Subj : Re: Greetings
To   : George Pope
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Sun Jul 18 2021 11:35:37

  Re: Re: Greetings
  By: George Pope to Carol Shenkenberger on Wed Jun 09 2021 03:27 pm

 > [big snip]
 >  > Hi George, sorry for the bad quoting.
 > 
 > No worries -- we all started there! ;)
 > 
 >  > My back was having issues before the speed boat. That just made it worse.
 > 
 >  > I am well south of you in Virginia Beach.  Probaby 4,000 miles SE of you.
 >  > Might be more.
 > 
 > Oh, sorry, thought you mentioned Seattle. . .
 > 
 > I knew a lady in San Diego who taught the extreme survival clasess to the
 > Navy(& others)
 > 
 > So you're east coast, halfway up or so?  I'm on the (B)est Coast. . .
 > 
 > Lived in the Beast, one winter -- that cured me!
 > 
 >  > For laughs, I mostly garden (container type), watch youtube, and am
 > engadged
 >  > in local issues and helping others out.  I adopt older medical issue dogs
 >  > and cats that no one else will.
 > 
 >  > Once I retire, I may go back to being foster-meowmie for cats.
 > 
 > Meowmie, eh? Cute! I had a wonderful cat who died at age 16 of kidney issues
 > She was comatose, & since we didn't now if she was feeling pain still, I had
 > the vet give her the needle -- I cried. . .
 > 
 > I had her 14 years, so can't complain, TOO much, but I still miss her & wish
 > I had had more time with her. . .
 > 
 > What kinds of local issues? I choose to involve myself with the city affairs
 > including keeping an eye on the councilors at most every monthly meeting, &
 > speaking up when I feel the need & it's open to the public (usually prior to
 > the first agenda presentation item.)
 > 
 > I'm involved in advising the city managers, too, on disability &/or poverty
 > issues.
 > 
 > It's a good city, especially as they welcome & are responsive to, input from
 > the public at all levels. . .
 > 
 > I'm not having as much success advocating federally -- provincially(equiv. t
 > your state level politics), sure, but the feds don't seem  to shiv a git!
 > 
 > I feel like your moderates & progressives when they were trying to be heard
 > in DC, in 2016 & 2020! :(
 > 
 > 
 > Your friend,
 > 
 > <+]:{)}
 > Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM

Sorry for delay!  I started a new job and kinda let Fido be on autopilot for a
bit.

not to worry on the area I live in.  Navy, 26 years, lived lots of left coast
 and Hawaii, then Japan.  Been back in 'Hampton Roads' (Virginia beach,
suffolk, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Hampton, Newport News, Williamburg etc.) since
2007.  

On local stuff I do, well tends to be very direct.  Neighbor, now good friend
has MS and Lupus.  She asked how much a wheelchair ramp costs to build on a
house.  I and some 50 others built it with donated materials and labor.  

Then there was a fellow with no electricity for the last 10 years and no heat
headed at his 5th year.  He needed help decluttering, wood burner chimney
repair, funds.  Nothing electric in the house still worked (fridge, stove,
washer, dryer, hot water heater).  Most electric lines had been rat chewn so
wall rip out and replacement then the ceiling collapsed due to old house and 60
year old drywall nails.  Go-Fund-me set for 2,000$ hit 6,000$ all from locals. 
Handyman places donated dumpsters.  People gathered and we helped clear flotsam
that folks had given him in place of money for his working on their lawnmowers.
good stuff but too much.  He'd been disabled in a car crash for life, but only
got enough money for part of the medical bills and a replacement car.  For some
reason, he's not eligible for medicare, medicare, or Social Security
assistance.  He's only 55 or so.  A local charity provided drywall.  Other
locals rewired then redrywalled.  We got him a hot water heater.  His brother
provided a stove.  I came up with a larger dorm fridge that runs at very low
cost and an ancillary chest freezer he can use when he needs to, and unplug
when he doesnt.  Others came up with washer/dryer.  Probably 100 folks donated
time or money to make that happen.

I 'organize' these sort of things.

Right now, it's a lady (disabled) who has to get a fence up due to code issues,
to hide a boat in back yard.  We laid the posts yesterday.  Donated wood panels
arrived today.  She had just enough for the galvanized fencing nails and
QuikCrete for the posts.

   xxcarol
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