Nothing wrong with gathering one's food from the wild. 's been few times I've had to eat only that which I could find, catch or kill. Even now a lot of what I eat I kill first. Just last night I had sheep snags for tea, weaned the sheep, raised the sheep, killed the sheep, skinned the sheep, gutted the sheep, minced the sheep then stuffed it into sausage skin.
Of course there are some things I like to eat that I'd rather not have to kill first! Some womenthings should be eaten alive.
Just to prove you don't have to be uneducated to ask a silly question or make a silly statement. I had a patient admitted to my ward following "An overdose of ratsack" My question was "What is the normal dose of ratsack for a human?"
If the war lasted 112 years why did they call it the Hundred Years War? Why do they call a white horse a grey? Why is it that regardless of when a horse is born they all turn one on the same day?
For the same reason the user's manual for a chainsaw says "Do not use your hand to stop the chain!" 'cause people are stupid and sue others to prove that they are stupid legally.
Hiya Jason, Feel for ya mate. Have worked some with the mentally ill and could only imagine the problems of living with someone that has multiple mental illness (co-morbidity in medical jargon). It makes controlling their condition so much more difficult as drugs will interact differently. If she has had 40 ECT's in 3 years it must be pretty bad. All I can suggest is to keep up to date with what's happening and make sure your daughter grows up understanding the effect serious mental illness can have on a person and that it's not that her mother doesn't love even though she may never be able to show it in a way that your daughter can understand. Treatment's are improving all the time and one can but pray that one day they will be able to stabilise her condition. Not just for you and your daughter's sake but also for her own well being. I have just finished working on a High Dependency Locked Psychiatric Unit so I understand some of the stuff you must have gone through but then I was only there for 40 hours/week not 168 like you so I don't suffer the accumulative effects, plus I could change wards. I think you did quite well sticking it out for so long I know a lot sure as hell wouldn't.
My stated target age range is 35-45 but do state it's not fixed. Youngest has been 18 (same age as my daughter, that'd go down well, NOT!) but most in the 24-30 range (very flattering but I think not really). Only one older than stated at 46 but that's cool with me, none older than that though. Mid you I do think it is a little more socially acceptable for a bloke to be a bit older than a sheila but sometimes it can be taken to extremes.
p.s. I don't support the above view personally but it seems to be that way from my eyes.
Look on the bright side. There is always someone worse off. I've got a mate on a station up north and their local phone book only has three numbers. One of those is his and one is his parent's.
Who knows why some men want an Edgar Rice-Burroughs Heroines (incapable of any non-female activity except maybe twisting ankle at at importune moment) or why some women want a mummies boy (can't cook, can't launder can handle a broom a bit). Maybe it's a power thing or the only way they feel secure is to have someone dependent on them. I've raised two teenage girls on my own for the last 5+ years and as such am more than capable of looking after myself. They will tell you that I can fix ANYTHING and if I can't I can make it. If I match up with a woman who's handy with tools then cool, we can make stuff together. If not I'll do what's needed and she does what I can't. A partnership should be about complementation not competition.
Da da da da da da da da da boiling mud Dum dum dum Dum dum dum Dum dum dum boiling mud
God loves New Zealand he gave us boiling mud God's the full quid 'cause that isn't all he did God gave us sheep, 'cause you can't shear boiling mud
With a tiki tiki here and a hakka hakka there Here a tiki there a hakka every where a tiki hakka
God loves New Zealand he gave us boiling mud God's the full quid 'cause that isn't all he did God gave us snow, you can't ski down boiling mud
With a moo-cow moo-cow here We got cheese and butter there Here's some milk there's some cream Every where's some cow pats
God loves New Zealand he gave us boiling mud God had some fun but he's not the only one Piggy Muldoon he can bathe in nice warm mud
We've got 19 towns up north We've got 20 towns down south 19 here 20 there Everywhere it's 1920
God loves New Zealand he gave us boiling mud God's the full quid 'cause that isn't all he did God gave us rugby, you can't kick boiling mud God gave us cricket, you can't lose boiling mud God gave us Australia You can't live in boiling mud
(Reprise) God loves New Zealand he gave us boiling mud God's the full quid 'cause that isn't all he did God gave us rugby, you can't kick boiling mud God gave us cricket, you can't lose boiling mud God gave us Australia
You can't live in boiling mud Oh, boooiiiiling Muuuuuud
Question is Where do you go? Don't drink, Don't pub, Don't club what's left?
When I was working in a coastal town up north some of the nurses I worked with were always complaining that if you went to the pub all you met was drunks and derro's (and...........?), and that there were no decent single blokes in the town. I contradicted her, saying there were plenty but you wouldn't find them in the pub of a Friday night. When she asked where they were I asked if she liked fishing, she said she didn't mind it so I suggested she grab a line and a bit of bait and head down the jetty of an evening. 4 months later when she left town her fishing beau left with her. Last I heard (a few years back) they were still together and as tight as ever. I know where the decent single blokes go instead of the pub but where do the sheilas hang out?
Hi Phae It's tough when family have probs. Fortunately my girls seem to be going pretty straight and level but one of my brothers had a similar issue with grog and it wasn't until they admit to a problem that you can help with a problem.
A word of hope. A friend of mine had a similar situation with her son who was an absolute crack head as well as heroin and ice for about 10 years. I won't go into some of the stuff he put her through as I am sure you are familiar with them more intimately than I. He recently married and has been clean now for several years but she had to wash her hands after she had him arrested for breaking into her house and pinching most of her stuff and flogging it for dope money. She was there for him when it was needed but not until the time was genuine.
I would suggest you consider some support for yourself. I think Alanon works with family of addicts of drugs as well as grog, if not I'm sure they could put you onto who does.
As for Mr R. If he will be a friend through something like this then he truly may be Mr Right. If not, who really needs a fair weather friend?
There are three sorts of people out there.. Those that make things happen Those that things happen to Those that are confused and wonder "What the hell happened?"
Actually there are really only two types of people in the world.
Must admit I'm toying with the idea of masters then maybe PhD. There is a good chance I'll be offered honours which cuts down the amount of time required to do PhD by a few years. Great thing about Nursing is all higher degrees are fully funded so no bills or HECS. With a masters I could become a Nurse Practitioner very useful if going to remote areas. Either that or get a job on a cruise ship and see if I can pick up that wealthy widows that might be out there.
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RE: How to achieve a free and fair forum?
Maybe they're just not sure.