Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts-see new thread

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 01-3-11
From: gnu
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 05:14 PM

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I was gettin anxious.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 01-3-11
From: Hawker
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 05:42 PM

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Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 01-3-11
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 06:00 PM

He must be getting better, did you hear what he did to those birds in Arkansas, and now an earthquake in Cumbria and Yorkshire, UK....?!

My tits are worried....

Thinking of you, dear.

XX

LTS

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 01-3-11
From: Bobert
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 06:15 PM

I'm checking this thread every chance I get and sounds like we had a "good report" day... More, por favor...

B~

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 01-3-11
From: Janie
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 06:26 PM

Yes!

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 01-3-11
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 07:19 PM

I hope when he gets home, he is allowed limited access to this thread...*grin*... reading it all at once would wear him out and put him back IN.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 01-3-11
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 08:00 PM

A joke I heard that I think Pat would enjoy.

Conversation between a husband and wife:-

H. Honey, if I died would you miss me?

W. Of course I would dear.

H. And would you mourn my passing?

W. You know I would.

H. And would you keep the house?

W. Yes dear, it's our home, and I would hate to leave it.

H. Would you ever re-marry?

W. In time I might, if the right man came along.

H. And would you bring him home to our house?

W. I suppose so. It would make sense.

H. And would you give him my car?

W. Maybe.

H. And would you give him my golf clubs?

W. No dear, I would not.

H. Why is that honey?

W. Because he's left handed!



A bloody good reason to live.
Don T.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 01-3-11
From: jacqui.c
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 08:33 PM

Good news!

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 01-3-11
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 08:36 PM

ditto, & less worry for Karen & family

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE 01-3-11
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 08:51 PM

They gutted him like a fish, shoved tubes and other things into intimate parts of his anatomy, and then cut his throat.

YAY! He's apparently getting better so he can get the hell out of a place like that!!! I mean, would YOU want to stick around that sort of place? If you would I can refer you to several bars in seedy parts of various towns....

Subject: UPDATE 01-3-11 #2
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 09:26 PM

Karen just called. She was with Pat who is alert and been breathing with the CPAP all day. Off sedation! Holding his own. She thinks we've turned a corner. He is really weak so she was trying to find a way to understand what he's trying to communicate. Paper and pen were too much, but she uses her phone notepad all the time which is what I suggested. I am sure they will figure something out and he will grow stronger.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 09:27 PM

Forgot she said to send you all their love. I told her they were getting all of ours, too.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: SINSULL
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 09:32 PM

If he wants to recover quickly, he really has to stop holding his own and use his energies for healing.

SOmeone had to say it.

I hate to think of Spaw so helpless and ill. Keep strong, Love. You too Karen
SINS

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Bobert
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 09:48 PM

Not to worry, Sins...

He's playin' possum which always means that there's a...

...Reg Boys story brewin'....

I can't wait...

B~

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 09:55 PM

More reading from "Moby-Dick":

...BOOK I (Folio), Chapter VI (Sulphur Bottom). - Another retiring gentleman, with brimstone in his belly, doubtless got by scraping along the Tartarian tiles in some of the profounder dives amongst the rivers of Ohio. He is seldom seen; at least I have never seen him except in the remoter southern seas, and then always at too great a distance to study his countenance, but he is often heard and his sulphurous emanations oft proclaim his nearness much to the disgust of all others. He is never chased; he would run away with rope-walks of line as he choked those trailing behind. Prodigies are told of him. Adieu, Sulphur Bottom! I can say nothing more that is true of ye, nor can the oldest Nantucketer or Ohioan.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Tinker
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 10:00 PM

Kat, I'm glad to hear the energy and light headed out from the 'Cat is beamin' it's way west and starting a bit of positive stir.....

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Jeri
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 10:11 PM

I think we'll at least get a "fun things to do at the hospital" story once he's back. I don't really care about the entertainment, though. I'm glad he's doing better. I'm glad for me and for his compadres here, for his friends , and his family there.

And kat, thanks again for the updates.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: KT
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 11:00 PM

Yahoo! C'mon, Spaw!

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 11:43 PM

Me, too, Jeri. I don't care if he ever posts another funny or not. I sure did like the cautious optimism I heard in Karen's voice tonight, talking about turning a corner.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 12:09 AM

continue the good news

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 12:32 AM

Hey Rapparee, my favorite novel you're quoting from there. I appreciate the Spawsian Deviations from the original text!

Thanks for being the liaison on this whole sickly Spaw deal, Kat. I for one can't wait for the full report from the horse's mouth, as it were. And I think that's coming soon.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: My guru always said
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 02:44 AM

Fantastic news! Keeping those positive thoughts coming for a good recovery!!!

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Janie
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 06:45 AM

Mornin' Pat and Karen.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: MMario
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 06:52 AM

Good News!

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: mouldy
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 07:15 AM

Woop! Woop!

Andrea x

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 09:31 AM

Farts don't fail him now!

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Lox
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 09:36 AM

"the full report from the horse's mouth"

or indeed from the other end of the horse ...

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Hollowfox
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:00 AM

Gawd, I love my cpap! It helps with breathing,humidifies the air, and the white noise from the motor calms down my cat. I hope yours does as well for you, Pat.
Karen, now that the boys are old enough to manage a bit on their own, get some rest, eh? I mean really, a job, two sons, a clean house (a lot better than mine, folks, I've seen it with my own eyes),various pets, and all this with Himself...you deserve a nap, and then some.
Connie, thanks for your help. I hope to meet you someday.
Damn, it's hard to type with tears of relief in my eyes.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Amos
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:25 AM

THe only reason he is holding his own is it is the most economic method with regard to energy expenditure...

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: maeve
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:27 AM

That's encouraging news!

Maeve

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: fat B****rd
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:58 AM

Good news, indeed, continuing best thoughts from Charlie in Dunfermline.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE bet
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 12:44 PM

WONDERFUL!

Dani

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Maryrrf
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 01:14 PM

Wonderful news!

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: ClaireBear
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 01:37 PM

A result like this is worth a whole New Year's Eve of the Dogwatch Nautical Band attempting (badly) to do Dylan: "How do you fee--eel?," "Oh-ho, we gonna fly down in the easy chair" (for some reason the boys fixated on that one), and "Take your shoes off, do not fear, bring that bottle over here" (I did my sexiest solo on that one).

We're pretty sure you could hear how bad we were all the way to Maine, so we were surely quite audible in Ohio. The morphine probably just made it a touch more tolerable. But we're done now, so you can let up on the pain meds...

Keep on keepin on, Spaw. So happy you're mending!

Claire

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: gnu
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 01:49 PM

Thank goodness!

Spaw... 2009 Chrysler 300 with all that fancy crap like a nav screen and voice recognition and so much of it that I'll never read the manualsss... I drove it two days ago in the daytime, parked it in the garage and shut the door, unlocked, when I got out. We had snow yesterday and the temp dropped to -10C last night. Today, it was locked and the key fob wouldn't open it. Valet key. Fob in the ignition and nada and I couldn't remove the fob. Boosted it. No problem. Checked the trunk to see if a thief had opened the trunk. Nope. The only thing I can think of it that the fob got "pressed" in my pocket in my house, the car started and when it shut off the climate control fan kept running or the park lights stayed on. Any thoughts?

Take yer time getting back to me as I understand you are busy with more important things.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 02:34 PM

It's a freaking Chrysler, gnu. Do you really need more information? ;>)

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: gnu
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 02:51 PM

Wel, LEJ, I knew many years ago that Chryslers (it`s Mum`s, BTW) had electrical quirks but I figured the Germans woulda sorted all that out.

I shall perform an experiment with the remote start tomorrow in case Spaw doesn`t get back on his feet in the next short while.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 03:04 PM

Speaking of, ClaireBear, check this out with The Byrds and Earl Scruggs!

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: gnu
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 03:06 PM

Thank you kat! That is a gem.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 03:11 PM

In case he starts texting, these "senior codes" may come in handy...


                        ATD: At The Doctor's

                        BTW: Bring The Wheelchair

                        BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth

                        CBM: Covered By Medicare

                        CUATSC: See You At The Senior Center

                        DWI: Driving While Incontinent

                        FWB: Friend With Beta Blockers

                        FWIW: Forgot Where I Was

                        FYI: Found Your Insulin

                        GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!

                        GHA: Got Heartburn Again

                        HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement

                        IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?

                        LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out

                        LOL: Living On Lipitor

                        LWO: Lawrence Welk's On

                        OMMR: On My Massage Recliner

                        OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas.

                        ROFL... CGU: Rolling On The Floor laughing... And Can't Get Up

                        TTYL: Talk To You Louder

                        WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?

                        WTFA: Wet The Furniture Again

                        WTP: Where's The Prunes?

                        WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 03:57 PM

Aha! He's on the mend? Excellent. This means I will yet get him to renounce the evil Cheech Wizard, confess his many sins, respect Dachshunds, worship Winona Ryder, and seek forgiveness for his uncountable rude acts! This is very good. ;-)

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: olddude
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 09:20 PM

LH
ahhhh don't count on it, his first words I think will be calling people needle Dick and I will be very happy to hear him say that to everyone again

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:21 PM

He's been sedated, medicated, confabulated, and excreted. I suspect it will pass like gas, but in the beginning you might find such exclamations as:

deedle nick
hit shed
doke-brick lamamucca
feet shucker
bit for shrains

and so on, and on, and on. On the other hand, "touch the brain, never the same" and he might become a pleasant, mild-speaking, polite, politician.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Janie
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 11:20 PM

Loved that video, Kat. Wonder what year it was?

c'mon, Spaw!

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 11:31 PM

After looking a little further, it looks as though it was from 1969, a very good year as I remember it!

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Amos
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 11:46 PM

Love that Scruggs smile, and thoze crazy hippy-commie-punk kids!! LOL!

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Janie
Date: 05 Jan 11 - 01:32 AM

Whoo yeh! Love that bass and banjo.

Time to rouse up Spaw. (well, maybe you oughter wait until a bit less early in the mornin'.)

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: jacqui.c
Date: 05 Jan 11 - 07:45 AM

Good news! Looking forward to having Spaw posting again.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 Jan 11 - 10:09 AM

...There seemed no sign of common bodily illness about him, nor of the recovery from any. He looked like a man cut away from the stake, when the fire has overrunningly wasted all the limbs without consuming them, or taking away one particle from their compacted aged robustness of posterior exhalation. His whole high, broad form, and most especially his head, seemed made of solid bronze, and shaped in an unalterable mould, like Cellini's cast Perseus. Threading its way out from among his grey hairs, and continuing right down one side of his tawny scorched face and neck, till it disappeared in his clothing, you saw a slender rod-like mark, lividly whitish. It resembled that perpendicular seam sometimes made in the straight, lofty trunk of a great tree, when the upper lightning
tearingly darts down it, and without wrenching a single twig, peels and grooves out the bark from top to bottom, ere running off into the soil, leaving the tree still greenly alive, but branded. Whether that mark was born with him, or whether it was the scar left by some desperate wound, no one could certainly say. By some tacit consent, throughout the voyage little or no allusion was made to it, especially by the mates. But once Tashtego's senior, an old Gay-Head Indian among the crew, superstitiously asserted that not till he was full forty years old did Ahab become that way branded, and then it came upon him, not in the fury of any mortal fray, but in an elemental strife at sea and, peering through the auger-holes in the wall of his shower-bath, it was determined to run completely down the front of his body, under the feet, and again up his back to meet as a circle does. Yet, this wild hint seemed inferentially negatived, by what a grey Manxman insinuated, an old sepulchral man, who, having never before sailed out of Nantucket, had never ere this laid eye upon wild Ahab, gave forth the opine that it was the track of a zipper. Nevertheless, the old sea-traditions, the immemorial credulities, popularly invested this old Manxman with preternatural powers of discernment. So that no white sailor seriously contradicted him when he said that if ever Captain Ahab should be tranquilly laid out - which might hardly come to pass, so he muttered - then, whoever should do that last office for the dead, would find a birth-mark on him from crown to sole and, pulling the tab of the opener, would allow him to again spring forth in life, as full and complete as before he went to sea.

Subject: RE: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts UPDATE better!
From: Bill D
Date: 05 Jan 11 - 10:15 AM

600?? wow