Didn't Frasier want to rig up a shock in order to pop his dad out of the barcolounger like toast from a toaster?
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
Trudy Booth - Aug 24, 2022 3:46:10 pm PDT #17075 of 30000
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
Steph L. - Aug 24, 2022 4:17:14 pm PDT #17076 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
My brother has successfully talked to Dad, who thinks that he (Dad) set up the appointment. So we're just going to roll with that, since he's apparently very amenable to going to the appointment. (He told my brother that the hallucinations haven't been as bad lately, and then said he knows they're real and not actually hallucinations because they steal from him. [SPOILER: this is not true. Everything he says was stolen turns up in his apartment, generally in a closet.])
Steph L. - Aug 24, 2022 4:18:56 pm PDT #17077 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
That appointment is going to SUCK and I am going to need to be filled with tacos and Ativan afterward. I'm changing my bet on Dad going directly from the appointment to a psych ward from 50-50 to 65-35 in favor of the psych ward.
-t - Aug 24, 2022 4:28:02 pm PDT #17078 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jeepers, Tep. I hope they can get your dad some kind of help, and I help the tacos and Ativan help you.
Um, he isn't still working, is he?
Steph L. - Aug 24, 2022 4:49:11 pm PDT #17079 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Um, he isn't still working, is he?
He is not. I'm not sure if that's good or bad, because I think the socialization aspect of it was good for him. But it's probably for the best that he's not working.
-t - Aug 24, 2022 5:47:03 pm PDT #17080 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I see what you mean.
brenda m - Aug 24, 2022 6:11:07 pm PDT #17081 of 30000
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
We were talking about that! (Also wondering if we could rig up an electric shock whenever the phone rings, because we are also bad kids.)
We used a video Alexa so we could actually shout at him sometimes. I mean, we got it for more reasons but that turned out to be a handy one a few times. Or the Ring doorbell, if he happened to be out in the yard.
Hil R. - Aug 24, 2022 7:57:14 pm PDT #17082 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Good luck with the appointment, Steph, and I'm sorry you're having to deal with all of this.
JenP - Aug 25, 2022 12:41:32 am PDT #17083 of 30000
Fingers crossed for this morning, Steph.
Laura - Aug 25, 2022 3:05:25 am PDT #17084 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I hope the tacos are celebratory tacos for an appointment that goes well, as well as recovery tacos.
I had a most excellent fire for hours yesterday. Like 10' in the air of flame burning construction debris. Have to do it again today because I had to let it burn down at a reasonable hour. The pyromaniac in me is looking forward to having several a week for the next few weeks. Also, I am really good at building a fire. DH asked if I needed some kerosene to get it going, hell no! I got this.