I know it’s Friday, but I’m going to begin a little sequence of cartoons from 2002 and run it through the weekend. There is, near the end, a bit of a surprise pay-off for followers of this blog. Janis was going through yet another weird-hair iteration, you’ll notice. Speaking of the weekend, it’s the final one before Christmas in case you didn’t know. They’re forecasting the warmest Christmas Day on record here and just about everywhere in the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains. Long-term aspects aside, I’m about ready for a milder winter myself. The past two or three might not have been brutal, but they set in early, seldom moderated and stayed late.
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Today’s TIP BlogSpot and comic are the same. Title = ‘A boy carrying a shaft.’ Not clear to me why that is a shaft. Peace, emb
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
Ursen, we have discussed CPAPs a few times and I am a big proponent of it as well. The other night I accidently kicked off the tube to my mask and woke up snoring, gasping and very tired. Once I put it back in, I woke up several hours later refreshed.
However, when the mind is full, it is still difficult to fall asleep. Also, if I don’t go to bed early enough and sleep for less hours than necessary, I am still very tired.
Also, sometimes my arthritis acts up and wakes me up, making sleep less effective.
Steve and Ursen, I got diagnosed with sLee apnea in1983, severe. I weighed at most 120. They did nothing until about 1996 when they stuck me on CPAP and a few years later oxygen concentrator was added. I got off of it deliberately this past January against advice. Simone is searching and found everything except motor, still looking.
I am claustrophobic and even had the headpiece that looked like a Klingon but can’t get that now. Frankly, my late husband made it clear how hideous I looked in one but I never gave it up for him.
Have felt guilt that I made myself worse by stopping.
Jackie, CPAC is not for everyone and frankly sometimes a pain in the a**. I’m glad that it has worked for me. If I felt guilty for every wrong or poor decision, I would be wreck. We have to be looking forward. Learn from the past, but don’t dwell on it. I think that you have done this during the past year, so enjoy today, even if might be a little painful.
One time I had a bad headache and was sitting at a dentist chair. Since they had to see if the insurance would pay for it, the dentist gave me oxygen for about 10-15 minutes. As it turned out, the insurance would pay for the procedure and I never went back to the dentist, but hey, my headache was gone! Oxygen can be a good thing.
A month before my FIL passed away, he was on oxygen. The last baseball game that we watched together was Justin Verlander’s 2nd no-hitter (He was perfect until a walk in the 8th). As the game neared the end, we both laughed when I asked him for a drag off his oxygen!
emb, spell checker may have struck. The piece is by Gierymski and title is” Boy carrying a sheaf.”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gierymski_A_boy_carrying_a_sheaf.jpg
sand, could also be “Hipster Wearing a Man Bun”.
Jackie, I’m sure you realize that getting ill on a Friday afternoon, or over a holiday period, Just Isn’t Done. If it’s any consolation, I hear it’s even worse in Canada and the UK and other places that provide “free” healthcare. I know a doc whose cousin is a urologist in Costa Rica. Many years ago, Costa Rica abolished their military (not kidding) and has since had universal healthcare. Of course, most providers are equivalent to what we would consider an LPN, and wait time to see a specialist, including his cousin, is 12 months.
GR6, another possible caption,”Young Donald Trump.”
If you want to find out about the National Health Service and its current problems, just pick an English newspaper and read it online over several months.
And here I thought that segment had been dropped…
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2002/03/01
Thanks for that link Evan. Jimmy had some good ones going that week too. I kept backing up till I found this one: http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2002/02/12
Our orange tomcat, Bama, was that way every time we would thaw the peel and eat shrimp. Just non-stop frantic crying till we gave him some.
Our cats believe every tin I open in the kitchen contains tuna.
My Adventure Dog spazzes out for raw apples and bananas and imported cheese.86
JJ and the tracking number tell me my order has been stuck in the Chicago mail hub for at least 4 days as a “processing exception”. JJ and cohorts are, thus, off the hook.
Several googles later, I see that this most likely means it needed human handling – maybe due to an obscured or torn label or mismatched town/zip code. Those same sites claim that there is the good news in that such can usually be fixed – along with the bad news that fixing may require weeks!
Meanwhile, our package remains unopened under the tree of Christmas awaiting the arrival of http://www.stnicholascenter.org/media/images/o/other-nicholas2.jpg
c ex-p, I sent a certified letter from AL to PA last Saturday. Supposed to arrive by Tuesday of this week. Just checked tracking, still not delivered yet. Don’t know if it is holiday mail volume or weather-related.
Mark, warmer than usual weather always slows down the mail. 😉
Jimmy:
If you are indeed peeking in my windows, it’s better than having you access my browser history.
Having the NSA know it is bad enough.
The warm weather allows the mail person the opportunity to do outdoor things more enjoyable than delivering mail.
Sandcastler, I like the “shirt” your reference showed. Bought it from JJ, by any chance?
I wonder how many of us have worn the Santa suit? I did it twice in orphanages in Japan in the 1970s. And again a few years ago for a neighbor’s party (he was my size, did it professionally, and his grandkids were catching on too soon for their parents’ taste).
Our Skeezix stands on the icebox and rides the door with her front feet and lets it be known she wants cheese.
UPS & FEDEX cost more to get it there in 2or3 days, but if it is not they refund shipping cost.
And if it is 45 min late on AM delivery it is also N/C. Of course except this time of year.
Next Day & 2nd Day still guaranteed.
Jimmy, this is serious inquiry about a sailing tee. I have three boat shows I could use them for with good attendance but price might be too high. These wooden boat guys are thrifty!
But I don’t need to make money, I do o e as sponsor and host one and the third one is more of a fund raiser for cancer. Love, Jackie Monies
Debbe 😉 This, of course, was the Christmas song my Mom *did* recognize last week when I put up the Littlest Christmas Tree for her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwfz5mMLSDM
Well, that wasn’t what I should have clicked.