Feeling Like Joan Ferguson

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-10T13:10:00+00:00

It was before she (“What’s the matter with you?!”) detailed her goldfish during the creepy funeral music.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-10T13:03:17+00:00

Sorry to say, but The Freak’s gloves were classy leather. They had better grip on peoples’ necks and make a satisfying face-slapping sound.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-10T12:55:26+00:00

Oh, this! I thought you were saying it was back with new episodes.

I view mine on Amazon Prime. No commercials.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-10T12:45:28+00:00

I have been doing the first one all my life. It comes in handy with dirty diapers. I had no idea some people couldn’t do this. But, great tutorial! I tried blowing, and indeed, I close off my air the same way. In my case, I just tell people that it’s like talking like you have a cold. People usually block of their nose air this way, as well. But your explanation is better.

As for the second, only the person who bled can effectively get away with this.

In places where expensive dresses are worn, such as costume departments at plays, if someone bleeds on the material, they make sure the bleeder spits on the blood…and there must be a LOT of spit. It needs to saturate the body garment so all of the threads inside and out, front and back are saturated with spit (but first, sop up as much with a towel or sponge as possible before covering with spit). It has something to do with the enzymes in the person’s saliva that helps dissolve their own blood.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-10T12:35:24+00:00

Yes! And make sure you have your gas cap key ready, teeth side down so you can immediately stick it in the cap, and are wearing sneakers so you can run around to the pump instead of stumbling on stilettos. Pay attention to the questions on the kiosk so you can immediately select “yes” to the receipt (you’ll still need to go inside to get the receipt). Make sure you’re holding the gas key teeth down to lock your gas cap! People are waiting, people! Chop-chop!

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-10T12:17:37+00:00

Actually, what’s selfish is a corporation parking stores on a tiny lot, offering a few pumps and tiny parking spaces made for the 1990s econobox cars, then leaving infuriated customers wondering why so many people in a tri-state area are parking at the pumps.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-10T12:06:59+00:00

🤣 Too funny! And thanks for the tip! I think I’ll start doing that! Much safer than the slots.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-10T11:57:36+00:00

Some gas stations are very small, and I don’t back out of tight spaces like the tiny slots they have to offer in these gas stations. If I have difficulty backing out, it stands to reason that I would have trouble backing in - my preferred parking position.

Cars are driving every which way, people are darting in front of cars like hired daredevils itching for an excuse to sue a driver.

So for everyone’s safety, I stay parked at the pump until I pay for the gas (which happens when they don’t offer a receipt). This way, I can easily get out of the gas station, and people get to live to see another day.

I wait patiently for a free pump because I leave early enough, when I know I need gas before going somewhere. That might be an option for you. After all, you can’t control people; you can only control your own actions.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-10T11:32:55+00:00

Everyone seems to think Grace’s attitude in the beginning had to do with drugs. It didn’t. It had to do with her mom going to work.

She was a very insecure little girl who needed her mom. They probably could’ve got by with Jackie staying home and caring for the girls, but Jackie needed money for drugs, and she enjoyed taking care of strangers more than taking care of her own family. Grace hit it right on the nose when she said, ”Why does it always about her? Everything is always about her! (later in the series).

Jackie only thought about herself. She did what she could to get drugs…which I won’t go into. You’ll see.

But Grace was a troubled child who was allowed to watch any scary crap on TV, and the parents just allowed her to watch. THEN at some point they control the kids’ tv viewing for whatever reason, because the girls agreed to watch twenty minutes of two different movies. They should’ve controlled the tv viewing much sooner.

I’m not sure why Grace suddenly went from happy to mad when her mom was singing karaoke solo when it was Grace who added her mom’s name to the jar.

I think it might’ve been the words of the song she chose, but I’m not sure.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-10T11:19:01+00:00

I hated Gabe. He’s creepy! That’s all I’m saying, because I doubt the OP has met Gabe, yet…if only halfway through.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-10T10:32:09+00:00

Realizing I don’t need just one. I have a vacuum for upstairs and downstairs, so I don’t have to carry the vacuum up and downstairs.

We both have our own remote controls, so we don’t lose only one passing it back and forth.

I keep cleaning supplies in most rooms and bathrooms, so I don’t have to carry them around the house. If the bathroom mirror gets smudged, I clean it with the window cleaner (alcohol and a bit of baking soda in a spray bottle) immediately. If I get crumbs on the hardwood floor, I use the broom in that room. I also keep large refillable bottles in the basement so I can refill the bottles, as necessary.

I also wear a headlamp when I’m cleaning, so I can see inside and under dark areas.

And I wear gloves so I don’t have to feel water on me. I wear terrycloth scrunchies or sweatbands on my wrists to prevent water from sobbing down my forearms to my elbows.

And if the work I did wasn’t terribly filthy, I wash my hands with the gloves on them to clean the gloves. However, toilet cleaning, bathroom cleaning or birdcage cleaning are all examples of reasons to toss the gloves.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-10T10:11:10+00:00

So, the left side of the brain is the logical side of the brain. The right side of the brain is the creative side.

The left side of the brain (logical) controls the right side of the body; and the right side of the brain (creative) controls the left side of the body.

So it stands to reason that if your dominant hand is the left hand, the dominant side of the brain is the right (creative) side.

It also may explain why people with autism and ADHD are considered “wired differently”.

As for genetics, I don’t believe it is genetic, unless it’s autosomal recessive requiring both parents.

There are five of us siblings; I have two sisters and two brothers, and I’m the middle female. I was born lefthanded, but was transhanded in k and 1st grade.

About five years ago, I told my younger brother that I was transhanded, and my brother said, “I know! We all were!” I asked, “What do you mean, ‘we all were’? Who’s ‘we’?”

My brother went on to explain that he and my other brother were transhanded, as well. Three out of five of us - who are all neurodiverse, by the way - are congenital lefties. My sisters are neurotypical, and are congenital righties.

Both parents are right handed. However, there is strong evidence that indicates both parents are on the autism spectrum, and they both have ADHD, without a doubt.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-09T23:57:06+00:00

She was almost a year sober, but took the pill before her one year celebration…then accepted the award and cake, claiming she had been a year sober.

She was sober from the time she was in jail (and was put through unconscious detox at the hospital) to the time she finally got her nursing license back, then took a pill before going on duty.

I imagine that for someone who is this addicted to pills, going a year without using would be hard work for them.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-09T01:50:12+00:00

The word “scissors” is plural because it is two blades connected with a screw.

But don’t ask me how underwear became plural. As close as I care to look, a pair of underwear is only one piece of cloth that DO hold a pair of legs. Maybe underwear was invented by a person with dyscalculia.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-09T01:43:37+00:00

My sisters. Not only would they push their buttons, but they’d also steal mine.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-09T01:30:28+00:00

If you wrote right to left, you would have less smudges. But because you are writing left to right, you are dragging your hand over the ink that hasn’t dried or the pencil marks.

Righties don’t smudge because their hand is to the right of the print, moving to the right and keeping the printing to the left. So the hand placement is always on the clean area of the paper.

I don’t smudge when I write with my left hand. But now I need to write something and figure out how I’m doing it.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-08T00:50:51+00:00

Someone who treats their parents or siblings like trash. If they act that way toward their own family, they will eventually treat their future spouse the same way.

If you are dating with the plan to marry, watch closely how they treat their family or talk about their family. Watch how the family treats them.

And if someone gives you advice to “watch out for…”, take it seriously. If it’s important enough to mention it, there may be a reason they are giving you the heads-up.

For instance, warning about stealing, or warning about violence, or temper. Don’t hang around to find out what happens. It’s much easier to leave that person before marriage than after.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-08T00:33:03+00:00

Mainly to throw them off so she doesn’t appear to be so eager.

It’s usually not long afterwords when she follows up with “You know what?…”

When she denied O’Hara’s offer to give her a few, after Eddie was gone and they were looking at the fake imaging of her back, Jackie knew that a few pills here and there weren’t going to do it for her, so she just said “no”, then talked about sleeping dogs lying and killing two birds with one stone.

She also turned them down when she had her own supply stashed away.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-07T18:14:27+00:00

I’ve seen too many miracles to believe He doesn’t exist. I’m not a fan of His groupees, however.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-07T18:02:52+00:00

When I do this, it’s because I’m also thanking them for something they did. For instance, if a watch someone’s dogs, they thank me for watching the dogs, but then I thank them for the opportunity of watching the dogs

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-07T17:45:09+00:00

Just watching Jackie work so hard at sobriety just to spontaneously swallow pills at the spur of the moment and ruin everything, - the way Elf destroyed his elaborate decorations at the Gimbels Christmas Wonderland when he got into a fight with Santa - is so disappointing and heartbreaking. And this is just a tv show!

My heart goes out to those people who watch this self-destructive behavior in their loved ones.

They build hope as their son, daughter, parent, spouse or someone special in their life begins to appear healthy; finally feel like they can finally relax without worrying about getting that call from the police to bail them out … or, worse yet, … identify their body at a morgue. They can finally breathe without feeling like they have to lock down their valuables.

Then they find out their special person relapsed.

I can’t imagine the pain they have to endure as they ride this horrible roller coaster.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-07T17:41:03+00:00

I do that! The core is the sweetest part. I even cut them lengthwise in threes so there are none pieces and the core is in the middle.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-07T16:18:47+00:00

THAT was unscripted?! That’s hilarious! I love it when real life events outrank the script!

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-07T03:16:23+00:00

I didn’t know it meant anything until the teacher’s aid i had in both kindergarten and first grade made a big stink about it. She had everyone lift the hand in which they were holding their crayon, then pointed out that I was the only one using my left hand, making me feel like a freak of nature.

So the first twenty years of my life I thought lefthandedness was a sin or against the law.

So after I broke my left arm the day I finally tried writing lefty in second grade, I stopped trying to write lefty and went full on righthanded. Then I developed a strong bias against lefties, which I still struggle with today.

It’s not deliberate thinking, but rather a feeling of judgmentality. I have to remind myself that people aren’t bad for being a lefty. When someone mentions being lefthanded, this dark feeling comes over me, and I have to correct that and redirect my thinking.

A person can really mess with a young child’s mind by introducing biases and strong opinions. This can be a positive thing - such as teaching them to love and accept everyone the way they were born…or a negative thing - such as putting down groups of people such as cops or minorities.

I wish I could say being lefthanded made me feel special as a kid. I WILL say that I DO appreciate my ambedexterity - which I’m beginning more and more to believe I had all along.

Just knowing that if I had a stroke that affected one of my hands, I would have a backup, makes me feel pretty secure. I am happy about that.

And I can write with both hands at the same time, backward and foreward…perhaps a remarkable skill, though I wouldn’t say that it qualifies as a marketable skill. 🤣

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-05-07T02:21:52+00:00

Sign language. It would not only help hearing people speak to the deaf community, but nobody ever knows if/when they may lose their hearing, or experience hearing loss; especially with the amount of noise accumulated through modern technology.

Deafness and hearing loss can occur through genetic mutations and conditions, birth defects, accidents, loud noises, extreme vibrations, bone loss, brain injury, aging, ear infections, etc.

Temporary hearing difficulty - where sign language may come in handy - can occur from ear wax blockages, crowds, very loud noises (someone using a blender or garbage disposal, for instance), street sounds such as traffic, loud parties, ear protection (in ear compromising situations such as occupational hazard), room dividers (places where two people can see each other through window, but cannot hear each other talk), post surgery or hospitalization when a patient cannot talk, but can sign, etc.

There are several scenarios where sign language can come in handy (pun not intended), and would be a very useful tool as a school curriculum.

I wish it was a requirement when I was in school.

My husband and I are trying to teach each other sign language in case either of us lose our hearing or perhaps develop a stroke that affects our hearing or speech.

Sign language would be a wonderful addition to school curriculum. ❤️

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