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On Mon, 22 Apr 2024, oldernow wrote:
> On 2024-04-22, D wrote:
>
>>> My 86-year-old dad will be visiting with us from Sunday
>>> through Friday, which will likely impact the amount of
>>> time/focus I'll have for posting here. Just note that
>>> if/when I'm unusually silent, it's *that*, and not
>>> *you*....
>>
>> No worries, that's just life getting in the way of
>> important things like alt.philosophy! ;) Enjoy the company!
>
> So far, so good. Well, I think the drive to fetch him
> combined with drinking less water than usual impacted
> (that's a slight joke given what's coming) "backside
> operations" a bit.
>
> (New take on a Stones lyric: "You can't.. always shat..
> when you want....")
>
> Compounding that interest, it's a day after my final
> day of several days of prednisone regimen to address a
> respiratory situation that wasn't going away on its own,
> and it made me feel so much better overall that this first
> day without has "hangover" overtones by comparison.
Great to hear that you are feeling better!
> Dad and I watched "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
> together yesterday afternoon. I'd not seen it in a couple
> decades, despite owning the DVD (remember those?).
>
> After my wife's glorious dinner, I then had him watch some
> Scott Adams, which he enjoyed, and then my favorite movie,
> "The Family Man" (Nicolas Cage). I've seen it many dozens
> of times, and yet it still hits me deeply in both the
> laughs and tears departments. I've not yet figured
> out why.
The cuckoos nest is great! And I think it is also a movie that doesn't
disappoint even if you read the book first.
As for scott adams, what did you watch?
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* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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