On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:16:02 +0000, Pangur Ban wrote:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote in
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On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:31:13 +0000, Pangur Ban wrote:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote in
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On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:52:09 +0000, Pangur Ban wrote:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <g...@com.mkbilbo> wrote in
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:58:15 +0000, Pangur Ban wrote:
"Chris Johnson" <effig...@gmail.com> wrote in
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*snip* for brevity
Hi, how are you doing post-Katrina?
Apparently having lovely bouts of post-traumatic stress that if it
doesn't calm down in a reasonable amount of time now that I'm out
of the area, I'm going to have to get me to a doctor.
*comfort* PTS is or can be pure hell. Lost a year and half of my
life to it. Do not "tough" it out.....imo, stress produces chemicals
and sometimes outside intervention is needed to help combat those
chemicals.
Well, I'm convinced part of it was being stuck in the area where
everything happened and being reminded of it day in and day out. Now
that I've relocated and gotten more or less settled, I'll see how it
goes. I just don't want to go the route of some pill or other unless
I'm pretty sure it's necessary.
*nod* Had a friend going through horrible depression who felt the
same way. When he came within a hair's breadth of suicide, he went
for help.
Erm... I, myself, wouldn't wait *that long. That's, um, scary.
He is most adamant about not taking pills or seeing doctors. I fuss at
him .....
We talked about chemicals produced by the body creating a vicious
cycle. He still hates to take pills - but the ones worked and he is
fine now, off the pills, and enjoying life.
I've given myself a deadline of sorts. If being out of the area, away
from reminders of things, and getting settled and into a new routine
doesn't mitigate the mess, I'll figure it's time for a doctor.
Good! Sensible....
But it's only been three weeks now and the first couple were crazy with
the move. Not enough time to tell.
No, definitely not. Let's hope the move, new surroundings, etc. replace
the bad.
I'm going to see if my little wooded lot
at the end of the road works.
Seriously, I bought a small trailer on a half acre lot with trees
that backs up to some ranch (with longhorns the size of tanks) and
the noisiest things around here are some feral chickens. <g>
I relate! I have nothing between me and my mountains - which always
lift my heart - but some 15 miles of open desert. Coyotes break the
silence of the night with their chorus.... a rare flutter of bat
wings.... the squeek of a kangaroo rat.... and silence falls again.
Longhorns.... love them! My pit bull has a "thing" about cows - but
longhorns send him into a frenzy. Much barking, much foot stomping,
much tail thumping!
Heh. My pits go outside on tie outs right now. Especially as the big
one saw one of the longhorns go by and you would've thought he'd seen a
squirrel. My comment was: "You won't win that one Blaze."
I won't let Hadrian out of the SUV too much when we are out on the
desert. I've had coyotes try to lure him away... definitely won't let
him out among the cows...as I don't want the ranchers angry with us
both.
I'm going to put up a cheap--but effective--fence soon as I can so they
can go out and get crazy but not have any, ahem, discussions with tank
sized bulls. <g>
My immediate backyard has a wooden fence.... when Hadrian learned to go
under. Had an electrified wire run around it.... he stays in now.
When I need it, I drive further into the desert and just walk.... or
drive to my favorite volcano and sit in the sun on a slope and sift
the
sand for fossils. Or drive to the river (a migratory path for birds)
and sit and watch the great sand hill cranes or the snow geese and
listen to their cries.
That's one thing nice about this area, I'm practically walking distance
to one big state park and a short drive from another. If I want to get
lost in the woods, it's just down the road. <g>
*nod* I love going out on the desert as I can't get lost.... the
mountains are a great navigating tool!
Other than that, I think I screwed up my taxes.
Did that with my state ones one year.... still paying for it. :-(
I've screwed up my Federal before and, yeesh, the IRS gets *grumpy!
I've avoided the feds so far - and plan to keep it that way!
It was just One Of Those Days. I'm grumpy (not to mention sleepy,
dopey...)
Okay, doc (my personal favorite being somewhat of a curmudgeon
meself!)
I admitted in later posts I did overreact.... fired off without
thinking, plus being sick. I received some very nice posts
explaining the whole procedure of TQOTM (my first experience with
it) subsequently. That I would not be associated with "Kate" was
made quite clear - to my relief.
Oh yeah, you're not being "associated" with anybody. Besides, it's
just a little game we play around here. It's not something For The
Ages or anything like that. <g>
No, this isn't CNN - I think this ng reaches more people! LOL
Now, that's a scary thought...
In a way...... but also it is a thinking! audience
Except the thinking audience is awash in a sea of mindless trolls...
(I swear, the signal to noise ratio around here has gotten worse
lately)
I can't comment about that - I've been with the group just a bit over
a month.
I believe this is my eighth year. Which is kinda scary when I think
about it...
Eight years!!!!! E'gads!
Pang -- Mark K. Bilbo --------------------------------------------------
"...otherwise, we're looking at the potential of this kind of world:....
a world in which oil reserves are controlled by radicals in order to
extract blackmail from the West..." [George Bush]
Wait... oil reserves?
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