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How about screw the game playing teens to the garage ceiling by their heads and take away all their phones and devices!? I find it horrible that they would hurt complete strangers by knocking them out, or slapping horses, etc. Also putting innocent safe drivers at risk by stepping in front of cars on purpose. If these kids put all that energy to good use for the greater good of society things would be so much better.
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At least in my day, the game "chicken" was car vs. car, making it voluntary and more equal by both drivers. This prank scares the driver.......and other dangerous things.
Have already brought up my own teen, my grandchildren are no longer teens, so I want to be safe driving down the road.

Plan to 1) contact police (recommended by article); 2) Contact 'MAD' mothers against drunk drving-they will be all over it. 3) Contact 'ACTION' for teens and parents, let them know what is happening.
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Googling "Stepping out in traffic game"....an article where in Hampton, teens are terrorizing motorists by playing this game, a remake of the game "chicken".
So, guessing everyone will have to drive more careful, and avoid the far right lane.

I am going to find that kid and have a talk with his mother. He must have needed some attention, so he's got my attention now! Negative attention big time. A good deed for the holiday-SAVE A TEEN's LIFE-so they can live to bully or terrorize another day.........
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Those with loose screws need screwdrivers, the kind with vodka and orange juice.
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If you screw your lids to the ceiling, or put screws into your shoes, what happens when you have a screw loose?

Getting back to those 'chant suggestions' :

Gather in the common room and chant: "OCCUPY, OCCUPY" until MsMadge brings the lemon merangue pie!

Or how about: "We R HUNGRY ! We R HUNGRY!"
They never feed us here.

"We want Beer here, We want Beer here!"
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If tossing a half empty water bottle onto every surface around makes them happy, then that's fine. I remember building intricate patterns and enclosures for army men to stage battles, and taking pieces of fabric to make cardboard-doll's-house curtains and carpets... I suppose I feel like these viral "challenges" just aren't challenging enough!
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The "viral" pranks: it's not a game if it hurts animals or people in any way... I feel like such a party pooper, but really now... why slap a horse? So mean.

I saw this great parody video the other day. It was set up just like many of the "viral" games -- there were young people sitting around, watching a young woman do something, they were filming. You can't see at first what she's doing, then at the end you realize she opened a can with a can opener. She sets the opened can on the floor and everyone starts applauding. LOL! You have to see it to appreciate how pointedly funny it is, how well it mocks these "accomplishments" like the bottle toss.

I'm going to show the "can opener" video to my nephews in a couple of weeks. I'm thinking they might pick up on why I say they're silly to spend hours doing bottle toss onto anything and everything around the house, cheering like they've accomplished something great lol.
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Well the knock out "game" is a vicious assault on a stranger, if this is a new game I like the odds much better, fool vs car.
Reminds me of a news video I saw, stupid student is dared by friends to run up and slap the mounted cop's horse during Queen's U homecoming festivities. (Sources say this was a bit of a "fun" game going on and happened more than once). I wonder how badly she was bruised lol.
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Send,
As I was driving mom to the dentist today,
A stupid man with a toddler in a grocery cart decided to cross the street after the signal changed - since he was holding up traffic he decided to hurry it up a bit

Mom naturally called him an a*hole because he was running with a child

I felt compelled to correct her and said he's an a*hole because he stole a shopping cart and walked out into the street after the light changed - he ought to run

She then looked at me and said I was an a*hole only I didn't have a baby in the car
To which I replied,
I have you
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Send text Captain......maybe he can bop some heads for you.
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is it asking a question to get info or asking a question to depart erroneous info by the way it is worded?
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I never heard of that stupid game Send...I'm just glad you weren't hurt.
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Teens are playing games, or what? Driving to pick up hubs, a young man deliberately stepped out in front of my car, faced me, then ran back. Honking, stepping on the brakes, turning into the corner just out of traffic, honking behind me. I was really shook up, yelled at them to STOP IT! JUST STOP THAT!, pointing my finger like an old school marm. Furious, wait till I get my hands on him, I want to say. He and friends (5) wers obviously headed for the movies to night.

I have heard of the " Knock out game", where a group knocks a stranger unconscious. If this is a new game, there has gotta be a law!
Anyone heard of this?
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"got" ...not "get"... got it done, despite the mini storm that hit Chicago tonight. :)
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I love this whole group on AC. Sappy, I know, but you all transition so well from jokes about jello shots (er... I dunno... seriously, k cups probably WOULD make good containers for jello shots!) to giving good practical advice about elder care.

I finally met today with Gerontology head at NEIU to discuss their programs. I think... I'm heading that direction. There's such a wealth of info on this site, plus once I emotionally remove myself from my personal unfortunate dysfunctional caregiving situation... I do want to help others navigate the aging process, and I've learned much about it... although the depth of info on this site amazes me at times.

Ramble. I get my Christmas shopping done. Time to send out the cards. :)
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Well, Gershun said General Topics, ws could talk about anything. I wanted to help the person whose Mom couldn't turn on left side and needed a way, had parkinsons, but could not find the question after researching an answer.
Smhh.
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f the person you care for has to spend most of their time in bed, be sure to help them change position often. Health care providers recommend changing position at least every 4 hours. Foam wedges, wedge pillows, rolls and leg supports can be useful in providing comfortable position changes. A medical "trapeze" over the bed can help the person shift position by themselves if they are strong enough. If they are so weak they can't turn over, have a health care provider show you how to use a sheet to help roll the person in bed from side to side.
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Shots. Jello shots. lol.
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FF - ugh, don't get me going on the medicine bottles! LOL

When I moved in here to care for Mom, Dad was already out of the home and in a NH and/or hospital - he never came home after that. I started the cleanout process because Dad was a bit of a hoarder in the fact that he kept everything that he thought had a use, or could possibly be used for something in the future. I cleaned out grocery bags full of old cottage cheese containers and lids (all clean, washed, etc - but decades old and never re-used), bags of old prescription bottles with the labels removed (Dad was a stickler for protecting his privacy), even bags of bags - grocery bags full of neatly flattened and folded plastic grocery bags to be used for the kitty litter, bathroom trash can,etc - but there were HUNDREDS of those. More than they could ever use in their lifetimes.

Just recently, I started working on clearing out the garage (and will resume once I can physically do so, probably in the spring). I found boxes of old rags (chewed and pooed on by mice), which is to be expected in a garage. But I also found paper grocery bags all neatly rolled down at the top, lined up on a set of shelves. ??? I opened one after another and they were all the same thing - sawdust and scraps of wood deemed to small to be useable. (That was saying a lot, because Dad thought ALL wood had value and could be used for something - proven by the stacks of it still in the garage.) Now, Dad hadn't been in that garage for almost 15 years before he died - and he's been gone almost 4 years now - so we're looking at nearly 20-year-old sawdust in paper bags. (Sitting here shaking my head....) But what am I going to do, being my father's daughter? Save it and use it for firestarter next summer when we can have bonfires in the yard again. LOL

I can see Dad eyeing up my k-cups and saying, "you know....I could use that for...."
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FF, premium coffee still comes in metal cans. I have to admit I recently had a really hard time throwing away that can, I'm sure there must be a way to up cycle it somehow.

I think a lot of times the OP doesn't get the answer they are looking for or they do get the answer from the first couple of replies, or maybe they were venting and now have cold feet, so they just move on. I'd rather that than all the people who come back to berate those who bothered to answer. Or all of those threads that run on and on long after the OP has come back to tell us all they have solved the problem.
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Jessie, I have noticed a lot of "title only" questions [nothing in the body to give us more information] but the title has a lot of misspellings.... it almost seems like the same person comes on with a new screen name each time. The mods will find that question and correct the spelling later on.

Oh well, some questions are pretty interesting :)
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Susan, my Dad use to do the same things with jars and lids. He even used old plastic medicine containers and a metal band-aid container.

He would take old coffee cans and spray paint them silver to store the large metal stuff he was keeping. Hmmmm, since I don't drink coffee, does coffee still come in cans??? Anyway, I am sure my late Dad would find some use for those empty k-cups.
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Some of the answers go on, but the OP isn't part of the discussion. I thought maybe the found the site, but didn't bookmark it, so didn't come back to see any of the responses. Either that or they didn't like the answers they got. We'll never know.
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JessieB, I've seen that a lot on all the other forums, generally there is a question, one or two people reply, and that's it; any thread that continues for 20 or 30 posts is an extraordinary anomaly. AgingCare is so unique that it attracts users from around the world, as much as I've searched I have found nothing else like it.
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Have you guys noticed there is a spate of people coming in now, asking a question, but then never responding? It's like answering the questions is a waste of time now if the person leaves the building.
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It's scary that Congress proposed some radical changes for SS. Reducing the amount and pushing the retirement age back to 69 makes me realize that they really don't have a grasp on the needs of the country. Looks like we're going into an era of continued trickle up economics. Ryan will probably also soon try to push through his agenda on Medicare.
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Yes, Ali, that's exactly right. It's an old handyman's trick. He had a drop ceiling in the garage and attached baby food jars, mayo jars and old peanut butter jars to the ceiling by mounting wooden strips to the ceiling and then screwing the lids of the jars to the wood strips. Then you just put the jars in place. It's pretty cool.
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Susan, I got all of it except "attacked to the ceiling by their lids." He nailed or screwed or glued the lids to ceiling, then he can turn the jar in and out for storage and access? That's kind of ingenious, actually. Am I picturing this right?
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cwillie - I could go into business outfitting elder's shoes with those screws. I'm sure my dad has about a billion of them in the garage. All neatly stored away in plastic trays and labeled, too, or in old mayo and peanut butter jars attached to the ceiling by their lids.
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I've got a tip I want to share with anyone who has to walk on icy sidewalks, add hex screws to the bottom of your shoes/boots.
When I first read about this on runner's forums I thought they were nuts, drive screws into the bottom of my shoes? I bought the recommended #8 1/2" sheet metal screws but left them tucked away unused. When I got new shoes this spring I figured I had nothing to lose by trying it out on my oldest pair, well guess what, it works! I might add a few more since I wasn't too sure about the best placement, but they really do add traction and I don't have to worry about them falling off like those over the shoe cleats they sell. Cheap too. If you want to see a demo go to youtube and search "screws in shoes".
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