What'd you guys do to Languish?? :mad:
Missed you all... well, mostly. :hug:
Relax.
I'm among strangers. :cry:
Quote from: merithyn on April 29, 2009, 10:43:17 PM
I'm among strangers. :cry:
:lol: Yeah, we had a few name changers, there's a thread that says who is who.
Welcome back :hug:
Quote from: Monoriu on April 29, 2009, 10:46:49 PM
Welcome back :hug:
:hug:
I thought of you recently. A girl at work said, "Oh please! What difference does a dollar make? Give the guy the extra for his tip!" and I nearly saw you crawl into the fetal position and cry in the corner.
:D
Hope the boy is good, keep Max on a tighter leash now that he has the GC, lest he run. Oh and welcome back :hug:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 29, 2009, 10:45:11 PM
:lol: Yeah, we had a few name changers, there's a thread that says who is who.
Oy. You guys really did break Languish! <_<
Quote from: katmai on April 29, 2009, 10:50:32 PM
Hope the boy is good, keep Max on a tighter leash now that he has the GC, lest he run. Oh and welcome back :hug:
Thanks, Kat. :) You I truly did miss. :hug:
Jeremy is home. We're all a bit freaked out still, but getting through it. Max is staying right next to me - whether he likes it or not. :D
Quote from: merithyn on April 29, 2009, 10:52:01 PM
Quote from: katmai on April 29, 2009, 10:50:32 PM
Hope the boy is good, keep Max on a tighter leash now that he has the GC, lest he run. Oh and welcome back :hug:
Thanks, Kat. :) You I truly did miss. :hug:
Jeremy is home. We're all a bit freaked out still, but getting through it.
As i can only imagine, with the version he has does that mean the rest of kids need to be checked?
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Max is staying right next to me - whether he likes it or not. :D
:thumbsup:
Yeah, I've been bitching for weeks about the name changers.
I refuse to talk to them, unless they acknoledge clearly in their signatures what their previous name was.
I'm not gonna waste my few remaining braincells remembering who they were.
Quote from: Siege on April 29, 2009, 10:53:59 PM
Yeah, I've been bitching for weeks about the name changers.
I refuse to talk to them, unless they acknoledge clearly in their signatures what their previous name was.
I'm not gonna waste my few remaining braincells remembering who they were.
Who the fuck are you again?
Namechanger <_<
Quote from: katmai on April 29, 2009, 11:00:01 PM
Quote from: Siege on April 29, 2009, 10:53:59 PM
Yeah, I've been bitching for weeks about the name changers.
I refuse to talk to them, unless they acknoledge clearly in their signatures what their previous name was.
I'm not gonna waste my few remaining braincells remembering who they were.
Who the fuck are you again?
Namechanger <_<
Oh, come on, is not the same.
It is easy to see the Siege and Siegebreaker are the same name.
Even Jaron can understand that.
Quote from: katmai on April 29, 2009, 10:53:51 PM
As i can only imagine, with the version he has does that mean the rest of kids need to be checked?
It's not genetic. It's actually believed to be caused by a virus that jumpstarts the autoimmune system which then attacks the pancreas. There are usually clusters of new incidents, and there have been five or six new cases in the last couple of months around here.
He's been fighting the disease for months, but it wasn't until he totally crashed that it was found. He dropped 20 pounds in two weeks - going from 5'9" 118 pounds to 5'9" 95 pounds. Luckily, he's back up to a "healthy" 102, and still gaining.
Now we just take it day by day and do a whole lot of reading to make sure we're doing it right. It's scary, I can tell you. He's only 13, after all. That's a very long life sentence.
Quote from: Siege on April 29, 2009, 11:02:11 PM
Oh, come on, is not the same.
It is easy to see the Siege and Siegebreaker are the same name.
Even Jaron can understand that.
:lol:
Quote from: merithyn on April 29, 2009, 11:04:27 PM
Quote from: katmai on April 29, 2009, 10:53:51 PM
As i can only imagine, with the version he has does that mean the rest of kids need to be checked?
It's not genetic. It's actually believed to be caused by a virus that jumpstarts the autoimmune system which then attacks the pancreas. There are usually clusters of new incidents, and there have been five or six new cases in the last couple of months around here.
He's been fighting the disease for months, but it wasn't until he totally crashed that it was found. He dropped 20 pounds in two weeks - going from 5'9" 118 pounds to 5'9" 95 pounds. Luckily, he's back up to a "healthy" 102, and still gaining.
Now we just take it day by day and do a whole lot of reading to make sure we're doing it right. It's scary, I can tell you. He's only 13, after all. That's a very long life sentence.
I'm not sure what is going on but I wish you the best and all the luck in the world. :hug:
I wish you posted here more so Languish would be interesting again and not a total sausage fest.
Quote from: Korea on April 29, 2009, 11:18:59 PM
I wish you posted here more so Languish would be interesting again and not a total sausage fest.
I've talked to hunter you love the sausage fests!
:P
Quote from: katmai on April 29, 2009, 11:19:42 PM
Quote from: Korea on April 29, 2009, 11:18:59 PM
I wish you posted here more so Languish would be interesting again and not a total sausage fest.
I've talked to hunter you love the sausage fests!
:P
:lol:
Not the languish sausages though! :X
:P
Quote from: Korea on April 29, 2009, 11:18:59 PM
I'm not sure what is going on but I wish you the best and all the luck in the world. :hug:
I wish you posted here more so Languish would be interesting again and not a total sausage fest.
Korea! :hug:
Jeremy was diagnosed with Type I diabetes on Monday. It's the kind that can't be corrected with diet and exercise - he'll always be required to take four shots of insulin every day for the rest of his life.
And so long as you're here it can't possibly be a total sausage fest! Besides, I know Brazen is still around, and despite her monumentally large balls, she's got no sausage. :D
Quote from: merithyn on April 29, 2009, 11:30:40 PM
Quote from: Korea on April 29, 2009, 11:18:59 PM
I'm not sure what is going on but I wish you the best and all the luck in the world. :hug:
I wish you posted here more so Languish would be interesting again and not a total sausage fest.
Korea! :hug:
Jeremy was diagnosed with Type I diabetes on Monday. It's the kind that can't be corrected with diet and exercise - he'll always be required to take four shots of insulin every day for the rest of his life.
Oh no! :o I'm so sorry to hear that. That really blows man. Do you have diabetes? I thought that was genetic or something. :unsure:
Quote from: merithyn
And so long as you're here it can't possibly be a total sausage fest! Besides, I know Brazen is still around, and despite her monumentally large balls, she's got no sausage. :D
Alright, true enough! :lol:
Quote from: Korea on April 29, 2009, 11:38:21 PM
Oh no! :o I'm so sorry to hear that. That really blows man. Do you have diabetes? I thought that was genetic or something. :unsure:
That's Type II, the fixable kind.
Meri is back! :w00t:
Quote from: merithyn on April 29, 2009, 11:04:27 PM
It's not genetic. It's actually believed to be caused by a virus that jumpstarts the autoimmune system which then attacks the pancreas. There are usually clusters of new incidents, and there have been five or six new cases in the last couple of months around here.
He's been fighting the disease for months, but it wasn't until he totally crashed that it was found. He dropped 20 pounds in two weeks - going from 5'9" 118 pounds to 5'9" 95 pounds. Luckily, he's back up to a "healthy" 102, and still gaining.
It would have been more interesting if his weight had stayed the same but he had shrunk to 4'1".
Anyway, welcome back.
Welcome back meri :hug:
Sorry to hear about your lad's diabetes. At least it is treatable and things should be better now you know what it is.
Welcome back, merri. :)
It may be the optimist in me but I very much doubt it is going to be a life sentence for the kid. I'm convinced that my own illness (also autoimmune and chronic) will be neutered within at most 10 years. We'll just have to cope until then - and it gets surprisingly easy.
Quote from: merithyn on April 29, 2009, 11:04:27 PM
Quote from: katmai on April 29, 2009, 10:53:51 PM
As i can only imagine, with the version he has does that mean the rest of kids need to be checked?
It's not genetic. It's actually believed to be caused by a virus that jumpstarts the autoimmune system which then attacks the pancreas. There are usually clusters of new incidents, and there have been five or six new cases in the last couple of months around here.
He's been fighting the disease for months, but it wasn't until he totally crashed that it was found. He dropped 20 pounds in two weeks - going from 5'9" 118 pounds to 5'9" 95 pounds. Luckily, he's back up to a "healthy" 102, and still gaining.
Now we just take it day by day and do a whole lot of reading to make sure we're doing it right. It's scary, I can tell you. He's only 13, after all. That's a very long life sentence.
I'm sorry to hear that Merri. Good luck to him and your family. :)
Welcome back Meri, and good luck to all of you :hug:
L.
Meri! :hug:
Sorry to hear about Jeremy. Sure he'll be fine now it's been detected and is being managed :console:
Big Balls Brazen
Quote from: merithyn on April 29, 2009, 11:39:35 PM
Quote from: Korea on April 29, 2009, 11:38:21 PM
Oh no! :o I'm so sorry to hear that. That really blows man. Do you have diabetes? I thought that was genetic or something. :unsure:
That's Type II, the fixable kind.
Oh, damn. :(
Quote from: Iormlund on April 30, 2009, 01:40:14 AM
It may be the optimist in me but I very much doubt it is going to be a life sentence for the kid. I'm convinced that my own illness (also autoimmune and chronic) will be neutered within at most 10 years. We'll just have to cope until then - and it gets surprisingly easy.
Jeremy has said the same thing, and I hope that you're both right. It would be a godsend for the cure to come that quickly.
:hug: Welcome Meri.
Who The Fuck Are You? :hug:
wb :hug:
This is really Jaron, right?
Welcome back, Meri. Hope things turn out okay :)
Quote from: PDH on April 30, 2009, 10:31:02 AM
This is really Jaron, right?
:shifty: :whistle:
Good to have you back Meri.
I didn't know they'd clearly pinned down the cause of Type I at this point. That's actually a very good thing, finding the root cause is the first step to a cure. All the best to you and the kids. :)
:hug: WB Meri. glad to hear things are getting better. great to see you on "board" again.
Quote from: vinraith on April 30, 2009, 12:01:11 PM
I didn't know they'd clearly pinned down the cause of Type I at this point. That's actually a very good thing, finding the root cause is the first step to a cure. All the best to you and the kids. :)
Still conjecture, but that's the theory the doctors around here subscribe to due to the cluster of new incidences that seem to happen. From what I've read recently, the best chance at a cure for the moment is regrowing a pancreas with stem cells. Thank god Bush isn't in office anymore to put a stop to that. :rolleyes:
Thanks for the welcome back, guys. Believe it or not, I've actually missed you. :blink:
:wub:
Quote from: merithyn on April 30, 2009, 12:54:08 PM
Believe it or not, I've actually missed you. :blink:
:wub:
Clearly a sign of insanity.
Quote from: merithyn on April 30, 2009, 12:54:08 PM
Thanks for the welcome back, guys. Believe it or not, I've actually missed you. :blink:
:wub:
:rolleyes:
Quote from: garbon on April 30, 2009, 02:31:47 PM
Quote from: merithyn on April 30, 2009, 12:54:08 PM
Thanks for the welcome back, guys. Believe it or not, I've actually missed you. :blink:
:wub:
:rolleyes:
Yes, even you. :hug:
Quote from: merithyn on April 29, 2009, 11:39:35 PM
Quote from: Korea on April 29, 2009, 11:38:21 PM
Oh no! :o I'm so sorry to hear that. That really blows man. Do you have diabetes? I thought that was genetic or something. :unsure:
That's Type II, the fixable kind.
I'm pretty sure that's not right. Type I is the type to which you're genetically predisposed. Type I diabetes runs in one of the branches of my extended family.
Quote from: DGuller on April 30, 2009, 03:03:17 PM
Quote from: merithyn on April 29, 2009, 11:39:35 PM
Quote from: Korea on April 29, 2009, 11:38:21 PM
Oh no! :o I'm so sorry to hear that. That really blows man. Do you have diabetes? I thought that was genetic or something. :unsure:
That's Type II, the fixable kind.
I'm pretty sure that's not right. Type I is the type to which you're genetically predisposed. Type I diabetes runs in one of the branches of my extended family.
The cause is in dispute. Either way, genetic factors alone do not cause Type I diabetes. They did a study with identical twins where one twin had Type I diabetes. The other only had Type I about half the time.
Quote from: DGuller on April 30, 2009, 03:03:17 PM
I'm pretty sure that's not right. Type I is the type to which you're genetically predisposed. Type I diabetes runs in one of the branches of my extended family.
According to the American Diabetics Association, there is a genetic componant to both, but a much stronger one in Type II. Part of that is learning bad habits - which contributes to getting Type II but not Type I - and part of that is simple genetics.
http://www.diabetes.org/genetics.jsp
Quote from: Neil on April 30, 2009, 03:08:26 PM
The cause is in dispute. Either way, genetic factors alone do not cause Type I diabetes. They did a study with identical twins where one twin had Type I diabetes. The other only had Type I about half the time.
Hence "predisposed".
Quote from: Neil on April 30, 2009, 03:08:26 PM
The cause is in dispute. Either way, genetic factors alone do not cause Type I diabetes. They did a study with identical twins where one twin had Type I diabetes. The other only had Type I about half the time.
Right. Doctors think that Type I diabetes is similar to Autism in that there's a genetic pre-disposition for it, but there must be a trigger for it to kick in. No one knows the trigger - though Jeremy's doctors think it's a virus, as I said earlier - but there is no way to prevent it as yet. Type II, on the other hand, the trigger is typically poor health, which can be controlled with exercise and diet prior to actually getting the disease.
Quote from: DGuller on April 30, 2009, 03:13:36 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 30, 2009, 03:08:26 PM
The cause is in dispute. Either way, genetic factors alone do not cause Type I diabetes. They did a study with identical twins where one twin had Type I diabetes. The other only had Type I about half the time.
Hence "predisposed".
Indeed.
Your family is also predisposed to Slavitude. :(
:hug:
Now you must train him to pronounce it properly, Meri.
"die-uh-BEET-is". :smarty:
Quote from: merithyn on April 30, 2009, 08:15:26 AM
Quote from: Iormlund on April 30, 2009, 01:40:14 AM
It may be the optimist in me but I very much doubt it is going to be a life sentence for the kid. I'm convinced that my own illness (also autoimmune and chronic) will be neutered within at most 10 years. We'll just have to cope until then - and it gets surprisingly easy.
Jeremy has said the same thing, and I hope that you're both right. It would be a godsend for the cure to come that quickly.
So, how is the rest of your life going? Are you still working as a dispatcher? I miss your dispatching stories. How are the other kids?
Quote from: merithyn on April 30, 2009, 03:14:04 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 30, 2009, 03:08:26 PM
The cause is in dispute. Either way, genetic factors alone do not cause Type I diabetes. They did a study with identical twins where one twin had Type I diabetes. The other only had Type I about half the time.
Type II, on the other hand, the trigger is typically poor health, which can be controlled with exercise and diet prior to actually getting the disease.
high fructose corn syrup and bad carbs, also predictors for obesity.
cut out the soft drinks, junk food and play some sports.
Quote from: Caliga on May 01, 2009, 07:45:33 AM
:hug:
Now you must train him to pronounce it properly, Meri.
"die-uh-BEET-is". :smarty:
"I got the problem with The Sugar" as I heard it in Western PA...
"The sugar" is what the old folk called it in NE England when I was a kid.
Quote from: saskganesh on May 01, 2009, 10:09:09 AM
high fructose corn syrup and bad carbs, also predictors for obesity.
cut out the soft drinks, junk food and play some sports.
He's got Type I. :contract:
Though he's had to cut out the soft drinks and junk food now that he has it, they're not what caused his diabetes.
Quote from: Caliga on May 01, 2009, 07:45:33 AM
:hug:
Now you must train him to pronounce it properly, Meri.
"die-uh-BEET-is". :smarty:
:lol:
The kids have been making fun of Wilfurd Brimley forever for that commercial! They've been calling it that for years as a joke. :D
Remember, sobitiol and malitol may cause a laxative effect.
Quote from: Korea on May 01, 2009, 09:49:54 AM
So, how is the rest of your life going? Are you still working as a dispatcher? I miss your dispatching stories. How are the other kids?
Things are going well, thanks. I've been working as a secretary in a middle school for a year now, which has taught me how wonderful my own kids are compared to the asshole kids they could have been. In fact, the older two boys have even offered to go kick a few kids' butts for me because of how disrespectful they are. So far I've dissuaded them, but I don't know how long I can keep doing that when I personally want to beat them into a pulp.
Max got into the computer programming in engineering at the University of Illinois and will be starting there in the fall. Only two more years of school and then he's done. Then he can take over the work in the family and I can rest on my laurels. Or write another book. Or go back to school.
There is some pretty good news coming my way this summer though. A friend of mine that I've done some volunteer work with owns a business that she's looking to build up and is asking me to be her VP of Business Management. Basically, she hates managing people and likes how I do it, so she's going to hire me to run things for her. Since she's looking at about $2-3 million in sales per year, it will be a heck of a pay increase for me, and a nice shiny feather in my resume cap. And no middle schoolers.
The other kids are doing fine, I guess. They're all lazy gits who refuse to get their work in on time, and so aren't doing great in school. The eldest two have to repeat Geometry in summer school because they blew off the first three quarters and then couldn't figure out why things got so hard at the end. Riley is doing fine in school so long as she's asked 58 times every single night if she's done her homework.
So basically, life is typical. Over all, we're all happy-ish, healthy-ish, and content-ish.
How 'bout you? Surviving Hunter being in law school?
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2009, 05:56:40 PM
Remember, sobitiol and malitol may cause a laxative effect.
May? May? Worst 3 hours I ever spent, in class* after someone offered me sugar free candies....
*and by, "in class", I mean "in the bathroom every 5 minutes shitting my guts out."
Quote from: merithyn on May 01, 2009, 06:03:29 PM
Quote from: Korea on May 01, 2009, 09:49:54 AM
So, how is the rest of your life going? Are you still working as a dispatcher? I miss your dispatching stories. How are the other kids?
Things are going well, thanks. I've been working as a secretary in a middle school for a year now, which has taught me how wonderful my own kids are compared to the asshole kids they could have been. In fact, the older two boys have even offered to go kick a few kids' butts for me because of how disrespectful they are. So far I've dissuaded them, but I don't know how long I can keep doing that when I personally want to beat them into a pulp.
Max got into the computer programming in engineering at the University of Illinois and will be starting there in the fall. Only two more years of school and then he's done. Then he can take over the work in the family and I can rest on my laurels. Or write another book. Or go back to school.
There is some pretty good news coming my way this summer though. A friend of mine that I've done some volunteer work with owns a business that she's looking to build up and is asking me to be her VP of Business Management. Basically, she hates managing people and likes how I do it, so she's going to hire me to run things for her. Since she's looking at about $2-3 million in sales per year, it will be a heck of a pay increase for me, and a nice shiny feather in my resume cap. And no middle schoolers.
The other kids are doing fine, I guess. They're all lazy gits who refuse to get their work in on time, and so aren't doing great in school. The eldest two have to repeat Geometry in summer school because they blew off the first three quarters and then couldn't figure out why things got so hard at the end. Riley is doing fine in school so long as she's asked 58 times every single night if she's done her homework.
So basically, life is typical. Over all, we're all happy-ish, healthy-ish, and content-ish.
Yeah, kids suck. A lot. Sorry you've got to deal with a bunch of assholes. Hurrah for Max. Hopefully he'll be making the big bucks now.
What kind of business is your friend thinking of starting? Are you apprehensive at all that the business won't work?
Quote from: merithyn
How 'bout you? Surviving Hunter being in law school?
Lol, BARELY.
Quote from: merithyn on April 29, 2009, 10:43:17 PM
I'm among strangers. :cry:
it takes some getting used to. I'm still not 100% sure whom I'm talking too around here... and of course, half the smilies don't work :(
Quote from: viper37 on May 01, 2009, 10:25:50 PM
it takes some getting used to. I'm still not 100% sure whom I'm talking too around here... and of course, half the smilies don't work :(
:huh:
Do you not have the proper smiley settings turned on?
Quote from: ulmont on May 01, 2009, 09:26:52 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2009, 05:56:40 PM
Remember, sobitiol and malitol may cause a laxative effect.
May? May? Worst 3 hours I ever spent, in class* after someone offered me sugar free candies....
*and by, "in class", I mean "in the bathroom every 5 minutes shitting my guts out."
:D
oooo! Sugar free Reese cups!
Quote from: Korea on May 01, 2009, 09:57:46 PM
What kind of business is your friend thinking of starting? Are you apprehensive at all that the business won't work?
Not in the least, actually. She's had the business for four years now, steadily building it up on her own into a pretty good company. Now she has more orders than she can fill on her own - without doing any marketing at all - so she's going to expand to include about a dozen employees plus me. I'll be in charge of the others, as well as doing a lot of the marketing and PR stuff. She's really good at that as well, though, and we work very well together.
It's a toffee business, which typically does very well during recessions and depressions. People want/need comfort foods during times like that, and toffee is relatively inexpensive. Plus, her type of toffee is more gourmet, which means that it sells very well for gifts. She's expanding via e-mail, plus selling her stuff to restaurants for their dessert menus. (She already sells to the top restaurant in our area, and several others have asked her to supply them.)
Given that she's built the company up to where it is on her own in four short years, I'm not in the least concerned about her making this work. She's a talented business woman, her toffee is damn good, and the market around here at least is ready triple or quadruple if she could just supply them with enough. With some marketing and internet sales, we're easily looking at $5 million in sales within a few years based on market analysis, comparisons to a similar business, and her sales already. It's a good investment for me to join her now.
Quote from: Korea on May 01, 2009, 09:57:46 PM
Lol, BARELY.
I'm glad to hear that he's working hard at it, though, and that you two have managed to make things work for you. I can't wait to get the wedding invitation. :)
Quote from: merithyn on May 02, 2009, 09:37:31 AM
Quote from: Korea on May 01, 2009, 09:57:46 PM
What kind of business is your friend thinking of starting? Are you apprehensive at all that the business won't work?
Not in the least, actually. She's had the business for four years now, steadily building it up on her own into a pretty good company. Now she has more orders than she can fill on her own - without doing any marketing at all - so she's going to expand to include about a dozen employees plus me. I'll be in charge of the others, as well as doing a lot of the marketing and PR stuff. She's really good at that as well, though, and we work very well together.
It's a toffee business, which typically does very well during recessions and depressions. People want/need comfort foods during times like that, and toffee is relatively inexpensive. Plus, her type of toffee is more gourmet, which means that it sells very well for gifts. She's expanding via e-mail, plus selling her stuff to restaurants for their dessert menus. (She already sells to the top restaurant in our area, and several others have asked her to supply them.)
Given that she's built the company up to where it is on her own in four short years, I'm not in the least concerned about her making this work. She's a talented business woman, her toffee is damn good, and the market around here at least is ready triple or quadruple if she could just supply them with enough. With some marketing and internet sales, we're easily looking at $5 million in sales within a few years based on market analysis, comparisons to a similar business, and her sales already. It's a good investment for me to join her now.
Oh okay. That sounds pretty awesome then. I thought she was just starting a brand new business and I found that a bit worrisome. It'd be sweet to get in on that action and maybe start making a lot of money.
Quote from: Korea on May 01, 2009, 09:57:46 PM
Lol, BARELY.
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I'm glad to hear that he's working hard at it, though, and that you two have managed to make things work for you. I can't wait to get the wedding invitation. :)
I honestly don't think we'll be getting married any time soon or maybe not even at all. Not that we're breaking up but I want to have a wedding (not just sign some papers like he does :rolleyes:) and we have so much stuff going on I just don't know when we can fit that into our schedules.
Boy how funny it would be to have some Laguishites at our wedding! :lol: