Small Talk: We'll Be Right Back

[Tom Holmberg]

16 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

Lasted only six episodes.  I remember it well.

The theory as to why it was cancelled is that you had to actually watch the show to get all the jokes, something, apparently, Americans can't do.

[CrazyInAlabama]

On 8/30/2021 at 4:41 AM, icemiser69 said:

I had to move some Japanese irises out of my garden, because they are so invasive.  When doing so, I stumbled upon the relatively large black and yellow spider.  I don't know what kind of spider it was.  I wanted no part of it.  So, I picked it up with a shovel and threw it over the fence into my neighbor's yard.

It will probably crawl right back to where it was in my yard.  I just wanted it out of the way so I could do what I needed to do.

I live in lower Alabama, and we have huge yellow and black spiders, they call them Banana Spiders here (because of the large yellow banana shaped patch on them I guess).   They're harmless, but scary as hell. 

[peacheslatour]

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I live in lower Alabama, and we have huge yellow and black spiders, they call them Banana Spiders here (because of the large yellow banana shaped patch on them I guess).   They're harmless, but scary as hell. 

I love spiders but I had to break up a web the other day because there was a beautiful butterfly stuck in it. I apologized profusely to the spider. I hope she can quickly build another one.

[peacheslatour]

4 minutes ago, icemiser69 said:

Did you save the butterfly or was it too late for that?

Yep. As soon as I touched the little stick I had to the web, the butterfly booked it.

[nokat]

Speaking of spiders, we have black widows. They have high tensile strength webs, so if you walk into a web and it stretches with you, you know there is a widow. Then I freak out thinking it's in my hair. I'm otherwise friendly to spiders who eat the bugs. I also apologize to the spiders who decide to hang out in my shower and have to see me naked.

[susannah]

On 8/30/2021 at 2:46 AM, icemiser69 said:

Whenever I read you name, the words that immediately come to mind are, don't you cry for me.

Yeah I know...sorry. But I have no banjos! Hope you are doing well today.

[nokat]

3 hours ago, icemiser69 said:

I am fine, thank you for asking.  I assume you are doing well as well.

I want you to know you gave me an earworm. Oh susannah, don't you cry for me, I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee. I'm not sure how I know this song.

[Prevailing Wind]

Remember when Tony Orlando & Dawn had a TV series?  On one show, Dawn, sans Tony, sang, "I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee; I'm a-lookin' for a surgeon for a banjoectomy."  I cannot sing the song any other way now,

[Maisiesmom]

Since you guys were talking about spiders-I have a question. Has anyone noticed a more than usual amount of spiders lately? I am a severe arachniphobe and if I see them in my house they are quickly ended but the ones outside I usually leave alone except this summer there are many more than usual and they keep building their webs by my doors and windows. I go out an sweep them away but it seems only hours later they are back. We have had some crappy weather this summer in Michigan-lots of rain, super hot days, and I don't mind them being outside but need for them to quit building at my entrances.

[SweetieDarling]

Oddly, I just read an article today about it being spider season (in Britain) and how to make homemade repellant: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/property/1484837/spider-season-property-how-to-make-homemade-repellent-cheap-hacks-bathrooms

 

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Mr Holland said citrus is the key natural ingredient for keeping spiders out.

He explained further: “Supermarkets charge anything from £4 to £11 for ready-made spider repellent.

“Taking two minutes to make your own using a citrus fruit such as lemon is cheaper, efficient, more economical and it makes your bathroom smell amazing.”...

Mr Holland recommended making your own spider repellent by mixing citrus and water in a spray bottle.

He suggested popping around 20 drops of the juice in with the water.

He added: “Spray corners of your bathroom or any moist areas that are likely to attract the insects.”

If you’re not keen on the smell of citrus then you can also use essential oils to repel spiders.

Lemon, lime, tea tree, lavender, peppermint and cinnamon are all great options.

One of Mr Holland’s “favourite tricks” is to rub lemon peels on the windows sills.

“Rub lemon peels all over the windowsills or anywhere spiders may try and perch like behind the toilet or cabinets,” he said.

“The citrus will repel them and will give your bathroom a nice scent.”

 

[peacheslatour]

2 hours ago, Maisiesmom said:

Since you guys were talking about spiders-I have a question. Has anyone noticed a more than usual amount of spiders lately? I am a severe arachniphobe and if I see them in my house they are quickly ended but the ones outside I usually leave alone except this summer there are many more than usual and they keep building their webs by my doors and windows. I go out an sweep them away but it seems only hours later they are back. We have had some crappy weather this summer in Michigan-lots of rain, super hot days, and I don't mind them being outside but need for them to quit building at my entrances.

Not really. In fact we seem to have fewer spiders that usual this year.

[susannah]

9 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

Remember when Tony Orlando & Dawn had a TV series?  On one show, Dawn, sans Tony, sang, "I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee; I'm a-lookin' for a surgeon for a banjoectomy."  I cannot sing the song any other way now,

That is too funny!

[nokat]

5 hours ago, Maisiesmom said:

Since you guys were talking about spiders-I have a question. Has anyone noticed a more than usual amount of spiders lately? I am a severe arachniphobe and if I see them in my house they are quickly ended but the ones outside I usually leave alone except this summer there are many more than usual and they keep building their webs by my doors and windows. I go out an sweep them away but it seems only hours later they are back. We have had some crappy weather this summer in Michigan-lots of rain, super hot days, and I don't mind them being outside but need for them to quit building at my entrances.

The spiders seem to be the usual. I'm sorry if I triggered you with the spider talk.

[nokat]

I get to see lizards warming themselves. Cool morning, warm walls as the sun comes up.

[peacheslatour]

24 minutes ago, nokat said:

I get to see lizards warming themselves. Cool morning, warm walls as the sun comes up.

Tropics or desert?

[nokat]

1 minute ago, peacheslatour said:

Tropics or desert?

Desert.

3 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

Tropics or desert?

I walk in the morning, and the lizards are always there.

[Browncoat]

I have a lovely large orb weaver on my front porch.  Every night, she spins her glorious web, politely off to the side of the steps and the front door, and every morning, she takes it down and hides somewhere.  

I have somehow come to terms with my arachnophobia.  As long as they don't surprise me, I don't mind them anymore.  It's the ones that suddenly drop from the ceiling of the car directly in front of my face that make me scream like a child.  Fortunately, I was not driving at the time, but I will probably never live that down.

[Haleth]

I don't mind spiders as long as they mind their own business.  They can live here as long as the webs aren't obtrusive and they pull their weight by eating all the ants and mosquitos they can catch.  A friend who lives in Alaska posted a pic of a bright magenta spider she found in her garden the other day.  It was pretty but weird.

[susannah]

14 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Tropics or desert?

Yeah the lizards do like their sunbathing! They find a warm rock or wall, it's all good.

[cynicat]

4 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:

Maybe. I suppose they could try, but there's no safety or effectiveness info based on clinical trials for it (which doesn't mean much to people lately, apparently). But it seems to be just a stupidly worded thing that means it's for people 18 and older. Its PI also now specifically mentions anyone less than 2 years.

I didn't go more than one link deep in Google and found a peer reviewed retrospective study in PubMed where it's used for IBS in children.  The difference is that it is CONTRAINDICATED in those under 6 years, but it can help other diseases in children >6 yrs if used with caution.   The wording makes sense to doctors, it's just not language that consumers understand.  This makes no sense to me, because the fair balance is intended for the general public, not doctors.

[TattleTeeny]

Maybe the issue is the indication, which is IBS-C, which is different than plain IBS? I don't know; my whole point was that it is possible that the whackadoo wording is just an extra sentence that wasn't caught and revised before the approval. Annoying but not crazily incorrect, and not likely something that would stop the presses for a drug launch. 

Edited September 3, 2021 by TattleTeeny

[Leeds]

14 hours ago, Katy M said:

I did that one.  I said "my sister" to my mom.  And yes my mom is her mom, too.

My extremely annoying sister-in-law always talks about "my" mother when she's with me and my husband.

On 8/31/2021 at 11:17 AM, nokat said:

Speaking of spiders, we have black widows. They have high tensile strength webs, so if you walk into a web and it stretches with you, you know there is a widow. Then I freak out thinking it's in my hair. I'm otherwise friendly to spiders who eat the bugs. I also apologize to the spiders who decide to hang out in my shower and have to see me naked.

Thanks for this, now I'm going to feel the need to apologize to spiders.  What about ants?

I can't remember why I went in search of an image of this guy, but since I found one, here you go!

Edited September 4, 2021 by Leeds

[susannah]

47 minutes ago, Leeds said:

My extremely annoying sister-in-law always talks about "my" mother when she's with me and my husband.

Thanks for this, now I'm going to feel the need to apologize to spiders.  What about ants?

I can't remember why I went in search of an image of this guy, but since I found one, here you go!

Ouch! Too hot! Ouch! I feel so sorry for critters who have to walk across burning sand.

[nokat]

49 minutes ago, Leeds said:

Thanks for this, now I'm going to feel the need to apologize to spiders.  What about ants?

I call them the things that must not be named.

1 minute ago, susannah said:

Ouch! Too hot! Ouch! I feel so sorry for critters who have to walk across burning sand.

I was thinking the same. Hot hot sand.

[Prevailing Wind]

Our asphalt driveway is hot, too. When Bosco escorts me to the dumpster, he moseys along in shade. When the shade runs out & he has to cross the hot asphalt, he runs SO fast. Moseys again once he's in the shade. You know that extra fat pad kitties have to protect their internal organs?  When Bosco runs, his fat pad swings side-to-side so fast, it's almost a blur. LOL.

[nokat]

2 hours ago, Leeds said:

My extremely annoying sister-in-law always talks about "my" mother when she's with me and my husband.

Thanks for this, now I'm going to feel the need to apologize to spiders.  What about ants?

I can't remember why I went in search of an image of this guy, but since I found one, here you go!

By Leeds, do you mean West Yorkshire?

[Leeds]

2 hours ago, nokat said:

By Leeds, do you mean West Yorkshire?

Why yes.  (Was it my description of my annoying sister-in-law that tipped you off?  Wait, Doris, that's not you is it?  I meant no offence luv.)

[nokat]

52 minutes ago, Leeds said:

Why yes.  (Was it my description of my annoying sister-in-law that tipped you off?  Wait, Doris, that's not you is it?  I meant no offence luv.)

Sometimes from certain areas of the UK (*cough Wales) I'll wonder if we're both speaking English. I have a feeling I'd understand half of what you said to me. I did get told my English has a very pronounced accent too.

[nokat]

18 minutes ago, nokat said:

Sometimes from certain areas of the UK (*cough Wales) I'll wonder if we're both speaking English. I have a feeling I'd understand half of what you said to me. I did get told my English has a very pronounced accent too.

Also, I'm calling Doris. 

[Leeds]

43 minutes ago, nokat said:

Sometimes from certain areas of the UK (*cough Wales) I'll wonder if we're both speaking English. I have a feeling I'd understand half of what you said to me. I did get told my English has a very pronounced accent too.

An American friend and I once spent a hilarious evening with some Geordies (those from the northeast of England).  My friend told me afterwards that he hadn't understood a single word the whole evening but nonetheless had the best time ever.  I did understand, and though this was over 30 years ago, I still have phantom rib pain from laughing so hard.

Edited September 4, 2021 by Leeds

[nokat]

12 minutes ago, Leeds said:

An American friend and I once spent a hilarious evening with some Geordies (from the northeast of England).  My friend told me afterwards that he hadn't understood a single word the whole evening but nonetheless had the best time ever.  I did understand, and though this was over 30 years ago, I still have phantom rib pain from laughing so hard.

I have watched American shows that have subtitles. Some of us don't know the version of English being used either.

We get lots of posh shows from Britain.

[nokat]

4 minutes ago, nokat said:

Geordies

I'm now wondering if it was a bit of shade that one person was named Geordie in a show I watched.

 

[chessiegal]

We had Halloween candy out last month. I think they are preying on people with a sweet tooth. My husband insists I buy some, even though we get only a few kids. It's for him, not the kids 😉

[Gramto6]

No one trick or treats around here, but I always buy a couple of bags the day after Halloween when it goes on sale. 

[madmax]

1 hour ago, icemiser69 said:

Halloween candy is out already.  Time for me to stock up. 

I haven't seen any costumes, yet.

Both candy and costumes have been out for a month around here.

1 hour ago, Gramto6 said:

No one trick or treats around here, but I always buy a couple of bags the day after Halloween when it goes on sale. 

I used to buy candy for home and work the day after.  There was a CVS right down the street from  where I worked that put all their seasonal items and candy 50-75% off the day after the holiday.  I'm still using Christmas wrapping paper I stocked up on 3 years ago, before we moved offices into the wasteland where we are now.

[The Crazed Spruce]

The only Hallowe'en treats I saw when grocery shopping this past weekend were boxes of "fun-sized" packs of Lays and Cheetos. I'm gonna hold out for the Old Dutch chips when they come in.

[Haleth]

I live in a state that starts school at the beginning of August, so Back to School stuff (which comes out 7/5) is moved out by Labor Day and the Halloween stuff is moved in.  Of course the Christmas stuff will be put out on 11/1.

[Leeds]

On 9/12/2021 at 3:26 PM, chessiegal said:

We had Halloween candy out last month. I think they are preying on people with a sweet tooth. My husband insists I buy some, even though we get only a few kids. It's for him, not the kids 😉

Why doesn't he buy his own?

 

[chessiegal]

2 hours ago, Leeds said:

Why doesn't he buy his own?

 

He HATES grocery shopping. On the other hand, he only gets to eat what I bring home. 😉

[Moose135]

4 hours ago, Leeds said:

Why doesn't he buy his own?

What's the fun in that?

[Prevailing Wind]

God help me, cause I can't. Every time there's a commercial now where they say something is free, I sit here, channeling Jimmie Walker, "It's FREEEEEEE!"

[SoMuchTV]

As much as I’m annoyed by ads in streaming shows, now I realize that I’m also annoyed when I’m watching live broadcast tv and when the ads start, there’s not a countdown clock in the corner to let me know how much break time I have. 

[friendperidot]

For those who have reached a certain age and their bodies are starting to betray them, I've learned a big lesson about UTIs. Mid week before Labor Day, I felt one come on. I couldn't go to the doctor until Tuesday after Labor Day, had a dentist appt. on Friday, I felt pretty much fine except when I went to the bathroom. Saturday, I was sick, fever, chills, nausea. Got so bad, I asked my sister to call for an ambulance. I learned my lesson the last time I went to the hospital, thinking I was just going to the ER and would come home, so I had my sister get me some clean underwear, socks and tee shirt and grabbed my phone/Kindle charger. Forgot my hair brush though, next time it goes in the bag too.

When the ambulance arrived and I talked to the EMTs for about a minute, they led me out and put me inside. Got to the hospital about 7 PM, there was no room available, so I had to wait in the waiting room, I did my urine sample, finally saw a doctor about 9, they were concerned about the infection moving into my kidney, there were reasons for this concern which they discussed with me. They ordered a CT scan, I had that about an hour later and finally about 11 PM, I was moved to a room in the ER, saw another doctor and she told me they were admitting me as soon as a bed was available. Got into a room about 5 AM, just in time to get breakfast! I was there until Monday evening, blood tests had improved and they had figured out the type of infection and the best antibiotic for it, so they wanted me out of there before I picked up anything else (Covid, I tested negative.) My point is that the hospital is so crowded with Covid patients. In the ER there were gurneys with people on them in the hallways, and those same people were still there when I went back into the ER at 11 PM, I think they were dead and they didn't have a place to put them. I didn't ask. Oddly enough, the waiting room at the ER only had about half a dozen people waiting on a Saturday night when they are usually packed.  But several of the staff I spoke to in the 2 days I was there told me they had had Covid. It's not a joke.

I didn't want to go to the hospital because I knew they are stressed but I was so sick, I've seen my PCP and she said I did the right thing. In fact, my doctor's office is operating with a skeleton staff, they have a lot of employees out sick with Covid. It took almost 2 weeks to get my follow-up appt for the hospitalization. So the other thing I've learned is that UTIs can present differently in older people, I'm 71. Sometimes there are no symptoms, but if I start having the same symptoms again, I'm to get into the doctor asap. Mine had moved into one kidney which is why I was so sick so quickly.

[Prevailing Wind]

Glad you caught it in time!

I've had 'em and the urologist wants to do a culture - says there's nothing there. But I KNOW it's there. I know what a UTI feels like. I went to a DocInnaBox and the young doctor there believed me. He told me he trusts his patients to know their own bodies. I told him that usually, plain ol' Sulfa clears it up - I didn't need any fancy antibiotics. He agreed and that's the prescription I got.  He's since moved on to another facility, but, damn, he was good.

There was another time a UTI didn't show up on a culture and I just suffered...until I got a sinus infection. Hah! The Z-pac for that knocked out the UTI, too.

[Nicmar]

On 9/2/2021 at 10:11 AM, susannah said:

Yeah the lizards do like their sunbathing! They find a warm rock or wall, it's all good.

I see the Lizards hanging out on top of my garbage cans, I am assuming because of the flies.

[friendperidot]

23 hours ago, Prevailing Wind said:

There was another time a UTI didn't show up on a culture and I just suffered...until I got a sinus infection. Hah! The Z-pac for that knocked out the UTI, too.

the thing is, different antibiotics treat different things. Earlier this year, I had a UTI and an infected tooth, I was on 2 different kinds of antibiotics. There is a hilarious book by Bill Fitzhugh, it might be Heart Seizure, or it might be Cross Dressing, it's been a few years since I read most of his books, but they are a hoot and a half. Highly recommend them. But in whichever book it is, there is a character that gets a venereal disease, he's a thief, and in one of his robberies, he picks up an antibiotic for something else, it does not take care of his venereal disease and it's quite funny in a very sick way how he disintegrates. I have a very dark sense of humor, I worked in psych hospitals for several years. 

 

 

Edited September 21, 2021 by friendperidot

[susannah]

12 hours ago, Nicmar said:

I see the Lizards hanging out on top of my garbage cans, I am assuming because of the flies.

 The snacks come to them! How handy is that!

[madmax]

My dentist is great.  I have called him on a Friday afternoon with a major problem and he opened the office on Saturday to take care of it.  Quite a few members of my family & Mr. Max's family go to him.  At my appointment today, he asked about half my family members.  😄

[Bruinsfan]

Recurring delays and a five-month span would definitely have me looking for another dentist. Whatever's going on to mess up the schedule that badly might not be conducive to good work once you're in the chair.

[bankerchick]

There is a dental office on every corner where I live.  I guess dentists make more than GPs and most people have some sort of dental insurance.  Last time I went it was over $200, and I was in the chair for about 30 minutes, 29.5 of which were spent having my teeth cleaned by the hygienist and .5 spent with the dentist.