Thread: Does America need a time-out

A "funny" thing has happened to me lately... My Mom fell & broke her hip, (that in itself isn't funny at all, but it is the catalist of what has happened), and she has been put in a nursing home to recover and be rehabilitated. For a full week now, I've been coming to visit with her and some of the other residents in the center as well. Through it all I have taken it upon myself to keep a positive...

All kinds of rage out there, look at Ft Hood, and this guy was a military psychiatrist, the next day we had a multiple shooting in Orlando, the country is going nuts. A lot of these folks were brought up in an era where they had everything and they can't stand any kind of adversity or inconvenience in their lives

Well said, Bob - thank you. Hope your Mom is mending fast and will be back on her rollerblades soon! L 'n D This post has been edited by H. David & Leslie de Beaux : Yesterday, 09:11 PM

QUOTE (Robin G @ Nov 7 2009, 12:48 AM) Nursing homes are wild places, but can you just imagine how they are gonna look a few years from now? LOL.................. We discussed that on Halloween while watching the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Wondering what the young staff would think of all us (soon to be) old timers dancing the "Time Warp" again.

QUOTE (Donna D. @ Nov 2 2009, 05:27 PM) Does anyone know if they still teach the Golden Rule in elementary school? If not, they should! No, but we do at home.

QUOTE But I think if our best answer to rudeness is self-righteousness, we're missing something. Wow, that says it all................................ I think that yes rudeness is on the rise, but our reaction to it is on the rise as well. Being the one to point out someones lack of common sense is a bad one for me. I wish people would just use the little brain they were born with. I sometimes have to stop myself.............. And think,...

Rage..1. Violent anger 2. speak, act with fury 3. proceed without check Just hope thae with all this 'RAGE' in the world today that there will be young people around who care enough to work in these places to be able to take care of us. My mother is 99 and in a nursing home getting the help she needs. When we visit I also try to include the other senior lady who shares the room. When her family is there, they just stare/glare at us...