Kitt

Diclofenac sodium, aka Surpass and Voltaren are good too

Tis rather soggy here. Some broad named Ida decided to drop in for a visit.

Since I tore that hamstring, there are days mine say similar things after a day of Point A to Point B. Granted those points are far apart on horse show days but still...

They turned very pale when I said close the account! The limbo game ( bending over backward) began promptly after.

Got the tee shirt. Called the bank to dispute a forged check this am. Was told someone would call me back in 48 hours. Hubby and I will be at the branch right after work. If customer service isn't a whole lot better and more polite we will leave enough money in that account to keep it active till I get my money back, and will close the other account. Wonder how they will react when I withdraw just shy on $75,000.

I can't say I know what you are going thru, bit I do feel for you. Gram was diagnosed with Alzheimers but she developed cancer and passed from that befor her memory was severely affected. Hang in. As Ryan says, there are support groups. You can always vent here, and my pm is always open.

I think I need to take my husband's debit card from him. When we were young and debit cards first came out, he had no experience keeping a check book and would use the card, not enter the charge in the book and forget to tell me. This was befor online banking and after the 5th time the account was overdrawn I took the card away. 30 some years later I can check the balance any time, he has learned to tell me the amounts when he used mine, so I got him his own again a couple years back. Well, he has apparently not learned to check receipts. The hotel we stayed at over the weekend show trip was supposed to be $130 per nite. 2 nights. Total $260. The gal we took should have been the same. Total both rooms $520. This am I check the account. We have been charged the full total. But K was ALSO charged for at least 1 of the rooms! I watched her run her card. So we know the hotel got at least $390, and quite possibly $1040. Yes, I believe we each paid for both rooms for both nights. This on top of being lied to about the pool being open. We specifically asked about the pool at booking, and on arrival were told they closed the pool months ago due to covid, and due to maintenence issues will not be reopening it, they will be ripping it out and replacing it with a fitness center. I certainly do NOT recommend this place!!!

They do have them. I just don't have the contacts.

There is a reason small haulers like me don't do long hauls like that.

Yes, I do believe she does.

She has now started a campaign for me to take her to Ocala Fla in February. I don't have the contacts for that, nor do I want to cultivate them. It would require at least one stop overnight as I will not have a horse on a trailer for 23 hours, and I don't have a network of horse style B&Bs.

Well, my moron took first place today in a field of 20.

What did someone say? When I am good I am very good. When I am bad I am better!

Yeah, but she's my moron. Once she showed up things went smoothly

I emphasize. I have a customer that does two or three travel shows per year. She pays well, but from her POV it's toss the tack and her suitcase into the rig and go. I have to coordinate stabling, hotels, do pre big trip maintenance ( oil change, etc) prep feed and hay for a 2 night stay, pack feed and water buckets, all things beyond basic grooming like water hoses, bathing stuff etc, my personal effects and those of my husband. By go time I am exhausted and we have not yet left the home barn. So today is travel day. Told her load horse by 10 am. It's now 9, no sign of her or her gear. I call, she just got out of bed, she did not think 10 am was a good time, it's only 1.5 hr drive. Yes, it's 1.5 in her sporty little coup doing 5 to 10 mph over the limit. With a horse in a trailer it's more like 2.5 to 3 including water stops, unless you want to shake the horse off her feet.

What he said!

1. It was not a bother. Never be sorry for starting a lively discussion 2. It is always good to look at all sides of an issue, and legality is a side to this one. 3. Your past employment history aside, fact is you can get into trouble if you obtain DNA by covert means. I am not saying you should or should not, just that you put yourself in a compromised position if you get caught.

Ethics may be sketchy, but the law is not. It is actually quite clear in America. No consent and probable cause must be shown to a judge, and you better cross your fingers the judge will agree. Most are loathe to invade a persons privacy without damn good reason. Something tells me "I want to know if he is my son" is not good enough.

Obtaining and testing his DNA without his consent is not legal. That is why law enforcement are required to obtain warrants to collect DNA without the subject's consent.

Ok, adult student decides she wants to do an out of state eventing show. Weekend deal, drive Friday, compete Saturday, return home Sunday. Big expense for her. We agree I will pay for my own hotel room (my idea, she was willing to pay, but she is already paying for transport of the horse, training fees, competition fees, and stable fees.) So, we leave Friday am. Sunday I ask hubby to pick clothes for himself and get suitcase from storage. Monday no clothes, no suitcase. I have all my clothes picked, folded, and on the corner of the dresser. Tuesday am suitcase is out, he took some of the hint. No clothes tho. So, my stuff is into the case, I shuffle thru his closet and dresser, find shirts, underwater, socks, swim suit. Fold and pack. Go to grab jeans for him. Empty drawer. Empty laundry basket. Nothing in the hamper either. I am now very afraid to go down to the basement to see just how many pairs of pants he has stuffed into the washing machine.

Worst part is the dye injection, similar to cortisone injection. You got this.

Kids! They try our patience but they are so worth it!

And that was a relatively small fire when compared to the wildfires in the pacific northwest that have consumed entire towns! Much respect to the firefighters like @WolfM that literally risk their lives with little between them and the fire but a few hoses, axes and digging tools.

Try em with a horse trailer!

I HATE rotary/roundabout/traffic circles, no matter what you call them. In Jersey some I've right of way to those in the circle, others to those entering, with no indication which till you are at the entry. All it takes is one nervous Nelly to back traffic up irreparably at rush hour.