theresaL

I'm so sorry T-B. It's the worst thing I've ever had to do too. Big hugs.

4 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

I don't know how you're feeling about it, but I'm tired of it all. We do temp checks every 12 hours at work and then for all my clinicals. Goodness forbid you pop a fever for something not Covid related. 

 

A few people are wearing masks in this part of the country and I was a couple of weeks ago, but the vast majority aren't. I'm sure if I didn't get it in Europe that me and all my coworkers have already had it.  I've been talking to a few people about it, but it seems to not really be impacting the population here the same way. Almost all the deaths have been nursing home related. Even with a huge outbreak in the general population, the number hospitalized is near zero. 

I'm pretty sick of it too and we haven't as a region been too impacted by it. Total case count is around 120 with 7 deaths (all nursing home related) last I checked.

I'm out of a job with little to no chance of being recalled since my work is related to international students and they can't get visas and the ones already here are going home now that the session is finished. I'm actually okay with that due to being semi-retired and collecting SS, but it's all the other BS. Like people wearing a mask inside their cars with the windows rolled up. Really??? 

I think Frenchie and I already had it too when we were in France last fall. Both of us were sick with an odd respiratory illness with symptoms unlike the usual bronchitis stuff we get.

3 hours ago, NikLR said:

I have to make an appt after finding a new primary care.  I havent been super happy with my last two OB/GYN and need more thorough dr.  

Wish you the best in finding someone you feel comfortable with. I am so happy to be done with all that mess.

14 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Uh, something was removed, bye man.

It's not that big of a deal at least it wasn't for me. I had a full removal of the forbidden Fallopian talk parts and they only kept me for less than 24 hrs including the surgery. That was fine by me because I couldn't get any sleep for being woken up by staff to check one thing or another. I was back working, taking graduate classes and driving in 2 weeks. Looking back I probably should have stayed home another week. 

I stopped by to say hello and catch up on everyone. I was officially laid-off as of May 12th. No new students can come in to the country, not enough students already here, cancelled programs and classes, so the Uni said bye bye to the part-time instructors. I seriously doubt if we will ever be recalled. Now waiting on word from unemployment. I did apply for and was awarded an emergency grant from one of my professional groups. Not too shabby.

Take care everyone, stay positive!!

1 hour ago, cdneh said:

Himself is in Hospice care as of this morning. As it is the VA, of course the process was not without screw ups. It is all well and good to cancel orders, but new ones need to be entered. 

 

When I arrived this morning he had a respiratory rate of 72. Unrousable.  I thought he might have taken the final decision out of my hands.

Rang the nurse twice with no response, so sent for the charge nurse. She paged the medical team twice with no answer.

So being me, I rang the Doc myself. 2 minutes and he was on the spot. Did heads roll? Youbetchabygolly.  New team, from Vanderbilt.

 

After tinkering most of the afternoon with morphine we found the sweet spot.

 

Also had to bite my tongue when dealing with the 'tech". He doesn't need a finger stick, he in won't be getting insulin. He doesn't need his vitals taken every two hours, they are irrelevant to the process. And do NOT stand next to the bed and bellow "how are you feeling today"? He can't tell you. He doesn't even know you are there.  Go away. Stay there. 

 

I'm so sorry to hear this. When my dad was placed on hospice care at our local hospital (not VA) we couldn't have wished for better care. Sending my thoughts and prayers to both of you.

So, why exactly did this have to be announced??  I'm with TB on this one. I couldn't give a hoot about Megarry.

Hello VJ peeps!! We're back from frogland where it rains, but no trains this Christmas season. It was a stressful and hectic trip, the wedding was "interesting", the bride was beautiful and the F. of B. was very handsome in his new Hugo Boss suit. S.M of B. not so gorgeous, bad hair do and funky fake eyelashes. Did you know that you need to be able to see to glue those puppies on straight?? Now we get to do this again in March for daughter #2's wedding. Oy vey!!!

Good news . . .  Frenchie's 10 year GC was approved without interview and the new card was waiting for us when we got home. I hope everyone had a safe and joyous Christmas and wishing you all the best for 2020.

17 minutes ago, elmcitymaven said:

 

 

The best thing I learnt was to be polite and kind, even in the face of intense disdain.

i don't think Meg's has learned this yet based on reports of being rude to staff, the Queen having a tete-a-tete about how to treat staff, etc.

Back when I was a sweet young thing, I ran with a few people from the old money crowd for a few years. I quickly discovered I did not want to be a part of that world and I could have been had I said yes. I was self aware enough to know that I would not fit in.  He married the English nanny and it was the right choice for him.

40 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

I would love to be rich. Being famous must suck. Being a royal must suck worse. Dont envy them one bit.

As to princess D. Sorry but not impressed.  Gold digging jet setting floozy,  who hired a pr firm to pimp her out on land mines.

A nin critical thinkers hero. Probably plays to them dem base well 

I was never that impressed either, but many, many people worshiped her. Meg's probably thought it would be easy only she forgot (if she ever knew) about that other twice divorced American woman who ruined a monarch. Harry has never struck me as being particularly bright.

7 minutes ago, leroyleviticus said:

Yes, it seems like they are approving some January applications now. They received my application on 01/14. My Biometrics appointment was on 08/27.

Congrats. We are the next line in the spreadsheet after you. Fingers crossed we'll hear something soon.

I think Meghan's biggest problem is that she thought she would be the next Diana.

On 11/7/2019 at 11:21 PM, Boiler said:

Canada's Quebec province has denied immigrant status to a French citizen because she was unable to demonstrate adequate French-language proficiency.

Quebec rejected Emilie Dubois' application apparently because part of her university thesis was in English.

Ms Dubois came to Quebec from France in 2012 and completed a doctorate at a French-language university.

The biology graduate said she alternated between "laughing and not understanding" when she got the letter.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50241254

Well to be fair, Quebecois is different from Parisian French, so maybe she didn't demonstrate adequate Quebecois French???

On 11/7/2019 at 10:21 PM, ALFKAD said:

I saw “nom féminin”. Until she comes back to clarify, I’m gonna withhold judgment on your knowledge of the language.  After all, you HAVE been known to drink wine from a baux...

You are indeed correct  @ALFKAD. Where English requires Adj+ Noun (wise woman) to convey the meaning, French has a noun (sagesse) that incorporates both wisdom and implies age to convey meaning. "Sage" in English is both noun and adj. The word for "box" in French is "boite", but boxed wine is "cubitainer de vin" and is "taboo" (Tangan) in France. (BS-French with minor in Linguistics, MA-Second Language Acquisition with TESOL, French husband)

Edit to add: not to be confused with "femme-sage" which is a mid-wife and "I don't know nothing 'bout birthin no babies".

13 minutes ago, ALFKAD said:

In a discussion elsewhere, I asked a dear friend who is very liberal... "Rather hate on Trump,  why not just tell me what the democratic party does that makes you an avid follower?"

 

The response was clean water and safer working conditions.

Friend must not be from Flint, MI.

1 minute ago, ALFKAD said:

I didn't miss the point... you're OLD!!  🤪🤪

 

Thanks for making me feel young again, even if only for a moment!

Old is a state of mind. I prefer "wise" or the French word "sagesse" it has a more poetic ring to it.

1 hour ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  Wow. That's worse than NB. In fairness, I wasn't even born then. I just copied and pasted. 

 

  So after correcting that, looks like even less data to support  impeachment having a positive effect on Trump's chances of reelection?

Well I was and it was the first election that I was old enough to vote. See what not verifying gets you??? Revisionist history. FIW, I came of age in the midst of the swampiest of politically corrupt swamps ever. Chicago.

You are still completely missing the point. It's not about helping Trumps chances of re-election it's about hurting the party that brought the impeachment process. Personally, I completely agree with @Boris Farage

2 hours ago, Boris Farage said:

I can't speak for @theresaL but I do agree that letting the Democrats sink themselves is a politically wise strategy. Having said that, I believe it is important to continue to resist this sham on principle alone. To play along with this this illicit impeachment is to legitimize it, even if it's politically expedient. The Democrats have abdicated their oaths of office, but the Republicans must not.

 

"The whole truth" is not the truth at all. As Mr. Trump alluded to, the Democrats have had plenty of time behind closed doors to alter the record. Fortunately the people will see through this blatantly obvious deception.

I agree. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion. I'm just not looking forward to hearing all the whining when their cognitive dissonance wears off and they realize they did it to themselves.

Nixon wasn't impeached. He resigned before it was put to a vote making this moot. Clinton was impeached but not removed from office. Andrew Johnson, the only other President to be impeached was acquitted.

Elections are more than just Presidential candidates. You are ignoring the Congressional election results and the significance of those numbers. In every case of actual impeachment the party bringing the action lost seats and the other party gained seats in the next election. Here's the breakdown: 1868 Presidential year-Johnson (D) Rep controlled house, (R) -1 (D) +20;

                      1998 Mid-term year-Clinton (D) Rep controlled House, (R) -4 (D) +5;

                       2020 Presidential year-Trump (R) Dem controlled house, ???????????????????

What this is telling you, he may be impeached, but he won't be removed from office, the Dems are going to loose seats in the House, if not the House itself, and Trump will be re-elected. So, to quote Dirty Harry, "Do you feel lucky?"

2 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Um, because Schiff himself didn't sit down and type up the transcript? There are professional court reporters in the room. What does Rolling Stone have to do with any of this? I feel like there is some subtext I'm missing here.

 

Who is "he"? There are a lot of dudes involved here, because, well, dudes run things in this country.  

 

Also, we don't have a lot of data to work with here. There was one modern era impeachment, because Nixon resigned before he was impeached. So we have a data set of precisely one. I am not the mathematical genius in my relationship, I leave that to the man who has two degrees in the subject who lives in my home, but I would think that working from precisely one data point is not exactly the strongest ground to make predictions from. But then again I am an Art History major from a second-tier Ivy (which is not a big deal anyway, as I have been reminded) and an alimony queen, so what do I know.  

Is everything ALWAYS about you???

We only have 2 actual impeachments in the history of the Republic and 1 almost, so the data set is quite significant.

Clinton's approval ratings went up quite a bit after he was impeached. Didn't affect his re-election because he was in his second term when he was impeached. Republicans lost 4 House seats, Dems gained 5 in the 1998 mid-terms. Senate remained unchanged.

Who here believes anything in a transcript produced by Schifty and/or anything published in Rolling Stone??? Neither one has any credibility. Schiff destroyed his own with that piece of fiction he wrote and performed of the fake Ukraine/Trump phone transcript and Rolling Stone did themselves no favor with the fake UVA gang rape story. 

If history is any indicator, impeachment usually results in an increase in approval ratings for the President and annoys voters to the point of getting off their duffs and actually voting as well as the party bringing the impeachment loses "bigly". Voters don't like bullies.

38 minutes ago, Randyandyuni said:

This group is not so good on maintaining stats, either timeline or spreadsheet, so perhaps not Nebraska’s fault

That's true. But it just seems odd.

And, my ex-husband is from NE so I'll just blame it on them. 😜

24 minutes ago, bigjailerman said:

Yes very true!

Yes, but how can we ever know?