RE: [Paddlewise] RE; Winter in a time of Climate Change

My Dad got vascular dementia, at an age of
65 (probably began much earlier), and got 
worse and worse till he eventually died
in hospital, age 70. My mom was severely
mistreated by my dad, and the authorities
didn't do nothing, till he two days in a row
arrived at the hospital comatose, due to
a few mini-strokes. That they sent him
back the first day is beyond my comprehension,
but then he was back, 12 hours later the
cogs of the civilized society we live in
started to grind, if slowly.


Then the authorities help mum a lot, taking
care of dad in day-time, if not nights, helping
her cleaning the house, et cetera.

Eventually he got worse, and was packed into
a home, something he didn't mind at all!

But he ended up in a fight at the home, so
was sent to hospital for medication adjustment,
and pretty soon died of pneumonia there,
like most demented do, when they forget
how to eat! The hospital tried to save him, 
but he refused medication, or drip (he
just pulled them out), so slowly but surely
he dried to death!

Sic Transit Gloria, indeed!

Tord

PS We, the wife and I, had a quiet 
New Year's Eve, after some needed 
shopping. Around midnight it was 
like a major battle outside! Rockets 
everywhere, and a lot of flares!

No sign of economic problems there -
but it passed fairly quickly, around
1am all was dead quiet (which was unusual)! 

We ate well, drank some, argued about 
'The Kindly Ones', by Jonathan Littell, 
and watched 'Flushed Away' from DVD. It
looked much better on the Playstation 3
(this years present to ourselves),
than on the dedicated computer, that 
only handles cable TV and film 
(PS3 has probably a much
better processor, than our 
Linux tower, i guess).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carey Parks" 
To: "Tord S. Eriksson" 
Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] RE; Winter in a time of Climate Change
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:32:59 -0500


"The stove is HOT, don't touch it!"

"Really?"

"Yes, really!!! Don't touch it."

ssssttt. "OW! Waahhhhhh!!! I burned my fingers. Fix it!"

Some (many? most?) people have to experience things to believe them.
Sometimes this isn't so helpful. Well written Tord. I enjoyed that.

Happy New Year all, or whatever you celebrate about now. I'm going to go sit
in the new SOF greenland kayak and see if I can figure out how to get out
should I blow my roll, then go paddle some fiberglass in the mangroves. 

(snip)

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Addendum:

Mangroves, alligators, sand flies and mosquitoes, eh?!

One never knows ...

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