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The Daily Chit-Chat [2008]

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Oni Raichu said:
I don't snowboard, I skii. Snowboarders are so arrogant, they just drop like flies on the slopes and don't bother moving out of the way.

That's quite possibly the most judgemental post I've ever made on PC.
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I call exception to this description. I may be a snowboarder, but I am polite on the slopes.

that being said I love snowboarding, I just don't get to do it that often
 
I would love to go snowboarding or skiing. I can't do either so would have to learn first.
 
The last time I tried skiing, I nearly fell off the mountain ;-;
Im so uncoordinated >.>
 
I love snow. But as for snowboarding or skiing... never been. For that to happen I have to go somewhere up north with a lot of snow. And flying up there would cost a good bit... a bit that I don't have. XD
 
We almost never get snow, but the few times we do I like it <3 The most snow I've ever been in at once was about two feet; which was when we were visiting some family friends in the Austrian Alps. We took a cable car up some mountain covered in snow, where I proceeded to loose my shoe and spend the rest of the day with a cold foot XD
 
We get snow every now and then, it's always pretty fun for me. The first time I saw snow was as a baby, but I can't really remember any of that because...I was a baby, it was such a long time ago. I didn't see snow again until I was around 15 or 16 years old, ended up getting sick because of it. XD;
 
The most snow I've seen was when I was 4. We had a blizzard and we got about 3 or 4 feet of snow. Now that was awesome... sadly don't really remember it (I remember some bits here and there about it).

I wish we'd get some snow, I love snow. ;.;
 
Arcanine said:
The most snow I've seen was when I was 4. We had a blizzard and we got about 3 or 4 feet of snow. Now that was awesome... sadly don't really remember it (I remember some bits here and there about it).
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The joys of growing old, one day you won't even be able to remember posting here. Makes you feel great, doesn't it? XD
 
Alzheimer's is no picnic I'll tell you that. It stinks to high atmosphere. not being able to remember where the bathroom in your on house is is horrible.
 
Acrutheo said:
Unless you get Alzheimer's. Imagine that. :s Not being able to remember so many things.
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I don't have to imagine it, I know how hard it can be for someone that has Alzheimer's. My grandfather had Alzheimer's and it was bad (very very bad). I do believe that Alzheimer's is worse then cancer (I really do). With cancer if found out early it can be treated and such. With Alzheimer's the person slowly dies (he died from Alzheimer's, he didn't want to eat and everything just started shutting down) and slowly forgets everything (not just "somethings" but everything from every person he knew, to knowing how to talk, and eat and such). It's very hard on the person, but for the loved ones around... it's also very hard (seeing someone they love forget them and slowly "fade" away), they got to take care of them, feed them, and so on and so on.
My heart goes out to anyone that has Alzheimer's and to the family of ones who has Alzheimer's. I know first hand that it's not fun at all, something no one should joke about (it's a very very bad disease).
 
I wasn't joking around in my last post. my grandfather is currently in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's, He can still remember people, but he does have the problems of forgetting how to drive, what he goes to the store for, sometimes his medications. It is really hard on him, but I think it's actually just as hard, if not harder, on those around the person.
 
I wasn't saying anyone here was joking about it. I mean there's people out there who joke about diseases and say stuff like "OMG I've got cancer, now I don't have to get a haircut anymore!" (when they don't really have cancer) and stuff like that.

And my heart goes out to you Gerri, it's going to be hard on you and your family (and I'm sorry to say it's going to get far worse).
And it might just be harder on the ones around the ones with Alzheimer's. My grandfather was the one who had it, but we were the ones who had to live with it (seeing how he didn't know he had it, but we still had to take care of him, so we had to live with it. I don't know if that sounds right to all of you or not).
 
Arcanine said:
I don't have to imagine it, I know how hard it can be for someone that has Alzheimer's. My grandfather had Alzheimer's and it was bad (very very bad). I do believe that Alzheimer's is worse then cancer (I really do). With cancer if found out early it can be treated and such. With Alzheimer's the person slowly dies (he died from Alzheimer's, he didn't want to eat and everything just started shutting down) and slowly forgets everything (not just "somethings" but everything from every person he knew, to knowing how to talk, and eat and such). It's very hard on the person, but for the loved ones around... it's also very hard (seeing someone they love forget them and slowly "fade" away), they got to take care of them, feed them, and so on and so on.
My heart goes out to anyone that has Alzheimer's and to the family of ones who has Alzheimer's. I know first hand that it's not fun at all, something no one should joke about (it's a very very bad disease).
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Yes, my great grandmother suffers from it at the moment. She doesn't seem too distressed, but then she's always kept her composure for as long as I've known her, so I don't know if she's truly perceives herself to be suffering or not. I think she knows she's got it, as she evades questions about the year or who the Prime Minister is with answers such as "I'm not interested in politics". Either way, it poses a terrible risk to her health, as she'll often forget to throw spoilt food out, and one time my grandmother went to her house with her pans absolutely burnt. Luckily she's in a good home now and being looked after.

It's quite sad, really, to see her puzzled looks as to my identity when I go around to see her, and to hear her ask why she hasn't seen her dead daughter in a while.
 
Gerri Shin® said:
I wasn't joking around in my last post. my grandfather is currently in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's, He can still remember people, but he does have the problems of forgetting how to drive, what he goes to the store for, sometimes his medications. It is really hard on him, but I think it's actually just as hard, if not harder, on those around the person.
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My condolences to you mate. My nan has dementia (what Alzheimer's causes) and it's really causing a rift in our family. We have a history of being anxious and sometimes having panic attacks; this affects my nan worst of all because she can't actually convince herself that it's just anxiety, and even once we manage to convince her, she forgets shortly after. A lot of the family are confused and argue about it, but my mother gets the worst of it, because nan calls here constantly asking for help. On a good day you'll get about 5 phone calls from her, on a bad day it can easily be 20 or more. On top of that we don't have legal rights over her yet, and she refuses to go into a home.

You really can't understand it until you experience it. Both the person and the family will seem selfish to everybody else. But really, we're just struggling to cope.
 
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