What's mildly irritating you today?

[Nirvana]

Thanks Glatt

[Gravdigr]

Been there, done that.

Feel better.

[DanaC]

This piece about Judy Blume in the Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...n-young-adults

Judy Blume, tiny and smiley and as warmly open as befits the author of seminal novels about growing up Forever…, and Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret is sitting in a hotel in London and talking about the hate mail she has received. It comes, she says, every time she speaks out on behalf of Planned Parenthood, an American pro‑choice group for mothers.

"I went to a couple of places two years ago and I got seven hundred and something hate-mail warnings – 'We know where you are going to be and we'll be there waiting for you', that sort of thing," says Blume. "My publisher sent me with a bodyguard. He was wonderful, I loved knowing he was there. And nothing happened and probably nothing would have happened, but it was very scary."

What kind of asshat sends threats to a 76 year old?


Lovely interview though.

[footfootfoot]

Somehow fucked up my recovering shoulder. Slept on it? Wanker's cramp?

Whatever, it hurts like a mother fucker and it's making clicking/catching noises. PT is hoping it is just scar tissue and not me fucking up the repair. I see the sturgeon in a few days and I can ask him.

Crap.

On the plus side, my lawn is mowed and the weeds are whacked and 40 feet (out of 200) of the slate sidewalk has been reclaimed from weeds and overgrown grass. The place is looking less and less like Boo Radley's house every day.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I see the sturgeon in a few days and I can ask him.

Ask for roe, to make it worth your while.

On the plus side, my lawn is mowed and the weeds are whacked and 40 feet (out of 200) of the slate sidewalk has been reclaimed from weeds and overgrown grass. The place is looking less and less like Boo Radley's house every day.

Have the courts determined value yet?

[footfootfoot]

The mortgage is currently underwater. She's decamped and realizes there is no equity in it. I am proposing that if and when the house sells we would split any gain realized at that point, maybe with a cap.

May be entirely moot if I don't find a job/start earning $ soon. Then it might be a nice "Continue to fixer-upper" for someone with good timing at the foreclosure sale. [/cynical laugh]

[Sundae]

The person looking after Diz has suffered a series or not impossible but slightly peculiar calamaties.
First she dropped her phone so it stopped working and she lost my number.
Odd, it was working when I sent her a text at 19.30.
Also I she had my landline number, and has a paper copy of my address; I'm available via Directory Enquiries.

Then her radiator blew.
Gosh, and she runs a charity called Animal Taxi. Gosh, hope there's no emergencies today or tomorrow. Because the earliest she can get Diz back to me is Monday.

Funny, because that is the same day the hospital social worker is back.
I have a suspicion she may suggest I am in incapable of looking after an animal in my current condition.

I swear if I had a car I'll go knocking on her door and demand the porky, furry little monster,

Confused and miserable.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Obviously Cattaxi has been hypnotized by Diz, subdued and controlled.
Diz is making Cattaxi twist the knife in retaliation for your abandonment and possible attempt to throw off the shackles of Overlord Diz-Master.

[sexobon]

I'll bet she's renting Diz out as a mouse catcher and is stalling until the current assignment is completed so she can collect.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by Sundae

First she dropped her phone so it stopped working and she lost my number.

Then her radiator blew.

I bet that when she was at school the dog ate her homework on a weekly basis.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Sundae

Funny, because that is the same day the hospital social worker is back.
I have a suspicion she may suggest I am in incapable of looking after an animal in my current condition.
.

Very difficult to actually make something like that stick though. He isn't underweight or showing signs of neglect or abuse - he doesn't live in a house with 20 other cats, his litter tray isn't left to overflow etc etc etc.

She tries to say you aren't capable of looking after him tell her you'll call the police. He's your cat. They would have to prove that he is suffering neglect or mistreatment to be able to legally remove him from you. And the threshold for that sort of thing is quite high.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

The mortgage is currently underwater. She's decamped and realizes there is no equity in it. I am proposing that if and when the house sells we would split any gain realized at that point, maybe with a cap.

May be entirely moot if I don't find a job/start earning $ soon. Then it might be a nice "Continue to fixer-upper" for someone with good timing at the foreclosure sale. [/cynical laugh]

... is it under by a lot or a little?

back in the day....

I traded cash for equity, a gamble, and came out a winner. i had sufficient cushion to last through the shitstorm. It was a good deal, in my humble opinion.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Sundae

The person looking after Diz has suffered a series or not impossible but slightly peculiar calamaties.
First she dropped her phone so it stopped working and she lost my number.
Odd, it was working when I sent her a text at 19.30.
Also I she had my landline number, and has a paper copy of my address; I'm available via Directory Enquiries.

Then her radiator blew.
Gosh, and she runs a charity called Animal Taxi. Gosh, hope there's no emergencies today or tomorrow. Because the earliest she can get Diz back to me is Monday.

Funny, because that is the same day the hospital social worker is back.
I have a suspicion she may suggest I am in incapable of looking after an animal in my current condition.

I swear if I had a car I'll go knocking on her door and demand the porky, furry little monster,

Confused and miserable.

I understand that you are miserable and wanting the company of your beloved furry, but it's the weekend and I'm guessing she's an unpaid volunteer and maybe doesn't have the funds to pay for weekend mechanic rates? And she probably feels crap about not being able to provide the taxi service if there was an emergency before Monday. And about not being able to get Diz back to you.

the dropping the phone is a little lame-sounding, but how did you find out that happened? Seems like there has been some contact -could you use that route again to express your willingness to -say- get a human taxi and collect him? At least you would be able to set your mind at rest or validate your suspicions...

But really, I think the only co-incidence in the both-coming-on-Monday thing is that it's the next 'working day" As Dana says there is no evidence of abuse. they can't take your animal on the grounds of suspected future neglect. And the social worker is not interested in your animal.

It will all be fine

[Sundae]

I think it's paranoia after a week of ups and downs.

I sent her a text (whereas before I phoned her from my landline) to say I really did have to go out before the supermarkets closed, but would be 10 minutes tops.
I was nearly home when I got the text back re dropping the phone and losing my number and the car radiator blowing up.

The reason I connected it with social services (in my mind) was the suspicion that she didn't feel she should break the bad news herself. And she made a comment which was entered into my official notes regarding the conditions I was living in. Which I saw by accident.

I'm not claiming to be Mrs Stable right now, esp where my boy is concerned.
New meds need to kick in to kick out the ennui and the suspicion.
If they are really on the level I will volunteer/ raise money for them. Boy would be in a bad way without them.

[Aliantha]

I have had a slight tremor in my left hand all day today. I suspect it is from muscle fatigue after a couple of large projects, and possible stress too. Its very irritating though. :/