Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
Geeeeeez, I haven’t bought bacon in awhile. It’s gone down to 10ounces? That’s sad.
I knew about the ice cream. My husband loves his ice cream!
I totally agree with everyone that packaging is a PITA and also deceptive.
ff - I have white coat syndrome and my BP is usually high in the drs office though not always. Working on overcoming that. At home it is fine. I know I would be dizzy on BP meds.
Sig-other was placed on blood pressure meds as the doctor thought his readings were way to high. He had that very dizzy feeling, too, more so when standing up or getting out of bed.
Turned out he had what is called "white coat syndrome", where just thinking about going to the doctor offices will spike his blood pressure. He got off of the meds and his blood pressure readings are normal when he checks it at home using a cuff.
Oh, but the price hasn’t shrunk!
Packaging is awful!
I bought cds to listen to in my previous car. Oh gosh, opening up a cd was stressful. They are hermetically sealed! My new car doesn’t have a cd player. That’s a thing of the past!
Here in New Orleans, we have a list of things gone by the wayside. We call it, Ain’t Dere No More!
It’s a funny list. You could probably find it online. You may have to be a New Orleans native to appreciate it though.
I just googled it and they have Benny Grunch & The Bunch, one of our popular local bands singing their song, Ain’t Dare No More! Looks like they have a Facebook page on it too.
I squeeze it onto my leg or arm and scrape it off,, getting old is no fun!
Regarding packaging, I have always noticed throughout the decades how products have become smaller. Well, I pulled off my storage shelf a package of paper towels, I always purchase the same brand, and this package was pretty dusty sitting in storage for so long.
I pulled out a roll of paper towels from that dusty package and there was such a noticeable difference between how many sheets were on the old roll compared to what we get today. It was almost comical the difference. Makes me wonder what the roll will look like ten years of now :)
"Be KIND to your mind."
"YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE:
No one is coming to save you.
This life of yours is 100% your responsibility."
If you are skinny, you are on drugs. If you are fat, you need to lose weight. If you drink, you are an alcoholic. If you get dress up, you are conceited. If you dress down, you’ve let yourself go. If you speak your mind, you are rude. If you don’t say anything, you are snobbish. If you are sociable, you’re a party animal. If you stay to yourself, you are detached.
You can’t do anything without being criticized. We live in a society where people can’t survive if they are not judging the next person. Let’s build each other up. We are all the best we can, in the same game called life.
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Yay. I love it when these things actually work!
Which is why so many feel that it's their superior skills and not dumb luck that has kept them from being the subject of somebody's dash cam video upload 🙄.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gY0gda12pXg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QTgRLtYTcSM
That really was TMI, I know!
(Too much information).
Thanks anyway for asking. 🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️🦙️
Hugs. Here, have a few llama hugs!
Lol, how are the people out and about getting home, if both the 14 and I-5 freeways are closed? The I-5 flooded, a Travel Village had 4 RV's wash into the river.
No complaints if you just stay home.
The rain is not good enough, the snow is just not good enough, it hardly counts. I may be living in an alternate reality.
When I look out my window just now, the sun is just starting to shine.
The news reports of a blizzard, worst storm in decades keep me cynical and a bit over concerned. So I spent some time online, looking to buy an SUV, Jeep, or 4 wheel drive RV (for a safe escape, if needed).
I know there is snow, somewhere, and there is rain, somewhere.
Last night it rained a long time, and wind. It was scary but not newsworthy.
Both the I-5 freeway and the 14 freeway are/were closed both ways early this morning. Because, no one knows how to drive if they never experienced this extreme weather.
Thank you for asking about it.
I should try to venture out soon, but I am scared.
Truth is, I don't know about the emergent emergency for either person. Neither do they, apparently.
Years ago, (2014) when I fell, the paramedics came out and were going to transport me to the Emergency Room. I declined the transport, so I get it when a person wants to delay the inevitable treatment necessary. Falling does not make me an expert on falls. One minute you're standing, and the next you are on the ground.
The next day, I did go to the E.R. on my own. Had a broken ankle bone, was soft-casted, but hurt so much, I removed it. It was the kind of break that I could put enough pressure on to walk, but needed a support boot.
Returned to my PCP, who diagnosed a broken clavicle two weeks after the fall and broken ankle.
Those falls can get ya! Years later!
It was a common occurrence that E.R. x-rays missed things. For example, a broken rib in some patients, because it did not show up for days, explained to me by the E.R. doctor/surgeon when those patients went to his office for follow-up.
I had two falls resulting in a broken ankle, 2013 and 2014. The Orthopedic Surgeon found the first fracture (old) when finding the second fracture!
It was not found because the pain was in my foot, not my ankle, I am thinking.
Slowed down walking since then.
The persons who did not go to the E.R. yet, are still hurting.
Recommended Urgent Care, but compliance is low. I get it.