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I need to rant
I have an egg customer that I deliver to because he can't drive and would get a ride....showing up way late after he called on his way...lives 10 min away.
He has macular degeneration in one eye. He just got a blood clot in the other eye so is blind. :hit they gave him a shot that should help dissolve the blood clot in a couple of months. :barnie

He lives alone, in his 70's. needless to say he is depressed and somewhat suicidal. His son is next county over and works, has a family blah blah and can only help his dad on the weekends for a bit. His younger brother same deal. Senior services sent a 20yr old for 25 hrs a week, that doesn't show up and doesn't do want is asked. The 20yr old also is too interested in the pain medications. The church elders came by and said they would check on him every 3 DAYS:he mine you he is bashing into walls and gets lost in a small one story house.
So for some reason he has decided that I am the one to help him.:hit:hit:hit
I helped him over the phone with some dr things yesterday and brought over somethings today.. replaced the batteries in the remote. cooked him breakfast, went through a couple of weeks worth of mail, got the debit card and phone bill squared away. and after 2hrs I am exhausted... I am a hermit, :oops: he is a customer.. not sure why he picked me, but I hope someone else gets interested.
I said something about ast living, he said he would die first:th
 
Molpet said:
:rant
I need to rant
I have an egg customer that I deliver to because he can't drive and would get a ride....showing up way late after he called on his way...lives 10 min away.
He has macular degeneration in one eye. He just got a blood clot in the other eye so is blind. :hit they gave him a shot that should help dissolve the blood clot in a couple of months. :barnie

He lives alone, in his 70's. needless to say he is depressed and somewhat suicidal. His son is next county over and works, has a family blah blah and can only help his dad on the weekends for a bit. His younger brother same deal. Senior services sent a 20yr old for 25 hrs a week, that doesn't show up and doesn't do want is asked. The 20yr old also is too interested in the pain medications. The church elders came by and said they would check on him every 3 DAYS:he mine you he is bashing into walls and gets lost in a small one story house.
So for some reason he has decided that I am the one to help him.:hit:hit:hit
I helped him over the phone with some dr things yesterday and brought over somethings today.. replaced the batteries in the remote. cooked him breakfast, went through a couple of weeks worth of mail, got the debit card and phone bill squared away. and after 2hrs I am exhausted... I am a hermit, :oops: he is a customer.. not sure why he picked me, but I hope someone else gets interested.
I said something about ast living, he said he would die first:th
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I liked your post because you were kind enough to help him.
It really sounds like assisted living would help him tremendously.

His kid and brother prove that some people are disgustingly selfish.

Can he request that senior services send someone else? He could tell them that the person they sent made him feel very uneasy.

I am sorry Mo but it seems he trusts you and yes he needs someone he can trust.

:hugs
 
People trust hermits, it is a fact! Senior services are dookie at best. His best bet would be to place an ad and hire a live in helper or at least a scheduled privately hired individual.
People who are paid to do a job by the patient do far better than those who can do a crap job and be paid reguardless. Sorry you're learning the hidden powers of being a hermit.;)
Molpet said:
:rant
I need to rant
I have an egg customer that I deliver to because he can't drive and would get a ride....showing up way late after he called on his way...lives 10 min away.
He has macular degeneration in one eye. He just got a blood clot in the other eye so is blind. :hit they gave him a shot that should help dissolve the blood clot in a couple of months. :barnie

He lives alone, in his 70's. needless to say he is depressed and somewhat suicidal. His son is next county over and works, has a family blah blah and can only help his dad on the weekends for a bit. His younger brother same deal. Senior services sent a 20yr old for 25 hrs a week, that doesn't show up and doesn't do want is asked. The 20yr old also is too interested in the pain medications. The church elders came by and said they would check on him every 3 DAYS:he mine you he is bashing into walls and gets lost in a small one story house.
So for some reason he has decided that I am the one to help him.:hit:hit:hit
I helped him over the phone with some dr things yesterday and brought over somethings today.. replaced the batteries in the remote. cooked him breakfast, went through a couple of weeks worth of mail, got the debit card and phone bill squared away. and after 2hrs I am exhausted... I am a hermit, :oops: he is a customer.. not sure why he picked me, but I hope someone else gets interested.
I said something about ast living, he said he would die first:th
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One of the things I liked to do when visiting my folks at the lake was to put a huge minnow (think small perch 3-4" long), on a rig I had for bottom fishing. I had a foot of steel cable with a super heavy weight, a tri-swivel with another 8" line for the hook and bait. The old guy across the way had an old deep sea rod and reel that we'd attach it to. Just let the line out til the weight hit the bottom. maybe bring it up a turn or so and then lock the rod into the rod holder. Most mornings I'd have fried catfish for breakfast. Mind you this was a very small lake...

One morning I came out to check the line and that rod was bent almost double. Dad and I went over and at least I was smart enough to bring the gaff Dad wrestled with that thing for must have been an hour to get it to the retaining wall. Once I got the gaff in, it took everything I had to bring it in. Once we got it on land, I picked it up and it was taller than me (I'm 6'3") and about 8" around. We didn't have a scale, but everyone in the trailer park got a 2 pound pack of catfish fillets that morning.

There was a damn in KY that couldn't open their doors, they sent divers down who immediately came back to the surface. The reason the hydraulic doors wouldn't open was catfish were sleeping up against them. Think haggis with explosives in the stomach. Dropped em in, waited and then detonated. They had lots of 5-10 sections of catfish float to the surface.
 
Molpet said:
:rant
I need to rant
I have an egg customer that I deliver to because he can't drive and would get a ride....showing up way late after he called on his way...lives 10 min away.
He has macular degeneration in one eye. He just got a blood clot in the other eye so is blind. :hit they gave him a shot that should help dissolve the blood clot in a couple of months. :barnie

He lives alone, in his 70's. needless to say he is depressed and somewhat suicidal. His son is next county over and works, has a family blah blah and can only help his dad on the weekends for a bit. His younger brother same deal. Senior services sent a 20yr old for 25 hrs a week, that doesn't show up and doesn't do want is asked. The 20yr old also is too interested in the pain medications. The church elders came by and said they would check on him every 3 DAYS:he mine you he is bashing into walls and gets lost in a small one story house.
So for some reason he has decided that I am the one to help him.:hit:hit:hit
I helped him over the phone with some dr things yesterday and brought over somethings today.. replaced the batteries in the remote. cooked him breakfast, went through a couple of weeks worth of mail, got the debit card and phone bill squared away. and after 2hrs I am exhausted... I am a hermit, :oops: he is a customer.. not sure why he picked me, but I hope someone else gets interested.
I said something about ast living, he said he would die first:th
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:hugs You are a very good person to do this for him!
 
rjohns39 said:
One of the things I liked to do when visiting my folks at the lake was to put a huge minnow (think small perch 3-4" long), on a rig I had for bottom fishing. I had a foot of steel cable with a super heavy weight, a tri-swivel with another 8" line for the hook and bait. The old guy across the way had an old deep sea rod and reel that we'd attach it to. Just let the line out til the weight hit the bottom. maybe bring it up a turn or so and then lock the rod into the rod holder. Most mornings I'd have fried catfish for breakfast. Mind you this was a very small lake...

One morning I came out to check the line and that rod was bent almost double. Dad and I went over and at least I was smart enough to bring the gaff Dad wrestled with that thing for must have been an hour to get it to the retaining wall. Once I got the gaff in, it took everything I had to bring it in. Once we got it on land, I picked it up and it was taller than me (I'm 6'3") and about 8" around. We didn't have a scale, but everyone in the trailer park got a 2 pound pack of catfish fillets that morning.

There was a damn in KY that couldn't open their doors, they sent divers down who immediately came back to the surface. The reason the hydraulic doors wouldn't open was catfish were sleeping up against them. Think haggis with explosives in the stomach. Dropped em in, waited and then detonated. They had lots of 5-10 sections of catfish float to the surface.
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A similar thing happened with Lake Shasta and sturgeon. They are huge now!

https://www.redding.com/story/news/...-8-foot-long-sturgeon-lake-shasta/1345479002/
 
Molpet said:
:rant
I need to rant
I have an egg customer that I deliver to because he can't drive and would get a ride....showing up way late after he called on his way...lives 10 min away.
He has macular degeneration in one eye. He just got a blood clot in the other eye so is blind. :hit they gave him a shot that should help dissolve the blood clot in a couple of months. :barnie

He lives alone, in his 70's. needless to say he is depressed and somewhat suicidal. His son is next county over and works, has a family blah blah and can only help his dad on the weekends for a bit. His younger brother same deal. Senior services sent a 20yr old for 25 hrs a week, that doesn't show up and doesn't do want is asked. The 20yr old also is too interested in the pain medications. The church elders came by and said they would check on him every 3 DAYS:he mine you he is bashing into walls and gets lost in a small one story house.
So for some reason he has decided that I am the one to help him.:hit:hit:hit
I helped him over the phone with some dr things yesterday and brought over somethings today.. replaced the batteries in the remote. cooked him breakfast, went through a couple of weeks worth of mail, got the debit card and phone bill squared away. and after 2hrs I am exhausted... I am a hermit, :oops: he is a customer.. not sure why he picked me, but I hope someone else gets interested.
I said something about ast living, he said he would die first:th
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Sorry don't have any good advice. He trusts you, sucks to be you. All I can suggest is be honest and open. That's what he expects.
 
Chickassan said:
This one I don't think is sick, just young and dosen't have fear yet. :)
I don't have a hav-a-hart trap anymore, it grew legs and walked away. :(
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Years back we had a skunk in the neighborhood that had reversed colors. It was all white with a black stripe. Still stinky though
 

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