YW Mags!
I’d hit reply all and give him hell, then when I was finished I would not send it, and keep it as a draft. I have a lot of drafts in my Outlook drafts folder. I like to read it sometimes and remember how angry I was and how silly I was to get angry with such a dope over such a piddling thing. Or if it was a large issue, I read them to remember how I killed him/her/them with kindness, not appeasement. One of your countrymen, a Mr. Neville Chamberlain is the universal bad example. Then Churchill killed him with kindness by saying “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping he’ll eat him last.” :lmao
I always say that the best revenge is living well. Live well and we become the style setters even for those far above our station or income. It drives our detractors stark raving bonkers, and they self implode.

Morning and goodnight Wolf!
I just realized that 4PM here is 10 PM there, have a nice long sleep!

FBL,
I never listened to that song before, and cannot remember seeing the movie. I love Pat Metheny Group too. Thanks for the song, very good, and now I have to find the movie. I just read about his comeback album Blackstar and then a week or two later that he died! I was looking forward to the latest from him. Here are the Lazarus lyrics:


Such a loss.
Here’s the Official Lazarus video starring David without lyrics, he knew and it is a gift to us, and goodbye old friend:


((V))
Glad you are feeling a bit better. That link was for a 5 AM stream in our time and I don’t think they will let us watch from here.

LDT
We are now in the same situation with my FIL as you were with yours last year. My MIL got cancer and had a one year rally and remission at 82, then died this past August. Turns out she was dealing with his inability to focus and “forgetfulness” and before she was drugged out in home hospice asked us to not make him feel stupid, and to help him keep his self-respect. Someone “stole” his pain pills and we suspect it was a relative and which one. He is in a lot of pain and they deprived him of his pills until he could process the police report! If we catch her they better jail her. He had to do that before another prescription could be filled. Because we know the probable skank that took them we changed his locks on his doors and installed door alarms that go off whenever the door is opened. He can turn it off during the day and leave it on only at night. I think every family has one.
I’m glad to hear that your son was not as serious as you were thinking last year. I hope he is easily managed too.

Hey Sassy! MUah! To my fellow Seenager.

IP,
Did he come in today?

WH2,
I never thought of jet lag in the US but if you are in EST that is a four hour difference, that would kick a little butt! Stay up and then Sleep!

Mesa,
That was funny I don’t care who you are! Thanks! Mesa you fulltime RVing? Nice spot there.

Hi EN!

Dee,
I loved the rubber cart too! Still not all caught up.

I’ve spent all day updating 9 computers here, and upgrading one as well to Windows 10. Today is Windows update day. We are having a smooth stretch and the house leftovers remain only a few now. One will have to wait until it dries up some here. Gotta go and do some final settings on the two major updates and upgraded one. TTYL!

My buddy is here next to me on the couch, resting by the fire after his big day. This must be tough on him, uprooting him like that. I feel bad. But I know he likes being with me.
Anyway, goodnight Overs!

Oh InPar, how awesome! Give your dog a big hug from us. :)
I can't remember his name....

Sorry about the link Itchy.

Thank you Eternal ~ I am fine now. :)

Love to all of you. ☻♥

Hey V!
No apology necessary kiddo! You guys got me turned on to a great song and movie I now gotta gotta see.

IP,
Yay on your pup!

Life is great. If sober life was any better I'd have to be twins!

IP......so awesome about your dog....I couldn't manage without mine.... Even though he's a juvenile delinquent .

Itch...... Things with son's health are actually worse than we thought ( just to clarify)..... He was in a seizure related car wreck the end of October and totaled his truck. No injuries except the truck and the fire hydrant he hit. He is now not driving until we can see a specialist......we remain positive regardless.

I have a good friend whom I had broken off with because he sent some verbally abusive texts last spring. It was another drunken night for him, and this behavior was his norm........ Drink and send really, really bad texts. Fast forward s few months......... His drinking had escalated and I'm not the only victim of his abuse.......... Good news..... He's on Day 11 of sobriety. He looks awesome, and seems very happy, even though he's still detoxing. I am thrilled to have my friend back!

((( V )))

I witnessed a hit and run last Thursday. I then attempted to chase down the bad guy in my car........ Yes I was in a fairly high speed chase, 10 minutes after I finished teaching my yoga class..... ( more to come on the conclusion of the story :). ). Talk about a Zen zapper
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Goodnight all.

Yes LDT, and I will say it again, you were a hero to do that....OK, potentially crazy, but your motives were beautiful, and then the end of the story where the young women were helping the crash victim? Just heartwarming.

Oh....I'm ruining the story. http://www.animateit.net/data/media/.../th_hiding.gif

Itch, I saw The Falcon and the Snowman when it came out in 1985. It's the true story of two young American men that sold government secrets to the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s. The thing I remember most was Sean Penn's terrific performance and, of course, the Bowie/Metheny tune. Well worth checking out, IMO.

It's -1F / -18C here this morning. Weatherman says it'll warm up to 35F by Thursday, so that'll be a nice change.

Have a great hump-day, overs!

thanks for the bowie vid itch

Hugs all round to you all :)

It's so nice to have my dog here again! He's a bit weirded out by everything, as now he's uprooted and with me again, except I'm in a whole new strange place, out in the country which he is not used to at all. I've put him in the fenced back yard a couple of times, but he just stands there and listens, and then wants back in pretty much right away. Poor little city dog. But he came from here, he was found as a stray in northern B.C. and brought to the city where we got him....I wonder if he remembers that.
He's on his blanket watching me right now. He slept on my bed last night. :) Except now he wants his morning walk and I don't know what to do because I don't go out here when it's early because there's wildlife around, and plus it's frickin' freezing out there.
I was in a real funk last week, but I'm feeling a lot better. Feeling motivated again. I lost it there......that stupid guy really threw me off my track. After all these years guys can still distract me from myself. But I really am feeling so much stronger as a person, like the culmination of everything is finally having an effect and has made me grow a bit as a person.
-4F/25C this morning....one more warmish day and then it's back to cold. Weird to say I prefer it cold because it's easier to heat my place, I know that makes no sense but the wood stove (which is free heat cause my friend brings me wood) works better when it's colder out. I got my propane bill yesterday, ouch.
Anyway, have a great hump day Overs.

Morning afternoon & evening overs

LD,
Sorry your son is worse than I remembered, my thoughts are with you and yours in hoping his seizures can be controlled.
I can’t wait to hear your Cagney and Lacy a la Bullitt chase scene finale.

V!!! (spoiler alert)

FBL,
I still want to watch it. I liked a lot of both actor’s early work. Back in the mid-80s I was on a break in service going to college full time. Then got back on active duty September 1986. Wasn’t any streaming back then on my 300 Baud Commodore Modem for the commodore bulleting board and chat rooms on Q-Link.
Not very cold here 64° now, freezing at night to sunrise. Thanks for the heads up on the song and movie.

Hey RZ! YW Bud.

You too FG!

IP,
Skylar was a city dog a year old when we adopted him eight years ago. He’s good with his five acres now. Maggie is afraid to go out too without her big buddy Sky, or me/wife. She is a trip. She shakes whenever anything loud is used like an air compressor or nail gun. Thunder and fireworks don’t faze her. Sky is like most pups as he is OK with noise to a great extent but terrified of thunder and fireworks.

You will think back on the days there, a crackling wood fire and a canine companion cuddled up for a book read with him at your feet.
I carried a shotgun loaded with slugs in the wilderness of BC and Alaska when we traveled that year for 9 months through Alberta and Banff, then Jasper Ice Fields and Lake Louise, then across to Prince George up to Dawson Creek then the Alaskan Hwy over to Tok on entering Alaska.

Shotgun slugs at close ranges like 50 feet and under can stop any big animals up there. But we were literally in the wilderness of Alaska, hiking in search of the best diamond willow with which to make walking sticks. My wife had a large can of Bear spray and we had bells on our dog to warn animals we were there and so they could move away. We also knew to not run as a charge might be a false one, and to be loud and large with raised hands. At least have bear spray. You can tell what kind of bears are around by checking their scat. Black bear scat is smaller and full of berries and fish. Grizzly scat is larger, and may contain berries and fish but usually also has bells and has a distinct smell of hot peppers. :lmao

Good evening Wolf, 3 PM here now 9 PM where you are.

I’ve got to get going on a project as I keep forgetting how soon it gets dark yet.
TTYL!

Afternoon Itchy

Goodnight Overs

Feeling tense and irritable because I didn't have my usual quiet time for an hour before and after work. I had an early appointment plus some things I had to get done after work. Having that quiet time really makes a difference as far as my sanity goes.

I will nutshell the conclusion of the hit and run..........

As I said, I had just finished teaching yoga and was relaxed and serene.... 5 minutes later I saw a car smash into the car in front of me at a very high speed and then drive off. ( goodbye serenity ) Parts of his car were dropping off into the road as he sped off...... I saw the car that had been hit pull into a parking lot with another car following it, so I assumed that driver was not seriously injured and would be attended to.........I Fully admit I should not have taken off after the offender because that wasn't really safe...But I did it anyway, ( plus I was shocked and mad ), trying to take his picture with my phone. He was way too fast for me and was driving like a madman in and out of traffic....so after a bit, the smart half of my brain took over and I stopped, called 911, and went back to the guy that was hit. He was OK and his car was a little damaged. I gave him my card in case he wanted a witness........ I posted the accident on Facebook, hoping there was another witness. And there WAS. A friend of mine messaged me that her son and grandson had also chased the guy, while on the phone with the police, and were able to guide them to where the offender was heading ( approximately) and then were able to let the police take over the chase. ...... A couple days later I received an email from the man that was hit, thanking me for trying to get the 'bad guy'....he said my description of the car helped..... In the end, that hit and run car was found, but we aren't sure if they caught the bad guy. It's possible he ditched his car. I'm surprised the engine didn't fall out of it when I was following him. He left a trail of parts ( lol )...... The best part of the story is that 2 teenaged girls were the ones who first stopped to help the man that was hit. They made the first call to 911...... I was so proud of them. Acting more adult than a lot of adults I know ;)

On anothef positive note...... My friend just texted me that he was " 12 days sober.....and I think I'm going for a Baker's Dozen"..... Isn't that great? :)

GroundhogDay..... I know what you mean about needing peace at the beginning of the day. That's why I get up so early , even on vacation. I have to have that time. Some days that time starts at 4:30 am.

Hope you've all had a nice day. It's 9:30 pm in the swamp. Goodnight!

Ldt, I'm glad the guy was ok. I hope they caught the hit and runners. That's nuts!
Just think, if you hadn't been all yoga 'd and happy, you probably would have hunted them down and that's no good. ;)

I have to admit, I logged on just now to bellyache. You remember the HALT acronym? I'm the whole damn thing right now. Until tonight, the most I'd ever had was a trifecta. Hungry is taking care of itself, I'm finally eating my dinner. Angry: I'm not angry anymore. My partner and I talked it out, but it kicks my butt. Lonely: can't help it much at the moment, I just left my family in California, saw my partner for a couple of very tired hours last night then back to work and I have an apartment to pack up. So I won't be "L" for long but need to get this apartment ready to move by myself. Tired? Heck yeah! Hopefully I'll get good sleeps tonight.
My need for sleep made me cranky last night, which bit me in the butt this morning and lead to "A." Oh yeah, tired and cranky.

But you want to know my favorite thing about being an "over?" Besides you guys? :) I can be the whole alphabet and I don't want to drink. Because I found a solution and even on bad days I am happy to be sober. Three years ago, you could have just looked at me funny and I'd be on a self pity spiral and headed to a bar.

I'm not full of sunshine right now, that's for sure, but it's no self pity spiral and I'm certainly not headed for a bar. I've got my flannel pjs on, a bowl full of rice and get and chicken, my fizzy water, and the coffeemaker is loaded for tomorrow with the very best coffee from my home town.

Yeah I'm still a little fearful, hurt and I'm still really tired. But I'll get some sleep and things will be ok.

Thanks for letting me blather on and get it out.

Good job on helping that guy who was hit, LDT! We need more people like you in the world.

I can really relate to both of these. :) :scoregood

LDT, incredible about that driver. Good for you and the others for Helping!

We, sorry you've had a bad day. You've got this, pal - I'm so proud of you.

Good call, LDT, smart lady!

Know where you're coming from wehav, it didn't take much for me to drink, wind blowing wrong etc.etc.etc.

Inpar , hi to you and doggy! I'm sure he'll become part of the furniture once he is familiar with the sounds and smells around.

Itchy, lol, I've a lot of drafts at work like that! I can take it at work, Usually!!! But at home I probably felt a bit vulnerable. Thanks.

I remember a big black, I think, Doberman leaving his master and running over to me barking his big head off and I thought, woops, he's gonna have me. I stood my ground and when he got up to me I told him off 'what's all the fuss? Stop your barking and go back to your master' and he just turned meekly round and pranced back to his owner. Whew.

One of the things on my 'bucket list' is to mix with big cats, stroke them and have fun with them. Decided it's gotta be the last thing on my bucket list.....just in case!:lmao

Have a good Thursday overs.