GAWildKat
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I haven't dealt with them, but I have bought many things from their partner company http://www.dailysteals.com and almost always have been happy with the product.
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I don't know alot about neuropathy so I will not try to act the expert in that. I will relate my experience with cymbalta. The diabetics here can vouch that it is used to treat neuropathy. It's also an antidepressant. I took it off and on for several years for clinical depression. I complained both to my shrink and family doc that I was having this wierd pins and needles feeling from my waist down after starting the med. Neither of them knew what it could be and said it may go away in time. Over time my dosage was increased and it got a bit worse. I was with a friend who was spending father's day weekend with her family. Her uncle is a neurologist in the Clarksville TN area and was visiting as well. He saw me walking around and mentioned my disability then started asking what meds I was taking currently. Mentioned the cymbalta and he was very upset. Told me that it was causing my neuropathy like issues and was affecting my liver, I was a bit jaundiced. I stopped it immediately on his advice and returned to my family doc for a change of meds. Since then the 2 side effects have been made public through advertising....so moral to the story, also check the meds too.
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All I want from Santa this year is..... 1. a stable living situation.... 2. a bike or 2 in the garage that run as they should 3. My friends who are grieving to find peace in a sad time. 4. Any wishes left unexpressed to find an outlet
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I'm reposting this here though I know few here knew her if anyone. For the Friends of Valerie Morrison-Whitaker: Visitation is Tues Nov 16th from 6-8 pm Funeral will be Wed @1pm Both are to be broadcast live for her out of state friends and family. Go to: http://www.evineyard.org/live/ to view the live broadcasts.
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For those in Ohio who want to attend Valerie's funeral to honor the awesome woman she was.... Funeral services for Valerie Gay Whitaker will be held @1pm @ the Vineyard Community Church in Franklin OH. Go be with Lee and her brother Rodney as they lay Valerie to rest and hug them for me since I'm watching the fort here in Georgia. The PGR for district 5 was notified of the final arrangements. Tell them Tricia sent ya....
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There is a fund being done in her memory, when I see him I can give details, I think he and her brother are taking care of arrangements with the PGR, her husband needed us to stay behind and take care of the dog and cat and answer any questions needed while they are away.
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Just an update.... Valerie is to be buried in Ohio...I sadly cannot be there, her husband has asked hubby and me to watch the house while he is out of town. If there is interest in anyone from the boards wishing to pay their respects to her as a Retired soldier, nurse and fellow biker let me know. I believe the funeral will be in Dayton or Middletown, have heard of both places, so not sure at this time. I will give the details when I learn them. Also, her husband plans to do a memorial ride in the Middle Georgia area sometime after Thanksgiving, if there is interest again, let me know. I have been busy all week listening and talking to him, trying to help him grieve as he can. I miss Valerie so much, and it hurts to see her husband lost without her...my hope is he can find peace in time and move on in joy. Thank you for all the prayers while Fred isn't aware that I posted here, I know it will help him to know others cared enough.
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I am pagan....I call it Christmas, but it is Yule for me technically. All of the festivities surrounding Christmas are old pagan traditions, even the birth, was a representation of the birth of the young god. Jesus was born sometime in late spring, early summer. I think of the season as a time to fellowship with loved ones, family and friend alike, and that doesn't take a religion to bring people together. For me though, it is twinged with sadness. It is a time when I am reminded how precious little of my family remains. At 36 yrs old my parents are gone, grandparents, aunts, uncles etc.... Each year friends take turns adopting us for the holiday to spend time around the dinner table, remember your loved ones and remember that next year they may not be at your dinner table to celebrate the joys of the season.
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When I left their house @ 8pm the family was still trying to come to terms with it. Her husband is in so much shock he's numb. The kids are withdrawn. I know things will improve in time....it is just so tragic and unexpected.
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Her husband has asked me to find out about getting a motorcycle escort when the arrangements are made. She was a retired captain in the AF. Let me know what I need to do.
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I'm here at the house helping to hold down the fort....what I have learned is she was leaving work when she was hit, other driver wasn't paying attention and pulled into the intersection and hit her. The car behind her hit her and sometime in the whole thing her modular helmet flew off.
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This article is about my friend....I found out about it reading the morning news. Will be on the way to see her husband in a few.... http://www.macon.com/2010/11/09/1334398/motorcyclist-dies-in-warner-robins.html
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How cheap? I might be able to afford small cheap.
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My husband finally looked at my chore list that was written out for me, and compared it to what he has been told by her. I think he understands now why I've been madder than a hornet for 3 mons over having to clean up for 4 ppl that are messier than me. He says he's splitting the tasks more fairly and telling her where to stuff it. And no, she isn't a friend anymore. I admit I am a person that is hard to live with. But she has fewer friends than even I do. When her husband made the offer to let us sleep here we both took it as genuine. Still do, the problems don't lie with him at all. When it comes to her, he's the passive geek. I do think I'm leaving and heading to the shelter. I frankly can't take it anymore. I told hubby to stay here and make sure the cats are cared for. In the 7 yrs we've known her she holds me to a standard I can't reach, mostly because she is so insecure with herself she feels the need to attack me when I am down. I swept the kitchen Sunday, the entire kitchen, today I had to do it again because others felt the need to wipe crumbs to the floor. I also mopped today, and no doubt with all the running in and out in the soggy weather we have it will need doing tomorrow too. Since we moved in it's been one complaint after another. I know we aren't wanted, but I wish she could be an adult rather than a snide B......
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This is a topic that hit home for me. I was born with cerebral palsy and my right side is 40% paralyzed, my left 10-20%. Most ppl who see me don't even see the disability because I have learned to compensate hiding it. Others who know full well that I am disabled refuse to understand what limitations I do have. Case in point: Hubby and I stay with friends until we can find housing we can afford. The Wife of the family unit made out a chore list that she wanted done in lieu of paying rent here. Hubby has 3 things to do on his list (clean cat boxes, dishwasher, and trash) I have about 20 things that include bathroom and kitchen spring cleaning every week, sweeping and mopping all hardwood floors, rearranging the furniture to clean under it all weekly and dusting. If their living room and dining room weren't a staging area for all of their current and ongoing house remodeling projects it might be half doable. However the wife is inflexible in who does the tasks, and hubby refuses to allow allow me to move furniture. They have promised to move their project material to the basement or another area but in the 3months we've lived here it hasn't happened. I get yelled at weekly for the things I haven't completed each week because it's how I pay my rent. On the flip side of the argument, she says hubby shouldn't do too much because he had a head injury and can't be responsible for too much. I know the solution is to move out. Also the wife doesn't think I'm disabled, thinks I have somehow lied to her or faked it to get on disability.
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I like history so for me it was as much about learning about someone's history that I could connect with. Like I can say I have 3 2nd great-grandfathers who fought @ Gettysburg in different companies. One took a bayonet to the lung and lives to be an old man, another was with Lee when he surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse VA, got his pay and started walking home to GA. Never made it home. I've learned there was a Confederate cemetery in Australia that has a tombstone with his name and dates close to his, will I ever know if the 2 names are the same person, prolly not. But it's fun to research it.
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I'm one of the genealogists in the family,, I have used ancestry.com, it is a wonderful resource of information. But if you want to try it absolutely free without risk of them billing you, find the nearest Mormon church with a family history center, the international church has a subscription to ancestry.com as well as other resources that can help you with the research. Most family history centers also teach classes on genealogy research for free and are open to non church members. As a wee kid of 19 I got into genealogy because my parents were older and I didn't have the luxury of waiting til I was much older to get the information, my first stop was to the local library, from there they sent me to the church after I exhausted their resources. Before Dad passed away 3 yrs later I was able to give him a treasure of knowing where his ppl came from. Since then on my paternal grandfather's side I have been able to trace back to before 1000AD. But I was very lucky that my family line was a well documented royal line. Hubby has not been so lucky, being that his Dad's family comes from Croatia many of the old records were lost in all the warring and we may never trace a complete line.
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I have been WildKat since I was a wee toddler on my Daddy's knee. I was the firey redhead looking to take on anyone bigger than me, and sometimes Daddy let me talk on his CB on the weekends as breakfast was getting made so WK became my handle on the CB. Being a native born Georgia redneck I like to made it known on forums just where I am in the world. StormRaven aka Hubby uses nicks tooled around a Raven theme because his last name means blackbird/raven in Croatian.
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Is there interest in another VentureRider mug order?
GAWildKat replied to Freebird's topic in Watering Hole
Hubby and I would like 2 of the larger ones, however it's not an immediate desire for us or something we can afford right now. But know we'd like them -
If and when I can find one and afford one, my dream car is a Buick Wildcat. I love the lines and the name. Never knew of them til hubby ran to the store one day and parked next to one and got all the info before he went in. I think in many cases the old cars are the best and are better than the newer ones. Only major problem with the bigger older cars is finding parking! just my
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Agreed there, I had a mommacat that wasn't big on the mothering thing herself, but she nursed her kittens well. The 2 I kept later developed other problems that may or may not have been congenital but they passed away within 2 years of each other. One we know know passed from kidney failure, the other passed away too quickly to get a diagnosis but it likely was the same. I kept the other going an extra year with supplements and iv therapy that was done at home, and I'm still glad I got the extra time, we treasured every moment like it was the last. Now I'm nursing along another cat that's diabetic but soon I'll have to make a choice about what is best for her, it's never easy or fun. But I couldn't bear not having a pet in the house.
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looks like that will be a pretty lab mix pup there, hope she gets alot of love.
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Very cute kitten there. Mom may have rejected the kitten for underlying health issues we can't see or they may have been separated long enough that momma doesn't see it as hers anymore. There's lots of issues. Also, with your other cat not being accepting, don't fret. It can take up to two years for all members of a household cat family to be accepting of a new member. Good luck with the new one baby. In my experience the handraised kittens are far more loving and loyal than the adopted ones. But at the same time feel entitled. Keep a firm hand on it and it will love you for a very long time.
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Wishing you the best on the surgery. With you being in Macon let me know if you need anything while you are here I can advise on places to eat around the hospitals if you need. Is it going to be done at the Med Center or the Coliseum? or even Northside?
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I dunno how many ppl are there have the ability but some cars can be converted to run on ethanol. My caprice is one, just have to replace all the rubber stuff and I have a car that can take gas or ethanol. Hubby and I had considered making the conversion when the engine needed rebuilding or replacing. Maybe we will have to do it sooner.