Fibromyalgia Support Group
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I'm up at oh-crap-early. It allegedly snowed. All it did was cause ache with a dusting of white fluff. Eh. I am unimpressed. And very tired. I'll nap later. I hope.
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Adventures in Cat Wrangling yesterday: LilMiss has realized I own cat toys. these are new and baffling to her. She is a cat who preys, not plays. Fortunately, "string under a rug" works wonders to fascinate her. Lowers my BP about ten points,t oo. We've a bamboo mat/area rug, and I brought out the old long long shoelace, tied a tiny knot in one end, hid most of it under the mat, and dragged it a tiny bit at a time. Instant LilMiss joy! She's a good hunter --- as we know from the "gifts" she leaves us --- but she seemed to enjoy the idea of hunting without freezing her tail off. Yes, she just walks into my house every day now. WHatever. I'm too tired to argue. Or chase. Or whatever.
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The paper punchboard was patented today in 1905.
What the hell i s a punchboard?
Originally, it was of wood, with holes drilled in it, and each hole held a slip of paper or token that denoted you'd "won" something. The punchboard was a feature at many taverns, and you paid for your chance at it, and you might get a jokey "loser" bit or a free pint of booze or even a bit of cash. It was inexpensive, and popular, until of course people figured out the bar owners weren't letting anyone win the big stuff, and it was cumbersome, and cheating was too easy, and people stopped gambling by betting on their chance at te punchboard.
Then, in the late 1800s, people got the idea to use paper on both sides of the punchboard. This kept the operator "honest", inasmuch such a thing is possible, and you'd pay five cents, take a metal stylus and punch the hole and get your prize (or lack thereof). Basically, it's teh ancestor of the modern scratch-off lottery ticket, and the tickets are more honest, as they've got serial numbers tracking them. Punchboards --- whether in an old drugstore or whatever c. 1900-1950 -- could be more easily tainted without the customer knowing it. In fact, punchboards were used to advertise everything from beer to cigarette lighters in the Depression era, and somet punchboards put out by companies as ads? Held an actual *item* inside. Worth a penny to try, right?
Fans of the TV show "The Price is right" will reocgnize this from the feature "Punch a Bunch". I had to find a pop culture example of this darn thing. Seriously. A punchboard... Wow.
OK, and in other news for this date, the Pro Golfers Association was born, so happy golfing to our resident golf fans!
In 1995, the Kobe, Japan, earthquake hit 7.2 on the Richter scale, killing about 6,000 --- exactly one year after the Northridge, California, US earthquake killed about 60-plus, with a magnitude in the 6.7 range, and causing $2B in damages. To the day. Yeesh.
And in 1945, Warsaw was liberated from Nazis by Soviets. Yeah. Frying pans and fires, y'know?
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Blessed day to all.:-)
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Welcome to the Perseid meteor showers, the "biggies" usually every year. (The Leonids beat 'em one year IMHO).AND today much of the northern hemisphere will see 5 to 99% solar eclipse. How cool is that? Your best bet is to be in the UK or norhtern Spain, where totality is excellent before sundown. Me, I'll get a super duper tiny itty bitty slice of it, so little that it won't be noticeable. New...
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I'nm exhausted. This doxycycline thing has ripped me apart and I'm eating crackers and water. I can't take (anything) or eat (anything) except saltines and toast and maybe unbuttered watery mashed potatoes. Are we sure the cure isn't worse than the possible disease?!?!And a week to go. ***Fun cures that WERE worse than the disease:ARsenic. Popular against STDs, which just compounded misery...
Exactly, Twins! Your nurse is like that? What do you do? How do you get around her? The VA has me go through her for everything. She took my vitals and told me I was fine, so my ribs were fine. Even though my O2 sat was a bit low. At least it confirmed my story that I struggle to take deep breaths due to pain. I'm glad she got me an appt to see my doc Friday, because I swear, if she would have brushed me off again, there would have been hell to pay.