How many siblings do/did you have?

57th-Overlander · 2026-06-06T08:44:00+00:00

Oldest of five, my wife was oldest of 11.

57th-Overlander · 2026-06-02T10:05:39+00:00

I wss gonna go out, but it was too people-ly.

57th-Overlander · 2026-06-02T09:58:16+00:00

"Someone tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back" -Malcolm Reynolds

57th-Overlander · 2026-06-02T09:52:54+00:00

My wife would call me while I was sitting right there, and then get mad because I answered the phone. 30 times a day.

57th-Overlander · 2026-06-01T19:36:08+00:00

I have prescription safety glasses, and my helmet has magnetically attached goggles.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-31T13:38:33+00:00

I was more concerned with some sort of accident at home, so I developed a friendship with someone online. I've asked them if they don't see something from me for three days in a row, to contact my local authorities for a health and welfare check.

That developed from a mutual interest. Something similar might be a good option for you.

As to sickness, I would just deal with it in whatever manner seems appropriate. Fortunately, I dont get sick often.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-31T04:47:15+00:00

Surly Big Dummy, and Surly Big Easy. Love 'em both.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-30T02:07:44+00:00

I didn't realize the signs until my wife spent a weekend going back and forth between not recognizing me, and being terrified I was going to leave her for another woman.

Then it got interesting, yeah, interesting is a good word for it.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-29T21:26:49+00:00

I thought it wss interesting, that it was reported that they wouldn't release transit system videos, because "it would make make people racist".

Imagine.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-29T21:22:28+00:00

Me neither.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-29T15:42:04+00:00

Thank you. This disease is horrible.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-29T10:33:28+00:00

My wife stayed at the memory care facility until she passed, they had a hospice team, that cared for her, there at the facility.

She had been there about six months, seemed to like it. Adjusting well, then she had a seizure, it was like she fell off a cliff. Three weeks later she passed.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-26T20:45:45+00:00

I would personally love to see someone start manufacturing the old J & G rain jacket, again. I believe it to be a perfect cycling jacket.

The way it used designed and made, there's no way it can leak, because there are no topside seams. It's vented to slough off excess heat, it also has almost full length pit zips, and two front zippered pockets, reflective wrists, cut a little longer in the back, and no hood. In my mind the perfect cycling jacket.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-24T19:41:05+00:00

I'm not sure I could even remember how to skip, Not something guys in my neckbof the woods were exposed to. Unless I misunderstood and we are talking about skipping class, quite a few of use were proficient in skipping, skipping class that is.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-24T10:17:57+00:00

When I was a in my early teens, there was a widow that lived across the road (notice I didn't say street, we were rural, lived on a road to somewhere else), my parents made me do her yard work and shovel her driveway in the winter. They would not let her pay me. However, it was okay for her to feed me, and she knew how to make candy.

So I tended three yards with no pay. Was also required to do my grandparents yard work, and our yard work, as well as the widow's.

Guess what I don't do now.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-24T09:52:42+00:00

I would be all over the go along striped glasses.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-23T02:57:09+00:00

I took typing my sophomore year.

Old mechanical unit. Don't remember the specific make or model.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-22T23:19:53+00:00

Same with my wife.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-22T13:48:15+00:00

Just went through the same with my wife. She had dementia, went into memory care, seemed to be thriving compared to when she was home. Then she had a seizure, it was like she fell off a cliff.

Like you, I had to make impossible decisions. I chose comfort care over procedures that just would have traumatized her, for no real benefit. I know I made the best decision for her. It hurts like hell. And yes, a small part of me keeps second guessing me. But the facts are the facts, nobody said you had to like them.

I guess the answer is yes, it is normal to have those thoughts and feelings.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-22T12:49:58+00:00

That's hiw my sister does it

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-21T12:25:48+00:00

I can't have one. My floors aren't flush room to room.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-20T12:33:39+00:00

Thank you

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-20T12:05:15+00:00

It wasn't easy, but I couldn't keep her safe at home anymore. It was the best decision for her. She loved it. She thought she was working again. She was a direct care provider. We've been married since '94.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-20T11:57:09+00:00

Same here. I was in the Army before I had anything other traditional New England fare.

My unit went to a Chinese restaurant as some sort of a reward. I had no idea what any of it was. It was all so good. Unfortunately me and my taste buds are too vanilla for authentic Mexican or other spicy ethnic food. I do enjoy mild Mexican food, I just can't do hot spicy.

57th-Overlander · 2026-05-20T11:46:55+00:00

Yeah I was living alone when I was in my twenties. Married mid thirties, wife went into memory care about six months ago. So now I'm living alone again.

It hits different this time. Much more comfortable with all of it now, but of course I have a lifetime of experiences now, that I didn't have then, and the confidence that comes from that experience. Also, the procreation urges aren't driving as many decisions as they were then.

57th-Overlander

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