-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 23-Jul-2015 21:55 <=-
 DAG> Re: stressful  was: second part  misc and parents, etc...

 NB>> And, as things turned out, she wasn't able to do the camping at all,
 NB>> since she fell and broke her hip and had to stay home... At least we
 NB>> were able to bring her home to do her rehab, which she is still in the
 NB>> process of doing, and once again progress continues, but slowly.  :)
 NB>> Now we have a year or so to figure out next year's camping... well, not
 NB>> really, since if we go to the same area again, reservations are best
 NB>> made in January... ;)

 DAG> Ouch.  I'm sorry to hear about that bogus development.  Stick with
 DAG> that rehab like flypaper.  It's a pain in the butt, and it really
 DAG> starts getting old after awhile, but it's one of the ways that the body
 DAG> does best to repair from those sorts of injuries.  Wouldn't have traded
 DAG> the repairs that therapy have done for my body for anything.

We're working on her to realize that..  ;)  At 85, she can get a bit
stubborn... but I've been feeding back to her some of her earlier advice
to us... ;)  Plus, I've had the experience of having to have therapy to
heal from a broken ankle to utilize, so she can't say I don't
understand...  

 DAG> I really hope that things start going better on that front.  By all
 DAG> means, start planning for the future now, too.  :)  Time is too short
 DAG> to waste. 

Exactly.  :)

 DAG>> job of getting the stories out that the mass media are ignoring, or
 DAG>> at least doing their best to be distracted from.  Some of that
 DAG>> stuff I really value.
 NB>> As long as you actually are getting the real story...
 DAG> Well that's the really hit or miss part.  I try to stick to the
 DAG> firsthand accounts that are caught on video so that I'm not getting
 DAG> pulled into the fray all half cocked or anything.  Still, you've always
 DAG> got to be on the lookout for the spin that each particular person feels
 DAG> like putting on their version of the story, unfortunately.

Kinda what I was getting at... even the firsthand can be spun, and/or
edited... 
 
 NB>> Ah... I can appreciate that...  ;)  More of a vicarious pleasure... ;)
 DAG> Well it's not just in areas like fidonet that I find that I really
 DAG> do well with the cantankerous a-holes.  It seems like when I'm in a
 DAG> group of people I usually do well settling in with those people, and
 DAG> before too long the complaining and ranting turns into laughter.  I
 DAG> think I've got a gift for keeping those kinds of people amused.  Maybe
 DAG> not so much via text, which can make things a little more annoying when
 DAG> watching things at times...  But in person I really bond with those
 DAG> cantankerous dudes well, befriend them more often than not, and end up
 DAG> having a blast poking fun of whatever concepts were really stuck in
 DAG> their craw in the first place.

In person, one can take advantage of body language and tone of voice and
such... which get lost usually in text... unless you know the person
very well...  :)  I also can usually defuse situations, particularly in
person..  :)

 DAG> Just don't ask me where I learned these
 DAG> qualities.  ;)  I'll say the Army, but the truth is that I had some
 DAG> [enforced] social experiences before that where I didn't have much of
 DAG> a choice but to sink or swim in those environments, too.  Such an
 DAG> amazing and colorful life that I've had!

It all feeds in to what makes you who you are...  :)  
 
 DAG> Besides, true impressions aren't made by memes or pictures, but by
 DAG> real IRL human interaction, which I'm still struggling my best to
 DAG> find more venues for.  Pretty soon I'm gonna end up hitting a club;
 DAG> I know it.  I'll only drink seltzer water, but it's gonna happen. 
 DAG> My social life has been way too bereft for way too long now. 

Hopefully a place you can take the kid to... ;)

 DAG> No worries.  I've been a little bit slow with things, too.  Had a
 DAG> little bit of real life kicking in and then when I have been here I've
 DAG> been trying to make sure that I'm spending less of my time (at least
 DAG> when I'm not working) on the computer and a little more time trying to
 DAG> make up for my son's lack of stimulation this summer.  YAY FOR SUMMER
 DAG> SCHOOL!  Next Monday.  I can't wait, although the drama that I'm going
 DAG> to get from my son is going to be of epic and somewhat painful
 DAG> proportions.  ;)  That's okay, though; he needs the social interaction
 DAG> a hell of a lot more than he needs more time watching youtube and
 DAG> playing video games. 

Who knows... he might actually end up enjoying the stimulation of summer
school, too..  :)  And he'll get over the drama... especially if you
aren't reacting to it the way he wants... ;)

ttyl        neb

... With fronds like me, who needs anemones?

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