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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I've grown pretty close with the old man over the last few years. If he hasn't heard from me in 3 or so days he calls me. If I was ignoring his calls and never calling him back he'd probably do a drop in.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I've grown pretty close with the old man over the last few years. If he hasn't heard from me in 3 or so days he calls me. If I was ignoring his calls and never calling him back he'd probably do a drop in.

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That's good. Maybe you can cultivate a neighbor or friend?

What about you, BRENDA? You go out for a walk almost every day. Anyone you say "hi" to on a regular basis?

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Well, you post just about every day. If I don't see a post, should I email? If I don't get a response, should I do something? You can email me. I think you still have my addy.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I've grown pretty close with the old man over the last few years. If he hasn't heard from me in 3 or so days he calls me. If I was ignoring his calls and never calling him back he'd probably do a drop in.

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That's good. Maybe you can cultivate a neighbor or friend?

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Nah... At least with the neighbors anyhow. I don't want to be that close to anybody who lives close enough to just drop by and knock on the door whenever they feel like it. My neighbors are chill, but that's not something I'm comfortable with.

As for the friends, they've all got a lot more going on than I do. I feel like I'd be adding just one more additional pressure in their lives if I were to do that. We're all barely 40 right now... Maybe later when kids are all grown up and out on their own we'll visit it.

Hell... Just bringing up that idea right now might get them thinking negative thoughts about just having turned 40 themselves.

That being said, whenever I go up on the roof or I'm going to be on my tall ladder I make sure to let a neighbor know to maybe check to see if I'm dead if I don't get back to them in 30 minutes.



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Originally posted by Brenda:

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Well, you post just about every day. If I don't see a post, should I email? If I don't get a response, should I do something? You can email me. I think you still have my addy.

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THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.

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If you don't see me on the board, you can email me. Actually, I don't think I do have your email addy anymore.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I've grown pretty close with the old man over the last few years. If he hasn't heard from me in 3 or so days he calls me. If I was ignoring his calls and never calling him back he'd probably do a drop in.

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That's good. Maybe you can cultivate a neighbor or friend?

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Nah... At least with the neighbors anyhow. I don't want to be that close to anybody who lives close enough to just drop by and knock on the door whenever they feel like it. My neighbors are chill, but that's not something I'm comfortable with.

As for the friends, they've all got a lot more going on than I do. I feel like I'd be adding just one more additional pressure in their lives if I were to do that. We're all barely 40 right now... Maybe later when kids are all grown up and out on their own we'll visit it.

Hell... Just bringing up that idea right now might get them thinking negative thoughts about just having turned 40 themselves.

That being said, whenever I go up on the roof or I'm going to be on my tall ladder I make sure to let a neighbor know to maybe check to see if I'm dead if I don't get back to them in 30 minutes.

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Originally posted by 1KIKI:

Just saying hey, all!

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
That's good. One of the most dangerous occupations (besides "farmer") is roofer. Glad that you're doing what you can to stay safer!

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Hey BRENDA, I just "ping-ed" you. It may take a while (a few minutes) for the email to get thru. Check your email when you get a chance, and "reply to" if you got it so I know it went thru.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from mah jong and an errand run. I was sooooo close to a really good hand in mah jong today but 2 other people had the tiles that I needed. If I had gotten either a 6 circle or a white dragon, I would have won that hand, and gotten 100 extra points. That is frustrating.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Hey BRENDA, I just "ping-ed" you. It may take a while (a few minutes) for the email to get thru. Check your email when you get a chance, and "reply to" if you got it so I know it went thru.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from mah jong and an errand run. I was sooooo close to a really good hand in mah jong today but 2 other people had the tiles that I needed. If I had gotten either a 6 circle or a white dragon, I would have won that hand, and gotten 100 extra points. That is frustrating.

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I'm glad you're able to play with your friends again, Brenda.



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Too bad about the Mahjong hand, BRENDA!

I used to play bridge at work. Bad hands or good, it was always fun playing.



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Originally posted by Brenda:
Hearing aide appointment went okay. Found out how to keep these rechargeable ones clean from the lady that my file has been flipped to in this office. She also said to come in about every six months to get them checked. Also recommended that I come in once a year for a hearing test as my right ear is starting to go now.

Asked her about the gentleman, I had been dealing with and he decided that this year was the right time to take an early retirement.

Also have an virtual appointment with the doctor that I am hoping will take me on as a patient. But I do have forms to drop off at the office before then.


ETA: For doing all of that today, I treated myself to some all natural cookies. Decided I deserved some cookies.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
It seems another small BC community has been destroyed by wild fire. Mote Lake was hit by the White Rock Lake fire. The fire jumped Highway 97, heavy winds blew burning embers onto the town. So far no one has been reported missing. No word on how much of the town is gone as small fires and a lot of smoke in the area, so survey crews can't go in yet.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Hearing aide appointment went okay. Found out how to keep these rechargeable ones clean from the lady that my file has been flipped to in this office. She also said to come in about every six months to get them checked. Also recommended that I come in once a year for a hearing test as my right ear is starting to go now.

Asked her about the gentleman, I had been dealing with and he decided that this year was the right time to take an early retirement.

Also have an virtual appointment with the doctor that I am hoping will take me on as a patient. But I do have forms to drop off at the office before then.


ETA: For doing all of that today, I treated myself to some all natural cookies. Decided I deserved some cookies.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
It seems another small BC community has been destroyed by wild fire. Mote Lake was hit by the White Rock Lake fire. The fire jumped Highway 97, heavy winds blew burning embers onto the town. So far no one has been reported missing. No word on how much of the town is gone as small fires and a lot of smoke in the area, so survey crews can't go in yet.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I can check the box that says "Have boobs squeezed in a vise".

I hope they don't find anything except the clip and seroma from previous surgery.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Hearing aide appointment went okay. Found out how to keep these rechargeable ones clean from the lady that my file has been flipped to in this office. She also said to come in about every six months to get them checked. Also recommended that I come in once a year for a hearing test as my right ear is starting to go now.

Asked her about the gentleman, I had been dealing with and he decided that this year was the right time to take an early retirement.

Also have an virtual appointment with the doctor that I am hoping will take me on as a patient. But I do have forms to drop off at the office before then.


ETA: For doing all of that today, I treated myself to some all natural cookies. Decided I deserved some cookies.

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I can check the box that says "Have boobs squeezed in a vise".

I hope they don't find anything except the clip and seroma from previous surgery.

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THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Hearing aide appointment went okay. Found out how to keep these rechargeable ones clean from the lady that my file has been flipped to in this office. She also said to come in about every six months to get them checked. Also recommended that I come in once a year for a hearing test as my right ear is starting to go now.

Asked her about the gentleman, I had been dealing with and he decided that this year was the right time to take an early retirement.

Also have an virtual appointment with the doctor that I am hoping will take me on as a patient. But I do have forms to drop off at the office before then.


ETA: For doing all of that today, I treated myself to some all natural cookies. Decided I deserved some cookies.

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A few months ago I lost a lot of hearing in my right ear. I figured it was wax, though I've never had that problem before. So after a while I got the wax remover stuff and a 'otic irrigator' (a bulb), which didn't seem to work. So later I got a pump-bottle irrigator which also didn't work after using the wax remover stuff. Then my left ear started to go ... same thing.

I'd sort of not really cared too much since I still had a good ear and I was pretty sure it was just wax, but once my left ear also stared to go, I needed to do something. Eventually for my left ear I used a home-made ear cleaning solution (bicarb to break down protein bonds, isopropyl alcohol to make water 'wetter', mild dish detergent to penetrate wax, and of course water) that I let sit for a half-hour or so, and FORCEFULLY water-irrigated my ear with the bulb and this HUGE tube-shaped thing came out. I swear it was 3/4 of an inch long and shaped like my ear canal, with a really small open central core. So I did my right ear and it didn't work. But a couple weeks later I tried again remembering to FORCEFULLY irrigate my ear with the bulb, and I got like three chunks out, each about 1/2 inch long and tube-shaped with a small central opening. (Afterward I used a mix of vinegar and isopropyl alcohol in both ears for a few days, to keep them dry and clear up any remaining infection.)

And now instead of having my TV volume up at 75 it's down at 30.

I think I had an ear infection - not behind the eardrum, but in the tissue of the outer ear canal itself. And that caused it to ooze protein-filled fluid which clung to the sides of the ear canal, eventually clotted (basically became a scab), and then trapped wax, dead cells etc.



I mention this because I know you get your ears irrigated, so I know you have problems with keeping your ear canals open. Does your audiologist check your ears to make sure they're clear? I can't imagine them not doing it, but I can see how it could be a problem if they didn't.

Rechargeable hearing aids sound so much better than having to keep changing out those really awkward (to me) itty-bitty batteries!

Cookies sound good!


OH! and ... good luck finding a new doc! And I'm glad it was just a matter of early retirement!


I myself was avoiding the dentist due to COVID-19. But since I got the vax a few weeks ago I thought it was time to make an appointment for a regular checkup and cleaning. So I called and got a really weird message ... nothing about hours or location or 'if this is an emergency ...' just a recording to 'leave a message'. Which I did, gave my phone number and all, and waited, but got no call back for a couple of weeks. I was thinking that maybe business was slow because they had just bought the old practice from my previous dentist, and I wasn't sure how many patients actually transferred over ... and then came COVID-19. So I was thinking maybe they were on reduced hours or semi-shut-down, but their website was still up. So I figured 'what the heck' and tried calling again. Anyway - they're ** SO ** busy that I had to schedule my appointment for November!

So far, so good!

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It seems another small BC community has been destroyed by wild fire. Mote Lake was hit by the White Rock Lake fire. The fire jumped Highway 97, heavy winds blew burning embers onto the town. So far no one has been reported missing. No word on how much of the town is gone as small fires and a lot of smoke in the area, so survey crews can't go in yet.

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I don't know what Highway 97 looks like. Here they used to think that multi-lane divided freeways were good fire breaks, but after the last few years they don't count on that any more.

These fires ...

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I'd sort of not really cared too much since I still had a good ear and I was pretty sure it was just wax, but once my left ear also stared to go, I needed to do something. Eventually for my left ear I used a home-made ear cleaning solution (bicarb to break down protein bonds, isopropyl alcohol to make water 'wetter', mild dish detergent to penetrate wax, and of course water) that I let sit for a half-hour or so, and FORCEFULLY water-irrigated my ear with the bulb and this HUGE tube-shaped thing came out. I swear it was 3/4 of an inch long and shaped like my ear canal, with a really small open central core. So I did my right ear and it didn't work. But a couple weeks later I tried again remembering to FORCEFULLY irrigate my ear with the bulb, and I got like three chunks out, each about 1/2 inch long and tube-shaped with a small central opening. (Afterward I used a mix of vinegar and isopropyl alcohol in both ears for a few days, to keep them dry and clear up any remaining infection.)

And now instead of having my TV volume up at 75 it's down at 30.

I think I had an ear infection - not behind the eardrum, but in the tissue of the outer ear canal itself. And that caused it to ooze protein-filled fluid which clung to the sides of the ear canal, eventually clotted (basically became a scab), and then trapped wax, dead cells etc.

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Originally posted by 1KIKI:

Lady Rain has visited you.

I hope she brings her blessings to the rest of Canada as well.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
BRENDA- blessed rain!

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Originally posted by 1KIKI:

They live so close-by to your new place? Uhmmm ... my hope is that they don't make dropping-by a habit.

Just being nosy - way back when after you just moved out she was renting that room to some young dude who was (hopefully) healthy enough with good enough thyroid function to be able to tolerate cold, damp, substandard conditions. (And OMG, does she not have enough self-awareness to realize that charging rent for that place contradicts her Christian values?)

Is she still renting that place? If not, I'd be really curious about the reason.

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Originally posted by 1KIKI:

OH! I was confused!

I'm so sorry.


Does that mean that for the while you've been in your new place you were a lot closer to work than you were before? That improved commute is a plus!

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