What did you do today?

[BlueSkyHigh]

Oh, it works great, but long term it isn't good for you, and when you taper off, it's definitely withdrawl...

I finally made it into the walk-in clinic this morning to start the arduous process of finding out what's up with the back pain. The P.A. said he thought it was probably nerve impingement from the symptoms that I described. As if he was reading my mind, he offered prednisone as a next step. If that doesn't work, then we will follow up with an x-ray in preparation for getting the insurance company primed to approve the MRI.

He wanted to visually inspect my hip just to see what, if anything, he could feel via palpation and asked me to lower my pants slightly to expose my hip. We both broke out in laughter when I found out that I put my pants, sweatpants to be exact, on backwards this morning!

 

[Ludington]

I finally made it into the walk-in clinic this morning to start the arduous process of finding out what's up with the back pain. The P.A. said he thought it was probably nerve impingement from the symptoms that I described. As if he was reading my mind, he offered prednisone as a next step. If that doesn't work, then we will follow up with an x-ray in preparation for getting the insurance company primed to approve the MRI.

He wanted to visually inspect my hip just to see what, if anything, he could feel via palpation and asked me to lower my pants slightly to expose my hip. We both broke out in laughter when I found out that I put my pants, sweatpants to be exact, on backwards this morning!

Now your really showing your age !!!

 

[JeffreyWisc]

I finally made it into the walk-in clinic this morning to start the arduous process of finding out what's up with the back pain. The P.A. said he thought it was probably nerve impingement from the symptoms that I described. As if he was reading my mind, he offered prednisone as a next step. If that doesn't work, then we will follow up with an x-ray in preparation for getting the insurance company primed to approve the MRI.

He wanted to visually inspect my hip just to see what, if anything, he could feel via palpation and asked me to lower my pants slightly to expose my hip. We both broke out in laughter when I found out that I put my pants, sweatpants to be exact, on backwards this morning!

As a kid, I did that all the time, so may not be an age thing!!! Also, countless times I would have to use the restroom in early grade school years and I would find I still had my "jammy" pants on under my jeans!

 

[1911smith]

Even uglier in person:

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So how were the baby Lobsters?

 

[BlueSkyHigh]

So how were the baby Lobsters?

We failed to cook them. Still in the freezer, and, hopefully, for a long, long time. Some things just weren’t meant to be eaten by us humanoid types.

 

[1911smith]

We failed to cook them. Still in the freezer, and, hopefully, for a long, long time. Some things just weren’t meant to be eaten by us humanoid types.

Understandable, everyone is different, I don't do Mexican food personally. I was very spoiled in AK with all their fresh cold water caught seafood.

 

[BlueSkyHigh]

Understandable, everyone is different, I don't do Mexican food personally. I was very spoiled in AK with all their fresh cold water caught seafood.

My wife forces me to watch “Life Below Zero” every freakin’ night and that fresh caught stuff sure does look good!

 

[1911smith]

My wife forces me to watch “Life Below Zero” every freakin’ night and that fresh caught stuff sure does look good!

Alaska is an amazing place if you have never been there before. I have driven the Alaska highway 5 round trips and the last time I drove down to the lower 48. It was -50F ambient when I went through Toke AK. That was before they had good cell phones and GPS. So you had to have your duck in a row for that kind of adventurous trip.

Best time of my life was living in AK and working on the drilling rigs as a pipe welder. The summer months as short as they were was my play ground for fun. I love the outdoors and AK was it.

I have even eaten King Crab that was fresh caught and the legs were all of 1-1/2 in in diameter if not bigger. I worked with guys off the crabbing boats and the story's they would tell. AK isn't for everyone, just glad I was able to enjoy it at a young age and be able to own a little part of it at the end of the day!

I still think you need that man cave and you would have your own TV ! LOL

 

[sawsaw]

I finally made it into the walk-in clinic this morning to start the arduous process of finding out what's up with the back pain. The P.A. said he thought it was probably nerve impingement from the symptoms that I described. As if he was reading my mind, he offered prednisone as a next step. If that doesn't work, then we will follow up with an x-ray in preparation for getting the insurance company primed to approve the MRI.

He wanted to visually inspect my hip just to see what, if anything, he could feel via palpation and asked me to lower my pants slightly to expose my hip. We both broke out in laughter when I found out that I put my pants, sweatpants to be exact, on backwards this morning!

So, did you know if you were coming or going?

 

[Zanne]

We had 63 cats at one point before I lost count. I would go out and holler HEEEEERE KITTY KITTY KITTY (63x) and they would come running from all over-- under the house, the barn, the woods, the back fields, etc and come eat. Between `15 and 40 of them would follow me on my walks to the back 12 acres (which we'd been told was 13 acres but the sellers lied). There used to be a circle in the grass where I would do my daily (sometimes 2x daily) jog/walk that was visible from the sky. Now google earth only shows trees.

Down to the 12 cats. From oldest to youngest they are named Boo, Itsy, Ginger, Rupert, Mewlatto, Yasuke, Biscuits, Gravy Jones, Senator Snugglebum, Lady Sylvanas, Aminatu, and Bethesda. Boo is at least a month older than Itsy and is her cousin. His mother was a calico from the same litter as Itsy's mother. They are slightly younger than Fippy. Ginger and Rupert are littermates and their mother was related to Boo and Itsy. Mewlatto we found abandoned on our road. He was in the middle of the road crying so we stopped and picked him up. Yasuke and Biscuits are littermates from some cats we fostered. Gravy Jones, Senator Snugglebum, Lady Sylvanas, and Aminatu are also littermates from the same foster cats but they are from a 2nd litter. I found Bethesda in town injured when she was a kitten so I took her to the vet and then brought her home to take care of her. The oldest cats were from a semi-feral cat colony at my late elderly friends' house. Ginger had a severe eye infection and lost an eye so I took her to the vet and nursed her back to health. Rupert had a severe ear infection so I did the same.

I'm not regretting not bringing Kelebrimbor home because he disappeared.

I'm currently trying to think of the best way to connect a hose bib to a PEX connection outside. We're going to tee off of the pipe going to the kitchen sink and go to an outdoor spigot for hoses directly next to the house. Will want to insulate it but also to figure out the best way to support it. I have a metal thingamabob that has a spigot on it and can hold hoses but I'm not sure how to tie in to it and right now I can't find it.

But more importantly I need to address the rotted subfloor under the kitchen sink. I really need to go through the kitchen and get rid of a lot of stuff we don't use but the hoarder side of me makes that very difficult.

 

[BlueSkyHigh]

She wont get them fixed. Cant afford it.

FEMA can help.

 

[Ludington]

FEMA can help.

Well, the one good thing... no more mice or voles / moles. There kinda fun to watch trying to catch the squirrels. I've seen them team. Up a couple times and almost catch one, but there just to fast.

 

[BlueSkyHigh]

Well, the one good thing... no more mice or voles / moles. There kinda fun to watch trying to catch the squirrels. I've seen them team. Up a couple times and almost catch one, but there just to fast.

Agreed but non-feral cats have become lazy, spoiled or otherwise expecting to be fed for free.

 

[thatdarncat]

The county I live in has a free spay and nuter program... you can always tell if one went through the program, about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch of an ear tip has been cut off.... t's probably save quit a few from lasting effects of a lead diet...check with your county, they may a good contact source for free or low cost...as a side note, I've heard that 25% of a coyotes diet is cats.
They will thin the ranks fast...or another neighbor is trapping or poisoning them ..with that many around and none fixed, it would have looked like a herd of wildebeests on the sarangheti in no time at all.

 

[BlueSkyHigh]

The county I live in has a free spay and nuter program... you can always tell if one went through the program, about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch of an ear tip has been cut off.... t's probably save quit a few from lasting effects of a lead diet...check with your county, they may a good contact source for free or low cost...as a side note, I've heard that 25% of a coyotes diet is cats.
They will thin the ranks fast...or another neighbor is trapping or poisoning them ..with that many around and none fixed, it would have looked like a herd of wildebeests on the sarangheti in no time at all.

The vets go "Mike Tyson" on their prey or so it seems.

I came across a short 1hr and 7min show on Netflix called "Inside the Mind of a Cat". If you like cats or simply as curious as a cat, it's worth a look.