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Norms Bait and Tackle

Started by dapphne, March 30, 2016, 09:23:16 AM

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larryhanna

Hi Everyone.  Not a cloud in the sky this morning and it is going to be another day with the heat index up to 100 degrees.  The only thing on the agenda for today is to do a grocery pickup at Walmart in an hour or so.  Yesterday morning I did got to coffee but my friend called shortly before I would have gone to pick him up saying he had a dental appointment  yesterday and couldn't go.  Yesterday afternoon Pat and I did get our hair cut.  We had dropped a birthday package off at the Post Office for Pat's sisters birthday on the way and as we came home we stopped at the Walmart Pharmacy to pick up a couple of prescriptions. 

Callie, I know that many times I have thought to myself why wasn't it me with all the medical problems and pain rather than my daughter and my wife.  However, these things are not in our control even though we so much would like to fix them. 

deAngel, there are some really mixed up people in this world and the lady on the Statue of Liberty was one of them. 

Joan, glad to see that Candy only has to wait until Sunday for the MRI and another wait for the results I expect.  The anticipation surrounding the problem she has is sometimes worse than knowing what one is dealing with. 

Mary Ann, sure hope today finds you feeling better. 

wjoan

Larry, this is the first Dr. that has actually done something.  She has been going to Drs since the first of the year.

SCFSue

Joan, I'm glad to hear that at last a doctor has looked for a solution.  My thoughts and prayers for you and Candy. 

Sue

wjoan


Beverly

#9874
I look in here every day and had hoped to see a post from Mary Ann. Maybe today.

Joan - I'm glad Candy is finally getting some results. Hope the MRI shows something less than what she fears. Our mind can play havoc with us and we always fear the worst. At least that's how I am!

I'll be back!


Mary Ann

The bad penny has returned.  First, Joan, I'm sorry to hear of Candy's problem and I don't blame you for worrying. 

And thanks to everyone for your concern.  I just didn't feel like doing anything, especially going on the computer. 

I felt today like a human being.  I really don't know what was wrong but I was so tired.  I went to bed Monday and Tuesday I slept all day (my little buddy was at the foot of my bed all of the time).  I was weak, at times slightly light headed, food did not interest me.  Terry's wife/widow is an RN and I called her.  She thought I might be dehydrated so I've been drinking water like it's going out of style.

We were going to the hospital emergency this morning, but Annie came over to make my bed and she brought breakfast for all three of us, and it got later and I am really feeling normal, so we didn't go.

Annie just got back from Portland OR on a trip in a private jet.  I can't tell you what she does because I don't understand it.  This was an overnight trip.  They flew at 41,000 feet, over the mountains, of course, and they were flown there by the companies they visited in Portland.  I love to hear her and Tom talk because she is very knowledgeable about what she does and explains it very well.  Only much of it is over my head because I haven't caught up with technology.

From my DNA entry, I received an e-mail yesterday from a man I knew of; he is originally from Appleton WI where many of my relatives lived.  I saw another name in my list that I probably will contact but I don't want to establish too much contact because I do not have the time!!!  But it is nice to meet a new cousin, even if by computer.

I guess I've told you everything I know from A to B so I'll quit for now.

Thanks again for all your concerns, and Joan we'll worry with you.

Mary Ann


FlaJean

#9876
Mary Ann, glad you are back and posting again.  We really missed you!

Joan, Perhaps now your daughter will soon get some good news about her condition.  we worry about our kids no matter how old they are.

We are having a rainy day, and the temperture is cooler which is a nice change.  Here in northwest Florida, the weather is pretty nice 8 months of the year so I shouldn’t complain, but the heat has been worse this summer and everyone has been complaining. 😊

Sandy

Welcome Back Mary Ann!

Glad to see that you are feeling better...   Are
eating and Family is taking care of you.       

Sandy
:smitten:
  "It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out."

― Carl Sagan

Marilyne

Mary Ann - so glad to see you back with us! :) I thought of you again last night, when "Paul" arrived in Duluth.  It was 8:00 here, so was 10 in Duluth, and the Canal area was packed with people.  All the usual bells an whistles! 

I saw an interesting article about the Captain of the Paul Tregurtha.  His name is Bob Thibaudeau, and he was age 57 when this story was written in 2015, so would now be 60. I'm sure you and others in this folder would be interested in reading about what it's like to be the Captain of the Queen of the Great Lakes.  I'll post the web site in my next message.

Keep us posted on how you're feeling?  In the meantime, keep up with the resting and relaxing.  There are probably some golf tournaments for you to watch over this Labor Day Weekend.

Mary Ann

Thanks, everyone for the welcome back.  I'm still feeling good today and I've been since I don't know when.  I noticed Paul will be departing today, but I forgot the time.

Mary Ann

Lindancer

Mary Ann,I do not have much time, but I had to come in here and say our prays have been answered We are family. Please do nottake any chances if you start to feel weak again

Click for Riverhead, NY Forecast

Beverly

Mary Ann - Good to see you back today! You were missed, even by those of us who seldom post!  :)


Beverly

Take a look in Photos Then and Now. There really is a "Norm's Bait and Tackle"!

Mary Ann

Thanks, Gloria and Beverly.  Beverly, I did comment on the picture - I am sure it would be hanging by his desk. 

Mary Ann

larryhanna

Hi Everyone. It is going to be another hot and clear summer day getting into the mid-90's.  Finally last evening at dusk I turned on my sprinkler system and watered the lawn as it appears we won't be getting any rain this weekend and if we do all the better.  Only two things planned for today.  This morning I will go to my meeting and then this early evening we plan on going to Pizza Hut.  We have some bananas and oranges we got yesterday that we want to share with Scott and we likely wouldn't see him until next Wednesday.  When I picked up my grocery order yesterday at Walmart they gave me another gift bag and we will give Scott and the girls what is in it.  We finally put some items in the freezer yesterday and will continue to stock it.  I fixed us a salad meal last evening and it was good topped off with an ice cream sandwich.  The day has finally arrived to watch college football and I am ready. 

Wednesday night told me about a service the Post Office offers where you can get an email every morning showing the front of each piece of mail you will be getting that day.  If you are interested just search of Informed Delivery USPS and you will the link to set up the service.  It is free.  It also tells you if a package is to be delivered.  I really like the service as will know whether there is anything in my mailbox that is worth braving the heat to get in the late afternoon when our mail usually arrives. 

Joan, it is certainly sad that the other doctors that Candy saw didn't try to find out why she was in pain. 

Beverly, was nice to see your posting yesterday.  I hope you and Chape are doing well.  I have always felt that knowing what I was dealing with was much better than the anticipation and worry of the unknown. 

Mary Ann, so glad to see your posting indicating you were feeling better and didn't have to go to the ER.  I wouldn't be surprised if Jan didn't hit the nail on the head about you becoming dehydrated.  A few years ago I had an Internist who told me that about 70% of the older patients he was with complaints of weakness and feeling bad were due to dehydration.  That sounds like a nice trip that Annie had to Portland.  Nice you have identified another relative from your DNA entry and perhaps will leave more time history.

Jean, please send some of that rain up this way.  They have had rain South of us in South Carolina but it just hasn't made it up this far for several days and we aren't yet getting the cooler weather.  .   

Beverly

Good morning. Happy 1st day of September!

It's hot here, too, Larry......92 at the moment. We've been having late afternoon thunderstorms and heavy rain every day, but no rain yesterday and it's bright and sunny so far today.

I agree that knowing is better when it comes to health problems. If left to my own imagination I can conjure up the worst!

Have a good day everyone.


wjoan

Larry, WA State has never been known for it s Medical Profession.  LOL

Marilyne

Good morning to Beverly, Larry, and Joan, and to all others who look into this folder! :) Hard to believe it's September already, and Labor Day is almost here.  Remember when September used to be "back-to-school" month, across the country?  Now it starts in August, and maybe someday it will be year around, to accommodate the population that keeps increasing!  Lots of birthdays in my family this month . . . my husband's is the 15th, first granddaughter on the 23rd, niece on the 5th, and a cousin today.  My dad's birthday was on the 20th.

Larry, thanks for telling us about the new service from the Post Office.  We will definitely sign up for it when it's available here.   We have an RFD box that's out on the street, a distance from the house.  We have to walk down our steep concrete driveway, then back up again . . . puff, puff! Then up a steep flight of stairs to get to the llving area of the house.  The front of the house is S/W facing, so that long driveway gets mighty hot when the sun is shining, and slippery and difficult to maneuver when it is raining.

Mary Ann - I hope you're continuing to feel better today?  Maybe tomorrow you'll be able to join Dot, for church, and regular Sunday visit to the Cholesterol Pit?

angelface555

Good morning from the soggy, foggy, Interior, two weeks ago we had 80 to 90 percent rain and the last week it has been one hundred percent and some of the villagers have evacuated here. The rivers are all running high and with halibut fishing along the coast, subsistence river fishing and hunting season upon us, I'm afraid it's not going to be good. We have Canada and Siberia to thank for competing weather systems that have settled in directly above the valley. I've forgotten what sunshine looks like with the month of August nothing but rain and cooler temperatures.

Joan, I think we're all hoping Candy finally has answers next week and MaryAnn, it is good to hear you're feeling better!

Everyone, have a good day today!

angelface555


wjoan

Angel, thanks.  I am wishing for the best.  Will report back when we get results of her MRI tomorrow.

Mary Ann

I thought I'd better check in so you wouldn't think I was lost.  I am not feeling the best and I don't know why when I turned on the computer B&T showed up; I hope I didn't goof up the folder for others. 

I was heading for the shower this morning and realized I should not take a shower standing up so when Tom appeared, we talked about it and he went to someplace and got me a seat with a back which I think I will use in the morning.  I don't want to wash my hair at night and go to bed with wet hair, so I will see how I feel in the morning. 

I've been listening to Light Classical Music on the TV and I have the music set low so I can barely hear it - background music.

Tom made a tuna sandwich for me - a half sandwich, really, and it tasted very good; he makes  good sandwiches.  I had a small can of root beer with it and it made a good combination.

I'm going to try to stay up until 10 pm because I don't want to sleep my life away.  I'll be back tomorrow.  (I'm not going to make it).

Mary Ann

wjoan

Mary Ann, I have a shower stool and love it.  I cannot stand for long periods of time so this works for me.

larryhanna

Hi Everyone. We are headed for a high today of 92 degrees with a 20% chance of rain though the afternoon.  I watched some football yesterday afternoon and again last evening.  In between we did go to Pizza Hut for a delicious pizza and got to spend a little more time with our son than normal as they were not very busy. 

I got up about 1:30 for the bathroom and then couldn't go to sleep so about 2:15 I got up for an hour and read the postings since yesterday in these discussions as well as my email and finally worked a jigsaw puzzle.  I then went back to bed and got a little more sleep.  It was late when Pat came to bed.  We had enjoyed a cola with caffeine in it with the pizza and I am sure that was the reason Pat stayed up so late.  I just couldn't turn my mind off and don't think it was the caffeine as that usually doesn't bother me. 

I am ready for Sunday School and Church this morning and don't know yet whether Pat will feel up to going to Church or not.  I have a coupon for a free medium sub at Firehouse with the purchase of medium sub, chips and a drink so that will be our lunch for today and I will stop there on my way home.  I plan on watching the end of the golf match late this afternoon.  We finally got our new Medicare cards in the mail yesterday that have been issued throughout this year. 

Beverly, you have been having better weather down your way than we have.  Are you and Chape still playing a lot of golf? 

Joan, sorry you don't have better medical treatment out your way.   I wonder why that is the case?

Marilyne, I never started any schooling, including college, before the 1st of September.  I am sure a lot of the reason had to do with the late summer heat in the Midwest and I can remember some very hot and uncomfortable days sitting in classroom during September and probably early October.  Some of the schools in Georgia, including right across the river from us, that started classes this year the first week of August.  My great grandchildren in New York don't start this year until Wednesday of this week.  Do you do a lot of celebrating birthday with family get together's.  Did you check to see if the that Post Office service is available.  I am surmising that this service is possible because of the huge sorting facilities the Post Office has at the hub distribution points as can't image each local Post Office would have such expensive and fast equipment to be able to do this job.  We are sort of RFD delivery as we are five miles from the Post Office and we each have individual boxes in front of our homes.  One of the things I have insisted up with our last two homes has been a flat lot.  It is only a short distance to the postal box from my front door and it is a flat walk.  Fortunately we don't have any stairs to get into our house just one step at the doors from the porch or garage. 

Patricia, I hope you haven't begun to mold up your way with all of that rain and warm temperatures.  Sorry to hear that some of the villagers have had to be evacuated to Fairbanks.  Where are they housed and fed?  I hope you see some sunshine soon.  I checked the Cam link you posted but it must have been an off time as just got the dark screen. 

Mary Ann, I don't think you can goof up the folder for others by what you do at your computer.  Sorry you are not feeling up to par.  Have you been drinking some Gatorade or a similar product that has electrolytes in it.  If you are suffering from some dehydration perhaps that would help.  My cardiologist suggested that such drinks were helpful and they now have them without sugar.  Our shower stall has a built in seat that Pat utilizes.  It is a long shower stall but we have a shower head that comes out of the holder on the wall and I put up a stick on large hook that the hose can be placed in when not in use while sitting. 

Marilyne

Mary Ann, your message yesterday sounded like you were feeling much better.  I hope you're completely back to normal this morning, and will maybe feel like going to church and out for brunch with Dot?  Getting the shower bench is a good idea.  I've been talking about getting one for a long time, but I need to get serious about it and start looking.

Joan - I hope things run smoothly for Candy today, and that the MRI will be negative for anything serious.  Let us know when she hears anything.

A very slow and uninteresting Labor Day weekend here.  Yesterday we tried to do some yard work.  AJ raked up lots of messy leaves, flowers and general mess from our two oleander trees, and from our giant Redwood tree.  Way out in back, behind a cross fence, we have a huge olive tree.  It's the biggest one I've ever seen, and was here way before any of the houses were built.  Originally this land was mostly plum and apricot orchards, so I don't know why the olive tree happens to be there?  It's extremely messy . . . drops thousands of black olives every year out there.  Worthless, because it's too labor intensive to cure olives. AJ and a neighbor friend were going to try it one year, long ago, but too much equipment needed and too many steps in the process.

wjoan

Larry, some years ago when I was living in Selah, WA the laws changed,  and most of the decent doctors left WA State.

Mary Ann

Larry, the reason I wondered if I had goofed up the system is that my post was at 7:54 and the previous one was Joan's at 1:15 (my time) and there were none in between.  While it's been done before, that is a long time between posts.

I got up feeling not too good, not bad, just not good.  I decided to wait until after Tom got back from church before I took my shower so someone would be here.  Tom assured me that Annie would be here this afternoon (she's not too dependable) to help me.  Poor Tom, i don't blame him, but if I would need help, i'd need it regardless of who was here.  So I am shoving my shower ahead a bit more. 

Marilyn, my bench is a chair, blue, with a back.  It fits nicely in the tub and as far as the shower is concerned, I think I'll get along OK.  I do not have a hanging tube or whatever they're called; I have the regular overhead shower.  The hanging one may be next.

Joan, I think I will like this bench.

I am only visiting this folder until I know I feel better.

Mary Ann

wjoan

Mary Ann, I think you will too.  ;)

angelface555

#9898
Good morning, we are still soggy and that isn't likely to change until possibly next week. We have a local hotel for sale and they are housing the evacuees there, those who don't have relatives, friends or other availability. The animals, pets, dog teams are housed at the fairgrounds. A couple of reindeer and muskox herds are housed at the University's experimental farms. There hasn't been that much flooding, just some low lying boggy areas and on some areas with extensive flats, and the rivers will probably run at bank full until perhaps next week. The ground is just saturated.

Last time this happened was in 1967 when we had rain for almost two months and this city was inundated by about eight feet to ten feet of water. The next year they built the Chena Lakes Flood Control Project which is a system of dams and spillways. This system probably saved the city this years as well has alleviating many villages, homesteaders and others upriver. The Tanana valley which is the main low lying one in the Interior is marshy when it isn't forested as the Tanana river is a 584 mile tributary of the Yukon River.

There are numerous smaller rivers, creeks, lakes and sloughs branching off of the Tanana as it does from the Yukon. This valley is both a watershed valley as well as part of the huge arboreal forests that cover the well over 50,000 square miles of the Interior. The Tanana is only one of the Interior's valleys and more central, thus the local seat having both the main university campus, borough headquarters and transportation hubs for the rest of the Interior of the  state. The point is there is a lot of water.

Where I live, there are several large grab bars bolted by the tub, one long and three short ones. The smaller eight apartments on the ends of each wing of the five floors have only wheel in showers. However as I can attest, it is still possible to fall as my hands are weak with very little grip to them. It has been suggested I purchase a shower chair when I attempted to Velcro a washcloth to the larger bar. We as a whole, have been reminded a time or two that this is independent living even as it is a building for disabled seniors.

I have my yearly office visit in October, and will probably find out then if my rent changes or remains the same as they are rent controlled. We each have two yearly cleaning and living inspections each year, six months apart depending on your move in date, besides the office one. I haven't seen or heard of any real changes since we went from private to state ownership as yet. I probably will in October although gossip runs rampant. It is hard to believe that next December will be my fifth year here. The move in lists don't normally move fast here. Outside rents are prohibitive and with one of the air force bases getting a new type of plane and fighter wing,I know the local rents are sky rocking as the government pays a good portion of military rents.

While it is against the state law to have any of the insurance rackets concerning primary and secondary care that so many of you have to put up with, we do evidently have the highest medical costs in the country due to various factors and many of our medical practitioners are exmilitary. I'm rather cynical about doctors due to being my daughter, and  father's representative as well as being involved with my mother's care. They are a closed and clannish group and there are multiple reasons why it is called a practice.

Larry, the cam goes dark each time it passes over the dark side of the earth due to some reason and yesterday they were having issues with some of the space station's and satellite cams.

MaryAnn, rest and get better! I know what you mean about posts. I am two, four and twelve hours behind many other posters here and afternoons my time is when many of you are closing down for the evening.


SCFSue

Two years ago I fell off a ladder when I was attempting to clean the leaves out of the gutters.  I landed on my back.  Fortunately my neighbors had been working in their yard and the wife had just gone inside.  The husband, who was a retired hospitalist from our local hospital, saw me and called out to me telling me not to move.  He ran inside and told his wife to call the fire station--and they had an ambulance here in about 3 minutes.  They took me to the emergency room (it was a Saturday and every person in our town/county who does not have health insurance is waiting for the ER doctor). 

The wife had ridden in the ambulance with me and her husband followed in his car.  We waited 5 HOURS before the ER doctor examined me.  Then I was taken to the 7th floor and someone called my son who came over.  The next day a cardiologist came in about 6:30 a.m. and told me to get on a gurney which a corpsman had wheeled in--and by the time they got me down to the O.R., the doctor was scrubbed, I was anesthetized and the next thing I knew I was in the recovery room with a pace maker.

I'm very thankful for my neighbors AND especially the cardiologist!  I guess the lesson is:  If you're over 80, don't climb on a ladder!

Sue