One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

We deal with Union Bank. It happened once before so the bank won't recind their charges. I guess they want to make every penny they can.

The $260 did include a large penalty. It was my fault for not watching the bank account balance close enough. Too much stress in one month or lack of sleep...or both

[Daughter (imported)]

That's interesting to hear Daughter. I must admit that I've argued over bank charges a number of times (too many to admit to publicly!) and, on every single occasion, the bank has reimbursed me amazingly enough.

Mind you, this might be because I'm a persistently irritating person who rather enjoys playing the passive-aggressive routine with faceless institutions!

I don't do games. I want what I want and I want it done now. I do also slip with the occasional obscenity here and there... My sister has actually been banned from setting foot on bank property because she called the bank manager a C U Next Tuesday... and told her a man would do her job much better than she ever could - NOT a good way to get the charges reversed! LOL

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

For the last three years, sleep has been a luxury as opposed to a necessity. Last night at 1:00am, mom was finally sleep but I was too hyped, as usual, to relax for sleep. I took one of mom's Xanax in the hope of relaxing, It worked but too well

I slept like a log for 6 hours. When mom woke me up 7:00am demanding breakfast, I felt like a zombie, craving zzz's as opposed to blood. I drove the car to do two of her errands, fixed her two meals and returned home still half asleep. I ordered a sausage pizza for some badly needed energy and electrolytes.

I waiting for the energy to flow back into my body..."oh where oh where has my energy gone." I would have sang it but........IEunuch has banned my singing in the chatroom as noise pollution.

ON THE POSITIVE SIDE...my financial problems caused by my screwing up my checkbook are resolved thans to the intervention of a new friend.

[Daughter (imported)]

It's late. I'm half asleep. So in an episode of creative reading, I could have sworn you'd said "thanks to the invention of a new friend." Now rather than read it again right away, the first thought that came to mind was "Where does he get all the spare body parts??" Took me a minute, it did...

[dingbat (imported)]

It's late. I'm half asleep. So in an episode of creative reading, I could have sworn you'd said "thanks to the invention of a new friend." Now rather than read it again right away, the first thought that came to mind was "Where does he get all the spare body parts??" Took me a minute, it did...

Aww dammit Daughter! I was all ready to post a defence of Mac's singing abilities and then you had to go and put the idea of inventing a new friend into my mind. How does that song go? Your kneebone's connected to your thighbone ... um, can't remember the rest of it!

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

* do, re, me, fa, so la * unfortunately not quite in tune...I forgot whether it was Christina or IE who said I sang in the key of "Z" very minor.

[Patient (imported)]

Mac,

You're not very specific about where the leak is in your car. If it is a radiator hose the problem may be that cracks have formed, probably within two inches of either end. Most radiator hoses have enough slack that you can cut off the cracked part and reclamp the new end to the radiator. This "fix" may last as long as a year and will both keep your car running and postpone the financial pressure to replace the hose.

Best wishes.

.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

So far, the "stop-leak" solution I bought seems to be working plus I'm driving a lot less and I avoid the freeways.

[OneBallBoi (imported)]

Stop Leak does work. I have used many times in the past. I guess it really takes the can of stuff and a little faith and it works.

[Patient (imported)]

Stop Leak does work. . .Yes, it does, on pin holes. It is a special blessing if you have to deal with holes you can't see and you don't have a few hundred dollars for radiator repair or replacement, or the car isn't worth the cost of repair. The closest thing to a real disadvantage of Stop Leak is that it coats the whole interior of the cooling system, reducing the rate of heat transfer to and from the coolant fluid. But if you never take long trips in hot weather you will probably never notice that effect.

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[A-1 (imported)]

So far, the "stop-leak" solution I bought seems to be working plus I'm driving a lot less and I avoid the freeways.

Generally, most cooling systems have a 16 lbs test radiator cap. You best replace it with no more than 8 lbs or I think that you can get a 6 lbs test radiator cap. It will save a LOT of money in antifreeze dripping from pin-holes formed when the pressure gets too high for the old radiator tubes to handle.

Also, stay out of the mountains until you get a better radiator.

The copper tubes corrode after a time and the thin areas spring pin-hole leaks.

SO if you have one pin-hole, your radiator usually needs to be re-cored. That costs a lot IF you can find a radiator shop that will mess with you. Most make their living doing radiators for heavy equipment.

[kristoff]

Generally, most cooling systems have a 16 lbs test radiator cap. You best replace it with no more than 8 lbs or I think that you can get a 6 lbs test radiator cap. It will save a LOT of money in antifreeze dripping from pin-holes formed when the pressure gets too high for the old radiator tubes to handle.

Also, stay out of the mountains until you get a better radiator.

The copper tubes corrode after a time and the thin areas spring pin-hole leaks.

SO if you have one pin-hole, your radiator usually needs to be re-cored. That costs a lot IF you can find a radiator shop that will mess with you. Most make their living doing radiators for heavy equipment.

Most radiators nowadays are made with a large plastics content. They don't deteriorate as easily, but do crack at seams. Of course, keep in mind that anti-freeze is also rather corrosive, and if not changed and system occasionally flushed, can cause further problems...

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

Tonight I broke down and told my mother I have filed for conservatorship over her in the Superior Court of California and that the court date is this coming Monday, May 21, 2007, at 10:30am.

Needless to say, she was less than thrilled.

Now I have five more days to hear her complaints before the day of decision, one way or the other. On the other hand, she usually forgets things I tell her within 24-48 hours so it may not be as rough for me as I think. My fingers are crossed.

P.S. She was legally served with the paperwork two weeks ago but was so out of her head that day , she didn't even notice it.

P.P.S. And yes, I plan to keep her in her home for the duration of her life, come hell or highwater. The only difference being, if I can can secure a loan or a reverse mortgage, I'll hire somebody to stand in for me maybe three days a month, if only to prolong my sanity a wee bit longer.

Comments and criticisms to anything I've said above are welcomed and appreciated. Feel free to commit yourself...after all, who knows,. if I don't get some time off soon, I may be the one needing committment. heh heh

[Daughter (imported)]

You might be able to get the state to pay for a respit provider... I used to be a chef for a foster home with thirteen special needs children. Well, the state of Mn paid for so many days per year for respit care so the foster parents could escape the terror they'd signed up for... I wonder if Ca would have a similar program... Being that you cannot leave her alone and she needs 24 hour care..

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

So far, so good. She hasn't remembered anything

My fingers are still crossed

[A-1 (imported)]

MACKIE,

Watch the reverse mortgage stuff.

When she passes, you will have to start paying for the house so that they can recover what they paid out or you will have to move...

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

Does it matter that the house was paid for in 1975?

[A-1 (imported)]

Does it matter that the house was paid for in 1975?

No.

This is the way that a reverse mortgage works. You MUST own the home or have considerable equity in it that can be made into a 2nd mortgage.

The lender pays the owner monthly for the rest of the owners life. Upon the death of the owner, the lender possesses the house or recoups the money paid plus interest at the sale of the house.

You would end up either re-financing the house or moving out of it after Mom passes away.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I arrived in court one hour early. Judge told me, "since you want dementia powers, you mom will be assigned a court-appointed attorney. I go back to court on June 25, 10:30am. That's all folks

[Riverwind (imported)]

And look out, that new lawyer will have a question that will delay the court another month. This is how they make so much money, they must go back to court over and over to get everything right. But remember who pays.

River

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

When the New Revolution comes, you know, the one where the U.S. is governed by a Flaming Nun and a Dark Overlord, can we add lawyers to the list of those to be burned at the stake? Can we, can we...please

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

By and By...

My @*%$#@ radiator is still leaking like a seive. I've tried stop leak (three kinds) egg whites and pepper. Nothing works.

On the way to the courthouse yesterday I had to stop three times to let the engine cool off before I added one of the four gallon plastic bottles of water I brought along to try to refill it.

I think I'm lucky it was a cool, almost rainy day.

On June 1, after I give my soul (and $200) to Edison for back electricity bills, I'll take the car to a garage and pray it's only a hose

I'll let ya know.

I'm not saying life sucks, but at times I feel like that title of the old Erma Bombeck book..."If Life is Such a Bowl of Cherries, What I am I Doing in the Pits."

[JesusA]

When the New Revolution comes, you know, the one where the U.S. is governed by a Flaming Nun and a Dark Overlord, can we add lawyers to the list of those to be burned at the stake? Can we, can we...please

Dick the Butcher (in Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 2, Act IV, Scene II) had it exactly right when he said, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

Jesus

Is it just me or does the name "Dick the Butcher" sound like the perfect name for someone on the Eunuch Archive

[kristoff]

Jesus

Is it just me or does the name "Dick the Butcher" sound like the perfect name for someone on the Eunuch Archive

Nah. Try "Butcher the Dick..." But then I think I'd rather have a surgeon. 'Sides, with a butcher who knows which sausage would get stuffed.... (Oh, shut up, Sister... Go get another crocktail)