#2 I see one pot holder. I figure I'm a whole lot stronger than her but when I take something hot out of the oven regardless of size it's with two pot holders in each hand. Same with a mico wave. Some of that shit is not only hot but sticks. The gift that keeps on giving. Live and learn but I figure she aint learned a damn thing.
8) I've had a close call to that a while back. I had a crockpot full of Boston baked beans on the passenger floor of my Subaru. I took an intersection pretty quick to beat oncoming traffic and it flipped over. I was lucky since it was a Hamilton Beach with latches on top to hold the lid on. I think only a drop came out of the vent hole. If I ever get another crockpot it'll have that feature.
while I understand, and that is a chore for sure... try remembering how many times that 90 year old had to change YOUR diaper - as well as.put up with the rest of your shit for years. Be thankful for the time you have. When your 90 year old is gone, I bet the memories will be of better things...
While it is no guarantee, kids will tend to follow your example. If you dump the 90 year old in a nursing home and never go for a visit, you can be sure your kids will do the same to you.
While changing my 90+ year old mothers diapers and cleaning her up was no fun, it bothered her more than it bothered me. she was mortified that her son would be doing that. I always told her; You changed my diapers, its my chance to pay you back. She was 99 when she passed, the last couple of years after she was totally gone with dementia were hard, taking care of the shell that had been my mother.
Been there, cared for mom the last five years of her life. There was a house fire when she was 82. The dementia seemed to accelerate after that. She passed away last May 2, two weeks shy of her 87th birthday. The hardest part for me was the helplessness doing everything that I could but still watching her slip away. I was with her till she breathed her last.
#10. I had a cousin who got a job driving a dumptruck at a quarry. First day on the job, he dumped a load, pulled off, snagged wires and pulled transformer off the pole, shutting down the whole operation. They got it fixed; next day, he pulled a repeat performance with his first load. They fired him on the spot, told him to pick up his check and never come back.
#6 At auction I bought a 8 year old Porsche 944S that had a bucket of paint fall off a truck in front of it on the interstate. I threw out a lowball opening bid and nobody made another bid. It took a new radiator, a $50 soda blaster attachment for my air compressor, and $300 worth of soda media to blast all of the paint off the car. Then a $1600 paint job where the original silverish blue and all chrome was painted a bright blue. It was a fun car but it was difficult to get in and out of the car so I sold it for a good profit after owning it for a year.
#8 - I was at a large Cowboy Action match and lunch was provided for everyone. One of the officials went in to town to pick everything up and on his way back, someone pulled out in front of him. There was damage to the front of his pickup, but the gallons of beans that flowed up into the dash from the containers sitting in the floorboard totaled the truck.
Cause I can't read writin that tiny. I did go back and embiggenate the photo and Aw Jeez! Wouldn't you know it, it was perfect for that fallen tree to lean on!
Saw something like #1 happen many years ago. It totaled the house in about 30 minutes.
ReplyDelete#8. Yes, I've had a crockpot full of spaghetti sauce tump over on the pax side floor.
ReplyDeleteI thought someone got sick...
DeleteBTW, that's when I learned the art of multi-lingual quad-hyphenated swearing. Serves me well to this date.
ReplyDelete#2 I see one pot holder. I figure I'm a whole lot stronger than her but when I take something hot out of the oven regardless of size it's with two pot holders in each hand. Same with a mico wave. Some of that shit is not only hot but sticks. The gift that keeps on giving. Live and learn but I figure she aint learned a damn thing.
ReplyDelete2} It pays to line the bottom of the oven with aluminum foil.
ReplyDelete2) Get up, get dressed and approach the day like an adult, not like a kid in his jammies. Get your head out of your ass.
ReplyDelete8) I've had a close call to that a while back. I had a crockpot full of Boston baked beans on the passenger floor of my Subaru. I took an intersection pretty quick to beat oncoming traffic and it flipped over. I was lucky since it was a Hamilton Beach with latches on top to hold the lid on. I think only a drop came out of the vent hole.
ReplyDeleteIf I ever get another crockpot it'll have that feature.
Not just Monday, I have to change a 90 year olds diaper everyday, several times a day.
ReplyDeletewhile I understand, and that is a chore for sure... try remembering how many times that 90 year old had to change YOUR diaper - as well as.put up with the rest of your shit for years.
DeleteBe thankful for the time you have. When your 90 year old is gone, I bet the memories will be of better things...
Well said, Grandpa.
DeleteWhile it is no guarantee, kids will tend to follow your example. If you dump the 90 year old in a nursing home and never go for a visit, you can be sure your kids will do the same to you.
DeleteWhile changing my 90+ year old mothers diapers and cleaning her up was no fun, it bothered her more than it bothered me. she was mortified that her son would be doing that. I always told her; You changed my diapers, its my chance to pay you back. She was 99 when she passed, the last couple of years after she was totally gone with dementia were hard, taking care of the shell that had been my mother.
DeleteYou're a great man Tsgt Joe. Lord bless you and keep you.
DeleteBig 10/4 on those words, MJ
DeleteBeen there, cared for mom the last five years of her life. There was a house fire when she was 82. The dementia seemed to accelerate after that. She passed away last May 2, two weeks shy of her 87th birthday. The hardest part for me was the helplessness doing everything that I could but still watching her slip away. I was with her till she breathed her last.
Delete#10. I had a cousin who got a job driving a dumptruck at a quarry. First day on the job, he dumped a load, pulled off, snagged wires and pulled transformer off the pole, shutting down the whole operation. They got it fixed; next day, he pulled a repeat performance with his first load. They fired him on the spot, told him to pick up his check and never come back.
ReplyDeleteWe all have a Cousin Eddie…
Delete#6 At auction I bought a 8 year old Porsche 944S that had a bucket of paint fall off a truck in front of it on the interstate. I threw out a lowball opening bid and nobody made another bid. It took a new radiator, a $50 soda blaster attachment for my air compressor, and $300 worth of soda media to blast all of the paint off the car. Then a $1600 paint job where the original silverish blue and all chrome was painted a bright blue. It was a fun car but it was difficult to get in and out of the car so I sold it for a good profit after owning it for a year.
ReplyDelete#6 That was one big ass bird!
ReplyDelete#8 What did you eat?
ReplyDelete#7 Foreshadowing?
ReplyDelete#10 “If you’re going to screw up, at least make them wonder how the hell you did that.”
MartyB
#8 - I was at a large Cowboy Action match and lunch was provided for everyone. One of the officials went in to town to pick everything up and on his way back, someone pulled out in front of him. There was damage to the front of his pickup, but the gallons of beans that flowed up into the dash from the containers sitting in the floorboard totaled the truck.
ReplyDelete#5: Godzilla?
ReplyDeleteHow come nobody commented on the license plate on number 7
ReplyDeleteCause I can't read writin that tiny. I did go back and embiggenate the photo and Aw Jeez! Wouldn't you know it, it was perfect for that fallen tree to lean on!
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