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indispensable
genkaku
Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
Wrote this on my blog this morning:
In Buddhism, there is reference to "the imponderables" -- topics on which students are advised not to dwell because they bear no fruit and detract from Buddhist practice.
But at a less august level, I think everyone has a laundry list of things that are indispensable in life ... things which, whether frivolous or serious, may seem quite serious indeed.
Two that occur to me this morning are:
Aloe
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Duct tape.
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Blood thinner and statins for the time being.
Vitamin C
fuzzy slippers
Patience
Loose change
I presume it's cleaned now...?
Gratitude
No kidding! I've been on Coumadin for years. Cannot stand the shit, but it's still......
Indespensible.
Patience! Yes, Fede! That's the Trick! Although I'm not sure I could stick with a blood-thinner program. How rude life is!
If you work in health care, those wonderful Nexcare waterproof bandaids (British "plasters") that stay on for about four hours of several hand-washings. Indispensable, too!
1-1=
Most of us who who are such regimines have to be. The alternatives (stroke, heart attack, death) aren't so appealing.
It's lot easier than it used to be, though.
Toilet paper and running water for me
You cannot beat a bum gun like they use in Asia.
@genkaku: may I safely ask you what makes duct tape indispensable without your replying that you can tell me but then you'll have to kill me?
I imagine all sort or gory scenarios already...
Anyway, without getting unnecessarily mushy and sentimental, it'll be green tea for me.
And "fuzzy" slippers, as @silver so sweetly described.
It's so cold up here!
A slight slope away from the house for waste water...no slope from the neighbors house toward mine.
Gorilla Tape.. Not duct tape. Duct tape has been supplanted @genkaku . Once you try Gorrilla you will not go back. It is much more expensive but is better in most ways. I am never without it.
Wait, that can't be right.
Shoes and knowing my daughter is safe
Having a good laugh at a funeral
(Remembering the good fun times)
Peanuts and Popcorn
The blue pill from the matrix
It would have to be electrical insulating tape for me. 101 uses for that.
wheels (my van)
my mechanics
There is no pill.
Vital! I had a friend with a garage and we used to do barter, he'd work on my van and I'd do bits of electrical work for him. Good arrangement!
I had a hairdresser friend with whom I had a similar arrangement - and then, blow me if we don't both do the dumb thing, and move region....! What a stupid decision THAT was!!
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That's terrible!
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If only ... my arrangement is they present the bill and I whip out my cash or credit card!
How damned unreasonable of them!! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Totally unreasonable!
My point - Why is it usually the men who make these barter type arrangements ... I don't have any special skills - at least not ones I'm willing to exchange. If one has a b/f who's a mechanic, a girl can get pretty spoiled.
I have mechanics now that I would trust with my life, practically, but that was far from the case a year or two ago.
Sorry if that was TMI, but I have to say.......it is getting interesting around here!
Ah, there are stories I could tell about my time in the building trade, but they are not for polite company.
define 'polite' company!!
Where one wouldn't dream of telling scurrilous tales about vulgar tradesmen....
Ah, the joys of PMs! :laugh:
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Notice: For cheap thrills...just use your imagination.