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99% of the things you worry about never happen
Topic Started: Jul 5 2012, 05:48 PM (414 Views)
Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
But they might.

OK, so we have a very close friend (T) with a truly insane family that she has always supported. Her mom has just had two massive strokes that will ultimately be fatal. Mom is in hospice and it is a matter of days. T has been up in Burning River, Ohio all week tending to arrangements, etc. She's the only grounded member of the family at all. T's brother (#1 with a bullet in the insane dept), who has never been able to support himself and has always lived with mom, has recently been found to have hoarded all the monies sent to mom, and has even hoarded all the clothes bought for her. No one knows how he will react when she dies. He is nucking futs, so it could be dangerous.

So she calls here... I answer.. there is no one on the line, and I hear her calling for my wife or I. Then I hear her yelling 'the kids are all upset.. I'm going to have to call the police' but I keep saying 'T! T! We're here'.. no answer. The line goes dead. This happens a couple more times. I have no idea awhat is going on, thinking she has called so we will hear anything that is about to happen but can't talk. I do';t know the address where she is or the names and have no way of alerting authorities. Not a good feeling.


So two or three calls later I finally get her.

Turns out she has left Burning River City for a couple days and is in Steelerville at her sister's (not normal but probably not dangerous, although her pizza joint owning Italian husband may be connected if you know what I mean - 'don't ask me about my business') house, and some jackass from eastern Long Island is making harassing phone calls. 'Come to Paris with me baby!'. That's all it is.

Freaking heart attack. I don't need this crap. :lol2:

Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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Kincaid
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HOLY CARP!!!
So did you ever figure out why she was calling your house, calling out for you guys but not on the line? Sounded like a dream, er...nightmare, I mean.
Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006.
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Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
Not really. After a while I thought she was butt dialing.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
That's odd. Just happened again, without all the excitement.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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Kincaid
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HOLY CARP!!!
Both times when I have butt dialed, I have been captured singing in the car. Once by my boss.
Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006.
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Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
That would be awful. Especially if you have ever heard me screech sing.
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jon-nyc
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Cheers
Kincaid
Jul 6 2012, 01:03 PM
Both times when I have butt dialed, I have been captured singing in the car. Once by my boss.
The only time it happened to me my ass made an appointment with a proctologist.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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George K
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Finally
It's an interesting subject, actually. Every now and then, I have someone ask me, "Hey, Doc, what's the worst thing that can happen to me from anesthesia?"

Of course, I tell them about death, strokes, heart attack, kidney failure, etc. However, I also tell them the relative risks of this. I tell them that there's a measurable risk of these bad things happening from what I do. I also tell them that those risks are less than the risks of the surgery itself, and I tell them that the risks of what I do are less than the risks of walking across the street in downtown Chicago (and getting hit by a CTA bus).

When I put an epidural into a gal who's in labor, I mention the common things, of course (headache, backache), but I also say, "Whenever anyone sticks a needle into you, there's risks of infection, bleeding and all sorts of horrible things that are too rare to mention...but I have to mention. Are you still interested?"
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