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Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.


I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.

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Firefly71,

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I had a rough day today. Don't know why but my guess is I'm still grieving the loss of my relationship with my husband. He's the one I confided in and was who I talked to about everything even though neither of us are perfect, it's a loss.
I had to go to social security today to become his designated representative and almost burst into tears in front of the nice man that was helping me. Caught myself, did okay for a while, and then it happened again. It was one of those days. It's so overwhelming to know that this is now my life, and his. God is and has been very good to us. I hope he lets me know how I'm supposed to live without the support of my best friend. What an awful disease!!!
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Terrible news .
My neighbor and friend had lung cancer ( never smoked ) and died a little over a year ago , she was 66 years old . Now her daughter died of a very aggressive breast cancer . 40 years old . She left behind a husband and 2 young children .
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Golden ,

I agree some things have gotten more complicated to set up as you described .
I hope it gets straightened out soon for you and R .

And yes it is good not looking after our stubborn elders any longer. Thanksgiving was a bit more difficult this year than the past few . My sister now with Dementia a reminder of how my mother was. My mother died on Thanksgiving Day 7 years ago .

I didn’t invite sis and nephew to Thanksgiving this year . Sis had been angry at me for sticking up for nephew . I needed to keep calm with just our two kids and my daughter-in-law.

Sis seems to have for now forgotten how angry she was , so nephew is going to try to bring her Christmas . But that could change and her be angry again . 🤷‍♀️ We will see how that goes. I have a few weeks to mentally prepare for the reincarnation of Mom to be at my home . 😬 If they don’t come , I’ll drive out to visit next month.
I know nephew is feeling very isolated .
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Way, it must be nice for you and your hub not to have to be caregivers anymore. You have done much more than your share.

The difficulties of setting up TV services and choosing good mobile plans is on my mind, My old mobile plan recently added $6.00 a month. I thought I had a price fixed for a couple of years so I looked around for another one. I find the people I have to deal with re my old plan not good and there have been some account mess ups.

Between the mobile and the TV I have spend hours trying to find a good deal. I prefer to communicate with agents through chat as I can get a transcript and accents don't get in the way. There was over a $50 dollar difference in the TV bundle I was looking for depending on who I talked to. I grabbed the cheaper one and asked for someone to come and install it. Well, that didn't work I should install it myself. I said I'm 88 I don;' want to try that but got not cooperation. As well there was a goof up from when my internet was installed a couple of years ago which they couldn't figure out.

So yesterday I contacted another agent and got some information and I can call and get tech to come and install and they are looking into the goof up. Both G and I have trouble reading many instruction booklets as the print is very small and so light. Using a magnifying glass helps, but I would prefer someone to come here and do it.

Anyway, in the good old days, you called, got offered a couple of options, chose one and in less that 1/2 hr had it sorted and a tech came to the house and did his thing and all was well. I preferred that. It was much simpler.
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Thanks Golden .

Have a nice weekend .
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Happy Thanksgiving to all those from the USA.

Have a great day and don't overdo it! 🦃🥘🍠🥗🥧☕
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Thank you. hothouse. I thought it was a good article. And this family was blessed with good resources!
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This interesting article was in today’s NYT.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/opinion/caregiving-crisis.html
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Margaret -glad you are OK. I gather that though there was damage in Darwin, no one was killed.
A change of clothing makes sense. The only time I have been evacuated (2016 for the forest fire) I had already packed to leave town for a visit so I had extras.
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Thanks for the good wishes. We are in Alice Springs, 1500kms from Darwin and also 1500 kms from the south coast, so not much risk here (apart from lack of sleep watching the net, plus the fact that it’s 42C today). After the big one 50 years ago, all Darwin houses and house repairs had to meet ‘cyclone standards’, but until one arrives you really don’t know, do you? It looks like the only building victims were those survived the big one, and didn’t get pulled down and rebuilt to the new standards. Many many trees down, so problems on the roads, but it all went well!

The 'emergency kit' information was interesting. I wouldn't have thought of 'a change of clothes' so you can take off what you are wearing and wash it!
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Thanks for the good wishes. We are in Alice Springs, 1500kms from Darwin and also 1500 kms from the south coast, so not much risk here (apart from lack of sleep watching the net, plus the fact that it’s 42C today). After the big one 50 years ago, all Darwin houses and house repairs had to meet ‘cyclone standards’, but until one arrives you really don’t know, do you? It looks like the only building victims were those survived the big one, and didn’t get pulled down and rebuilt to the new standards. Many many trees down, so problems on the roads, but it all went well!
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@ friends of Margaret:

Of course we need to know Margaret.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Fina has passed Darwin at category three strength, with the weather system's gale-force winds leaving a path of destruction as it continues west into the ocean. 

Hoping you are okay and safety is redeemable for you and your neighbors.
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I hope everything is okay, Margaret. Please keep us updated here if possible.
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Margaret - please let us know how you are and, generally, what's happening in your part of the world.
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Margaret, hope it the storm gets downgraded. Stay safe.
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You may not need to know, but a category 4 cyclone is due to hit Darwin (Australia) in a couple of hours. It’s to be hoped that it’s not as destructive as the cyclone that wiped out Darwin 50 years ago. However the news has the frightening message that the pubs are closed. It’s good to keep a sense of proportion, but this is serious folks!
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If you throw out the sock , the matching one will finally reappear 🙄. This happens to me every so often .

Look on the floor between the washer dryer . I’ve also had socks stuck inside the leg of pants for a while before wearing them again .
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Taking a walk on a beach one day I noticed a post that had shoes nailed to it.

There was a sign nailed to the post as well that said “lost soles”.

Looking closer I noticed there was only one of each pair of shoes.

No gray socks with a purple band. Just the lost soles.
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Hmm, I don't think I've seen your sock Grandma1954. But that's an interesting thought, could all those socks that disappear in the laundry be teleporting to my small town?
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cwillie...I am looking for a short gray sock with a purple band on the top. I have had this single sock for about 1 year (I do not want to admit to longer than that but that is a possibility as when I get tired of looking at it I toss it in the bottom of the hamper and it resurfaces after a while)
So long story short, isn't it always to late when someone says that? Have you seen a gray sock with a purple band at the top?
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Why am I suddenly seeing lost and/or abandoned socks everywhere I walk? 🤔
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I really appreciate it, thank you!
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Venting: Prayers.
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Thank you, thank you!
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Wishing you well, venting, Hope things turn out alright.
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sending positive thoughts to you!!
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Please send positive thoughts my way. Health issue for loved one. Results come out next week.
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After spending some time with my mother this afternoon, I have created a new word.

Companicking.

Companicking: This is when a senior invents something to panic about because they want a bit of hysterics, or 'babying', or sympathy before the complaining begins. Start panicking first over some nonsense (real or imaginary) then let it progress into complaining, lashing out, and verbal abuse.

Companicking. Watch out for it.
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i need it! thanks!
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