buddy that I went to Tech school with, we were a LOT alike and got along just fine, BUTT after I moved to Brunswick Georgia I got an apartment on my own, had no choice. That was when I came up with Dave’s third truism, “You cannot live with someone that you’re NOT sleeping with and old Tom WASN’T my type. Anywho I was 20 and making big bucks but I couldn’t buy a house because I didn’t have enough credit, my credit was excellent but in those days you had to have several years of history. I HATED living in a DAYAAM apartment so I bought me a 12 X 65 2 bedroom trailer for $7343, (a new Chevy was about $4500). 10 months later I married my bride and she love the trailer. In 1979 we bought 2 acres of land out in the country and moved the trailer there. It had a 5 stall pole shed and a small stream on the north side and we BOTH think that little place is the BEST place we’ve ever lived. Ifin’ we make back home to Alabama, the old 1850’s farm house will be the best. 😀
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We had to move off the ranch on short notice to allow another heir to move in.
The second-hand mobile home deal was pulled off in about five days. -
The baby sister got the the old home place. Ms Shannon got acreage that had no abode.
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#15 shannon
I had to go through that exercise last year to make my passport, DL, TWIC, Nexus, Global entry, personal info on my airline tix, etc. match _exactly_. I go by my middle name, so some used that, some used first initial/middle name, initials only, etc.
It was a pain. Still is, because if I get a call, they ask for me by my real name, which makes me start looking around for my dad. -
#9 mh42
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We live at “Howard the Weird’s RV, Trailer Park and Bluegrass Festival Concert Extravaganza”.
So you live in a house trailer?
aka “tornado magnet” in Lubbock.
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EG, thanks for the tips. I have not tried to find info online about knee surgery because there seem to be many different types. I trust Memorial-Hermann to do a good job on me. My husband thinks the nit-picky instructions and 4-hr classes are legalese and liability oriented.
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#9 mh42
Note I only do that for a direct quote…I wasn’t accusing you of anything. I hand-edited the word in the direct quote in my post, because I thought it would not get past the censor.
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And you would have been correct. 😉
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So Texas passed HB1174 AN ACT relating to the penalties for illegally passing a stopped school bus. It increases the fines of not less than $500 [
$200] or more than $1,250 [$1,000]. Everyone is all aglow because and I quote,“This will increase the safety oif children entering and exiting a school bus”
I have just one question. How will increasing fines increase the safety of the chillrens gettin on and off the bus?
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Ya mean i can say **** **** instead of bovine processed hay? I will insure that when i say **** **** it will be in context. When I disagree with someone i can say that is **** ****. Or how bought if I am constipated. And someone discovers it can they say i am full of **** but not **** **** because that certainly owuld not be in context even though I can be as stubborn as a bull but more than likely I am just being a **** ***. And how bout ****. I could demand that is part of my lexicon in normal conversation.
/Insert those **** **** question marks where appropriate cause I ain’t in the mood to run that ******** spell check. Just being a **** ***. 🙂 -
I’m in luck on name match everywhere; driver’s license, voter reg, even FB. 🙂
When I lived in Austin, my bank once gave some of my checking account to a different customer who had my same first and last name and middle initial, and had made several withdrawals w/o having her own personal checkbook with her. You used to be able to use generic withdrawal slips. It made for a messy statement for me that month as the bank discovered the errors and recredited my account.
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Today has been interesting. First a 9 am annual appointment with the rheumatologist, who is the correct specialist for someone with fibromyalgia even though it does not involve arthritis as such. Primary complaint this year was sore knees since April, off and on considerable discomfort and stiffness after sitting or getting out of bed and at times merely walking or stair climbing or anything requiring much knee bending. Hoofing around palaces, castles, museums and gardens as well as towns on our vacation was a trial.
Had checked Medline a few months ago to find out what it might be since the discomfort was not in the joint but rather around it and radiating into muscles and tendons/ligaments above, below, and sideways. Sometimes extremely painful, as in I can’t bend my knee very far to simply get in the car. Or kneel on anything no matter how soft. It seemed to fit the description of serious tendonitis or a weird thing called Baker’s cyst, which is a sort of bubble in the wall of the bursa that entraps synovial fluid thus making a cyst that builds up pressure and swelling to the point it squeezes the nerves and tendons and ligaments running through the back of the knee. The stronger the squeeze the more painful. Turns out the ups and downs of swelling behind the knee ruled out tendonitis in my humble opinion. The doctor agreed.
She sent me over to Sugar Land Methodist Hospital next door for knee x-rays and gave me a month’s supply of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory pills to take in hopes that would fix things. These cysts pop up for no apparent reason and go away with anti-inflammatories, or steroid injections if the pills don’t work, or at last resort there’s draining it surgically. She does not recommend opting for drainage right away as there are lots of very important things going through the back of the knee that can be damaged by clumsy draining. Smart lady.
X-ray results showed they are indeed cysts, and I have mild arthritis in both knees that is described as normal wear and tear and not an issue at present. Well that was good news for me at 72. Now to get those dratted cysts gone. Score a win for Medline. -
#59 squack
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Adee, I had wondered how you were able to do your European tour, and assumed you had “young” knees. For myself, I could not imagine the amount of walking and stair climbing you described from that trip. I’m sure there is a huge genetic component in which parts of our bodies wear out the soonest. Hope you get some relief soon!
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Awwwww bunsonburner that is **** **** 🙂
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I hope Grammy has a sense of humor.
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I did not know that Nike sold condoms.
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