CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

1 hour ago, clochette said:

Idiot. Really some people really think they are above all this. 

Though something a bit similar happened in France. An old lady was fined cause she got caught in front of her husband's nursing home without "a valid reason". This one was heartbreaking. After years of marriage, she'd visited him every days at the home and after more than a month apart couldn't take it anymore and just wanted to feel a bit close to him even though she knew she wouldn't see him. 

The news last night did a segment about elderly people in nursing home who are letting themselves die, not wanting to eat and such because they are depressed without visits from their family. 

We are lucky grandpa's nursing home is sending us pictures and videos every 10 days and my aunt send them pictures of him when he was young and the carers show them to him and he recognized himself and told a story about the picture. 

That story about the old lady is particularly poignant.

I'm glad to hear that your grandpa's nursing home is helping him to stay in touch with his family, and vica-versa.

Sadly, there's many many people being forced to stay away from their loved ones as a result of these necessary restrictions...

 

Edited April 15, 2020 by Marty

[Headstall]

4 hours ago, Marty said:

Good morning, all!

Today's weather here looks like it's going to be every bit as good as yesterday's. Maybe even better, as the temperature is forecast to possibly get up to 16°C (61°F).

I bet you can guess where I intend spending most of the day.  

Happy gardening, Marty.  

[Headstall]

2 hours ago, clochette said:

Morning all

Another beautiful day though a bit cold.

We're having skewers of beef, bacon and tomatoes for lunch yum!

Morning, Tink.   Lunch sounds good!

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

Gardening? I thought he was sun bathing.  

Apparently he will be rolling around in the sun with a young stud gardener.   Morning, bro and Mum.  

[Albert1434]

Aloha All 

[Marty]

22 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Apparently he will be rolling around in the sun with a young stud gardener.   Morning, bro and Mum.  

I did suggest at the weekend to a friend of mine that she let me kidnap her 21 year old for a week or so to help me with the gardening. I even offered to let him sleep in the new house, and I'd sleep in the house I'm still currently renting just around the corner.

Get your minds out of the gutter, folks! That sleeping arrangement suggestion was to maintain social distancing (and he's happily straight, anyway). Unfortunately his mother said she has plenty of jobs herself for him to do.

Edited April 15, 2020 by Marty

[Marty]

2 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All 

Hey, Albert!

You been shopping yet? Hope you stayed safe, if you did. Or stay safe when you do go if you've not gone yet.

You've caught me near the end of my lunch break. Heading back into the garden very shortly.  

[Headstall]

41 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All 

Hi, Albert!   

[Headstall]

40 minutes ago, Marty said:

I did suggest at the weekend to a friend of mine that she let me kidnap her 21 year old for a week or so to help me with the gardening. I even offered to let him sleep in the new house, and I'd sleep in the house I'm still currently renting just around the corner.

Get your minds out of the gutter, folks! That sleeping arrangement suggestion was to maintain social distancing (and he's happily straight, anyway). Unfortunately his mother said she has plenty of jobs herself for him to do.

Of course it would be totally innocent, Marty.  

[Albert1434]

Check this out

Cancer study stumbles onto potential way to regenerate heart cells

https://newatlas.com/medical/regenerate-heart-cells-gene-therapy

[Headstall]

New poetry...

https://gayauthors.org/story/headstall/cozy-contemplations/35

[Albert1434]

Great Poem Gary

[Headstall]

33 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Great Poem Gary

Thank you, Albert.  

[Albert1434]

You guys ready for the next round of Panic buying this time it will be meat

[clochette]

54 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

You guys ready for the next round of Panic buying this time it will be meat

Nooooo!!! Not my dear meat! How would I survived without meat

Here it's flour, fresh or dehydrated yeast and pretty much all things baking. The only things left in the baking alley of the stores are those paquets of yucky nuts or cranberries. Gross

 

[Marty]

3 hours ago, Headstall said:

Of course it would be totally innocent, Marty.  

*Sigh*

I've known him since he was a baby, and watched him grow. I just can't think of him that way. It would be like incest... 

I suppose it's my own fault really. After all, I did make the comment in reply to one about me rolling in the hay with a young stud.

Edited April 15, 2020 by Marty

[Marty]

3 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Check this out

Cancer study stumbles onto potential way to regenerate heart cells

https://newatlas.com/medical/regenerate-heart-cells-gene-therapy

Early days yet, but it looks potentially promising... 

Edited April 15, 2020 by Marty

[Albert1434]

Aloha Page

[Page Scrawler]

4 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Page

Hey, Bertie.     

[Headstall]

3 hours ago, clochette said:

Nooooo!!! Not my dear meat! How would I survived without meat

Here it's flour, fresh or dehydrated yeast and pretty much all things baking. The only things left in the baking alley of the stores are those paquets of yucky nuts or cranberries. Gross

 

Yucky nuts...  

[Drew Espinosa]

On 4/14/2020 at 1:53 PM, dughlas said:

I thought you were gonna tell us he was taller than you too.

 

[Headstall]

4 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

 

Well... that was cheery.   Hey, Drewbear.  

[Page Scrawler]

@Drew Espinosa Hey, Drewpop!     How are things in the Republic of Texas?   

[Albert1434]

Well I am going to BBQ tonight I am cooking a tri-tip and grilling potatoes 

[dughlas]

7 hours ago, Marty said:

I think those days are well behind me, clo...

Although I can always live in hope.

Hope springs eternal ... or some such.