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So I finally buckled down to work on my taxes 😳😰. This year I decided to try to auto fill my return and aside from the pain involved in logging onto the CRA website it sure seems easier... but can I really trust it?
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I've always had a very full dream life Send. My dream life is far more exciting than my waking life. I go on real adventures in my dreams.

Last night I was dreaming about Dr. Jeff, Rocky Mountain Veterinarian. He had a crush on me in my dream. Fortunately I woke up before anything happened. Or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it. LOL In case you are wondering he is one of those many vets who have reality shows. I watch a lot of them. Dr. Noel Fitzpatrick is my favorite. A good Irish Vet.
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Gershun,
That was the very first time I saw you posting on so early.
I slept in and did not wake up at 4:00, 3:00, or 2:00 a.m.
It was very hot, so once asleep, I could not wake up again.

Most of my dreams are never fulfilled, most of the time I am grateful because I dream that I was tripping and about to fall.
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Up until this very minute, I was trying to figure out who it was that Peggy Sue was posting to, when she wrote: "Chillier".
🤔🤭🐣
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Yes CWillie, I was up at 2am posting. Insomnia don't ya know.🤨 I can go into a semi deep sleep for two hours and then suddenly I'm wide awake again.

As for peeing. I actually dream I have to pee. I quite often have dreams that I'm searching for a washroom. Lol. Fortunately I wake up and don't go in my pajamas.

Thx everyone for explaining the sock puppet thing. People would refer to them and I'd always go "oh, right" as if I knew what they were talking about. Really I had no clue.🤣
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You mean to say with a simple app I can now be a dozen people?????? Wonderful news! Something to look forward to. Now I can make my overly long posts to EVERYTHING over and over and over again! (I still remember WorriedinCali telling me that I needn't feel obligated to answer EVERYTHING!
This has made my day! Now if only I were even SEMI-computer literate! I have to have the grandson over and make him dinner to get anywhere at all.
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Becky04889, a sock puppet is someone who posts under multiple identities, each different in some way.  Some men post as women, some post as men just with different personalities. 

I think at one point it was kind of a game.  I noticed on one forum that younger attorneys engaged in it more than experienced attorneys.   It might have been from boredom, as they typically get assignments that aren't as high profile, until they've established themselves.

They establish multiple accounts on different computers so the IP address doesn't lead to more than one of their fake identities.

I think also that some people have a sort of actor/actress interest and enjoy pretending to be others.
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Becky, a vpn is simply an app you turn on to show another ip.

Sock puppets are simply those who come in with more than one up, ie two accounts. My iPhone and iPad have two ips, so I could just use that
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Has anyone noticed the newsfeed is not working correctly? When I get to the bottom of the first page and click "See More" what I get is the top of the first page again. There is nothing different, it is stuck on the first page.
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I am NOT very knowledgeable about the internet. Don't know what a VPN is. GA that whole sock puppet thing is strange. I don't know why one would want to spend that much time on a forum.

Thank you Alva. Dialysis is my reality and I knew it was where I was going to end up eventually. I had plenty of time to prepare mentally and financially. I'm able to have my own equipment and a private tech with me. Plus I have a very supportive family. My only complaint is you can't snack during treatments and I don't like the way my distended army veins look.
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The simple way to hide your identity online in order to create multiple accounts is to use a VPN.
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Becky, you asked:

"How can you post under two different names? I thought most forums only allowed one poster from one IP address. And who has that much time on their hands?"

This issue pops up periodically. It's called "socking". One person creates multiple "socks", or "sock puppets", different identities, and posts with any number of them. Usually each sock puppet represents a different personality. Access to different computers so that IP addresses aren't identical is how they disguise their identities.

Decades ago I regularly visited a legal forum on which there were a number of sockers. I recall one guy bragged that he had 6 different IDs. He had access to multiple computers, at home, at work, and who knows where else?

Another one pretended to be a woman, initiating PMs with female posters, like me, so he could learn how women think.

There are some strange people in the world, and online.
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Becky04489: I always appreciate your input on dialysis. As a nurse I often only saw patients who ran into trouble (true with MOST things; I dread blood thinners because of the problems I saw from them that had dire consequences); I often needed to remind myself that I was seeing those not doing well, while the ones who WERE doing well were home getting on with their lives.
Your mentions of your dialysis have given me needed perspective. I appreciate you.
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When I posted My favorite things: The movie 'You've Got Mail',
the movie quotes were deleted, even though they were not exact quotes.

Now my feelings are hurt.
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Chillier, the agingcare mods could be so much more unreasonable on forum, but they’ve set it up for self help, not just for families won’t to avail themselves of Karen the advisor to your right who probably helps as much as the friendly realtors.
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Besides staying alive, dialysis has a big benefit, you rarely if ever have to go pee.
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How can you post under two different names? I thought most forums only allowed one poster from one IP address. And who has that much time on their hands?
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I've never been able to figure out why they remove some posts yet leave others that (in my mind at least) are clearly over the line and even against stated policy. I guess you can say pretty much anything as long as there isn't any implied criticism of AgingCare.
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cwillie, I went straight to activity. Not there. It was at that point I thought I forgot to post, pressed too lightly, whatever. It was not until I read Golden's post today and realized that she saw it that I know it was not posted. You were mentioned. I said I agreed with how you felt about changes in Forum.
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The mind over matter thing about the need to pee is true, if I start to worry about having had that large coffee before my walk I definitely feel as though I have to go before I get home. But if I can distract myself and think of something else I can make the urge go away (sometimes🤣)
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I've sometimes thought I lost a post but usually when I click my activity tab it is still there, just not where I thought it was.
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For Freqflyer and others wondering about "urge incontinence".

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2020.00658/full

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2020.00658/full
It's a brain thing. Gets worse with age, brain changes. But it is the same reason we can shop for 1/2 hour having to pee, but when we are coming up the steps to our own home the urge is almost unbearable. If we can just STOP THINKING how close we are to a bathroom we can sometimes beat back this urge. But, if not....................
It is an interesting phenomenon how close we are, and how much closer as we age, to not being able to wait until, as the article says, we are somewhere where it's socially acceptable to go.
Nurses know, after childbirth, other surgeries, it is often difficult for a patient to "go", so the often run water, or have them place wrists in warm water. Difficult to relax enough after removal of a catheter as well, so deep breath in and let it out out out all the way, sometimes helps. Tricks of the trade.
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Interesting.
My post on this thread got removed.
Until Golden mentioned what I said about a poster who posts under two different names I actually thought that I myself failed to press the "post comment" button. Can't find it on the thread anymore.
Can't find it under my activities.
I certainly must have offended SOMEone by mentioning how "changed" I find the Forum to be. Or it is here somewhere on the thread and I can't find it as I cannot find so much else in life (hee hee).
Perhaps it's my step one on the 12 steps needed to break this addiction of mine.
Out to freqflyer: There's actually a medical reason why we have to pee so bad when water runs and when we are nearing being close to the bathroom when we did a whole shopping trip needing to go, but not urgently. Has to do with the two systems responsible for the release of urine. Our bodies are somewhat miraculous.
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G, yes, some of that too.I

The way we raised our children was much different than the way out parents raised us. Many of us came from homes where stay-at-home moms were the standard. My dad would not allow my mom to work. She had a college degree and loved her profession of teaching home ec. They divorced over that, and other things I am sure. Mom earned a master's degree to better provide for her three girls. Dad committed suicide weeks after the divorce was final, I as 12.

So I grew up in a home where mom was independent and the bread earner. Now it takes both to be able to afford the things families want. Life is not as simple as when we were young and it is much more expensive.
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Gershun what are you doing up, isn't it the middle of the night there?
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Glad, protective of their time and possibly a wee bit of selfishness? Just a bit.

The age old debate I guess. I suppose there's a fine line everyone has to draw between caring enough and knowing when to pack her in and let the professionals take over. Always makes for a good debate though.

I wish I knew then what I know now.
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Countrymouse yes! I can always count on you with your great wit and insight. 👏
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Gershun should we call it "Past Caring"?
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Golden, I tossed all of my plastic storage containers. I could never find the right top! For health reasons it is recommended to replace them after a few years anyway. They cannot be sanitized.

Gershun, sometimes I think our knowledge of elder care has run out of usefulness. The next generation seems to be more protective of their time and lives. Something that many of us could have done better at; taking care of ourselves.
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Well at least we are all in agreement here. Maybe we should start a new site. We could name it "Been There. Done That"

I find lately when I read the newer questions that I'm at a complete loss. The questions aren't ever just simple questions but sometimes a whole life story and the OP is never satisfied with the responses they get.
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