Joys And Sorrows

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 3:15 pm

Sorrow: Having a tough time trying to get back into a routine after 10 days away.

DDeer · Post by **DDeer** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 4:00 am

NHWestoN wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:26 pm We live three miles from the Atlantic. Since we are residents, we have guaranteed parking so go down there often despite the tourist onslaughts. I often went down there on my bike when I was a kid, early in the morning, a little before dawn. It was quite moving to see the sunrise and, if you were lucky, sometimes there'd be some deer playing on the shore before all the bipeds and surfers came along. Deer don't come around anymore but we often have seal pups turn up ... and now the occasional shark.

That sounds pretty idyllic, Deer are good swimmers, went inland to a mountainous stream a day or so ago, saw a female heron catching fish (landed within 5m of us and didn't seem at all bothered), a very graceful and proud looking creature. Also saw a Salmon leap I think and a Mink (not seen one of these before). The local squirrels did not seem to like either the Mink or the Heron, a great staring contest took place between a Squirrel on the bank and the Heron in the middle of the stream perched on a rock.

You'll soon get back in the swing of things Dayzee.

Chieris · Post by **Chieris** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:02 pm

Joy: Tomorrow I'll go to a city where I haven't been for 4 years and I'm really looking forward to it, since it's a nice and quite peaceful, I wish it wouldn't take 2.5 hours to get there.

Sorrow: Sometimes I just feel embarrassed for being a Hungarian, because of what's going on there.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 4:06 pm

My friend, we all feel that about our home countries from time to time. The bad things make the news. The small, individual good stories don't.

I just looked at a local online news site -walesonline - for an uplifting story. This was as close as I could find. Everything else was from bad to horrific. Your country's not the news, my friend.

EDIT. Found one

Harry Johnathan · Post by **Harry Johnathan** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 7:42 pm

Welsh Halfwit wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 4:06 pm My friend, we all feel that about our home countries from time to time. The bad things make the news. The small, individual good stories don't.

I just looked at a local online news site -walesonline - for an uplifting story. This was as close as I could find. Everything else was from bad to horrific. Your country's not the news, my friend.

EDIT. Found one

Videogame demolition derby? Huh. Reminds me of the infamous "Disco Sucks!" rally held by the MLB at one of their baseball stadiums, where hundreds of people cheered as shock jocks destroyed disco records.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:50 pm

How long ago was that then? I would be interested in looking it up. Sounds like it was appalling. But I would need to know just how bad it was.

Harry Johnathan · Post by **Harry Johnathan** » Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:55 am

Amazee Dayzee wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:50 pm How long ago was that then? I would be interested in looking it up. Sounds like it was appalling. But I would need to know just how bad it was.

It was around the early 1980s.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:57 am

Amazee Dayzee wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:50 pm How long ago was that then? I would be interested in looking it up. Sounds like it was appalling. But I would need to know just how bad it was.

Appalling? Disco? Kinda ......

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Aug 20, 2021 3:38 pm

Sorrow: We are right in the middle of a hurricane that is barreling down Hurricane Henri which means there is a possibility we might lose power and if that happens I fear it will be for several days again which I am not thrilled about.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:49 pm

Well ... hurricane is gone. Wasn't too bad as storms go, either.

Harry Johnathan · Post by **Harry Johnathan** » Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:53 pm

I got held back a grade. I'm seriously angry right now. It's not my fault a global pandemic and worried parents prevented me from going to school.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 3:05 am

I never have been held back but I had friends who were so I know it sucked. I am so sorry for that Ryder.

OdedZeituni98 · Post by **OdedZeituni98** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:33 pm

I think about Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Bonar Bain etc.
It gives me headache
I mainly think about Night Trap and Diff'rent Strokes actors like every minute

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 3:56 pm

Your problem seems recurring, Oded. Is there nothing for it?

OdedZeituni98 · Post by **OdedZeituni98** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 4:02 pm

I tried everything but nothing seems to completely making these thoughts disappear from my mind as I keep thinking about it, it's a serious OCD that I'm having which my brain wants to think about them despite me not wanting to think about it, I feel obsessive over those actors and I want it t to stop bothering me, I want to live my life to the fullest without having these in my mind

Harry Johnathan · Post by **Harry Johnathan** » Fri Aug 27, 2021 6:21 pm

OdedZeituni98 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 4:02 pm I tried everything but nothing seems to completely making these thoughts disappear from my mind as I keep thinking about it, it's a serious OCD that I'm having which my brain wants to think about them despite me not wanting to think about it, I feel obsessive over those actors and I want it t to stop bothering me, I want to live my life to the fullest without having these in my mind

I know how you feel, man.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Sun Aug 29, 2021 6:40 pm

Sciatica is acting up again. ow.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Sun Sep 05, 2021 8:48 pm

Sorrow: Found out my stepdad hit his leg off of a wood pallet while cutting wood. What makes me feel bad is I have a good view of him and didn't know he was injured and could barely move. He's resting now, but i feel rotten i didn't notice him

Harry Johnathan · Post by **Harry Johnathan** » Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:28 pm

My dog passed away. May God rest her soul.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:30 pm

Sorry to hear that, mate. Never gets easier. (But that Doctor Who clip I sent you a couple of days back tells the right tale. It won't always hurt to remember.)

Harry Johnathan · Post by **Harry Johnathan** » Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:40 pm

Welsh Halfwit wrote: ↑Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:30 pm Sorry to hear that, mate. Never gets easier. (But that Doctor Who clip I sent you a couple of days back tells the right tale. It won't always hurt to remember.)

Thank you Welsh. God bless.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Tue Sep 07, 2021 3:09 pm

Rydr Warklub wrote: ↑Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:28 pm My dog passed away. May God rest her soul.

I'm deeply saddened to learn of your dog's passing, Rydr. Our Sophie is in twilight now as the vets recently discovered a "mass" on her spleen. She is in no pain but age and this infirmity will accelerate her journey. We can only enjoy the time with her that remains, knowing that Sophie has begun to listen for her Master's call. So many, many years - so many, many joys.

May God give you comfort.

CunningFox · Post by **CunningFox** » Tue Sep 07, 2021 6:56 pm

Rydr Warklub wrote: ↑Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:28 pm My dog passed away. May God rest her soul.

Condolences, Rydr.

DDeer · Post by **DDeer** » Wed Sep 08, 2021 3:46 am

Rydr Warklub wrote: ↑Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:28 pm My dog passed away. May God rest her soul.

My condolences Rydr, when we lost our last pet it really floored me, my thoughts are with you.

Daunted

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:16 pm

Sorrow: All the moscato wine we had from my party is gone. I didn't drink it all. I only had 3 cups as nightcaps.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:33 pm

Bumped into my cross-the-street neighbor this afternoon. He mentioned that he, the missus, and two of his kids had tested positive for covid two weeks ago. They'd had the jabs so wasn't too bad nursing each other, but it was a little scary.

It's getting bad in northern New England again.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:56 pm

Sorrows:
Began my birthday at the vets this morning. Sophie's afflictions returned suddenly yesterday afternoon and we decided to get her in early. They hydrated her and gave her some routine medicines that eventually help her come around. Because of Covid, only one owner is allowed in with a pet so the missus went in while I waited outside. (Sophie loves me but she adores her "mom".) We suspected some of her routine meds may have set off the symptoms so they will be discontinued. It's kind of a trade-off, given that she is not going to live many more months, we'd like that time to be as qualitative as possible. She's recuperating slowly but no ice cream or "birthday at the beach" for Sophie and me this year.

Joys: But I did get to talk to family and the kids, and it was a lovely overcast melancholy New Hampshire day. So, a little cofee ice cream, a splash of bourbon, a chapter of Beastars (up to 139), and a chapter of Aravind Adiga before slumber. T'was a nice occasion.

DDeer · Post by **DDeer** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 6:26 am

NHWestoN wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:56 pm Sorrows:
Began my birthday at the vets this morning. Sophie's afflictions returned suddenly yesterday afternoon and we decided to get her in early. They hydrated her and gave her some routine medicines that eventually help her come around. Because of Covid, only one owner is allowed in with a pet so the missus went in while I waited outside. (Sophie loves me but she adores her "mom".) We suspected some of her routine meds may have set off the symptoms so they will be discontinued. It's kind of a trade-off, given that she is not going to live many more months, we'd like that time to be as qualitative as possible. She's recuperating slowly but no ice cream or "birthday at the beach" for Sophie and me this year.

Joys: But I did get to talk to family and the kids, and it was a lovely overcast melancholy New Hampshire day. So, a little cofee ice cream, a splash of bourbon, a chapter of Beastars (up to 139), and a chapter of Aravind Adiga before slumber. T'was a nice occasion.

Sorry to hear Sophie is under the weather, hope she's feeling better and you both get back to the beach soon, Coffee Ice cream is the best flavour, you are making me hungry, often have that when we visit the seaside. Looked up Aravind Adiga, he sounds an intriguing Author.

Ah Melon, was one of my favourite characters, I liked the whole conflict with him being both predator and prey, neither one nor the other, a Cervid with Bite! His mother was also a fascinating but deeply flawed individual as well.

Daunted

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:24 pm

Sorrow: It was a massive hassle and too much of a big production which got on my nerves to take one of my cats for her rabies shot. She was supposed to go with 3 yesterday but she figured out what was happening and went downstairs and hid in the basement rafters. So I caught her today and decided to go to a rabies clinic they were holding today. The whole experience was GRATING.

First of all, I misjudged the distance of the town and it was an over 40 minute drive. Next she would not stop yowling all the way there. It sounded like someone was KILLING her. When we get back home which was a few minutes ago, she had urinated all over herself so I had to give her a bath. In cold water since we don't have a furnace at this point. I'm surprised she didn't tear my arms to shreds.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:42 am

Felines is funny folks ... Andy adored his vet tech. She could have dropped him in a tree grinder and he'd still be putting and lovey. Sorry you had such an ordeal, dayzzz.

OdedZeituni98 · Post by **OdedZeituni98** » Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:56 am

1. I can not stop thinking about dead celebrities for some reason like it's a curse or something, this ocd keeps kicking me in my head so I can give up and go there but I really try to resist not to do that for the sake of my sanity

2. I can't find anything in Japanese easy to learn, I tried searching in the internet but didn't find a site I could enjoy learning at.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:58 pm

Worry: I have a doctor's appointment with my general physician tomorrow that is a 3-week followup and I really am HOPING its good news and my cholesterol is down.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:22 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:58 pm Worry: I have a doctor's appointment with my general physician tomorrow that is a 3-week followup and I really am HOPING its good news and my cholesterol is down.

Very good visit to yer, Dayzzz.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:20 pm

She raised my cholesterol medication so I am hoping that it has done something. Considering last year my uncle died of a heart attack. Not a normal heart attack either. A WIDOW MAKER.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:55 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:20 pm She raised my cholesterol medication so I am hoping that it has done something. Considering last year my uncle died of a heart attack. Not a normal heart attack either. A WIDOW MAKER.

The key thing is, folks, get regular medical checkups not matter how healthy you think you are. A chance anomaly during a tread mill test led to other checks and the discovery of asymptomatic major arterial blockages back in 2006. In response to these blockage, my heart had literally woven webs of capillaries to divert the blood flows. As the cardiologist explained, "You coudl have gone on for decades like this because it works - or one day, with no warning, been flattened by a WIDOW MAKER."Nothing says hidden medical condition like sudden death.

I chose to have the triple by-pass. And, being real nice folks - and since they had everything in my chest cavity scattered all over the operating room anyways - they threw in a four by-pass for free.

Moral: TAKE YOUR MEDS, MATES!

Ans best wishes, Dayzee, as always.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:16 pm

I did get checked up at my appointment and the doctor did take some bloodwork but as for a physical all she did was just listen to my heart and my lungs and she didn't say anything about that. So I just assumed it meant I was fine for now.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 3:16 pm

Sophie's afternoon walk occured as the school bus let the children out. They were all delighted to see her (she's been missing from her neighborhood rounds for months) and she got heavily fussed over. Sophie even wagged her tail for a while - which, being rather shy and diffident, she usually doesn't do for the children.

Allison, who is in the first grade, hung back a little until the others left. She adores Sophie and, I know, she misses her "little fox dog". Her mother used to say she would watch for Sophie in the morning and dash up from breakfast to go outside to talk to her (sometimes still in her jammies). But Allison is a big schoolgirl now.

"Can I hug her?" (She NEVER asked permission before).

"Yes, but be gentle, Sophie is shy, remember."

"She's very sick, isn't she?"

"Yes, but she's here and she would like a small hug, if you want to give her one."

So Alison hugs Sophie, then stands up and says quietly to the dog, "Okay. I love you. Bye-bye." And dashes off as small children will do.

I guess Sophie and i will be channeling Mindy and Buttons for a while.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 3:42 pm

Annoyance: Our furnace is broken so we don't have any hot water to take showers with so we are stuck with freezing cold showers which aren't pleasant. Oh, and the soonest that we will be able to get a new one is October 14th. That's really lovely.

DDeer · Post by **DDeer** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:20 am

NHWestoN wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 3:16 pm Sophie's afternoon walk occured as the school bus let the children out. They were all delighted to see her (she's been missing from her neighborhood rounds for months) and she got heavily fussed over. Sophie even wagged her tail for a while - which, being rather shy and diffident, she usually doesn't do for the children.

Allison, who is in the first grade, hung back a little until the others left. She adores Sophie and, I know, she misses her "little fox dog". Her mother used to say she would watch for Sophie in the morning and dash up from breakfast to go outside to talk to her (sometimes still in her jammies). But Allison is a big schoolgirl now.

"Can I hug her?" (She NEVER asked permission before).

"Yes, but be gentle, Sophie is shy, remember."

"She's very sick, isn't she?"

"Yes, but she's here and she would like a small hug, if you want to give her one."

So Alison hugs Sophie, then stands up and says quietly to the dog, "Okay. I love you. Bye-bye." And dashes off as small children will do.

I guess Sophie and i will be channeling Mindy and Buttons for a while.

Ah, I remember that cartoon now, used to like Animaniacs when it was on, especially Pinky and the Brain and Good idea, Bad idea. Aunt Slappy was funny as well as I recall. Good to hear Sophie is getting out and about again, heart warming.

gforce · Post by **gforce** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:24 am

Sorrow: Favorite Formula 1 driver screwed up the last 3 laps of the Russian Grand Prix when rain came rolling in.

So Formula 1 has two types of tires; one for clear weather with no water on the race track, and the other for when it’s raining. They’re referred to as drys and wets respectively. The drys will absolutely NOT drive on a wet track, and if you’ve got them on your car during a downpour like there was in Russia last Sunday

Lando Norris is leading the race on lap 43, when out of the blue someone behind him says that there’s rain coming, so a bunch of cars decide to pit. Lando, however, says to his team that the tires on his car feel fine and he’s going to finish the race on them, seeing how it doesn’t seem as though it’s going to rain any harder than a light shower.

It rained harder.

Not 5 minutes later the rain turns into a downpour, and Lando’s tires are completely useless now because they’re dry tires, meant for dry weather, and he’s the only car on the race track with them on. Literally everyone else pitted for wets in the laps prior.

He spins out because the dry tires he has can’t get any grip on the track, which gives the lead to Lewis Hamilton, who goes on to win the race and become the first F1 driver to win 100 races. Lando ends up seventh.

TL;DR- Lando robbed himself of his first victory because he wouldn’t change to a different type of tire to finish the race on.