h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I hate it! I hate IT! can't stand IT either!

Canned apes??? Eeek, that sounds a bit cruel!

Ah well, whatever.They have free music in the streets here on Thursdays in the summer, so i toddled along, with me sketchpad, my original idea was make sketches of interesting looking folks & try & flog the buggers a picture. However the jerky little young creepy waiter came & snarled at me, oredered me to move on (obviously realising i couldn't buy a drink.)

You would think somebody who is quite clearly type in a town that prides itself on art stuff would actually be a tourist attraction & traditionally they are poor, live in garrets, haunt bars & flog stuff to people in return for a drink.

So i found a nice gentle Rasta man, as one does & said "do you mind if i sit with you?"; we got chatting, his girlfriend is English! He bought me a beer so the snotty bleeding waiter couldn't do a thing

Then when the band took a break i offered to sell their CD's for them; i am famous for doing this. So got free CD & 5 euros, a night out, music & some company. But am knackered as hell & can't do this every night. But it gets me through tomorrow & i haven't had to beg. It's bloody exhausting living hand to mouth though.

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Penguins are a last resort, i know they "have a duty" but honestly think there are much more deserving causes than me. I will think about stuff more tomorrow, for now i am just exhausted. It's a large square & lots of people to try & flog CD's to. I have enough now to get through tomorrow. How do people cope who aren't as *dunno* brave, outgoing, enterprising as me manage? It takes guts to flog CD's passing table to table, not everybody could do this.

zdt

>>Canned apes??? Eeek, that sounds a bit cruel!<<

Sounds infinately preferable to the option of cans o' pee!


If you want cruelty, I suppose we could always fry up some horses doovers as an alternitive

Gawd, they actually do that in France! i was working on an organic farm not far from here, the poor horse needed "doing". The chap (not a vet just the local horse de-baller) arrived at midnight, extremely & said "righto, let's get the big daft sod down on the ground, i will stab with stuff, you woman, yes, you, catch him when he falls over, don't let him bang his head"

Er...right. This creature is twice the height of me & we are doing this by torchlight. He went down with a squeal & a hell of a thump. Then Monsieur merrily chops the nuts off, stabs the poor beast with antidote & announces "i am off to fry these up, lovely with garlic, it's traditional. You stay here & help the bugger back up, he is going to be annoyed when he comes round"

zdt

................ouch? *winces*

Sounds barbaric!

In Eire we just used to "squeeze" bullucks with what appeared to be a very large set of nutcrackers. Honestly!

...but then I was in the early stages of pregancy when I assisted with that, and feeling all the attendant joys of morning sickness, etc, so I couldn't find it in me to wince *too hard.

Can we please not talk about nuts and nut crackers etc?

I did not know hypermobility and dyslexia were connected to fibromyalgia.

They have decided Fibromyalgia is an autoimmune disease here.
That explains the Rhuematoid and arthritis illness that often are diagnosed later.

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I do not have classic dyslexia.
They did not diagnose learning problems when I was in school.

It sort of fits me and twinny.
It is also something *we call body dyslexia(unofficial name).

I did yoga easily in my young years but it may have not been the best idea. No doubt due to hypermobility. IF I had known my family history or had a diagnosis I would not have taken yoga so far!Or been so willing to use it for simple entertainment.

I have one comment that covers crippling illness somewhat:-
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

*joins for a moment*
Yes aaaaaarrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhh!


Sometimes I say the F word but uck.
Cluck like a chicken until I laugh
Try it!

Always looking for new ways to destress or enteratin myself

Evening Abbi

Can I be of some assitance, atall?

I too feel like going Arrrggghh, with a side helping of Ow and wincing on the side, today. I ache like hell, and I've just heard from the DLA.... the appeal procedure is *still* going thru the motions, after nearly a year

I 'm really *really regretting this surprise op I had on Monday/Tuesday,

(like I had a choice in the matter!)

as the District Nurse comes in once daily to change the blasted dressings, and it takes longer to get me into position (and then ... ... unhook me back into a semblence of "upright") than it does to do the job she's come to do, pass lass

Laugh?

Well, you've got to really

You'd weep, otherwise!

In a word.... cl uck

Cl uck

Cl uck cl uckety clunk

Hey what is up with surprise ops?
That is the way mine happened 2 weeks ago

Cluck, cluck,
cluuuuuuuck!
cluuuuck, cluuuck, cluck!!

I'll e mail you about it - just as long as you arn't too squeamish - is that OK?

I don't mind clucking on a public forum... but I *would like to present at least a small amout of dignity to the outside world..... bad enough that I admit to bearing my backside to some Pain Consultant at least twice yearly


Here... have a

That sounds like a real bummer....



zdt

Ok so i've decided "How to deal with a crippling illness" its simple really

Just give it to someone else

Any one fancy it??

There seems to be a startling silence..... i know, let's auction them on Ebay! i haven't a clue how Ebay works, but if they can flog a piece of toast with supposedly Jesus image on for thousands; i reckon between us we could have a go at this.... who's up for having a go?!!! i don't mind being first if someone else does the techie stuff.

zdt

which is it....... Crippling illness or bo$$ocks?? or both or does the Bo$$ocks have the face of Jesus tattooed on them......

We auction off our crippling illnesses on Ebay, never mind the socks, these people can bid for a genuine disability!

zdt