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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Anything again
« Last post by Dirty Hippy on October 29, 2026, 04:57:41 PM »Howdy
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Anything again
« Last post by sKePTiKal on October 29, 2026, 11:42:30 AM »There's a couple tricks for that hypotension Hops. I hope the doc already told you!!
All 5 of my kitties are having some kind of itchy skin irritation (don't think it's fleas; don't see the usual signs & B is susceptible to being bait for them; like me & skeeters). They're going to need baths to start with - one a day, I think - I don't know as I can manage these heavy & fiesty beasts and see if that helps. I might need welding gloves for a couple of 'em. And I have their old flea & tick med on the way. I tried something different this year; has permethrin in it - and I swear all it did was attract the bugs!
I've got to go pick peppers today, too. The cayenne are ripe, then dry & crush them. B loves hot stuff.
All 5 of my kitties are having some kind of itchy skin irritation (don't think it's fleas; don't see the usual signs & B is susceptible to being bait for them; like me & skeeters). They're going to need baths to start with - one a day, I think - I don't know as I can manage these heavy & fiesty beasts and see if that helps. I might need welding gloves for a couple of 'em. And I have their old flea & tick med on the way. I tried something different this year; has permethrin in it - and I swear all it did was attract the bugs!
I've got to go pick peppers today, too. The cayenne are ripe, then dry & crush them. B loves hot stuff.
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Testing
« Last post by sKePTiKal on October 29, 2026, 11:32:23 AM »Hi CB!
Yep, Hops & Hippy & I do have emails for backup. Lighter disappeared some months ago but maybe she'll see this & check her messages. I'll leave her my email there.
So how've you been? What's new?
Hopefully, AI will get bored with us old ladies nattering on about whatever is on our minds! Could you imagine if it learns our personalities and impersonates us???? EEK!
Yep, Hops & Hippy & I do have emails for backup. Lighter disappeared some months ago but maybe she'll see this & check her messages. I'll leave her my email there.
So how've you been? What's new?
Hopefully, AI will get bored with us old ladies nattering on about whatever is on our minds! Could you imagine if it learns our personalities and impersonates us???? EEK!
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Anything again
« Last post by Hopalong on October 28, 2026, 03:39:11 PM »WOW!
Thanks to y'all's presence and persistence, and majorly Doc G's...at least today, it seems
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I'm too busy doing a happy dance to articulate much of anything, but I had to change my browser which was suddenly "unsupported' -- same trick Apple used to make me....oh never mind. And maybe because I reverted to Chrome, old stuff came up again, and maybe in some weird inside-clockworks way that meant it'd all work again....
Couldn't be happier to be here! Catching up might take a while, but my update is: I'm happy, healing from a broken rib after falling out of the shower (halfway done) -- which Dr Google and I finally figured out is severe orthostatic hypotension (I asked doctors for AGES with no clear explanation), enjoying C the BF with reservations but no suspicions, it's just wiring/personality stuff, cuddling with Pup, seeing a few friends now and then, and that feels like a full plate. Still volunteering with our Village and loving the fascinating, really-old folks. Bit financially antsy due to home repairs and a couple needed improvements. My dysfunctional dishwasher turned out to be plumbed wrong but it was only $420 (!!) to have the connections reset properly. AAAAGGghhh. This was after $100 for the appliance repairman. These weighty issues take up a good bit of my brain-battery drain. ALL IS WELL.
Biiiiiig hugs to all,
Hops
Thanks to y'all's presence and persistence, and majorly Doc G's...at least today, it seems
[/glow][/color]
I'm too busy doing a happy dance to articulate much of anything, but I had to change my browser which was suddenly "unsupported' -- same trick Apple used to make me....oh never mind. And maybe because I reverted to Chrome, old stuff came up again, and maybe in some weird inside-clockworks way that meant it'd all work again....
Couldn't be happier to be here! Catching up might take a while, but my update is: I'm happy, healing from a broken rib after falling out of the shower (halfway done) -- which Dr Google and I finally figured out is severe orthostatic hypotension (I asked doctors for AGES with no clear explanation), enjoying C the BF with reservations but no suspicions, it's just wiring/personality stuff, cuddling with Pup, seeing a few friends now and then, and that feels like a full plate. Still volunteering with our Village and loving the fascinating, really-old folks. Bit financially antsy due to home repairs and a couple needed improvements. My dysfunctional dishwasher turned out to be plumbed wrong but it was only $420 (!!) to have the connections reset properly. AAAAGGghhh. This was after $100 for the appliance repairman. These weighty issues take up a good bit of my brain-battery drain. ALL IS WELL.
Biiiiiig hugs to all,
Hops
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Testing
« Last post by Dirty Hippy on October 25, 2026, 02:48:50 PM »6
Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Anything again
« Last post by Dirty Hippy on October 24, 2026, 11:58:33 PM »- I've started to read slowly bits of anarchist literature.
- I've started to read slowly bits of radical feminist lit.
I'm just a slooow reader.
Also, I'm probably not going to church tomorrow unless I just want to be an obstinate pain and look at stained glass windows for no reason. I still like the concept of sanctuary.
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Testing
« Last post by Dirty Hippy on October 24, 2026, 11:56:10 PM »Testing.
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Testing
« Last post by Dr. Richard Grossman on October 23, 2026, 08:39:03 PM »Hi CB123,
I'm ok, but the board has become completely unreliable due to the effects of AI. The board is constantly overwhelmed, and to fix the host's server would require thousands of dollars. I feel terrible about shutting the board down, but we are likely on our last legs. You may want to reach out to other board posters to get their email addresses so that you can find a way to maintain contact.
So sorry!
Richard
I'm ok, but the board has become completely unreliable due to the effects of AI. The board is constantly overwhelmed, and to fix the host's server would require thousands of dollars. I feel terrible about shutting the board down, but we are likely on our last legs. You may want to reach out to other board posters to get their email addresses so that you can find a way to maintain contact.
So sorry!
Richard
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Testing
« Last post by CB123 on October 23, 2026, 10:51:36 AM »So...this is a long shot....I have come back to the page a couple of times and saw that it was inaccessible. Then I found a circuitous way to get in.
Dr Grossman, have you closed down the page on purpose? Are you okay?
At any rate, if anyone else happens to get in, hoping this gets fixed and you are able to use it again. I havent posted for a long time but I check in ever so often.
This is mostly a test to see if the page is really gone.
CB
Dr Grossman, have you closed down the page on purpose? Are you okay?
At any rate, if anyone else happens to get in, hoping this gets fixed and you are able to use it again. I havent posted for a long time but I check in ever so often.
This is mostly a test to see if the page is really gone.
CB
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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Farm Journal - 2026
« Last post by Dirty Hippy on September 13, 2026, 09:40:02 PM »Today I didn't have to wait for the page to open like usual when it spins. Seems to be working okay for me at the moment.