INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Sensi, Hope the consult went well.......But.....would rather talk by phone. Been through it. I had to calculate how old JB was, born in 1983. Problem time was 1996. So, 14......I think I sent you my phone number. ............The very hardest thing to do is calculate risk and benefit to outcome.. It sucks, but it must be evaluated.

Loverly is coming home YAY. Stopped. I would be stopped in a heart beat. I made so many waves in the early days. I was just such a "rights' person.

One right----gloves should be changed when asked when a bag was searched. The TSA guys wore gloves and used the same gloves from bag to bag. WHOA NELLY. I asked for a glove change. That caused a hornets response. " What are you trying to hide" Asked for a supervisor. Explained that whatever was a contaminant in the pervious bag was then transferred to my bag whithout a glove chabge. The supervisor then explained the rules only allowed for the TSA folks to wear gloves. My response was "what is the point of the gloves?" The guy said to protect the TSA people. My response was "How am I protected from transference of unknown stuff from a previous bag." They were befuddled. It wasn't in the rules. The rule was eventually changed. With this one we went to the TSA office and I wrote a letter. explaining the problem.

2nd right. A separated area had to be established for someone not wanting to walk around without shoes. I raised hell about the uncleanliness of the situation. That caused a area to be set up where they took me to a separate area and my shoes were taken back to be scanned. This first scenario thingy. They expected me to walk over and get my shoes. I said no, it's unclean. There was a conference of bosses. They then directed the officers l to bring me my shoes.

3. cigarette lighters, I was likely responsible for cigarette lighters being banned. Episode before the were negated. On this particular trip, I had a slew in the bottom of my purse. They got nervous. I was told I had to give them up except for one. I made a big deal about who would reimburse me for my property. They got a boss. It was a very strange conversation. There was no rule about surrendering lighters at that point. I gave in, but not without a verbal go around. I just wanted to bust his chops. I held them up to the light. They said what are you doing. I said I wasn't going to surrender a full one. They got all tense. What was funny, is I had a quart of Crown Royal they passed without question. DUH. Since, then alcohol was negated as a carry on.

I was such a serious bitch early on, abridgement of rights.

Now the whole world has changed b/c of terrorist.

Primo bitch Hahaha...............some get it.......others don't.

It's an age thing-----pre terrorism there was a different mind set.

Sensi, I got your PM, I wrote a lot of stuff. Sorry I forgot my phone number. Your Vet sounds wonderful. Very thorough too. Just want to reinforce that info about looking at the thickener. It sounds awful, but I have seen patients that choke on ever mouthful or sip of water. Then with the appropriate amount of thickner, no choking. The way they determine the amount of thickner in humans is the speech therapist is right there and adds the thickner to the glass and the patient drinks while real time fluoroscopy is being done. Once their is no aspiration then a chart is made for the bedside with the instructions. I'll take a look to see if there is any dog info.

OHHHHH Celia Yay another traveler. On an old boat, what fun. Should have Wenchlori with you for that one aye matey.

Hi Tapper welcome here . Curious about your screen name? Kids? Furbabies? Guys/gals? Work? My screen name is me and my dog Schatz 10 y/o, one son Stephen 32 just married in Feb, He travels a lot too. I have a live in BF named Donnie. His nephew is living with us right now. Donnie's furbaby is Dini a lab pitt mix about 10-12. I'm retired b/c of the cancers, but doing great this year.

LOverly, delighted you are home safe and sound. Have a nice restful sleep. Hahaha, it's totally true about the gloves isn't it yucky thinking what could be in other peoples bags. Then add to that braindead TSA officers that are clueless of why they are doing something.

Tapper oaky you are Tapper, it makes you happy. Always nice to be happy. A member named me sassy. I loved it b/c my maiden name initials were SAD. Totally sucked. It was nice when I got married my initials went to SAS, totally suited me. Then the FuzzyLemon nicked named me Sassy. Whew, I was in heaven.

A couple of decades ago, I read a sampler from a century or so ago that said " A child of many names is much loved" A sampler was a needlepoint and or a cross stitch. It was used to teach young girls the art. With my real name Sheila, you can't do much as far as nicknames. Always was a bummer. "She" Whoopee negative.

Whereas, take WenchLori, she's Wenchie or Lori, Loveroflife is Loverly. Sensiofheart is Sensi. Magdeline is Mags.

The point being is, by our nature we love endearments. By having a special name for someone, we say to them how dear they are to us. What does get confusing for anyone entering here, is we keep changing everyone's name. AND those here may love calling someone by their own endearment that no one else uses. Can be very confusing. I think I'm the only one that calls WenchLori I love the word Wenchie b/c I perceive strength out of it. Others may not . But it goes back to when I asked her the same question regarding her screen name and she gave her explanation.

Thank you for sharing your info. The best way to help our confused drug addled minds is to refer to each member by the name you choose to call them, and often, in time people will recognize that it belongs to that person. Plus, we are all into furbabies, and kids, referring to them often helps lots too.

Only this week I started to say my real name Sheila. Why after 8-9 years. Seemed right. Anonimity(sic) is important. But then dunno...............anywhooses made a change. Perfer sassy, it's much more fun.

Wenchie, glad you like the endearment analogy. It flashed when I saw that sampler. 1982 we had our first litter of pups. One pup was Moose aka as mooser, moose-moose, and moosie. Totally made sense. Made me dislike my name even more

Your garden looks fabulous. Do you can/preserve anything? Bake? Sell? I remember an old story about zuchhini, that it drove them nuts trying to find all the different ways to use zuchinni b/c of a bumper crop.

Loverly--rested yet?

Queenie, YAYand A. Quite nice since you so disliked the course

Shep why do dogs lay in the middle of the walk way?

Waving, Have a great weekend