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Aristus

(69,853 posts)
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 09:07 PM Mar 14

Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.

Two shots to get the party started. Now a Tijuana Taxi. Tequila, lemon juice, orange juice, Cointreau, and simple syrup. Yummy! Very citrusy.

Looking forward to a relaxing weekend.

I love you all…

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Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything. (Original Post) Aristus Mar 14 OP
Have a wonderful night! biophile Mar 14 #1
Thank you! And you, too! Aristus Mar 14 #3
Is life really all about boundaries? as opposed to enmeshment? bucolic_frolic Mar 14 #2
The issue of boundaries seems pervasive simply because it addresses a problem that has always been there, Aristus Mar 14 #5
Have been looking forward to this tonight Grim Chieftain Mar 14 #4
I like Jameson's very much! Aristus Mar 14 #6
Cheers ! Grim Chieftain Mar 14 #7
Wait a minute - shots of vodka cilla4progress Mar 14 #8
... Aristus Mar 14 #9
I hope it is a great one for you! OldBaldy1701E Mar 14 #10
Bear with me for a few minutes. Aristus Mar 14 #11

bucolic_frolic

(50,158 posts)
2. Is life really all about boundaries? as opposed to enmeshment?
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 09:12 PM
Mar 14

I mean we all don't have boundary issues so severe that we think we can order people to like us - or else!

You can't order us to like your choice of drink, we can't insist you like our posts.

Where does this lead us? Achtung!!

Aristus

(69,853 posts)
5. The issue of boundaries seems pervasive simply because it addresses a problem that has always been there,
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 09:15 PM
Mar 14

but not everyone has felt comfortable talking about. If we can properly educate the people who need to understand the importance of boundaries, we will eventually move on to another problem that needs to be solved.

OldBaldy1701E

(7,800 posts)
10. I hope it is a great one for you!
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 09:38 PM
Mar 14

I am having some Carolan's and coffee. My real drinking days are over, since. my body just doesn't really like it that much anymore. No worries however, as I certainly drank my share (and a few other people's as well) back in the day. These days, it is pretty much cannabis. Which I am also enjoying.

I have been having some real struggles with the fact that said body is getting more and more unreliable and incapable of doing the things I used to do with relative ease. For example, we had to purchase a vehicle because the previous one decided to pick the worst time to die on us. We had installed a camera system in the old vehicle, and I wanted to install it in the new one. This required some contortion work, which I used to do without much fuss. However, this time, I am sore to the point of having to walk like an Egyptian two days later. I may have done something to my back because I had to lay over the door jamb to look under the dash to access the fuse box. This does not bode well for any future projects. Hell, most of the reason I am still around is because I am someone who tries to fix/repair/alter things myself instead of throwing money at them (mainly because I have none to throw). If I cannot even run a simple cable or fix a hole in the wall without wondering if I am going to code before I spend fifteen minutes on the project, I am beyond in trouble. So is my husband, as I am why we always have a running car and a solid place (as solid as I can get it anyway) to live.

So, to the question. What do you think is the best way to address the health issues mentioned (loss of ability to the point of being unable to care for oneself without help, of which there is none), other than the usual suggestions which are all out of my price range? Is there something to be done, other than resigning oneself to the fact that the time has come to find a hole in the ground somewhere because I can't even afford to be buried? I mean, I blew the 'ounce of prevention' part, and I am thinking that even the 'pound of cure' won't help me.

Aristus

(69,853 posts)
11. Bear with me for a few minutes.
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 09:48 PM
Mar 14

The most important step to take in solving our nation’s problems starts with election reform. If we don’t get money out of the electoral process, nothing else will matter.

If we can elect national leaders who support affordable health insurance, we can begin to solve the many problems facing our population.

I really shouldn’t be surprised that after fifty years of Reagan-Era anti-government propaganda, that we now have people in charge who insist that you have to earn your health care, and so on.

If everything is transactional, and you don’t have the scratch, these people think it’s perfectly acceptable to leave you to suffer. It’s monstrous, and they’re in charge for the next four years.

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