'Jaynestown'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ouch, tommy. Hope it gets better.
I have to decide whether it's worth the trouble of calling a couple of airlines about bereavement fares. While I was at Dragoncon, an aunt who was battling cancer passed away, and the funeral is Saturday.
I suppose it can't hurt. I just don't feel like talking to people right now (because of my general misanthropy).
Are you going to steal his drugs? That's not nice, man.
I'm so offended you would think this. I was just going to borrow them....
And I see she's a fan of Joseph's Amazing Technicolor Dreamskirt.
Indeed!! She kept twirling and twirling and showing people her skirt, just in case they missed it.
Dana - IME the bereavement fares have always been almost double a regular, last minute fare. It's one more way the airlines try 'n fuck you.
That wasn't my experience, though it's going back a few years. The real advantage of those was the flexibility to change them willy-nilly. (More critical with someone in medical crisis than already gone, obviously.)
IME the bereavement fares have always been almost double a regular, last minute fare.
Yeah, I know, but it seems stupid not to at least check.
Usually, the bereavement fare is a discount from a full fare ticket, so no so much of a deal. But, they allow you to be flexible on the dates/times.
Whoa, the Google logo is fun today.
Tommy, I'd suggest a heating pad -- the kind with moist heat if you have one -- and a hot shower. Steam works pretty well as a muscle relaxant, and what you want is for the muscles to loosen up enough that they'll let the joint get back into place -- when joint dislocates, frequently the muscles around it tighten to prevent it from dislocating further, but if they stay tight, that also prevents it from moving back.
Thanks, Hil. I have a heating pad here at work - I'll try the hot shower when I get home.
In the past I've found yawning helps. But for some reason I haven't yawned yet today, despite being tired....
when joint dislocates, frequently the muscles around it tighten to prevent it from dislocating further, but if they stay tight, that also prevents it from moving back.
Yeah, that explains why I can't pop it back like I usually can.
You might try doubling up on ibuprofen too, tommy, to reduce inflammation. A good chiropractor could probably put it back in place. (Mine could, but I can't send her to you through the intertubes.)