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He was posting TO me. And ABOUT ME.

But even if he was directing his post to you (he wasn't), you have your way of dealing with assholes, and I have mine.

And you may have noticed, this isn't the only place where he's tried to KEEP PEOPLE FROM DISCUSSING THINGS THEY WANT TO DISCUSS AND EXPRESSING THE OPINIONS THEY WANT TO EXPRESS.

*HE* IS CLEARLY *NOT* HERE TO DISCUSS.

He's an asshole ... and I'll shove his JACKshit right back at him.

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SIX's posts are mostly all about *him*. He only pretends to care about "people" but in reality he would like nothing better than to see BRENDA, you, SECOND, JONGSSTRAW, me, and any of the "old" and "weak" people die because he feels we stole the future (Easy Street) from him, and that he will be a survivor and will pick up the pieces as they fall from the deads' hands.

I noticed that he likes to post that "It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine" except ... it really IS the end of the world as we know it, and he DOESN'T feel fine because the new world coming up is going to be hotter, poorer, and more dysfunctional and require way more work for far less payout than the old world. And he may be a survivor, but he sure isn't going to be a winner in the new world, because he doesn't own it.

And I think he knows it because he's lived it: At his age when he should be doing better than when he started out his life was derailed when his awesome job was outsourced to India, and he's been taken down, step by step, thru a series of economic events and bad decisions, to a point where he's living almost a feral life divorced from any source of income except government handouts and gray-market jobs.

So what's to like about THAT???

And instead of blaming the companies that scour the world for the cheapest labor, he's focused on "old people" as the source of the problem.

But the only way that we can get past that terrible part to a better patch is if we work together and stop this black/white, male/female/other, young/old infighting and start focusing on who the REAL enemy is, and that's the people who own the world, the media and the politicians and who are the ones making the big decisions that got us into this mess in the first place.

SIX... any of this ringing any bells? Or am I way off base?

But nobody can keep anybody from posting anything they want to post, unless the poster allows themselves to be derailed by snarky comments from the side (BTW, nothing shuts up CC faster than asking him if he's a paid troll. Just FYI).

Anyway ... back to the garden!


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Hi Brenda - I hope you have good veins and a good vampire and good results!

Just fwiw as some background, I used to be a vampire on a couple of my jobs, and it was sometimes more uncomfortable for me than it was for the recipient. One of my coworkers felt the same way. Her motto was - I shake like a leaf but I never miss. I didn't shake but I made following her motto of never missing my goal. I only missed once, but that was because the guy had such a needle phobia he moved his arm 3' off the bed while I was trying to draw blood. They never let us use butterflies either



nice small needles with a 'butterfly' grip at one end and a tube with a fitting attached at the other end, used by opening up a 'vacutainer'



and letting the sample flow in. Butterflies are far more comfortable for the patient and controllable for the vampire, but we couldn't use them because of - what else - cost. A vacutainer is a blood sample tube with a vacuum in it and often some chemicals. The vacutainer shown has a purple top which means it has dipotassium EDTA in it. The EDTA binds calcium, and calcium is needed for clotting. So the blood in a purple top tube doesn't clot and you can test how many red blood cells, white blood cells etc are in the blood as it flows through a machine. Or you can take a drop, spread it thinly across a microscope slide, stain it, and look at it under a microscope. Different tests use different tube top colors. If you're interested, you can look to see what colors they're using.

To get a better handle on how to draw blood, I followed my roommate's friend around for a shift as he was a 'phlebotomist' in Rochester. They gave him all the difficult draws. He was completely nerveless when it came to drawing blood, but the thing I took away from the experience is that as a vampire, you need to take the time to carefully evaluate the person if the normal spot inside the elbow doesn't look promising. The other thing I learned is that some people just have really, really deep veins that you can't see, you can only feel. In case you're curious, you can feel your own. They feel like slightly taut rubber bands under the skin. They feel more resilient than the surrounding tissue.

Sorry to go on ... this is another thing of interest to me. But I hope you got some details you might possibly be interested in noticing.

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Feel free to post this somewhere else. I'm not going to discuss it in this thread. For the garden, but mainly out of respect for Brenda.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Feel free to post this somewhere else. I'm not going to discuss it in this thread. For the garden, but mainly out of respect for Brenda.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Sure. That's why you brought your shit here in the first place.


Out of 'respect'.


For Brenda.

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I didn't bring anything in here.

I posted in a reply, then you attacked me here

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Wondering if the story of the 18 year old girl and her dogs dying in the flood was the part that really got her off.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Always be well-hydrated before you go for a blood test. Drink a glass of water - even if it's a fasting blood test, that's OK- at least 30 minutes before you leave your home; having veins collapse bc of dehydration makes any blood draw go worse. Also, dress warmly enough so that you won;t be chilled because that also makes the blood vessels go hide. And, of course, buterfly needles are a must!

I learned that with dear daughter, who used to have to go in for regular blood tests to check her medication levels and who is extremely needle phobic. Experience taught me to swing all possible factors in a favorable direction.

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Dandelion fluff around.

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Dandelion fluff around.

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And I bet the lawn care ppl are going nuts!

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You have dandelion fluff already?? I always associate that with summer. There are no dandelions even here right now - not even sprouting that I can see.

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I think you're right - a relative who lives at your latitude has dandelions.

They also mentioned the twilights were getting long. You have to be at least up that far to get those beautiful blue twilights.

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Well, you have a lot of work on your plate, SIX! But it sounds like you're making good progress!

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I know I've mentioned this in another thread, but ... have you thought of renting a room, or two? You have a large house ... you've posted the pictures, so I know! ... and instead of being a money-pit it could be an income-producer.

Your brother, for example. If he gets benefits and some agency is paying for his rent, or part of his rent, could it pay you instead? (It would probably mean inspections and so forth, and I believe it would mean crossing state lines, so the agency you would be dealing with would be Indiana, not Illinois, so there would be red tape which I know you hate, but might be worth it.)

Or just take on a boarder or two. Here, renting a room with "kitchen and laundry" privileges goes for $600-$800/mo, there it would be less but still a tidy sum in your pocket every month.

I know you have your friend's example of how NOT to rent property, but you'll be right there keeping an eye on things. Just look into eviction procedures .... you may need to resort to that ... and it would mean loss of privacy but could still provide a steady source of income.

Yanno, turn your money-pit into a money-maker, at least for a time.

The reason why I bring this up is because real estate values are predicted to drop. By the time you're ready to sell, you may not get the price that you're hoping for/counting on. And if things keep going as they're going, that backyard might come in handy for raising some chickens and growing some veggies.

Just a thought.

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That sucks. Do you have any of those chemical heat pads? They seen to work better for me than anything else except ibuprofen or Meloxicam.

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Have a great time, Brenda!

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Spoke to a friend today on the phone. Her birthday is next Friday. We shall try and sort some meet up.

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Thank goodness the heating pad seems to have done the trick for my back! It's still a bit sore and I think I need to be careful how I move, but at least I can get around normally.

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Spoke to a friend today on the phone. Her birthday is next Friday. We shall try and sort some meet up.

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Sounds like fun!

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Finished the windows today and they look pro. A/C being put in tomorrow, with two days to spare before 90 degrees.

Also did more work on my service door that I had repaired and primered while my bro was in town. Too much rain and more pressing matters to get to it before today. I'll get the final coat of rustoleum on it tomorrow and have another project down.

Time to start planning my gutters and foundational repairs.

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At the risk of sounding nosy ... what kind of AC is going in? A room A/C? If so,I imagine that it would be in a bedroom, which would allow you to get a good night's sleep?

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Dog cornered a skunk in the backyard. Weird, because our backyard has block wall all the way around, lowest part is about 4.5 feet) and I didn't think skunks could climb all that well. Apparently they can, the, because it was in our yard last night and gone by morning

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Dog cornered a skunk in the backyard. Weird, because our backyard has block wall all the way around, lowest part is about 4.5 feet) and I didn't think skunks could climb all that well. Apparently they can, the, because it was in our yard last night and gone by morning

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I didn't think so either. Sure there aren't any holes going under the wall that it might have dug to get in?

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