Topic: OH, YOU BIG BOWL OF SOUP (Read 8577 times)

ChasSmith · « **Reply #90 on:** June 07, 2012, 02:46:18 PM »

What a day, again, for so many DRs!

Well <-- (ha ha!, a little humor there), the regular plumber couldn't get the pump running so he called in a Specialist, and $180 later I have water. An electrical starter box and shorted out and I'm grateful he had a replacement on the truck. HOWEVER, it's a sign that there's a $2K job on the horizon, in which they replace the pump that's actually 300 feet down in the well. And the wiring. And something. Anyway.........

Jane · « **Reply #91 on:** June 07, 2012, 02:59:42 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on June 07, 2012, 02:26:56 PM

Sorry to have disappeared so abruptly earlier. My mother called about 12:30 - she was having kind of a meltdown. Nothing major, but a lot of little things. I threw on some clothes and went to her place to 1) make a phone call for her, 2) find the mate to one of her favorite left shoes, and 3) get the child-proof cap off her new bottle of Advil. Got her calmed down a bit and finally came home at 4pm to have my own lunch and call my sister.

No trip to the Y for me today, after all, but I'm about to put on my new shoes and try them out with a walk around the basement.

Years ago Tylenol came out with special easy open containers. I was glad I saved mine since I never saw them again. I once picked up a prescription and couldn't get it opened until the next day when I could get someone to open it for me. And that someone was a child.

John G. · « **Reply #92 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:01:59 PM »

Great photos, DR Ben. Thanks for sharing them.

Mega vibes and prayers for DR Mike. I really hope all goes well with the procedure today.

Jane · « **Reply #93 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:03:01 PM »

DR Chas I'm glad you have water.

John G. · « **Reply #94 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:03:15 PM »

Took a day-long cooking class with a couple of side trips. Very intense and a lot of fun. At the restaurant where the class was held, Bili proved to be most entertaining. (He was out on the patio, not in the restaurant itself.)

Jane · « **Reply #95 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:12:16 PM »

Very, very cute!!!

Jane · « **Reply #96 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:13:15 PM »

The window guy has not been able to fix our window

MBarnum · « **Reply #97 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:14:29 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on June 07, 2012, 02:46:18 PM

What a day, again, for so many DRs!

Well <-- (ha ha!, a little humor there), the regular plumber couldn't get the pump running so he called in a Specialist, and $180 later I have water. An electrical starter box and shorted out and I'm grateful he had a replacement on the truck. HOWEVER, it's a sign that there's a $2K job on the horizon, in which they replace the pump that's actually 300 feet down in the well. And the wiring. And something. Anyway.........

And that is why I am sooooo glad I'm no longer a home owner!

Jane · « **Reply #98 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:18:01 PM »

LOL. At first I thought you were responding to my post.

Ginny · « **Reply #99 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:22:24 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on June 07, 2012, 02:43:55 PM

Poor DR Ginny's mom. Just a few too many annoyances like that can get to the best of us! Especially, when you realize that because you have gotten older is the reason these things have become such a difficulty. Frustrating!

You are a good daughter, Ginny!

Well, when someone calls, in tears, and says, "I just can't cope!" even a not-so-good daughter would find it hard not to respond.

Ginny · « **Reply #100 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:24:15 PM »

Quote from: Jane on June 07, 2012, 02:59:42 PM

Quote from: Ginny on June 07, 2012, 02:26:56 PM
Sorry to have disappeared so abruptly earlier. My mother called about 12:30 - she was having kind of a meltdown. Nothing major, but a lot of little things. I threw on some clothes and went to her place to 1) make a phone call for her, 2) find the mate to one of her favorite left shoes, and 3) get the child-proof cap off her new bottle of Advil. Got her calmed down a bit and finally came home at 4pm to have my own lunch and call my sister.

No trip to the Y for me today, after all, but I'm about to put on my new shoes and try them out with a walk around the basement.

Years ago Tylenol came out with special easy open containers. I was glad I saved mine since I never saw them again. I once picked up a prescription and couldn't get it opened until the next day when I could get someone to open it for me. And that someone was a child.

DR Jane, she'd saved an easy-open bottle herself and, when I got the new one open, we poured the new pills into that container.

Jane · « **Reply #101 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:35:04 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on June 07, 2012, 03:24:15 PM

Quote from: Jane on June 07, 2012, 02:59:42 PM
Quote from: Ginny on June 07, 2012, 02:26:56 PM
Sorry to have disappeared so abruptly earlier. My mother called about 12:30 - she was having kind of a meltdown. Nothing major, but a lot of little things. I threw on some clothes and went to her place to 1) make a phone call for her, 2) find the mate to one of her favorite left shoes, and 3) get the child-proof cap off her new bottle of Advil. Got her calmed down a bit and finally came home at 4pm to have my own lunch and call my sister.

No trip to the Y for me today, after all, but I'm about to put on my new shoes and try them out with a walk around the basement.

Years ago Tylenol came out with special easy open containers. I was glad I saved mine since I never saw them again. I once picked up a prescription and couldn't get it opened until the next day when I could get someone to open it for me. And that someone was a child.

DR Jane, she'd saved an easy-open bottle herself and, when I got the new one open, we poured the new pills into that container.

Good. If you open a new bottle once is it easier for her to open it later when the pills in the easy open bottle are gone?

KevinH · « **Reply #102 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:46:59 PM »

Great photos, Ben!

bk · « **Reply #103 on:** June 07, 2012, 04:12:52 PM »

Have been loading CDs into iTunes for hours now - so boring. Also have had several e-mail volleys, none of which has thrilled me - I've sort of pushed it far enough now to see where it will all go - the next response, if there is one, will tell me all I need to know. If things deteriorate from here it would be a real shame for all involved, but when I'm made to feel weird I just don't like it, even though I'm being told it has nothing to do with me at all. But that's not the way it feels, frankly.

Jeanne · « **Reply #104 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:00:23 PM »

Hello, everyone.

Lovely photos, Ben. I'm glad you had someone to take all the snaps.

Jeanne · « **Reply #105 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:00:42 PM »

Medical vibes to DR Michael S.

Jeanne · « **Reply #106 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:03:05 PM »

In Culver City, there used to be a Big Donut stand with, of course, a "sculpture" of what else? It's gone now, but I actually miss it. What a landmark! EVERYone knew the Big Donut!

Jeanne · « **Reply #107 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:06:25 PM »

Quote from: TCB on June 07, 2012, 10:31:34 AM

Perhaps this is a sign of modern thinking.

I love this!

Jeanne · « **Reply #108 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:09:56 PM »

Quote from: TCB on June 07, 2012, 01:56:04 PM

One of the better flashmobs that I have seen recently.

CARMINA BURANA

Quite fun. Who needs "designated" entertainment venues? I especially liked the dance portions. Most unexpected. The expressions of the onlookers were interesting, too.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #109 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:12:20 PM »

This sounds like a great diet!

Jeanne · « **Reply #110 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:12:20 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on June 07, 2012, 02:46:18 PM

What a day, again, for so many DRs!

Well <-- (ha ha!, a little humor there), the regular plumber couldn't get the pump running so he called in a Specialist, and $180 later I have water. An electrical starter box and shorted out and I'm grateful he had a replacement on the truck. HOWEVER, it's a sign that there's a $2K job on the horizon, in which they replace the pump that's actually 300 feet down in the well. And the wiring. And something. Anyway.........

I'm glad you got the problem fixed for only $180 and hope that the next "installment" is a long way off.

Jeanne · « **Reply #111 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:21:46 PM »

As for the review by the former DR, it is indeed strange. I read several of her reviews of other books. She often says little about the book in question and a lot about her own likes and dislikes--mostly dislikes. Her reviews are often rated as not very helpful. Based strictly on the reviews I read, I would say she has some very strong opinions and is not inclined to keep them to herself.

Jeanne · « **Reply #112 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:22:47 PM »

On more pleasant topics, DR MBarnum, have you ever watched COVERT AFFAIRS? There is some "scenery" in it that I think you would like.

Jeanne · « **Reply #113 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:24:42 PM »

Quote from: Jane on June 07, 2012, 02:59:42 PM

Quote from: Ginny on June 07, 2012, 02:26:56 PM
Sorry to have disappeared so abruptly earlier. My mother called about 12:30 - she was having kind of a meltdown. Nothing major, but a lot of little things. I threw on some clothes and went to her place to 1) make a phone call for her, 2) find the mate to one of her favorite left shoes, and 3) get the child-proof cap off her new bottle of Advil. Got her calmed down a bit and finally came home at 4pm to have my own lunch and call my sister.

No trip to the Y for me today, after all, but I'm about to put on my new shoes and try them out with a walk around the basement.

Years ago Tylenol came out with special easy open containers. I was glad I saved mine since I never saw them again. I once picked up a prescription and couldn't get it opened until the next day when I could get someone to open it for me. And that someone was a child.

Clearly, someone needs to design caps that are easy to open for some, but not for kids. A combination lock, perhaps?

Jeanne · « **Reply #114 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:25:47 PM »

Enough of me!

TTFN.

George · « **Reply #115 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:39:44 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on June 07, 2012, 05:12:20 PM

Quote from: ChasSmith on June 07, 2012, 02:46:18 PM
What a day, again, for so many DRs!

Well <-- (ha ha!, a little humor there), the regular plumber couldn't get the pump running so he called in a Specialist, and $180 later I have water. An electrical starter box and shorted out and I'm grateful he had a replacement on the truck. HOWEVER, it's a sign that there's a $2K job on the horizon, in which they replace the pump that's actually 300 feet down in the well. And the wiring. And something. Anyway.........

I'm glad you got the problem fixed for only $180 and hope that the next "installment" is a long way off.

Gives you time to save your pennies.

Ginny · « **Reply #116 on:** June 07, 2012, 05:56:21 PM »

My new shoes are great!

Ginny · « **Reply #117 on:** June 07, 2012, 06:24:48 PM »

I'm going to celebrate National Chocolate Ice Cream Day by eating some chocolate frozen yogurt - close enough.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #118 on:** June 07, 2012, 06:29:47 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on June 07, 2012, 05:21:46 PM

As for the review by the former DR, it is indeed strange. I read several of her reviews of other books. She often says little about the book in question and a lot about her own likes and dislikes--mostly dislikes. Her reviews are often rated as not very helpful. Based strictly on the reviews I read, I would say she has some very strong opinions and is not inclined to keep them to herself.

The woman is 50 years old and says she's an "aspiring writer?" When does one stop aspiring and do it? I have also been reading her reviews but when I got to this comment, I decided she had shit for brains:
So, I know of Balzac, though I had no desire to read his works, any more than I want to read Trollope or Dickens, Classics all. But just because I dont' want to read the books they wrote (all literature is too darn depressing, that's why it's literature) doesn't mean I don't find the lives of these authors fascinating and worth reading about.

Here it is in a nutshell: all literature is too darn depressing, that's why it's literature right from the horse's . . .

She is the Cliff's Notes for aspiring 50 year-old writers. I never liked her and I think much less of her now that I know how tiny her mind is.

TCB · « **Reply #119 on:** June 07, 2012, 06:52:18 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on June 07, 2012, 06:24:48 PM

I'm going to celebrate National Chocolate Ice Cream Day by eating some chocolate frozen yogurt - close enough.

Be careful, Dr. Oz says that not all frozen yogurt is better for you than ice cream.

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Author Topic: OH, YOU BIG BOWL OF SOUP (Read 8577 times)

MBarnum