help with home detox part 3

[mikiglen]

two more, that's all
for kj

You say "the city" and expect everyone to know that this means Manhattan.

You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.

You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park at 3:30 on the Friday before a long weekend, but can?t find Wisconsin on a map.

Hookers and the homeless are invisible.

The subway makes sense.

You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.

You've considered stabbing someone just for saying "The Big Apple".

The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.

You call an 8' x 10' plot of patchy grass a yard.

You consider Westchester "upstate".

You think Central Park is "nature."

You see nothing odd about the speed of an auctioneer's speaking.

You're paying $1,200 for a studio the size of a walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."

You've been to New Jersey twice and got hopelessly lost both times.

You pay more each month to park your car than most people in the U.S. pay in rent.

You haven't seen more than twelve stars in the night sky since you went away to camp as a kid.

You go to dinner at 9 and head out to the clubs when most Americans are heading to bed.

Your closet is filled with black clothes.

You haven't heard the sound of true absolute silence since the 80s, and when you did, it terrified you.

You pay $5 without blinking for a beer that cost the bar 28 cents.

You take fashion seriously.

Being truly alone makes you nervous.

You have 27 different menus next to your telephone.

Going to Brooklyn is considered a "road trip."

America west of the Hudson is still theoretical to you.

You've gotten jaywalking down to an art form.

You take a taxi to get to your health club to exercise.

Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.

$50 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.

You have a minimum of five "worst cab ride ever" stories.

You don't notice sirens anymore.

You live in a building with a larger population than most American towns.

Your doorman is Russian, your grocer is Korean your deli man is Israeli, your building super is Italian, your laundry guy is Chinese, your favorite bartender is Irish, your favorite diner owner is Greek, the watchseller on your corner is Senegalese, your last cabbie was Pakistani, your newsstand guy is Indian and your favorite falafel guy is Egyptian.

You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.

You secretly envy cabbies for their driving skills.

You think $7.00 to cross a bridge is a fair price.

Your door has more than three locks.

Your favorite movie has DeNiro in it.

You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.

You run when you see a flashing "Do Not Walk" sign at the intersection.

You're 35 years old and don't have a driver's license.

You ride in a subway car with no air conditioning just because there are seats available.

You're willing to take in strange people as roommates simply to help pay the rent.

There is no North and South. It's uptown or downtown.

When you're away from home, you miss "real" pizza and "real" bagels.

You know the differences between all the different Ray's Pizzas.

You're not in the least bit interested in going to Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Your internal clock is permanently set to know when Alternate Side of the Street parking regulations are in effect.

You know what a bodega is.

You know how to fold the New York Times in half, vertically, so that you can read it on the subway or bus without knocking off other passenger's hats.

Someone bumps into you, and you check for your wallet.....

You cringe at hearing people pronounce Houston St. like the city in Texas

Film crews on your block annoy you, not excite you.

[mikiglen]

and for everyone's favorite grandpa

You know more than 10 people who own boats and they all park them at the same marina in Annapolis

You can pronounce and spell "Pocomoke," "Mattaponi," "Accokeek," and "Havre de Grace"

You prononce "Bowie" BOO-ie not BOW-ie or BAUW-ie

1 hour is an easy commute to work

You have more than three recipies for crabcakes

French fries just don't taste right without Old Bay

There are more than two crab places in your town

Even your high school cafeteria made good crabcakes

You got your first lacrosse stick before you were six years old

You call all turtles "terrapins"

You refer to your state as "Merlind"

Your mother shops at Hecht's

You still call Six Flags America "Adventure World", or even "Wild World"

You still remember the Wild World commercial (Wild World's the cure for the summertime blues!)

You can tell the difference between the smells of septic and marsh.

You not only know how to eat hard crabs but you also know how to catch them, cook them and tell the males from the females.

You don't think that Assawoman Bay is a strange name for a body of water.

You know perfectly well why Rehoboth is called "Little San Francisco"

M R Ducks makes perfect sense.

So does C M Wangs.

You think Salisbury is a big city.

You think of dumplings as wet slippery squares of boiled dough.

You and your boss take off of work when the fish are running or the ducks are flying in..

You've eaten muskrat at a church dinner but think it's better the way you fix it.

You think of "Dairy Queen" as a pageant title and not a place to get an ice cream.

"Formal wear" is a ball cap, a flannel shirt and Timberlands.

You still root for the Orioles even when they suck

You'll never understand why tourists come to DC.

When in Florida, you can only laugh when you see signs saying "Real Maryland Blue Crab Cakes!"

You color with "Crowns", take a "Share" with "Wooter" and think the president lives in "Warshenton."

You know the difference between Glen Burnie ghetto and Catonsville ghetto.

Your whole family lives within a 200 mile radius of your town.

Dale Earnhardt's accident was a close personal loss to your father

At least one man in your family is a waterman

You plan for "The Festival" a year in advance.

During the summer, you spend more time in Ocean City than at home.

Margret Heater, Hedspace, Jepetto, Outside Joke and Mary Prankster are people you think are "Famous"

Your radio dial is stuck on 99.1

[TexasDumb]

Misti,
You go girl!

[acristicat]

hey Misti

I have missed you.

Just cant seem to get thru the pain. I have never hurt like yhis - it's use or die right now

Hurting so bad -
Cat

[TexasDumb]

Cat,

You better hang in there!

Wishing you luck and RELIEF!!!!

[northbelle]

Awwwwww Cat!! You don't have to be in this much pain. I promise you things can get better again. What are you doing???
Post and talk to us ..please..I hate to think of you out there hurting like this. It CAN get better.
My thoughts and prayers are with you right now and please know that YOU ARE NOT ALONE right now. There are those of us who know what it feels like to be right where you are at and we have made it. When the pain of getting high...becomes greater than the pain of using ..we have to get clean..
Right here for you.
love north

[northbelle]

and I am brain dead..I MEANT
when the pain of getting high
is greater than the pain of getting clean...
then we can stop...
sounds like you may be about ready cat!!

[ccgirl]

Wait, us Bostonians need to check in here. First, let me go pahk the cah.



Seriously, Misti, I know you're not a bad mom. I'm an addict too, and I'm not a bad mom. I would have begged, borrowed or stolen from almost anyone to get hydros, but I never would have let my kids go without what they needed and I know the same is true for you.

[I'mready99]

Thanks Misti...

That was good, hehe...

So glad you got your money order. There are really some good caring people in this world...

Have a GREAT day friend.

Steve

[mikiglen]

thanks, guys, cat come back
pm me to remind me to pm you my phone number if i don't (distracted easily)
had some panic problems last nite, so no computer for me (too loud, you know)
question for oxy addicts....my mom takes two 75mcg fent patches every three days (wears, not takes), and eats about 10 800 mg fent suckers a day give or take a few
well, NOW, her doc has given her oxycodone 20 controlled release, which is oxycontin right? (believe it or not, that is one drug i have never taken )
anyway, so, they're written one every 12 hours or something, so she calls me last nite. she said she took 1 friday nite and it did nothing. two more yesterday and she said nothing...didn't help with the pain, didn't give her a "buzz" like vicodin or anything, is this possible? or would she be lying to me to give it credibility when she talks to her doc about an increase (on occasion her doc has called me....she has permission to talk to me about medical conditions per my mom)
i don't want her taking them at all, but can't tell her doc that. it's confusing and a long story...basically, i just want to know if she really took 3 oxy 20s in a 24 hour period (i guess), she really didn't feel anything?
dumb ass question, but just don't know anything about oxys

[mikiglen]

BASIC RULES FOR DRIVING IN BOSTON
(subject to change at any time):

When on a one way street, stay to the right to allow oncoming traffic to pass.

Never, ever, stop for a pedestrian unless he flings himself under the wheels of your car.

The first parking space you see will be the last parking space you see. Grab it.

Double park in the North End of Boston, unless triple parking is available.

Learn to swerve abruptly. Boston is the home of slalom driving, thanks to the Registry of Motor Vehicles, which puts potholes in key locations to test drivers' reflexes and keep them on their toes.

Never get in the way of a car that needs extensive bodywork.

Always look both ways when running a red light.

Honk your horn the instant the light changes.

Breakdown lanes are not for breaking down, but for speeding, especially during rush hour. Breakdown lanes may also end without warning causing traffic jams as people merge back in.

Never use directional signals when changing lanes. They only warn other drivers to speed up and not let you in.

Making eye contact revokes your right of way.

Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right.

Whenever possible, stop in the middle of a crosswalk to ensure inconveniencing as many pedestrians as possible. And if a pedestrian ahead of you steps in the road, speed up loudly and chase him back up on the curb. Peds have no rights.

[mikiglen]

32 Basic Rules for Driving in Dallas (Need Not Live in Dallas to Enjoy!)
(Editted By: Lil' Viv)

1) A right lane construction closure is just a game to see how many
people can cut in line by passing you on the right as you sit in the
left lane waiting for the same jerks to squeeze their way back in
before hitting construction barrels.

2) Turn signals are just clues as to your next move in road battle, so
never use them.

3) Under no circumstances should you leave a safe distance between you
and the car in front of you, no matter how fast you're going. If you
do, the space will be filled in by somebody else putting you in an even
more dangerous situation.

4) The faster you drive through a red light, the smaller the chance you
have of getting hit.

5) Never get in the way of a car that needs extensive body work.
Remember, no-fault insurance: He might not have much to lose, but you
do.

6) Braking is to be done as hard and late as possible to insure that
your anti-lock braking system kicks to give you a nice relaxing foot
massage as the brake pedal pulsates.

7) Construction signs tell you about road closures immediately after
you pass the exit but before the traffic begins to back up.

8) The electronic traffic warning system signs are not there to provide
useful information, just to make Dallas look progressive.

9) Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right. It's a good
way to scare people entering the highway.

10) Speed limits are arbitrary figures to make Texas look as if it
conforms with other state policies; these are given only as suggestions
and are readily unenforceable.

11) Just because you're in the left lane and have no room to speed up
or move over doesn't mean that the LBJ driver flashing his high beams
behind you doesn't think he can go faster in your spot.

12) Please remember that there is no such thing as a shortcut during
rush-hour traffic on Central Expressway.

13) Always slow down and rubberneck when you see an accident or even a
person changing a tire. If you're lucky, you may see the unwitting
breakdown victim get mugged; the proceeds of which are vested directly
into the Democratic front-runner's campaign for mayor.

14) Learn to swerve abruptly. Dallas is the home of the high-speed
slalom driving thanks to TXDOT, who put potholes in key locations to
test driver's reflexes and keep them on their toes.

15) The green light in the left turn only lane is a trick to see if
you are stupid enough to believe that the oncoming driver has a red
light. They don't and it makes you a sitting duck.

16) It is traditional in Dallas to honk your horn at cars that don't
move the instant the light changes. The city is founded upon such
traditions.

17) Seeking eye contact with another driver revokes your right of way.

18) Never, never take Central. The term "Expressway" is just a cruel
joke.

19) Giving the finger may invite armed retaliation.

20) All unmarked exits lead to Southeast Dallas.

21) If you forget to turn your signal off after changing lanes, don't
worry. At least YOU know where you are going.

22) If someone is legitimately trying to merge into your lane (for
obvious traffic reasons and not after just using the emergency lane to
pass fifteen cars), make sure to grant the vehicle no more than three to
four feet to squeeze in and block all other traffic. If for some reason
this other driver does not feel it is adequate for his six-foot vehicle,
be sure to get pissed off and move up.

23) Oil changes, muffler maintenance, and other necessary maintenance
is just a ploy by all auto workers to get your money. Be sure to spend
your money on the really important parts of you car, like the hubcaps.
Contrary to what those weasel auto workers tell you, blue exhaust
smoke is actually good for the local plants and animals.

24) Low-rider cars are really a fad created by body shops so they will
always be in business. It's working, isn't it?

25) California has earthquakes. We have traveling blasting sound
systems. Keep up the good work.

26) Your ownership of a sports utility vehicle or a large new-model
pickup truck grants you special privileges that regular driver's don't
get. For instance, feel free to whip in and out of lanes in an attempt
to get ahead of other vehicles, and it's not necessary to use your turn
signal. After all, you're bigger than the other cars. You'll win.

27) It helps to relax other drivers when you follow no more than four
feet behind them for an extended period of time and then speed up as you
move into the next lane, nearly clipping their back bumpers. Then if
you roar past them and swerve back into their lane, they will realize
they were slowing you down and feel grateful that you took it upon
yourself of fixing the problem.

28) Talking on your cell phone is perfectly OK under any driving
conditions.

29) Squeezing your large vehicle into the "Compact Parking Only"
spaces is a great game. You win as long as all parts of your car are
inside the white lines. Side-view mirrors and the ability for you or
any other car to enter/exit vehicles are not counted.

30) If you drive a souped-up sports car, you are allowed to park
across the white line, taking up two parking spaces. After all, we sure
wouldn't want your sparkly $5000 paint job to be scratched by
thoughtless, careless drivers.

31) Stupidity is a legitimate excuse to park in the handicapped
spaces. After all, mental deficiencies are handicaps, too.

32) Cell. phone drivers have a special license that says they can drive
slow in the FAST lane and be totally oblivious to what is happening in
traffic.

[TexasDumb]

CCgirl,

I always knew youse guys pahk the cah.

I just thought you always pahk the cah in the yahd.

If I am I incorrect, as I so often am, then please excuse me madame....ha, ha, I'm a Hillbilly and you are a sophistacted lady ........but down here we got lots of "Big Ditches," it's just that they are all FREE and they all WORK!

They are GOOD ditches. We just try to STAY out of them.....

HA, Ha, Ha!

Who was in charge of that "Big Ditch" project anyway?
Heck, they should have hired me...and I don't know a dang' thing about doing any of it.....

[TexasDumb]

Misti,

Ain't yo' Dallas driving ananolgy the truth.

I live 140 miles from Dallas in the woods, and I start getting white-knuckle nervous about 3 weeks before I HAVE to come up there!

[northbelle]

My GUESS... is that with the fentanol (sp) she is not going to feel a low dose of oxy. For me it would be like taking a tylenol 3 on top of a big heroin hit..
Your poor mom..she must be miserable.
love north

[kj0975]

You know you're from Rochester, NY when...

"Waking up with the Wease" doesn't mean that you have a respiratory infection. (our morning radio show I love the wease)

The thought of eating a "garbage plate" makes your mouth water. (drooling thinking of one right now they are the best)

The only thing at the annual May Lilac Festival is snow.

The worst four-letter word you could say is "Fuji".

You can't swim at the beach.

You thought that you had figured out that alternate-parking thing, but wind up with a ticket anyway. (LOL everyday you have to park on different sides of the street, I've gotten more tickets)

Toronto is about 70 miles away, but it takes four hours to get there.

The name "Greater Rochester International Airport" is bigger than the airport itself.

There's an 800 number to report a pothole in the road. (BAD POT HOLES)

You know that a "Can of Worms" is not something that you take fishing. (espressway)

Your baby's first word is "Wegmans". (local grocery store)

You ask lifetime residents where the George Eastman House is, but they don't know either. (inveted KODAK)

In a city where it snows at least 90 inches a year, they build a new sports stadium with no roof on it.

It can be 70 degrees one day, below freezing the next, and you think nothing of it.

Your mother is buying outfits to wear to Wegmans.

Your low-fat diet is never low enough to exclude an Abbott's custard.

You order a white hot and a pop, and the counterman knows what you're talking about. (love white hot dogs)

You can travel from Egypt to Greece in about a half-hour by car.

D&C is a newspaper, not a medical procedure.

There are no hamburgers, only ground steak.

You can go to any mall on a Saturday and see at least 5 people you either work with, went to school with or dated.

A musical comes to town 10 years after its Broadway premier and the entire town goes nuts! (e.g. Miss Saigon)

You awaken from a deep sleep, look at the clock and see that it's 6:00, but you have no idea whether it's AM or PM.

When 18+ inches of snow falls overnight, but you never thought of NOT going to work.

You are perplexed when friends from other cities come to visit and want to "see the sights".

A flagpole strung with white lights seems like an acceptable alternative to a municipal Christmas tree.

In winter if the temperature hits 45 degrees and the sun comes out, people walk around downtown wearing shades and no jackets.

There are places at the poles that seem to get more sunlight during the winter months than we do.

Wegmans is somewhere to go on a Friday night, for entertainment.

You know who Vinnie and Angelo are.

You define summer as three months of bad sledding.

You think that people from Pennsylvania have an accent.

Halloween is snowed out with great regularity.

You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.

Your year has two seasons: Winter and Construction.

Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh. (thats true it is)

[mikiglen]

so very very sick
love everyone
please tell mommies

[kj0975]

Hope you feel better soon. Whats going on? Hope everything is ok,

[Starbaby]

hey mist
didn't have time to read all the new posts
doesn't seem like you are well
please be ok
love you so much
star

[ccgirl]

Misti, I hope you feel better soon.


Maybe this will cheer you up. As far as driving in Boston, your number 2 - you don't even stop when they're under your wheels. You just flip them off!

Seriously, we are the nastiest drivers in the U.S.

As far as pahking in the yahd, I swear I'm the only person without that accent. It drives me crazy.

[I'mready99]

(((Misti)))

Sending Positive thoughts your way...

I hope your feeling better...

Stay strong.

Steve

[mikiglen]

sorry to be so cryptic, guys, but literally have been unable to hardly get off the couch today....hope to feel better and post maybe later tonite or tomorrow
nothing big, just had a tickle in my throat yesterday morning....by the time we were halfway thru grocery shopping, couldn't breathe...coughed til i puked a million times yesterday (i know, TMI)....constant nebs yesterday
then i had a very interesting all nite panic attack last nite....i have been wanting to tell you all this story, but just not had the energy to sit here and write everything down yet....
anyway, so got no sleep.....
finally, just in the last hour feeling a bit better...enough to get up and check e mail and stuff....got some cough meds from the doctor today, yes, codeine, but no, not abusable to me, as i am highly allergic to codeine (thank God)....more than one tylenol three, for example and i will have a rash and itch for days
going to watch a bit of tv, then go back to bed...plan on being 90% tomorrow and will tell my interesting panic/death/funeral thingee all nite
love y'all and thanks for your concern

[TexasDumb]

Misti,

I posted a 'THANKS,' not that you are sick, but that maybe you are getting better................

Oh by the way, here's more pics......

[kj0975]

YAAAA'ALLLL HIIILLLBILLLYYYSS have some pretty CUUUUUTEEEE KIDS now Yaaaa HEEAAARR!

[mikiglen]

um, they're not pretty, they're purty
you'll catch on