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

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2013

    Kam

    well, I was close:  SULTAN FINNVIK   is the one I bought.  And I use a Costco memory foam topper, and I LOVE it.  There are more expensive mattresses at Ikea, but this one is fine for me.  The metal ( neat, with kinda "hearts" on the back) daybed I bought isn't shown anymore, but the length of the back, about 85 x 40 fit in my car as described above.  And the mattress rolled up easily.  GOOD LUCK.

    Also, I'm voting for scar tissue.  Physiotherapist, your GP or PCP, or whatever our general docs are called can tell you.

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  • Belinda44
    Belinda44 Member Posts: 718
    edited February 2013

    Kam, sending good vibes your way!

    Alexandria, loved the Jon Stewart clip.  Especially all the Fox clips and his reaction!

    Yorkiemom, gotta love Big Dawg!

    Jackie, loved your post...."attitude of gratitude."

    Sunflowers, would love to hear what a typical day looks like for you vis a vis what you eat for each meal.....do you eat 3 meals a day or several small ones?  It really sounds like your "diet" works for you.  Would love to have my knee stop crunching anytime I go up steps (I know you mentioned accupuncture for that, but that freaks me out a little.... : )

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  • YramAL
    YramAL Member Posts: 1,651
    edited February 2013

    Kam-I'm voting for scar tissue as well. I think I told you that similar happened to my SIL and it was scar tissue.

    I fell down at work the other day, on the playground, and skinned both my knees. I'm pretty sure it was Obama's fault. Smile

    Mary

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  • Belinda44
    Belinda44 Member Posts: 718
    edited February 2013

    I love the Daily Beast's reporting on the NRA.  Another good article........

    "Strangest NRA Story Yet"

    "One of the sure markers of the paranoid mind is the urge to keep lists. In particular, lists of enemies, subversives, no-goodniks; the pestilential nuisances.......... It virtually goes without saying that the keepers of such lists are always the bullies who survive by fomenting hatred and making sure that their constituents stay in a state of constant agitation. And so it was no surprise to learn over the weekend, via Josh Marshall, that the National Rifle Association has a little list of 497 people and organizations who are in some way, shape, or form anti-gun. It makes for hilarious reading, although it’s sort of frightening to think about the demented minds of the people who assembled it.................."

    "..........................The good news is that paranoid psychotics usually do themselves in. McCarthy and Nixon certainly did. I know everyone keeps talking about how powerful the NRA is, and that’s true. But the more they’re in the spotlight, the worse they look. Americans get it......."

    Full article:

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/04/the-strangest-nra-story-yet.html

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  • Belinda44
    Belinda44 Member Posts: 718
    edited February 2013

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited February 2013

    I didn't make up that word, read it on the skeet-gate article and it made me LMAO!

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited February 2013

    Linking from Belinda's article to the NRA, here is the NRAs list of organization that have supported gun control:

    AARP
    AFL-CIO
    Ambulatory Pediatric Association
    American Academy of Pediatrics
    American Civil Liberties Union
    American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
    American Medical Women`s Association
    American Medical Student Association
    American Medical Association
    American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
    American Trauma Society
    American Federation of Teachers
    American Association of School Administrators
    American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities
    American Medical Association
    American Bar Association
    American Counseling Association
    American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
    American Academy of Pediatrics
    American Association for World Health
    American Ethical Union
    American Nurses Association
    American Association of Neurological Surgeons
    American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
    American Firearms Association
    American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    American Jewish Committee
    American Trauma Society
    American Psychological Association
    American Jewish Congress
    American Public Health Association
    Americans for Democratic Action
    Anti-Defamation League
    Black Mental Health Alliance
    B`nai B`rith
    Central Conference of American Rabbis
    Children`s Defense Fund
    Church of the Brethren
    Coalition for Peace Action
    Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
    College Democrats of America
    Committee for the Study of Handgun Misuse & World Peace
    Common Cause
    Congress of National Black Churches, Inc.
    Congress of Neurological Surgeons
    Consumer Federation of America
    Council of the Great City Schools
    Council of Chief State School Officers
    Dehere Foundation
    Disarm Educational Fund
    Environmental Action Foundation
    Episcopal Church-Washington Office
    Florence and John Shumann Foundation
    Friends Committee on National Legislation
    General Federation of Women`s Clubs
    George Gund Fun
    Gray Panthers
    H.M. Strong Foundation
    Hadassah
    Harris Foundation
    Hechinger Foundation
    Interfaith Neighbors
    Int`l Ladies` Garment Workers` Union
    Int`l Association of Educators for World Peace
    Jewish Labor Committee
    Joyce Foundation
    Lauder Foundation
    Lawrence Foundation
    League of Women Voters of the United States*
    Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
    Manhattan Project II
    Mennonite Central Committee-Washington Office
    National Safe Kids Campaign
    National Association of Police Organizations
    National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
    National Black Nurses` Association
    National Association of Chain Drug Stores
    National Network for Youth
    National Assembly of National Voluntary Health & Social Welfare Organizations
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
    National Association of School Psychologists
    National Association of Counties*
    National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners
    National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers
    National Education Association
    National Association of Elementary School Principals*
    National Association of Public Hospitals
    National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
    National Association of Secondary School Principals
    National Association of Social Workers
    National Association of Children`s Hospitals and Related Institutions
    National Association of School Psychologists
    National Council of La Raza
    National Center to Rehabilitate Violent Youth
    National Commission for Economic Conversion & Disarmament
    National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
    National Council of Negro Women
    National Association of Community Health Centers
    National People`s Action
    National Education Association*
    National League of Cities
    National Council on Family Relations
    National Council of Jewish Women
    National Organization for Women
    National Political Congress of Black Women
    National Parks and Conservation Association
    National Peace Foundation
    National Urban League, Inc.
    National Parent, Teachers Association*
    National Urban Coalition
    National SAFE KIDS Campaign
    National Organization on Disability
    National Spinal Cord Injury Association
    NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
    Ortenberg Foundation
    Peace Action
    People for the American Way
    Physicians for Social Responsibility
    Police Foundation
    Project on Demilitarization and Democracy
    Public Citizen
    SaferWorld
    Society of Critical Care Medicine
    Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    The Council of the Great City Schools
    The Synergetic Society
    20/20 Vision
    U.S. Catholic Conference, Dept. of Social Development
    Union of American Hebrew Congregations
    Unitarian Universalist Association
    United States Catholic Conference
    United Methodist Church, General Board & Church Society
    United Church of Christ, Office for Church in Society*
    United States Conference of Mayors
    War and Peace Foundation
    Women Strike for Peace
    Women`s National Democratic Club
    Women`s Action for New Directions (WAND)
    Women`s Int`l League for Peace and Freedom
    World Spiritual Assembly, Inc.
    YWCA of the U.S.A.

    More here:http://nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=15

    Loonies.

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  • QuinnCat
    QuinnCat Member Posts: 3,456
    edited February 2013

    Belinda - OMG, that Obama question - priceless.   Sun - I have a frame, I might even keep my boxspring, just want a new mattress...queen.  At one time I had a topper....not sure what size, but those are quite expensive, so I hope it is a queen (memory foam, bought at Costco).  If all else fails, I can always order foam from my favorite Seattle foam shop on Roosevelt.  They will mail.  I have slept on 2 of these and never complained.  Mary - I think in my mind, I know it is something else, but frankly, I've never "felt" cancer.  I saw it on my mother's chest wall though (stage iv), when I was 15.  It was a bunch of little lumps.  I took a glance at my sonographs and memorized them.  My thing seemed well defined with hyperechogenicty, which would indicate not cancer. Cool

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  • QuinnCat
    QuinnCat Member Posts: 3,456
    edited February 2013

    http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/04/florida-father-with-assault-weapon-forces-wife-to-watch-as-he-kills-two-sons/

    Horrible story, but statistically, guns within the context of domestic violence is more likely to kill a women than a woman using a gun warding off an intruder.  This is one of the saddest cases I've read about.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2013

    Belinda, I'm a "grazer" - eat little, often.  Have to wait about an hour after I take may my morning Thyroid meds, then have protein: usually scrambled eggs: 1 yolk, 3 whites), or sometimes hot oatmeal ( again from health food store)later some raw almonds & a few prunes, lunch a salad with maybe canned salmon or sardines, dinner is usually protein ( chicken, fish, organic/hormone free beef from health food store) - as I said, food just isn't an important factor for me, I don't use it for socializing, or entertainment - and I KNOW this is not a "usual" approach, it just works for me.  I am much more concerned with being pain free & feeling good than I am with taste sensations. Make teapots full of tea every day - some green, black, flavor with cinnamon, cardamon, ginger, and use Stevia drops flavored with Vanilla.  Stopped the Agave when reading some negatives about it.  Use honey sometimes.  I'm borderline diabetic, so cutting out high glycemic carbs & being gluten free has really made a positive difference.  I don't often go to restaurants, and that's just another choice.  Not a deprivation for me at all, a choice.  My friends get together and paint, I help friends make jewelry, activities, lectures at libraries, museums, hiking, that kinda stuff.

    The acupuncture "needles" are not like any other "needles" you've known - they are very, ery , very thinkl almost like a strand ofhair made out of metal.  It's made the most difference for me, that and monthly massage by a local woman trained by Tracy Walton in Boston, MA.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2013

    Kam - sorry I missed your post - the memory foam topper at Costoc is fantastic, thick, and the cheapest too.  Natch.  I think the twin was about $75 when I bought it 6 years ago - still fine.  Comes all squnched down, and you have to unflod it & let it "air" so it fills up and gets fluffy.  Can't imagine sleeping without it now...Ikea mattress can be used on box spring, I've just also had a wood frame bed with slats, Charles Webb, so sorry they went out of business, great Boston furniture maker from long ago. ( 1978)

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  • crazy4carrots
    crazy4carrots Member Posts: 5,324
    edited February 2013

    I just read about another school shooting -- this time in Oklahoma.

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited February 2013

    yeah....and the real enemies, according to the NRA, are the Anti-Defamation League, the American Academy of Pediatrics, religious groups, the YWCA and the National SAFE KIDS Foundation (see previous page). Topsy turvy world we live in.

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited February 2013

    http://www.hopeforpaws.org/

    I'm crying my eyes out!

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  • pip57
    pip57 Member Posts: 12,401
    edited February 2013

    First of all, I must tell you all that I had picked the winning team as the game started.  I just thought the Ravens uniforms were more "flattering".

    Sunflowers...I too am an acupuncture junkie.  Love it!  I am trying to convince my acupuncturist to do house calls.Smile  I also prefer to have several small meals or snacks during the day.  I find it uncomfortable when I work and have to do all my eating at one sitting now.  We don't eat out much, and when we do, I find a nutritional chart and make my food choices before we go.

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  • Belinda44
    Belinda44 Member Posts: 718
    edited February 2013

    Sunflowers,  thanks so much for sharing your approach.  I appreciate it!

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  • Belinda44
    Belinda44 Member Posts: 718
    edited February 2013

    This one was posted many pages back amongst many others.  I think it bears repeating:

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2013

    oh, blue, that's so sweet - I'm forcing myself to think the dog ran away, and the people gave up looking for her - can't bear to think someone could leave a dog because she was blind...wasn't it the sweetest near the end where she was waggling her tail, so, so sweet....

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited February 2013

    The Daily Mail (otherwise a rag, but it is redeeming itself briefly here), a lioness at a zoo appears to mirror the movements of a little boy:Face to face: The lioness seemed to be analysing the little boy's every move, his father saidFascination: Matthew, seven, loves visiting the zoo to see the lions, his father Armando Sierra saidIntense: The astonishing interaction between the lioness and the boy lasted around ten minutesDeadly: The lioness opens its mouth in a roar as it gazes as the little boy sitting calmly on the other side of the glassWhat are you looking at? The lioness never took its eyes from Matthew's as it stalked around its enclosureCurious: Initially aggressive, the lioness then began to mirror the little boy's actions, towering at around 9ft tall as it stood on its hind legs and pressed its paws against the glassFrom

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  • IllinoisLady
    IllinoisLady Member Posts: 29,082
    edited February 2013

    Blue, I saw that before and it was still hard not to tear up.  People can be so heartless and cruel all in addition to not having their animals spayed or neutered.  Like Sun, seeing the wag of a grateful, happy tail helped me not think about many of the previous pictures. 

    As far as the list of those unsympathetic to the NRA  ---  a very long list and so many having things to do directly with children or the victims -- whatever age -- of people who should not have guns in their hands.  Kam, that link you provided just brought it all home.   People, even when they have had a good record about their weapons do not always stay reliable and trustworthy. 

    Jackie

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  • IllinoisLady
    IllinoisLady Member Posts: 29,082
    edited February 2013


    NBC News       |  Aired on February 04, 2013

    Boy freed, kidnapper dead after standoff ends

    Federal and Alabama law enforcement officials discuss cite deteriorating negotiations and the decision to storm the bunker and rescue the 5 year-old boy being held in an underground bunker.

    Found this just now --- thank goodness the little boy is safe and is being treated at a local hospital.  Apparently the suspect was showing signs of the situation deteriorating and a decision was made to storm the bunker and get the little boy. 

    Jackie

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited February 2013

    Both the story about the child's abductor and the story about the man who shot the sniper at a Texas range describe men with good military recods. How very sad. America could also diminish violence at home if it held back on imperial aggression abroad. I sound like an old time Marxist saying this, but I think it's true. We are sending out normal boys and bringing back traumatized men.

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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited February 2013

    Yes, it's just wonderful that child was saved! The baby has Asperger's and I just can't imagine the horror he went through. But he's in the arms of his parents tonight and hopefully will be alright long term.

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  • QuinnCat
    QuinnCat Member Posts: 3,456
    edited February 2013

    Birads 4, "suspicious"...."solid mass on the chest wall."  That's all I know and the MO knows.  Biopsy tomorrow.  My MO did say she's never seen a recurrence on the chest wall in the clean breast.  I guess that is some consolation.  I'm scared to death.

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  • Chickadee
    Chickadee Member Posts: 4,467
    edited February 2013

    Kam, I'm so sorry. Hold tight, you will get through this.

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  • Belinda44
    Belinda44 Member Posts: 718
    edited February 2013

    Oh, Kam.  Hang in there, hon.  Let's hope for a very boring and benign biopsy!  We will all be with you in spirit.  Hugs and lots of good wishes to you!

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  • QuinnCat
    QuinnCat Member Posts: 3,456
    edited February 2013

    All i gotta say, if this is cancer, it is MF fast grower...4 cm.  

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited February 2013

    Oh Kammy....

    Take your biggest handbag tomorrow because we're coming with you but we will need the space.

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  • pupmom
    pupmom Member Posts: 5,068
    edited February 2013

    (((((Kam)))))

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  • crazy4carrots
    crazy4carrots Member Posts: 5,324
    edited February 2013

    Kam -- Hang in there, honey.  You know that Birads 4 simply means "suspicious abnormality", indicating a biopsy is necessary to RULE OUT the nasty C.  We'll all be jumping in the bag with you and keeping our digits crossed for good results.

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