Granny's gone and done it again

[CapricornFarm]

Sounds like our weather but we are in the 70s.

 

[Akrnaf2]

No, unless it's that I idolized Grandpa. I thought he was the greatest thing since sliced bread, & wanted to be just like him. I guess I initially did it to copy him, & it became a habit that I've had ever since.

 

[AlleysChicks]

Yes! The more the merrier.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Better? I'm older than dirt & I still eat one thing at a time, except peas & mashed potatoes. Grandpa was the same way. Sauces & gravy are fine, though

Oh yeah, better. No more paralyzing meltdowns if the food is touching. We can eat with family now, we can eat out now, we can swing by a deli and get a sandwich on the way now, and I don't have to pack special food like I did when he was 8. For him it was an over sensitivity to food textures and flavors and a low tone and ability to control the muscles around his mouth. Had speech articulation problems and he could not chew and swallow raw carrot to save his life, no matter how long he chewed, poor kid. You'd never know it to meet him today. 19 now and he is making his own lunch to take for work. He'd still rather not eat out unless it's at one of his few special places, but he will at least try different things now.
A quirk is one thing, and most people (adults) I know have them one way or another (we call them preferences). But when the "quirk" impacts the person's life to the point where it becomes debilitating or isolating from "normal" society, it can rise to the level of disability. He's just mildly quirky now like most of us.

Yes, peas and mashed potatoes belong together!

 

[pertnear09]

Alright, well y'all come on. I've got a hundred beds in ACd cabins and 20 cots in the woods.

Sounds like heaven

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Shalom and hello to grannyland especially to the floridian members! (If there is any of those)

Hi Benny! You missed an interesting fact about venomous copperhead snakes... if touched when agitated, they emit a musk that smells like cucumbers! We were wondering why so many cats are scared of cucumbers (you put one behind them when they are not looking and they freak out!) and thought maybe the cucumber smell evoked a fear of snakes. Doubt that other snakes smell as nice, though, so we need to do some more research. Do you have a cat we can test?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Sounds like heaven

The idea has come up before of all of us on granny's thread trying to meet up one day. Maybe we could all camp out at camping's!

 

[Akrnaf2]

Oh yeah, better. No more paralyzing meltdowns if the food is touching. We can eat with family now, we can eat out now, we can swing by a deli and get a sandwich on the way now, and I don't have to pack special food like I did when he was 8. For him it was an over sensitivity to food textures and flavors and a low tone and ability to control the muscles around his mouth. Had speech articulation problems and he could not chew and swallow raw carrot to save his life, no matter how long he chewed, poor kid. You'd never know it to meet him today. 19 now and he is making his own lunch to take for work. He'd still rather not eat out unless it's at one of his few special places, but he will at least try different things now.
A quirk is one thing, and most people (adults) I know have them one way or another (we call them preferences). But when the "quirk" impacts the person's life to the point where it becomes debilitating or isolating from "normal" society, it can rise to the level of disability. He's just mildly quirky now like most of us.

Yes, peas and mashed potatoes belong together!

Shalom W4W
What do you thing happened? He overcome his tactile hypersensitivity or he have LEARND how to live with it? It is very interesting to me! (Sorry!)

 

[Akrnaf2]

Hi Benny! You missed an interesting fact about venomous copperhead snakes... if touched when agitated, they emit a musk that smells like cucumbers! We were wondering why so many cats are scared of cucumbers (you put one behind them when they are not looking and they freak out!) and thought maybe the cucumber smell evoked a fear of snakes. Doubt that other snakes smell as nice, though, so we need to do some more research. Do you have a cat we can test?

Shalom W4W!
Snake that smells like cucumber?
Never heard about it!
Yes I have a very delicate cat that will be happy to cooperate!

 

[h2oratt]

Sounds like heaven

Except for the snakes.