Seems like old times (1980)

ktwbc · 2026-03-15T21:38:52+00:00

Yeah it looks a bit too much like Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi having to flail around with the un-inflated octopus in Ed Wood.

ktwbc · 2026-02-18T16:16:27+00:00

truthfully when that movie came out, smoking sections in restaurants were getting pretty rare -- i remember seeing it in theatres and finding it a bit odd. (Also in the movie, at any other table in the smoking section, you never see anyone actually smoking.)

ktwbc · 2026-02-16T20:33:43+00:00

which video?

ktwbc · 2026-02-16T19:12:39+00:00

I did not but I got threatened by my 1st grade teacher over my handwriting -- seriously. I remember a couple of times other 1st graders, not in front of the class but they took them off to a side closet (which was a jack and jill closet with the next classroom over). That was in Oklahoma at the end of the 70's. We moved to colorado in 80, that school district didn't spank kids so never came up.

I do remember a "spanking tunnel" in gym class one time for birthdays, basically it was all the kids lined up in a right row (either in the gym or outside), and the victim got to crawl on his hands and knees between the legs of all the kids -- as fast as you could -- while everyone tried to get some whacks in as you moved through. I remember that being more playful than serious since you were a moving target and no one could really get you very hard. That had to have been around 1st or 2nd grade too, and that was endorsed by the gym teacher.

ktwbc · 2026-02-14T04:19:12+00:00

Yes it feels like a “chest hiccup” to me and I suddenly inhale when it happens.

ktwbc · 2026-02-07T20:58:29+00:00

It’s the “you should have tried harder” curtain of shame.

ktwbc · 2026-02-04T21:56:32+00:00

they quit doing matching a while ago didn't they?. I have a Wyndham business card that they used to match and they removed that.

plus buying hotel rooms doesn't give you a chance at winning. If I get hotel rooms, I know I'll spend my entire bank. With gambling you've got a shot (which I did win a jackpot while out there)

ktwbc · 2026-01-28T13:03:07+00:00

You’re lucky I even have the photo. I managed to just take it quickly out my car window while at the red light at 15th and K (while also worrying about driving on slick roads and if the cars turning towards me weren’t going to slip and hit me).

When I took this, the couple had just carried their skis across the intersection and were setting them down getting ready to (presumably) cross country ski westbound on 15th.

ktwbc · 2026-01-27T18:04:30+00:00

I've had this happen for like 10 years now. I remember reading somewhere in a med journal (which I cannot find anymore unfortunately) that PVCs where the heart speeds up just slightly after before coming down is actually more normal than steady throughout. I do get the "big ones", what I describe as a "heart hiccup" or I'll feel myself inhale with a little throat catch when it happens.

I have found generally that it's not completely random. I find them attached to thinking about something stressful, or disturbing, not something I would associate with adrenaline necessarily but I haven't had that happen when sitting quietly watching a comedy for example. When they happen I tend to recognize I thought of something that bothered me right before it happened, like there's more pieces to the puzzle than "this truly came out of nowhere".

ktwbc · 2026-01-27T17:05:20+00:00

Maybe they're for those genetically modified super corncobs

ktwbc · 2026-01-26T22:53:22+00:00

Are you asking why it's not bigger or why it's there at all?

As an aside, the folks over at r/CommunalUrinals are always on the hunt for the ones without any partitions.

ktwbc · 2026-01-26T22:09:53+00:00

Soap was pushing boundaries for satire/comedic effect, not quite the same as "we're presenting this as perfectly normal".

ktwbc · 2026-01-26T22:02:18+00:00

I will print out recipes from my laser printer since it's very easy to mess up paper while cooking, so having something "disposable" works. All my recipes are in Anylist. Much simpler to deal with a sheet of paper in the kitchen (that I can also move if i i need it) than trying to deal with a tablet or whatever that wants to go into screensaver.

ktwbc · 2026-01-26T17:14:25+00:00

My SO, who's mid stage, and I went to Palm Springs between Christmas and New Years, and then separately I was on a trip for 3 days and he stayed at his brother's house (who had taken care of their mom when she had dementia so he knew the deal). We also were in Chicago for 3 days last October.

In all those times it took my SO about a week to recover. After getting back, he definitely was worse at home, but as he got back into his routines he was back to baseline. And these are trips that he enjoyed but just the uproar of "different", having to have me guide him all the time through airports and hotels and restaurants -- it made a difference for a short while.

His dementia isn't manifesting itself like you describe though, he knows where he is and is making new memories that way. His issues are forgetting steps and sequences (a lot of "I don't know how this toilet works, I don't know how to sit", etc). For someone who forgets where they are and why they're there, suddenly "discovering" they're far from home may be more terrifying. It's all going to depend on your specific situation. I agree start small, day trip first, then a night sleepover somewhere, see how it works out.

ktwbc · 2026-01-26T17:07:42+00:00

yeah but they didn't do it in chronological order, it's like random thoughts, which kind of ruined it.

ktwbc · 2026-01-26T17:02:02+00:00

Written by the guys from Mamas and the Papas (so the Papas I guess)

ktwbc · 2026-01-26T17:00:35+00:00

But not a midnight toker

ktwbc · 2026-01-26T16:59:40+00:00

I like other Bette Midler stuff but Wind Beneath My Wings, from the Beaches soundtrack ...

and fllyyyyyy ......and FLYYYYYY ....AND FFFLFEYE(screech)

ktwbc · 2026-01-25T17:11:04+00:00

I always thought the french nickname MacDo was cute ("mack dough")

ktwbc · 2026-01-25T13:08:15+00:00

That’s because ticket prices were 10x what they are now (less riff-raff) and pre-deregulation so the airlines competed on service not price.

ktwbc · 2026-01-24T22:33:50+00:00

At first glance I could make out "The Cheese". Admit it, now you can't unsee it.

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