-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 23-Jul-2015 21:55 <=-   
    DAG> Re: stressful  was: second part  misc and parents, etc...   
      
    NB>> And, as things turned out, she wasn't able to do the camping at all,   
    NB>> since she fell and broke her hip and had to stay home... At least we   
    NB>> were able to bring her home to do her rehab, which she is still in the   
    NB>> process of doing, and once again progress continues, but slowly.  :)   
    NB>> Now we have a year or so to figure out next year's camping... well, not   
    NB>> really, since if we go to the same area again, reservations are best   
    NB>> made in January... ;)   
      
    DAG> Ouch.  I'm sorry to hear about that bogus development.  Stick with   
    DAG> that rehab like flypaper.  It's a pain in the butt, and it really   
    DAG> starts getting old after awhile, but it's one of the ways that the body   
    DAG> does best to repair from those sorts of injuries.  Wouldn't have traded   
    DAG> the repairs that therapy have done for my body for anything.   
      
   We're working on her to realize that..  ;)  At 85, she can get a bit   
   stubborn... but I've been feeding back to her some of her earlier advice   
   to us... ;)  Plus, I've had the experience of having to have therapy to   
   heal from a broken ankle to utilize, so she can't say I don't   
   understand...     
      
    DAG> I really hope that things start going better on that front.  By all   
    DAG> means, start planning for the future now, too.  :)  Time is too short   
    DAG> to waste.    
      
   Exactly.  :)   
      
    DAG>> job of getting the stories out that the mass media are ignoring, or   
    DAG>> at least doing their best to be distracted from.  Some of that   
    DAG>> stuff I really value.   
    NB>> As long as you actually are getting the real story...   
    DAG> Well that's the really hit or miss part.  I try to stick to the   
    DAG> firsthand accounts that are caught on video so that I'm not getting   
    DAG> pulled into the fray all half cocked or anything.  Still, you've always   
    DAG> got to be on the lookout for the spin that each particular person feels   
    DAG> like putting on their version of the story, unfortunately.   
      
   Kinda what I was getting at... even the firsthand can be spun, and/or   
   edited...    
       
    NB>> Ah... I can appreciate that...  ;)  More of a vicarious pleasure... ;)   
    DAG> Well it's not just in areas like fidonet that I find that I really   
    DAG> do well with the cantankerous a-holes.  It seems like when I'm in a   
    DAG> group of people I usually do well settling in with those people, and   
    DAG> before too long the complaining and ranting turns into laughter.  I   
    DAG> think I've got a gift for keeping those kinds of people amused.  Maybe   
    DAG> not so much via text, which can make things a little more annoying when   
    DAG> watching things at times...  But in person I really bond with those   
    DAG> cantankerous dudes well, befriend them more often than not, and end up   
    DAG> having a blast poking fun of whatever concepts were really stuck in   
    DAG> their craw in the first place.   
      
   In person, one can take advantage of body language and tone of voice and   
   such... which get lost usually in text... unless you know the person   
   very well...  :)  I also can usually defuse situations, particularly in   
   person..  :)   
      
    DAG> Just don't ask me where I learned these   
    DAG> qualities.  ;)  I'll say the Army, but the truth is that I had some   
    DAG> [enforced] social experiences before that where I didn't have much of   
    DAG> a choice but to sink or swim in those environments, too.  Such an   
    DAG> amazing and colorful life that I've had!   
      
   It all feeds in to what makes you who you are...  :)     
       
    DAG> Besides, true impressions aren't made by memes or pictures, but by   
    DAG> real IRL human interaction, which I'm still struggling my best to   
    DAG> find more venues for.  Pretty soon I'm gonna end up hitting a club;   
    DAG> I know it.  I'll only drink seltzer water, but it's gonna happen.    
    DAG> My social life has been way too bereft for way too long now.    
      
   Hopefully a place you can take the kid to... ;)   
      
    DAG> No worries.  I've been a little bit slow with things, too.  Had a   
    DAG> little bit of real life kicking in and then when I have been here I've   
    DAG> been trying to make sure that I'm spending less of my time (at least   
    DAG> when I'm not working) on the computer and a little more time trying to   
    DAG> make up for my son's lack of stimulation this summer.  YAY FOR SUMMER   
    DAG> SCHOOL!  Next Monday.  I can't wait, although the drama that I'm going   
    DAG> to get from my son is going to be of epic and somewhat painful   
    DAG> proportions.  ;)  That's okay, though; he needs the social interaction   
    DAG> a hell of a lot more than he needs more time watching youtube and   
    DAG> playing video games.    
      
   Who knows... he might actually end up enjoying the stimulation of summer   
   school, too..  :)  And he'll get over the drama... especially if you   
   aren't reacting to it the way he wants... ;)   
      
   ttyl        neb   
      
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