When my grandmother was getting older, my dad got a system for her that had this button that she was supposed to press every morning. If she didn't press it by a certain time, then the company would call my dad.
Plei, I'm so sorry -- that's awful.
Jayne: There's times I think you don't take me seriously. I think that ought to change. Mal: Do you think it's likely to?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
Hil R. - Mar 08, 2025 10:39:18 am PST #5981 of 5994
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
msbelle - Mar 08, 2025 11:42:07 am PST #5982 of 5994
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Dana! so sorry you both are sick. hopefully the new house is helping.
and Plei, that is awful. Glad no one was seriously hurt.
meara - Mar 08, 2025 12:03:17 pm PST #5983 of 5994
My mom and dads retirement community was a free standing house, but had a thing where if you didn’t trip a sensor in the kitchen by 10am they’d start calling you, and if you didn’t answer they’d come find you. Now my dad is just in an apartment building near my sister but he has an Apple Watch to say “hey siri call (whoever)” and she has cameras and goes over there daily.
Plei I’m so sorry about your family’s house! I hope your brother is ok, and glad the ones who would’ve had difficulty evacuating weren’t in there but still yikes!! I’m sure it’s going to be a long messy hassle and something tells me you’ll have to be way more involved than you want to be.
Jesse - Mar 08, 2025 12:58:27 pm PST #5984 of 5994
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh no, Plei! I'm sorry.
And sorry I have been reading along on a delay here and never saying anything! Please know I have been thinking all of the appropriate reactions.
JenP - Mar 08, 2025 1:29:54 pm PST #5985 of 5994
Oh, Plei, I'm so sorry. That the humans are physically OK is good to know, but what devastating loss.
quester - Mar 08, 2025 3:07:21 pm PST #5986 of 5994
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
How awful, Plei! I'm so sorry.
aurelia - Mar 08, 2025 3:41:05 pm PST #5987 of 5994
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Oh no, Plei!
Sophia Brooks - Mar 08, 2025 4:01:09 pm PST #5988 of 5994
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh Plei! That is terrible. Much ~ma to you all.
And sorry I have been reading along on a delay here and never saying anything! Please know I have been thinking all of the appropriate reactions.
Agreed. I am trying. We need our people more than ever. I am watching The Pitt, and they just had a lady who was an online gamer in Pittsburgh who had a stroke, and she was brought to the ER because she missed a game. Someone from Mumbai called someone in Houston, who called Pittsburgh for a welfare check, and she seems to be saved.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 08, 2025 4:44:41 pm PST #5989 of 5994
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh no, Plei! I'm sorry about your folks' house.
I had Mom over for lunch today, and not only did Molly not immediately flee to hide, Jackson actually put up with being petted for a bit.
brenda m - Mar 08, 2025 6:21:37 pm PST #5990 of 5994
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
That was literally the origin of Beep Me, so we’d know when we didn’t need to go all commando when somebody wasn’t around for a day or two.