Eletelephony | ||
~Laura Richards | ||
Once there was an elephant, Howe'er it was, he got his trunk |
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Filed under: Favorite Things
The Pain Factor
I went to the chiropractor this morning. After getting whacked back in shape and having my hip shoved back in place, he said:
Huh? It's true, I was in some pain but not so much that I couldn't get around.
It did get me to wondering about something, yet again... Do women really have a much higher tolerance for physical pain than men? Or is it an individual thing?
After every major surgery, I was up and around within hours after getting home. I'm not saying it was fun or that I felt like competing in a marathon but I was up and doing.
Most women don't stay in bed when they have the flu or a bad cold. Most women of my acquaintance don't even bother to complain about how rotten they feel. Most men of my acquaintance snivel like they had come down with Pneumonic plaque or Ebola.
Taking an aspirin when you have a headache just seems like an intelligent thing to do, Why do some males act like they're dying from the headache but still refuse to take and aspirin?
Going to the doctor when you've sprained your ankle is also a good thing. Get that brace on and continue as usual. Don't hobble around like somebody just hit you in the knee with a sledge hammer emitting a high keening noise for days because you have a sprained ankle.
Being asked "Does it hurt bad" when in the midst of labor is a really dumb question and would result in numerous broken noses if it weren't for the intervention of nurses and a tangle of IV tubes.
Getting burned is part of cooking. Fat spatters, liquids slop, things splash. Get over it.
"I don't know how you walked in here with that hip so far out and your back all tensed up."
Huh? It's true, I was in some pain but not so much that I couldn't get around.
It did get me to wondering about something, yet again... Do women really have a much higher tolerance for physical pain than men? Or is it an individual thing?
After every major surgery, I was up and around within hours after getting home. I'm not saying it was fun or that I felt like competing in a marathon but I was up and doing.
Most women don't stay in bed when they have the flu or a bad cold. Most women of my acquaintance don't even bother to complain about how rotten they feel. Most men of my acquaintance snivel like they had come down with Pneumonic plaque or Ebola.
Taking an aspirin when you have a headache just seems like an intelligent thing to do, Why do some males act like they're dying from the headache but still refuse to take and aspirin?
Going to the doctor when you've sprained your ankle is also a good thing. Get that brace on and continue as usual. Don't hobble around like somebody just hit you in the knee with a sledge hammer emitting a high keening noise for days because you have a sprained ankle.
Being asked "Does it hurt bad" when in the midst of labor is a really dumb question and would result in numerous broken noses if it weren't for the intervention of nurses and a tangle of IV tubes.
Getting burned is part of cooking. Fat spatters, liquids slop, things splash. Get over it.
Hmmm
Things I noticed while out and about include:
A white car apparently driven by nobody turning directly in front of a another car. Turns out there was a tiny, little fuzzy-haired old lady driving the white car. She probably didn't see the other car because she was so little she was looking between the steering wheel and the dashboard.
There seem to be a lot of McCain supporters in town. Or, at least, there are a lot of signs in evidence.
Farmers are still not back in the fields. Too wet.
I'm not the only female who finds herself talking to air when trying to converse with the Male.
Some people can put 2 and 2 together and come up with 5. This is quite a feat but not so much as keeping a straight face as they are doing it.
It's a good idea to read the directions when using an unfamiliar device.
Age and grey hair don't always equate with wisdom.
Males, on average, prefer to do things the hard way even when there is a much easier way to do them.
FEMA sucks.
Radio Shack is still better than any Big Box Store.
There are always weird things along the side of the highway.
You can't be naughty out in public because someone who knows someone who knows you will see.
Young males who walk around in public with their boxers hanging out shouldn't be surprised when they get nasty comments from old ladies.
Women seem to have a lot more intestinal fortitude than men.
Some people are just born mean.
PJ O'Rourke is right a lot of the time. Sean Hannity is wrong all of the time.
Neighbors are all fine and good as long as they keep their noses out of one's business.
Getting frustrated in traffic is an exercise in futility.
Gas prices are going down while the price of everything else is going up.
High fructose corn syrup may be the bane of modern life.
A white car apparently driven by nobody turning directly in front of a another car. Turns out there was a tiny, little fuzzy-haired old lady driving the white car. She probably didn't see the other car because she was so little she was looking between the steering wheel and the dashboard.
There seem to be a lot of McCain supporters in town. Or, at least, there are a lot of signs in evidence.
Farmers are still not back in the fields. Too wet.
I'm not the only female who finds herself talking to air when trying to converse with the Male.
Some people can put 2 and 2 together and come up with 5. This is quite a feat but not so much as keeping a straight face as they are doing it.
It's a good idea to read the directions when using an unfamiliar device.
Age and grey hair don't always equate with wisdom.
Males, on average, prefer to do things the hard way even when there is a much easier way to do them.
FEMA sucks.
Radio Shack is still better than any Big Box Store.
There are always weird things along the side of the highway.
You can't be naughty out in public because someone who knows someone who knows you will see.
Young males who walk around in public with their boxers hanging out shouldn't be surprised when they get nasty comments from old ladies.
Women seem to have a lot more intestinal fortitude than men.
Some people are just born mean.
PJ O'Rourke is right a lot of the time. Sean Hannity is wrong all of the time.
Neighbors are all fine and good as long as they keep their noses out of one's business.
Getting frustrated in traffic is an exercise in futility.
Gas prices are going down while the price of everything else is going up.
High fructose corn syrup may be the bane of modern life.
A dirty little secret
You know that handy box in your kitchen called a refrigerator? Yeah, the big thing that may, or may not, dispense ice and water, hums in the middle of the night and keeps your leftovers cool until they mutate into a previously unknown and frightening form of life? Yeah, that thing.
Well, that thing has a secret. A dirty secret, hidden away in the dark.
Underneath the fridge is a place of gloom, inhabited by dustbunnies, lost pencils, stray green beans and dirt. And when I say dirt, I mean Major Dirtage.
How many times a year do you, Gentle Reader, pull your fridge out and clean under it? Or in back of it? Or beside it? Not too many, I'd be willing to bet.
By the time the fridge gets moved, the area around it and beneath it will look like cleanup day at the landfill.
So. Just remember this: Don't Move Your Refrigerator. Ok?
Well, that thing has a secret. A dirty secret, hidden away in the dark.
Underneath the fridge is a place of gloom, inhabited by dustbunnies, lost pencils, stray green beans and dirt. And when I say dirt, I mean Major Dirtage.
How many times a year do you, Gentle Reader, pull your fridge out and clean under it? Or in back of it? Or beside it? Not too many, I'd be willing to bet.
By the time the fridge gets moved, the area around it and beneath it will look like cleanup day at the landfill.
So. Just remember this: Don't Move Your Refrigerator. Ok?
Friday, October 3, 2008
Gosh, darn it!
That nasty, darned ole huntin' accident is just the very worst thing that could possibly happen.*
What is the worst thing Dick Cheney has done?
Couric interviewing the veep nominees asked the question. Contrast the answers.
What the heck is that bit about Iraq and support for our armed forces, anyway?
My brain is getting tired trying to figure out why people think that woman is anywhere close to being with-it enough to be veep.
* Maybe to an avid hunter this makes sense. To anyone else... not so much.
What is the worst thing Dick Cheney has done?
Couric interviewing the veep nominees asked the question. Contrast the answers.
What the heck is that bit about Iraq and support for our armed forces, anyway?
My brain is getting tired trying to figure out why people think that woman is anywhere close to being with-it enough to be veep.
* Maybe to an avid hunter this makes sense. To anyone else... not so much.
Egads
The morons speak. If anyone is interested in what kind of looneywackers we have running around this area just check out the majority of the comments here:
Some thoughtful, some moronic
and the ones here:
Oh, Buffy? Your brain is looking for you...
I may decide to take little Buffo's comments, research them and do a blog. I might go so far as to actually post a comment at the paper's website because, last I knew, none of her facts are within the realm of reality. Including the one about "being fantastic."
Some thoughtful, some moronic
and the ones here:
Oh, Buffy? Your brain is looking for you...
I may decide to take little Buffo's comments, research them and do a blog. I might go so far as to actually post a comment at the paper's website because, last I knew, none of her facts are within the realm of reality. Including the one about "being fantastic."
Beyond annoying
Have been having a one-sided correspondence non-battle with a huge insurance company in Arizona. They bought the company that had one of my annuities and I can't get them to respond to my letters, not to speak of giving me my money. All I have heard from them is some dumb thing about them cancelling my Express Scrips card. I don't have an Express Scrips card. I am not insured with them. I Have An Annuity and I want it back. I didn't object to the original company moving and then moving again in the least. Their service was still great and I trusted them, well, as much as I trust any financial institution. When they were bought out, without a "what do you think" or any notice of any kind from them or their purchaser, I decided enough was enough. I want those funds back so I can put them somewhere they will be doing some good, not sitting around like they are now. My frustration with their non-reponsiveness is such that I am writing them another letter, requiring instructions on how to close the account and get my funds and those instructions will be given in 10 business days from mailing date. I will tell them, right out, that if I hear nothing from them in that time, I am referring their company and this matter to the state commissioner of insurance. I will follow through, too.
Also dealing with a 10 day old mess that has proceeded from an account number mixup. I'm no financial or mathematical genius but there is no way my balance and the institution's balances can be that far apart. Not only that, one of the balances is fluctuating up and down like a proverbial jack-in-the-box. It's making me nervous. Especially considering there is a twelve hundred dollar check out there that hasn't cleared. If nothing else, this will keep me from having to clip my nails as I am currently chewing them down to the quick.
I was looking at Himself's check stub last night and wondering why in the world there is so much (over 25%) being witheld. Turns out Mr. genius decided not to take any exemptions or deductions so he would "get more money back after taxes." Well, sure, dude, that would work just fine if you manage to get that last couple of grand in child support* paid off. If you don't? The govmunt will take every last cent of that windfall and you'll have royally screwed yourself and me. He gave me one of those deer-in-the-headlights looks and said he hadn't thought of that... men.
I must say, even in light of current events and economic woes, we are much better situated than so many others. We have managed to hold on to, and even increase a bit, a small financial pad. We own this house free and clear, no car payments, no credit cards (even though that has messed up my credit rating something fierce), we don't live expecting lots of "things" and "stuff" and we eat out so rarely it's a treat when we do manage it. We did redo the downstairs and most of the upstairs last year** and our bathroom the year before that but stopped there. I would love to have a new kitchen that actually functions as a working kitchen but that is a luxury I am not allowing myself. Finding a job would relieve my mind a lot, as well. I remain hopeful and will keep looking.***
* The child support is an issue that we don't talk about casually. The circumstances infuriate everyone and we don't need that kind of aggravation. At least he finally got off his bum and petitioned for suspension of the payments. This wasn't until 10 months after he should have had it done which is the exact amount of back support he now owes.
** All that wasn't so much because we simply couldn't live with it as it was, nor is it because we "just wanted to do it," nor because we were keeping up with the neighbors. It was solely because my allergies were being aggravated by old, dirty carpet and mold in various places, including the bathroom. We have 2 rooms left, this one and our bedroom, where the original carpet is in place. We will take that out sometime in future but, for now, have eased off from any non-essential expenditures. It would be better for my allergies to have it all gone but I can live with those much easier than I can live with an increasing sense of insecurity about making it through.
*** Last job I had took 6 months to find. Just how this sector works and getting older doesn't make it any easier to find something.
Also dealing with a 10 day old mess that has proceeded from an account number mixup. I'm no financial or mathematical genius but there is no way my balance and the institution's balances can be that far apart. Not only that, one of the balances is fluctuating up and down like a proverbial jack-in-the-box. It's making me nervous. Especially considering there is a twelve hundred dollar check out there that hasn't cleared. If nothing else, this will keep me from having to clip my nails as I am currently chewing them down to the quick.
I was looking at Himself's check stub last night and wondering why in the world there is so much (over 25%) being witheld. Turns out Mr. genius decided not to take any exemptions or deductions so he would "get more money back after taxes." Well, sure, dude, that would work just fine if you manage to get that last couple of grand in child support* paid off. If you don't? The govmunt will take every last cent of that windfall and you'll have royally screwed yourself and me. He gave me one of those deer-in-the-headlights looks and said he hadn't thought of that... men.
I must say, even in light of current events and economic woes, we are much better situated than so many others. We have managed to hold on to, and even increase a bit, a small financial pad. We own this house free and clear, no car payments, no credit cards (even though that has messed up my credit rating something fierce), we don't live expecting lots of "things" and "stuff" and we eat out so rarely it's a treat when we do manage it. We did redo the downstairs and most of the upstairs last year** and our bathroom the year before that but stopped there. I would love to have a new kitchen that actually functions as a working kitchen but that is a luxury I am not allowing myself. Finding a job would relieve my mind a lot, as well. I remain hopeful and will keep looking.***
* The child support is an issue that we don't talk about casually. The circumstances infuriate everyone and we don't need that kind of aggravation. At least he finally got off his bum and petitioned for suspension of the payments. This wasn't until 10 months after he should have had it done which is the exact amount of back support he now owes.
** All that wasn't so much because we simply couldn't live with it as it was, nor is it because we "just wanted to do it," nor because we were keeping up with the neighbors. It was solely because my allergies were being aggravated by old, dirty carpet and mold in various places, including the bathroom. We have 2 rooms left, this one and our bedroom, where the original carpet is in place. We will take that out sometime in future but, for now, have eased off from any non-essential expenditures. It would be better for my allergies to have it all gone but I can live with those much easier than I can live with an increasing sense of insecurity about making it through.
*** Last job I had took 6 months to find. Just how this sector works and getting older doesn't make it any easier to find something.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
