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WAMU ^ | 6/16/19 | Freak SJW Murray Horwitz

[Viking2002]

Yeah, I coerced (or drafted) the wife to help me with some yard work tomorrow, as she's finally off a day, but I don't want to use her like a rented mule. Just spray weedkiller, or something like that. It takes some effort to maintain and acre and a quarter solo. The weather here is supposed to turn sour again starting tomorrow, so I'd like to have the basics done, if nothing else. It's been tricky getting it all done because of that spill I took last week. My mother e-mailed me to let me know a few back-home goings-on, and I made the mistake of telling her. Bad idea. Never tell your mother anything if she was a nurse for over forty years. Now she said I ought to get a walker. I said I'll die first before I putter around with anything that has tennis balls on the end of it. Then, the wife asked me for a Lasix, because her knees and ankles are swollen from standing so much. I got her one, then I got a double-shot of pain from my chest and my foot trying to walk up the step from the living room. She looked at me and seriously said, "Do you think we need to get you a walker?" I mean, come on, so OK, I'm at the age where I've earned the right to be a bit of a crank, but I'm getting attacked from multiple sides here. Independently.

[Viking2002]

Yeah, I buy a good bit of those Fruit Of The Loom cotton athletic shorts with the drawstring, and the sleeveless T's. They make great sleepwear, too, especially if you buy them a bit oversized. All cotton and roomy. Connie will say, "Why do you buy them so big? They make you look fatter!" I say, "Because they're comfortable, and who else is going to see me? And what's up with that 'fatter' remark, Chubby?" 😆😆😆

[WXRGina]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Vision]

Tell them no walker is needed but they should cater to your needs more.

[Viking2002]

Sad part is, we used to be thin and three-day-a-week gym rats. How the mighty have fallen. 😆😆😆

[Viking2002]

Oh, yeah, that'll fly well. "Yo, make me a sammich, and bring me another beer while you're out there." I'd be a dead man walking. 😆

[Vision]

Maybe you could phrase the request another way?

[Viking2002]

OK, I’ll make my own sammich and get myself the beer. *chuckle* I actually cater to the missus more than most men do. We’ve both been through the divorce ringer before, so I figure, if she’s happy, then I’m happy. Twenty one years into this marriage, it seems that I’m on to something. LOL!