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Jack Valentino

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11. I've been stocking up on peanut butter and grape jelly,

Reply to Marthe48 (Reply #8)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 02:30 PM

Dec 28

trying to amass as big a stockpile of that as I can,
which would take care of one meal a day, with fresh bread having to be purchased
as well as other non-perishables canned goods....
oddly enough having lost a taste for them recently. LOL

I'm not in any immediate trouble,
but I worry about where I will be in a year from now....

Oddly enough, if I worked the hours they demand in the 'BBB',
which I don't feel capable of doing anymore,
the pay combined with my very small Social Security
would put me over the poverty levels so that I would lose Medicaid even sooner,
and no longer qualify for SNAP either--- but if I could be doing it,
I would already be doing it..... Pffft.

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If you were celebrating Festivus, what would your complaint be? [View all] Marthe48 Dec 28 OP

My grumble would be how most medical practioners don't take chronic inflammation seriously enough Attilatheblond Dec 28 #1

Demand a referral to a chronic pain clinic. The options are numerous and they WILL take you seriously. hlthe2b Dec 28 #6

Did that. Bigger disappointment than usual Attilatheblond Dec 28 #15

Second opinion at another clinic; third if necessary. To do no diagnostic work-up or thorough intake history is hlthe2b Dec 28 #16

No other option for different clinic where I live Attilatheblond Dec 28 #17

Please don't react that way to me. I am only trying to help. hlthe2b Dec 28 #18

It was not meant to be a nasty reply, just a fact Attilatheblond Dec 28 #19

I get that you are frustrated. Good luck to you. hlthe2b Dec 28 #20

Thank you Attilatheblond Dec 28 #21

Re: I couldn't figure out how to move the replies to this post before I deleted it. Donkees Dec 28 #2

Thanks! Marthe48 Dec 28 #3

My current grievance is people snow-blowing their driveways into already plowed and salted roads Donkees Dec 28 #4

Insert rant about corporate "news" media here. WestMichRad Dec 28 #5

I'm now 63 years old, and heading into my last two months of SNAP Jack Valentino Dec 28 #7

I moved the posts so we can say what we really feel Marthe48 Dec 28 #8

I've been stocking up on peanut butter and grape jelly, Jack Valentino Dec 28 #11

"If you were celebrating Festivus, what would your complaint be?" LudwigPastorius Dec 28 #9

At my age, H2O Man Dec 28 #10

I told my kids that I like to complain Marthe48 Dec 28 #13

I'm irritated that Facebook double posts vanlassie Dec 28 #12

Cellphones. I have one, but I hate it. I take it with me when I'm in a car in case there's an emergency and Vinca Dec 28 #14