You’re probably right. To my logical mind, when you get a dog, you look up the laws pertaining to dogs in your area. I can see that not everyone would do that - they’d just go by a sign that says, “Off-leash area” and that’s the end of that. I do blame the city, too, for creating a mess like this - don’t put the path right through an off-leash area then leave it up to people to use it correctly without putting up any distinguishing fencing or any signs explaining the different areas. The complete lack of enforcement for the dog bylaws doesn’t help, either. Dog owners get away with law-breaking regularly, so it must be okay, right?
I am NOT arguing with you. I do think that you should be able to go about your daily business without worrying about getting hurt by a dog.
However…I consider myself to be a responsible dog owner. Until yesterday, I never even considered looking up the city laws concerning dogs. I figured that it was our responsibility to not let our pet ownership negatively impact other people. While this includes not ignoring her so she barks the neighborhood down, and cleaning up after her, it also includes walking her with a short, sturdy leash and only letting her loose in dog safe areas. I depend on the signs to tell me when I can let her off leash, but I also look for fences.
However, I’m a reasonable person, not a jerk who yells at a woman who is afraid of a large dog barreling at her.
Fuck Facebook for being very timely in showing me lots of memes and celebrity accounts and such, but waiting seven hours to show me the post from my friend who was hospitalized with her husband and their two young children for carbon monoxide poisoning. As in, hospitalized at the very hospital I work at, so maybe I could have stopped by to see them if they wanted, or brought them something if they needed it. Now I’m home and they’ve been released home.
Thanks a lot, Facebook. Fuck your algorithms of what’s “important.”
I got a flu shot last year for the first time since the late 70s, because back then, I got so sick, there was mucus coming out of my eyes, but because I was in the Air Force, and lived in the barracks, I had to go to work unless I was sick enough to go to the hospital. There were no sick days. I wanted to die. So I never got a flu shot again. And then last year, they kept saying, “Oh, you better get one, and besides, the flu shots these days are dead viruses, so you can’t get sick.” And that night, I had a fever of 102.
Never again.
I followed similar logic. Flu shot = several days of guaranteed feeling cruddy, while I normally have a good chance of not catching something going around. Forgot to factor in that I now work in a thrift store and ride public transit, thus massively increasing my exposure.
Still a wash for me so far, really. DH did get the shot, due to being in a high-risk group (diabetic), and he got a mild flu too.
YOU CAN’T GET THE FLU FROM THE FLU SHOT. IS THAT CLEAR?
The flu shot can take long to work so if you get the flu it’s because of other factors not the flu shot. Get the fucking shot. I had the flu in my teens. I was so sick I lost five pounds in a week. I was so sick I couldn’t sit up. I was so sick my dad had to carry me to the car because I literally couldn’t walk there to go see a doctor. I was so sick it took me a month before I felt not so sick. Do not fuck around with the flu. It can easily be debilitating and worse, it can be deadly.
Then why do I get so sick every time I get a flu shot?
Seconded, Rick. Besides, I for one did not say I get the flu from that shot, I just feel lousy for a few days. Funny how flu-like the symptoms always are for me, though.
and just to add to the discussion about getting the flu shot, not only does the flu cause death it can cause many many other complications. The flu destroyed my hearing in one ear, started having flu symptoms, thought it was just a cold and treated it accordingly, woke up one morning with a massive earache which didn’t respond to painkillers, went to the doctor at lunchtime by which time it was too late and all the nerves in my ear had been destroyed. The ENT specialist that I saw later said I was the 3rd person that month that had had the same side effect from the flu but that mine was the worst he’d seen as the others retained partial hearing. I have since know of other people (including my boss) that have had the same thing happen.
I get my flu shot early in the season each year (November), and I get a sore bicep for a day. That’s it. I don’t know what’s going on with people who get sick after they get a flu shot, but I also don’t think it’s actually from the shot itself.
In my case, when I get a flu shot, not only do I not get the flu, I also find that the colds I do get are milder.
From the CDC’s site:
I told my doctor about how I felt wiped out and got laryngitis for a couple of days from the flu shot and he said that was actually a good thing, because my immune system was clearly responding to the shot so I would be much less likely to get sick when exposed to the live virus. I guess missing one day of work is better than a week or more.
What they said. Think about how sick you’d be if you actually got the flu, if your immune system freaks out that much at a bit of killed virus.
This year’s H1N1 flu appears to be killing lots more healthy people same as last time it came around, like the middle-aged, children, and pregnant women.
The one for today, Wednesday January 29.
Soooooo true…
Yeah, I had no side effects at all from my flu shot - but I got the flu.
My dad died 5 yrs ago at Christmas, Dec. 23rd. January is a very hard time of year for me because of it. I just accidentally called my mom’s house phone instead of her cell phone. She still has my dad’s voice on the answering machine. I didn’t realize since I never call that number. It was such a shock to hear it. I feel like I’m going to throw up. I can’t describe my emotions. I kind of want to call back and listen to the whole message over and over again. I’m also kind of angry with my mom for keeping it on there and subjecting me to listening to it without warning. At the moment, I’m just a sobbing mess.
She probably kept it because she wants to hear his voice on the greeting. I haven’t turned off The Other Shoe’s cell phone yet for the same reason. But I agree, being blindsided by that is understandably very painful.
Try not to yell at your mom about it or let her know your anger, though. Yell into a pillow instead, if you have to. Or, throw up, since you feel like it anyway - can’t hurt, might help.
Oh, I won’t yell at her or anything like that. I actually understand. I was just mad at the moment because I was upset. I had a good cry and I’m feeling a bit better. I might bring it up another time and gently suggest she get a new machine and set the other one aside for now. Mostly likely I will just erase the number from my phone. It’s not like I don’t have it memorized, but that way I won’t hit the wrong button again.
I swear I don’t know why I even bother remaining a member of my Facebook moms’ group. Some one posted asking about which amber teething necklaces were better and where could she get one locally. Two minutes on Google shows that any claims about anti-inflammatory properties due to succinic acid content are BS, and that since the mystical healing properties can’t be documented, retailers can’t make any of those claims in Australia. Just bleargh.
Y’know, I figured a thread about the relative merits and legality of raw milk would go off the rails, but I wasn’t expecting that particular turn. Jeez.
That’s good.
I have a dark sense of humor under the best of circumstances – and these are not the best of circumstances for me right now – but I find it bleakly hilarious that you managed to basically butt-dial your dead father.
(Please don’t be mad at me for saying that.)
Just got a call from the Social Security office, who has apparently been trying to get a hold of me for a while (:dubious: it’s not like I’m incognito or anything) and it turns out that the late Mr. Shoe’s disability claim had been approved (:dubious: dude was in a friggin’ wheelchair thankyouverymuch) although I believe the approval came through the system after his death, and anyways I might be receiving a little something as a result. Basically, forwarding the benefits that were due to him, to me, as his surviving spouse. I’m … not sure how to feel about this.
On the one hand, I haven’t been in a position to turn down “free” money for years and certainly am still not now. On the other hand, the reason I would be receiving it – if I do, as I don’t count chickens 'till they’re hatched and all that – is really beyond words.
Don’t try. Just think of it as another thing you found while you’ve been picking up the pieces; and be good to yourself.