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The Hobbit Hole XXXVI - O! Water cold we may pour at need...

Posted on 05/03/2008 8:48:06 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!

O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.

O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!

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To: Corin Stormhands
Fittingly tho, the second line was “And I have been blessed with disaster...”

Sounds like you've got the makings of a gospel song, based on the Book of Job.

301 posted on 05/08/2008 8:13:48 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

Heh, we had the tornado sirens go off the other night so we went down to the basement for a while. It’s nice to have that option.


302 posted on 05/08/2008 8:16:22 AM PDT by JenB
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To: SuziQ

I want a Jim Giles Safe Room. He was the meteorologist I liked so much that passed away about a year and a half ago. He set up this business right before he passed away and now his wife promotes it. She just says something like “Keep safe with a Jim Giles Safe Room” and is in partnership with the steel company that makes them.

http://www.jimsafe.com/


303 posted on 05/08/2008 8:21:12 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: RosieCotton; Corin Stormhands

All I want is a decent cup of coffee.


304 posted on 05/08/2008 8:21:38 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: 2Jedismom

Heh. If a tornado comes while I’m asleep, I’m pretty much SOL.


305 posted on 05/08/2008 8:23:11 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: SuziQ
Sounds like you've got the makings of a gospel song, based on the Book of Job.

Well, with days like today, I've got enough material. My mom called to tell me my stepdad was in the hospital again with an irregular heart beat. He's had two quadruple bypass surgeries. They're keeping him until they can confirm whether it was an actual heart attack. He just can't seem to get a break. Since he gave up the store, he's had hip trouble, MRSA and now this. He's supposed to have knee replacement surgery, but it keeps getting delayed. His first name is Cecil.

Then she also told me this.

306 posted on 05/08/2008 8:24:59 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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To: SuziQ; RosieCotton; All

So far so good with my bp.

Since being on the stronger patch, I’ve been able to discontinue one medication and have cut another one in half and am still maintaining a normal pressure.

So now I’m on

Metoprolol 50 mg twice a day (used to be 100mg)
Procardia XL 60mg once a day
Catapress patch TTS-2 once a week. (used to be TTS-1)

That’s it!

I’m hopeful that the patch will cover me enough that I can get off the Metoprolol all together. But I can’t just stop Metoprolol like I did with the Lisinopril...can cause rebound hypertension...

“Mmmmthat’s Bad.”

You have to wean off it.

Who knows...I may end up with just the patch. And maybe they’ll figure out what’s wrong with me and I won’t need anything eventually!


307 posted on 05/08/2008 8:40:11 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom; SuziQ; RosieCotton; JenB; HairOfTheDog; Bear_in_RoseBear; osagebowman; All

I’m outta here. We’re heading to DC for a reception honoring a friend in his new position. Hope to make it back in time for LOST...but keep it quiet, just in case.


308 posted on 05/08/2008 8:54:50 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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To: Corin Stormhands; RosieCotton

Will be quiet from our camp... we probably won’t watch till tomorrow night.

Rosie... we’re thinking LOST tomorrow night, with steak fajitas :~) Sound good?


309 posted on 05/08/2008 8:58:42 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Ooh...sounds *very* good.


310 posted on 05/08/2008 9:06:15 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: Corin Stormhands; RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog; All

See ya Corin!

I’m loggin’ off too...my folks are coming and I have to get the house spiffed up and then go to work...so I won’t be on much for the next few days either.


311 posted on 05/08/2008 9:09:40 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom
And maybe they’ll figure out what’s wrong with me and I won’t need anything eventually!

That's what we're all hoping and praying for, 2J!

See you when we see you!

BTW...although I've just ridiculed those who fuss with cartridge refilling...I admit I'm still hankering for the ultimate in inconvenient writing paraphernalia: I want a dip pen and a bunch of nibs.

I need to not go near Pendemonium's site for awhile.

312 posted on 05/08/2008 9:41:54 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom; osagebowman; SuziQ
Sigh...we ~might not~ be going to DC after all.

Mrs. is late coming back from her appointment (but she got a sale!). She's still about 45 minutes away, so with changing, etc. we couldn't get away before 3:00. It's a 4:30 Open House, and at least a 2-hour drive...

The ~bigger~ factor is that the nursing home just called and they're taking Nana to the hospital. Her potassium is low and apparently they can adjust it more quickly at the hosptial. So it may not be an overnight stay ($256 per day thankyouverymuch). They already put her on oxygen because she was so out of breath when they brought her back from therapy.

I'm inclined to say we shouldn't go. Mrs. probably thinks that too but is having a hard time getting to that point.

313 posted on 05/08/2008 11:02:37 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Sorry to hear you’re having a rough day Corin, hope everything straightens out.


314 posted on 05/08/2008 11:05:10 AM PDT by darkangel82 (If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
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To: Corin Stormhands

So...God convinces her we shouldn’t go by having the van die on her...

I swear I’m not making this up.


315 posted on 05/08/2008 11:09:22 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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To: darkangel82

Thanks. Stick around long enough. It’s just the world I live in.


316 posted on 05/08/2008 11:09:53 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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To: Corin Stormhands
So...God convinces her we shouldn’t go by having the van die on her... I swear I’m not making this up.

Well at least He's not out tripping my horse.

Sounds like you have enough reasons not to go, now. Hope Nana's condition improves getting her in.

317 posted on 05/08/2008 11:17:15 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: 2Jedismom

Have a good weekend then! :~)


318 posted on 05/08/2008 11:19:52 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: LSAggie
Very nice indeed. How long till a range report? OB

Quite a while, at this rate. I'm working nine nights straight, due to schedule changes. After that, maybe a quick familiarization firing, since optics are still a major unknown.

I'll probably have a tear-down report this Saturday.

319 posted on 05/08/2008 11:26:19 AM PDT by 300winmag (Deterrence is an activity, destruction is a profession)
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To: Corin Stormhands

I guess you’re being blessed with trouble.


320 posted on 05/08/2008 11:27:58 AM PDT by JenB
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