So, do Arlo and Janis still work? Yes, they do. They’ve been luckier than many over the years; they’ve had stable employment, maybe not with the same companies the entire time but in similar fields and environments. There is no doubt they’re in that winding-down phase of employment, when the management would love to get rid of them and replace them with someone younger and cheaper or, more likely today, outsource their work entirely, but they just know too damn much about how things work. Perhaps one of them will be offered the “consultant” track soon, where they’re paid half the money to clean up after a workforce making even less. Speaking of money, they like the money, of course, but they would leave for a new challenge and less remuneration in a heart beat, say helping run a fun little local-food enterprise, but the benefits are the trap, especially the insurance. See? You don’t really want to hear all this. They have modern jobs, sure, but they still are modern cartoon jobs. It’s nice work if you can get it.
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I see over on GoComics, there is still much discussion about the not so obvious careers of our staring characters. There is a small globe icon that would bring them here, if they were curious enough to seek the artist.
Since I’ve never posted there, it was easy to resist the urge to invite them; or discourage their willing participation in a settled discussion. There was the initial urge to help, but it was quickly second-guessed. Let them have their dispute, I suppose.
Now that’s a jumbo Band-Aid!
Good grief, Jackie…that band-aid is about an eighth of your height 🙂
Hint: there is a reason I termed the phrase “the Dark Side”! re: comment section!
Ever felt like this? I have…just recently as this afternoon.
….kitteh has suction cups, maybe? Those itteh, bitteh claws…
http://imgur.com/gallery/4XyDT8v
Yeah, I forgot to mention that Jackie was wearing a Jolly Green Giant Band-Aid on her left knee. With a row of skin staples almost as long. (I’m not squeamish, so I watched them take the post-op bandage off and put the JGG one on. The incision looked good, as incisions go.). It will stay on until the 25th.
Slon’s owner/trainer/servant has a nice set of gams.
Better climbing the wall than her bare legs.
When you look at Jackie’s postop picture, notice how much straighter the repaired one is. By the time she gets both done, she ought to be able to do stairs and level ground equally well. Good for you!
Debbe, found more pics of the kitten: https://www.instagram.com/slonsiberian/
OMC, Mark, I was just getting ready to post the same link!!!! I think!!
http://www.siberiancat.com/
Yes, both Jackie’s knees had deteriorated to the point they were bowed and her feet pointed outward. When her surgeon came out to talk me, she told me everything had gone as expected and that Jackie now had one straight leg and one crooked one. “For now,” I told her. “She’ll be back to get the other one done.” The doctor agreed. And now Jackie is saying the same thing.
PT should help it straighten even more.
I did not know this was a particular breed though. the link is to a breeder, but I did go the instagram…too funny.
So is ‘gam’ the Russian word for “pokies”, GR 😉 Inquiring minds want to know/
Aw, Debbe, you don’t watch enough old movies if you don’t know: (get out your Edward G. Robinson voice, gravelly and sharp)
See, gam’s is what dolls walk around on, ya see? Pegs, stilts, you know, legs! Ya See?
You can look up most anything. When I was 10 and earlier, we used to listen to 4 commercial AM stations: WOR, WJZ, WEAF[?], and WABC. 2 were owned by NBC, and were called the Red and Blue networks. Gotta go fix supper. Peace,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Network#Cooperation_with_the_Red_Network
We are having really severe weather here in Tulsa. It is amazing to have my personal weatherman. Doesn’t change the weather but it is reassuring to understand it better.
Jackie
Blessings on you and GR
Now you will be taller 🙂
You have a reason for a Tattoo = a zipper over the incision.
Big decision does the tab go up or down to open.
GM Debbe
Thinking is difficult,
That is why most people judge.
Carl Gustav Jung
I disagree slightly with Dr Jung. I’d say most people prefer to have feelings about topics rather than think about them. That’s why so many folk ask “how do you feel about” a topic, a politician, or even a business proposal. Thinking is much harder than feeling. And there’s no judgment involved; that takes discernment and understanding.
Getting lots of walking in to bathroom. This room is far easier than my house is.
Going back to sleep. Ghost has gone off in search of breakfast downstairs.
He is beyond patient, saintly.
Jackie:
Saintly probably, but possibly also head-over-heels. Been there, both giving and receiving end. You both are blessed.
Peace,
Charlotte: Did I guess at the wrong Charlotte email?
Trucker: Feelings, yes, but also judging. Haidt, [pron. height] in ‘The Righteous Mind’, [see longer post about halfway up above], pretty well documents that. We humans like to judge, and many actually enjoy watching sentences carried out. Wonder if there were scalpers outside the Coliseum? There are photos documenting that lynches were often well-attended. Crucifixions? The paintings are from centuries later, but the soldiers are said to have drawn lots for his robe.
Peace,
Jackie has been feed and is enjoying a post-breakfast nap. She looks so innocent…of the fact Torquemada will be waking her shortly for her morning knee excises.
a friend of mine pulled up her pant leg to show me her scar a few months after surgery and her leg looked exactly like that. I told her that the scar for my hip replacement was much smaller, but there is no way I was showing her mine!
My son is running a 5k and told he he was shooting for a sub-17:00 5K. He will be 34 in a week and if successful, he will have bettered his best time in HS! He lined up next to a kid that would later run in 3 Olympics. Just read where that kid turned in his coach for cheating. Told my son I was was more proud of him than the guy who cheated to 3 Olympics.
Update, Dan ran a 37:30 10k. Finished 2nd to a guy who drafted him the whole race. He’s disappointed, but I told him racing takes a little practice. He has a couple races to better his mark before running a fall marathon. He hopes to run a 2:48.
Jackie has Torquemada, I had Ivan the Therapist. He looked nice, but was a tyrant about making me do the exercises. And I’m glad you’re getting the in-home therapy. That will help you quite a bit.
Ghost Sweetie, remember-positive reinforcement! As my Daddy used to say, you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar!
Oh yeah, he just said he didn’t feel great. I told him that I would die and go to heaven to have a “bad” day like that. Just to have fun racing again.
Ha just read this after posting. http://comics.azcentral.com/slideshow?comic=bl
Exercises finished. Without Jackie resorting to any military-grade cussing. Although I suspect she really wanted to. This is one (military-grade cuss word) tough lady.
Great plan, Jean dear. But I’m way ahead of you. I would tell you what reward she got for successfully completing the entire set, but, as you know, this a family-friendly venue. 🙂