I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Scrappy - Jul 06, 2016 1:00:26 pm PDT #24140 of 30003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Oh, Teppy, he sounds a bit like my mom. The last chemo she had, a few years ago, wreaked havoc on her balance and she is getting pretty frail physically, too. She will not use canes or anything. She has learned to navigate stairs despite her balance and frailness because she has to go upstairs to sleep every night. She has one hand on each banister and stops for a rest on the landing. It's slow, but she does it.

She only goes out when she has someone to hang onto for balance. And she claims she walks faster than her friends, but she is sloooooow. If we have to go anywhere that someone has to walk more than, say, half a block, we get a wheelchair and plop her in it. And getting her in and out of a car is quite the workout.

If you BiL wants his dad there so badly (and I can't blame him for that) he should practice with him NOW and ascertain if his help can make it possible for your FiL to actually get around. If so, he should be on call to help your dad get up and down those stairs every single day. Just HOPING it will work out once dad gets there is silly.


Steph L. - Jul 06, 2016 1:09:49 pm PDT #24141 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

he should practice with him NOW and ascertain if his help can make it possible for your FiL to actually get around.

We leave Friday morning, so there's no time for practice.

Just HOPING it will work out once dad gets there is silly.

Also dangerous.


Sheryl - Jul 06, 2016 1:18:20 pm PDT #24142 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Steph, I'm sorry Middle Brother is being so ridiculous about this.


Scrappy - Jul 06, 2016 1:25:05 pm PDT #24143 of 30003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Yes, and dangerous.


brenda m - Jul 06, 2016 3:16:29 pm PDT #24144 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

If you BiL wants his dad there so badly (and I can't blame him for that) he should practice with him NOW and ascertain if his help can make it possible for your FiL to actually get around. If so, he should be on call to help your dad get up and down those stairs every single day. Just HOPING it will work out once dad gets there is silly.

I'd agree with that IF FiL was interested in going. He seems pretty clear on that, so it seems like more pushing him around under the circumstances.


Steph L. - Jul 06, 2016 5:35:55 pm PDT #24145 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Okay. It sounds like Tim's dad gave Middle Brother an earful and Middle Brother has accepted that their dad is not going. Good lord.

Also -- I couldn't make this up if I tried -- the person on FB who posted asking for a "back doctor" posted again and said "I asked for recommendations for a back doctor, not a spinal specialist. Can anyone recommend a back doctor to me???"

I have not replied.


SuziQ - Jul 06, 2016 5:45:44 pm PDT #24146 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Proctologist?


Trudy Booth - Jul 06, 2016 5:46:11 pm PDT #24147 of 30003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Put up a post requesting a front doctor.


Steph L. - Jul 06, 2016 5:59:53 pm PDT #24148 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Ha!


Consuela - Jul 06, 2016 6:10:24 pm PDT #24149 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

"I asked for recommendations for a back doctor, not a spinal specialist. Can anyone recommend a back doctor to me???"

Maybe they think they have a sprain? Like, they think it's muscular rather than nerve/spine related? I'm just spit-balling here, because the other alternative is that she's an idiot.

Glad to hear your Middle BIL got shut down, Tep. Dragging your FIL on that trip sounds like it would have been a nightmare for him and everyone else.

I got an award today! A Big Big Boss was here from HQ and so they took the opportunity to give some awards, and my boss nominated me, and so I got a coin! Which is pretty cool, even if it's not worth much in dollars.