I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

DH loved his after dinner Calvados (apple brandy) when we were in Paris 3monstmama. My son had his one and only huge (and I mean HUGE) hangover after drinking Absinthe...now THAT's a strong drink...what a way to learn...he had no idea!

Ah...SuePen...now I remember you Suzie58! I do read a lot on here but don't post much as you can see...around 600 posts in 5 years...lol...you put me to shame! Congratulations on your first grandchild. My son is going to London on the 20th of this month just for a couple of weeks and hopes to go to Paris for a few days as well.

I managed very well without the language and with help from Iphone Apps...including Escargot (restaurant App) and one that actually talked! I am also very good at pointing especially at cakes !!

jezza

AnnNYC

Our cat has had every illness imaginable and is so savvy at avoiding medication. It takes 2 or 3 of us to hold him down, open his mouth and then someone THROWS it down his throat! He is a Siamese so you can imagine the noise. Unfortunately not all medication comes in liquid form.

I've never heard of Greenies though.

jezza

Barbara - yummy!

I would imagine that we big cats are probably easy to feed pills to - if you are people we know Either you put them in our meat, or I'm sure we will oblige just as dogs do, which is, you make the dog sit, get behind him/her with your legs against his body, speak sweetly, open his/her mouth, drop the pill in, close it and gently scratch his/her throat. Always worked with Athena and Camilla, so long as you dropped the pill in the throat area and not just anywhere.

Feeding pills to domestic cats is very hard. I have helped out my cousin. What a struggle! 

Yes, my cat is really good at pretending to swallow then she spits it out later.

Welcome, jezza - I like your avatar.

Jezza -- You are an inspiration!  So great to hear from you!

Welcome Jezza!!

My dh called me late morning before I left for the barn and I told him about the phone call.  The lady has asked me twice if I want to be put on a payment plan because if not.....it will go to collections.  Funny but isn't that the exact thing she is doing?  Trying to collect?

I find it amusing because she has no idea that we could pay that stupid $176 about ten times over no sweat - we don't need a payment plan.  It is the principal of the matter with us.

Most psychiatrists charge $200 per hour.  This guy is charging $350 per hour.  Now on top of that since he works at a psych ward - he sees patients all day long.  Can you imagine the dough this guy racks up?  Now he just wants us to pay the difference between what the insurance company paid out and what he billed.  Sorry but what if he billed $600 per hour?  Does that mean we would have to pay $400 to him after insurance pays $200?  Where do you draw the line?  Plus, he was an arrogant jerk.

So DH tells me he doesn't give a flip if it ends up in collections - it will sit there for 7 years and then drop off but he is NOT going to pay it because the guy is ridiculous and this bill is a year old now.  And he told me to screen all calls and if he answers the phone - watch out lady because you will get an ear full!

The lady threatened she would turn it over to collections so I will just sit back and wait and see if she tries calling here again

The day at the barn was great other than my trainer worked my butt off and I am sure I will be cussing her out tomorrow dealing with sore muscles!  Oh and Miss Princess Jazzy could not resist bucking, leaping, side stepping, etc. and was in that mode of she was looking for an excuse to be a brat.  The best news - I stayed on her!  Of course if she had really wanted me off her back she would have made sure it happened.  She was just acting up and trying to show that she was in control and did not want to walk by that scary gate

Anyway, trying to head off to bed for an early spinning class at my club. We shall see...

Drinks, anyone. Bartender - here's a $20 tip for you. Excellent! Blue, E, where is the Rabbit and Alpal and HL?? 

HL here, recovering from a haircut. The trauma is difficult to cope with. I am recovering from The World's Worst Haircut that was committed against my innocent hair on April 2. This is the first one since that horrible day, although I have been hacking at it myself since then. I'm not especially happy with it tonight, either, but that is because the stylist (a new one, clearly) dried it flat and I look like a teenager -- NOT in a good way. I am hoping my usual styling routine tomorrow will fix everything. So I am sitting in a dark corner of the BCO B&G nursing a big G&T and wishing I had my old stylist back from wherever it was she disappeared to in the big city.

HL: My beauty secret is that I cut my hair. It looks perfectly professional, although my requirements are simple: straight, classical and shoulder length. Come out of the penumbra - I am sure you look lovely.

Hair, of course!  But the thought of hairy clouds is ... interesting.

oh, sorry I missed it - must have been asleep - please tell more stories, grannydukes.

Nite all, sweet dreams, Athena, I hope you're feeling better.

Blue,

Cyd the Cat had to take antibiotics for two weeks. That was a struggle I hope to never repeat. I started with the Scotch and tieing her up. Push the pill down her throat,, rubbed her throat, gave her sevearl kitty treats, massaging throat after each. I believe I was sccessful getting the bloddy pills down her damn throat. Infection seems to have cleared up.

I survived the swamping out of my mother-in-law's apartment! We took out about 10 large garbage bags just plain garbage, and an equal amount of useable stuff to be donated. There's more work to be done, but we got a good start on it. 

Now, to relax with a glass of wine and a couple of magazines.

Mary