Bah, Alibelle!

Kat, may everything go smoothly for your Dad.

Yeah, I think that's a large part of why I drink more beer than wine. Well, that and the price differential. $14 for a decent bottle that serves like, three people (or, one, because normally I am home alone), vs. $8 for a sixpack (which I can drink whenever I want)...hmmm....Even though I like the taste of wine more.

You can get some seriously okay boxed wines now. The reds have a good shelf life, and are about $20 for three litres. It's like having wine on tap! It's fabulous!

Teppy, if it makes you feel any better re: the elections, we're probably now the closest we've ever been to having an old Spider-Man collector as POTUS.

How old is your dad, and -- other than his heart -- how's his health?

My dad is 75. He has diabetes, but is otherwise very healthy. Walks 3-6 miles a day and is very active.

His good health -- and especially his high level of activity -- is an enormous point in his favor. I can't emphasize that enough, really. (Damn 3-6 miles A DAY? The dude makes me feel like a garden slug. Go Kat's dad!)

Bypass is invasive, true. But the advances that have been made -- and are continually being made -- in cardiovascular surgery are astonishing. I won't say something as silly as "bypass is practically just a routine maintenance procedure," because it's not.

What I *will* say is that your dad is lucky that, if he has to have it at all, it's at this point in the timeline of medical advances. It's scary to think about, I know. Especially when you just heard about it out of the blue. You need some time to process it.

He sounds like an ideal patient -- healthy and active -- and will probably do very well and recover completely and in a fairly timely manner.

There's nothing I can do from here. And I can't leave here until end of June. Gah.

I don't mean this to pooh-pooh you, but -- even when you're there, it feels like you can't do anything. At least, that's how I felt, sitting in a waiting room, unable to do anything but the crossword puzzle book.

But I understand -- you want to see him in person, talk to him and tell him face to face that he needs to recover quickly and then NOT scare the hell out of you ever again.

It sounds like he'll come through it just fine, and the surgery will be a huge help to him. That's probably small comfort, but I hope it's *some* comfort.

I don't drink at all, but even I know wine comes in little bottles of just one or two servings. Why don't you bottle people/single drinkers invest in those?

I'm picky about what wine I drink, and the wines I like aren't available in the single-serve bottles.

Occasionally, I get one of the bottles that's half the size of a regular bottle of wine, and that works for me. But, eh. I just don't drink as often, and when I have the chance to take wine to a friend's house or something, I do.

msbelle, replied. Twice. My parents are making me nutty. So is work. They may be combining to make me insaner.

Kat, ack and wishing you all well. Alibelle, too.

Teppy, if it makes you feel any better re: the elections, we're probably now the closet we've ever been to having an old Spider-Man collector as POTUS.

Obama is a Spidey fan?? Well, at least he knows what comes with great power.

Teppy, if it makes you feel any better re: the elections, we're probably now the closet we've ever been to having an old Spider-Man collector as POTUS.

Hahahaha!!! You just made my DAY!

at least he knows what comes with great power.

Spandex?

I don't assume you went out of your way, but Zinczenko, who lives in NY, probably has the same experience that I do: rarely having actually seen a smaller size of VW for sale. You can't even get it from FreshDirect in a smaller size, and they're both on Long Island. So is he crazy to draw the comparison?

Teppy, if it makes you feel any better re: the elections, we're probably now the closet we've ever been to having an old Spider-Man collector as POTUS.

Don't make that public! Pundits will start going on about how his role models make deals with the Devil!

we're probably now the closet we've ever been to having an old Spider-Man collector as POTUS.

HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS!!!1!!??!

Don't make that public! Pundits will start going on about how his role models make deals with the Devil!

HA! Well, his little sister has talked about it, so.

HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS!!!1!!??!

I somehow think he hasn't been current with continuity for about 30 years or so...