
Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
When my Mom could no longer climb into the Jeep, I had to use their Oldsmobile [yes, my father's Oldsmobile].
Oh, I hated that car. Felt like I was driving a dining room table down the highway. The car was built more for someone who was 6 foot tall then for someone 5'3". Thus, the seatbelt harness could cross over my throat. The non-adjustable side view mirrors would only be helpful if the driver's seat was pull way back. Well, I needed the seat way up, so those side mirrors were worthless. Changing lanes was a major challenge.
That car would make me seasick just backing out of the driveway.
Got to a point where I hated to drive. Told my parents that. Their reply "then who is going to drive us to the doctor?" Mom refused to ride with a stranger at the wheel. No ands, ifs or buts. I kept on driving them, it helped taking xanax and Dramamine :P
When my kids were in school there was talk about just canceling buses for the day, that was a somewhat rural area with the majority of the kids living close enough to walk. That idea did not last long because all should get snow days, not just a few.
My car in 1988 was a sedan, but it had 4 wheel drive you could turn on, a ski package to hold your skis, it was advertised to be able drive up a ski slope!
Even though people kept borrowing it, they just hated my car!
Hated the leather seats.
Hated that her husband would get a speeding ticket driving it.
So funny to me now.
Our parents didn’t have car seats for babies either. How did we survive? LOL
My mini poodle always barks at other dogs, especially bigger dogs. One day, while I took her out for a walk, from the corner of my eye, I saw a dog walking out from a bush which I thought was strange, so I did a double take. Right away, I realized it was no dog, but a full grown coyote. My poodle knew it instantly, too. Instead of barking like she always did at other dogs, she clammed up, not even a whimper. We were about 15-20 feet from the coyote. Lucky for us, we were just across the street from our house, so I hurriedly picked up my little dog, briskly crossed the street, got in our front yard and closed the gate. The coyote followed us but didn't chase us. Thank goodness. After we were safely back behind the gate, the coyote walked past our house, kept going and disappeared into the bushes near the highway.
For a few months after that incident, I carried a long stick with me when I walked my dog. Just in case I ran into a coyote again.
Llama how did we survive? I remember riding in a rumble seat in an old Hudson belonging to friends. It was fun but it was not safe!
The appeal of the instant pot recipe was not having to pre-cook the beans, plus the ability to set a time and just let it do it's thing... I find the IP easy to clean too. And not having to cook stove top means I don't have to run the fan, which even on low is too %@#$ loud.
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/coyotes-topic-of-discussion-at-city-hall/289-20bfaffc-4871-49d7-85b8-9b6efe46880b
Coyotes in New Orleans
Yeah, they say it will be cockroaches and Keith Richards still alive after the end of the earth, but I think there will be a couple of coyotes, as well.
The score is 35/28
I bet Kansas City is going crazy tonight~
Polar,
Geeeeez! I am glad that the coyote didn’t chase you. That would be terrifying.
Yeah, I know what you mean about the little poodles. My daughter had one and they think that they are big shots! LOL They are so cute though.
I had a mini schnauzer that was like that too. She was cute as could be but was a little pepper!
I think the funniest thing that I ever saw was a little dog was this little bitty chihuahua that was in a woman’s arms at a Mardi Gras parade that was barking at the horses in the parade! Gutsy little dog! LOL 😆
I went from a schnauzer to a greyhound. My grey absolutely stole my heart. He was fawn color and looked like a small deer. He was beautiful!
My daughter went from a poodle to a Siberian husky. He is a sweetheart. I love him too. Well, I loved all of my pets, from hamsters to cats to dogs. They really are part of a family.
I met my husband at a bar. He was a handsome university student. I had arrived early at the restaurant to meet up with friends for dinner and decided to order a drink. He asked me out for the following weekend to go see B. B. King. I accepted. We have been married for over forty years.
I had ended a previous relationship with my college sweetheart and wasn’t even thinking about dating anyone at that time until I met him. He’s the love of my life.
I know people who weren’t happy at all in their marriage and had affairs with another person and married them. Most times it doesn’t work out but I have known a few that have.
I would be thinking that if they cheated on their wife what would stop them from cheating on me too.
That’s what my brother who married four times did. He cheated on every wife except for his current wife. It’s crazy. I wonder what the stats are for infidelities. I bet they are high.
When my brother was married to his second wife he cheated with the neighbor! They got married and his second wife and the neighbor’s ex husband got together and they married and stayed married.
So, they essentially swapped spouses. My mom said, “Son, this happened on my soap opera that I watch!” LOL 😆
A chat room is a different situation and not at all like online dating. There are never any guarantees in life, no matter what the circumstances are. Who really knows who they are marrying?
When neighbors of serial killers are interviewed, they usually say, “He was such a nice guy!”
Life is full of surprises.
The only thing that I ever saw in the lounge at my godmother’s nursing home was Steve Harvey on Family Feud! LOL
My godmother had Alzheimer’s disease and was blind from macular degeneration and wasn’t aware of much.
She wasn’t even aware of hurricane Katrina. She said, “Isn’t it nice of the nursing home to take us on a road trip! She had no idea that it was an emergency evacuation.
Same thing at the nursing home that my mom did her rehab in. It seemed like the television was stuck on Family Feud!
Occasionally, a volunteer would play music for them, piano, guitar or violin. Sometimes gospel singers on Sunday.
I'm just picturing seniors playing air guitar to Led Zeppelin. LOL
Hey, Zeppelin saved me from the crappy disco scene from that era! LOL 😆
Nowadays, Robert Plant is singing with Alison Krauss. Who would’ve ever seen that coming?
I saw Elton at our jazz fest. He was great!