The Hyena Chat thread: Everyone's welcome!

[staley7580]

awesome! Your kidlets are at that perfect Trick or Treating age, everything is so magical at night.

Holy cow batman.. your MIL is a tad schizophrenic right?

That's the kind of things my grandma would say, she was paranoid schizophrenic and refused meds.

She would call us in middle of night and tell us the neighbors had my brother locked in their house..
and she was convinced that she was helping the govt by checking on the "foreigners", writing in notebooks about the comings and goings of everyone.
We would shake out heads, reassure her that it was all okay.. and then try to convince her to take her medications.

I just found out my aunt is exhibiting signs of mental illness now, diagnosed as bipolar.. but won't take meds, it's very sad .



N went with his cousin to a different neighborhood.. several full sized bars and tons of chocolate. I'm enjoying his labor.

We were just talking about this today... Is she REALLY crazy??? What do we do? CAN we do anything??

Oh and by the way I would like to introduce you to my mother. Hyenas meet Lynda, Mom meet the Hyenas! See the shelf sitting above and to the left of the tv? She is in the little gold/mother of pearl jar on the end. We keep her on that shelf so she can always see us and be a part of our lives. Which I know might freak some people out, but it's very comforting to me that a part of her is always nearby.

My dad has the big urn and each of us kids got a smaller urn. My brother and SIL sadly are freaked out by her ashes and keep her hidden away in their chip cabinet. Which is ok I guess, mom always loved chips and dip!

Thats what we did.. I have mine sitting on top of my computer desk.

 

[funnygarcia]

: But now unfortunately we don't live in the city limits, so we would have to pay over $100 a year to belong to the library. Cowlitz Co. has no library system.

That's just wrong!

I can get privleges at any of the libraries in the area, they like you to get your initial card thru your own county system. But that card can be used anywhere in the metro area. Plus they will borrow books from other libraries if it's not in their selection (interlibrary loan).

hmm, I think we can get privleges in the areas outside of the metro as well.. but not sure.

One county mails out books to those who are not able to come into the library. We took advantage of that perk after transplant surgeries, no driving for 6 weeks. We were in the house for about a month (only out for doctor followups) before we ventured out into the world again.

I think I can even visit the U of MN library -- but not check out any books, I believe there is a fee of you need to check out research books.

 

[sameyeyam]

You know I never really thought about it...but I wonder how many hundreds of ears my mother pierced?? Seemed like we always had people wanting their ears pierced and my mom would tell them to stop by anytime.

Wow, people would freak now because she used the needle over and over again! Of course I do remember that she always soaked it in rubbing alcohol. Then she always told everyone to go get a bottle of alcohol and a tube of Neosporin ointment to put on their ears several times a day. To the best of my knowledge no one ever died or contracted any horrible disease from her 1 ear piercing needle. She didn't charge people for it or anything, it was just something she did...kinda like the lady that reads cards, my mom just pierced ears.

 

[staley7580]

Evening gals! Whats shakin? I cant sleep. Namely because my bed is to freaking small.. My husband is too freaking big... and Mikalah has a tummy ache, and wants to sleep with me. I had PLANS for tonight too.

 

[funnygarcia]

We were just talking about this today... Is she REALLY crazy??? What do we do? CAN we do anything??

Hi, not really anything you can do. She needs to be harmful to herself or others before family can step in and ask for a 72 hr hold.

I told E about what MIL said.. he said Oh yeah.. I heard about that.

I was like what???!

Apparently he has overheard, on two different occasions, that there is a rumor of a race war after the election. Crazy world with some crazy people out there.... remember the day of 9/11 and tons of people said we would be out of gas? Causing a run to the pumps that evening. Happend in our neighborhood, gas station next to our apt had a hard time keeping up with the stream of anxious people filling every vehicle and gas can they had.

 

[sameyeyam]

That's just wrong!

I can get privleges at any of the libraries in the area, they like you to get your initial card thru your own county system. But that card can be used anywhere in the metro area. Plus they will borrow books from other libraries if it's not in their selection (interlibrary loan).

hmm, I think we can get privleges in the areas outside of the metro as well.. but not sure.

One county mails out books to those who are not able to come into the library. We took advantage of that perk after transplant surgeries, no driving for 6 weeks. We were in the house for about a month (only out for doctor followups) before we ventured out into the world again.

I think I can even visit the U of MN library -- but not check out any books, I believe there is a fee of you need to check out research books.

They did put it on our ballot once...but it failed. I even voted against it. They wanted to raise our property taxes by about $150 a year on a $250,000 house. Well who in their right mind would vote for that when you could just pay the $100 to join if you wanted to.

About half of our town is in Cowlitz County and the other half is in Clark County. The people that live in Clark County can use the Ft. Vancouver library system...they pay for it in their property taxes. The people that live in the Woodland City Limits on the Cowlitz County side can also use the library system, because the City charges them on their property taxes. But Cowlitz County is a fairly poor county and our biggest city, Longview is by most standards still a small city. It's a very blue collar, former logging community and while the Cities of Longview and Kelso have a library, most of our county is unpopulated...just a few small towns and one volcano!

In the meantime those of us that live in Woodland on the Cowlitz County side outside of the city limits don't have a library unless we choose to pay a ridiculous price for one.

Evening gals! Whats shakin? I cant sleep. Namely because my bed is to freaking small.. My husband is too freaking big... and Mikalah has a tummy ache, and wants to sleep with me. I had PLANS for tonight too.

Heya Megan!! Plans are for people that don't have kids and my personal favorite...If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans.

 

[staley7580]

Hi, not really anything you can do. She needs to be harmful to herself or others before family can step in and ask for a 72 hr hold.

I told E about what MIL said.. he said Oh yeah.. I heard about that.

I was like what???!

Apparently he has overheard, on two different occasions, that there is a rumor of a race war after the election. Crazy world with some crazy people out there.... remember the day of 9/11 and tons of people said we would be out of gas? Causing a run to the pumps that evening. Happend in our neighborhood, gas station next to our apt had a hard time keeping up with the stream of anxious people filling every vehicle and gas can they had.

Frelan thinks that it is because my bil listens to those crazy extremest radio shows and such. Remember when he went all bonkers over the health insurance thing?? Wont buy a house because he would be on the "grid" or something??? Total fruitcakes. I told Frelan that I wouldnt be surprised if they end up barricaded in their house.

 

[funnygarcia]

Wow, people would freak now because she used the needle over and over again! Of course I do remember that she always soaked it in rubbing alcohol.

The rubbing alcohol would have killed the germies. We did that at a nursing home for tweezers and scissors if we didn't have a stitch removal kit.

I do the same for E to have tweezers to pick the scabs off his buttonhole sites. One type of the needle set he uses does not include the pick. Something the nurse should have realized when he handed them over to try a new length.
They don't want him to cross contiminate between the two puncture sites.

They also want him to use gloves.... but that's not happening.

 

[sameyeyam]

We were just talking about this today... Is she REALLY crazy??? What do we do? CAN we do anything??

Thats what we did.. I have mine sitting on top of my computer desk.

Yes, but did you pour him a drink or give him a cup of coffee & an ashtray like I did for my mother. Actually I just thought about it...that's really funny...I gave a bunch of ashes an ashtray!

Hi, not really anything you can do. She needs to be harmful to herself or others before family can step in and ask for a 72 hr hold.

I told E about what MIL said.. he said Oh yeah.. I heard about that.

I was like what???!

Apparently he has overheard, on two different occasions, that there is a rumor of a race war after the election. Crazy world with some crazy people out there.... remember the day of 9/11 and tons of people said we would be out of gas? Causing a run to the pumps that evening. Happend in our neighborhood, gas station next to our apt had a hard time keeping up with the stream of anxious people filling every vehicle and gas can they had.

Guess I'm out of the loop. But it's not going to surprise me if someones tries to assassinate either Obama or McCain. If Obama wins then I think some wacko will try to get rid of him because of his color. If McCain wins I think some wack will try to get rid of him so a woman can get office, then if Palin were in office I think some wacko would try to get rid of her because she's a woman. That's it the whole world has gone mad! I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to grab my shotgun and fill the first snowman I find with buckshot come election day!

Frelan thinks that it is because my bil listens to those crazy extremest radio shows and such. Remember when he went all bonkers over the health insurance thing?? Wont buy a house because he would be on the "grid" or something??? Total fruitcakes. I told Frelan that I wouldnt be surprised if they end up barricaded in their house.

It's ok...we're all on the grid now because we are chatting on Al Gore's Internet. I bet he is lurking right now, marking our locations and just waiting to come steal our fruitcake this holiday season.

 

[funnygarcia]

Frelan thinks that it is because my bil listens to those crazy extremest radio shows and such. Remember when he went all bonkers over the health insurance thing?? Wont buy a house because he would be on the "grid" or something??? Total fruitcakes. I told Frelan that I wouldnt be surprised if they end up barricaded in their house.

Didn't hear about the health insurance thing.. but those type of extremist shows make my skin crawl. Conspiracy theories type -- some are interesting and others are laughable. And some others are very scary indeed to hear their views on race.
We have cable, so we also have public cable broadcasting. Free air waves to spread your opinion-- late night free cable channels are freaky viewing!

 

[sameyeyam]

The rubbing alcohol would have killed the germies. We did that at a nursing home for tweezers and scissors if we didn't have a stitch removal kit.

I do the same for E to have tweezers to pick the scabs off his buttonhole sites. One type of the needle set he uses does not include the pick. Something the nurse should have realized when he handed them over to try a new length.
They don't want him to cross contiminate between the two puncture sites.

They also want him to use gloves.... but that's not happening.

I didn't realize you could cross contaminate between two puncture sites. Guess I figured your body's germs were kind of the same all over, well except for germs associated with feces. But I guess it makes sense...some germs could get in one site that wouldn't be in another...then you have germs in both sites instead of just one?? Or do I have a clue what I'm talking about?

 

[funnygarcia]

Actually I just thought about it...that's really funny...I gave a bunch of ashes an ashtray!



That's it the whole world has gone mad! I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to grab my shotgun and fill the first snowman I find with buckshot come election day!



It's ok...we're all on the grid now because we are chatting on Al Gore's Internet. I bet he is lurking right now, marking our locations and just waiting to come steal our fruitcake this holiday season.

That was a fun mental pic.. what if there isn't any snow?

 

[sameyeyam]

Didn't hear about the health insurance thing.. but those type of extremist shows make my skin crawl. Conspiracy theories type -- some are interesting and others are laughable. And some others are very scary indeed to hear their views on race.
We have cable, so we also have public cable broadcasting. Free air waves to spread your opinion-- late night free cable channels are freaky viewing!

Now there's a great idea Bernice. We can start our own Hyena Show and instead of typing every night we can broadcast live from different locations on the public access channels!

 

[staley7580]

Didn't hear about the health insurance thing.. but those type of extremist shows make my skin crawl. Conspiracy theories type -- some are interesting and others are laughable. And some others are very scary indeed to hear their views on race.
We have cable, so we also have public cable broadcasting. Free air waves to spread your opinion-- late night free cable channels are freaky viewing!

My bil when buck wild over some health insurance thing.. and... Oh crap. I have NO idea what his point was, but he screamed a lot of cuss words in front of my kids, and was DARN lucky I didnt kick him in the balls.

He believes all this stuff. now his mom is all into it.. I asked dh if she has always been like that, he said he didnt know.

 

[staley7580]

Now there's a great idea Bernice. We can start our own Hyena Show and instead of typing every night we can broadcast live from different locations on the public access channels!

Can you imagine how THAT would end up?? Someone would get drunk and end up mooning everyone.



ALEX.

 

[sameyeyam]

That was a fun mental pic.. what if there isn't any snow?

There's always snow around here. I live near Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens...even in the summertime they have glaciers and a little bit of snow left on them. Snow level is forecast at about 3,000 feet for Tuesday evening. Not a problem, DH will probably have some snow up at elk camp that he can bring home.

 

[funnygarcia]

I didn't realize you could cross contaminate between two puncture sites. Guess I figured your body's germs were kind of the same all over, well except for germs associated with feces. But I guess it makes sense...some germs could get in one site that wouldn't be in another...then you have germs in both sites instead of just one?? Or do I have a clue what I'm talking about?

Yes that is exactly what they worry about. Technically he is to glove when putting needles in and again after the run when holding his sites.

But they aren't sterile gloves..and it's not like he is picking his butt during the run... I really don't see the point.


Besides, how is he to take the gloves off when he is down to only using one hand, once the machine is running??
He's got some touchy pressures. one arm bandit while running.

I tortured him this week, he asked for his peanuts to snack on.. they come in a plastic jug with a screw off lid.

Handed him the jug, walked away and smiled- muahahahha

Heard him exclaim " I can't open my nuts with one hand"





yes I know, we have the humor of a 13 yr old boy.. but it was really funny at the time.

 

[sameyeyam]

My bil when buck wild over some health insurance thing.. and... Oh crap. I have NO idea what his point was, but he screamed a lot of cuss words in front of my kids, and was DARN lucky I didnt kick him in the balls.

He believes all this stuff. now his mom is all into it.. I asked dh if she has always been like that, he said he didnt know.

Sadly for many years now I've believed that the world was coming to an end. But that was only after I took an astronomy class in college and learned that the sun was a giant star that near the end of it's life would expand until it was about out to Mars and burn up the Earth in the process and then slowly die out as it runs out of hydrogen. Yes, I know it's millions of years away, but still it kind of bummed me out when I learned it...no matter what we do mankind is doomed.

Can you imagine how THAT would end up?? Someone would get drunk and end up mooning everyone.



ALEX.

I said public access channel...not the adult channels!

 

[funnygarcia]

Now there's a great idea Bernice. We can start our own Hyena Show and instead of typing every night we can broadcast live from different locations on the public access channels!

sweet, let's do it

Can you imagine how THAT would end up?? Someone would get drunk and end up mooning everyone.



ALEX.

And Shawna can tear her pants down the side.



And Alison can show how to shoot a snowman full of buckshot (snow brought down from the mountains by her DH).

And Pixie can sing the Good Ship Lollipop after visiting the evil hair stylist.



It could be our very own vareity show.

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Can you imagine how THAT would end up?? Someone would get drunk and end up mooning everyone.

ALEX.

Funny... I thought of Alison.

I'm far too self-conscious to ever moon anyone; you will be chasing after far too many children before long; G and her DH will be... Oh, well, I guess it could be G...