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susandennisMom's friend fell after dinner last night and cut her hand and did something nasty to her elbow. She's staying in the hospital. They, apparently, aren't going to do whatever it is they are going to do to her elbow until Thursday. Mom got home last night about 1:30 after a bit of trouble getting a cab. Maybe all old people are like this but my Mom is a real snob about hospitals. Her doctor practices at the good one - a private one. Her friends' doctor practices as a bad one - a public one. So Mom's email this morning would make any Republican proud. But there was a bit in there where she's talking to the emergency room person about getting her a cab... She says to me that she had to tell this person she was old and tired and really needed a cab. I just have this picture of my little old Mom surrounded by wounded Saturday night dregs telling an overworked clerk that she needs a cab cause she is old....
It's 2:30 p.m. and no cigarette. I would enjoy one about now but I think I'll hold off. I did a short google looking for information that might help but I gave up. The pages I found were insulting and stupid and pretty devoid of any useful information. I did read where the physical need for nicotine should wear off in a couple of weeks. I wonder, then, why is it that people crave a cigarette years after quitting? Oh well.
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kenwalker reminded me of another benefit of smoking... smell - or lack of it. Several months ago there was a dead animal of some kind in the wall at work. Everyone bitched about the smell every day all day. I had to put up with the bitching but I frankly couldn't smell it. I did the first day a little but after that, nothing. It was funny. I told everyone I couldn't smell it because I am a smoker. And every time they would complain around me, I'd flip out a cigarette and ask them 'smoke?'
Not sure what I'd do at this advanced age with a sense of smell. That could be frightening.
It's 2:30 p.m. and no cigarette. I would enjoy one about now but I think I'll hold off. I did a short google looking for information that might help but I gave up. The pages I found were insulting and stupid and pretty devoid of any useful information. I did read where the physical need for nicotine should wear off in a couple of weeks. I wonder, then, why is it that people crave a cigarette years after quitting? Oh well.
kenwalker reminded me of another benefit of smoking... smell - or lack of it. Several months ago there was a dead animal of some kind in the wall at work. Everyone bitched about the smell every day all day. I had to put up with the bitching but I frankly couldn't smell it. I did the first day a little but after that, nothing. It was funny. I told everyone I couldn't smell it because I am a smoker. And every time they would complain around me, I'd flip out a cigarette and ask them 'smoke?'Not sure what I'd do at this advanced age with a sense of smell. That could be frightening.
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Her senses of smell and taste are far better than mine. Were when we both smoked; still are.
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