Priceless concept, lol!

First things first: My Boy is well as could be hoped. he is healthy and adapting to his mono vision (Heavy boots to fill) (yeah I am cracking myself up over here ). he can see light and some vague sense of motion from his eye, but has to wear the patch constantly as his pupil is "nocturnally" sized and as of yet we do not know if his lens can/will be replaced. Bizarre that my most cautious of children incurs this wacky pencil to the eye permanent injury.
We find out what's the next step after the exam this first week of may... more surgery after that some time in june. Feel blessed to live in a time whwere there is this kind of health care provided... at least I feel that way so far.
His spirits are high however, he waltzed up to a few friends and myself the other day sporting two eye patches saying
"Hoy, I yam lucky the pirate, and who might you be?" both hands extended and waving about.

However staying "on topic) I am struggling with severely inflamed vocal cords after running amok at a music festival. I am minus Strive's headache (thank GOD) and not bilious (so sorry Dawntreader) However I can scarcely draw a clean breath, I suppose this is what asthmatics feel like. Scary to lose the ability to draw a deep breath (yup truly did a number on my self, was fun though)

Yep, it turns really amusing when every breath you draw turns into a whistle...

I remember (many decades ago) I was on the phone with a friend and she asked me if we had a kitten in the house... It was during one of those fun times.

All these posts from people with actual problems puts my trivial little aggravations in their place. Thanks for the perspective.

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"Hoy, I yam lucky the pirate, and who might you be?" both hands extended and waving about.

That is just too cool.

Last night, I was driving down the road when my
car's warning lights lit up. Now for those of
you who haven't experienced this in a Prius, I
must tell you, it's quite an experience. In
addition to the standard broken engine light
that we're all familiar with, two large flashing
warning symbols (triangles enclosing an
exclamation mark) light up and a female voice
(in Japanese because the rest of us don't really
need to know what it says, I guess) repeats a
phrase over and over. A quick check of the
manual suggested that this all indicates that I
need to pull over, turn off the vehicle and
consult the dealer. Immediately.

Of course, it was at night, so what could I do?
I left the car in a parking lot, called a
friend, and got a lift home.

Now, on topic...

Today, before calling the dealer, I did a little
checking around on the internet. As it turns
out, this Prius warning is the default warning
and can apply to various situations, the
extremes being "Explosion Imminent! EJECT!
EJECT!" and "Someone in that SUV behind us said
something unsavory about hybrids!" I'm hoping
this particular case is closer to the latter.

Calling the service guy at the dealer pretty
much confirmed the possibilities of extremes,
although I think he used "a bug hitting the
headlight" as an example. The car seemed to be
running alright when the warning went off, so I
tried to get him to tell me if I should tow it
to their place right away or if I could drive it
while waiting for my newly scheduled appointment
for Monday. He wouldn't say, but did say I could
hold onto the car and drive it out there on
Monday. So that's what I'm doing.

All other long trips have been cancelled.

It'd be nice if they developed some sort of
Hybrid Safety Condition rating system. The
HySafCon could consist of various colors to
indicate just how much of a bad state the engine
happens to be in. So I needn't cancel all of my
trips if the warning light was blue, say, rather
than if blood were dripping from the warning
light.

quote:

Originally posted by dawntreader:
My father died today. I left him alone for about 15min and when I came back he was gone.
The funeral is going to be on friday.

Today I finally got dad's death certificate. The cause of death was listed as accidential asphyxation.The medical examiner's office made their decision based on the transcript of my 911 call and the testimony of the paramedics who tried to revive him. You see, I had just fixed him lunch and gone to my room to relax and make a few calls, get on the net, etc... He was having problems with asthma at the time. Anyway, he choked to death on the last meal I made him. If I had sat with him at lunch , he would be alive today. He had just gone through so much , brain surgery, 40 days in the hospital, etc..etc.. He was always a fast eater and had had a few close calls before with choking. He could have probably lived another decade. It was a freakish and unnecessary reason to die. SO, you guys do not leave things unsaid that need to be said. Live life with relish because we are all just one stupid mistake away from dying.

Indeed. People can go at any time.

Try not to be too hard on yourself about it, Dawntreader. I know it's hard when you think about what-ifs.

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Originally posted by Pauline:
Indeed. People can go at any time.

Try not to be too hard on yourself about it, Dawntreader. I know it's hard when you think about what-ifs.

I know, I know. I will probably always feel a vauge sense of guilt over what happened. But, Dad had been dodging that bullet for as long as I can remember. He always shoveled the food in and everyone in the family has stories to tell of near misses. More than anything else it just pisses me off. So senseless.

Ultimately, when anyone dies, it's out of your control. And we will all die. No one gets out alive.

Sorry to hear your news, DT.

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Originally posted by Anabel:
No one gets out alive.

...Oh, another truth
And there's nowhere you can hide
Oh, in this house of doom
No one gets out alive
Oh, once you step inside
No one gets out alive...

I thought some of you might like to know what has happened since I asked for your advice, so:

Knowing that it could go one of two ways, I gave her the ultimatum, me or other people.
Sadly (but predictably), she chose other people.
So as two people living together for the next 1.5 months, who (obstensibly) love each other, this should be nice and awkward. I don't know whether to disassociate or just try to live through the weirdness. Should I kick her out of my bed? Should we pretend it hasn't ended till I go?
So weird.

Thank the Fucking Noodles?
Obviously, clueless.

today i went to the sydney royal easter show with my girl. had a fantastically juvenile laugh at the short listed cake from the decorating competition. can you imagine the amount of time the cake-decorating-person put into it?

and val, i think you should only do what makes both of you comfortable at this point.

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Originally posted by Val:
I thought some of you might like to know what has happened since I asked for your advice, so:

Knowing that it could go one of two ways, I gave her the ultimatum, me or other people.
Sadly (but predictably), she chose other people.
So as two people living together for the next 1.5 months, who (obstensibly) love each other, this should be nice and awkward. I don't know whether to disassociate or just try to live through the weirdness. Should I kick her out of my bed? Should we pretend it hasn't ended till I go?
So weird.

OUT. IMMEDIATLY. imho.

still dunno what emu tastes like but i could have tried it had i wanted to

this one's for lithos

father & son woodchopping teams

You know, misty, had not fate intervened, I woulda been down there this weekend.

They still have that Yellow Brick Road?

the streets are paved with gold in the emerald city.

which yellow brick road?