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[The Natural]

On 9/5/2024 at 1:05 AM, Dolfan in NYC said:

Pretty much the same for me and my partner.  Though sometimes Connections can be SUPER annoying. 

 

Anyway... Quick update!  I got an emergency appointment at the Stamford, CT Passport Agency for this morning and long story short... I'm on my way to Heathrow with my shiny new passport.  

Not sure when they changed the book itself but it's now got a whole page that's basically credit card plastic.   

 

Cool you're both on my side of the pond now. Enjoy!

[The Natural]

5 hours ago, Pete said:

They say that growing up is optional but growing old is mandatory. I say this as a 51-year-old man having been fitted for glasses last year (who knew Shaquille O'Neal made such quality eyewear?), and now starting to use a hearing aid after driving Cindy crazier and crazier. Turns out moderate hearing loss and ADD is a real marital double whammy. 

The hearing aid (Audien Atom Pro 2) is... good. Not perfect by any means, but for $250 it definitely beats the alternative... I can actually hear the TV again and I don't have to ask people to repeat themselves nearly as much as I had been. It's a work in progress. We're all works in progress.

How you finding glasses? I've had them nearly all my life. I'd say since the age of 5 and I'm 39 now. Can't do contacts, too fiddly with the Cerebral Palsy.

[twiztor]

1 hour ago, The Natural said:

How you finding glasses? I've had them nearly all my life. I'd say since the age of 5 and I'm 39 now. Can't do contacts, too fiddly with the Cerebral Palsy.

i wore glasses from age 9 to 40. contacts never worked for me. hated them. finally had corrective surgery done January 2022 and it was transformative. had been thinking about it for years. it was the best decision i ever made. 2.5 years on, vision is still better than 20/20.

surgery was called PRK (sorry, don't remember what the acronym stands for). they shine a laser directly into your eye for ~10-15 seconds, melting your eyeball until is is perfectly round. sounds horrific. zero pain. spent a weekend with a mask over my eyes, then a couple weeks avoiding as much light as i could, and then life as usual. sometimes i still reach to take off my glasses before a shower. old habits die hard.

[Pete]

On 9/5/2024 at 9:53 PM, The Natural said:

How you finding glasses? I've had them nearly all my life. I'd say since the age of 5 and I'm 39 now. Can't do contacts, too fiddly with the Cerebral Palsy.

It's funny. I can read fine without them but need them for faraway distances (I AM MISTER MAGOO-ESQUE~!) while Cindy sees long distances fine but needs them to read stuff. We really are fire and ice.

[driver]

Today I had to put my cat down after being in each other's lives for thirteen years. He was a chonky floof(21 lbs. on a vet visit in June) and lately he wasn't eating. When he did he was puking it back up. There was blood in his poop. I took him to the local 24/7 ER Vet after trying for two hours to get him into the cat carrier. We were there for a few hours and I got a bit emotional(good thing they had Kleenex handy). Usually I'm so stoic I make Michael Shannon look like a crybaby. I didn't show this much emotion when my stepmom and nephew died within four days of each other around this time in 2020.
They weighed Hershey and he tipped the scales at 13 lbs. That's not good. I met with the doctor and we discussed some options(biopsies) and I told her upfront I didn't want him to suffer any more. They gave me the option to stay with him as he was sedated and expired, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I did get a final paw print and his carrier back.
I named him Hershey(his original name was Davos) because he was an orange and white tabby with a white spot above his nose the shape of a Hershey's Kiss.
RIP.

 

[Curt McGirt]

Don't know if I ever brought it up on here but we lost our family dog Leo (dachshund) at the beginning of the year. He was just skin and bones at the end, his kidneys were going. It was harder on my mom than me -- he was hers really, he walked right up to her out of an entire litter of dogs that their mother had just had and it was just that way forever more. I want another dog badly but it's gonna take time for her. 

My eyes have been shot since I was seven. It's been one of the worst hardships of my life having to grow up with. Just an instant target for children, and man I am legally blind behind it.  I can't do contacts (small eyes, can't bear to touch them either) so my glasses off is losing my eyes entirely. And my hearing? Wanna know what starting to play guitar at the age of 14, having no idea what to do with it, and just turning the practice amp all the way up sitting directly next to it just hammering the strings does? And all the thousands of shows and rehearsal and zillions of records and cartime volume blasting does to you? The irony is that I have kind of reverse hearing loss beyond the tinnitus, where I can hear distant, small things like crazy but conversations can be hard with any other volume in the way. Bizarre. 

[Nice Guy Eddie]

I'm going to see my psychiatrist Tuesday. I feel like I need a new anti depressant or anti-anxiety medication. I started working for a new funeral firm last week. On my way to my first visitation for them, my car got rear-ended, as I mentioned here. At work, my anxiety was through the roof. I was sweating profusely. I was constantly patting my head down with my hankies. The next day, I actually was sent home because the other funeral director said I looked sick. Once again, I was sweating profusely and my suit felt like I went swimming in it. It definitely seems like my medication isn't working correctly anymore. I need to get this worked out, so I don't jeopardize my job with this new firm. 

[The Natural]

12 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I'm going to see my psychiatrist Tuesday. I feel like I need a new anti depressant or anti-anxiety medication. I started working for a new funeral firm last week. On my way to my first visitation for them, my car got rear-ended, as I mentioned here. At work, my anxiety was through the roof. I was sweating profusely. I was constantly patting my head down with my hankies. The next day, I actually was sent home because the other funeral director said I looked sick. Once again, I was sweating profusely and my suit felt like I went swimming in it. It definitely seems like my medication isn't working correctly anymore. I need to get this worked out, so I don't jeopardize my job with this new firm. 

Think I might be in the same boat meds wise. Dreading the community mental health team phone call I've got next week as I've had bad experiences before and how this one came about when I rang First Response. All my doctors were really angry at Simon from there for what he said and I was too. Originally I was going to cancel the CMHT call for those reasons but it came through in time. Best wishes, bud.

[The Natural]

Sick of been in pain with my body, it gets to you. Hopefully my pain doctor who I've seen since a kid can come up with something next month. First time I will have seen him face to face since covid as it's been phone appointments. Been waiting ten months for this one, three additional months as my original was cancelled.

[The Natural]

On 9/7/2024 at 8:26 PM, driver said:

Today I had to put my cat down after being in each other's lives for thirteen years. He was a chonky floof(21 lbs. on a vet visit in June) and lately he wasn't eating. When he did he was puking it back up. There was blood in his poop. I took him to the local 24/7 ER Vet after trying for two hours to get him into the cat carrier. We were there for a few hours and I got a bit emotional(good thing they had Kleenex handy). Usually I'm so stoic I make Michael Shannon look like a crybaby. I didn't show this much emotion when my stepmom and nephew died within four days of each other around this time in 2020.
They weighed Hershey and he tipped the scales at 13 lbs. That's not good. I met with the doctor and we discussed some options(biopsies) and I told her upfront I didn't want him to suffer any more. They gave me the option to stay with him as he was sedated and expired, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I did get a final paw print and his carrier back.
I named him Hershey(his original name was Davos) because he was an orange and white tabby with a white spot above his nose the shape of a Hershey's Kiss.
RIP.

 

 

On 9/8/2024 at 3:22 AM, Curt McGirt said:

Don't know if I ever brought it up on here but we lost our family dog Leo (dachshund) at the beginning of the year. He was just skin and bones at the end, his kidneys were going. It was harder on my mom than me -- he was hers really, he walked right up to her out of an entire litter of dogs that their mother had just had and it was just that way forever more. I want another dog badly but it's gonna take time for her. 

Sorry for your losses. It's the right thing to do even though it hurts like fuck. Today is the three year anniversary of putting Rayven to sleep who passed from a rare cancer, she was only 6. I love all the pets I've had, I miss all the pets I've had. I love and miss Rayven the most, she was my #1 favourite. 2021 sucked losing five of my family, three to covid and both my dogs, Ralfie and Rayven.

[Lawful Metal]

Work stuff. 

Just finished Oral Arguments in the First Court of Appeals of Texas. It was an engaging in organized crime about some professional burglars. They mostly targeted Targets. We’ll see.

It was a little odd because typically judges interrupt you and ask questions but they barely asked anything of me or the State. So it was a bit awkward, just straight up monologuing, but I always viewed these (and closing arguments in trial) like a wrestling promo, so hopefully not too bad.

[Zimbra]

I always enjoyed watching my dad give opening and closing statements because it was the only time he would really lean into his Texas accent. Juries ate that shit up.

[Lawful Metal]

8 hours ago, Zimbra said:

I always enjoyed watching my dad give opening and closing statements because it was the only time he would really lean into his Texas accent. Juries ate that shit up.

They trained us to lean into southern accents at the DAs office to make us talk slower. I still talk too fast and say OK after literally every sentence 50 trials and two oral arguments in.

 

[Log]

4 hours ago, Lawful Metal said:

They trained us to lean into southern accents at the DAs office to make us talk slower. I still talk too fast and say OK after literally every sentence 50 trials and two oral arguments in.

 

Do they also train you to occasionally wipe your brown (oops!) brow with a handkerchief dramatically?

Edited September 13, 2024 by Log

[The Natural]

11 minutes ago, Log said:

Do they also train you to occasionally wipe your brown with a handkerchief dramatically?

As you should ;).

Edited September 13, 2024 by The Natural

[The Natural]

Started Spirals. It's a mixture of Tai Chi, Pilates and Yoga. I enjoy it. The Tai Chi part is my favourite apart from two things: Squat thrusts suck and when you do them, you do an arms movement which reminds me of the legendary New Zealand Haka every fucking time.

Today I went to the gym for the first time in months. I did the leg press machine, cable and pulley machine biceps/triceps, leg extension machine, chest press and treadmill. Going to try and start going regularly again.

[Log]

24 minutes ago, The Natural said:

As you should ;).

Oof. Unfortunate typo.

[The Natural]

58 minutes ago, Log said:

Oof. Unfortunate typo.

Bloody funny one.

[Lawful Metal]

2 hours ago, Log said:

Do they also train you to occasionally wipe your brown (oops!) brow with a handkerchief dramatically?

That’s a fat southern defense attorney tactic. I’m not fat or sweaty enough to pull it off 

[Log]

1 hour ago, Lawful Metal said:

That’s a fat southern defense attorney tactic. I’m not fat or sweaty enough to pull it off 

At least you have some goals to aspire to now.

[Curt McGirt]

This just reminding me of the chicken attorney on Futurama

[Doragon]

I been reducing my meds by not taking them or breaking one in half and taking it that way. The pills did their work over their the decades but I'm not in need of them anymore. 

[The Natural]

6 minutes ago, dragonzombie said:

I been reducing my meds by not taking them or breaking one in half and taking it that way. The pills did their work over their the decades but I'm not in need of them anymore. 

Look after yourself, bud.

[Lawful Metal]

Well hell, I’m gonna be a grandpa again. Grandbaby number 3 coming April 2025. 

[Zimbra]

https://twitter.com/Puntchy/status/1835468880619163712?t=CPGc3I70PopHeSDHX8cCDw&s=19

Dusty Rhodes match-worn shirt 500 no lowballs I know what I got.

We're both okay, she needed 38 stitches in her arm.  Got hit in the back passenger side wheel so the car is out of action for a while. Pretty sure the accident was my fault but the other driver took off before the cops got there with my information but without giving me hers and hasn't contacted me so we'll see what happens with that.

Sucks, but could suck worse.