I have all my fingers and toes crossed for you guys, Connie.
Have you ever been with a warrior woman?
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
Spike's Bitches 33: Weeping, crawling, blaming everybody else
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Deena - Dec 19, 2006 6:44:32 am PST #6384 of 10004
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
DCJensen - Dec 19, 2006 6:53:50 am PST #6385 of 10004
All is well that ends in pizza.
Polter-Cow - Dec 19, 2006 7:07:09 am PST #6386 of 10004
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
How? Why? How?
Three excellent questions.
Steph L. - Dec 19, 2006 7:09:16 am PST #6387 of 10004
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Has anyone here ever gone through the process for disability approval? We've been futzing with this for near on 2 years, and we're on our first appeal.
Yesterday we got something that I think is hopeful, a notice of an appointment for Hubby to see a doctor to be evaluated. Granted, the doctor could say, "It's in your head, you could go be a construction worker, get outta here, ya mooch," but being given the appointment does say they think we've got a case, right?
I can't imagine how they could deny your husband for disability, but if they do after seeing this doctor you might want to see if there is a lawyer who can advocate for him in your area. I was about to be denied until I ended up in the hospital.
Connie, I'll just echo what others have said -- the fact that they want him to see a doctor is a good sign.
When they granted it we got a big fat check because it was retroactive to the time of his diagnosis. That was a wonderful surprise.
That happened with my dad, too. (He's on SSI for degenerative disc issues and other nerve-related issues, not for his heart issues.)
vw bug - Dec 19, 2006 7:53:08 am PST #6388 of 10004
Mostly lurking...
Oh, my goodness! I think I'm done with the bark!!!! Well, I have to do one little batch for my SIL that's just white chocolate. And then I have two batches to do for New Year's when I get home. BUT, for now, I AM DONE!!!!!!!!!
Now to mop that floor.
sj - Dec 19, 2006 7:54:34 am PST #6389 of 10004
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, vw!
SailAweigh - Dec 19, 2006 7:59:50 am PST #6390 of 10004
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Sail, does that age at which sexual maturation occurs come into play, at all?
I honestly don't remember if that was something we talked about or not. Probably not, or I'd at least remember talking about it. I don't think it has much effect from what I know, though. I mean, a giant sea tortoise doesn't come into sexual maturity until their 50s. They do, however, live well into the 200 year range. IIRC, chimpanzees mature around 10-13 years of age, but they only live to 40-45 tops. Mating strategies of those animals are near polar opposites because of foraging and sperm/egg cost. Humans are very similar, we're just fortunate we have modern medicine to extend our lives. Early homo sapiens very rarely made it past 40.
connie, good-outcome~ma with the SSDI request.
DCJensen - Dec 19, 2006 8:15:08 am PST #6391 of 10004
All is well that ends in pizza.
Archie comics getting a makeover: [link]
DavidS - Dec 19, 2006 8:18:03 am PST #6392 of 10004
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Archie comics getting a makeover:
Ptooey! That ain't right. I expect a New Coke-like backlash.
Scrappy - Dec 19, 2006 8:23:42 am PST #6393 of 10004
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Raq--for folks without a lot of empathic skills, it's sometimes good to work on behavioral cues rather than emotional ones. So he doesn't need to work on being "less judgmental," (which is very difficult to gauge) and instead could work on a specific skill--responding with a positive comment and nothing else whenever anyone makes a suggestion, for example. I had a seminar with managers here and pointed out that it is difficult to make suggestions or share ideas, so EVEN IF YOU ALREADY KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT THE IDEA IS IMPRACTICAL, thank the person and tell them you will look into it. This was a foreign concept to some of them and made them come across as judgmental and inflexible.