Sorry Z, but how is today any different with your Mom?
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Good the Cat is doing better.
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Gotta love lumpia!
Whenever there's an after-mass gathering at Church, a large variety of Lumpia recipes are always present. It's kind of a competition. Lots of east African foods, too.
I go nuts!
Turns out Whiskey is very Anti - Inflammatory... But if you get Schnauchered and sleep wrong, same problems... However, walking around plastered all day watching College Football all day pain free... Yeah... Would prefer edibles and being stoned all day because CBD doesn't work, the Nerve pain laughs at Motrin, and I want to drink for the taste and not the Schnauchering.
But... Lots of Chiropractors on Youtube show stretches that help with Bulged Discs / Sciatica and they help.
I have Baked Lumpia recipes laying around, can't (Will never again) consume Inflammatory Seed Oils... AKA I will never eat at a Restaurant again...
Little Baby Jesus said "You're changing your diet"... Yes I am, My Lord... Not like "I will gradually make changes" or whatever... I got and am still getting my tail kicked in by this Nerve pinching... Once I'm done with it, I will be Terrified to eat anything Inflammatory... Talk about busting a grown Man down to a little Child...
I'm not scared of Humans, Animals, Insects, Sharks, Combat, whatever... Anything that can Kill me... Been close with all that.. So what?
But a Tiny little Nerve?... THE MOST POWERFUL ANYTHING that exists on the Human plane.... Period...
As far as therapy, does anyone OWN A BATH that is made for people over 3 ft. tall? My Kids' Bath / Shower is standard like every one I have ever seen, but my soaking tub in the Master is a tiny little thing... It's Infuriating now because IT MAKES NO SENSE... The Kid bath is DUH for Mom and Dad to wash the little kids, with a shower for when they get older, surrounded usually by 2 Kid Bedrooms etc...
Are we suddenly giving the MASTER BATHROOM to 4 Year old's?... My Tub at the bottom measures 3 1/2 FEET.... Long, not Wide....
I'm NOT... I don't work in the Circus!!! Next to it is a Box shower that shouldn't exist... It should be a Giant Tub... If I want a shower, there is one on the other side of the House.
I never even noticed that in 10 years owning this House... Never needed it... Haven't taken a bath since I was 4... Since I was physically old enough to know the difference, I ditched the Rubber Duckies for a Shower...
Hey, did anybody know that if you sit in a bath and Fart, the body (or science) automatically forms bubbles to transfer the Fart out of the water? If I knew that 20 years ago! "Hey Honey... Kids are gone, we got both 3 foot baths to ourselves... What say we reheat those Burritos, chill that Mexican Water we have been saving and tear into those Dried Apricots while watching Moonlighting???... We could cuddle up in a Pretzel and drink a bunch of Don Perrynone then wait for the Fire Department to extract us!!!" Oh Baby!!!
Are we suddenly giving the MASTER BATHROOM to 4 Year old's?... My Tub at the bottom measures 3 1/2 FEET.... Long, not Wide....
I'm NOT... I don't work in the Circus!!! Next to it is a Box shower that shouldn't exist... It should be a Giant Tub... If I want a shower, there is one on the other side of the House.
I never even noticed that in 10 years owning this House... Never needed it... Haven't taken a bath since I was 4... Since I was physically old enough to know the difference, I ditched the Rubber Duckies for a Shower...
Hey, did anybody know that if you sit in a bath and Fart, the body (or science) automatically forms bubbles to transfer the Fart out of the water? If I knew that 20 years ago! "Hey Honey... Kids are gone, we got both 3 foot baths to ourselves... What say we reheat those Burritos, chill that Mexican Water we have been saving and tear into those Dried Apricots while watching Moonlighting???... We could cuddle up in a Pretzel and drink a bunch of Don Perrynone then wait for the Fire Department to extract us!!!" Oh Baby!!!
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I've seen some House Hunters episodes with the small bathtubs and don't know why they were that small.
Bro talked Mom down and she apologized. He's been cooking for her since I'm not moving well with the damn kidney stone. Went to Samsclub to get water, popped in to a store called Ross and found a neck pillow with a hood for Mom. Bro got some kitchen stuff and some pants.
Mom said friend called to discuss replacing the back door tomorrow and I had to go get lumber and supplies for it. Flashing, door & window caulk, construction adhesive, hot dipped galvanized nails. hot dipped galvanized structural screws, insulation foam (for the middle of the header instead of plywood bc it is now to code and was cheaper than plywood), and some other stuff. Hopefully we have everything. Gonna see if bro will help me clear the back door area. Wanting to get rid of the roaches has motivated him to help with cleaning a bit more.
I'm about to feed Rupert again. He tried to climb on the bed but Fippy growled at him so I got Fippy to climb into the pet bed. He's curled up sleeping now.
Bro talked Mom down and she apologized. He's been cooking for her since I'm not moving well with the damn kidney stone. Went to Samsclub to get water, popped in to a store called Ross and found a neck pillow with a hood for Mom. Bro got some kitchen stuff and some pants.
Mom said friend called to discuss replacing the back door tomorrow and I had to go get lumber and supplies for it. Flashing, door & window caulk, construction adhesive, hot dipped galvanized nails. hot dipped galvanized structural screws, insulation foam (for the middle of the header instead of plywood bc it is now to code and was cheaper than plywood), and some other stuff. Hopefully we have everything. Gonna see if bro will help me clear the back door area. Wanting to get rid of the roaches has motivated him to help with cleaning a bit more.
I'm about to feed Rupert again. He tried to climb on the bed but Fippy growled at him so I got Fippy to climb into the pet bed. He's curled up sleeping now.
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I got up at 5:30am-- before sunrise and started clearing crap near the back door. I had to stop to clear some trash in the kitchen. Kitchen trash was overflowing and there was trash on the floor. It was in my way. So I hauled that out and cleaned up the crap on the kitchen floor and cleared a better path to the back door. Tore down and threw out the old nasty moving blanket that had been stapled over the back hall doorway & chucked it. I Back hallway mostly had my brother's stuff-- old shoes, clothes, bedding, straight up trash, a broken foot massager, and some stuff from the family-- broken microwave, broken computer, a bunch of broken APCs. Once I cleared enough that I could open the back door I shoved some of the stuff out the back. I tried waking my brother up to help me but he can sleep through a bomb going off and didn't wake up. He didn't hear me thumping around moving heavy stuff just outside his bedroom door.
I let my friend know about my progress so he came out. I was helping him get the new door brought up from the workshop when I saw my brother come out with gloves on hauling some of his nasty bedding (he had just dumped it in the hallway instead of washing it and cats used it as a litterbox.
It took a few hours, but long story short we have a new back door installed. Now I need to get a better knob for it as well as a strike plate. Old strike plate had fallen off.
I heated up leftovers for Mom and am currently resting. I'm out of naprosyn and my body doesn't like me. Need to get some door & window spray foam and some insulation for above the door. I may use up some of the 4'x8' foam board I got for above the cripples and still put in some other type of insulation there. If I do drywall I'll have to shim up the wazoo to make everything fit because the walls aren't square.
I let my friend know about my progress so he came out. I was helping him get the new door brought up from the workshop when I saw my brother come out with gloves on hauling some of his nasty bedding (he had just dumped it in the hallway instead of washing it and cats used it as a litterbox.
It took a few hours, but long story short we have a new back door installed. Now I need to get a better knob for it as well as a strike plate. Old strike plate had fallen off.
I heated up leftovers for Mom and am currently resting. I'm out of naprosyn and my body doesn't like me. Need to get some door & window spray foam and some insulation for above the door. I may use up some of the 4'x8' foam board I got for above the cripples and still put in some other type of insulation there. If I do drywall I'll have to shim up the wazoo to make everything fit because the walls aren't square.
Preacher... "Jesus, oh Lord Jesus"
Choir... "Oh Lord yes Jesus"...
Preacher... "Jesus can you walk on down"
Choir... "Yes walk on down Sweet Jesus"
Preacher... " Can you come on over to me Jesus"
Choir... "We see you Jesus"
Preacher... "Can you translate for me Jesus"
Choir... "Read the word for us Jesus"
Preacher... "Translate for me oh Jesus... Please always Translate for me what Snoonyb do say"
Choir... "Oh please"...
Choir... "Oh Lord yes Jesus"...
Preacher... "Jesus can you walk on down"
Choir... "Yes walk on down Sweet Jesus"
Preacher... " Can you come on over to me Jesus"
Choir... "We see you Jesus"
Preacher... "Can you translate for me Jesus"
Choir... "Read the word for us Jesus"
Preacher... "Translate for me oh Jesus... Please always Translate for me what Snoonyb do say"
Choir... "Oh please"...
We've got two short bath tubs. Both are 48" long rough in.
One is Kohler Greek, a deep tub. One is standard height American Standard steel tub. My wife fits fine in either & likes them. (We also have a 60" cast iron should my wife happen to grow taller.)
Me? I'm like you- Haven't had a bath since I was a little kid. Shower either, but that's another topic.
I'm simply responding to what you're presenting, when you roll on your back, arm & legs flailing in the air, so I ask you, with the deepest heartfelt sincerity, could you resist, poking the bear?
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Mom hasn't had a shower since she was in the hospital last year. Before that her previous shower was before dad died in 2009. She hates showering.
I didn't drag myself out of bed until after 10:30am and my whole body was sore. Woke up with charlie horse in both legs. Need magnesium and potassium vitamins (I have some I just need to take them).
Went to Walmart after post office. Drove by the house my friend wants to buy. I'm wary about what the seller is telling him and don't trust the guy. Real estate agent owns it and didn't want a house inspection and didn't want bank involved. He wanted full payment at first. But friend can't afford full payment outright and insisted on house inspection. But the seller said that if the inspection is done and he's told it needs repairs before it can sell (or before bank will cover it) that my friend will have 45 days to fix it up before they can close and that my friend has to pay to fix it. Told my friend that its the seller's responsibility to fix it to be in sellable condition and I'm worried that if my friend fixes it the seller will turn around and want more $ OR he'll try to sell it to someone else. Friend thinks that if he does the paperwork and fixes it up that the seller won't be able to withdraw the sale. I'm not sure if that is true or not. I told him to ask for lower price if he has to fix it before he can even buy it but he thinks he's getting a good deal. Thinks its only selling for 1/3 of the price. But I don't know. I know his Mom really wants him to buy it bc she wants to loot all the stuff that was left behind AND she wants to use the house he's currently living in as a rental property again. Friend is under the mistaken impression that she'd let him collect the rent $.
Meanwhile, he got subpoenaed to testify in court against his ex on Oct 1. He's nervous about public speaking and he doesn't want to incriminate her. I know he saw his ex verbally abuse the oldest kid and he knows she's violent, but anything he has against her boyfriend is hearsay based on BS she told him. I don't think she'd get on the stand. She'd be too terrified.
Kitties and doggies haven't figured out how to use the pet door yet. It's weird because some of them used a pet door before my brother broke the door out of the old one.
I didn't drag myself out of bed until after 10:30am and my whole body was sore. Woke up with charlie horse in both legs. Need magnesium and potassium vitamins (I have some I just need to take them).
Went to Walmart after post office. Drove by the house my friend wants to buy. I'm wary about what the seller is telling him and don't trust the guy. Real estate agent owns it and didn't want a house inspection and didn't want bank involved. He wanted full payment at first. But friend can't afford full payment outright and insisted on house inspection. But the seller said that if the inspection is done and he's told it needs repairs before it can sell (or before bank will cover it) that my friend will have 45 days to fix it up before they can close and that my friend has to pay to fix it. Told my friend that its the seller's responsibility to fix it to be in sellable condition and I'm worried that if my friend fixes it the seller will turn around and want more $ OR he'll try to sell it to someone else. Friend thinks that if he does the paperwork and fixes it up that the seller won't be able to withdraw the sale. I'm not sure if that is true or not. I told him to ask for lower price if he has to fix it before he can even buy it but he thinks he's getting a good deal. Thinks its only selling for 1/3 of the price. But I don't know. I know his Mom really wants him to buy it bc she wants to loot all the stuff that was left behind AND she wants to use the house he's currently living in as a rental property again. Friend is under the mistaken impression that she'd let him collect the rent $.
Meanwhile, he got subpoenaed to testify in court against his ex on Oct 1. He's nervous about public speaking and he doesn't want to incriminate her. I know he saw his ex verbally abuse the oldest kid and he knows she's violent, but anything he has against her boyfriend is hearsay based on BS she told him. I don't think she'd get on the stand. She'd be too terrified.
Kitties and doggies haven't figured out how to use the pet door yet. It's weird because some of them used a pet door before my brother broke the door out of the old one.
Since you don't know, ask him what Crack is like. I have never had any Business transactions where I even got close to saying something as direct as that, but I have never been to LA.
You gotta do something to get your friend to Run for the Hills, Run for his Life...
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I love my friend dearly, but he has suffered traumatic brain injury more than once and has trouble with decision-making and trusts people too easily. He had some dude trying to sell him a $24k vehicle for $8k. Dude trying to sell it didn't even own it. He had a lien on it because the owner had work done on it at his shop and didn't pay him. I had to repeatedly explain to my friend that there was no way this dude had the title for the vehicle and that he couldn't sell it. A lien does not grant ownership, it just means that the owner can't sell the car without paying the lien and if it gets totaled, any insurance $ would go to the body shop before it went to the owner. I'm willing to bet it wasn't even paid off at the dealership yet. I was certain that friend would not have been able to register the vehicle (or even take possession of it) and he was being scammed. We all kept telling him this was not legit but ultimately he couldn't afford the $8k so he didn't get it. Later on he realized we were right.
But he is obsessed with this house and insists that everything will be OK. I drove by-- it needs the whole roof replaced. Real estate is the house owner's side side side gig. He doesn't take it seriously at all. And he wants my friend to pay closing costs. Friend is not listening that offering less $ if he is expected to fix the house himself before it can even be purchased is NOT such a big deal or bad thing. No one is trying to buy this house. Its been for sale for at least 3 years (if not longer). It's not going anywhere if he offers a lower price.
Mom woke me up sometime around 2am because she was hungry. Any talk of trying to get normal sleep schedules went out the window. LOL. Pets still haven't figured out the pet door.
I finally got Rupert to drink water from a bowl-- I've been having to feed it to him via syringe and he seems much happier. He's currently licking my hand but I think he's trying to lick his own leg but is missing. I just held his leg up to see and he licked his leg. Since he's blind in one eye he has terrible depth perception.
But he is obsessed with this house and insists that everything will be OK. I drove by-- it needs the whole roof replaced. Real estate is the house owner's side side side gig. He doesn't take it seriously at all. And he wants my friend to pay closing costs. Friend is not listening that offering less $ if he is expected to fix the house himself before it can even be purchased is NOT such a big deal or bad thing. No one is trying to buy this house. Its been for sale for at least 3 years (if not longer). It's not going anywhere if he offers a lower price.
Mom woke me up sometime around 2am because she was hungry. Any talk of trying to get normal sleep schedules went out the window. LOL. Pets still haven't figured out the pet door.
I finally got Rupert to drink water from a bowl-- I've been having to feed it to him via syringe and he seems much happier. He's currently licking my hand but I think he's trying to lick his own leg but is missing. I just held his leg up to see and he licked his leg. Since he's blind in one eye he has terrible depth perception.
Why is he obsessed with THAT house? Is it the only House anywhere around there that is for sale?
You need to teach him a lesson, like have somebody Con him out of $200... Have them sell his something that is worthless while talking it up... When he realizes he has been had, you tell him that he shouldn't have Shiny Object Syndrome and he should investigate things... Then give him the money back.
That's all I got, if he doesn't listen, he will fall on his face... Unfortunately, he DIDN'T fall on his face with that vehicle... Or would that have made a difference now?
You need to teach him a lesson, like have somebody Con him out of $200... Have them sell his something that is worthless while talking it up... When he realizes he has been had, you tell him that he shouldn't have Shiny Object Syndrome and he should investigate things... Then give him the money back.
That's all I got, if he doesn't listen, he will fall on his face... Unfortunately, he DIDN'T fall on his face with that vehicle... Or would that have made a difference now?
He needs to do a title search, by simply visiting the county offices and asking to review the documents, because the realtor may not actually have title, and may just be an optioning buyer, listed by a primary lender. He sn also find out if the property taxes are up to date and who is billed for those.
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He loves the style of it, its way larger than his current house, and his wife really loves it. His wife loving it is one of the key factors. He's been conned/screwed before and didn't learn his lesson. I think some of it is because of the TBI. He doesn't think clearly and repeats the same mistakes and doesn't seem to remember what happened before. People walk all over him because he's too trusting.
I was just talking to Mom about how I should take my friend down to the courthouse to ask to see the property records and see who owns the land. I had to do that before to find out who owned the land around my property so I could tell my insurance company who owned the tree destroyed my barn. Unfortunately, the agent from the insurance was a lazy useless incompetent sack of crap and didn't do his job. He got a summons to testify in court against his ex and her boyfriend. Does the DA or defense attorney usually meet with witnesses before they testify to talk to them before they testify? Or do they just call people in and see what they say on the stand?
Meanwhile I made puree kitty food for Rupert out of rotisserie chicken and some water. He ate a lot of it. Afterward he willingly drank pedialyte. He seems much more alert now. I showed my new little blender to my brother and mentioned it could blend fruit and ice and he got excited. Frozen blueberries. He made smoothies. I also got him to wash it out as soon as he's done using it- that is my rule if he uses it he has to wash it asap and no leaving it sitting in the sink like he does with everything else he uses. He wants to get his own one now.
I was just talking to Mom about how I should take my friend down to the courthouse to ask to see the property records and see who owns the land. I had to do that before to find out who owned the land around my property so I could tell my insurance company who owned the tree destroyed my barn. Unfortunately, the agent from the insurance was a lazy useless incompetent sack of crap and didn't do his job. He got a summons to testify in court against his ex and her boyfriend. Does the DA or defense attorney usually meet with witnesses before they testify to talk to them before they testify? Or do they just call people in and see what they say on the stand?
Meanwhile I made puree kitty food for Rupert out of rotisserie chicken and some water. He ate a lot of it. Afterward he willingly drank pedialyte. He seems much more alert now. I showed my new little blender to my brother and mentioned it could blend fruit and ice and he got excited. Frozen blueberries. He made smoothies. I also got him to wash it out as soon as he's done using it- that is my rule if he uses it he has to wash it asap and no leaving it sitting in the sink like he does with everything else he uses. He wants to get his own one now.
