What's everybody doing today?

[Pearl]

I have Ace Bandages, and I think this might be some sort of "stress fracture"--- or maybe just hyper-extended tendons and/or muscles? It doesn't feel like a sprain, I've had those before, this injury occurred when I lurched upward from a low sitting position with my right foot kinda scrunched up below me. It's also kinda weird how the focal point of the pain has shifted... whatever the cause, the whole foot seems to be slowly improving, so I'm just gonna take care of it and try not to aggravate it in any way. No riding tomorrow, more's the pity... I've already accepted the fact that I don't heal as rapidly as I used to heal when I was young, those days are long gone. I was always a fast healer in my youth, but time has passed and my metabolism has obviously slowed down. I'll let the injury call the shots until I'm well enough to handle the bike... right now, I could aggravate this injury just wheeling the 'Monster Thumper' out of its shed, lol. Oh, well, the bike will be waiting for me once the injury has mended, and the mountains aren't going anywhere... not in MY lifetime anyway.

P.S. Monday looks like a potential riding day, weather-wise, lol...

When my "dear" donkey stood on my foot and broke it a few years ago, I didn't rest it at all!! BAD choice, still limping a lot these days! And yes, the older we get the slower we heal!! Actually we do everything slower,

 

[Wingnut]

I copy that... a leak now takes me five minutes, and I'm STILL not sure I'm done, lol.

 

[Pearl]

I copy that... a leak now takes me five minutes, and I'm STILL not sure I'm done, lol.

Go twice!!

 

[Wingnut]

Sometimes I do... AFTER my fly is closed, lol.

TMI? Not for truly hardcore H&CL site members!

Male site members, if ya enter a public restroom and ya see a guy standing at a urinal and reading a book, that'll be MOI, lol... the book will undoubtedly be WAR AND PEACE!

 

[UrbanHunter]

I took tomorrow off, last day of the smokin pole season.

The wife has been sick, she is getting better but it is slow and not on a clear recovery path. She has been calling and e-mailing her doctors with no response (they took off for the holiday), so this afternoon they called her, need to see her tomorrow (she can't drive), so I guess I will just say the season ended early.....

 

[Pearl]

Sometimes I do... AFTER my fly is closed, lol.

TMI? Not for truly hardcore H&CL site members!

Male site members, if ya enter a public restroom and ya see a guy standing at a urinal and reading a y, that'll be MOI, lol... the book will undoubtedly be WAR AND PEACE!

They make those "male" pads for the times "it" goes after you are done going!!

 

[Pearl]

I took tomorrow off, last day of the smokin pole season.

The wife has been sick, she is getting better but it is slow and not on a clear recovery path. She has been calling and e-mailing her doctors with no response (they took off for the holiday), so this afternoon they called her, need to see her tomorrow (she can't drive), so I guess I will just say the season ended early.....

Glad she is feeling some better!

 

[Spikedriver]

Sometimes I do... AFTER my fly is closed, lol.

TMI? Not for truly hardcore H&CL site members!

Male site members, if ya enter a public restroom and ya see a guy standing at a urinal and reading a book, that'll be MOI, lol... the book will undoubtedly be WAR AND PEACE!

I heard this quote from an old fella when I was a kid:

"You can shake it, you can swing it around, you can even smack it against the wall. But until you put it back in your pants, the last drop will never fall!"

I didn't know what to think about that when I was 17. I know now though...

 

[Supervisor42]

Packing my bags.
We are headed to Bama tomorrow for my mom's funeral Saturday.
She made it past 95 and passed away on 1-3-23.
I will be offline for a couple of days.

 

[Amish Heart]

Ha. Old man stuff. That's what I tell my husband anyway. You guys are not alone.
Got a call from our amish farm neighbor at dinnertime...needed a ride to the urgent care for her daughter. An abcess on her gum, and they are leaving for Oklahoma in the morning for Old Christmas celebrations with family. So off we went, then to the Walmart for an rx. Other neighbor then called with our neighbor's funeral info. So Monday is the viewing, Tuesday morning funeral, then the burial near our farm, then back to the church for the luncheon. The man was Lutheran, so at a Lutheran church in the bigger town. Banana bread that I bake was requested by the wife, so I'll be baking tomorrow and drop off a bunch for her and her visitors. Sorry about your mom, Supervisor. 95 is a good life. My mom is 90. Uncle Melvin turned 99 today. I didn't go visit him today, he hasn't remembered me the last two times I saw him. So tomorrow is Old Christmas, and there's alot of celebrations going on. No amish school tomorrow, but little granddaughter has school. Her school has mostly amish, so it's going to be very quiet there tomorrow with them all gone.

 

[Pearl]

Packing my bags.
We are headed to Bama tomorrow for my mom's funeral Saturday.
She made it past 95 and passed away on 1-3-23.
I will be offline for a couple of days.

My condolences SuperV!! May she rest in peace! Have a safe trip.

 

[Magpie]

Sympathies to you and the family @Supervisor42
Taking youngest to work, getting milk, then back to bed.

 

[Morgan101]

Ya know, that prepping thread should include booze for medicinal purposes...

That would be one reason, and not a bad one. Many people consider alcohol one of the best barter items you can have. Not that I needed much encouragement to have a well stocked bar, but it was one of the prepper recommendations I was quite happy to follow.

 

[Tommyice]

@Supervisor42 Sorry to hear of the passing of your mom. Losing moms is hard. No matter how old we are, we want them nearby. I believe a mother's love is the one thing that can transcend death and still be with us.

Safe journey.

 

[Bacpacker]

Sorry to hear about your mom Super. Even after a good long life that still has to be a hard hit on you
My prayers are with you and your family

 

[Pearl]

Sympathies to you and the family @Supervisor42
Taking youngest to work, getting milk, then back to bed.

Get rest and feel better!!

 

[sonya123]

Supervisor sorry for your loss, but at least she lived a long life

Wingnut: if you can drive, go to a pharmacy and get a ankle brace. I twisted my ankle once in Montana hiking ( stupid, on the way down the last few step of a difficult trail, missed a step) and got one at the first aid station at the NP there and it helped a lot. It's sort of solid plastic on the sides and held together with velcro.

Did an almost all day shopping trip yesterday. It was exhausting but we got everything on the list. Went to RK and got some feed containers since we have too many broken ones, and chicken feed. Went to library to get old newspapers for starting the fire.
Went to Asian store and spent $100 ( that;s a lot, I stocked up), went to the hobby store to buy bells for my first spell ( a wall hanging for house protection) , husband rolled his eyes at me...
Went to Aldi and Walmart and filled up carts in both.

Amish, is your husband going to court for the ticket? He might want to, it helped our son.

 

[Pearl]

Supervisor sorry for your loss, but at least she lived a long life

Wingnut: if you can drive, go to a pharmacy and get a ankle brace. I twisted my ankle once in Montana hiking ( stupid, on the way down the last few step of a difficult trail, missed a step) and got one at the first aid station at the NP there and it helped a lot. It's sort of solid plastic on the sides and held together with velcro.

Did an almost all day shopping trip yesterday. It was exhausting but we got everything on the list. Went to RK and got some feed containers since we have too many broken ones, and chicken feed. Went to library to get old newspapers for starting the fire.
Went to Asian store and spent $100 ( that;s a lot, I stocked up), went to the hobby store to buy bells for my first spell ( a wall hanging for house protection) , husband rolled his eyes at me...
Went to Aldi and Walmart and filled up carts in both.

Amish, is your husband going to court for the ticket? He might want to, it helped our son.

The ankle brace is a good idea, especially as it heals!!

 

[zannej]

Wingnut, I hope your foot/ankle mend quickly. I take prescription strength Naproxyn for pain. Been having to take it daily for the arm/shoulder. I'm not male, but I feel you on the issue of taking a long time and then leaking after. Ever since a car wreck in 2016, I can take a leak until I think my bladder is empty but then I cough or sneeze and find it wasn't. Coughing and sneezing almost always cause bladder leaks. At least I'm regaining sensation so I can actually feel when I'm leaking. There was a period of time not long after the accident where I lost the ability to feel if I was leaking. Not sure why. I know, TMI, but it was weird.

Supervisor, I'm very sorry for the loss of your mother.

Yesterday I went to Samsclub with my brother. We both felt exhausted but we grabbed what we needed and got out. He had to load up the water and push the cart because my left arm is not cooperating. It seems to be getting worse instead of better. I'm waiting for him to wake up enough today to go get blood drawn for a doctor's appointment. I hope they get it on the first try. They have a hard time getting blood from him. He got stuck 16x before they got it on one of his visits.

 

[Amish Heart]

Hey Sonya, nope, he's paying it on line. 17 miles over. It's $39. Not too bad unless they raise insurance rates. Court fees and ticket would total $118. Says on the ticket anyway. He enjoys speeding, so oh well. Ankle, wrist, knee braces are all excellent to have in your first aid. And slings (or bandanas). I use the stretchy band knee ones when my knees give me trouble. Also extra walkers, a wheelchair, riser seats, crutches. In a pinch, a rolling office chair to move someone that can't walk. Dollar Tree sells the basic blue stretchy knee, wrist, and ankle braces. They stay on better than the ace bandages.

 

[havasu]

My condolences to you and your family Sup!

 

[Wingnut]

Sorry to hear about your mom, Supe, but she lived a good long life! Mine made it to 89 before she passed away, and my pop went before her... he made it to his upper 80s. I'm pretty sure I'll never make it that far, but one never knows about these things... maybe I'll break the Guinness World Record, lol.

Marked improvement in the foot injury overnight, but it's still tender in areas, so I'll look for an ankle brace in town when I go... gotta get some cash to pay the water bill, the gal won't take a debit card. It's only $45, but I can put the money in an envelope with my address and leave it in the drop box in front of the office.

A large hawk showed up this morning and I had to holler at him to get him to leave, but later he showed up again and swooped on a dove... I heard a big thump and found the dove lying on the ground outside, it might have flown into the house in its effort to escape the hawk. The hawk may have hit the dove too, though I didn't see any blood.

The dove was still alive, so I picked him up, brought him inside and put him in the empty cardboard box I keep in the 'War Room' for just this purpose... it gives injured and dying birds a warm place to die in peace without further harassment from predators (including the cats). I just checked and the dove is gone... I'll bury him later under a tree.

I hope that hawk isn't here to stay, it looks large enough to give Z-Girl or Black Diamond a hard time... I stepped outside after I heard the thump and caught an excellent view of the hawk as it wheeled around one of the pine trees in my yard. I checked my local wildlife guides but I couldn't find the bird, so hopefully it's just passing through the area.

Anyway, I need to get cleaned up and drive to town, I need more library books and I gotta get some cash to pay that bill. I hope the library is open today, some days it only offers curbside service... gotta call 'em and find out. Otherwise, I'm taking it easy today, I already made an appointment for a DMV visit in early February to swap my driver's license.

 

[montanabill]

No idea what is really going on with you, Wingnut, but I can tell you about my ankle problem many years ago. I stepped on the edge of the sidewalk, while carrying my infant daughter, and my foot went over the edge and my ankle rolled. Pain went on and on, and at that time, I spent a lot of time on my feet. I finally went to the doctor and told him what I had done, but that more than a month later, it hurt like hell! Dr. told me that a sprain, which is what he said I probably had, takes much longer than a break to heal! He prescribed a lace up ankle brace for me and I wore that puppy for months!

Just recently I was thinking about ankle braces and knee braces in our medical preps. If a person didn't have an ankle brace, I think an Ace bandage would help, but still not quite as good. I gave that ankle brace to someone many years ago, someone who was dealing with an ankle sprain. I wish I had one for each ankle, and for knees as well.

We shop the local thrift stores and estate sales here for medical supplies. some more specialized items like thumb immobilizers and specific knee braces/neopreme tubes for warmth and feel goods we buy new.

Otherwise we have three sizes of foot ankle boots, knee imobilizers with range of motion limiters, hand and forearm stiff plastic and velcro braces, C spine collars, walkers, wheel chairs, little roley carts for one lower leg support and crutches Also a stretcher. Looking at small battery powered mobility chairs now as well.

Everything we have was either bought new cheaply or bought for pennies at used stores and yard/estate sales.

These items come in handy right now....the other day someone stole a walker from a disabled vet I have coffee with, I just ran home and grabbed a dusty one out of the shed and the vet was able to gain his mobility.

Also the four footed stability canes are nice. When you need help right now jujst to do normal things like get to the bathroom a walker or crutches are a godsend.

The photo is the full moon over New Grange historical site. Time marches on and somethings endure.

 

[Amish Heart]

We do the same, was able to give mom a walker when she needed it. Got the four prong cane at the thrift store for $2, also a portable bedside toilet, and crutches. Good to have extras

 

[Morgan101]

I just had lunch with one of my old college roommates who was in town for some meetings. He called me out of the blue a couple of nights ago to tell me he was coming. It has been several years since we had last seen each other, and it was really fun catching up. With friends like that it is like you were never apart. We were always very close and still are. When you have a friend like that you don't need any others.

 

[Pearl]

We do the same, was able to give mom a walker when she needed it. Got the four prong cane at the thrift store for $2, also a portable bedside toilet, and crutches. Good to have extras

We have all necessary medical supplies, and grab bars in the bathrooms!

 

[The Lazy L]

In common law jurisdictions, legal professional privilege protects all communications between a professional legal adviser and his or her clients from being disclosed without the permission of the client. The privilege is that of the client and not that of the lawyer

Data I'm referring to is all public records. Just a matter of knowing where to look. And I'm cheaper than paying for a FOIA request.

 

[backlash]

Wife had an appointment at Costco. It wasn't a normal shopping trip so we only spent $225.
I carried it all out in one box.
Went to Home Depot and bought a 4x8 sheet of 3/4" MDF, 2x4 sheet of 1/4" sanded both sides plywood, 2 22" drawer sides, and 2 1x3 6' #1 pine.
Total was $108.
Prices are getting ridiculous.

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

Backlash,

Is that a typo on what you paid? I would have to pay around $5-600.00 + tax on all that stuff.

(Not including the Costco stuff)

 

[Amish Heart]

Wow. Crazy prices in Canada, Clem.
Errands in our town today. Two more roosters done. One was still hanging (dripping) on the rafters, and I went out to get it to butcher, and little granddaughter decided it's easier to pluck the feathers she wants while they're hanging. Ha.