The Drop In Centre 3

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, Reader1810 said:

A man who knows what he wants in other words. 👍🏻

He does. It's his job to know what we both want. 

[Mikiesboy]

35 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Silly question time.

 

is it unreasonable to lose one's temper when presented with blatant disrespect from someone who is totally incompetent?

Maybe?  But i get why you would. 

[kbois]

41 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Silly question time.

 

is it unreasonable to lose one's temper when presented with blatant disrespect from someone who is totally incompetent?

No... nor is it unreasonable to get upset when you're accused of not telling someone something when you know damn well you did. Especially when the other person has a history of not remembering stuff. 

[Reader1810]

On 12/5/2025 at 10:18 AM, Gary L said:

You must be MAD, Tim.  That’s minus 6°C. The doggies would be freezing.  And their owners.  

I was grocery shopping yesterday morning and there was a guy shopping as well who was wearing shorts.  Casual shorts and not the work out kind which might have made a bit of sense. 

Can’t remember the actual temperature, but it was probably mid 20sF.

Edited December 6, 2025 by Reader1810

[spyke]

17 hours ago, Kitt said:

Silly question time.

 

is it unreasonable to lose one's temper when presented with blatant disrespect from someone who is totally incompetent?

No it's not. 

Your challenge is going to be finding a way to have zero interactions with them from now on. 

[Mikiesboy]

Pizza socks: 

[Reader1810]

2 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Pizza socks: 

I’d wear them, because they look super cosy.

Also they’re super cute! 

Pizza on Earth - clever play on words, and yeah,  pizza Christmas trees are an awesome idea.  

Edited December 6, 2025 by Reader1810

[Gary L]

Just had UK friends for dinner. Now staggering to bed at midnight.   I’m too old for all this!  

[spyke]

44 minutes ago, Gary L said:

Just had UK friends for dinner. Now staggering to bed at midnight.   I’m too old for all this!  

When one reaches a certain age, we must embrace the "early bird special." In case you're not familiar with that term, you arrive at 4 p.m., you're eating by 5: 15 at the latest, and then you have them out the door by 9 p.m. 

Any questions? Lol

[chris191070]

4 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Pizza socks: 

They look nice and cozy x

[Kitt]

OK, that is it! These home nurse support people can go fuck themselves sideways!

My diabetic husband ignored a sore he developed on his foot resulting in losing 3 toes. Came home from hospital Thursday before Thanksgiving. Has a pic line thru which I administer IV antibiotic daily and clean and pack the wound daily as well. Home nurse service comes once a week to keep the Pic line functional and take blood work. Wound care center once a week for debridement and for Doc to monitor progress.

Day after Thanksgiving I was told to expect a nurse to evaluate, rebandage and generally support. Sit around all day waiting, having turned down an invite to a friend's who offered her recliner for him and early dinner, giving me a majority of a day off. Nurse no showed, no call.

Regular Tuesday nurse lectures me on the "proper" way to bandage a foot, informs me a wound care nurse will now be here 2x a week in addition to her and the regular trips to the doctor. Made it sound like I am not capable of doing a decent bandage. Mine are neat, sufficient to prevent seepage, and stay put. Hers had to be redone by bedtime. 

Told to expect a nurse Friday. Friday comes, no nurse, no phone call. This is the 2nd day wasted waiting on a no show nurse. About 3:30 pm I call the office to ask when this twit is going to show. Get told not scheduled till Saturday. I tell them this is rude, disrespectful, and just plain unprofessional. We tell them what to do with their wound care visit and I change the bandage.

Set about our Saturday errands and the like, modified to allow for his current limitations. Get a call mid day. Wound care nurse is @ the house, where is he?

I give them a not very polite earful about how they are supposed to be helping put our lives back together, not disrupting my schedule. I have a business to run. The least they can do is give me a clue when they will be here.

Today we get a call apologizing profusely. I stress to the department manager expecting us to drop everything to suit them was not going to happen. I need sufficient notice of their planned visits to adjust my day accordingly.

8:45 pm, we get a terse phone call that the nurse will be here between 11 and 12 tomorrow. Not "does that work for you?"  More like make it work. 

So, now I have to leave him here alone while I keep the business running, to "make it work". 

Any one need a steam generator? Got lots of steam coming out my ears.

 

 

[Gary L]

Utterly frustrating in this day and age when mobile phones exist. If DHL can give you a clear, updated time…..

Here, home visits are v rare indeed and the nursing team rarely leaves the health centre, unless for their break. 

[spyke]

10 hours ago, Kitt said:

OK, that is it! These home nurse support people can go fuck themselves sideways!

My diabetic husband ignored a sore he developed on his foot resulting in losing 3 toes. Came home from hospital Thursday before Thanksgiving. Has a pic line thru which I administer IV antibiotic daily and clean and pack the wound daily as well. Home nurse service comes once a week to keep the Pic line functional and take blood work. Wound care center once a week for debridement and for Doc to monitor progress.

Day after Thanksgiving I was told to expect a nurse to evaluate, rebandage and generally support. Sit around all day waiting, having turned down an invite to a friend's who offered her recliner for him and early dinner, giving me a majority of a day off. Nurse no showed, no call.

Regular Tuesday nurse lectures me on the "proper" way to bandage a foot, informs me a wound care nurse will now be here 2x a week in addition to her and the regular trips to the doctor. Made it sound like I am not capable of doing a decent bandage. Mine are neat, sufficient to prevent seepage, and stay put. Hers had to be redone by bedtime. 

Told to expect a nurse Friday. Friday comes, no nurse, no phone call. This is the 2nd day wasted waiting on a no show nurse. About 3:30 pm I call the office to ask when this twit is going to show. Get told not scheduled till Saturday. I tell them this is rude, disrespectful, and just plain unprofessional. We tell them what to do with their wound care visit and I change the bandage.

Set about our Saturday errands and the like, modified to allow for his current limitations. Get a call mid day. Wound care nurse is @ the house, where is he?

I give them a not very polite earful about how they are supposed to be helping put our lives back together, not disrupting my schedule. I have a business to run. The least they can do is give me a clue when they will be here.

Today we get a call apologizing profusely. I stress to the department manager expecting us to drop everything to suit them was not going to happen. I need sufficient notice of their planned visits to adjust my day accordingly.

8:45 pm, we get a terse phone call that the nurse will be here between 11 and 12 tomorrow. Not "does that work for you?"  More like make it work. 

So, now I have to leave him here alone while I keep the business running, to "make it work". 

Any one need a steam generator? Got lots of steam coming out my ears.

 

 

I'm furious for you just reading this. Every home health care agency that I've dealt with had a regular schedule for visits, you knew that schedule in advance, and they kept to that schedule. I fully understood that it was an arrival window because delays can happen, but nothing like what you've experienced. And the arrival window was never "sometime on Friday." Is there anyway you can get a different agency or are you stuck with these people? 

I hate that you and your husband are having to go through this, Kitt. You know that we're all here for when you need to yell, vent, or cry. 

[Kitt]

Unfortunately I am stuck with them. I have a call into both my primary and secondary insurance companies to confirm or refute what this dizzy bitch said yesterday that if I don't comply coverage will be reduced. Good! Don't cover the twits. Then they will go away! But we go thru a light ton of bandages a week, so I need to keep coverages at the max, at least till I cut all the red tape and get his temp disability income coming in. Right now we have been without a paycheck since early November.

I'm not much of a cryer,  but right now that's about all I want to do. I'm usually the get it done, what ever it takes one in the crowd. 15 years ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I dealt, got it done and have been pronounced cured. I have cried more in the last week than I did all thru surgery, chemo and radiation therapy.

My plan for today is to avoid the whole game and stay out of the house till after the bitch has been and gone. I have sworn him to his best behaviors, that if he does something stupid while home alone and gets hurt I will beat him to death with his own crutch. If Wings reaches out for help with bail money, please be supportive and point her to a good bondsman.

[Reader1810]

On 12/5/2025 at 7:04 PM, Mikiesboy said:

They sound super. I love Dollarama. Yep.

Me too. 😊

[Gary L]

AM feeling the creative buzz this week with nearly eight thousand words written. Mind you, it could be a case of what an American friend told me years ago. At Harvard back in the day, ha ha, a friend took so many uppers to revise that on the day of the exam he wrote furiously for the full time and left v happy.  Unfortunately he had written his name over and over again for two hours….. dare I revise what I have written whilst possessed by the writing muse? Ummmmm 😕 

[Gary L]

Off to listen to Handel’s Messiah in a couple of hours with a massed choir of 300+.  Not my favourite thing to go to but our friend with terminal pancreatic cancer is singing in the choir. Yesterday she was in Madrid for advanced treatment (8 hours in car) and tomorrow again. She is an inspiration to everyone on how to live life to the fullest.

[Mikiesboy]

6 hours ago, Gary L said:

Off to listen to Handel’s Messiah in a couple of hours with a massed choir of 300+.  Not my favourite thing to go to but our friend with terminal pancreatic cancer is singing in the choir. Yesterday she was in Madrid for advanced treatment (8 hours in car) and tomorrow again. She is an inspiration to everyone on how to live life to the fullest.

i saw the Messiah once. Someone i know was singing in it. i liked it very much.  Enjoy it and enjoy your friend's love of singing. xo

[Kitt]

Did any one ever notice that the undesirable weather words frequently have four letters? I was always told "polite company" doesn't use four letter words. So, for your information there is currently cold white shit falling from the sky.

[kbois]

14 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Did any one ever notice that the undesirable weather words frequently have four letters? I was always told "polite company" doesn't use four letter words. So, for your information there is currently cold white shit falling from the sky.

Ditto for here. 

[spyke]

31 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Did any one ever notice that the undesirable weather words frequently have four letters? I was always told "polite company" doesn't use four letter words. So, for your information there is currently cold white shit falling from the sky.

 

17 minutes ago, kbois said:

Ditto for here. 

50 F, 78% humidity. Tomorrow, rain. Tomorrow night, 20 F. Monday morning 19F.

FML. Sometimes living in the South sucks. LOL

[kbois]

1 minute ago, spyke said:

 

50 F, 78% humidity. Tomorrow, rain. Tomorrow night, 20 F. Monday morning 19F.

FML. Sometimes living in the South sucks. LOL

Wait am hour. It'll change.

[kbois]

Well, we ended up with about an inch of fluffy powdery stuff. Both hubby and the child are working today so I pulled on my new snow boots and did the driveway and front walk. 

I have wisely decided not to try to wrangle the unopened 50lb bag of salt. Hubby can do that when he gets home. 

In the meantime, I've got a nice pot roast going for dinner tonight. 

I think I'll go make some hot chocolate. 

Have a good day everyone!

[Mikiesboy]

We had a power failure this morning for several hours so that kinda put the kibosh on my baking for today.  i will try again tomorrow.  Instead, we had a bunch of ground beef to deal with, so we made a bunch of burger patties.  I like to weigh them and then Michael uses the press to form them. Then we freeze them and package them up. 

After that, i found my old sewing machine and started to work on the backing for the blanket i made. I had to wind a bobbin and remember how to thread it.. The reverse switch isn't working, but i'll just hand-stitch the last bit. Once the seaming is done, I will hand sew the backing to the crocheted project. 

Dinner tonight is sourdough toast, mushrooms and a kind of Denver omelette without the meat. I am cooking some bangers in the air fryer to go along with that. 

Over the last few days i made about 6 pounds of fudge, sliced it into squares and wrapped in colourful foil.  Today we bagged it up ready to share on the day. 

Tomorrow is bread day, cranberry orange gluten-free cookies and some mini mince tarts. 

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.   Let's share what we're making or doing to get ready for Christmas or Hanukkah or other celebrations. What plans do you have? 

[Gary L]

35 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

We had a power failure this morning for several hours so that kinda put the kibosh on my baking for today.  i will try again tomorrow.  Instead, we had a bunch of ground beef to deal with, so we made a bunch of burger patties.  I like to weigh them and then Michael uses the press to form them. Then we freeze them and package them up. 

After that, i found my old sewing machine and started to work on the backing for the blanket i made. I had to wind a bobbin and remember how to thread it.. The reverse switch isn't working, but i'll just hand-stitch the last bit. Once the seaming is done, I will hand sew the backing to the crocheted project. 

Dinner tonight is sourdough toast, mushrooms and a kind of Denver omelette without the meat. I am cooking some bangers in the air fryer to go along with that. 

Over the last few days i made about 6 pounds of fudge, sliced it into squares and wrapped in colourful foil.  Today we bagged it up ready to share on the day. 

Tomorrow is bread day, cranberry orange gluten-free cookies and some mini mince tarts. 

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.   Let's share what we're making or doing to get ready for Christmas or Hanukkah or other celebrations. What plans do you have? 

Rain, rain and more rain here but next Sunday to pre Pyrenees for a week.  Just us, the evil duo and lots of food.   Tiny village, medieval church and bridge. Supposedly good WiFi 🤞

Tomorrow round trip to Madrid to take our friend for her cancer treatment, 700 km, 450 miles.  She has to go twice a week.  Friends now taking turns…