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#426
Jul 16, 2024, 11:43 AM
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My sons and I have/had shared tracking, not to keep an eye each other but when we were all living in the same house they would use it to see if I was on my way home or at the grocery. We’ve since turned mine off since I’m mostly not living there but they apparently still track each other to see if one other other is at school/work/etc. It was just a mutual convenience. We did turn it on during a recent trip, which was helpful.
I do remember a couple host families wanting to put Life360 on their young adult exchange student phones. The students had been living alone for a year or more in a big city, so I mentioned (politely) I didn’t think it was necessary and in my experience students manage to navigate pretty well communicating by text. The host parents were upset by that. But they only had young children, so I expect they were still in supervision mode and hadn’t had the opportunity to navigate increasing freedoms for young folk.
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#427
Jul 16, 2024, 01:16 PM
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Here's an interesting site about self-compassion that L shared with me. I found it interesting, but personally, a little hard to grasp. Maybe because my definition is slightly different? Or because I don't have compassion for myself? Eh.
Exploring the Meaning of Self-Compassion and Its Importance
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#428
Jul 16, 2024, 01:29 PM
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I really appreciate you bringing this here, Scarlet.
Kristin Neff's work is something I have intended on delving into for some time, but life happens and it slips my mind.
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#429
Jul 16, 2024, 02:34 PM
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I guess what some people see as convenience - I see as a slippery slope to 1984 and Brave New World. I still do a lot of things that my students see as inconvenient. I cannot think of a single reason I would have had in high school or college for letting my sibling know where I was or where he was or where our parents were - It is truly a concept I just don't understand. Just thinking about it makes me feel both trapped and oddly responsible for knowing where everyone is at any given time although I would have no use for that information. I prefer the freedom of not knowing and the freedom that I could not be found. I never use venmo or whatever the other money things. I refuse to shop at places that won't take cash. I hate all the cameras taping people all the time. I refuse to use power points or give students the videos of lectures. As much as I like a computer, ipad, and cell phone - I am very grateful they didn't come along until I was old. I don't think they are helping young people or their parents at all. I am glad to be old. You kids get off my lawn - I have to dig it up to hide my cash. I don't keep it all under my mattress.
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Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Last edited by stopdog; Jul 16, 2024 at 04:20 PM. |
| atisketatasket, East17, unaluna, WarmFuzzySocks
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#430
Jul 16, 2024, 06:50 PM
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If my spouse ever asked if I could turn on location services so he can track me-I would laugh at him. Honestly.
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| ArtleyWilkins, atisketatasket, LonesomeTonight, stopdog, WarmFuzzySocks
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#431
Jul 16, 2024, 07:30 PM
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I was watching a rerun of frasier and Lilith (the reason I was watching) had this dialogue
Dr. Lilith Sternin : Brian has been a dutiful suitor for some time and I am convinced to within an acceptable margin of error that he loves me. And I know I have said this sort of thing about my partners. I probably even said it to them. It is the most accurate way of describing things to me. I know others don't all see it that way (the laugh track pointed it out on the tv show)- but to me -that is pretty intimate. And I always found Lilith sort of hot. Just trying to put my oddities into a perspective.
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Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. |
| atisketatasket, LonesomeTonight, WarmFuzzySocks
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#432
Jul 16, 2024, 08:26 PM
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Yes well lilith would have been well served had she had a tracker on brian. Didnt he marry their decorator or something?
Just... i dont think jd vance is going to last the week. Or not til november. It just feels like a mistake to me. I dont know why. A quick decision that is going to be remade. JD is a creampuff - who could object to him? He will substitute one of the Steves at the last minute- bannon or that one creepy guy. Stephen Miller. Or where is Mike Pompeo? |
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#433
Jul 17, 2024, 05:53 AM
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For one of my editing contracts (the newest one--I have several), they read behind everything I do and nearly always have some list of stuff I missed. And it's never "Oh, good job catching these 100 things": it's "you missed these 3 weird style points we have." Well, some are more careless errors, but the style is really complicated. It really makes me not want to do the work for them, as I'm just thinking, "Well, I'm sure I'm going to F something up in this one." Though I've gotten more to an "eh, it's good enough" point. I need to look for a replacement contract for that. As for the weight, if it happened that quickly, it seems like it's probably some sort of hormonal issue, like maybe your thyroid, as you said. I hope the program helps. |
| ArtieTheSequal, unaluna
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| ArtieTheSequal, East17, unaluna
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#434
Jul 17, 2024, 07:51 AM
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Thanks, LT. I really appreciate the hugs and your thoughts. I think at this point with retirement not that far off I'm probably better off just sticking it out. I dunno. I'm hoping part of the weight thing is my thyroid, time will tell and all that. One of my friends did a medical weight loss program prior to having bariatric surgery, she had to lose x-amount of weight before having the surgery, and she was able to with the program, so I'm hopeful. She's been doing really well.
I'm sorry that one contract is so picky. I'll bet that's hard when they ignore like you said the hundred things you catch, and focus only on a couple unusual style points. I applaud you for being able to do contract work - that's not something I'd be able to do. H's job is basically the same thing, and he handles it fine too, but I really don't think I could. |
| LonesomeTonight, ScarletPimpernel, WarmFuzzySocks
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#435
Jul 17, 2024, 10:58 AM
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Today I was able to see an area of a botanical garden I love from a new vantage point.
My support worker helped me get into the Japanese garden area, then we found another way to get to the hut. I couldn't go in because the wooden steps looked a little dodgy to me, but I made it further than I thought I would. Seems as if the core workout I've been doing has paid off.
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#436
Jul 17, 2024, 07:22 PM
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So i did a bunch of stuff today! Took a shower, took deliveries, took down trash, and took my pee medicine late, so i will be up for a while yet tonight.
Last edited by FooZe; Jul 17, 2024 at 10:49 PM. Reason: Administrative edit to bring within guidelines |
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#437
Jul 17, 2024, 09:13 PM
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I quite liked Lilith, but I prefer to think of myself as the father, sitting in his chair and making caustic but sensible observations on life. |
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| DigitalDarkroom, LonesomeTonight, stopdog, unaluna, WarmFuzzySocks
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#439
Jul 18, 2024, 07:35 AM
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Today's session was an effing mess.
I should have one more in person session with R before she goes on leave for two weeks, and we resume virtually in August. I feel like she's already in vacation mode, when I really need her to be on form. This couldn't be further from same ****, different session.
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'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
| LonesomeTonight, ScarletPimpernel
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#440
Jul 18, 2024, 10:26 AM
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Martin was great and often quite funny. Excellent foil to Frasier (and Niles). |
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#441
Jul 18, 2024, 10:28 AM
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Ugh, I'm so sorry Lost. Hugs to you. Feel free to PM me about it (though I won't be able to reply till late afternoon/early evening EDT). |
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#442
Jul 18, 2024, 02:48 PM
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Well sometimes it pays to procrastinate. They just issued a recall for my hand held spot steamer cleaner - that i bought in 2010 and never even opened the box. But at least i didnt burn myself.
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| atisketatasket, LonesomeTonight, WarmFuzzySocks
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#443
Jul 18, 2024, 03:03 PM
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My word, the manufacturers took their sweet time about that.
Do you at least get a refund?
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'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
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#444
Jul 18, 2024, 03:32 PM
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| LonesomeTonight, unaluna
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| atisketatasket, DigitalDarkroom, LonesomeTonight, unaluna, WarmFuzzySocks
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#445
Jul 18, 2024, 03:33 PM
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Quote:
 with its cord cut off
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#446
Jul 18, 2024, 03:46 PM
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Haha, that's brilliant.
May they process your refund quickly.
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'Somewhere up above the great divide Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light 'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin |
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#447
Jul 18, 2024, 03:56 PM
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The patron saint of the couch! |
| atisketatasket, LonesomeTonight, NP_Complete, WarmFuzzySocks
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#448
Jul 18, 2024, 05:15 PM
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Oh no! Not Bob Newhart too.
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| unaluna
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#449
Jul 18, 2024, 05:37 PM
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I've had sessions like that too, very frustrating, especially when you're paying for them! Sometimes it's like a vacation week can feel like it lasts about 3 weeks; the week before when they are already looking forward to it, the actual week they're away and the week of their return, fully refreshed (hopefully), but now in getting-back-into-the-work mode rather than hitting the ground running. I hope your T regains her focus soon. Sent from my SM-A526B using Tapatalk
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#450
Jul 18, 2024, 05:50 PM
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Sad to hear about Bob Newhart.
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