Subj : Another Day In The ER To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Nov 23 2020 07:59:00 Hi Daryl! BM> When I was growing up a friend of mine had crab apple trees in his back BM> yard; I think his mother did or used to do canning, also had some BM> grapes. Anyway, did eat a few of the crab apples: sour and tart. DS> Glad I never got a liking for them. I/we never really liked them - sort of a lite dare without any nasty consequences other than a little mouth pucker. BM> COVID-19 probably didn't help the depression scenario any. Though may BM> have helped prevent some issues as gave some people something to do BM> such as watching after other people. DS> I always go into severe depression from mid-November to DS> mid-Thanksgiving. Not because I've been a widower for nearly 14 DS> years now, but of all the commercialism. They had Christmas stuff DS> on TV and in the stores in July!! I still wonder if I should've DS> shopped for Easter before Labor Day. :P Yes, you should! As for the severe depression, hopefully not too severe but not an uncommon thing: combination of shorter and colder days and so being stuck inside --> less sunshine --> Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) plus the expectations and as you mentioned the twist to commercialism. One thing I did years ago was to buy a full-spectrum Sun-replicating desk lamp for the Computer Desk. Spend a lot of time here so the best place for me; YMMV. Does seem to help take away the winter blahs. Original lamp was the fluorescent version and went through two or three replacement bulbs (they are available at Batteries + Bulbs. With its last replacement coming up bought a LED version which is dimmable. To me just off full is best. They advertise this one as being able to also be used as a grow lamp for household plants. DS> I put that iHeartRadio app on my phone, and have been listening DS> to their Sacred Christmas Music channel, and watching YouTube DS> videos of marriage proposals, and surprise homecomings. With many DS> of these, I start crying, for the happiness and beauty of DS> them...two things of which there seem to be so little of in the DS> world today. Yes, watching happy things is good 'medicine'. Distracts from the bad things / reminds of the good things. Bad things are going to happen, but it's not all gloom-and-doom. As one can't always be in the right place at the right time to directly observe or participate in the joyous and happy occasions watching recordings is the next best thing. DS> Or as Rindercella, if I'm out after nidmight, I'll purn into a DS> tumpkin...and I sure don't want to slop my dripper. BM> Hee Haw! DS> When Archie Campbell was doing The Pee Thrittle Igs, and said DS> the wolf "Hoed Her Blouse Down", I thought I was going to die DS> laughing. The look on Roy Clark's face was priceless!! It does have an interesting meaning! DS> in their own little world...not paying attention to what was DS> going on. They got T-boned by the Amtrak train. BM> Unfortunately. DS> All because they didn't pay attention. Accidents will happen, once can't be constantly watching everything and everywhere, but in this instance it does seem the accident would have been easily preventable. BM> Hopefully they get a working pump soon. I'd be (and not trying to get BM> you paranoid) concerned about two bad pumps -- bad supplier? DS> Not sure. The first one was backordered, and it was defective. DS> So, they ordered a new one Monday (it was too late to order a new DS> one Friday), and it was defective. So, they had to overnight DS> another one...then wanted to be sure it'd work after "a cold DS> start" being there overnight. I finally got it back Thursday DS> afternoon, to the tune of $942...but cheaper than a new car!! The DS> gas gage was on E, and I think I barely made it to a Circle K on DS> the other side of the freeway...$20 filled the tank at $1.72 a DS> gallon. Yes, cheaper than a new car -- not by much: used to be some $995 'bargains' sold by the car dealers around here -- you'd be buying some other problems! I was 'taught' by Dad to never let the gas needle go below half: if there's an emergency have gas and don't need to stop for a fill. Or try to find an open station in the middle of the night: there were several times I when I was working I was sent to the facility a few towns away -- going there was fine as was around 5 p.m. but returning at 1 or 3 a.m. depending on which assignment just about everything was closed and while Dad would have brought a can of gas, umm, we'll just say he would not have been happy about it as was preventable. BM> Hallelujah! I haven't seen abandoned carts at Hy-Vee; the good news is BM> most of the cart-drivers are nice about things though there have been a BM> few having an attitude. Suppose just like the rest of the people: BM> there are a few nasty ones. DS> I went to Walgreens to get 2 prescriptions. I had to go to the DS> Urgent Care Clinic yesterday, after 3 days of testicular pain. I DS> still have the epididymytis (it's recurring), and now have a UTI DS> to go with it. I didn't think I'd get to my pharmacy in time DS> (they close early on Saturday), so I went to the Walgreen's. I DS> have to go there to get any shots, as my pharmacy won't do shots. The needles and ornamental balls are supposed to be on a Christmas Tree! Hopefully you were able to get rid of your infection and that was what was causing the testicular pain. ...I think I remember you mentioning a visit to the doctor's office coming up and hopefully prescribe/do something to fix you. BM> Any boyfriend who was invited to attend a gathering (not recalling at BM> Chistmas or Thanksgiving but birthdays, etc.) who exhibited that kind BM> of bad behaviour ended up not lasting long. Was not due to pressure by BM> us but the daughter 'saw the light' and the love blinders came off as BM> the boyfriend revealed a portion of his true self. DS> Yep, that'll do it. Or like the tagline "If love is blind, how DS> does love at first sight work??". Sometimes seen through rose-coloured glasses (and apparently the prescription is wrong!) DS> An Editor's life, in print, audio, or video, is a ton of work. BM> True, though some need to do a better job. One syndicated show we BM> watched had commercials every seven minutes. Didn't matter if there BM> was a better break point fifteen or thirty seconds either side, was BM> pretty much 7:00.00 - insert commercials! DS> And on some channels, they'll pre-empt local commercials to run DS> things from out of state...especially during political season. I've noticed more the opposite: national or at least regional commercial being superceeded by a local one. Noted some time back a commercial would barely start, then the MyPillow ad would play! Gaaa! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... If it ain't broke, release a NEW version until it is! --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .