I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.

Wash ,'War Stories'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

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.


Laura - Aug 30, 2018 8:15:53 am PDT #28979 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

I get that there are mixed feelings about John McCain. I do have to say that I just skipped through the cable news channels, and all, including Fox News, are carrying the events live today, and I expect they will tomorrow and Saturday too. My inner super petty self knows this really pisses off the bogus potus, and therefore delights me.

In news closer to home, DH left today for Florida. He is swinging by the city to see his sister then headed to Cape May to take the ferry route, just because. He says he can catch a nap that way.

My son communicated with me some yesterday after another one of his friends visited and let him know I was going to keep sending people by to see him until I was satisfied that he was okay. He swears he is still going to work and that he is okay other than being in hermit mode. Says he has money for rent and power and so forth. His brother will check on him tonight or tomorrow, then his dad will be back by the weekend to lay eyes on him for me. He even posted a picture on FB to show how long his hair has grown, which is very, as is the beard. So I am feeling better. Particularly since he understands and has accepted the message that I will pester and involve friends and family as needed when he goes off grid.


Laura - Aug 30, 2018 8:34:11 am PDT #28980 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

egg&avocado:

Work is boring today so I am watching recorded tennis matches. It is very chilly here today so watching the sweaty tennis is warming me up.


Connie Neil - Aug 30, 2018 9:01:40 am PDT #28981 of 30002
brillig

Hermeting but still manage to maintain himself (at least financially) is a good thing.


-t - Aug 30, 2018 9:52:15 am PDT #28982 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's good, Laura.

That's it for the Supply Chain Management class. Now to squeeze in some actual work before the New Product Training Session...


Steph L. - Aug 30, 2018 10:29:17 am PDT #28983 of 30002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

egg&avocado:

Is always the best! (I know you were using it in place of "cereal," but I am always here to rep for egg and avocado, in any combination. Egg salad with avocado, deviled eggs with avocado, scrambled eggs/omelettes with avocado, etc.)


Laura - Aug 30, 2018 10:49:52 am PDT #28984 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

Teppy, I credit you for trying that combination of perfection. It was your endorsement that prompted me to try it in the first place. Today's was egg salad with avocado, green olives, with a bunch of horseradish and ground black pepper in there for spice.


Gudanov - Aug 30, 2018 10:53:24 am PDT #28985 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

Still slowly working on the new board. Adding voting right now. I haven't had much time with my wife moving offices.

Also, I see that Trump is canceling raises for federal employees citing that it would be inappropriate with the current deficit. What a dick move.


Sheryl - Aug 30, 2018 12:24:14 pm PDT #28986 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Now I want avocado. Well, we are going out to dinner tonight. Maybe there will be an item with avocados I'll like....


Zenkitty - Aug 30, 2018 2:48:58 pm PDT #28987 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Happy birthday, meara!


Zenkitty - Aug 30, 2018 4:05:30 pm PDT #28988 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

So, y'all remember the Iceland vacation last year where I came home with a broken leg? Literally, as in, it was not set until a week after I got home?

Yesterday I went back to see the surgeon because the ankle has not been healing as quickly or as well as I want. Well, it's not getting better because it's gotten worse. There's no cartilage left in the ankle at all, and the fibula broke again. Probably within a few weeks of it being set, because it broke along the same diagonal line. Just broke in half and slipped off the pins in the metal plate. I don't know how or when; I didn't even feel it!

So next month I go back for *another* surgery to set this bone *again*. Please send Buffista ~ma for the bone to heal properly this time.

As for the "completely arthritic" ankle, there's nothing to be done about that. I won't have it fused, and I don't want to do a joint replacement, not yet anyway. Surgeon agreed with my decision, and said if it were his ankle, he'd take it easy and just see how many years he could get before it got too painful to live with. So there's no more "working on increasing flexibility and strength" in that ankle. Now I'm just working on keeping it from getting worse. Which eventually it will anyway.

Surgeon said he didn't see how I was even walking around. Apparently I should be in excruciating pain or something.

I put a photo of the X-ray on Facebook, if you're into that.

tl;dr: I've been walking around on a broken leg for months, and my left ankle is fubar, and I seem to have a fairly high pain threshold.