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It’s incredibly cold for here. Luckily we didn’t get the great blizzard but it’s freezing so def a couch and movies Christmas. I had brisket ,shrimp and Parmesan garlic potatoes. Then I got hammered on lemonade and vodka. You use what you got. Going for lunch with a friend tomorrow and briefly I thought I was gonna get poutine. Then Mexican before she settled on Greek/Mediterranean. Which I don’t hate. But I do hate hummus. I got a replacement hairbrush and a bob ross mug that paints the happy little trees when you put hot beverage In it.
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Merry Christmas and happy festivus. I think I’m more of a festivus person because I love the airing of grievances. And a meatloaf dinner rather than turkey. (I’m actually making brisket)
I have been relinquished of dog duty. They are all alive and happy. They ate my hairbrush.-
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I think the new format finally kicked me out on the computer. (I have really old browser but can’t update system because of Heidelberg) so lots of websites gimme the “your browser is not supported please download blah blah” so I guess phone only now.
appears we will lose grandma. Taking her to hospice. She had multiple myeloma which she didn’t know about. Which is why the sternum fall was giving her so much trouble. She had way too much calcium in her body and that’s one of the symptoms. So once they started testing they found the cancer. Probly why the fall was so detrimental to her. Obviously she is not my grandma. My bosses mom but she was here every day. She did our books. 84! Spry as hell.
merry feckin Christmas.
I watched banshees of inishirin and I don’t think it’s supposed to be a comedy but I found it hilarious. Still on my Irish kick. So feckin is my new word.-
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I feel like Cinderella or whichever of those Disney gals had all the critters following her around. I'm house sitting over christmas and they have 2 golden doodles and little shitzhu kinda thing and a couple cats. Seriously 2 dogs and a cat in bed with me last night and following me to go to the bathroom etc. I believe the lil shitzhu creature must take after the german dad side of the family cuz she's a little freaky deaky. I took a shower yesterday and she was licking my feet. She is half blind and deaf. So she'll follow you anywhere but if she wanders she can't answer if you call her. They're all very sweet but it's just odd to be followed and watched that much. They looooooooove to go for a ride so I took them in the car and either got excited by the site of other dogs or maybe know the park by my house because if Beau could drive the car Beau was gonna pull us over.
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She did better today. Trying to take her off ventilator. I think she just wasn’t getting enough oxygen because of weeks of shallow breathing because of the sternum crack.
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5 hours ago, Superclam said:
I'm a certified asbestos dude. (I was, anyway.) Asbestos is only harmful if it's friable, which is a fancy word for "dusty." Loose pipe insulation, stuff like that, is harmful. Asbestos in a roofing shingle or in mastic? You could sleep next to it for 50 years and be fine. In my state, you can encapsulate (cover) asbestos and leave it there. If you remove it, you have to have it done by a licensed company.
In the next state over, you can by products with asbestos in them, because laws.
Yep I think we got roughly the same law, cover it and if you remove gotta be biohazard dudes all suited up. I've been sleeping next to it, well other side of my wall, for at least 20 years. But I do have insurance companies want to dump me periodically, the first insurance company was merging then I got "liberty mutual" and after I signed up they called me back after a month and said "oh we don't cover asbestos" I was like "I didn't hide that from you" so then the country mutual people who I recently got rid of because of things now progressive which did give me a good rate but it's not really progressive as the homeowners insurance...some affiliated thing.
We might be losing grandma, took a turn for the worse overnight in hospital. "Assessing" waiting for word
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14 hours ago, OoohMaggie said:- Do your insurance companies keep a track of what levels of maintenance you’ve either carried, or not carried out on your property? We don’t really get that over here, yet we all know that the Devil’s salesmen will refuse any claim if they can possibly hope to get away with it👹👹
I just switched companies because it saved me SO!MUCH!MONEY! >( So they always do a drive by at least and certainly my paint was in terrible shape but also I have the asbestos so if you can get them to insure you in the first place, they do keep a stricter eye on you because of the liability. The siding does shut them up because "it's covered" I don't really see how that keeps you from getting asbestos cancer but whatever. Like if you have asbestos shingles that aren't painted does air circulate and blow it at your lungs? I get that with insulation etc. I think siding is not the classiest but I do think in my case will help me sell my house rather than deter from it because of the asbestos factor. Hell anyone buying my house is knocking it down to build something better. I think once I do this they leave me alone as long as I never file a claim (and I never have) If they don't like the neighbors tree all up in my business then why is his insurance not worried about power lines etc? because they're collecting money and don't care until he wants to make a change.
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My boss' mother will be 85 in February. While I was gone she fell getting out of a golf cart going to a Georgia Southern game. I think her adrenaline kicked in and she popped up and claimed "I'm fine, I'm fine" but couple weeks go by and she aint feeling too good. When I got back I thought she sounded a little hoarse and thought she might have a cough or something. turns out she's got a cracked sternum! and if you're 85 you aren't gonna heal from that right away. If you're 18 they'd tell you don't jump from high places and you'll be good in a couple of weeks. If you're 85 I guess they shoot cement into you. Literally gluing you back together. I assume it's not something i could just go pick up at home depot.
Also I'm getting quote from painters/handymen for my house because insurance is yelling at me. Over 5 years ago I got a quote on siding from Home Depot and it was $11,000. That was siding only, no windows or repairs. I've got 1 quote so far for siding, repairing my shed, repairing my porch and replacing the 3 windows in the front of my house. $13.5 it's steep, I don't like it but I think it will shut the insurance company up forever. I have asbestos siding and if you keep it covered supposedly no danger, siding is permanently keeping it covered. trust me, can't afford the abatement. I got another quote coming today.
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36 minutes ago, OoohMaggie said:
Being poor we were sleeping one night in a motel one night in the hire car, this particular night we chose a silly place to stop and were woken by a semi encirclement of five Police cars, the occupants of which were all hanging over their doors pointing a variety of weaponry our way. Three of the brave souls approached to find out what the hell we were up to, including Officer shaky hand. After discovering we were English their mood lightened somewhat, although it wasn’t helped by the fact that we were both laughing our heads off throughout the whole encounter. Having now seen so many Cop interactions on UTube, we did so many things wrong I’m amazed one of us wasn’t shot.
Who needs a picture with Micky Mouse as a holiday memory! 🙄
wow! I do not know what silly place that might have been usually I just sleep in a walmart parking lot.
The day after I graduated from high school, my mother was in the hospital and couldnt attend so my niece and I were driving to Albuquerque to go show her the video. I got pulled over doing like 80 and the guy went easy on me but my niece and I were laughing our heads off because when he asked for proof of insurance and we opened the glove compartment toast fell out. We had been to some restaurant the night before and my niece didn't eat her toast so she wrapped it in a napkin and logically stored it in the glove box. How he didn't think we were high or up to shenanigans I dont know.
This is my same prison niece who has always been a bit whacky, she used to snack on raw rice. As in minute rice, on the shelf, just pour a little handful and chomp away. I feel like she said it once and then because everyone was so freaked out she had to keep up with it. I don't think it was ever a thing she "really" did but we had to witness her doing it so she wasn't a liar. We had frozen cherries in the freezer and we would put a few in a cup and stab them with tooth picks to munch on and I remember her racing into the room with a skewered cherry and shoving it in my face and screaming "CHERRIES!" I'm reminded of this because for christmas the prison lets them buy special commisary gifts and it's got flavored instant cocoa, coffee and creamer, candy things, cookies and those chocolate cordial cherries and she's super excited to get her hands on some. Last year at christmas they let them order mini pies and she ordered 12, 3-4 of each flavor she only ended up with apple and pumpkin but then proceeded to eat them all in one day.
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15 hours ago, OoohMaggie said:
Not knowing whether the person you’re getting involved with will pull out a firearm, is all the reason I need as a UK Citizen to just let things go if I were driving in the US, I held this thought in all my travels around the US. I did get a revolver pointed at me, held by a worryingly shaking hand by the Baton Rouge Police Dept, it was a great experience!
back up, what did you do to warrant a gun pointed at you?????????????
My father always kept a pistol under the seat of his car. He was fond of Dirty Harry so it was a .357 magnum that could blow your head clean off, if necessary. I don't think my father ever encountered a need for said pistol in any of his travels. He did not do road rage. However, when we were little and took road trips with evil grandma (his mother) he would pull over to help someone with a flat tire or go fetch a can of gas if he saw people in need. And always cautioned my grandma if anything happened, the pistol was under the seat. Now, what on earth did he think was going to happen? These people were lying in wait and shoot him....whats grandma really gonna do? grandma gonna take them out? plus, grandma don't drive. In 75 years bitch never drove...so once she kills these people you gonna get the 4 year old in the back seat to drive? Pre cell phone so can't call for help. anywho my dad was a moron and the one time he needed a gun, leaving a shady place of business (both shady as in dark and shady as in no business being there) he got robbed walking out of said establishment and they marched him to his car where they proceeded to steal the gun from under the seat. My dad was also the dumbass that had $500 cash on him at all times. He couldn't be bothered to carry a checkbook and didn't believe in credit or debit cards so if he was going to the grocery store, restaurants he was paying cash so he always carried plenty. They got his money, his CB radio and his gun, didn't take the car it was a piece of crap. From then on he took to carrying a teeny tiny pea shooter in his pocket.
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Jason, the college roommate who lives on Oahu, says road rage and really bad driving are a thing in Hawaii. We did learn the shaka wave thingy that if you want in to traffic or some such polite driving ness is required so in case we did something stupid we would not get rammed off the road. I felt like this was personal, kind of a gang/drug/young people thing but still not taking any chances. Everyone we encountered were super duper nice.
I always avoided getting a tattoo, mostly because I didn't want to get anything I'd regret in a year or longer, nothing cliche or a flower or a butterfly. (My sister got a unicorn on her boob and it looks like a goat now) My niece tattooed a flower on her stomach then had a baby so now she has a wiiiiide flower. So Wendell isn't gonna sag or stretch, and I think I love him.
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Jimmy Osmond and Randy Jackson should have formed a duo.
I think I forgot to tell you we were almost on Cops Hawaii. Coming home one evening 2 cars sped past us and I didn't think too much of it, just kids I assumed. Next thing we know the car in front is faking a right turn and then hopping back into traffic to avoid the truck following them, trying to fake them out. Truck kinda nips them. Then totally rams them, there were sparks, I thought the car was gonna flip. Truck came at them one more time and fully pushed them off the road. We were bad citizens because we failed miserably in getting plates or even our stories straight. All of us differed on what kind of car it was. We immediately slowed down because we didn't want to get in the path of mr. big truck in case he just wanted to push other people off the road. We kinda followed him a minute from a good distance but we gave up because we do not know where we are and have no good witnessy statements. Also didn't really check on the car, last we saw thy were on the side of the road, we did go look next day for marks on the road or parts of car that might have fallen off. It was freaky man. We couldn't find a local news channel, the cable at the condo gave us CBS los Angeles, Chicago any freakin city besides local.
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But we did have a fantastic time, there are crazy roaming chickens all over the island, like in parking lots and gas stations chickens, chickens everywhere. Why? no idea but Michelle tried to touch a baby and the mother chicken flew at her it was hilarious and no one got it on film. I got shave ice, I got dole whip, if it existed to eat or drink I ate or drank it. We went to swap meets, they made me go to church which was fine but honestly we did everything.
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I kicked the crap out of a coffee table at our condo and so my pinky toe was all swollen and purple most of the time, going out to the beach the waves knocked me down and I fell on some rocks so my hand was all scraped up. I spent 12 hours in the airport yesterday leaving because I turned in the rental car and they all left at 8 am so I had to wait til my flight at 8 pm. lord I am sooooo tired.
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survived haven't seen the walking dead finale yet.
Here are some pictures, Road to Hana which is windy road up in the mountains where you get all kinds of waterfalls, swimming holes etc. couple rainbows we encountered, couple beaches and I got a turtle tattoo. His name is Wendell, for my sister, she was Wendy but we had a cat when I was little named Wendell and I was so stupid I thought his name was "Window" because he just sat in the window all the time. Wendy lked turtles and the myth in hawaii that the islands were formed onthe back of a turtle or that what you see above the water is just the back of the turtle and under the water is a turtle. So meet Wendell.
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Awww sweet baby
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Do we know yet if you're a grandpa or a grandma?
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1 hour ago, Nashville said:
FYI - in a couple of hours or so, I should be a grandpa. 😎
That is FANTASTIC!!! Congrats grandpa
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I've got boarding passes! I think I'm packed, I'm sure I'll forget something vital. Starting to freak out just a little bit. Driving to Atlanta tonight, 8 am whoosh off to hawaii.
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CHICKEN! you’ve got 2 hips you only gotta break 1. Seriously, what are you even doing with your bones? Break a few.
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14 hours ago, Superclam said:
Nope.
Damn that’s a shame. But you went out like a rockstar.
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On 11/10/2022 at 5:24 PM, Superclam said:
Leaving now to go see Mercyful Fate. Wish me luck.
Did you survive?
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I literally have better chances of winning the lottery than finding my rich hawaiian.
I do not know if I should be flattered or offeneded, someone yesterday told me "congratulations" and I'm all "on what?" she said "the baby" THIS WOMAN THOUGHT I WAS PREGNANT. I laughed and said "I am 800 years old" she laughed and said "you really not pregnant?" I said "No just old and fat"
flattered she thinks I could still get pregnant. offended shes calling me fat.
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15 hours ago, Superclam said:
I didn't win. :(
me neither. I think I'll sue, that was my destiny. Now how will I buy my own hawaiian island?
Small Talk: Ughngnggh! Ugghhnnn!
in The Walking Dead Franchise Shows
I was gonna make some cocoa in my bob Ross mug but they didn’t have any. So as soon as I can get my hands on some I’ll show you bob ross.
I don’t care for cinnamony type things they do with Greek meat. Like there’s a lasagna type thing but it had cinnamon or cardamom which I’m not fond of in meat. And you’re all wrong about hummus. It’s disgusting. Chuck peas in general. I don’t like falafel either. They are an abomination.
they are having the “private” burial for grandma today. Public funeral next Tuesday. I’m apparent not family cuz I’m holding down the fort while they go. But I’m good enough for next Tuesday.