Jim Rockford

[quote]There’s the dad who is teaching his son to back up the trailer and jumping around and making a bunch of hand motions to direct the son. [/quote] If phone cameras had been around back then my dad and I would have been viral video stars....

Never been to online and Have no desire to....

[quote] citizens bussed in from the nursing home to dump their child's inheritance[/quote] If they're in a nursing home there's no inheritance. They're burning through their resources at $8-10k a month or they've already burned through them and are on Medicaid. They get like $40 a month persona...

It's been just about 24 hours and she seems very far away now....

Sitting here watching my mom sleep. Hospice told us she has a few days at most. I feel so lonesome. ...

tOT is already too fragmented. Downvote.....

[quote]Am I the only one who sees this as an exploitative means of avoiding the uncomfortable emotions we need to confront in order to grow?[/quote] I don't agree with your thesis. I've learned through hard experience that uncomfortable emotions are best suppressed....

There was a case a few years ago where an elderly man shot his terminally ill wife and the gun flew out of his hand and he couldn't get to it to complete his part. He was convicted on a minlmal charge and never spent any time in prison....

My mother's started with a series of seizures, then subtle personality changes, then loss of executive function. She couldn't balance her checkbook and started having trouble following recipes. She was an avid reader, and stopped because she said the books had too many characters to keep up with. ...

Hospice nurse came today. They'll start her on morphine in the morning. Her bp is 60/40 and she has an irregular heartbeat. Nurse said she might perk up and start eating and drinking once the pain is under control but based on her observation she has a few weeks,probably less than a month. Mayb...