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compwiz1202 said:
Yea watched Demolition Man last night and may not be too far from the truth when Edgar Friendly said "We use these weapons to shop for groceries, a$$****" :(
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Some folks are losing common sense as well as perspective lately. I have a friend down in the city who decided the best way around some anxiety over "what if they run out of ______" and "what if my neighbor tries to break into my place and take my celery?" was to flash back to her days of first jobs, first experience with rent coming before everything and so sometimes making dinner out of things that totally don't go together.

"Like what?" I asked, thinking back to our times of only having pasta and canned tomatoes on hand. I mean the reason for only having that combo was two-fold: 1) cheap and 2) they went together great.

"Like you know, canned beets and curry spice".

Hmm. Challenging.

If those had been my experiences when running to the back of the pantry, those would not be the memories I now chose to flash back to in order to reduce any current food-related anxiety. I didn't say that to my friend, of course. But when this is over, I'm going to josh her about her pantry-keeping learning curve.
 
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@LizKat no one wants my celery or "Happy Belly" green juice (not even mom, though she's been a good sport about that). :p

Thankfully, copper compression braces and socks have been helping mom a little bit, so we've ordered some more copper compression stuff for her.

Just grateful things are okay here* and I hope everyone is well.

*Outside of dog alarms from the usual stupid pet owners.
 
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LizKat said:
Some folks are losing common sense as well as perspective lately. I have a friend down in the city who decided the best way around some anxiety over "what if they run out of ______" and "what if my neighbor tries to break into my place and take my celery?" was to flash back to her days of first jobs, first experience with rent coming before everything and so sometimes making dinner out of things that totally don't go together.

"Like what?" I asked, thinking back to our times of only having pasta and canned tomatoes on hand. I mean the reason for only having that combo was two-fold: 1) cheap and 2) they went together great.

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They do go together great, agreed, but, in my experience, add an onion and a clove or two (or, better still) a full head of garlic and one has a totally transformed and perfectly edible dish (and garlic and onions are pretty cheap, too, plus, they keep forever.)

kazmac said:
@LizKat no one wants my celery or "Happy Belly" green juice (not even mom, though she's been a good sport about that). :p

Thankfully, copper compression braces and socks have been helping mom a little bit, so we've ordered some more copper compression stuff for her.

Just grateful things are okay here* and I hope everyone is well.

*Outside of dog alarms from the usual stupid pet owners.
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Very glad to hear that things are okay with you, as well.

Stay safe and stay sane, and do remember to be kind to yourself.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
They do go together great, agreed, but, in my experience, add an onion and a clove or two (or, better still) a full head of garlic and one has a totally transformed and perfectly edible dish (and garlic and onions are pretty cheap, too, plus, they keep forever.)
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Sure, but remember I was speaking of a couple of 20-yos, fledglings despite a veneer of sophistication, not even yet aware of our assumptions about what could be taken for granted in a kitchen and its cupboards.

🤪 we'd be two days from payday and electing to walk to work because even on payday otherwise, we'd still have been 60c short of rent + utilities, so last month's haul of pasta and tomatoes was looking to end up shorn of "frills" like garlic, onions, parmesan/romano cheese. Sometimes even beans and tuna were on a wishlist, not stacked neatly in back of the cans of tomatoes...​

It was a live and learn time for sure. But no matter. It taught us to sort out what we wanted from what we needed, so that those tomato and pasta back-of-cupboard items would find some decent company in the pantry after awhile. The glance-back moments are like comedy shorts or those little TikTok videos, and amusing to think of now and then.
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Worth a laugh now but maybe not then: the first time we managed to run out of salt, and my flatmate ran downstairs to borrow from a neighbor we barely knew via passing in the stairways.​
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She came back with a quarter-cup of salt in a chipped tea cup and what she could remember of the neighbor's brief but impressively opinion-packed lecture about a) keeping a pantry, b) proper levels of noisemaking after 11pm, c) being too scatterbrained to bring a vessel when wishing to borrow staple goods and d) okay to leave the borrowed chipped teacup outside her door, no need to replace the salt.​

Hope everyone manages to round up what they need for today, and may all our improvisations and lessons-learned be worth a chuckle or two later on!
 
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Since it appears I’ll be home, working, for the foreseeable future, I’m thinking my 2010 iMac is due for replacement. I have a windows laptop for work; my iMac is for personal use.

So far it looks like the company is going to keep me on, as I fill a fairly critical role. But things might change to the extent that they decide to close down completely, in which case it would be nice to have a newish computer for my future consulting endeavors.

On the other hand, maybe I just want some retail therapy.
 
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LizKat said:
Sure, but remember I was speaking of a couple of 20-yos, fledglings despite a veneer of sophistication, not even yet aware of our assumptions about what could be taken for granted in a kitchen and its cupboards.

🤪 we'd be two days from payday and electing to walk to work because even on payday otherwise, we'd still have been 60c short of rent + utilities, so last month's haul of pasta and tomatoes was looking to end up shorn of "frills" like garlic, onions, parmesan/romano cheese. Sometimes even beans and tuna were on a wishlist, not stacked neatly in back of the cans of tomatoes...​

It was a live and learn time for sure. But no matter. It taught us to sort out what we wanted from what we needed, so that those tomato and pasta back-of-cupboard items would find some decent company in the pantry after awhile. The glance-back moments are like comedy shorts or those little TikTok videos, and amusing to think of now and then.
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Worth a laugh now but maybe not then: the first time we managed to run out of salt, and my flatmate ran downstairs to borrow from a neighbor we barely knew via passing in the stairways.​
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She came back with a quarter-cup of salt in a chipped tea cup and what she could remember of the neighbor's brief but impressively opinion-packed lecture about a) keeping a pantry, b) proper levels of noisemaking after 11pm, c) being too scatterbrained to bring a vessel when wishing to borrow staple goods and d) okay to leave the borrowed chipped teacup outside her door, no need to replace the salt.​

Hope everyone manages to round up what they need for today, and may all our improvisations and lessons-learned be worth a chuckle or two later on!
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Yes, Hope everyone here is good and has what they need.

Many thanks for the soap vid too.
 
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kazmac said:
Yes, Hope everyone here is good and has what they need.

Many thanks for the soap vid too.
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Glad to hear it.

Be kind to yourself, forgive yourself, and try to have patience wth yourself (and with your mother).

Caring for, and loving, and looking after someone (being responsible for someone) are challenges that merely ask that you do the best that you can, in sometimes difficult and trying circumstances.

The best that you can do is to (try to) do this in a way that is compatible with your own character and with the care needs that must be met; however, it does not demand, require, or insist on, perfection, and do not berate yourself if you sometimes fall short of that impossible ideal.

My mother - whom I loved to bits - was an absolutely awful patient when she still had her mind, mental capacity and proverbial marbles. This was because - I think - (wth the benefit of hindsight) she hated being dependent on, or reliant on, others.

Whereas my father, bless him, on the other hand, was an ideal patient, sweet, considerate, thoughtful (of others), obedient - because he knew that this was how he would get better - grateful, helpful, polite (to those who cared for him, both family and medical professionals) and responsible (re his own medication), and also, was as abut low maintenance as was compatible with his many conditions.

Not mother.

However, as her dementia progressed, and her need to express her autonomy and independence decreased and diminished, in one way, caring for her, and having the responsibility for her care, because easier, and her essentially decent and sweet (and generous) character because more pronounced and prominent as her care needs increased.

But, yes, soap rocks.
 
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I don't know about everyone else but I'm really glad I always kept way more ramen than I should have. I also kept an abundance of hygiene and cleaning products. I guess it pays to have anxiety sometimes.
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Someone recommended I watch Pandemic on Netflix. So I turned it on last night. I watch for a while then discovered I was just looking out my window.
 
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Gutwrench said:
Someone recommended I watch Pandemic on Netflix. So I turned it on last night. I watch for a while then discovered I was just looking out my window.
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Read a disgusting story online about a paramedic who has been asked to leave his hone by the landlady as she is concerned he will bring the virus home with him. That’s totally out of order.
 
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Apple fanboy said:
Read a disgusting story online about a paramedic who has been asked to leave his hone by the landlady as she is concerned he will bring the virus home with him. That’s totally out of order.
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Yes, I read the same story, and I am pretty certain that the landlady's action is illegal. Or, rather, it will be illegal, once certain measures have been passed into law by HM's government.

Agreed, absolutely disgusting and disgraceful behaviour.

The text - evicted by text! - sent by the landlady - to the (frontline) health worker - was fulsome with pseudo apologies and positively reeked with self-justification: "It's only a matter of time before you are in contact with the virus. Can you organise an Airbnb and collect your stuff tomorrow. Sorry normally I would never do this but its not worth the risk."

And to add insult to injury, the text concluded: "I'll charge you for the week but refund everything. Hope u understand."

Good grief.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Sorry normally I would never do this
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I'm sure that was a load off the paramedic's mind. :rolleyes:

Seriously, what an odd thing to say; it's precisely because this situation is abnormal that her actions are so loathsome. Sure, making somebody homeless wouldn't normally be great, but amidst a pandemic, it's… ****.
 
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yaxomoxay said:
Oh my what a sad, pathetic human. I think the paramedic should start sneezing when he goes to give her the keys.
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A sad, pathetic, frightened yet greedy human being.

But very self-serving and downright disgraceful, given the appalling risks faced by frontline medical staff while the coronavirus continues to spread in the community; free accommodation and arranged food are the least that one would assume that such courage, professionalism and dedication deserves.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Yes, I read the same story, and I am pretty certain that the landlady's action is illegal. Or, rather, it will be illegal, once certain measures have been passed into law by HM's government.

Agreed, absolutely disgusting and disgraceful behaviour.

The text - evicted by text! - sent by the landlady - to the (frontline) health worker - was fulsome with pseudo apologies and positively reeked with self-justification: "It's only a matter of time before you are in contact with the virus. Can you organise an Airbnb and collect your stuff tomorrow. Sorry normally I would never do this but its not worth the risk."

And to add insult to injury, the text concluded: "I'll charge you for the week but refund everything. Hope u understand."

Good grief.
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Hope she NEVER gets another tenant ever since it seems to be public now. I actually hope everyone who is a dick, person or business gets boycotted to the end of time, and the ones who tried their best to help their customers get more business than the could possibly handle.
 
Whether or not a certain alleged wall street aficionado is a parody account.

If so, it's really good parody. If not, it's deeply concerning.
 
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Definitely illegal if he has a tenancy agreement. But then landlords are quite often the scum of the earth. Hopefully she gets prosecuted. I’m not a big believer in karma (otherwise I must have done something REALLY bad in a previous life). But if there is such a thing I hope she gets hers.

On my mind right now is the dinner cooking in the oven.
 
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Are we really at the point in which celebrities are called "my queen" by their fans?!?
(prompted by an article on CNN...)
 
Scepticalscribe said:
No.

Not in my universe, or world.

But, elsewhere, who can tell?
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I swear, I once listened to a discussion between two ladies, I guess in their 30's, arguing about a fundamental question that I can summarize as follows: "Is Beyoncé a Queen or a Goddess?". Still remember it. I was at a frozen yogurt place, with my kid. The two were also loud and quite serious about it, almost fighting I'd say. I wanted to die.
 
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