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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Oct 29, 2021 16:05:07 GMT -5
My day was also very busy today. I walked down to the Hub and forgot my mask. I asked a Bus driver if it mattered and of course I get the driver who demands people wear a mask. So I walked back home to get my mask. Walked back to the Hud since I missed the Bus going to the Hub. Went to Walmart only to find out at the end of my shopping I forget my wallet. So I returned home on the next Bus. Good thing I carry my Bus pass separately. At home I grabbed my wallet so I could return to Walmart and pay for my few groceries. Nice that they saved then for me. When I got there I decided to get a 12 pack of beer and now I am enjoying that. LOL. What a day. Death oh death where is thy sting..... Sounds like you DESERVE that 12 pack PB. I did that no long ago. I had on old jeans I wear to work in the yard and shop. I had the truck keys in my pocket but my wallet was in another pair of jeans on the back of the bedroom door. Thank goodness our bank is in the same parking lot as the market. They know me well enough that they let me withdraw $100 from my savings without ID. Having to do all that on a bus makes for a very long and stressful afternoon. Sorry you had to go through all that. Shame that certain job related circumstances messed up my life and the consequences of that were included in that.
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Post by BHU on Oct 29, 2021 16:10:07 GMT -5
I think if I lived under those conditions I'd maybe find a part time job to supplement my income & find a better place to live. At my age and with a very bad lower back a part time job could only be something like sitting down like answering phone calls or something. Nothing worse then a bad back. Been there. Had a herniated disk about 20 years ago & was in constant pain for a good 5 months. I got thru it with 1000 milligrams of tylenol every day. But I was one of the lucky ones, I went to therapy, & it healed on it's own. Once in a while it torks but it's not bad. Hopefully, some day you can get out of that place & live in peace.
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Post by Clipper on Oct 30, 2021 8:24:30 GMT -5
I have my deepest sympathy for sure PB. I fell off a truck and shattered 4 lumbar vertebrae in 1996. Spent 3 months wearing a rigid fiberglass brace that went from my armpits to my hips. It left me with arthritis in my spine, bone spurs, and necessitated two fusion surgeries since then. I was still working at the time. I owned a carpet cleaning and floor maintenance company. When I couldn't do that anymore I shut it down and went to work driving a truck. The bad back finally drove me into retirement when I returned from 5 days on the road and had to call Kathy to bring a step ladder for me to get down out of the truck. I was barely able to get out of the seat and couldn't hang from the hand rail and step down the steps on the fuel tanks. Once you injure your back things are never the same. Over the years I have decided to work through the pain and continue to enjoy the activities that I love. In retirement I am free to sit down and rest my back whenever it starts to hurt. I stay very active and I think the staying active has made it better. I stay on the move most days. A hot shower, a couple of Tylenol and an occasional Flexiril at the end of some days is all that I need. My doctor says that keeping the back muscles strong is the secret to retaining my mobility. Keeping active with your daily routine trips, walking to and from the bus and around Walmart is probably all that keeps you walking and able to get around PB. It is hard to stay in physical shape when you live in a neighborhood where it is dangerous to simply walk the streets for exercise. I suppose it is a bit late in life for either of us to become the next shriveled but muscular Jack Lalanne look-alike.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Oct 30, 2021 10:41:14 GMT -5
Forgot to mention my rent is tied to income. That part time job income would be eaten up by at least 90% for rent.
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Post by Clipper on Oct 30, 2021 13:50:08 GMT -5
One of those cases where going to work would COST you money in the long run. Some government programs meant to help people are set up so that going to work not only negates your ability to receive the benefit, I have heard it said that it can sometimes end up costing you money out of your own pocket over and above what you lost by getting off the program.
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