What made you sad today?

[dicksbro]

Thank you, Lilith. You guys are great examples of why I love Pixies-Place so much. Thank you.

[AZRedHot]

My mother ruining what had been up 'til then a perfectly lovely family dinner by choosing to take offense where none was meant.

Again.

[sodaklostsoul]

Not being able to find my own place at a faster pace. This whole thing of rent must be 30% of income is BS!!!!

[Oldfart]

Is that 30% a general rule or just one agent?

[sodaklostsoul]

Is that 30% a general rule or just one agent?
Most want you to have a salary of 3 times the rent. The one guide line is 30% of salary for rent. There are no places that have a 30% rent rate. Everything is 100 to 200 higher then the what my salary is wanting to pay. Did I word this to make sense?

[Lilith]

People with elitist attitudes about their views.

[Oldfart]

People who want to be certain that even if there is a hiccough in your earnings, they still get their money. The concept of social contract is dead.

[Lord Snow]

Most want you to have a salary of 3 times the rent. The one guide line is 30% of salary for rent. There are no places that have a 30% rent rate. Everything is 100 to 200 higher then the what my salary is wanting to pay. Did I word this to make sense?

Made sense to me.

[gigi]

My head is pounding and my sinuses are killing me. The cold I have been fighting may in fact have me on the ropes.

[Oldfart]

Fight well.

One part fresh lime juice (or lemon), four parts soda (seltzer) water and sugar to taste. Vodka optional.

[gekkogecko]

A friend of mine, very active in the local S/F Fandom, died yesterday. According to her husband, she died peacefully in her sleep.

But since she was the director of the Darkover science fiction convention, it kind of scrags a lot of fandom.

[Oldfart]

For any of you into classic Brit comedy, Captain Peacock's gone.

For those of you who aren't, it's a nice day here today.

[Lilith]

ice wine toes- because a bottle I was chilling fell out of the fridge onto the laundry room floor. There was not even a drop left in the shattered bottle to taste. :(

[Oldfart]

Kitchen funnel, upside down, breathe the fumes often, try not to fall down in the glass when the alcohol hits you.

Just a suggestion LOL.

[PantyFanatic]

Another confirmation I'm getting old when I wake up to a couple inches of fresh clinging snow that makes everything look like a Christmas card and say "FUCK! I don't want to go out in that.". :(

[Pita]

I've been at work for almost five hours and have had only one customer, who didn't want to talk or buy from me.

[Oldfart]

Another confirmation I'm getting old when I wake up to a couple inches of fresh clinging snow that makes everything look like a Christmas card and say "FUCK! I don't want to go out in that.". :(

I'll go downstairs and stoke the furnace, LOL.

[Anglosaxon]

If I don't warm up and warm down when training, bits stop working for days.

[sodaklostsoul]

Only having 2 days of vacation left. :(

[Lord Snow]

Could be worse. I go back to work Wednesday night.

[PantyFanatic]

I'll go downstairs and stoke the furnace, LOL.
:rofl:

"But where do you keep your furnace?"

She still chuckles and says "they really should have one just in case"

[Lilith]

my smartest chickadee being put on special pupil progression- and knowing what that means for the rest.

[Oldfart]

:rofl:

"But where do you keep your furnace?"

She still chuckles and says "they really should have one just in case"

Plainly and simply, you don't need a furnace in the tropics. Told her once, told her twice . . . .

Maybe she's right. It drops below 60F in the depths of winter.

:cool:

[Oldfart]

The poor workers at the gas plant in Tavares, Florida.

The news is still breaking, but it's not looking good.

[sodaklostsoul]

Not sure when I will have internet at new place.

[sodaklostsoul]

Moving put on hold, gotta clean too much!!!! YUCK!!!

[jseal]

Yeah, that’s one (of the many) downsides to moving. Hang in there! You’ll get moved!

[dicksbro]

Actually ... yesterday ... when a plumber's van ran a stop sign and pretty well destroyed our Olds Achieva. :( We're okay, but the car looks in bad shape. :(

[Lord Snow]

That seriously sucks DB. Glad you're okay. Don't worry to much about the vehicle though. Not like it was important like a Ford (j/k LOL).

[jseal]

dicksbro,

It's good to read that you and yours weren't injured. Sorry about your Achieva.

[dicksbro]

Thanks. We're okay.

[Lilith]

My friends' daughter died last year and they just decided to have her service. It feels so raw again.

[Oldfart]

It is necessary, Lil. It is very hard to manage grief without a point of farewell.

[jseal]

Dearsweet's in the Emergency Room.

[BIBI]

Hope everything will be alright jseal!

[BIBI]

Snow in Manitoba this morning.....big fluffy wet snow covering everything! :p :p

[Oldfart]

Dearsweet's in the Emergency Room.

Ouch! Please keep us informed.

[dicksbro]

Jseal, terribly sorry to hear that. Of course, she's in our prayers. Like OF said, please, keep us informed. :wish:

[jseal]

She was admitted late last night. More tests today.

[jseal]

Thanks to some serious antibiotics, Dearsweet is recovering nicely.

(so I suppose this post should be in a different thread)

[BIBI]

Yes jseal, that is good news. Seems to be a horrible cold/cough/infection going around up here too.

Sadness for me was missing out on a beautiful vintage piece of marcasite jewelry on e-bay today.

[WildIrish]

Cuz it's today.

[Lilith]

STO would have been 41 today. It's bittersweet now instead of painful.

[Oldfart]

:(

[Pita]

Looking over at my very sick hubby and wishing he would get better.

[gekkogecko]

http://www.news10.net/news/article/261524/2/UC-Davis-pepper-spraying-cop-gets-38K-for-disability-claim

[BIBI]

How chilly it has gotten and damp and rainy too lol.

[AZRedHot]

My band didn't get selected for an annual big deal gig we really wanted to be a part of.

[Oldfart]

Bummer AZRH.

[WildIrish]

I woke up in the middle of a great sex dream and it morphed into something weird when I fell back asleep.

[gekkogecko]

My band didn't get selected for an annual big deal gig we really wanted to be a part of.

And crashing the party would probably get you arrested. The only down side to that is, I'm not the cop.

[BIBI]

How some people are insensitive assholes towards others. That is what made me sad today.....

[AZRedHot]

And crashing the party would probably get you arrested. The only down side to that is, I'm not the cop.


I don't have to crash it...I can buy a ticket like all the rest of the civilians. :p

But I'd still let you frisk me. At least. ;)

What made me sad today is that my music partner's Missus was sent to the hospital by her doc. I haven't heard if they found anything, but that's never a good sign.

[BIBI]

Groceries or lack of them make me sad for I dislike grocery shopping, yet it must be done, I guess, maybe...damn.

[dicksbro]

A young lady that was the daughter of a good friend had cancer surgery when I first had my colon surgery 4.5 years ago. She was right across the hall from me.

In the short term there was some optimism, but, the cancer returned and gradually won out. She passed away yesterday morning. :(

[Oldfart]

Groceries or lack of them make me sad for I dislike grocery shopping, yet it must be done, I guess, maybe...damn.
Some of my best birdwatching has been done grocery shopping. It's quite a lark. :)

[BIBI]

Some of my best birdwatching has been done grocery shopping. It's quite a lark. :)

So sad, that I only run into old buzzards........;)

[Oldfart]

Circling the prey, yes, they've read my operating manual.

[BIBI]

It's been great for lining the bird cage...;)

[Oldfart]

Swords into ploughshares.

Recycling is good.

[sodaklostsoul]

A young lady that was the daughter of a good friend had cancer surgery when I first had my colon surgery 4.5 years ago. She was right across the hall from me.

In the short term there was some optimism, but, the cancer returned and gradually won out. She passed away yesterday morning. :(
Aww, sorry to hear that, Hugs DB!!

[Lilith]

My chickadees went on the best field trip. without me.

[BIBI]

Some getting ill and having to cancel our plans for this evening :(

[WildIrish]

Thinking about the past. What was and wasn't.

[Lord Snow]

The past is history, the future a mystery, but today is a gift. That's why we call it the "present".

Regrets do not become us WI.

[jseal]

My brother in law is back in the hospital.

[Oldfart]

It's a nurse. He's gotta be chasing a nurse.

What's he in with this time?

[jseal]

OF,

While that seems to me to be a perfectly reasonable basis for self-admitting, the diagnosis he told us of is that he has another bacterial infection, probably from one or the other of his PICC lines.

[Oldfart]

If he'd just get over the infection and back to chasing nurses, your life would be so much simpler.

[Lilith]

My nephew shipping out.

[Oldfart]

He's in the hands of the Gods. Trust in their good graces.

[Lilith]

my baby applied to his #1 pick last night

[Oldfart]

Leave the women out of this. How is his College application going?

[Lilith]

All sent. He'll get in. Not a difficult school to get in. He's worked hard and could choose other wise but this place has the major he wants.

[Lord Snow]

Unfortunately there are a lot of majors out there that are cool as hell, but ultimately worthless in the job market. I hope his choice isn't one of those.

[Lilith]

His is probably useless but it is his dream and I will encourage him to chase it.

[BIBI]

forgetting my friend's birthday, never did that before

[Oldfart]

forgetting my friend's birthday, never did that before

It's the forgetting the friend that's the cruncher. Birthdays are OK.

[Lilith]

My kid and his girlie are away at a Model UN event and girlie is having long seizures. Hopefully the hospital where they are staying has them stopped long enough for them to get back to school.

[AZRedHot]

The rain, both because more than one day of rain at a stretch brings me down, and because it may well kill the potential audience for our outdoor gig tomorrow.

[Oldfart]

The rain, because more than one day of rain at a stretch brings me down.

Don't be S.A.D.

[AZRedHot]

Can't help it. I didn't even realize I had S.A.D. until I moved here. I think I was depressed the whole time I lived in Minnesota.

[Oldfart]

A "Fast and Furious" actor has died in a car crash. Sad, in of itself, but made sadder by the TMZ release on the accident.

"Celebrity news website TMZ says the 40-year-old actor was in a Porsche with one other person when the car lost control and hit a post or tree in Santa Clarita, killing both occupants."

The car lost control? Either he was test-driving DARPA's new toy or a subtle removal of blame is happening. It wasn't me, it was the car. It wasn't me, it was the gun. It wasn't me, it was my dick that did it. Sheesh!

>> Cease rant<<

[BIBI]

The dreary weather...very depressing

[WildIrish]

The father of a childhood friend passed away over the weekend after a major stroke. Very sad that I can't attend the service for him.

[BIBI]

Ça me rend triste que je ne peux pas vraiment comprendre le français et je souhaite que je pourrais mais ce traducteur est vraiment amusant.

:huh:

[WildIrish]

Je connais un traducteur à la recherche de travail.

[Lilith]

Not speaking french

[BIBI]

Not speaking french


Il est bon de savoir autre langue et je souhaite que je ne savais vraiment français. Je viens d'aller sur un site qui traduit l'anglais au français. Maintenant, si Wildirish ne comprend, il saura que je suis plein de merde .... :o

[Lilith]

I forgot to pick up a cake that I promised to send to a memorial service. So not like me to forget.

[jseal]

Il est bon de savoir autre langue et je souhaite que je ne savais vraiment français. Je viens d'aller sur un site qui traduit l'anglais au français. Maintenant, si Wildirish ne comprend, il saura que je suis plein de merde .... :o
Comment avez-vous LOL en Français?

[PantyFanatic]

I forgot to pick up a cake that I promised to send to a memorial service. So not like me to forget.
That happens more and more as you AGE. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-char124.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)








:roflmao:

[BIBI]

Comment avez-vous LOL en Français?



rire à haute voix

[jseal]

Merci, mais je vais garder LOL pour le moment.

[Fangtasia]

Ya ever felt like you're on the outside looking in, or that someone that means a lot to you is letting you go.....yeah that makes me sad

[BIBI]

Waking up and still seeing the snow....

[Oldfart]

Il est bon de savoir autre langue et je souhaite que je ne savais vraiment français. Je viens d'aller sur un site qui traduit l'anglais au français. Maintenant, si Wildirish ne comprend, il saura que je suis plein de merde .... :o

Mais surement pas.

[Oldfart]

Ya ever felt like your on the outside looking in, or that someone that means a lot to you is letting you go.....yeah that makes me sad

Yup.

[BIBI]

Ya ever felt like you're on the outside looking in, or that someone that means a lot to you is letting you go.....yeah that makes me sad

yes and it is sad

[Lilith]

being trusted with a secret that broke my heart

[Oldfart]

I hate that.

Was it told in secret spite?

[Lilith]

No. Because they know I can help.

[BIBI]

Nothing so far but it's early lol.

[AZRedHot]

A dear friend of mine is suffering severely from mental illness, and his life is falling apart because of it. He's in the hospital, and needs to stay there for a bit, but looks like his wife has had enough, and he may lose his job. I feel so useless to help him.

[Oldfart]

Times you can't even be there to pick up the pieces. Shitty, but it's life.

[Lilith]

They streamed my kiddos performance and they said they were not going to so I missed it. And I just read the whole thread about wyndhy's cancer. I'm tired of losing lovies.

[BIBI]

The freezing wind outside while walking the dog...bitter cold. I would imagine an Alberta Clipper is involved in some way! :p

[BIBI]

My blood sugar levels :tear:

[Oldfart]

You have room in your blood for sugar?

[BIBI]

No, but too much is there anyway!

[WildIrish]

So vampires need to remember to brush well after...

[Oldfart]

. . . . and floss.

[Lilith]

My son's connecting flight from JFK being cancelled and him not being able to get another until Sunday night.

[BIBI]

So vampires need to remember to brush well after...

That is exactly what I tell them! :daisy:

[Oldfart]

My son's connecting flight from JFK being cancelled and him not being able to get another until Sunday night.

Has the airline arranged warm accommodation?

[Lilith]

They are crammed 4 to a room at a La Quinta near the airport. They had nice posh rooms in London so they are sort of cramped at the end of a journey. Close quarters. They do have their luggage so at least they have coats and gloves etc.

Trying to get 50 passengers on a flight together must be a logistical nightmare.

[Oldfart]

It's almost worth the airline hiring a coach, if they can thaw one out for you.

[mayhem1978]

This is Lizz. Mayhem is out in the frozen tundra stuck in a snowdrift in a coach bus right now. the engine still runs and they are all warm in the current frigid conditions. But it looks like once all are rescued, he won't becoming home tonight. Stupid weather and it separating families anyway.... :(

I think that holiday to OZ is well overdue!!!! :)

[Oldfart]

I think that holiday to OZ is well overdue!!!! :)

Yep.

[Fangtasia]

You know it was hot in Oz yesterday when the wildlife is dropping dead out of the trees, mass deaths of flying foxes :(

[Oldfart]

Gaia taking care of a pest.

[rabbit]

Today is the end of my two week vacation. Back to the grind tomorrow...

[Oldfart]

You know it was hot in Oz yesterday when the wildlife is dropping dead out of the trees, mass deaths of flying foxes :(

Foxes PF, not monkeys.

[dicksbro]

Having the Bengals lose in the playoff. Not so much for me, but our second oldest son is an avid Bengals fan (for reasons I don't understand). But, I know he was really hoping they'd go all the way this year and won't be happy that they're out of it now. I'm sad for him. :(

[BIBI]

The lousy weather.

[dicksbro]

I agree, BIBI. It's -12F right now (noon) and I've been out shoveling five different times in the last 4 hours. I shovel for a bit but within ten minutes, even dressed very warmly, my feet, and hands are cold and I come in for a while. Probably 3 more times before I'll have the drive cleared enough to get out. Drifts are over a foot high with maybe 8" of general accumulation. :(

I'M DEFINITELY READY FOR SPRING! I don't remember a day like this since 1977-79 ... the first three years after we moved to the Peoria area. Brrrrrr. Must be that global warming acting up again.

[PantyFanatic]

Looking at the thermometer. :faint:

[WildIrish]

Looking at the thermometer.....AND the Green Bay score

[AZRedHot]

My dad had a stroke yesterday. He's doing pretty well, all things considered, but he still doesn't have the use of his right side, and he's pretty pissed about that. I'm grateful that he didn't lose speech or cognition, and that he's able to be pissed about it, but it's really scary and I feel helpless.

[Lilith]

Sorry to hear that AZRH. My Favorite First Husband's dad had a stroke last May. He lost a lot of vision, and some cognitive stuff but his motor function is fine. He was released and sent home with no rehab and no therapy or services. He is so frustrated. I feel helpless too.

Hope your dad heals fast and you find ways to feel helpful.

[AZRedHot]

Thanks, Lilith. I appreciate it.

[BIBI]

Just took the dog out and I almost got blown over.....the wind is wicked tonight! It is bloody awful out and damn it, it can stay out! ;)

[Oldfart]

My dad had a stroke yesterday. He's doing pretty well, all things considered, but he still doesn't have the use of his right side, and he's pretty pissed about that. I'm grateful that he didn't lose speech or cognition, and that he's able to be pissed about it, but it's really scary and I feel helpless.

There are therapies to make the most of what abilities your dad has left, and hopefully the State will come to the party.

Life can be so unfunny at times.

[Oldfart]

Just took the dog out and I almost got blown over.....the wind is wicked tonight! It is bloody awful out and damn it, it can stay out! ;)
Now, where did you put that windmill which drives the generator which runs your indoor heating?

[Oldfart]

Maybe you'd like it here. It only got up to 36.1 today.

[Lord Snow]

Just took the dog out and I almost got blown over.....the wind is wicked tonight! It is bloody awful out and damn it, it can stay out! ;)

I bet that's not the blow you really wanted huh? LOL

[Lord Snow]

AZ, I'm sure if you look you can find all kinds of helpful information on exercises to help retrain the muscles, and/or programs in your area to help out with stuff.

[Fangtasia]

I had my 3 week check up with the surgeon today, while everything went well, the surgery brought other things to light that I/or they didn't know was going on *sigh* Got it explained a bit more, but now I have to go and see another specialist...

Having a bit of a read up on what my surgeon said has me a bit down to be honest, and if I am really honest, a bit nervous. I haven't told Bilbo yet, not sure how he's gonna take the whole thing, what was simple is now it seems, not so much.

Hopefully the new specialist can shed some more light for me

[Lilith]

Knowledge is power Fang. If you want to talk, just holler.

[Fangtasia]

Yes this is true. Cant treat what you don't know about I spose, that is if treatable.

Thanx Lil *hugz*

[BIBI]

Maybe you'd like it here. It only got up to 36.1 today.



:faint: no thanks, but maybe Florida for a week would be a nice break.

[Lord Snow]

Hmmm....Bibi and Lilith......now there's an idea to heat things up :weg:

[Oldfart]

Hmmm....Bibi and Lilith......now there's an idea to heat things up :weg:

There's an idea. A Pole Her Vortex.

[Pita]

Hearing about the really unpleasant drama between co-workers today. Not going to end well for all involved I'm afraid. :(

[WildIrish]

My puggle, Lily, has four teeth that should be pulled and two mammary tumors that could be cancerous. :(

[PantyFanatic]

:( How old?

[Oldfart]

I was wondering how you had a baby spiny anteater.

I hadn't heard the beagle/pug term.

She doesn't sound well.

[BIBI]

the weather, so bleak.... made me a tad sad today

[dm383]

The wee address bar Pixie is MIA again. :(

DM

[dicksbro]

Just sad that I probably missed an hour or two of possible Pixie time by being gone this morning. :(





But, at least I'm here now!! :D

[Vicious Tease]

Just sad that I probably missed an hour or two of possible Pixie time by being gone this morning. :(





But, at least I'm here now!! :D

It's good to see you, DB! :x:

[Oldfart]

My turkey is warming. LOL

[AZRedHot]

My dad, who's only been home from the hospital since late Thursday after his stroke (which he was recovering quite well from, all things considered) threw 2 clots today, one in each lung, and is back in the hospital. Poor man's been through enough already. :(

[Oldfart]

My dad, who's only been home from the hospital since late Thursday after his stroke (which he was recovering quite well from, all things considered) threw 2 clots today, one in each lung, and is back in the hospital. Poor man's been through enough already. :(

At least he's somewhere which knows what's happening and what to do about it. Small comfort.

[Bilbo]

Tired
525 miles later
Needs a good bj (lol)

[BIBI]

Not being able to go out for lunch because it was cancelled due to the weather :(

[PantyFanatic]

Didn't get to use my Ground Hag Day avatar this year so I'm going to do it anyway. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-fc/rant.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)

[Lord Snow]

First day it's warm enough to ride the bike, and it decides to have a 70% chance of rain as well.

[Oldfart]

My dad, who's only been home from the hospital since late Thursday after his stroke (which he was recovering quite well from, all things considered) threw 2 clots today, one in each lung, and is back in the hospital. Poor man's been through enough already. :(


Any updates?

[dicksbro]

Finding out last night that a very good friend of ours was in the hospital (we'd just seen him on the weekend) and had two stints put in and still has an underperforming heart. We thought he'd looked pretty good on the weekend, so, this came on suddenly. :(

More prayers needed.

[Oldfart]

It'll be performing a lot better with the stents.

[osuche]

Commiserating with a cycling friend about money problems, and his wife who has a brain tumor. Life is so f-ing unfair.

[WildIrish]

Thinking about the next few years. Kids in and out of college. Money in and out of my bank account. Life is moving way too fast.

[ShadowDancer]

Getting shafted by the local power board over something that is NOT our fault.

[PantyFanatic]

How could we understand!
........ Life is moving way too fast.
They told us but how could we know? And I have to tell you it DOES keep going fast and faster. :shrug:

[WildIrish]

How could we understand!

They told us but how could we know? And I have to tell you it DOES keep going fast and faster. :shrug:

My years go by as fast as my hairs hit the shower drain.

[BIBI]

The bullshit going on in the Ukraine.....

[Oldfart]

There is a huge Russian naval base in the Crimea, think of a Russian Pearl Harbour or San Diego, servicing the Black Sea Fleet. Of course Putin is not going to give up control of such an asset. America wouldn't.

[BIBI]

I understand the who, what, and why of the situation.....I just think it stinks.

[BIBI]

My years go by as fast as my hairs hit the shower drain.

That's what happened to PF....imagine how he feels! :brows:

[sodaklostsoul]

I like the dog but I wish she didn't have one.

[PantyFanatic]

My years go by as fast as my hairs hit the shower drain.
Hell, it seemed like it happened in a week :rofl: ............ and that was so long ago I almost remember it.



(and with some of the current men's hair styles I'm not feeling so bad any more ;) )


http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/PantyFanatic/59SomethingHappened06.jpg

[Oldfart]

It shows how you've improved with the passage of time. :)

[Aqua]

The score I got on a math quiz.

76% :( (Lowest since I started school again.)

[Oldfart]

There is a major blackout happening in Darwin. The whole city of 120,000 has been without power for 6 hours, with the probability of another 5.

[BIBI]

Hearing there is more snow on the way tonight......... :(

[Lilith]

My kid is apparently recovering from mono and I did not realize how sick he was.

[BIBI]

This horrible snowing and blowing is making me sad.....totally fed up with winter.

[jseal]

Noticing again how people seem to enjoy the discomforting of others.

[Oldfart]

Schadenfreude? Us? Never.

[BIBI]

My company leaving so soon to avoid heavy traffic... :wave:

[Oldfart]

You couldn't go with them?

[BIBI]

You couldn't go with them?
nope, too many appointments this week. or I would have gone for the week....but now, next weekend is another story lol.

[dicksbro]

My back is hurting a bit this morning. :(

[Jax]

A little pissy that the reality is - I'm not perfect. And even though no one is, I still hate it. Being thin skinned sucks. Oh well. Life goes on, and in a week (or a few days) this will be behind me. Shoot. Maybe this was Shout Box.

[Jax]

I'm completing the emotional cycle and have moved to annoyed. However...as OF once posted to me....something like..."if it's true, face into it and accept it, and if it isn't true...then just say F'it and move on." Sage advice. Some of what I am annoyed about is true and some isn't. But deal with it is the bottom line for sure.

[BIBI]

makes me sad that people seemed to have left here once again now that the site is back up and running......

[ShadowDancer]

Im sad that my husband was kicked out of Physical Therapy from an excellent facility only because we were forced to file bankruptcy due to TWO hospital bills over $100,000 each from his accident last summer...since he has no income now & has yet to be approved for disability. This is very disheartening for him.

[sodaklostsoul]

It was 70 at 1pm and now its 45 and too windy to play with the dog outside. Suppose to be 15 overnight. CRAZY!!!!

[Lord Snow]

Shadowdancer, it takes a long time for the disability process. Shouldn't the insurance companies be handling the hospital bills though?

[Oldfart]

What LS ^^^^^^ said.

[ShadowDancer]

Shadowdancer, it takes a long time for the disability process. Shouldn't the insurance companies be handling the hospital bills though?


Yes for the most part...but not all of them. The joys of copays and patient responsibility. However, we took the letter we received this weekend and went and talked to a lady at the Rehab place just a couple of hours ago...and all is well with our world, at least as far as his therapy, for now.

[Lord Snow]

Well if all the medical bills are caused by the car accident (if I'm correct in that it was the other person's fault) then the car insurance company of the other person should be footing the bill. Not your own medical insurance and certainly not you.

[ShadowDancer]

LS, there was no other person involved. It was a single car accident that was caused when my husband fell asleep driving home from work. He was working 2 jobs and only getting about and hour or 2 of sleep between the 2. He went off road, into a ditch, hit a concrete culvert and jumped a drive way for a business--landing about 50 ft from where the truck initially left the road. He was hauling a load of furniture (we were moving at the time) and the impact in the ditch caused the sofa he was hauling to slam into the cab of the truck (separating the bed from the cab a good 2-3 inches) which broke his back. The insurance on the truck has already paid out their max of $5000--and that barely covered the ambulance ride and time spent in the ER. So, tomorrow, Apr 2 is officially 9 mos since the accident. He's MUCH better now...but no where near "normal". We have a whole new "normal"...and have had to get "creative" in some areas of our relationship/lives. But it is what it is and I'm just 100% thankful he's still with me and our kids.

[Lord Snow]

Oh. I was unaware that it was a single car accident. As far as family life, you'll get it all figured out with enough time. Here's hoping to the financials working out with enough time as well.

[Lilith]

One of the soldiers killed at ft. Hood was from STO's small home town.

[Oldfart]

I just realised that Russell Johnson, the Professor from Gilligan's Island, passed away January 16th 2014.

[dicksbro]

Seeing that WI had that accident. :(

I keep saying ... people should wear bubble-wrap when they go out. That way, the bubbles help to protect them in an accident, and, their popping alerts others that someone needs help. :shrug:

[AZRedHot]

Jesse Winchester passed away today. :(

[PantyFanatic]

Just alerted to a 8.3 shake in the Solomon Islands. :yikes: This is not going to be good. :(

[Fangtasia]

I head back to hospital in Wednesday, day surgery. Well providing they don't find anything it will be *sigh* I am really REALLY over hospitals at present!

[Oldfart]

Just alerted to a 8.3 shake in the Solomon Islands. :yikes: This is not going to be good. :(

Downgraded to 7.6, but as it comes on the heels of major flooding, it's a muddy, shaken mess.

[dicksbro]

Hearts go out to the folks living in the Solomons. Never good ... this must be especially devastating for them. :(

[jseal]

My BIL is back in the hospital.

[Oldfart]

Again? It is that nurse, isn't it?

[Lilith]

Standing on the outside looking in

[BIBI]

I am missing someone...

[Oldfart]

Aim right, and slightly higher.

[jseal]

My BIL is on his last legs in the ICU.

[Oldfart]

He's had a horrible time medically.

How are you and yours coping? (Almost a silly question, but not quite).

[Lilith]

Sorry to hear that jseal

[sodaklostsoul]

Sorry jseal

[BIBI]

Sorry to hear about your brother-in-law jseal....it is a tough thing to go through for any family.

[jseal]

He's had a horrible time medically.

How are you and yours coping? (Almost a silly question, but not quite).
Yes, Johnny's had a very tough time of it.

It made for a relatively somber Easter gathering on Sunday.

[AZRedHot]

I'm sorry, Jseal. Sending you and yours wishes for peace, in time.

[jseal]

Johnny passed away yesterday morning. He was a pleasant soul, and we'll miss him.

[Oldfart]

I hope that the joy of knowing he's no longer suffering will balance the sadness of his loss.

[ShadowDancer]

My husband's Grandma passed away late Sunday night...a sad ending to Mother's Day & a sad beginning to our Anniversary.

[BIBI]

Sorry for your losses, jseal and shadowdancer....

[Cyberdude26]

Echo Bibi's sentiments. Sorry for your losses.

[Oldfart]

ShadowDancer, what BIBI said.

[jseal]

ShadowDancer,

My condolences to you and especially your husband.

[Lilith]

I'm really sorry for your losses. (((((Hugs)))))

[gigi]

:(

Hugs to all of you...as many as you need.

[BIBI]

Today sadness comes with the death of my friend Larry. He was 65 and passed away in his sleep last night.....such a nice man. I will miss him very much.


Here's to you Larry :wine:

[Lilith]

So sorry for your loss bibi

[Oldfart]

Today sadness comes with the death of my friend Larry. He was 65 and passed away in his sleep last night.....such a nice man. I will miss him very much.
Here's to you Larry :wine:

Bugger!

I'll raise a glass for him tonight.

[BIBI]

Thanks Lilith and Oldfart.....

[Oldfart]

Thanks Lilith and Oldfart.....

Any time.

[Lilith]

My friends father died and she is left with lots of unfinished business. (The rest of this post is in the smile thread)

[gekkogecko]

Headed over to the house of some of the other committee members of the s/f con we're trying to hold, and finding out that the reason that the paperwork we need hadn't been sent is the chronic illness of the person in question. Major issues that are seriously impacting her functionality. wont' go into details other than that, not my story to tell.

[rabbit]

One of my friends just lost his 20 year old son. My heart aches for him.

[Oldfart]

((((( with a hearty manly handshake ))))) for you and your friend.

[Oldfart]

It's M45's birthday today. It's been over 10 years since he called by. He is missed.

[PantyFanatic]

Sorry for your friend Rabbit. :( Only children are suppose to bury their parents, never visa-versa.

[dicksbro]

Our prayers are with your friend, Rabbit, that somehow he'll find the strength to deal with this tragedy.

[Oldfart]

Booger's birthday.

[Lilith]

My brother is moving to Holland Michigan of all places.

[AZRedHot]

I nearly set my house on fire with a grease fire this afternoon. Everyone is okay but the kitchen is a wreck and smoke went throughout the house. I'm so mad at myself.

[jseal]

Maxibummer! :(

[Oldfart]

I nearly set my house on fire with a grease fire this afternoon. Everyone is okay but the kitchen is a wreck and smoke went throughout the house. I'm so mad at myself.

I hate to dampen the parade, but Marian beat you by 17 years. She put on some chips in a deep fryer and then answered the phone.

Seriously, glad it's only some furniture destroyed, not one of the dogs or their parents.

[gekkogecko]

Being awakened at way too early today from someone who then proceeded to not only misunderstand the time that she should have called, but also called to cancel plans for the evening.

[sodaklostsoul]

My brother is moving to Holland Michigan of all places.
Really!!!!! WOW!!!!!! Thats cool!!!!I miss Michigan!!

[AZRedHot]

I hate to dampen the parade, but Marian beat you by 17 years. She put on some chips in a deep fryer and then answered the phone.

Seriously, glad it's only some furniture destroyed, not one of the dogs or their parents.

Thanks, OF. We are, too.

[gekkogecko]

Freakin' dealing with this new Windows 8 box.

[gekkogecko]

A friend of mine who has been dealing very badly with her mother dying; that process has finally finished, and neither she nor her father are dealing well with it.

[Lord Snow]

That really sucks GG. All you can really do though is be there for them, and remind them that the passing is a release from any sufferings and that as long as they remember her, she will always live on. Sounds cliche, but it's that way for a reason.

[Oldfart]

It's complex, GG, but it says as much about their loss as it does about her death. Time may not heal, but it will put blessed distance between them and the event.

[sodaklostsoul]

So sorry GG!!!!

[jay-t]

Only 1day left of vacation and still have a 7hr drive to get home