Eat lots of fibre and drink lots of water, and make friends with senna! Morphine will stop your pipes up nicely if you're not careful.

Clod I hope you mend soon. You should make a video for us of your thoughts and observations just after your hit of morphine kicks in. I remember the inch was hilarious when he got some M for his broken leg.

And as for what V said, yeah, you don't have to sue the clinic. That's why god invented lawyers. Ask around for a great PI lawyer. They do all the work and you get 2/3 of the judgement. Mini-van? Hell, how about no more mortgage or a couple of solid college funds? Take this shit seriously and create a paper trail.

Wow, Clod, that's scary. I'm glad it was finally diagnosed properly. I hope you get better soon.

They're 99% sure that it's viral now, maybe even West Nile, but caution dictates that I stay on my antibiotic regimen and watch the culture at least until tomorrow to be certain. Beyond that, I'm not infectious unless I'm swapping blood, and I can go home as soon as the pain can be controlled with something less than IV drugs. The infectious disease doctor said she would expect Thursday at the earliest, but you never know, I might pull it off by Wednesday.

But Thursday would mean another day of rest for your body and soul. ;)

is that the overachiever in you talking, or the overdeveloped immune system turning the corner on this assault with the help from the IV cavalry?

it's no matter, what I really want to say is stay in the hospital as long as it takes for you to be well, even if it's boring/irritating/keeping you from your life of leisure on the outside. Please.

Rest for my body, yes; soul, not so much. My kids basically haven't seen me in four days, and they can't come visit here because the little one is already upset enough knowing that I'm ill, seeing me in a hospital and then having to leave me here would make it much worse for her. Meanwhile Mr. Clod is doing his best caring for four kids by himself while also working from home because he already took all of last week off, but it's not what he's used to and he's already given them the wrong meds a couple of times. Obviously if I can't do it, I can't do it. But if I can do it, I need to be doing it as soon as possible.

Um. Holy Crap!

the wrong meds?

I have no beef with Mr Clodfobble, but wtf? You

(nevermind. just nevermind.)

Please get well.

It's not his fault. The kids take around a dozen meds each, with only two overlapping between them. I have all that information in my head. Which kind of fish oil belongs to which kid? Why does this kid get 5000 IU of vitamin D per day, but the other one only gets 2000? One med is given to Child A only on Friday mornings, while another is given to Child B only on days 15-21 of each month. Another med used to be taken by both of them for years, but recent lab results allowed us to take one kid off... I actually keep a spreadsheet on my laptop that I try to keep updated, you know, in case I get hit by a bus or something, but it was about a month out of date. He knows all the important prescriptions, no major mistakes have ever been made.

This is what was in my head after the word "you" in my post.

I have dealt with complicated medicine schedules, I know it can be hard to follow, a moving target. And of all the parents whose (mis)behavior I judge out loud, you and he are not on that list, not members of that universe.

I stand by my first plea, get well soon.

Aye, will do. The nurse let me try stepping down to the oral pain meds, and so far they're holding up quite well. A little pressure behind my eyes still, but on the other hand I'm neither itchy nor dizzy like I am on the morphine. I think tomorrow morning's looking good.

Get better soon, Clod. Best wishes.

Itchy means they gave you too much or too often, you want to be just on this side of itchy.

Oh my. Please take care of YOU Clod. You cannot care for anyone else without...

Oh don't worry, I'm home now and almost back to 100%. Off the pain pills as of last night, though I'm being good and still laying down to rest on a regular basis. They say the fatigue could last for weeks or even months.

Stay rested clod, let yourself recover.

I'm still amazed that any germ on Earth was silly enough to pick a fight with Clodfobble's Brain.

I'd wanted to start a brand new thread about this, called "Shit that is annoying the fuck out of you", but I can't figure out how to do it via forum app.

An old cow orker of mine works for Walmart. She just posted on FB, they had seven people walk out with groceries without paying tonight.

We'd worked together back in the '80s, and I remember her as a tough, no-nonsense kind of woman who was for the people. But fucking Walmart seems to have taken its toll. Today, she says to the grocery stealers, because of you, prices will go up.

Of all retailers, Walmart is able to take these kinds of hits.

I dunno that I agree with that kind of thinking, Blue.
That's like saying it's okay to key someone's car, as long as it's a Merc. Because you know, they can afford it.

Honest people already pay a shoplifting surcharge. Seems wrong to think we want to pay any more. And yes, I do count myself as honest. I've only deliberately shoplifted as a teen, sneaking pick & mix sweets up my sleeve as well as putting them into the bag I was paying for. I'll admit to times as an adult where I've not owned up to a mistake by a shopkeeper or cashier. But I've felt bad about it (because that, like, helps...)

I feel for people who can't afford to eat. I've been near that in the past. Not living here and not while posting on the Cellar. But were these people honestly starving, or were they freeloading?

Oh and while I'm at it - mothers, you know you are going to a supermarket.
You know you have a child.
Feed it BEFORE you get there.
Don't hand over an empty packet to the cashier all smug because you weren't stealing after all. And yes, those grapes and cherries ARE stolen, because no-one weighs your child.
We never got fed when we were out shopping. We had three meals a day at set times. And no, it didn't stop me getting fat, and my bro is a bit porky these days, but my ex-sister is rail thin; evidence you make your own choices when you grow up.

Gosh, I've come across really harsh today haven't I?
I think I'll kick Diz downstairs now, just to get a hat-trick.

Even if they want to "stick it to the man" they aren't, they are sticking it to their neighbors. The walton family won't be stuck, they'll adjust as needed to maintain their margins.

Lower wages, higher markup, squeezing suppliers, leaning on municipalities for tax breaks and incentives.

People are too stupid for their own good.

Major slip up on the budget on my part. Thought we were breaking even -- somehow the second credit card was in my blind spot to the tune of four digits. :( Argh. Feeling like a major idiot right now. Live and learn, I guess -- we're still adjusting to having one income and belatedly adjusting our spending habits.

Over here it's cheaper to take out a bank loan to pay off the credit, if you can.

Sent by thought transference

My daughter turns 21 this coming Saturday. She emailed awhile ago to say that she has plans out in Colorado and won't be home. But she would greatly appreciate some money as her gift, because she resigned one job and now has only one job left, in retail (bridal gowns). She is still engaged to Ghostbuster/Samurai/Fraudulent SSI Boy.

I contact her to keep communication open so that she knows she has somewhere to go when she wakes up to the fact that her fiance isn't particularly connected with reality and is potentially dangerous.

It is what it is, but so horribly not what I'd hoped for her. I mean, this guy told her that he never drinks because he's former Special Ops and his body is a lethal weapon registered with the US Government. Sounds like the used car salesman in True Lies. It's so upsetting.

Having a hard time tonight. So sick of being sick. That is all.

I've been thinking about you Ortho. Even when I'm not on the computer. I hope that brings a little light to your thoughts. Of course, I'm not the only one either, so maybe even a ray of sunshine. xxx I hope you can have a good rest and feel a bit better in the morning.

Thank you, Ali. It's late here and I have to be up in 5 hours and sleep isn't going to happen, but I'm trying to rest. I admit I'm apprehensive about my upcoming scan, but everyone in my family is maxed out with stress and I can't add to that. Especially when it's a 'don't borrow trouble' sort of thing, except the trouble is already here.

I hope you're recovering from the illness that brought you home early. Hope you're feeling better. xxx

Just say "Fuck it; I'm not sick". Any treatment that makes you sick or miserable is out the door, jack. I have found great contentment in no longer worrying about my lesions & tumors.

Don't worry, be happy!!! Ignorance is bliss.

Embrace your future son-in-law. Become his best buddy. Then you can slip him something that shouldn't show up on autopsy. BTW, maybe we can introduce my son to your daughter? Hmmmm

Being sick
 

A few years back, one of my clients came in and I was telling her that my Mom was at the hospital, and we were frantically rushing abut to get support for her. My Mom on the other hand, was so sure she'd get the best care because she'd paid taxes all her life and therefore she was 'special' and was entitled to it. This client looks at me and says "Lisa, we're all special" Never took people for granted after that.

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”
― Gautama Buddha

Fucking stupid bastard internet.

Still barely functioning. Six weeks, 5 engineers and now it's back with BT fault management to identify where the problem lies.

Yesterday they altered the signal to noise ratio...instead of helping it made it worse. No idea if this post will even go through. Most of my attempts at posting don't these days. Can't stream anything. Can't download anything. barely able to access the cellar or emails. Most attempts at sending an email fail.

yesterday, during the few minutes at a time when the connection is working, it was registering speeds of 0.33 mbps. Since they altered the signal to noise ratio that's dropped to 0.11 mbps.

Did a ping test last week and was getting 9 or 10 request timeouts per 5 minutes.

Six fucking weeks. Feeling very cut off from the world.

At one point, after a four day period of no internet at all (one of many) the engineer managed to get it 'working' and the first thing that happened after he left was my computer shutting down and on rebooting being locked out by a ransomware virus because my anti-virus/malware software can't update. It was such a bad one I couldn;t even boot up in Safe Mode with command prompt. Took the computer shop 2 full days to figure out a way in. Cost: £60
And because I can't really use the internet for my work here, I now have to travel into Uni and use the postgrad study room a couple of times a week. - that's a four hour round trip and costs between £5 and £7 depending on whether I go by bus or train. Instead of spending £5 a month travelling to my supervision meetings, I'm spending £40 a month to be able to work.

No point my changing supplier: I've been back and forth between Talktal;k and BT and haven;t noticed much of a difference in quality. Out in the sticks, with old wiring and a small overcrowded exchange: that would be the same regardless of hwo I went with. Not getting caught in a 12 month contract with a higher bill for no improvement.

Just....I dunno man I am just feeling so low right now.



[eta] bloody hell it posted!

I feel you pain. I really do, we had such shit internet, too. What's the mobile signal like where you are? Is it worth getting a usp mobile dongle for your PC?

Unfortunately the mobile signal in my house is virtually non existant. I can sometime get a signal in the bedroom or if i stand near the front door, but usually lose signal midcall. I generally have o walk about outside to get enough of a signal to use it.

Most of the club calves we sell for the 4-H kids to show go for about 2k last fall we sold what we considered a late born for about $900. They were told he was iffy whether he would be fat enough by fair time, these people said we just want a steer. We clipped it for the fair this past week.

These same people bought a heifer from someone else and it is structurally unsound. These people want us to breed their heifer. These are the type of people that blame their mistakes on other people. i.e. if this heifer cannot walk when she is 9 months pregnant or if she need to be c sectioned I am sure it will be our fault because we bred it to the wrong bull!!! :rolleyes:

We told them we are not interested in breeding this heifer I am sure they are now totally pissed. At the fair last week they never even spoke to us!!! :eyebrow:

It's virtually impossible to avoid this type of people entirely, and still run a business. You know you did the right thing. :thumb:

You bet Bruce I think I was not clear that they never spoke to us last week but asked us this week to breed this heifer ...REALLY?

Another rant I bought a stove from Sears they sent it to the nearest Sears home store. These are run by local Mom and Pops. When the stove came in I asked if they could put in the LP conversion. Oh yes the kit is already in the stove. So we pick up the stove get it out of the box and umm no its not converted. hmmm well it can't be that hard to do so I read the instructions and its says to take out the screw in the top of the burners...

They are f ing magnesium and disintegrate. After two of those we load up the stove and bring it back and ask them to do the conversion[they said they did in the first place] Ok we can do that and good thing you did not do it yourself because you need a magnetic socket because the pieces could fall in the stove!!! OK [the pieces are brass] :rolleyes:

Anyway I leave it there 4 days later they call and say they are missing a piece maybe I have it in the instructions I took home. {4 days?] Ok so (I look and find the piece still being nice thru my gritted teeth.) They will have it done the next day. 3 days later they call and say its done. :mad2:

I go in to pick it up and I asked for the fittings they took off. She hands me the card the others came on and one is missing. Oh she says the technician DROPPED IT IN THE STOVE. After telling me I could have done the very same thing because I did not know enough, their professional dropped it in there? WTF super → :mad2:

Then they tell me "Mr Goodwrench" will send me a replacement , keep in mind he is a sub contractor to this store so yah I did not believe that crap. What the hell ever happened to customer service?

Everything. Too much to do, too much at stake, too little time, too little support, too little alternative :(

Left my car windows cracked a little yesterday. A damn small, shit filled bird got in.

Oh damn, that sucks! Did it get out again before you got back to the car?

Yup. Know how you feel.

Sent by thought transference

No I let all windows down and it bailed out. But left some nice things inside, not

I've gone public all week with my super-short hair - on this trip to the midwest, this symposium where no one knows me and I can be myself and shine. And I hate my short hair, i HATE it. It looks like - not me. I feel old, I feel like some person I don't recognize.

I had short hair until late high school when I defied my mother and grew it. After being utterly ignored by the opposite sex, suddenly at the beginning of college I became worthy of interest. That continued as long as I had long, or longish, hair.

So I understand the source of the insecurity, and it's not necessarily valid. But the fact remains, I hate having short hair in spite of its practical advantages. Right now I just want to put that wig back on until my hair is as long as it used to be. Not really feasible, but it's upsetting me. One of those non-scientific non-quantifiable not-logical stupid things that affect probably all of us, not just those of us with two X chromosomes.

Sorry to hear that insecurity has got you by the short hairs.

All of my hairs are short right now, so ... yeah. I do have some awesome assets. But when insecurity sets in, the hairs are short.

Noticed the AC was not cooling our house properly yesterday and the tech just came out and found a bad capacitor. Not too upsetting as the unit is 7 years old and AC units in Houston run harder than in many other parts of the country and this kind of part repair is like tires or brakes on a car. Still it will be $390 for the parts and labor. Oh well today is my birthday so I guess I got a capacitor as a present! :rolleyes:

Happy birthday! Here's to keeping cool!

Totally bummed out. I was in the VA hospital again this week. Someone stole my cellphone and billfold while I was out of the room. I hope I get a replacement phone today. Worse than anything, I stood up BusterB for a meet & greet in Hattiesburg.

Oh yeah, I have to return to VA outpatient on Wednesday. Fun, Fun, Fun!

Ah Sarge.
There are some arseholes in this world.
So sorry to hear that - how much did you lose? I know it's not about that but maybe we could chip in to replace it? Restore your faith in strangers?

I know Buster will understand, although I'd love to see a pic of you two together.

Keep your chin up darlin', we respect you even if random arseholes don't.

I lost less than $20 in cash. It is simply the headache of getting a new driver's license, military ID, debit card, and Military Star card re-issued. Plus, I lost all of my phone contents. Sigh. Plus I spent 4 days/3 nights in a crappy hospital ward dealing with migraine/cluster headaches.

It could be worse, I'm just royally inconvenienced

Shitty thing to happen, Sarge. *hugs*

That really is the lowest of low things to happen, Sarge. I'm sorry you have to go through all this hassle.

Someone stole stuff from guy in a veterans' hospital???

What a cunt*.

That is all.


* Really, this is an insult to actual cunts, which have warmth and depth, can give pleasure, and bring life into the world. Come to think of it, cunt should be our highest compliment. This perp was an anti-cunt.

Thank goodness the identity thieves didn't get his Cellar password ... or DID they? :eyebrow:

No ... cunt is a pejorative intolerable four-letter word that is the antithesis of a woman who gives pleasure, receives pleasure, and brings life into the world. Just my perspective, but I find this word the worst insult, which is the reason I reacted so strongly to Ibby calling everyone a cunt at the slightest provocation, or hell, non-provocation.

I appreciate the thought behind your post, Zen, and respect you for it ... but that word, thrown out there as a pejorative, isn't redeemable in my opinion.

I agree, it is an offensive word

Well, FWIW, it doesn't bother me. Not to take away from how it makes you feel, ortho and limeg, you certainly are entitled to your own reactions, and many others would agree with you. But to me, words are really just words.

For me it depends on the venom with which it is said.
When people spit it out as if it's the vilest possible ephitet in the world then I worry about the misogynist overtones.

Nothing Zen has written in any of his posts suggests this in his case; in fact he went further and questioned even his own use.

I use it myself when I want to use a really bad swear, as we said as teenagers.
I'm not sure I've ever said it audibly in company, polite or otherwise. This is probably not true, but it would have been used humorously.

When I used to stack shelves there were a good few brands of poorly designed shampoo bottles which would fall over if you so much as breathed on them, taking out all their pals so you had to redo a whole section. They got a whole litany of bad swears muttered at them.

They say it a lot more in England imo, it's weird what is considered what level of offensive between us.

I would never say P*ki any longer, even though it's considered completely inoffensive in the US; and n*gger is offensive in the US and how offensive is it in Britain?

N*gger is very offensive.
Black teens/ young men use it between themselves, but it's verboten in other situations.

I don't use the term Eskimo, preferring Inuit.
If I explain to people that it not considered polite they get a bit huffy and start muttering about "PC gone mad" under their breaths. But why use a word if you know it causes offence?

(Oh, ditto Jap, after it was flagged as rude here on the Cellar).

I am quite amused by this thread derailment.

There does seem to be a niche for the phrase "silly cunt" which seems much less offensive.