The Lost & Found MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Its funny how a little humor can break a facade. I have this new podiatrist (Oh foot doctor, where have you been all my life?!?!?) and this guy is no shit business. He sweeps into your examining room within 5 minutes of your appointment, if you are getting shots they are pre-measured in his coat pocket, and you are done so fast it makes you wonder if you have done something wrong.

This week I was there to have my feet cast for custom orthotics and even with that I was in & out in 25 minutes. He asked if the cortisone shots I got had helped, I said yes, do you want more, I said yes and then ZIP out of his pocket comes 2 needles and WHAM right into my feet they go. Less than a minute from query to completed action. I just don’t comprehend efficiency in medicine. WTF?

Part of it is he’s pretty cold, not much of a talker, so I was happy that I got him to crack as he was questioning whether I have been wearing these foot braces he gave me last time to deal with plantar fasciitis in both feet, which has been killin me. I responded that they were reasonably comfy and had taken to wearing them in public with my pajamas, to which he quickly asked if I had managed to get my picture taken on “People of Walmart”.

Its the little victories of humanity I enjoy the most.

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That sounds like a victory for* him*, 2gigch1. :confused:

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Good morning and happy 4th to all who celebrate. I’ve been up for a while, but haven’t really done anything productive. Well, I did have a bowl of Cheerios with peaches and blueberries, but…there wasn’t really much effort involved there.

Great OP, giggity. I agree with others’ analysis of the PIO. Hope he comes back around, though. And glad you found the dish.

Also really enjoyed your story, ruble.

And others I’m forgetting…sorry - life is crazy lately. Work is pretty overwhelming at the moment, so I get home and am plum tuckered out. And stuff.

Nephew has been here all week, which is lots of fun (he’s 13 and silly). We spent last evening learning to play Twilight Struggle, which is really fun, but seriously complicated. We’ve just barely scratched the surface of the possibilities. We went for a walk in the middle of the game and then I went down to watch the Columbus fireworks, which were pretty cool. Turn your sound off if you don’t want to hear the mostly cheesy soundtrack. (Columbus does fireworks the night before the 4th; suburbs are all tonight.)

I managed 1/2 an hour in the garden yesterday, but almost melted. Am about to go outside to do a bit more tidying, at least. Also need to clean and replace hummingbird feeders.

Also: I have documented the Brussels Sprouts Wars from this thread in the blog. I have Moooom’s shrimp scampi recipe bookmarked on the iPad to add as well, but I think I missed a couple of recipes in the last few weeks. If you posted a recipe that you don’t see on the blog and want me to post it, please PM me.

Off to garden for a few minutes.

Hugs.

GT

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Hey there everyone. I hope you’re all having a nice holiday here in America.

Mine is pretty low key. We’re not going anywhere or doing anything, other than trying to keep one of my dogs calm when the fireworks start going off.

Work is nuts and is really wearing me down. It’s really been a rough time for me, and there isn’t any end in sight. Eleven and twelve hour days…sigh.

I’m glad you found the dish**, 2gig,** and that PIO sounds like a PITA.

I’m on Swampy’s side with regards to fart blossoms. They’re gross; and they always leave a bitter aftertaste in my mouth. Hence, I don’t make them.

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Oh I don’t have a real issue with the PIO. Unfortunately there is an us vrs them mentality between the media and police and nothing will change that.

And the raw fact is I DO have an attitude, and I don’t mind sharing it. I respect the job of law enforcement and in theory I support 99% of the efforts of the great people who choose a difficult life that most of us couldn’t handle doing. I know I can’t.

But I don’t play nice with certain aspects of the behavior and attitudes of anyone I meet on the street, especially police officers. I have met too many officers who feel the need to browbeat me into submission during an exchange, and they are used to getting their way. I, as a habit, refuse to go quietly, and I will do everything I can to resist the capricious use of authority at every turn - I will make that person’s life miserable and I will have them hate me. I fight them verbally then I raise a stink up the chain of command.

I don’t care.

The important thing to remember is I only do this when someone is treating me (or someone else) unfairly, without proper respect, or is trying to intimidate or bully me or others. If I am behaving lawfully I WILL exercise my rights and freedoms regardless if it is inconvenient to authority. If I fail to do so I allow, incrementally, the authority to further erode the freedom of individuals to do as they please.

And make no mistake - I must and will act lawfully. If I don’t then I’m just an ass.

If the officer is in the right or at least approaches the issue humanly than I am ready to discuss, compromise, whatever, like a human. Pull that ‘you will listen to what I say I’m a cop’ bullshit on me and then the party is on. And what most officers don’t realize is I have fought hundreds of cops over 23 years of this job; I know how to twist a tail and piss off a cop yet avoid arrest every time, and I have a cute little file of written apologies in my filing cabinet from police commanders over the years.

So my rant from 3am is to a degree a tired tirade that I just needed to fire off for my own sanity. At the time I was ready to start a pissing match with the guy; now I’m well over it and when I see him I might mess with him a little for fun in the hopes that I get a laugh and patch things up. If not, fuck him.

But in the scheme of things it’s nothing. I’m just enjoying the idea I have a boss with a set of balls who believes it’s his job to support me in the field. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around that concept.

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Good morning and Happy 4th of July to the USA and Happy Hump Day to everyone else.

I had big plans for today. Huge. And then I fell asleep after mr ems left for work and didn’t wake up until 8.30. So all I had done so far is work out, run to the grocery store for some fruit, get coffee and eat breakfast which was oatmeal with cranberries and a banana. I was going to be at the mall when the doors opened before The Crazy set in but given I haven’t showered yet that part is not happening. So I shall wipe down the kitchen vacuum and mop today and hit the mawl at the weekend.

Tonight’s menu is burgers with caremelised onions & jalapeños grilled right in the burger and fried yellow squash. And yay I got a recipe in the blog!

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Outstanding!

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Happy day everyone

Busy Busy Busy

Cheers all

JIM

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The stairwell is almost done - huzzah huzzah! And I just got back from “my store” - I took 2 more boxes of stuff. They asked me if I would teach a class and I said I’d to a hand-building class, but not wheel. So we shall see how that goes.

Other than that, nothing exciting here. We won’t be going out for fireworks. Heck, we may be asleep before they even begin! Works for me. :smiley:

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Howdy Y’all! Home from festivatin’, full and tahrd. Everything is all cleaned up and put away so there’s that. Now 'tis chill time.

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Casa des ems is clean and sanitary once more and mr ems is home from work and he took a nap and he is now starving and pulling stuff from the fridge to snack on before supper. I am going to go slice onions and squash in a bit and form the burgers as well. The fire works around here don’t start until 10pm and mr ems gets up at 4.30 ish every morning so going to see them is not really in the plan tonight.

I have kinda liked my random day off in the middle of the week though.

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96° & hoomid today & we did the local parade on human-powered wheelz, complete with inflatable Namesake.
Namesake almost caused heart attack to Jr when he woke up & went into bathroom & Namesake was hanging outsida the (3rd story) winder! :eek: :smiley:
Came home, put the ceiling fan on high - it looked, sounded, & (luckily) felt like a jet engine. Aaaahhhhhh! :cool:

Now sitting at Fancy Thinkin’ box typing this & OBL is lying in his cage making snoring-like noizeze. Do canines snore or is this further proof that he’s part Tasmanian Devil??? :eek:

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Work is done. Supper was salad and corn on the cob. The rest of the night is dedicated to bumming and vegging.

:smiley:

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Even though I am officially off irk until Monday, irk I shall do for a bit tomorrow. However it will be from da cave so yay for that. In the meantime I’m feelin’ tahrd. I took a melatonin cause I want a long night’s sleep hopefully and it may be startin’ to kick in.

Nitey nite y’all!

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I would have liked to enjoy my day off, but we’ve just returned from spending yet another day at the hospital with my MiL. She called an ambulance at 5:00 this morning because she had a really bad, bad, bad headache. She’d been dealing with it since yesterday, and finally it occurred to her it just might be a stroke coming on.

Thankfully, that was ruled out. They’re not really sure what it is, but they’re keeping her overnight to monitor her and because she can’t even move the pain is so bad. Dilaudid didn’t touch the pain.

She rarely, if ever gets a headache, so this is a little scary for her.

Hopefully, she’ll be better tomorrow and will be discharged.

The weather is actually great, but any thoughts I had for yard work…well, I just don’t feel like it now. We left for the hospital before 11:00 this morning and just got back.

Hope the rest of you are all having a great 4th.

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Sleep well, Swampbear, and dream of Swampy Women.
I just noticed that you live in Leesburg, so I must give you a pass on the odious, uncultured habit of disliking Brussels sprouts.

:slight_smile:

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oh, flytrap, haven’t you heard? swampy’s gay. :eek: :smiley:

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Moses and Aaron on a stick, he’s fagala?

No wonder he doesn’t like Brussels sprouts.

Why wasn’t I informed? This is right up there with plaid Bermuda shorts on guys being attractive, rather than goofy.

Oye gevalt!

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ROFLMAOSCOK!! Thanks!

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Me misbehave? No Never!:smiley:

Swampy’s gay? :eek::wink:

Irked, housesat, and left some good beer for my “just friend”:).