Mu first, and possibly only, laugh of the day.
Speaker Johnson outside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s house later today https://t.co/TNWUhyKwrq pic.twitter.com/aYWXRBTjHR
— Congressman Jared Moskowitz (@RepMoskowitz) April 10, 2024
This is a Historic accomplishment. https://t.co/0HvsgxRI3B
— Jared Moskowitz (@JaredEMoskowitz) April 10, 2024
Open thread.
Baud
What were Dems doing in 73-74? That’s pretty awful.
TBone
@Baud: in my neck of the woods, we were conducting covert guerilla operations, then had to lay low for a while 😎
https://whyy.org/articles/how-to-break-into-the-fbi-50-years-later-media-burglars-get-local-honors/
Fifty years ago, a patchwork group of antiwar activists known as the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI, Forsyth among them, raided a small FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, and slipped unnoticed into the night with more than 1,000 documents. The treasure trove of confidential files laid bare the FBI’s widespread surveillance of American citizens and raised the curtain on the agency’s infamous COINTELPRO operation targeting notable leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
WaterGirl
@Baud: I have no idea, but that was 50 years ago.
This isn’t your father’s Democratic party. :-)
a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio)
@Baud: Watergate, maybe? The House began its impeachment hearings in October of 1973. A lot of the action prior to that was in the Senate but not all of it.
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl:
Watergate hearings were underway. Is that a clue? (I remember the hearings, of course, and the big headlines, but no longer things like votes on House rules.)
Emily B.
Alexandra Petri’s latest (gift link) might be good for another (bitter) laugh.
RevRick
@Baud: Watergate was a constant factor. As was the first oil shock.
SiubhanDuinne
@a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio):
GMTA
trollhattan
@Baud: Over in the Senate, a thing called the Watergate Hearings.
The House? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
mrmoshpotato
What in-fighting is going on between Mike Johnson and MTG?
SiubhanDuinne
@mrmoshpotato:
What in-fighting isn’t going on between Mike Johnson and MTG?
Baud
Were House Dems in disarray about the rule votes for dealing with Watergate?
smith
@mrmoshpotato: Does it matter? Empty Greene will infight with anyone over anything as long as there are cameras on her.
TBone
@SiubhanDuinne: how does Pooty keep his transatlantic connections straight? Color coded flashing signals on incoming or silly ringtones? I vote for silly ringtones.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7arlctSpQSM
SiubhanDuinne
Wouldn’t it be more efficient to deliver them directly to the funeral home?
Baud
@SiubhanDuinne:
Hey-O!
SiubhanDuinne
@TBone:
Silly ringtones is a charming idea, but I don’t think Pooty-Poot is nearly whimsical enough for that. Pretty sure the “Sense of Humour” fairy was disinvited to his christening.
zhena gogolia
@Emily B.: That is brilliant, for sure.
mrmoshpotato
@SiubhanDuinne:
@smith: Ok.
Looking forward to ignoring politics tonight and enjoying the antics of the Philly Phanatic.
MattF
@Emily B.: When she gets serious, it’s not a laughing matter.
smith
Just got a daily shot of schadenfreude by checking the closing price of DJT stock — 32.41, down for the fifth day in a row. It got me wondering what the trial next week will do for it. Will the MAGA faithful rally behind their poor persecuted hero, and cough up for a few shares (it’s low enough now not to take all the rent money!)? Or will his pending downfall clue them in to the likely future of Truth Social?
dmsilev
I _almost_ feel sorry for Mike Johnson. He was supposed to be the inoffensive choice for Speaker after all of the others crashed and burned, the guy that everyone in the GOP Caucus could at least tolerate. And he thought it would stay that way.
But, he’s quite the troglodyte himself, so my level of pity is at the “nanoscale violin” level.
TBone
@SiubhanDuinne: yeah, you’re right – that fairy would have spontaneously combusted.
WaterGirl
@dmsilev: Mike Johnson is not a guy who came to a powerful position accidentally. He has big plans, and he is doing a pretty good job implementing them by gumming up the works.
JoyceH
Um. Flowers to a government meeting? That strikes me as unusual – am I misinformed?
dmsilev
@WaterGirl: On the second half of that, agreed. But I really do think he was an accidental Speaker.
a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio)
@SiubhanDuinne: It was my first thought! I am relieved that I’m not alone in wondering if that was the reason.
TBone
@WaterGirl: *hoping all his teeth fall out for some real gumming
WaterGirl
@dmsilev: I guess we’ll never know, but I suspect that he carefully positioned himself for whenever an opportunity arose.
Like a sleeper agent.
dmsilev
On the lighter side of the news, Elon Musk is discovering that firing most of the competent people at Twitter was a bad idea: Elon Musk’s X botched an attempt to replace “twitter.com” links with “x.com”.
The hilarious thing was that any url that ended in ‘twitter.com’ got ‘x.com’ subbed in, leading to ‘netflitwitter.com’ and ‘setwitter.com’ suddenly being registered as actual domains.
a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio)
@Baud: Potentially—there were people in the Justice Department being fired, special prosecutors being appointed (and fired), arguments about just about everything. A lot was happening in the Senate (the Watergate hearings, the confirmation votes on all the replacements, replacing Agnew with Ford) but there was stuff in the House.
The potential for an impeachment was overwhelming to a lot of people; it was the first since Andrew Johnson, and the process was not yet a tool for vindictiveness.
sab
OT: I haven’t even read this thread and it is very probably off topic. I need help navigating nursing homes, hospice and best care for my dad. He is 99 yo.
It seems these three items are possibly in conflict with each other and definitely in conflict with me worrying about my dad.
My dad isn’t dying. He is extremely old, kind of blind, kind of deaf and a bit demented.
Nursing homes all want to drug him into a stupor until he dies. This seems wrong and not in his best interest
TBone
Skeeredy cats
John Amato at CrooksandLiars:
https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2024/04/fox-news-contributor-will-not-be
WaterGirl
@sab: Sorry to hear this. I thought you thought your Dad’s new place was great?
MattF
@dmsilev: Jamie Zawinski took note.
TBone
@sab: IMO it depends on what drugs we’re talking about here. My cop-wannabe SIL managed to put the kibosh on ANY relief for my mom during both of two broken hips and severe sun downing in care facility. I was screaming give her the drugs, goddamnit.
ETA pain relief and sedation NOT antidepressants and other bullshit that doesn’t help dementia.
Ken
@JoyceH: You remind me that before the Trump takeover of the RNC, one of their larger budget lines was for flowers.
TBone
@Ken: and books written by the spawn were bulk purchased and stacked up as window shades in empty offices. So they could pretend they were bestsellers.
lowtechcyclist
@TBone:
And that was even before Lara Trump became RNC co-chair.
bbleh
@sab: ooh boy. sorry. FWIW I couldn’t bear the thought of nursing homes for my mom, who was in her mid-90s but fully aware and still mobile for a long time, because even the nicest ones around here (nice = well staffed, no stink, activities including PT, many residents who weren’t entirely out of it) nevertheless are like living in a crowded motel — at the end of the day you go back to your hospital-like bed in your lino-floored room to stare at the low-end-motel-lie furniture or the wall-mounted TV. 😬 And they aren’t cheap, at least the ones that aren’t really awful. Instead, we had help into her home for a couple shifts a day, which cost us far less than a nursing home and gave me a break. And in her last few months, we had hospice care, which had its deficiencies (!) but there was no alternative. For the entire couple years though, I was houseboy, cook, chauffeur and nurse, and that was/is a substantial cost.
As to drugs, I’d be suspicious of any facility that uses sedatives more than medically indicated, eg for control. That’s malpractice imo, and in any case a bad indicator for what else you might expect from the place.
So the first question I’d ask is, what are the differences among the alternatives in quality of life for your dad? If he’s so out of it he can barely tell the difference, maybe a motel with a TV and regular help and occasional company in the hallways is just as good — even better — than staying where he is. OTOH if he’s like my mom, that would be hell, and staying at home was a different world.
And the other is, how much do YOU want to do, and then what resources are available to fill in the gaps — outside help, money, other siblings, etc.?
Sorry — this ain’t an easy thing. Good luck to you.
TBone
@lowtechcyclist: 😆 she was not on anyone’s bingo card for a long time. I’m glad they finally found her a purpose in life. Wreck it, gurl!
lowtechcyclist
No, after mu!
prostratedragon
The HOOHA Act?! This shit is past insulting.
trollhattan
If you insist. µ
Jay
@smith:
DJT stock is going down so hard and fast he’s going to have to pay it hush money.
Jinchi
What tule ate they voting on that’s so controversial?
prostratedragon
@Jay: Oh, dear!🤭😇
Jinchi
He’s directly responsible for cutting off aid to Ukraine which will end up killing thousands of civilians. I wouldn’t feel sorry for him if he had to sleep on top of a fireant nest.
zhena gogolia
@Jinchi: Amen.
eclare
Gawd I love a good Twitter game. Moskowitz has it.
SiubhanDuinne
@prostratedragon:
What the actual, everlasting, blue-eyed fuck are they on about now?
Jackie
OT but while watching Nicolle Wallace, Harry Litman, former Asst AG, Susanne Craig, NYT and Tim O’Brian, Bloomberg executive political writer all concur Hope Hicks will be THE WITNESS to hurt TIFG the most when she testifies.
I sincerely hope she and others who will be testifying AGAINST TIFG have the very best security! I’m genuinely afraid for her’s, and their lives.
prostratedragon
@SiubhanDuinne: Anything but the nation’s pressing business is one answer.
TBone
Collecting music for Monday. Here’s a starter.
https://youtu.be/K7jgZTDLeIs?feature=shared
dmsilev
@SiubhanDuinne: Energy efficiency standards for household appliances. They don’t like them. The bill in question is the “Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act”, though some troll points to Democrats for introducing an amendment to rename it the Make Appliances Great Again Act.
JoyceH
Off topic question – just received an ordered lamp, and it came without a harp. Surely that’s not standard? They send you the lamp and the lamp shade, but nothing to connect the two? I got a harp from a defunct lamp, but WTF?
Bupalos
@SiubhanDuinne: Those are all likely trying to dismantle the IRA’s electrification provisions, which sadly has been left to the states to implement so that the rebates are not available even now, 2 years later.
They’re about to come online in NY, so the R’s are going to be in emergency mode doing what they can to try and trash it all I’m sure.
JoyceH
Also off-topic – google Jeff Bezos at the White House state dinner. His fiance is dressed like she thinks they’re going to Mar A Lago.
TBone
@JoyceH: my halo was deficient in that manner too.
Splitting Image
@dmsilev:
Maybe tell them the appliances can get pregnant? Republicans would regulate the shit out of them.
Baud
@Splitting Image:
The Bun in the Oven Act!
CarolPW
@JoyceH:
And she’s got the boobs for it too.
Hers may be original equipment, but the boobage on some Mar A Lago patrons (and their lips and cheeks) could supply enough silicone caulk to weather-proof the Empire State Building.
sab
@JoyceH: That girl really thinks he will marry her, after his last divorce?
Ken B
@Jay: Usually ‘Penny Stock’ isn’t literally true.
Jay
@Ken B:
is that DJT’s stock’s Porn Name?
SiubhanDuinne
@dmsilev:
It’s unbelievable, the things they choose to support or oppose, purely on the performative criterion of owning the libs.
sab
@JoyceH: reminds me I need to order a lamp converter. With that you don’t need the harp. It just clips onto the lightbulb.
bbleh
@Jay: I thought it was “Tiny Hands.” But that’s not my taste in porn so maybe I’m unfamiliar …
sab
@WaterGirl: I suspect we need to get hospice out of the picture.
Ken B
@Jay: Penny stocks are stocks that aren’t valued highly, and usually not sold on the big exchanges. But they’re usually set at a few dollars a share.
DJT seems to be headed for $.01 per share for reals.
narya
@sab: I called the hospice people associated with my parents’ medical network, to start. The person on the phone walked me through all of the ins and outs that I needed to start with; I shared that with my mom, who talked to my dad’s PCP, and then the hospice people came to the house and walked my dad and mom through it. (I was present via FaceTime.) My dad was “fortunate” in that he had several conditions that qualified him for hospice, so we picked the one that enabled the most additional care. My parents were also fortunate in several other ways: my SIL manages a home health agency, so she could choose good caregivers. And my parents had the financial resources to supplement what hospice would cover. FWIW, the first thing the hospice person did is discontinue some of his meds (e.g., the cholesterol med). I know others here have dealt with hospice, though my experience is quite recent (dad died a month ago). I would be more than happy to talk to you or email privately; WaterGirl has my email.
Steeplejack
@JoyceH:
Lauren Sánchez at the state dinner.
sab
@bbleh: We tried it at home for about ten years, but I (late sixties) was no longer big or strong enough to pick him up when he fell. He didn’t fall a lot but when he fell he was down.
zhena gogolia
@Steeplejack: Talk about Tacky O!
JPL
@Jackie: I think that is why he is scared.
Steeplejack
@sab:
I have the reverse problem. I have an old lamp that I love, and I wanted to put a smart bulb in it, but it doesn’t fit under the harp. I thought I would get one of those converter things, but I discovered that the harp is permanently attached to the lamp—like welded on. WTF?!
So I have to find a small low-rise smart bulb or else buy up a lifetime supply of the incandescent bulbs I’m using now.
Anyway
@JoyceH:
Tim Cook’s date is listed as Lisa Jackson – googled and she’s former EPA director and current Apple VP. Interesting.
karen marie
@dmsilev: He’s not just a troglodyte. He was a participant in the attempt to overthrow the government.
JPL
@zhena gogolia: Agree!
sab
@narya: I think I helped talk you into hospice.
My problem is Dad at 99 may not be at end of life and they are treating him as if he is. He wouldn’t be such a gork if they weren’t drugging him so much.
He fell asleep today so they gave him morphine to make him comfortable!? He was already comfortable because he was asleep. Why morphine?
Steeplejack
@zhena gogolia:
Inorite.
To be fair (?), her breasts are prominently displayed in every picture I have seen of her.
ETA: Just Googled to confirm. No lie told!
Baud
I can’t believe I wasn’t invited to the state dinner.
Lyrebird
@dmsilev: WOw, they got teenagers first learning shell scripts to do it, and gave them the keys…
Thank for the needed laugh!
WaterGirl
@JoyceH: Her boobs look like they are about to pop out of her dress.
karen marie
@JoyceH: OMG. She looks ridiculous. I’m laughing at her forearms though. I guess she hasn’t figured out the surgery to fix them yet.
narya
@sab: WTAF?! They only gave my dad morphine the last few days of his life, and it was clear that he was in pain! Are there other hospice options around? Or a primary care provider that can help you sort it out
ETA: My offer to discuss/talk it through still holds, though.
Anonymous At Work
Any idea what TFG’s defense in his criminal records trial is going to be? Jury selection starts Monday and I’ve not seen any indication that TFG or his puppets have any idea of how they want to defend against the charges and evidence.
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: Oppositional defiance disorder. By definition, it’s a state of being looking for someone or something to defy.
You’re not the boss of me will be on Oppositional Defiance’s tombstone.
I have seen it almost exclusively in men.
Lyrebird
@sab: Oh, sab, all I can do is send you, I don’t know, a declinable hug??
You are not wrong. my family members are still recovering from all the effort required to keep the establishment from fking giving terminally-ill loved one owe peeates that made her yes stupefied and painfully cramped MONTHS before her time.
We had probably more options bc she was not demented and still owned her own place. Our state has completely legalized cnnbs products but nursing homes and hospice homes? no way. It broke my heart to ever say anything negative about a hospice org., but our local one was ready to push her out as speedily as possible.
ETA: I wish you and your dad were not facing this. I hope you don’t mind my rant, even though it has no directly useful info. I am still hopping mad at the people who made us out to be villains for stopping them from tossing her wishes and her final months of life in the trash simply because it was likely to be only a few months. Only some of them are ssholes, some are just deluded I guess.
Steeplejack
@Baud:
It’s not just black tie. Pants are sort of assumed.
bbleh
@sab: yeah I knew of more than one person in a similar situation, and there it is. as to hospice, the way it worked here, *I* was the one who decided when to use the sedatives AND the morphine, and that was rarely and only to calm agitation or evident serious physical discomfort. if he’s gonna be in a facility, then I would assume they’re obliged to follow your instructions (absent medical emergency), and I would (1) talk with HIM during a lucid period about what he thinks, (2) be explicit in your instructions, and (3) drop in unexpectedly and at first frequently to make sure they’re not ODing him.
Also as to “hospice,” here it was used in the classic medical sense: treatment of symptoms but not disease, focusing on comfort while underlying processes took their course. But it may have a different meaning in some facilities: I’d insist they be very clear on exactly what it means.
Baud
@Steeplejack:
Oh, but they let Sanchez in dressed like that? I see how it is.
JPL
Moscow Marge is going ahead with her plans to try to remove Johnson. I guess the flowers didn’t work. sad
Baud
@JPL:
Time for Johnson to put the bill on the floor so Dems can save his ass.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: Holy shit, her face at your link. It doesn’t look real – creepy looking, like she’s a doll pretending to be human. They rejected that model because it didn’t look real enough.
Here’s what the article said:
I don’t generally care what people wear, but if you’re going to a fucking White House state dinner, dress like a grown-up.
Jay
@Steeplejack:
you can use a regular LED bulb that fits then use a Smart Plug to give you the same functionality.
japa21
@Anonymous At Work: My best guess is they are going to count one at least one jury member being a MAGAt to make it a hung jury. That will be enough to allow Trump to proclaim they found him innocent of the charges. The fact that that wouldn’t be true, as we all know, means nothing to him or his followers.
Which brings me to a question. Has there ever been a study that someone knows about that studied Hitler supporters after WWII (not the higher ups) to see how they either disavowed Hitler or sublimated their admiration of him?
Steeplejack
@Baud:
Classic double standard! I feel your pain.
WaterGirl
@Anonymous At Work: Pretty sure that Trump hasn’t accepted yet that the trial is really going to start on Monday.
Steeplejack
@Jay:
I have it on a smart plug to do on/off, but I would like to be able to tune the light color and intensity (preferably via Alexa). I’ll have to look for a smarter plug.
Dan B
@dmsilev: Make your utility bills ginormous forever act!
Raise utility rates faster also.
Argiope
@JoyceH: I was today years old when I learned that’s what that part of a lamp is called. Full service blog!
Geminid
@WaterGirl: Maybe Oppositional Defiance Disorder is caused by XCDD; that would be X-Chromosome Deficiency Disorder. Scientists know that almost half the population suffers from XCDD, and just about everyone else suffers from its side effects.
Another Scott
@Jinchi: I think you’re referring to the rule about passing the FISA renewal bill?
Section 702 of FISA expires on April 19, so they have to make a drama of how it will get done.
:-/
Cheers,
Scott.
PaulWartenberg
What’s going on with the Motion To Vacate? Cmon, chop chop!!! Speaker Jeffries is waiting his turn.
Dan B
@Steeplejack: What incandescent are you using now? I’ve got LED’s of all sizes in traditional shapes.
sab
@bbleh: My dad’s previous nursing home suggested hospice. I think they just wanted his room back. We were stuck with the same hospice people but we have our old medical people back, I think I will ask them about dumping hospice.
Ohio Living Rockynol had bad almost murderous intentions, but I think everyone else down the chain of command ( including hospice) had good intentions and was doing their job in bad circumstances.
Sallycat
@sab: I have a fair amount of experience with nursing homes. The most important factor affecting care is visitors. Each resident needs an advocate, and friends and relatives can fill that role if they stay informed about the care.
Sometimes dementia is such that the patient cannot remain outside of care. That is not the fault of the caregivers. It’s the disease. Hospice can be quite helpful, depending on where you live. Just some thoughts.
japa21
@WaterGirl: You haven’t met Mrs. Japa.
Dan B
@Steeplejack: Smart bulb. Nevermind.
Geminid
@PaulWartenberg: I’m not sure Hskeem Jeffries would want to be Speaker under these conditions, a minority Speakership with a caucus split over the Gaza war. He’ll be Speaker soon enough, and likely with a substantial majority behind him next January. Better to let the Republicans own their incapacity in the meantime.
If Johnson falls out of his Chair and Republicans cant4 replace him, Dems can always help put in a caretaker Speaker like Charlie Dent or Jeff Flake.
zhena gogolia
@karen marie: Good eye!
bbleh
@sab: jeez sorry. the way you describe his situation, hospice in the classic sense may be appropriate (tho keep in mind, that means if he gets, say, a serious respiratory infection, they don’t try to cure it, only to keep him comfortable), but if you think they’re likely to abuse the status by overmedicating, I’d ride herd closely on them, and if they cross a line, raise hell. the Squeaky Wheel thing.
TBone
@japa21: Hannah Arendt had some thoughts about that. Not studies though.
Jay
@Steeplejack:
A “smarter” smart plug, can do dimming, but not colour changes, which requires a “smart ” bulb.
Most Harps are brass, and are often on older lamps, soldered in place. A good pair of sharp wirecutters, can cut the old harp off, or you can desolder the old harp, then you can install a smart bulb, then use a universal harp that attaches to the shade, and will fit over multiple sized bulbs.
WaterGirl
@Geminid: LOL
sab
@sab: My late father in law had a saying: “Trust is like the soul. Once it is gone it doesn’t come back.” That is how I feel about our current hospice.
Kayla Rudbek
@japa21: I don’t know about studies, but I think there was a process called denazification (the US Army lawyers had to go through the German legal code and review all the laws, etc. ) and I think there was a similar process in Italy as well. I remember my dad griping that he had to go through the German traffic code and there were review stamps on his copy from that post-war process. And I gripe to Mr. Rudbek that a similar process should have taken place in the USA during Reconstruction.
Jay
@japa21:
A large number of low level Nazi supporters and followers committed suicide after the downfall, over 7,000 in Berlin alone. The Hitler Youth handed out cyanide capsules like candy.
After the downfall, a whack load of low level Hitler supporters, were like, “Hitler? Never heard of the guy”.
Most low level “Government/Industry” just kept their heads down and mouths shut, trusting that the Allies, (even the Soviets) would need their help restoring order and cleaning up the debris.
De-Nazification didn’t really start in West Germany until the 1960’s.
different-church-lady
@Steeplejack: Forget the boobs, that face ain’t original equipment.
Steeplejack
@Jay:
Thanks for confirming what I was pretty sure of.
I am trying to avoid turning this into a handyman shop project. A “good pair of sharp wirecutters” would have to be purchased and then would not be used again for the foreseeable future.
I was hoping that someone would be able to suggest a low-rise smart bulb. I haven’t found one so far.
Bex
@dmsilev: No. God put him there. Moses Johnson said so. Therefore it must be true.
Ksmiami
@sab: small private group homes tend to be good options for people like your dad.
Another Scott
@dmsilev: Similarly, …
That would be sweet, wouldn’t it??
[ Ha! Ha! ]
Cheers,
Scott.
Steeplejack
@Dan B:
I’m currently using a Philips 43-watt A19 bulb. Would like to go a little stronger or even use a three-way, but that was all I could find last time at the store.
Maybe I’ll a deep dive at Home Depot or Lowe’s and see what I can find. My problem with dumb LED lights is that the light is typically too “white” (high Kelvin rating). But I see on the Google that I could get a 2700K LED bulb (“warm white”). That would probably work (if the shape is okay).
Geminid
@Steeplejack: If you just want to cut one or two wires, you may be able to lay one across a wooden block, place a knife blade where you want to cut it and then pound that with something heavy enough. Scissors might work also.
Jay
@Steeplejack:
All our LED’s are “warm white”.
Box Stores used to only carry the Phillips, but now even the Box Store brands are available in “warm white”.
I can’t tell them from incandescents, but then it’s been over 20 years since I had an incandescent bulb.
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
@JoyceH: Wow! That is some tacky shit she has on
ETA: Boy, she sure is proud of her boobs.
Steeplejack
@Geminid:
The two “wires” are very thick (≈¼”) and are attached to a bulky lamp body. Not gonna try it.
Geminid
@Steeplejack: Yeah, sounds too awkward, maybe not too thick.. Wire cutters aren’t a bad thing to have though. And they make nice presents (although as soon as you give them away you’ll probably need them again).
Jay
@Steeplejack:
no hacksaw, hacksaw blade, file, soldering iron, bic lighter?
Usually the bulb socket is screwed on, so plan C would be to unscrew the socket and harp, remove the wires and install a new bulb socket with no harp.
NotMax
@Steeplejack
Curious, a super quick search for small smart bulb led me to this.
Steeplejack
@NotMax:
Thanks; I’ll check it out.
lowtechcyclist
@different-church-lady:
Yeah, those lips surely have had shit injected into them to make them like that.
I’ve never understood why big, puffy lips are supposed to be appealing. They don’t do anything for me, and when they look artificial (as with Ms. Sanchez), they look repulsive.
Steeplejack
Thanks, all, for the light-bulb suggestions. I had put this issue on the back burner after my last purchase of a smart bulb that I was sure would fit. Guess I’ll drop by Home Depot and see what’s what.
To be honest, installing the smart on/off plug and linking it to Alexa solved most of my problem. The beloved lamp is well placed for ambient lighting but badly placed for manual on/off switching.
Jinchi
Some problems really have to be dealt with now, and I think enough of Jeffries that he’d be happy to take on the burden.
NotMax
@Steeplejack
Gotta be an ACE hardware close to you. Try there first?
a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio)
@JoyceH: In all the pictures I’ve seen of her on formal occasions, she has had all of her goods in the shop window, so to speak.
Steeplejack
@NotMax:
Ace is three miles away, Home Depot less than half a mile. Whichever one I happen to pass first.
Roberto el oso
@a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio): as the French say: tout le monde au balcon = everybody’s on the balcony …
SeattleDem
@sab: contact a hospice nurse for recommendations. They are in and out of those places all the time and see the real scoop. The nurse probably can’t officially recommend any, but if you describe what kind of care you’re looking for, they might have some advice.
The Lodger
@sab: Could a memory care facility help you? It doesn’t seem likely they would oversedate their residents. Just guessing here.
The Lodger
@lowtechcyclist: What’s nu with you?