Jim Rockford

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If you leave even a one car length gap between you and the car in front of you, even sitting in the right lane, some dickhole who needs to tailgate and cut everyone off will jump in front of you. They tailgate the guy in front of you and cut off the person in the next lane. These people are always driving some shite box with mismatched panels.

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This is why zipper merge is doomed to fail.

I fell asleep at 5 AM and was up before 8 AM if that's an answer for you.

I got a busted lip from my mom's flying elbow one time.

And Archie has held a grudge for 55 years.

Bull in the ring.. Form a circle, one guy in the middle. Coach calls somebody's number and they run at him full speed. Continue until the coach decides to put somebody else in the middle.

Board drills. Three point stance at each end of a 10 foot long 1x6 board and meet in the middle.

We used to run several 40s and a couple of 100s at the end of practice. We went on a snap count and if somebody jumped it didnt count. If we messed up enough we had to start over from the beginning. One day we ended up running 18 40s and 10 100s. No lights on the practice field and we ran the last ones in pitch dark.

Things to ask before you take this on:

Can you pick them up off the floor if they fall? Even if you're strong, a 100 lb little old lady is surprisingly heavy if she's dead weight and can't help you.

Are you ready for behavioral changes? Very common in dementia. Are you ready for them to accuse you of stealing from them? The scary hallucinations that make them violent? What are you going to do if they start wandering?

Are you willing to sacrifice your kids' college fund for your parents' care? That's a choice some people face. Would your parents want you to do that if they were in their right mind?

What's your backup plan if you need a break, or God forbid if you get sick? 24-7 caregiving is Hella stressful.

It's easy to say what you would do if you haven't walked in those shoes. I was in that club. The anxiety was constant. Every text or phone call you get you think it's an emergency. I spent many hours in hospital rooms and ERs. My sweet mother physically attacked me in the throes of one of her hallucinations. I watched both my parents take their last breath. Those scenes are permanently burned into my memory.

Ii'm glad I was able to do it, but I'm not patting myself on the back. I made plenty of mistakes and I still second guess myself about things I should have done differently. I've done some hard things in my life, but this was the hardest bar none. It took a toll on me. I won't judge someone who decides they arent up to it.

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My son told me he would take care of me in my old age until it was diaper changing time. Then it's off to the home.

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That's my hard limit. The day I can't tend to my own basic needs is the day it's time for .357 therapy.

Someone with a few cognitive or mobility issues is one thing. If they truly need full time care they're better off in a facility. Almost no one has the time, the skill or the money to care for someone at home long term.

We kept both my parents in their home as long as we could, but they were in a nursing home the last few months of their lives. We hated to do it but it was the only viable alternative. My dad actually came home after his first couple of months, but realized after a week he wasn't strong enough to stay, even with home health during the day and me staying with him at night.

Alfred Blue

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Lmao the fact that yall don’t understand why they do this is hilarious. Every time the band tries to play a song, no matter what the song is, the student section starts yelling neck. LSU and the sec get fined when you can clearly hear “suck that tiger dick bitch on tv” therefore lsu drowns it out with the BS piped in music. They also do this so all the older people and kids don’t complain about hearing that chant all game 

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That can easily be filtered out by the network.