Tootle Puffers, Redux (The Sequel)

[juskiddin]

So.. I'm guessing the shipping rates to Canada would more than offset the cheapness of the price on a US site?

Andria

Unfortunately, yes - that and the exchange. Our dollar = 70 cents U.S. (*sniffle*)

The U.S. to Canada is like the older sibling who does better at everything...captain of the football team, drives the nicer car. We're the younger sibling always comparing ourselves to the successful sib

But we still loves ya!

~ JK

 

[pokemom]

I am sorry for your loss : (

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I am so sorry. Losing a beloved pet is just like losing a child. Don't let anyone minimize your loss or grief. If there is anything we can do...


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[MikeyConti]

Unfortunately, yes - that and the exchange. Our dollar = 70 cents U.S. (*sniffle*)

The U.S. to Canada is like the older sibling who does better at everything...captain of the football team, drives the nicer car. We're the younger sibling always comparing ourselves to the successful sib

But we still loves ya!

~ JK

I wouldn't go that far, the US is dying quickly.... lol

 

[AndriaD]

Unfortunately, yes - that and the exchange. Our dollar = 70 cents U.S. (*sniffle*)

The U.S. to Canada is like the older sibling who does better at everything...captain of the football team, drives the nicer car. We're the younger sibling always comparing ourselves to the successful sib

But we still loves ya!

~ JK

Which is really awful, considering how much nicer Canada is, than the US -- more polite, less pollution, and no handguns! Nirvana! I've only been to one place in Canada, Windsor, just across the river from Detroit... which isn't really very far in distance, but in every other way... it's like going to another planet!

Andria

 

[Atchafalaya]

And now I'd like to know why all my quotes mess up!

Hey, I mess mine up all the time. lol

 

[Vapez]

My girlfriend has a pillow which says "FDA". I always find myself hiding it.

I do better in writing too; I've always preferred written communication over spoken, for most things -- I think it's because no one interrupts. Plus, it allows me time to actually consider what I want to say, instead of saying something not quite right, then trying to pull it back in and say it better, which never works.

But really... you need an authentic psychiatrist who can dispense medication, not just some psychologist; if you don't correct the neurochemistry, there's no chance of ever being able to address the problem. You said you had a very unhappy and difficult childhood, and I did too -- not poor or anything, but.. well... alcoholic mother? Things like that are NOT just "in your mind," they leave their mark on your brain in myriad ways, and you have to fix the chemical problem before the thinking part is ABLE to do any good. Growing up in a highly stressful environment makes your brain adapt in ways that later are not healthful, and each successive trauma that you endure changes your brain even more to the "not healthful". The PTSD situation I dealt with wasn't just one or even two "traumas," it was 40-odd yrs of them.

Andria

You may be right about that... I've never thought of using any kind of medicine, but it might help and be worth a try.

I keep a bottle marked "Mystery Mix."

When other bottles get down to that "not enough for a tank" I'll just dump it into the Mystery Mix.

I do that too actually, but I really didn't want to throw this juice in there [emoji14]

Vapez

 

[AndriaD]

You may be right about that... I've never thought of using any kind of medicine, but it might help and be worth a try.

I tried therapy many, many times in my life, and I always found it pretty much useless. But the last time, when I'd been in therapy for a month and was not getting any better at all, my therapist, who was a psychologist, strongly advised me to see a psychiatrist and get on some antidepressants. It took a little trial and error to find the right one; Prozac peeled the blanket of depression off, but then the RAGE came blasting thru -- ever scream so loud you make your nose bleed? I did that, courtesy of Prozac. Welbutrin didn't really do much of anything except give me puffy ankles and allow me to postpone my after-meal cigarettes for 30 mins, but I wasn't trying to quit smoking, I was trying to find a way to carry on living, so I tried another -- Effexor. And within about 10 days, I was feeling a lot more of "my old self" again -- which wasn't terribly healthy, but at least I wasn't considering suicide a viable solution -- at that point, the therapy actually started helping, but even then, it was another year or two before I reached anything like normalcy.

Effexor is also very valuable against anxiety disorder, which is another of my major problems, alongside the depression, so it worked really well for me -- and took a full year to withdraw from, after I no longer had medical insurance. It's not a bandaid, and it really does require close supervision from a psychiatrist -- messing with brain chemicals is always a perilous undertaking. But it can be SO worth it!

Andria

 

[3mg Meniere]

Yup. I have been on venlafaxine for years.

 

[juskiddin]

Which is really awful, considering how much nicer Canada is, than the US -- more polite, less pollution, and no handguns! Nirvana! I've only been to one place in Canada, Windsor, just across the river from Detroit... which isn't really very far in distance, but in every other way... it's like going to another planet!

Andria

I'm not sure Canada is nicer or we just hide our feelings behind politeness I am however, happy our gun laws are tighter.

Too bad your current Pres is on his way out just as our new, forward-thinking, Prime Minister is beginning his term. I think they would have worked well together.

If you're interested in watching a pretty cool video, google "Tom Brokaw - difference between America and Canada" (something like that) It's a rather sugary perspective but quite well done.

 

[MyMagicMist]

But if you can make a reader out of a kid... you open the world to them!

Andria

Exactly! Where I am in life, guides me to think reading and basic math are essential skills children need to learn. Struggle here with math, yet am an excellent reader.

Wife fusses over my writing. Tells me I have atrocious punctuation. I use some computer aids in writing now. They help with grammar, punctuation, spelling.

Kind of funny in a way. She also says if she took a keyboard away from me, I'd be silent. * chuckles * She's correct, I only talk up a storm via the keyboard.

Well, it's a laundry day here.

 

[MyMagicMist]

Hi Gang,

It's with a heavy heart that I just came back from the Vet.
My Buddy Shadow passed away tonight at 8:05 pm. I miss him terribly already.
He was a great guy with a big heart!
I know that he's in a better place now. RIP Shadow

* big friendly hug * I'm sorry. Good to know he's resting and not suffering, though.

Still dreading an anticipated walk with Thistle dog. He's rallied back around for the nonce. Know that time will come, though. Letting him have his dignity and enjoy life as best he can.

This morn he was up in the back of a cart in a rug laid up in the cart. There's a half roof shed behind the barn. He's made that his little hut, on a tie out. He fusses at the younger dogs. "Hey you kids, off my lawn!"

Again, sorry to hear of the loss. * hugs * Can empathize with such hurt.

 

[MyMagicMist]

Lost our beloved dog of 14 years on Saturday. I find comfort in this:
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I'm sorry for your loss.

* hugs *

 

[MyMagicMist]

I really hate to hear that. I never expected to be a cat owner, nevermind a cat lover, but our own little black cat has captured my heart.

Condolences on losing your little friend...

Andria

Me & wife are strange. She's the cat lover, me the dog lover. Oh but I still love our cats. Gotta have fuzz therapy & get attacked by little ninja cats ambushing you.

 

[Vapez]

Okay thank you for the suggestion, Andria and I'm happy it made you better

So I went back home from my mother (keep all my vape stuff there). So since I was going to swing back at my mothers house again tomorrow, I let my RBA stuff there, and did not bring an extra tank.

So on the way, I noticed the tank was empty and all was over my pocket. I had used less cotton than usual when I rewicked right before I went.

So I was desperate. 1.5 hours without a vape, took out the battery, washed the mod and tank and dryed it off, and then realised I didn't even bring screwdriver. So I had to use force to get the cap off. Took out the cotton, dry burned the coil and found cotton. But I'm not sure if it was organic.

The cotton was stiff as hell, had to spend some time puffing it up. Didn't have scissors either.

So I had to use force to get the cap on as well.

But it works, I can get my vape and will switch out tomorrow. I've learnt my lession. It has a bit bi-taste, but it's still better than smoking...probably



Vapez

 

[AndriaD]

I'm not sure Canada is nicer or we just hide our feelings behind politeness I am however, happy our gun laws are tighter.

Too bad your current Pres is on his way out just as our new, forward-thinking, Prime Minister is beginning his term. I think they would have worked well together.

If you're interested in watching a pretty cool video, google "Tom Brokaw - difference between America and Canada" (something like that) It's a rather sugary perspective but quite well done.

Well, I have to say I'm extremely ambivalent about our right to bear arms. I support that right 100%, because I know our founding fathers put that in the Bill of Rights *just so* citizens would have some recourse against an overreaching gov't. On the other hand... people weren't taking scads of psychotropic drugs in the 18th century, people had a moral compass, and NOBODY thought it was a good idea to go shoot up a school for any reason whatsoever. In the 21st century, people are angry -- and rightfully so, at the overreaching gov't! -- people take every psychotropic drug known to man just for the hell of it, and very few have any sort of functional moral compass -- what passes for ethics or morality these days seems to be something on the order of "nobody will know, I can get away with it." So I'd have to say that I am strongly in favor of our 2nd amendment, but I don't think a criminal background check goes nearly far enough in preventing guns in the hands of those who aren't responsible enough to handle them; there needs to be a psychiatric background check, and a substance abuse test of HAIR, not just pee -- because there are way too many crazy people and drug-addled people with guns in their hands; there should also be a mandatory gun safety class. Would any of those measures help matters? I don't know, but I hardly think it could hurt.

Andria

 

[LJFinFLA]

* big friendly hug * I'm sorry. Good to know he's resting and not suffering, though.

Still dreading an anticipated walk with Thistle dog. He's rallied back around for the nonce. Know that time will come, though. Letting him have his dignity and enjoy life as best he can.

This morn he was up in the back of a cart in a rug laid up in the cart. There's a half roof shed behind the barn. He's made that his little hut, on a tie out. He fusses at the younger dogs. "Hey you kids, off my lawn!"

Again, sorry to hear of the loss. * hugs * Can empathize with such hurt.

Thank You. Your right it's never easy. It's been 10 days and being the big lug that I am I can't get over him. We have 5 cats still but he was very special to me! More Dog than Cat. Followed me everywhere hence the name Shadow. We made his last few weeks as comfortable as possible. He spent his last day out on the lanai (his favorite place) watching the sunset. He tried to get up and could not so we knew the time had come.

Me and my Buddy chillin out this past summer!

 

[juskiddin]

Well, I have to say I'm extremely ambivalent about our right to bear arms. I support that right 100%, because I know our founding fathers put that in the Bill of Rights *just so* citizens would have some recourse against an overreaching gov't. On the other hand... people weren't taking scads of psychotropic drugs in the 18th century, people had a moral compass, and NOBODY thought it was a good idea to go shoot up a school for any reason whatsoever. In the 21st century, people are angry -- and rightfully so, at the overreaching gov't! -- people take every psychotropic drug known to man just for the hell of it, and very few have any sort of functional moral compass -- what passes for ethics or morality these days seems to be something on the order of "nobody will know, I can get away with it." So I'd have to say that I am strongly in favor of our 2nd amendment, but I don't think a criminal background check goes nearly far enough in preventing guns in the hands of those who aren't responsible enough to handle them; there needs to be a psychiatric background check, and a substance abuse test of HAIR, not just pee -- because there are way too many crazy people and drug-addled people with guns in their hands; there should also be a mandatory gun safety class. Would any of those measures help matters? I don't know, but I hardly think it could hurt.

Andria

Very well said, Andria. You possess an impressive command of the English language. Ever pondered a profession in journalism? My bestie is a writer; the way in which you express yourself reminds me very much of her writing.

 

[AndriaD]

Me & wife are strange. She's the cat lover, me the dog lover. Oh but I still love our cats. Gotta have fuzz therapy & get attacked by little ninja cats ambushing you.

My husband and I both love dogs too, but dogs are a little more labor-intensive; they have to be trained not to piddle and poop in the house, while cats know instinctively what to do with a box of sand; dogs make a lot of noise, and have to be trained on that too, as to when it's appropriate and when it's not, and even then, ehh, they forget a lot. Cats are very quiet, unless they're in heat or mating -- and once fixed, they don't make that sound anymore. Cats are very independent, so if you leave enough food and water for them, you can leave them alone for a whole day, and they'll be alright; dogs need more constant attention. If a cat runs off, there's an EXCELLENT chance he or she will be back by suppertime -- dogs, maybe not; they get sidetracked very easily. And unless you wanna go walkees EVERYTIME that dog needs to piddle, you need a fenced yard, because chaining a dog outside is just cruel, and also never completely fool-proof -- or dog-proof -- ditto for fences, unless you extend chainlink about a foot into the soil, but it's at least not as cruel as chaining them. And there are no laws about allowing your cat to roam around outdoors, which is very much not the case with dogs, if you live anywhere near any size town.

So... we might get a dog sometime, if we can ever afford to fence in our backyard. In the meantime, we're enjoying our cat tremendously, and might get another in a few years.

Andria

 

[herb]

Thank You. Your right it's never easy. It's been 10 days and being the big lug that I am I can't get over him. We have 5 cats still but he was very special to me! More Dog than Cat. Followed me everywhere hence the name Shadow. We made his last few weeks as comfortable as possible. He spent his last day out on the lanai (his favorite place) watching the sunset. He tried to get up and could not so we knew the time had come.

Me and my Buddy chillin out this past summer!

Witnessing a beloved pet suffer is one of the worst things i have ever had to deal with , it destroys you , so sad .

I always have to tell myself " better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all" but it's still so so hard .

 

[juskiddin]

Thank You. Your right it's never easy. It's been 10 days and being the big lug that I am I can't get over him. We have 5 cats still but he was very special to me! More Dog than Cat. Followed me everywhere hence the name Shadow. We made his last few weeks as comfortable as possible. He spent his last day out on the lanai (his favorite place) watching the sunset. He tried to get up and could not so we knew the time had come.

Me and my Buddy chillin out this past summer!

Such a beautiful picture of you and your beloved Shadow. You are a kind man and Shadow won the kitty lottery when he landed in your life.

I feel your wounded heart.