@OnionSoup Since businesses are people too, nobody gets to live forever. My condolences to their failed business model that depended on subsistence labor, aka legalized slavery, and no reserves or contingency plans.
Blame because someone severed the fiber optic lines near me yesterday and I had no internet or tv for over 12 hours. Messed up my cell phone as well, so I could send and receive text messages, but that is it. No phone calls, internet/hotspot. It was like living in the 1980’s again.
Unblame because I picked up a book I purchased about two years ago and started reading. Made it 1/2 way through. Guess I will finish it tonight!
As most of you people should know by now, I’m a nice person. I take paper towels to the old people. I brake for stop signs and rioters peaceful demonstrators in the middle of the road.
I’ve passed an extensive interview and background check at a local animal shelter and I am in the process of adopting a pair of adorably cute kitten litter-mates. (You’ll recall my 17 year-old cat died this last February because you people didn’t contribute to his GoFundMe)
Anyway, through no fault of my own they are asking for $75 a kitten in adoption fees. Plus I’ll have other ongoing expenses. So it’s time for you folks to step up and support my decisions. I’m going to need some cash. As you should already know, I am intractably in need and there is nothing you can say to me to help me. I just need your money and donations.
Obviously, I’m always over-qualified for any job, so they won’t hire me, or I have to work some shit job because of forces beyond my control.
So donate today, why don’t you?
You should be ashamed of yourselves trying to have a good time on a merchant deal site.
I’m not rich like you.
Spending your money on shit when you could be donating to a worthy cause, like me.
@therealjrn Something about this makes me want to give. also i remember your username from you being a GOAT of the scape-variety (not that I pay attention to such things–which is YOUR fault, by the way). I will give you… $10, and it’s your own fault I can’t afford more.
It’s also my last two therapist’s fault for telling me they had to free up my appointment slot for someone they might be able to help. Tomāto, tomǎto.
It’s also YOUR fault for disabling user profiles, because I don’t even know how to fucking give you money. YOU GOD DAMNED PEOPLE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME (and my cats so you really should feel quite bad). I can only assume it’s too late but if you reply I can only assume it’s not.
@dvermilion Aw…you’re a good person. My post was a homage to a person who posts like that all the time, over and over and over.
There’s a few of us that have grown weary of this person’s non-stop fund raising and the continuous state of frequent mentions of how this individual has no money and has multiple needs. These needs are never satiated.
Any way, if you want to perhaps donate to a local animal rescue I would be tickled! My Mr. Whiskers was a good cat, he would be thrilled as he was a rescue as well.
@tinamarie1974 Holy Crap!!! Two weeks?!!! A crappy but functional solution is a $20 flip phone that comes with a phone card at least for your outgoing calls. And work ought to pay for it if they want you to get your job done.
It’s Trumps fault, it’s always his fault, regardless of what it is and whether he actually has anything to do with it at all. The previous eight years, it was all Obama’s fault. Nothing changes regardless of who is in the house.
@tinamarie1974 Me too, but I took too long of nap today. I’m watching SAVING PRIVATE PEREZ on free Youtube movies. I highly recommend it if you like MST3K and Rifftrax. It’s in Spanish with English subs. Fairly good production values too!
@tinamarie1974 I can’t figure out if it’s just a bad movie or if it’s a gloriously good movie making fun of itself. I’m starting to think it’s supposed to be funny.
Turns out it was supposed to be funny! Last night I was just trolling around YouTube on my Roku and stumbled into it. I purposely didn’t look the movie up at the time–just because I guess–sometimes it’s fun to watch something “cold” with no prior knowledge… Pretty nifty little find. The price is right anyway.
Blame because I have had to make the decision to write off one of my very long time friends (2/3 of my life). It was a really hard decision and it makes me very sad, but it was the right decision.
@tinamarie1974 Yeah the 2/3 of your life makes it that much harder. You have so much history together, can reminisce and use each other to fill in the blanks with collective memories… I am sorry it had to work out that way for you.
Blame so very much. The RNC has chosen to move its unwashed and uncovered masses to Jacksonville. On Ax Handle (q.v.) Saturday they will heil the orangeness and proclaim it the leader. I live in Jacksonville.
/giphy fuck it all
@OldCatLady@sammydog01@tinamarie1974
I registered this morning on the website. Then they have to send you a code to your phone that they said may take up to 2 hours to send. It’s been about an hour…no code yet.
I haven’t been to too many though, over the years because they usually go to Oklahoma City over coming here to Tulsa. I missed Cory Booker when he came here awhile ago.
I’ve been in a general malaise laying around the house, eating a bunch of crap comfort foods and sleeping a lot.
I finally went to see the doc (mask and all) and got a bunch of lab tests. My blood sugar was 505 and my A1C was 14%.
Oops.
I have lost weight, but guess what? Losing weight is a side effect of high blood sugar.
So now I’m on insulin–this is new. I’m back on a Keto diet and my blood sugar is 126 currently after breakfast. Hopefully I can get back on track and lose the insulin next time I see the doc.
@sammydog01 That thought crossed my mind. It’s just hard to turn down being there live. I usually go to see whatever politician is coming thru.
I’m exhausted most of the time though, and Chocolate Chip & Snickerdoodle are coming home the same day. I should probably stay at home and play with them and show them around the place.
@tinamarie1974 I’ve put my body through a lot. I’ve got a few “conditions” that could kill me any given day. Being diabetic isn’t really supposed to be one, unless you do like me and ignore your dietary limitations and don’t take your meds.
What? I was feeling fine. lol I wasn’t really
Here’s a picture foster mama sent me the other day. She woke them up and they are giving her the “stink eye”
Gad, I just got mine done and was freaked out because a1c was mid 5’s.
I’ve been out of town bunches lately and due to convenience have let self eat worse than usual.
And then I got on the scale …
Now I am convinced that anyone (and in particular me) who eats fast food or processed food is gonna get terrible health as a result.
So … I’m back to a near keto thing. I need to read up to decide how to refine my own approach, but in the short run, zero wheat (sorry, pastadrop), and almost no corn/rice. And v little dairy, mostly trad cheese.
And then I have to figure out how to fill in my hunger with what’s left that does not suck. I won’t do gluten-free crap, those foods are even more glycemic than grains.
Curiously, I already feel a bit better and less hungry. In my own life, eating grain products seems to fuel the munchies.
So … new lifestyle for you; which might be: old lifestyle you were supposed to follow but were too casual about?
Are you monitoring blood sugar? I think Walmart sells a ReLion brand glucose monitor that’s cheap and comes with super cheap test strips. (This monitor doesn’t do fancy crap like bluetooth data to an app, but it works fine.).
Have one somewhere; used it in the past for a while after one of my brothers was diagnosed diabetic. Apparently i will have metabolic-disorder/diabetes in my future if I don’t watch things and live right, but my current status is tolerable/could-be-improved.
I think there are some decent apps in which you can record your glucose numbers and track stuff over time.
I really hope you get this under control in a happy-for-you way.
Are you monitoring blood sugar? I think Walmart sells a ReLion brand glucose monitor that’s cheap and comes with super cheap test strips. (This monitor doesn’t do fancy crap like bluetooth data to an app, but it works fine.).
Yes. Love Walmart. I fell out of checking pre-covid because I had it under good control via a Keto eating plan. I had moved my numbers down into “normal” range. Then the lollygagging around the house waiting for the pandemic to pass began…
You must be able to put up with crowds to a greater degree than i can.
We have a yuge arena and my plan was sit on the back wall, high up. But I think Imma sit this one out. Chocolate Chip, Snickerdoodle & I will watch it on TV instead. It’s going to be a big day enough as it is.
@f00l@sammydog01@therealjrn I watched Air Force One land in St Louis when I was a kid. Maybe Pres Regan?? Also got to see the motorcade headed down Hwy 70 towards downtown. I recall being pretty excited about the whole experience.
That is really as close as I want to get to any of it.
@f00l@OldCatLady@therealjrn@tinamarie1974 Just reading through old posts when I should be gittin to bed and all I can say is: “glad you’re ok (whatever that means), hope the diet changes are effective 'cause shootin up sucks, too bad about the rally, but you’re being smart about it, kitties are cute, sailboat is awesome - begging seems to be paying off, hope the balance of friends to asshats tips in your favor”. Ok, that’s all I got. I’m out.
I guess this begging for merch really works! I received in the mail today a WONDERFUL wooden sailing craft named the Confection there’s nothing in the package that indicates who sent it.
I’ve been on so many different journeys and I’m still here, plugging away sailing onto more exciting destinations. Thank you SO MUCH mystery sender! This is perfect!
@Barney@sammydog01 I’m going to need $150.00 in adoptions fees this Friday. That will cover the cost of their spay/neuter and 2 doctor visits. I’m not sure but I was thinking about making a donation too.
I should probably be humble.
$200.00 should be enough to start don’t you think?.
@therealjrn Perhaps you should add in some starter money for cat food and some kitty play toys. Plus don’t forget the catshirt that says “I’m a Proud Kitty Cat Dad!”
Chocolate Chip & Snickerdoodle came home today. They have been busy checking EVERYTHING out. No pics yet because they are busy running around. Good Lord. I’m literally hearing the pitter-patter of little feet across the hardwood floors.
@tinamarie1974 Thanks! I think it will. I HAD to take nap after I finished up work and got them home and situated. The foster mom said they may not eat because of the excitement but they both weren’t shy about eating.
CC got up in the bed on top of me and Snickers stayed down on the floor. When I woke up after about 30 minutes I think I smelled kitty poop.
I haven’t checked yet, we’ll see, maybe they just fart a lot.
Unblame - Had my cancer check up in Houston last week. While I am not in remission, things aren’t bad enough yet to treat yet (watch and wait is fairly common with this particular non-hodgkin’s lymphoma blood cancer). Some markers are getting worse, new nodes, some are bigger than last year… but at least I should miss the pandemic (well presuming a vaccine within the next year) with respect to future need for chemo.
More unblame: And I got to come home with 4 actual surgical masks as they gave us a new one each day to use. I figure rotating them they’ll be good for a while since sunshine and time “cleans” them of virus and I am careful to go as little as possible to places where I’d need them (live in a city having new highs daily - never did flatten and opened anyway). On the mask front having the foam across the top, like the surgical ones do, helps cut back on glasses fogging from what I had been using.
@sammydog01 warped not puddle … it’s got all weird twists, bends and ribs in it. It looks like the Spanish Inquisition ran it through some torture device.
Totally unusable by anyone who isnt a Picasso painting.
Blame. Today is my parents anniversary and my dad asked me to purchase a flower arrangement on his behalf (sneaky dad) for mom. I was utterly shocked when mom sent me a pic of what was delivered vs what I ordered. FTD drives me crazy
@Kidsandliz she did. I may have called FTD though to complain since my dad paid for a dozen red roses and nearly a dozen lillys and got nothing close. They are supposed to resend the arrangement, but I have not yet received the confirmation email. Not holding my breath
@Kidsandliz well a replacement is acceptable, but I think the lillys are the big dollar item. Dad wanted both and when I looked at just roses the prices were pretty reasonable. The addition of the lillies really raised the $$$
And for what it is worth I may have told them the arrangement received looked very similar to one I could purchase at WalMart for about $14.00. They were not amused, but neither was I considering what was paid.
@Kidsandliz@tinamarie1974
It has a lot to do with the florists available in the delivery area more than anything else.
If you were looking for lillies specifically, you could try a local (to where the recipient is) funeral home or church and ask to recomnend their local florist since they’re probably the largest consimers of lillies. Then order lillies and roses specifically, and not an “Anniversary Bouquet”.
The reality is that when you order flowers for an occasion, you’re really giving the florist a “budget” to work with and their inventory of what’s fresh on hand that day. You won’t get what’s pictured, unless it’s basic roses with babies breath.
Knowing a good florist really helps. Call them and let them know the purpose/feeling you want to convey, with particulars of what must be in the arrangement.
After SEVERAL phone calls FTD admitted that due to Covid and reduced flights there was no FTD florist in the STL area that could produce the intended bouquet. None of the florists had all of the needed components (flowers, vase, etc)
Instead of reaching out to me to approve a substitution they resent the order to Grimm to create a “Florist Choice” bouquet on the day it was to deliver. Apparently Grimm treated it as a rush order to even get it delivered on time.
In the end FTD provided a full refund after admitting the issue was fully their error.
And as far as local florists I USUALLY just got to WKF on Flower Row downtown when placing orders, but since I am not going into the office these days I thought a web order would work…hindsight…
@tinamarie1974
Glad FTD made good on it. Sorry it wasn’t what you wanted, but it does look nice and is full of Summer colors.
WKF is my florist for regular stuff, but Design Studios is just so outstanding for creativity and unique arrangements. Since part of what I’m paying for is the florist’s creativity, I appreciate what they do, rather than trying to make their 500th copy of the catalog picture.
In that sense, what you got looks beautiful. The other thing that price affects (the budget the florist is working with) is the flowers chosen. Each variety or material they work with has its own pricing, so how the florist spends that is where their talent shows. e.g. birds-of-paradise cost more than baby’s breath, so extremes one way or the other aren’t good.
If you do use Design Studios, I think you’ll be hooked.
@mike808 thanks. It was nice and my mom did like the arrangement. My argument with FTD was really value. The arrangement purchased was just under $100 (flowers and delivery) WITH a 20% coupon. Although that is a little high it was what my dad wanted.
Although pretty there is no way the value of the arrangement received came close to what was paid. It was mostly wildflowers, which are fairly inexpensive.
The FTD rep initially argued with me until I sent them a pic of the arrangement received. At that point the simply apologised and provided a refund. Lots of mistakes. In the end either FTD lowballed Grimm OR Grimn was using cheap flowers to increase its margin. Either way I will be sticking to my account with WKF moving forward. It is worth the long drive.
Week #2 noods sent to my folks finally arrived over a month later, no thanks to PB. I’m still undecided whether to blame or unblame for the 40# received, though.
@DrWorm has no idea why they’re being tagged here.
@mediocrebot extra true, since they aren’t goat anymore…
@moonhat is to blame!
I blame @moonhat for @drworn s lack of participation
@moonhat is to blame!
/giphy random blame
@moonhat didn’t wear a mask to the grocery store.
@f00l I can’t unsee that!
@chienfou
It’s so weirdly horrible that I had to leave it for all the sea
@chienfou @f00l
That’s udderly unseeable.
@mediocrebot I did too, m-bot!
I blame @moonhat for making me post to the wrong thread, btw.
@moonhat is on the whichever side of the protest you’re against.
Godspeed. Might as well blame @moonhat for all the unrest in the States, start off the blame on a high note.
/giphy riot goat
@moonhat is on the whichever side of the protest you’re against.
@dzieciom
Yeah, sounds about right.
@dzieciom @mike808
What a long fucking road.
@dzieciom @f00l @mike808 There’s something happening here. Are we going to repeat every detail of the 60s?
@dzieciom @mike808 @OldCatLady
/youtube for what it’s worth
Who is to blame for all the restaurants going bankrupt?
@moonhat is on the whichever side of the protest you’re against.
@OnionSoup Since businesses are people too, nobody gets to live forever. My condolences to their failed business model that depended on subsistence labor, aka legalized slavery, and no reserves or contingency plans.
Where is my pasta you goat!
@moonhat definitely did whatever it is you’re mad about.
@ELUNO They ate it?
/image goat eating pasta
@moonhat is to blame!
@ELUNO We have it here, all 40 lbs, and it’s really good …
Unblame. My pasta is here! Hooray!
@ELUNO how many pounds?
@Kidsandliz 20
@ELUNO Hmm… grocery store prices. Hope it arrived in one piece.
@ELUNO @Kidsandliz It’s one 20 pound piece of pasta
/giphy giant pasta
@Kidsandliz Yup. I guess I got coupons out of it. Only opened one of them, so I hope the other one is fine.
@ELUNO @Kidsandliz I heard some people got 120 pounds…
@Kidsandliz @PocketBrain what?!? How dare they!
@ELUNO @PocketBrain Holy crap. How the hell can you eat that much pasta unless you are a family with 12 kids or something.
Blame because someone severed the fiber optic lines near me yesterday and I had no internet or tv for over 12 hours. Messed up my cell phone as well, so I could send and receive text messages, but that is it. No phone calls, internet/hotspot. It was like living in the 1980’s again.
Unblame because I picked up a book I purchased about two years ago and started reading. Made it 1/2 way through. Guess I will finish it tonight!
@moonhat is why there are no summer holidays in June.
@mediocrebot @moonhat That wasn’t even contextually appropriate.
Someday I will EMP you, bot.
/BLAME
As most of you people should know by now, I’m a nice person. I take paper towels to the old people. I brake for stop signs and
rioterspeaceful demonstrators in the middle of the road.I’ve passed an extensive interview and background check at a local animal shelter and I am in the process of adopting a pair of adorably cute kitten litter-mates. (You’ll recall my 17 year-old cat died this last February because you people didn’t contribute to his GoFundMe)
Anyway, through no fault of my own they are asking for $75 a kitten in adoption fees. Plus I’ll have other ongoing expenses. So it’s time for you folks to step up and support my decisions. I’m going to need some cash. As you should already know, I am intractably in need and there is nothing you can say to me to help me. I just need your money and donations.
Obviously, I’m always over-qualified for any job, so they won’t hire me, or I have to work some shit job because of forces beyond my control.
So donate today, why don’t you?
You should be ashamed of yourselves trying to have a good time on a merchant deal site.
I’m not rich like you.
Spending your money on shit when you could be donating to a worthy cause, like me.
And my cats. And soon to be the veterinarian.
Thank you.
@moonhat didn’t wear a mask to the grocery store.
@therealjrn YOU’RE BACK!! Was worried about you
@tinamarie1974 aw, thanks! I’ve just been busy.
@mediocrebot you’re cruisin’ for a bruisin’, mbot.
@therealjrn How much do you need? I can write you a check. I’m rich!
@therealjrn Charge per photo? I hear that’s what the porn ladies do. Put me down for 10 one dollar kitten pics.
@sammydog01 It’s very true Sammy. I hear the internet has a voracious appetite for pictures of fresh, young pussies.
@sammydog01 @therealjrn @Barney @tinamarie1974
I threw moar pennies N toward the Red River today in your honor. Maybe they even made it across to your side.
Please go pick them up, and give me lots of credit for being so incredibly damned generous.
Congrats on whatever’s going on up there, including your perpetual intractable situation.
I was worried that you had adopted some cat that had gotten your tongue.
/giphy cat got your tongue?
@therealjrn Something about this makes me want to give. also i remember your username from you being a GOAT of the scape-variety (not that I pay attention to such things–which is YOUR fault, by the way). I will give you… $10, and it’s your own fault I can’t afford more.
It’s also my last two therapist’s fault for telling me they had to free up my appointment slot for someone they might be able to help. Tomāto, tomǎto.
It’s also YOUR fault for disabling user profiles, because I don’t even know how to fucking give you money. YOU GOD DAMNED PEOPLE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME (and my cats so you really should feel quite bad). I can only assume it’s too late but if you reply I can only assume it’s not.
i’m very drunk actually
@moonhat is to blame!
@dvermilion Aw…you’re a good person. My post was a homage to a person who posts like that all the time, over and over and over.
There’s a few of us that have grown weary of this person’s non-stop fund raising and the continuous state of frequent mentions of how this individual has no money and has multiple needs. These needs are never satiated.
Any way, if you want to perhaps donate to a local animal rescue I would be tickled! My Mr. Whiskers was a good cat, he would be thrilled as he was a rescue as well.
Triple blame because I cannot seem to send calls via either my work or personal Verizon phones.
Talking to CS now and they know there are ongoing issues, “but not to worry we will have this fixed in NO MORE THAN TWO WEEKS”
Are you fucking kidding me I cannot wait two weeks to have a phone. I will definately be channeling “Karen” for this one.
@moonhat is to blame!
@tinamarie1974 Holy Crap!!! Two weeks?!!! A crappy but functional solution is a $20 flip phone that comes with a phone card at least for your outgoing calls. And work ought to pay for it if they want you to get your job done.
It’s Trumps fault, it’s always his fault, regardless of what it is and whether he actually has anything to do with it at all. The previous eight years, it was all Obama’s fault. Nothing changes regardless of who is in the house.
@moonhat didn’t wear a mask to the grocery store.
/YUGE UNBLAME
I found out tonight my ex was rejected for cat adoption from the same place I’m getting my 2 kittens from.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Thanks @moonhat!
@therealjrn
Don’t you just love amicability?
@therealjrn
/giphy yeah!!
Blame because I cannot fall asleep!!
/giphy insomnia
@moonhat definitely did whatever it is you’re mad about.
@tinamarie1974 Me too, but I took too long of nap today. I’m watching SAVING PRIVATE PEREZ on free Youtube movies. I highly recommend it if you like MST3K and Rifftrax. It’s in Spanish with English subs. Fairly good production values too!
@tinamarie1974 I can’t figure out if it’s just a bad movie or if it’s a gloriously good movie making fun of itself. I’m starting to think it’s supposed to be funny.
@tinamarie1974 @sammydog01 @filmlovers
Turns out it was supposed to be funny! Last night I was just trolling around YouTube on my Roku and stumbled into it. I purposely didn’t look the movie up at the time–just because I guess–sometimes it’s fun to watch something “cold” with no prior knowledge… Pretty nifty little find. The price is right anyway.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461336/
Thanks Goat!
@moonhat definitely did whatever it is you’re mad about.
Blame because I have had to make the decision to write off one of my very long time friends (2/3 of my life). It was a really hard decision and it makes me very sad, but it was the right decision.
@moonhat didn’t wear a mask to the grocery store.
@tinamarie1974 I’ve had to do that. I’ve reached that decision and it’s none too easy.
@tinamarie1974 Yeah the 2/3 of your life makes it that much harder. You have so much history together, can reminisce and use each other to fill in the blanks with collective memories… I am sorry it had to work out that way for you.
@tinamarie1974
That’s really hard. I’m sad to hear it came to that.
@f00l @therealjrn @kidsandliz thanks guys, it really sucks
@tinamarie1974 oh Tina, I’m so sorry! That does suck.
/blame I can’t figure out how to use my stupid ring alarm.
@moonhat is to blame!
Blame so very much. The RNC has chosen to move its unwashed and uncovered masses to Jacksonville. On Ax Handle (q.v.) Saturday they will heil the orangeness and proclaim it the leader. I live in Jacksonville.
/giphy fuck it all
@moonhat is to blame!
@OldCatLady my condolences and may I suggest
/giphy lysol spray
@OldCatLady @tinamarie1974 The President of the United States is coming to Tulsa next week!
@OldCatLady @therealjrn @tinamarie1974 Got a ticket yet?
@OldCatLady @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974
I registered this morning on the website. Then they have to send you a code to your phone that they said may take up to 2 hours to send. It’s been about an hour…no code yet.
@sammydog01 @therealjrn @tinamarie1974 Why…why…why do people go to the rallies? I’m serious.
@OldCatLady @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974
I go because it’s just a fun part of the process.
I haven’t been to too many though, over the years because they usually go to Oklahoma City over coming here to Tulsa. I missed Cory Booker when he came here awhile ago.
So many different ways to die.
I’ve been in a general malaise laying around the house, eating a bunch of
crapcomfort foods and sleeping a lot.I finally went to see the doc (mask and all) and got a bunch of lab tests. My blood sugar was 505 and my A1C was 14%.
Oops.
I have lost weight, but guess what? Losing weight is a side effect of high blood sugar.
So now I’m on insulin–this is new. I’m back on a Keto diet and my blood sugar is 126 currently after breakfast. Hopefully I can get back on track and lose the insulin next time I see the doc.
Bye Marie, I love you but you were killing me.
@therealjrn Shit! Good luck! Stay safe- maybe watch the rally on TV?
@sammydog01 That thought crossed my mind. It’s just hard to turn down being there live. I usually go to see whatever politician is coming thru.
I’m exhausted most of the time though, and Chocolate Chip & Snickerdoodle are coming home the same day. I should probably stay at home and play with them and show them around the place.
@therealjrn sorry, that stinks! happy you are taking care of it and it sounds like you are on the right track. Good luck!
Please share picks of your new kitties when you get them.
@tinamarie1974 I’ve put my body through a lot. I’ve got a few “conditions” that could kill me any given day. Being diabetic isn’t really supposed to be one, unless you do like me and ignore your dietary limitations and don’t take your meds.
What? I was feeling fine. lol I wasn’t really
Here’s a picture foster mama sent me the other day. She woke them up and they are giving her the “stink eye”
@therealjrn so cute and beautiful markings!
I think we have all made mistakes. I tend to yo-yo back and forth with my weight. Not healthy, but there I am, part of being human I think.
At least you know we are concerned and want to see the best for you
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@therealjrn @tinamarie1974 Please stay alive. The world needs you so much.
@OldCatLady @therealjrn @tinamarie1974
Those are some awful and scary numbers.
Gad, I just got mine done and was freaked out because a1c was mid 5’s.
I’ve been out of town bunches lately and due to convenience have let self eat worse than usual.
And then I got on the scale …
Now I am convinced that anyone (and in particular me) who eats fast food or processed food is gonna get terrible health as a result.
So … I’m back to a near keto thing. I need to read up to decide how to refine my own approach, but in the short run, zero wheat (sorry, pastadrop), and almost no corn/rice. And v little dairy, mostly trad cheese.
And then I have to figure out how to fill in my hunger with what’s left that does not suck. I won’t do gluten-free crap, those foods are even more glycemic than grains.
Curiously, I already feel a bit better and less hungry. In my own life, eating grain products seems to fuel the munchies.
So … new lifestyle for you; which might be: old lifestyle you were supposed to follow but were too casual about?
Are you monitoring blood sugar? I think Walmart sells a ReLion brand glucose monitor that’s cheap and comes with super cheap test strips. (This monitor doesn’t do fancy crap like bluetooth data to an app, but it works fine.).
Have one somewhere; used it in the past for a while after one of my brothers was diagnosed diabetic. Apparently i will have metabolic-disorder/diabetes in my future if I don’t watch things and live right, but my current status is tolerable/could-be-improved.
I think there are some decent apps in which you can record your glucose numbers and track stuff over time.
I really hope you get this under control in a happy-for-you way.
If you wanna, overtime, tell us how it goes.
We needs ya. K?
@sammydog01 @therealjrn
You must be able to put up with crowds to a greater degree than i can.
@f00l @therealjrn I went to see Richard Nixon fly in for a speech. The airport part not the speech part.
@f00l @OldCatLady @tinamarie1974
Yes. Love Walmart. I fell out of checking pre-covid because I had it under good control via a Keto eating plan. I had moved my numbers down into “normal” range. Then the lollygagging around the house waiting for the pandemic to pass began…
We have a yuge arena and my plan was sit on the back wall, high up. But I think Imma sit this one out. Chocolate Chip, Snickerdoodle & I will watch it on TV instead. It’s going to be a big day enough as it is.
@OldCatLady @therealjrn @tinamarie1974
/giphy kitties!
@f00l @sammydog01 @therealjrn I watched Air Force One land in St Louis when I was a kid. Maybe Pres Regan?? Also got to see the motorcade headed down Hwy 70 towards downtown. I recall being pretty excited about the whole experience.
That is really as close as I want to get to any of it.
@f00l @OldCatLady @therealjrn @tinamarie1974 Just reading through old posts when I should be gittin to bed and all I can say is: “glad you’re ok (whatever that means), hope the diet changes are effective 'cause shootin up sucks, too bad about the rally, but you’re being smart about it, kitties are cute, sailboat is awesome - begging seems to be paying off, hope the balance of friends to asshats tips in your favor”. Ok, that’s all I got. I’m out.
POPSOCKETS! COURT DOCKETS! FOLK ROCK HITS! AWESOME!
/Unblame
I guess this begging for merch really works! I received in the mail today a WONDERFUL wooden sailing craft named the Confection there’s nothing in the package that indicates who sent it.
I’ve been on so many different journeys and I’m still here, plugging away sailing onto more exciting destinations. Thank you SO MUCH mystery sender! This is perfect!
@therealjrn
/youtube come sail away
@therealjrn You own a sailboat, you’re rich!
/Update
"Ok kids, lets look pretty for you new Dad! You’re going to your forever home this week!
…2 seconds later…
@therealjrn Aww! I expect daily photos. Maybe a whole thread!
@sammydog01 @therealjrn If you need money for vet care, I can write a check. I’m rich!
@Barney @sammydog01 I’m going to need $150.00 in adoptions fees this Friday. That will cover the cost of their spay/neuter and 2 doctor visits. I’m not sure but I was thinking about making a donation too.
I should probably be humble.
$200.00 should be enough to start don’t you think?.
@therealjrn Perhaps you should add in some starter money for cat food and some kitty play toys. Plus don’t forget the catshirt that says “I’m a Proud Kitty Cat Dad!”
@Barney I was going to get the shirt that said “I love pussy” but my narrow-minded daughter nixed that idea.
@therealjrn I bet your daughter has had a hard time raising you.
/MORE UNBLAME
So on the day of the meh-a-thon I got a package all the way from Chyna!
Inside was a sister ship to the Confection, also named the Confection!
Somebody out there must think I’m real sweet!
See? I told you people I was nice!
Thank you mystery sender!
@therealjrn Someone must really like you.
@Barney @therealjrn
They had to ship two of them, because, you know, … Pitney Bowes.
Chocolate Chip & Snickerdoodle came home today. They have been busy checking EVERYTHING out. No pics yet because they are busy running around. Good Lord. I’m literally hearing the pitter-patter of little feet across the hardwood floors.
@therealjrn aawwww hope it goes well tonight.
@tinamarie1974 Thanks! I think it will. I HAD to take nap after I finished up work and got them home and situated. The foster mom said they may not eat because of the excitement but they both weren’t shy about eating.
CC got up in the bed on top of me and Snickers stayed down on the floor. When I woke up after about 30 minutes I think I smelled kitty poop.
I haven’t checked yet, we’ll see, maybe they just fart a lot.
@therealjrn You are going to be busy! Do you have a safe room?
@therealjrn @tinamarie1974
Your toes and your hands and fingers under the sheet or blanket are always kitty play toys
Unblame - Had my cancer check up in Houston last week. While I am not in remission, things aren’t bad enough yet to treat yet (watch and wait is fairly common with this particular non-hodgkin’s lymphoma blood cancer). Some markers are getting worse, new nodes, some are bigger than last year… but at least I should miss the pandemic (well presuming a vaccine within the next year) with respect to future need for chemo.
More unblame: And I got to come home with 4 actual surgical masks as they gave us a new one each day to use. I figure rotating them they’ll be good for a while since sunshine and time “cleans” them of virus and I am careful to go as little as possible to places where I’d need them (live in a city having new highs daily - never did flatten and opened anyway). On the mask front having the foam across the top, like the surgical ones do, helps cut back on glasses fogging from what I had been using.
Blame
I got a new face shield and left it in the car overnight. It melted.
Unblame
That reminds me of a joke. How do you turn a rubber duck into a soul singer? Leave it in a hot car until it’s Bill Withers.
@moonhat is to blame!
@OnionSoup Like warped or melted into a puddle?
@sammydog01 warped not puddle … it’s got all weird twists, bends and ribs in it. It looks like the Spanish Inquisition ran it through some torture device.
Totally unusable by anyone who isnt a Picasso painting.
Blame. Today is my parents anniversary and my dad asked me to purchase a flower arrangement on his behalf (sneaky dad) for mom. I was utterly shocked when mom sent me a pic of what was delivered vs what I ordered. FTD drives me crazy
Ordered
Received
@moonhat is why there are no summer holidays in June.
@tinamarie1974 I hoped she liked it anyway.
@Kidsandliz she did. I may have called FTD though to complain since my dad paid for a dozen red roses and nearly a dozen lillys and got nothing close. They are supposed to resend the arrangement, but I have not yet received the confirmation email. Not holding my breath
@tinamarie1974 They, at a minimum, owe a refund for what was sent vs what was paid for as I’d presume roses are more expensive than wild flowers.
@Kidsandliz well a replacement is acceptable, but I think the lillys are the big dollar item. Dad wanted both and when I looked at just roses the prices were pretty reasonable. The addition of the lillies really raised the $$$
And for what it is worth I may have told them the arrangement received looked very similar to one I could purchase at WalMart for about $14.00. They were not amused, but neither was I considering what was paid.
@tinamarie1974 Doesn’t matter that they were not amused. They were the ones who screwed up.
@Kidsandliz @tinamarie1974
It has a lot to do with the florists available in the delivery area more than anything else.
If you were looking for lillies specifically, you could try a local (to where the recipient is) funeral home or church and ask to recomnend their local florist since they’re probably the largest consimers of lillies. Then order lillies and roses specifically, and not an “Anniversary Bouquet”.
The reality is that when you order flowers for an occasion, you’re really giving the florist a “budget” to work with and their inventory of what’s fresh on hand that day. You won’t get what’s pictured, unless it’s basic roses with babies breath.
Knowing a good florist really helps. Call them and let them know the purpose/feeling you want to convey, with particulars of what must be in the arrangement.
In STL, for me, that florist is:
https://botanicalsdesignstudio.com/
Pricey, but amazing flowers and arrangements.
@Kidsandliz @mike808 the issue truly was with FTD.
After SEVERAL phone calls FTD admitted that due to Covid and reduced flights there was no FTD florist in the STL area that could produce the intended bouquet. None of the florists had all of the needed components (flowers, vase, etc)
Instead of reaching out to me to approve a substitution they resent the order to Grimm to create a “Florist Choice” bouquet on the day it was to deliver. Apparently Grimm treated it as a rush order to even get it delivered on time.
In the end FTD provided a full refund after admitting the issue was fully their error.
And as far as local florists I USUALLY just got to WKF on Flower Row downtown when placing orders, but since I am not going into the office these days I thought a web order would work…hindsight…
@tinamarie1974
Glad FTD made good on it. Sorry it wasn’t what you wanted, but it does look nice and is full of Summer colors.
WKF is my florist for regular stuff, but Design Studios is just so outstanding for creativity and unique arrangements. Since part of what I’m paying for is the florist’s creativity, I appreciate what they do, rather than trying to make their 500th copy of the catalog picture.
In that sense, what you got looks beautiful. The other thing that price affects (the budget the florist is working with) is the flowers chosen. Each variety or material they work with has its own pricing, so how the florist spends that is where their talent shows. e.g. birds-of-paradise cost more than baby’s breath, so extremes one way or the other aren’t good.
If you do use Design Studios, I think you’ll be hooked.
@mike808 thanks. It was nice and my mom did like the arrangement. My argument with FTD was really value. The arrangement purchased was just under $100 (flowers and delivery) WITH a 20% coupon. Although that is a little high it was what my dad wanted.
Although pretty there is no way the value of the arrangement received came close to what was paid. It was mostly wildflowers, which are fairly inexpensive.
The FTD rep initially argued with me until I sent them a pic of the arrangement received. At that point the simply apologised and provided a refund. Lots of mistakes. In the end either FTD lowballed Grimm OR Grimn was using cheap flowers to increase its margin. Either way I will be sticking to my account with WKF moving forward. It is worth the long drive.
Week #2 noods sent to my folks finally arrived over a month later, no thanks to PB. I’m still undecided whether to blame or unblame for the 40# received, though.
/giphy noodle cat
@moonhat definitely did whatever it is you’re mad about.