I feel like in “Trump’s America” that wouldn’t be a barrier.

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Please keep sharing my relatives. Its so important right now. Prayers over all those struggling right now, so many are not making it with everything right now. 💔

I mean, we were here first. 😉😆

Fixable with hammer, Sawzall, and an hour or two of work. But what the fuck, people.

Why do these doofuses always think swords? Is it because nobody wanted them in their D&D games? They’ll be impressive when the apocalypse they created comes for them with pitchforks? (Related, do they not understand they lose on reach to pitchforks, shovels, hoes, most common garden tools?)

Photo of top section of a 2x4 and drywall box surrounding a telepost. The front drywall has been removed and you can see two sides are wood. The wood at the very top covers the adjustment hole, so you can’t change the height without taking everything off. Which I did. Eventually.

People who build permanent finish boxes around teleposts where the ground likes to tango (hello Regina Plains gumbo) between wet & dry years should have to come undo their decisions with their TEETH. Including the bit of wood at the top that blocks the turn hole.

I switched to the little gel packets, and would’ve asked for pills, because I could get the damn patches to stick for even a day half the time. Upper back worked okay sometimes, suggested locations were a joke. Especially working outside on the farm!

Is the structure in place? Can’t leave stuff in the bathroom, it gets tossed or vanishes & is probably an ICP issue. No real storage space to speak of. Very limited help if you’re not mobile. As you say, not well enough generally.

A screenshot of a very disturbing poster who I’ve dug I to a bit and am blocking. Even small poisons should be walled away. (at)eugenekun.bsky.social

I’m not linking, but I’ve dug a bit and whoosh. Block this one. Do not follow the links to their “more serious writings” page. Disturbed nonsense, and would damage a lot of stressed psyches. Just…block.

Holy smokes, that cruelty-R-us poster. Went and explored their account a bit, and a link or two. Gonna block that mess.

Beautiful coat and a lovely name to go with it, she really does look like a big powdered donut!

I tried to figure out the Canadian setup, but it ended up looking like more work than it was worth. at least parent can deduct the paid care costs on taxes.

OH! and the helmets even had the little mouth guards you clipped on after the ice cream was done.

Years and years and years ago the Canadian Football League and Dairy Queen did a sundae special and the "bowls" were little plastic football helmets & you got some sort of a cardboard (?) wall thing to display them on. Today logos wld all be different & some teams long gone...wonder where ours is?

Added to the list! Also thinking that in extremis, "crapdoodle".

Same! I'm good with kids in short bursts. I don't have kids, because I know that. I babysat one family close to our farm, and those parents never should've had kids. The most stability those three had was their grandparents, school, and the parents of their school friends.

One of the most rewarding things I did when I worked in a university library (Canada, 1990s) was plan and organize our annual banned books display & presentations. Appalling that we could do a new spin & new books every year, but also kept people thinking about the "whys".

I’m trying to get some of the easy-but-ableist insults traded out. I’m not sure this conveys all that I d like but it’s pretty good.

My brother’s biggest disappointment during his wear-all-black phase was that he’s a big guy and ever little one he tried to make friends with (he loves kids) would burst into tears cause he was kinda scary!

Gods above and below, what is wrong with you? Do you have no people in real life left to say insulting nonsense to, you have to go on line to be a complete cockwomble?

Ye gods my brain has checked out for today! First, I couldn’t remember the 2 middle numbers of my 6-digit coop number (only had that for like 15 years) but then. Then! I just wandered away without paying! I felt so bad.

Gonna go home & stop tempting fate.

That’s also one of our top choices for keeping all the critters off the produce!

...sides. I still struggle with not correcting things I *know* are not right, but it takes a lot of time to get there. And potentially get used to "I don't think so" a lot, when you say something that was fine & correct & agreed to by everyone an hour ago. It's forgotten, not disputed.

...and roll two entirely unrelated and partial memories together into something you have to untangle in YOUR head to figure out, but all rolls into what has been mentioned here about rolling with how they recall things and not correcting all the time. That way lies madness and anger on both...

I also thought, late late, that the constant exposure will mean you'll have to adjust to the dementia memory loss in a much faster way. I don't know if it'll be easier or harder to see them not able to recall things you know they know (knew), recall things you said 15 minutes ago, or "skip track"...

...in that very specific way of meetings from home, freedom to move, etc etc etc that some of the separation from coworkers wasn't as bad. And I'd just moved back late 2018, so hadn't really ramped up too much social. But really, I think that 6-7 months on the farm kept me going.

Our offices send everyone out mid-March, but without great connection so that took a few weeks to resolve. But we moved out to the farm end of April, and stayed until November, so I was luckier than a lot - more masks, less interactions, but the work from home was so utterly great and relaxing...

Yeah, this person is a retired RN who managed care homes & geriatric units. Someone with poor hearing, poor sight, definitely their own schedule is tough. We ruled out SO MANY places with regimented early mornings & set meal times. Finding a good small place & being able to afford - huge.

Jeez glad everyone is okay. That sounds terrifying!