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Post by Blunashun on Feb 15, 2024 23:54:56 GMT
Really? I wasn't aware of the treatment / non-treatment. Guess I'm just curios now. Was it broken? How brittle am I? I dropped something & leaned over an armrest to pick it up. Talked to a guy the other day. He was surprised I was only 65. I didn't want to offend him when he said he was 67. I could have sworn he was in his 70's. His wife is 86. He said he was drinking a gallon of gin a week. Talked about depression. Guess I would be depressed too, in his situation. But alcohol ages you. I had to wait until I was pissing blood & my hand paralyzed. He said he still has the occasional social drink. I shook my head. "No. You can't do that." If it was hurting when you moved, coughed, sneezed, yawned or even took a deep breath, chances are it was fractured. The three I did were basically cracks and non-displaced, so they luckily didn’t penetrate or effect any internal organs. Aging certainly does play a role in bone strength but with mine, I had that extra boost of 35 straight days of radiation. When I fell, it was outside onto fairly soft ground (it had been snow covered followed by a couple of days of rain). I’ve fallen a zillion times in my life. Back in high school, when Saturday Night Live was just getting started (and was still funny), Chevy Chase used to open every show by falling. Being a bit of a class clown myself, at least once a week I’d pretend to “trip” over a chair or two before band class (I played trombone) and then proceed to fall over more chairs and music stands, finishing with “Live, from New York . . . “ ALWAYS got a laugh from everyone, including the band teacher. And I never suffered more than a bruise or two. Sports resulted in two knee surgeries to the one I am still recovering from the MCL tear before Christmas, three broken ankles (left once, right twice), broken hand, thumb and separated shoulder (first time snow skiing - I did get much better as the years and trips to mountains passed), a half dozen or so finger breaks or dislocations (basketball). It’s funny - one of the most physical of sports - hockey - I never got much more than a blister or two on my feet from my skates. I’d be scared to death to tackle the ski slopes these days, even though it was rare that I fell the last time I did - hell, that had to be 20+ years ago. I still have my skis, boots, poles, etc. but falling these days would probably result in additional breaks to these old, tattered bones. And after five plus weeks with the ribs, I’m hanging on for dear life to handrails and anything else I can get my hands on to stabilize myself! GO DODGERS!!! Yeah. I have to be extra careful since the brain hemorrhage & concussion too. Today I was doing some storm damage work on my ceiling & stood on two chairs. For extra support. I can't complain about that though. For one - I was loaded when it happened. Two is it could have killed me. Would have if not for a broken cheekbone allowing blood to escape. Three is it very easily could have left me loopy. What I lost most of all is my pornographic memory. I truly have become 50 First Dates. Next month I turn the big 65. |
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Post by jrgreene6 on Feb 16, 2024 5:04:06 GMT
If it was hurting when you moved, coughed, sneezed, yawned or even took a deep breath, chances are it was fractured. The three I did were basically cracks and non-displaced, so they luckily didn’t penetrate or effect any internal organs. Aging certainly does play a role in bone strength but with mine, I had that extra boost of 35 straight days of radiation. When I fell, it was outside onto fairly soft ground (it had been snow covered followed by a couple of days of rain). I’ve fallen a zillion times in my life. Back in high school, when Saturday Night Live was just getting started (and was still funny), Chevy Chase used to open every show by falling. Being a bit of a class clown myself, at least once a week I’d pretend to “trip” over a chair or two before band class (I played trombone) and then proceed to fall over more chairs and music stands, finishing with “Live, from New York . . . “ ALWAYS got a laugh from everyone, including the band teacher. And I never suffered more than a bruise or two. Sports resulted in two knee surgeries to the one I am still recovering from the MCL tear before Christmas, three broken ankles (left once, right twice), broken hand, thumb and separated shoulder (first time snow skiing - I did get much better as the years and trips to mountains passed), a half dozen or so finger breaks or dislocations (basketball). It’s funny - one of the most physical of sports - hockey - I never got much more than a blister or two on my feet from my skates. I’d be scared to death to tackle the ski slopes these days, even though it was rare that I fell the last time I did - hell, that had to be 20+ years ago. I still have my skis, boots, poles, etc. but falling these days would probably result in additional breaks to these old, tattered bones. And after five plus weeks with the ribs, I’m hanging on for dear life to handrails and anything else I can get my hands on to stabilize myself! GO DODGERS!!! Yeah. I have to be extra careful since the brain hemorrhage & concussion too. Today I was doing some storm damage work on my ceiling & stood on two chairs. For extra support. I can't complain about that though. For one - I was loaded when it happened. Two is it could have killed me. Would have if not for a broken cheekbone allowing blood to escape. Three is it very easily could have left me loopy. What I lost most of all is my pornographic memory. I truly have become 50 First Dates. Next month I turn the big 65. That’s a pretty big milestone in my book. I used to think and tell people when I was 24 that my life was around half over. At that point, I had spent the better part of the spring, summer and fall of 1980 or 1981 (sad, I can’t even remember what year!) in LA. It was night after night of partying on the strip at the Whiskey, Troubador, Roxy, Starwood - ANYWHERE there was live music, hot babes and of course, alcohol and drugs. I was never into the “heavy” stuff, but drank more Jack and smoked more weed than a tall, skinny Midwest boy should have. When I finally got back to Cincy, I went from band to band and was playing clubs until three a.m. just about every Friday and Saturday night. We rarely paid for drinks back then as most were comped by the bars or were bought by babes hoping to get with one of us or drunk dudes wanting us to play “Freebird”. It’s truly amazing I never “slipped one past the goalie” or even got a social disease because I’d pretty much hit anything with a heartbeat. I figured if I made it to 50 it would be a miracle. Even after I got married, I was still playing music and horn dogging it. My wife was VERY patient and forgiving those first ten years. 62 later this year and I’m looking forward to retiring in a few (I only work part time now when I feel like it) and hopefully spending whatever’s left watching the dolphins from the balcony of our future condo on the Gulf while hitting a blunt and drinking a cold beer on a daily basis. GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Feb 16, 2024 23:05:21 GMT
196 lbs at the doctor's office this morning. Subtract maybe 3 lbs for clothing. 193. Volatile.
BP was 100/64. The nurse was like - "Are you kidding?"
Once I learned about mixing propranolol & terazosin, it was all over. It drops your BP WAY down. To dangerous levels if you're not keeping score. I only mix them right before seeing the doctor.
A referral went out for x-rays. Yeah. It'll heal before then.
I asked if it was okay to smoke weed. He sort of vacillated. Yes & no. Is it good for your pain & anxiety? Yes. Definitely. But you can get addicted. Psshh! I was smoking maybe 25 years ago with an old girlfriend. I thought to myself - self, when was the last time you smoked weed? Shoot. Must have been ten years ago. With the same woman.
Armando was just here & he said he never saw anyone step away from alcohol the way I did. I'm not sure why that was. Why my brother was shaking & hallucinating, while I was drinking more than him. I'm not a tough guy. Weird.
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Post by Blunashun on Feb 18, 2024 21:08:15 GMT
Pulled a bolt out of a tire the size of a spike from the crucifix this morning. I couldn't believe something that size could stick. I worked a funeral yesterday. $29.00 in tips. $20.00 to fix the flat. That's not very cost efficient.
I accidentally stumbled on something about my boss yesterday. He's a very petty man. He had left. 'Retired.' Left his cousin there. Our company sent in a new manager. Daniel thought he should 'inherit' the role from his since retired cousin. My current boss. Daniel had Beto in Human Resources every week. Daniel shook me down for $50.00. Tried again. I basically told him to go pound sand. My boss tried replacing me with Daniel during the pandemic. My boss is still bitter at Beto. It came out yesterday. It was a bitter laugh at how he & Daniel screwed Beto over. Fucked up his career.
I can't ever allow Daniel back in. Luckily my boss doesn't know I deduced that & have ways of making it happen. Why would I allow that? So we start the shakedowns again? What can you do for me that makes it worth my while to pay extortion?
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Post by Blunashun on Feb 18, 2024 23:05:42 GMT
The guy who was nervously sharing my boss's laugh at Beto's expense, once confided to me that Daniel stole tips out of Kevin's tip jar. Kevin was eventually let go by Beto for stealing & drinking on the job. So Beto fired a thief & drunk. Daniel stole from the thief. Otherwise, he left him alone.
I can see which way the wind blows with these guys. But what can you do for me? Because if I was of a mind to steal, I don't need your protection / permission. I can do it & leave you wondering what just happened. Really, I can make it so they don't even notice anything happened.
'Hey! You sold $2,000.00 last night!'
'Yeah. It was a pretty good crowd.'
They wouldn't know about the other 200-300 dollars.
I've done things I'm not proud of. Reached a point where I don't ever want to do them again. These guys are positively primitive by my standards. The ONLY things gained by including them in anything like that are that someone else knows, & they demand a cut. Protection? From what? You're going to stand up for me if I'm caught on camera? I take all the risks. You take half. I don't think so.
I'd rather make peanuts & go home with a clear conscience.
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Post by Blunashun on Feb 24, 2024 3:15:24 GMT
My tolerance to pain has long been a concern to my doctor. Drop something on my foot & I'll feel that. Brain hemorrhage? Broken cheek? Broken ankle? Maybe a broken rib? Eh. It's not THAT bad.
Yesterday I opened the steel screen door & bumped right into it with my left knee. Ouch! (Hops around.). Then forgot about it. Why are my sweatpants sticky? Did I...
Yup. Big ass scrape. It still doesn't hurt.
Good & bad.
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Post by Blunashun on Feb 25, 2024 0:23:30 GMT
I shopped for the cats this morning. Got enough to last at least 2 weeks. That's including a big bag of dry food. It was $15.98 at Petco. That's the cheapest price around. It came to almost 40 bucks. I was there early, so they had to give me change for a 100 in denominations of ones & fives. I joked - "Ooh! Stripper money." Then thought about the climate we live in now. Petco has me listed as 'Alberto.' A name I co-opted a long time ago. So - whatever. Before leaving I asked if anyone needed some change. One guy says - "I'm not going to the strip club today." Hehe. So at least one person got the joke. The cashier had actually smiled too. You just don't know anymore.
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Post by Blunashun on Mar 5, 2024 5:16:17 GMT
A new study finds even small amounts of weed can lead to arterial disease. Strokes & heart attacks. Wow. I can't catch a break.
It explains Ashley's mother though. She smoked ALL the time. By her early 40's, she had suffered two aneurysms & a stroke. That woman was so hot when we were young. 5'-3" 111 lbs. HUGE jugs. But when her metabolism started to slow down, she put on some weight. She missed being hot. I had recently gotten into the gym thing. I offered to go with her. This was in the morning. We were talking on the phone. I could tell she had just taken a big hit off a joint.
"You're smoking right now!"
She laughed.
Then I heard that familiar 'Psssh!' sound of a beer can opening.
"You're drinking a Foster's right now!"
Two aneurysms & a stroke.
I'm high right now. I have a history of a brain hemorrhage.
It was funny fencing with the alleged straight arrows on Twitter though.
"You sound like Jack Webb. How about liquor? How many deaths due to alcohol?"
Zzzzz. The number you have dialed is disconnected or no longer in service...
That's what I thought.
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Post by jrgreene6 on Mar 5, 2024 7:09:05 GMT
A new study finds even small amounts of weed can lead to arterial disease. Strokes & heart attacks. Wow. I can't catch a break. It explains Ashley's mother though. She smoked ALL the time. By her early 40's, she had suffered two aneurysms & a stroke. That woman was so hot when we were young. 5'-3" 111 lbs. HUGE jugs. But when her metabolism started to slow down, she put on some weight. She missed being hot. I had recently gotten into the gym thing. I offered to go with her. This was in the morning. We were talking on the phone. I could tell she had just taken a big hit off a joint. "You're smoking right now!" She laughed. Then I heard that familiar 'Psssh!' sound of a beer can opening. "You're drinking a Foster's right now!" Two aneurysms & a stroke. I'm high right now. I have a history of a brain hemorrhage. It was funny fencing with the alleged straight arrows on Twitter though. "You sound like Jack Webb. How about liquor? How many deaths due to alcohol?" Zzzzz. The number you have dialed is disconnected or no longer in service... That's what I thought. I’ve been smoking the ganj since I was just a lad of around nine or ten. Of course, it started back then on regular cigs - if you didn’t smoke, you weren’t cool. I never fully inhaled cigs, tho. But weed was easier and obviously resulted in a completely different end result. I started stealing a pack of my mom’s Winston 100’s; she’d buy a carton every week at the grocery store for $2.99 and after a pack or two wouldn’t notice another one gone. I moved up to Marlboros then Marlboro Lights by junior high and started buying them by the carton. Then one night I woke myself up coughing and couldn’t stop. I ended up throwing most of that carton out the window of my third floor bedroom down to the sidewalk. Somebody got lucky that morning and scarfed them all up. But I never stopped with the weed. 50 some years later, it’s still almost a daily routine. GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Mar 5, 2024 14:05:07 GMT
A new study finds even small amounts of weed can lead to arterial disease. Strokes & heart attacks. Wow. I can't catch a break. It explains Ashley's mother though. She smoked ALL the time. By her early 40's, she had suffered two aneurysms & a stroke. That woman was so hot when we were young. 5'-3" 111 lbs. HUGE jugs. But when her metabolism started to slow down, she put on some weight. She missed being hot. I had recently gotten into the gym thing. I offered to go with her. This was in the morning. We were talking on the phone. I could tell she had just taken a big hit off a joint. "You're smoking right now!" She laughed. Then I heard that familiar 'Psssh!' sound of a beer can opening. "You're drinking a Foster's right now!" Two aneurysms & a stroke. I'm high right now. I have a history of a brain hemorrhage. It was funny fencing with the alleged straight arrows on Twitter though. "You sound like Jack Webb. How about liquor? How many deaths due to alcohol?" Zzzzz. The number you have dialed is disconnected or no longer in service... That's what I thought. I’ve been smoking the ganj since I was just a lad of around nine or ten. Of course, it started back then on regular cigs - if you didn’t smoke, you weren’t cool. I never fully inhaled cigs, tho. But weed was easier and obviously resulted in a completely different end result. I started stealing a pack of my mom’s Winston 100’s; she’d buy a carton every week at the grocery store for $2.99 and after a pack or two wouldn’t notice another one gone. I moved up to Marlboros then Marlboro Lights by junior high and started buying them by the carton. Then one night I woke myself up coughing and couldn’t stop. I ended up throwing most of that carton out the window of my third floor bedroom down to the sidewalk. Somebody got lucky that morning and scarfed them all up. But I never stopped with the weed. 50 some years later, it’s still almost a daily routine. GO DODGERS!!! Dad smoked no filter Pall Malls. We had a house right near what is Marina del Rey right now. It was a field back then. The insects! Spiders as big as small cats. Lotta ants. At about ten years old, I found myself smoking Dad's Pall Malls & blowing the smoke in a spider's face or on an ant trail. Thank goodness it never became a habit. We had a spice rack. Container. Whatever. Compartments with flour, sugar, coffee. I ate the coffee. No brewing. Just ate it. So by ten I was smoking no filter cigarettes & eating coffee. Turn 65 in about a week & a half. |
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Post by Blunashun on Mar 5, 2024 19:13:40 GMT
Voted & am waiting to get x-rays. I voted for someone OTHER than Maxine Waters. I hate that bitch. Voted for three candidates for senator. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter & someone OTHER than Steve Garvey. Some guy is chanting U.S.A!! U.S.A!! Whatever, redneck. I found out you're not supposed to do that. The last election, I wore a t-shirt & cap mocking Trump. That's voter intimidation, I guess. The poll workers were all black. I just KNOW they were up to something.  |
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Post by jrgreene6 on Mar 5, 2024 21:02:33 GMT
Voted & am waiting to get x-rays. I voted for someone OTHER than Maxine Waters. I hate that bitch. Voted for three candidates for senator. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter & someone OTHER than Steve Garvey. Some guy is chanting U.S.A!! U.S.A!! Whatever, redneck. I found out you're not supposed to do that. The last election, I wore a t-shirt & cap mocking Trump. That's voter intimidation, I guess. The poll workers were all black. I just KNOW they were up to something. Shifty Schiff over Popeye? C’mon, nono - I KNOW old #6 doesn’t have the best rep when it comes to business and employees. But isn’t screwing people over one of the primary requirements of politicians? And doesn’t that make old Garv a PERFECT candidate for Senator? 😝😝😝 GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Mar 6, 2024 1:33:26 GMT
Voted & am waiting to get x-rays. I voted for someone OTHER than Maxine Waters. I hate that bitch. Voted for three candidates for senator. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter & someone OTHER than Steve Garvey. Some guy is chanting U.S.A!! U.S.A!! Whatever, redneck. I found out you're not supposed to do that. The last election, I wore a t-shirt & cap mocking Trump. That's voter intimidation, I guess. The poll workers were all black. I just KNOW they were up to something. Shifty Schiff over Popeye? C’mon, nono - I KNOW old #6 doesn’t have the best rep when it comes to business and employees. But isn’t screwing people over one of the primary requirements of politicians? And doesn’t that make old Garv a PERFECT candidate for Senator? 😝😝😝 GO DODGERS!!! Garvey had that squeaky clean image as a Dodger. I recall him & Sutton getting into a fight. Don had said Reggie Smith is the best player on the Dodgers & everyone knows it. I have NO doubt Steve could have twisted Sutton into a pretzel. But I laughed when I heard about it. Felt the same way. |
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Post by Blunashun on Mar 8, 2024 2:30:24 GMT
Cleaning up I found a super nice Dodger mug. Looks like it was from the Fourth of July. Red, white & blue. I don't recall getting that. It had to be me though. Tessa was an Angels fan. My ex was like - "sports?"
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Post by jrgreene6 on Mar 8, 2024 4:43:48 GMT
Started my own little “garden” a couple of weeks ago with seven seeds. Ohio law allows homeowners six individual plants.
I got seven total seeds, but only two of them took. The seed dealer is sending me replacements.
I transplanted the two from the terrarium today into a large planter. They both seem to be doing very well, although I need to go get plant food for them tomorrow.
The seed names are Chronic, Northern Lights and OG Kush. Looking forward to a late summer “harvest”.
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