On or about: 05-16-08  22:46, Ardith Hinton did engage James Bradley
regarding, but not limited to: Senior Moments...  1B.

 JB>  I'll try not to be disjointed.
 
 AH>  (Pun alert!)  No problem... if you were, I didn't notice.
 AH>  Dallas & I have other modem buddies who write in a stream-
 AH>  of-consciousness fashion....  :-)
 
 JB>  I've spent too much time studying woodwork, and I had my
 JB>  "jointer" on the brain. 

 AH> Hey, I make my best puns by accident....  :-))
 
I could have been disassembling a chicken too, I suppose. That would have
been more logical to my late God-Father. 
 
 
 JB>  Dad expressed how a mom, died of a broken heart soon
 JB>  after her daughter passed. There were other medical
 JB>  explanations, while clinically correct, they might
 JB>  have missed that issue.


 AH> Exactly.  Science gives us a left-brain answer, folk wisdom
 AH> gives us a right-brain answer.  I think both have their merits....  :-)

I would like to think science has a better handle on how the brain can make
the body sick. I'll wrap myself in that (perhaps) delusional blanket.


 AH> [re black humour]
 JB>  get from shocking the "average" citizen.

 AH> I must admit I get a chuckle out of consciousness-raising
 AH> too.   It's probably better for my own health than feeling 
 AH> resentful about how many others seem to be incapable of 
 AH> connecting the dots.  I think there's a lot more to it than 
 AH> that, however.  You & George have both come to terms with 
 AH> who you are and what your limitations are.  When you're 
 AH> comfortable with these things, you can joke about them.  
 AH> I've always been a bit "different".  Once I had accepted 
 AH> the idea that I'd never be "normal", I found a whole new 
 AH> world opening up....  :-)

It still gets tiresome when another person asks if I'm OK, that I have to
calm them that it's "Business as usual." Then, the following
three exchanges have to explain how "This is as good as it gets."
and, "The alternatives are worse." and, "No, an operation
has a 50% chance of finding nothing, and a 50% chance of making it
worse." Someone outside the 'know' can't fathom that the next cosmetic
surgery they have, could maim them.

Heck, the last time I had the conversation was with a qualified social
worker, where I had a rough time in her facility. The next time I went in,
I wore my over-alls, with the knee pockets full of neoprene, and she
demanded I accept a pillow to "humour" her. /-:


 AH> [re the embalmer/stonemason]
 JB>  but he was quite a character. He had his own granite
 JB>  stone on display under the memorials sign. Talk about,
 JB>  "Hanging out your shingle."

 AH> Or "If you want it done right, do it yourself"....  ;-)
 
Ya... And check the spelling! Next to his stone, was a botched example,
oddly of an English persons name. 80% of our home town spoke Ukrainian as
their first language, and the carvers managed to pay special enough
attention to the tricky spellings, but missed an easy one.

 

 AH> Q.  What do you call a musician without a girlfriend?

 AH> A.  "Homeless"... [D&RFC].

If I didn't hurt so much from laughing... You better unlist your phone
number! 




... James

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