The Coffee House

[limr31]

Hey hosers. Slowly scanning through the first four rolls from my Arizona vacation. There are three more strips hanging (dry by now, I'm sure) and three more rolls of 120mm to develop. As long as I have power, it seems I know what I'll be doing for my probable snow day tomorrow.

 

[snowbear117 48]

Have fun, Leonore, looking forward to the results. We have to get up about 03:30 - 04:00, leave about 04:45 to get to the operation place by 6. For once, I'm glad we are not getting snow.

Grocery store was excellent - I doubt there were more than a dozen other customers.

 

[pgriz]

Charlie, don't you risk losing citizenship or something if you're not watching "The Game"?

 

[sm4him]

Will keep her in my thoughts and prayers.

Hey hosers. My day has not been what I expected. Had a family lunch to celebrate a niece's birthday. But my mom and sister didn't quite make it. Mom had an "episode" while at the drug store. Passed out, then her defib. Pacemaker Kicked in. Problem is, it still hasn't gone back off. So we're camped out at the ER. She looks much better and is way more responsive than when they brought her in. Just waiting on tests to see what's going on. They'll keep her overnight. She seems to be doing pretty good at this point though.

Sorry to hear this -- glad it's going well.

Sharon

Thanks, folks! She's feeling better, seems "perkier", but keeps mentioning pain in her left arm, which of course can be one of the signs of heart trouble in women.
I came on home; my sister is at the hospital and a brother will be there later this evening. I'll go back up early in the morning.

Looks like she'll be okay, so the big question now is whether something has changed with her heart function recently and whether this could be an indication of something more serious about to happen.

In 1988, my mom had her first heart "episode", at 62 years old. She almost died--they did the shock to her chest EIGHT times, with no response by the time they got her to the ER. No response. They finally stopped, and started to record the time of death when the ER Dr. saw her blink and insisted they try again. One more shock did the trick, and she's last another quarter century!

This was the first time she's had a heart event since they put in a new ICD unit a few years ago. They told us that if it did ever go off, it might feel like a horse kicked her in the chest! Fortunately, she experienced no pain from it going off today, but the ER doctor was very concerned about how long it had to keep going, and how long she was unresponsive, or very nearly.

Still, things are looking pretty good--just gotta get to the bottom of what's going on.

 

[sm4him]

Have fun, Leonore, looking forward to the results. We have to get up about 03:30 - 04:00, leave about 04:45 to get to the operation place by 6. For once, I'm glad we are not getting snow.

Grocery store was excellent - I doubt there were more than a dozen other customers.

I'll be thinking about ya'll, as I head up to the hospital myself tomorrow! Well, I won't go up quite THAT early, but I'll be up about 5 or so.

 

[minicoop1985]

Leonore, you reminded me. I need to get out and shoot some film again. I think it's time. Got a roll of Ektar loaded up in the Hasselblad ready to go, been like that for a damn week.

 

[sm4him]

Mom's memory is...well, it's BAD. She'll tell you the exact same thing, the same way, or ask the same question, literally as much as a dozen times in just the span of a few minutes.

And yet--when they asked her the basic "are you with it" questions, she got every one of them right, INCLUDING what month it is!!

But then she proceeded to say to me, at least 516 times in the last 4 hours, "Well, I didn't expect to end up HERE today."

Like people wake up and say to themselves, "I have a feeling that I'll end up in the ER later today. But first, I think I'll get dressed and do some shopping."

 

[snowbear117 48]

Charlie, don't you risk losing citizenship or something if you're not watching "The Game"?

No . . . they'll just make sit in a room with women. I can think of worse things.

Come to think of it, there are enough new Americans here, I think Futball is a close second or third. We also have a minor league baseball stadium a few minutes away.

 

[snerd]

Okay, Pizza Hut commercial. Guy with the selfie stick is me lol!!



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I don't get it.

I bought a selfie stick a few weeks ago, and posted about it. It's more or less just a fun thing, and I was enjoying the banter about being a dumb-ass for getting it. But there are folks among us who 'detest' such things. I got reamed by a few, and made fun of by most. Over on my firearms forum, I may as well have stated that I had started wearing dresses lol! One guy here said I was dead to him (of course, it was meant as a 'somewhat' funny statement, with some underlying truth. But man, you either like the thought of using one or you hate it). So when I saw this video, I just cracked up! Because I realized that's how most folks view those of us who use them. Really, I was laughing so hard I vomited in my mouth a little!

Selfie!!!

 

[snowbear117 48]

Hope your mom gets better soon, Sharon, and thank you for your thoughts, as well as the others (Gary, etc).

Miriam's getting the right side done tomorrow, then the left side done in March. She'll be home a week or two, then six-hour days for a couple of weeks. She won't be allowed to type, but can do her other duties. She should see some real relief in a month or two, but maximum recovery is expected to be about one year. She's been in the process of getting things fixed fot just over a year now.

 

[snerd]

Sorry to hear about your mom., Sharon! Adding her to my prayer list!

 

[snowbear117 48]

Okay, Pizza Hut commercial. Guy with the selfie stick is me lol!!



Sent from my iPhone 6+ using Tapatalk Pro

I don't get it.

I bought a selfie stick a few weeks ago, and posted about it. It's more or less just a fun thing, and I was enjoying the banter about being a dumb-ass for getting it. But there are folks among us who 'detest' such things. I got reamed by a few, and made fun of by most. Over on my firearms forum, I may as well have stated that I had started wearing dresses lol! One guy here said I was dead to him (of course, it was meant as a 'somewhat' funny statement, with some underlying truth. But man, you either like the thought of using one or you hate it). So when I saw this video, I just cracked up! Because I realized that's how most folks view those of us who use them. Really, I was laughing so hard I vomited in my mouth a little!

Selfie!!!

Well, you can always turn the camera around and claim you need the distance in order to see the screen since you can't see so good.

 

[snerd]

Can't I just use the Analog film choices in the NIK software to make my B&W work look like Sparky's and Lenny's do?!

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[Creeker5]

I bought a selfie stick a few weeks ago, and posted about it. It's more or less just a fun thing, and I was enjoying the banter about being a dumb-ass for getting it.

The reviews for this product on Amazon had me rolling on the ground.

Amazon.com Selfie Pink Brush Beauty

 

[snerd]

I bought a selfie stick a few weeks ago, and posted about it. It's more or less just a fun thing, and I was enjoying the banter about being a dumb-ass for getting it.

The reviews for this product on Amazon had me rolling on the ground.

Amazon.com Selfie Pink Brush Beauty

LOL! If they make one in a hair pick, I may grow my afro back!