Christmas..? - Page 2

glatt · 12-23-2012, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Today is Festivus. You are supposed to air grievances.

Perfect!

November 25 we ordered a remote control helicopter for the boy for Christmas. November 26 we got a noticed it had shipped. Still not here. Contacted Amazon, and was told it was shipped from Hong Kong. It's literally on the slow boat from China.

It was to be the centerpiece of gifts for the boy. So we needed a plan B. Went to Best Buy this afternoon for a video game he wanted, but they didn't have it. So we got another one instead and waited in a very very long line to pay for the thing.

I just finished wrapping somewhere between 25 and 30 presents, and have a painful knot in my back from the effort.

Consider the grievances aired.

Trilby · 12-23-2012, 09:42 PM

huh. Seems I broke the distal portion of my collar bone post bathtub accident.

the doc asked if I'd been drinking when it happened. How'm I supposed to know?

orthodoc · 12-23-2012, 09:48 PM

Owww. Sorry, Trilby. I thought spiritual bathtub experiences were supposed to be all about scented candles and essential oils!

sexobon · 12-23-2012, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Trilby

... the doc asked if I'd been drinking when it happened. How'm I supposed to know?

For future reference, you FOOSH with one hand while trying not to spill the drink in the other.

orthodoc · 12-23-2012, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sexobon

For future reference, you FOOSH with one hand while trying not to spill the drink in the other.

But then you just give yourself a scaphoid fracture. Although there's a better chance of saving the drink.

tw · 12-23-2012, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by orthodoc

I thought spiritual bathtub experiences were supposed to be all about scented candles and essential oils!

And bubbles. Lots of bubbles. So that we do not see anything that might change the spirit.

Trilby · 12-23-2012, 10:25 PM

Dude: Hey! There's a beverage here!*

*for legal/moral reasons I will admit that there were NO alcoholic beverages involved in this accident. That's my story. There's a million stories in the naked city, and that one is mine.

Book 'em, Danno.

Yes, I realized I cross-polinated from many shows and movies, but fuck, I broke my collar bone! Now I can't wear collars for like....a MONTH!

Trilby · 12-23-2012, 10:48 PM

we learned the bones of the wrist like this:

Never Lower Tilly's Pants Mother may Come Home:

Navicular
Lunate
Triquetrium
Pisiform
greater Multangular (trapezium)
lesser Multangular (trapezoid)
Capitate
Hamate

but if you're Scottish you get the slightly more rogue-ish
Carpal bones

"Scottish Lads Take Prostitutes To The Caledonian Hotel":

Scaphoid
Lunate
Triquetrium
Pisiform
Trapezium
Trapezoid
capatate
hamate

I guess Scots don't have a navicular bone....'splains a LOT.

sexobon · 12-23-2012, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by orthodoc

But then you just give yourself a scaphoid fracture. Although there's a better chance of saving the drink.

Clavicular fractures I've treated have also had a FOOSH etiology. People who aren't practiced in falling techniques (unlike athletes, martial artists, parachutists ... etc.) have a tendency to lock their elbow and transmit the shock.

Trilby · 12-23-2012, 10:53 PM

i never did take those parachuting lessons my sister gave me for my birthday....NOW my face is red!

and the REALLY sad thing is I won't get anything but Advil.

shiiiiiiiiiit; help a sister OUT.

orthodoc · 12-23-2012, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sexobon

Clavicular fractures I've treated have also had a FOOSH etiology. People who aren't practiced in falling techniques (unlike athletes, martial artists, parachutists ... etc.) have a tendency to lock their elbow and transmit the shock.

True. Which bone gives tends to depend on age, bone health, and as you say, falling technique.

sexobon · 12-23-2012, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Trilby

... and the REALLY sad thing is I won't get anything but Advil.

shiiiiiiiiiit; help a sister OUT.

Remember, pain is just weakness leaving your body. I bet that's making you feel better already.

Griff · 12-24-2012, 08:48 AM

Lil' Pete's beau is sweet, smart, fun-loving, sorta crazy, and has great people skills. His Mom does not seem to recognize any of these qualities and is getting increasingly angry that he is spending so much time with my family which cherishes these attributes. I think she's had a rough life and is embracing the sarcastic "B" role so common among Irish Catholic women. It is difficult to watch. WWBD? What would Buddha do?

Trilby · 12-26-2012, 08:53 AM

Griff, as a (partly) Irish (denouncing) Catholic woman I think I can say with certainty that nearly all women of all ethnic and religious bents can be B's.

Kind of like how all men, no matter how good, can all be cocks.

it's just the human condition.

I'm pretty sure Buddha would say "love her anyway" and AA says to pray, every day, for your enemies. Jesus said the same thing and so do most righteous people. And I know you are righteous. Say a prayer that she overcome her ---whatever-----and let the angels do the rest.

orthodoc · 12-26-2012, 09:03 AM

Good advice, Trilby - let go and let the angels. It's hard to do when family are involved. Even harder when it's family in your face, picking fights.

Walk softly, exercise diplomacy, and disengage, disengage, disengage. If they won't after three attempts, then you get to use the big stick.

12-23-2012, 09:42 PM	#17
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	huh. Seems I broke the distal portion of my collar bone post bathtub accident. the doc asked if I'd been drinking when it happened. How'm I supposed to know? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-23-2012, 09:48 PM	#18
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Owww. Sorry, Trilby. I thought spiritual bathtub experiences were supposed to be all about scented candles and essential oils! __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

12-23-2012, 10:25 PM	#22
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Dude: Hey! There's a beverage here!* *for legal/moral reasons I will admit that there were NO alcoholic beverages involved in this accident. That's my story. There's a million stories in the naked city, and that one is mine. Book 'em, Danno. Yes, I realized I cross-polinated from many shows and movies, but fuck, I broke my collar bone! Now I can't wear collars for like....a MONTH! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-23-2012, 10:48 PM	#23
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	we learned the bones of the wrist like this: Never Lower Tilly's Pants Mother may Come Home: Navicular Lunate Triquetrium Pisiform greater Multangular (trapezium) lesser Multangular (trapezoid) Capitate Hamate but if you're Scottish you get the slightly more rogue-ish Carpal bones "Scottish Lads Take Prostitutes To The Caledonian Hotel": Scaphoid Lunate Triquetrium Pisiform Trapezium Trapezoid capatate hamate I guess Scots don't have a navicular bone....'splains a LOT. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-23-2012, 10:53 PM	#25
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	i never did take those parachuting lessons my sister gave me for my birthday....NOW my face is red! and the REALLY sad thing is I won't get anything but Advil. shiiiiiiiiiit; help a sister OUT. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-24-2012, 08:48 AM	#28
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Lil' Pete's beau is sweet, smart, fun-loving, sorta crazy, and has great people skills. His Mom does not seem to recognize any of these qualities and is getting increasingly angry that he is spending so much time with my family which cherishes these attributes. I think she's had a rough life and is embracing the sarcastic "B" role so common among Irish Catholic women. It is difficult to watch. WWBD? What would Buddha do? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-26-2012, 08:53 AM	#29
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Griff, as a (partly) Irish (denouncing) Catholic woman I think I can say with certainty that nearly all women of all ethnic and religious bents can be B's. Kind of like how all men, no matter how good, can all be cocks. it's just the human condition. I'm pretty sure Buddha would say "love her anyway" and AA says to pray, every day, for your enemies. Jesus said the same thing and so do most righteous people. And I know you are righteous. Say a prayer that she overcome her ---whatever-----and let the angels do the rest. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-26-2012, 09:03 AM	#30
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Good advice, Trilby - let go and let the angels. It's hard to do when family are involved. Even harder when it's family in your face, picking fights. Walk softly, exercise diplomacy, and disengage, disengage, disengage. If they won't after three attempts, then you get to use the big stick. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

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