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by brandtrn
06 Mar 2016, 09:38
Forum: Blogs
Topic: Anniversary trip...
Replies: 6
Views: 2091

Re: Anniversary trip...

Yes, pilvikki, mosquitoes and those nasty, biting black flies...during the time we're traveling there, they'll be most prevalent in that area, unfortunately. But the nice thing about the U.P. is that it's cool enough, even in summer, for long pants (and occasionally, even long sleeves) to be comfort...
by brandtrn
06 Mar 2016, 07:04
Forum: [ARCHIVE] BFC Discussions
Topic: The Beast Is US!
Replies: 1
Views: 997

The Beast Is US!

Another take on Trump supporters. WHY is it that so many of these redneck haters making the news these days hail from my adopted "home" state of Indiana?!?!? Yes, I KNOW that this state is just CRAWLING with low-life redneck trash like this...and since these haters don't have the good sens...
by brandtrn
05 Mar 2016, 08:02
Forum: Blogs
Topic: Anniversary trip...
Replies: 6
Views: 2091

Anniversary trip...

Making plans for our anniversary trip in June (18 years this year!). Normally, we spend that period of time (or a few weeks before) in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, the city in which we were married. This year, the Mad Russian has expressed the desire to view the upper peninsula of my home state which, unf...
by brandtrn
03 Mar 2016, 08:27
Forum: [ARCHIVE] BFC Discussions
Topic: GMO's And Cancer`
Replies: 3
Views: 1550

Re: GMO's And Cancer`

GMO's getting a "bad rap?" Yes, I have always thought so. ANY plant or animal hybrid is, by definition, a GMO. We've been eating these things for a long, long time. And yes, while many of us have health issues, the majority of us past the age of 50 have already lived many years longer than...
by brandtrn
03 Mar 2016, 08:23
Forum: [ARCHIVE] BFC Discussions
Topic: Titanic II
Replies: 39
Views: 6406

Re: Titanic II

Sail on Titanic II?? Not THIS superstitious nurse! As someone, though, who's spent many years reading about all things Titanic, I'll certainly monitor this maiden voyage...but from a distance, of course! :mrgreen:
by brandtrn
03 Mar 2016, 08:12
Forum: [ARCHIVE] BFC Discussions
Topic: Moving To Canada
Replies: 13
Views: 2963

Re: Moving To Canada

I suppose I'm fortunate. My husband, while having lived here in the US for nearly 25 years, has retained his Canadian citizenship (he's still immensely grateful to the nation which provided him with asylum from the Soviets and which ALSO provided him with a prosperous and happy life for more than 10...
by brandtrn
03 Mar 2016, 07:47
Forum: [ARCHIVE] BFC Discussions
Topic: Disturbing
Replies: 7
Views: 1807

Re: Disturbing

I haven't seen enough data to satisfy me (not yet, anyway!) that Zikia is a man-made disease. Perhaps it is. There is enough evidence out there to be disturbing to me, but I'm still reading articles on the issue. Suffice it to say that we've screwed up plenty in our world as it is, so if this IS, in...
by brandtrn
03 Mar 2016, 07:39
Forum: Blogs
Topic: Lydia!
Replies: 4
Views: 1672

Lydia!

Just a couple of photos of my granddaughter, Lydia, for your viewing pleasure :smile:

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Lydia, with her Mommy

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And with her Daddy on her four-month birthday last weekend
by brandtrn
03 Mar 2016, 07:04
Forum: Blogs
Topic: scareeee!
Replies: 21
Views: 4180

Re: scareeee!

I agree with tomsk. They ARE gorgeous children!
by brandtrn
13 Feb 2016, 00:08
Forum: Blogs
Topic: On heated car seats and husbands messing with the effing car...
Replies: 7
Views: 2152

Re: On heated car seats and husbands messing with the effing car...

I LOVE this idea!! Will have to try it the next time he messes with my s**t :lol:
by brandtrn
12 Feb 2016, 23:43
Forum: [ARCHIVE] BFC Discussions
Topic: E-books...
Replies: 13
Views: 2631

E-books...

Looks like I WILL survive the death of Oyster, after all. It appears that Amazon now has a similar service, called Kindle Unlimited (happily, it, too, is compatible with my iPad), which will allow me to read an unlimited number of e-books for the same monthly price I was paying at Oyster. The same, ...
by brandtrn
12 Feb 2016, 17:23
Forum: Blogs
Topic: On heated car seats and husbands messing with the effing car...
Replies: 7
Views: 2152

On heated car seats and husbands messing with the effing car...

Okay, I'll admit it...I was bitching like a madwoman when the husband was determined that I should trade in my *very* gently used (2008 Scion XB) car with just barely over 40K miles on it for a newer, much fancier car. WTF? As I've said previously, all I care about is dependable transportation to ge...
by brandtrn
04 Feb 2016, 10:36
Forum: Blogs
Topic: Bratty little bitches!!
Replies: 13
Views: 2940

Re: Bratty little bitches!!

THAT is more true that you'll ever know, pilvikki. I STILL fume, all these years later, over a situation which I ran into when having to "float" to a medical unit in a hospital many years ago (at the time, I was working critical care). A patient I was caring for had been admitted with &quo...
by brandtrn
02 Feb 2016, 16:47
Forum: Blogs
Topic: Chris Christie doesn't give a rat's ass about the elderly population in NJ!
Replies: 2
Views: 1202

Chris Christie doesn't give a rat's ass about the elderly population in NJ!

http://www.smysofficial.com/nursing/dear-citizens-of-new-jersey-nurses-care-about-you-so-listen-to-this-please/ Unfortunately, the same kind of crap is allowed to happen right here in Indiana -- which is just one more reason why I fled from the LTC environment, as much as I loved working with that ...
by brandtrn
30 Jan 2016, 19:01
Forum: [ARCHIVE] BFC Discussions
Topic: TRUMP!
Replies: 77
Views: 12016

Re: TRUMP!

Would I trust a cannabis smoker to drive my grandchildren to school? As long as the person was NOT under the influence (i.e., "stoned") at the time, sure, why not?? There are already laws in my state (and in all other states in the US, I'm certain) against operating a motor vehicle while i...
by brandtrn
30 Jan 2016, 05:37
Forum: [ARCHIVE] BFC Discussions
Topic: TRUMP!
Replies: 77
Views: 12016

Re: TRUMP!

Fear of the government is NOT "irrational," Icey. Here in the USA, police officers murder people in their homes or on the streets and are NOT held accountable for their actions. The Patriot Act, the "no-fly" lists, the border checkpoints and other rules put in place for the purpo...
by brandtrn
28 Jan 2016, 19:29
Forum: Blogs
Topic: Bratty little bitches!!
Replies: 13
Views: 2940

Re: Bratty little bitches!!

I hope so, Icey. I still have all kinds of gratitude and warm feelings for one of my first instructors in nursing clinicals (I'll call her "Janie," even though that's not her "real" name). Anyway, Janie was one tough old bird...tough, but also fair. She was my "role model&qu...
by brandtrn
28 Jan 2016, 18:49
Forum: [ARCHIVE] BFC Discussions
Topic: TRUMP!
Replies: 77
Views: 12016

Re: TRUMP!

I'm still completely clueless as to how some folks think that Obama is a Muslim. Don't get me wrong...I DESPISE this man! Still, he shaves, he eats bacon, and he drinks beer. If, in fact, he IS a Muslim, he must be the worst. Muslim. ever.!!! Just my humble opinion, for what little it's worth...
by brandtrn
28 Jan 2016, 18:41
Forum: Blogs
Topic: Bratty little bitches!!
Replies: 13
Views: 2940

Re: Bratty little bitches!!

Pilvikki, you may be certain that I have a lecture planned, to take place during my next "post-clinical" rotation, to point out ALL of these things to my students...not only the evils of "dumping" upon one's aide staff and the tendency for nurses to try to "blame" their...
by brandtrn
28 Jan 2016, 18:12
Forum: [ARCHIVE] BFC Discussions
Topic: The Theory of Conspiracies
Replies: 4
Views: 1285

Re: The Theory of Conspiracies

Gotta love those "conspiracy theorists"...I'm married to one (but he HAS a halfway "legitimate" excuse -- he was born and raised in the old Soviet Union and became used to having friends disappearing after knocks on their doors in the middle of the night. Still, he amazes me with...