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Post by Mormel on Oct 15, 2020 9:34:24 GMT -5
I like how the song titles on The Kinks' album 'The Kink Kontroversy' seem to almost tell a story:
Milk cow blues, ring the bells, gotta get the first plane home. When I see that girl of mine, I am free till the end of the day. The world keeps going round. I'm on an island. Where have all the good times gone? It's too late; what's in store for me? You can't win.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 15, 2020 18:04:59 GMT -5
I won't be online much for the next while, my father has been getting extreme pains, and with a holiday weekend and covid it's been a long process just to get a prescription filled (twice it was supposedly faxed and twice not received so we had to go physically get the prescription and take it to the pharmacy, luckily all just blocks from home). He'll have to see a doctor in-person Friday so hopefully if he communicates properly they can pinpoint something of the problem, and/or do tests. I'm caring for my mother in much the same way these days, Becca. Hang in there, and don't forget the importance of caring for yourself so that you have the energy to keep doing what you are doing.
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Post by brutalis on Oct 15, 2020 18:33:48 GMT -5
I won't be online much for the next while, my father has been getting extreme pains, and with a holiday weekend and covid it's been a long process just to get a prescription filled (twice it was supposedly faxed and twice not received so we had to go physically get the prescription and take it to the pharmacy, luckily all just blocks from home). He'll have to see a doctor in-person Friday so hopefully if he communicates properly they can pinpoint something of the problem, and/or do tests. Stay strong, take care of your father and as others have reminded, don't forget care of yourself is just as important during all these trying days. Keep safe, healthy and read a comic or few to help get you through it all!!!
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Post by impulse on Oct 15, 2020 20:04:42 GMT -5
Hang in there, folks. Prayers and good vibes to all of us and our loved ones.
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Post by berkley on Oct 15, 2020 20:49:40 GMT -5
Hope evrything is good with you and your parents Beccabear67.
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Post by berkley on Oct 15, 2020 20:51:44 GMT -5
Another of my 'lost' packages showed up in the post...after 7 months.
I had written it off as a £25 loss due to rona deliveries gone awry, didn't even bother to complain to the seller who's sent me multiple packages over the past 5 years with no problems....but it finally came, and I'm happy. I'm a stamp collector and getting lovely used stamps from places like Pitcairn Islands and Ascension Island is not easy....
hmmm, I just cancelled an order from July that has not arrived, maybe I should have given them more time!
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 15, 2020 21:01:06 GMT -5
I can't wait for 2020 to be over but I'm not sure 2021 will be much different, except maybe for hope and reality starting to re-assert itself again.
Stay strong Becca. Good luck to you and your family.
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 17, 2020 12:59:35 GMT -5
My Dad has an enlarged prostate, fairly normal for older men, but it had gotten to an extreme and they will have to do surgery to reduce the problem. No infection but three-four days of anti-biotics hasn't done any harm, and the scan of his kidneys yesterday show they are totally fine. He came home and I am mostly just cooking stuff for him. Picked up the prostate drug this morning. It'll be a two or three week wait for the surgery. He says he's completely without the pain he had been getting, so no need to try any pain meds. Everything takes a bit longer and doing some stuff is more difficult because of the pandemic, but other things less so as you can do some doctor appointments virtually. I still have four more Spider-Girls on hand to read, and a Fantastic Four annual.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2020 10:42:22 GMT -5
Not quite an RIP, bit Coca-Cola is retiring their original diet cola-Tab. Tab just brings back 70s memories for me, but in the 80s I had a boss at one of my high school jobs who only drank Tab and coffee. I tried Tab a few times, but never liked the taste. The second generation of diet colas were better, but still lacking. My favorite was the third generation-Coke Zero, but I haven't drank soda of any sort since 2017-gave it up when I was recovering form my surgery and never went back. -M
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 18, 2020 11:26:29 GMT -5
Didn't know Tab was still around.
It tasted awful.
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 18, 2020 19:40:19 GMT -5
I tried TAB once, never cared for it. I'm strictly a Pepsi Max/Zero Sugar and Diet Mtn Dew man these days
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 18, 2020 19:50:10 GMT -5
My Dad has an enlarged prostate, fairly normal for older men, but it had gotten to an extreme and they will have to do surgery to reduce the problem. No infection but three-four days of anti-biotics hasn't done any harm, and the scan of his kidneys yesterday show they are totally fine. He came home and I am mostly just cooking stuff for him. Picked up the prostate drug this morning. It'll be a two or three week wait for the surgery. He says he's completely without the pain he had been getting, so no need to try any pain meds. Everything takes a bit longer and doing some stuff is more difficult because of the pandemic, but other things less so as you can do some doctor appointments virtually. I was diagnosed with an enlarged prostate (non-cancerous) earlier this month. Luckily, they caught it early and I won't need surgery. I was prescribed Flomax and it's worked like a charm from Day One. The problems I was having, which were threatening my ability to live alone, are resolved, thank Odin. I hope things go just as well for your father, Becca. I wish him a speedy, full recovery.
Cei-U! I summon the relief!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 19, 2020 7:35:09 GMT -5
Ah Tab....going with my mother to the laundromat before I was old enough for school and begging to get that awful (as I "discovered" later in life) tasting soda.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2020 13:41:46 GMT -5
Went and braved the lines to do early voting today and got my I Voted sticker... -M
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 19, 2020 15:39:53 GMT -5
We are having a provincial election up/over here and I requested the mail-in ballots for the first time for myself and others. Everything has gone smoothly with them and they were back in the mail in plenty of time. It beats any kind of wait in line which usually isn't too big a deal, but very nice to have had this set up for this election! Strange it doesn't get the media attention the one to the south does , but then it was only called about a month ago, no year plus long horse-race to document. Orange, red or green?
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