BS: stay out of trouble thread

Subject: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: keberoxu
Date: 18 Apr 25 - 04:58 PM

Fellow Mudcatters,
I used to have a thread called
stay afloat when others don't.
It lasted a number of years and got so big that it won't load any more.
So it is time to start a fresh thread.

I started the old thread for one reason, and continued for another.
The reason that I continued was because, honestly,
posting to that thread kept me out of trouble.
It kept me from messing up other threads and upsetting fellow members.
And this thread is intended for the same purpose.
So, I'm calling it what it is,
the stay out of trouble thread.

One of my fellow Mudcatters was right when they accused me of wanting attention,
of posting to other threads for that reason.
I've tried to behave better for some time since then,
and I don't know if I am making any progress.
I hope I have matured a little bit more since then.

In the meantime my struggles and foibles will end up here,
where they will help me stay out of trouble.

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: Helen
Date: 18 Apr 25 - 05:37 PM

keberoxu, I always kept up with your other thread and it helped me to feel hopeful and positive about life in general.

There have been a lot of supportive people in that thread so it has been genuinely a beautiful thread.

I look forward to how this thread will evolve.

And don't listen to the nay-sayers. Stay true to your own path.

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: keberoxu
Date: 18 Apr 25 - 06:39 PM

Helen, thank you so much.
I too have benefited greatly from others' contributions to the earlier thread.
Some of them, I miss -- where are you, Senoufou/Eliza??
Others are still very much with us.
All are welcome.

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: Mrrzy
Date: 19 Apr 25 - 11:28 AM

I was just about to (try to) post to the Keeping Afloat gem of a thread, because of not keeping afloat all that well lately, back on anxiolytics, great word, that...

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: Donuel
Date: 19 Apr 25 - 04:39 PM

Worrying or basing your realities on what other people claim to think is a fool's errand. Be yourself and be satisfied when you do.

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: keberoxu
Date: 20 Apr 25 - 11:16 AM

I'm a little bad-mooded today because last week,
I was unable to view my tax returns before
electronically signing and filing them
(a firm prepares the returns for me).
I trust the accounting firm.
They tried to give me access to the returns on file,
which were secure.
But when the authentication page came up, in order to
send a text code for authentication/verification,
they used my landline phone instead of my mobile phone,
so I couldn't get the code.

Ah, well. Things could always be worse. And it's a lovely Easter Sunday.
(If a bit chilly from the strong winds.)

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: Mrrzy
Date: 21 Apr 25 - 03:25 PM

The weather was gorgeous here too for zombie jesus day. Last year this got rained out...

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Apr 25 - 04:56 PM

Progress report:
the accounting firm came through for me.
I was able to use my flip phone
to receive a text code for authentication
so that I could view, and print out a hard copy of,
my two tax returns, federal and state.

Mrrzy, sorry to hear that you are back on meds,
obviously, "needs must."

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Apr 25 - 05:36 PM

I'm currently involved in the late US Congressman John Lewis' variety of "Good Trouble" - political action in response to the fool and his friends who run our government. The courts are going to have to insist that our right to free speech is etched in stone and isn't at the prerogative of the narcissist in the White House. We march, sometimes with very rude signs.

It's time consuming; four friends and I attended a march last Saturday, and remarked that we all had other things we'd prefer to do for several hours on a Saturday, but this needs to be done. And for an ultra-conservative county, the 3000+ in attendance astonished everyone, even the marchers!

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 Apr 25 - 04:07 PM

I just took a look at the "Give us a song there will ya" thread, upstairs in the music section.
I won't post to that thread, because what I have to say would be too much of a downer.
What I remember is that I was the only one in the family who had to make music at family gatherings, nobody else would do it. I felt like I was being put on display, and I didn't like it.
It would have been a far different experience to have felt included in a gathering where everyone had something to contribute, however modest.
I envy the people who have posted to that upstairs thread who recall gatherings where everyone sang, played, or danced.

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 Apr 25 - 03:39 PM

Where I am staying, we are at the bottom of a large hill.
At the top of the hill is a Catholic shrine to
Our Lady of the Divine Mercy (Saint Faustina).
This Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday
and there will be literally thousands of "pilgrims"
descending upon the town and ascending the hill,
many going up and down the hill in, literally, busloads.
There will be loudspeakers amplifying the songs and the homilies.
It's a crowd scene and
the trick is to avoid getting underfoot.
Big sigh of relief by Monday when they have all moved on.

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: Donuel
Date: 27 Apr 25 - 10:56 AM

The mutual contribution of folk music is one of the great differences between folk and show business.

Sometimes, you can do everything to stay out of trouble, to no avail.
Just because you hit it in the fairway doesn't mean you have stayed out of trouble.

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: keberoxu
Date: 30 Apr 25 - 06:08 PM

Just today I phoned in to a conference call about family finances.
Since my mother's death, I have had access to resources that I could not ask about before.
The finance specialist brought up some things that were done before he was hired,
and I was able to say, Yes, that was my uncle who made those decisions
and it caused us a lot of grief, in my generation.
Now my generation is the oldest, and we get to look back
and decide how to do things differently.
There is a freedom to this that I never anticipated,
I just expected to be limited for the rest of my life.
So the conference call was a good thing.

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: keberoxu
Date: 02 May 25 - 01:27 PM

For a change, something going into the apartment:
from a storage vault, I'm going to move in
three large cartons of books.
I must sort them before the move,
I know I will end up donating/getting-rid-of some of them.
The cartons will be delivered a week from today.

I will be close to where I have been staying,
and I will still be in treatment only on a "day treatment basis.
So I will be keeping appointments several days a week as before.
I'll just be commuting from one town over in order to do so.

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 May 25 - 01:07 PM

Good advice these days.

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: keberoxu
Date: 10 May 25 - 01:18 PM

Today I bought a twin-size bed frame;
I already have the mattress and box-spring set, just need the frame.
The bed frame will be delivered next month
to my new home in the retirement community.
It's made in America and of solid wood, so built to last.

Subject: RE: BS: stay out of trouble thread
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 May 25 - 02:46 PM

Once you have a bed, a chair, a table, a tea kettle and a cup for coffee or tea you have the basics to build from. It's moving along nicely!

This month I took some time off from my writing blogs and calling political representatives; the heightened attention to all of the 47 administration crimes was causing such a high level of stress that I feared I could bring on a recurrence of the polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) I suffered in 2015-2018. It is idiopathic, but was most likely caused by the incredible and non-stop stress at work (long story told short - horrible boss forcing out much of the older staff). I was on steroids for 18 months and made the choice to retire and step away, helping to keep it from recurring. Trump inspires the same kind of anger and worry and as important as fighting him is, my continued good health is more important. I'll pace myself, and hope my achy arms and legs are from all of the yard work this month.