tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101965020061723845.post5912411799984117669..comments2023-12-22T04:08:35.462-05:00Comments on Tetanus Burger: Cleaning UpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101965020061723845.post-17594300399478654342010-11-15T19:48:14.061-05:002010-11-15T19:48:14.061-05:00I would imagine anyone with a pathologically self-...I would imagine anyone with a pathologically self-absorbed parent would have those dreams, like children of narcissists, those of alcoholics, other personality disorders, &c. It's about the parent's inability to actually care for their children in an appropriate manner, and how the parents' needs (even if trivial) always come before the child's.Thaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09948272740932982138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101965020061723845.post-17478500157947128392010-11-15T17:34:48.200-05:002010-11-15T17:34:48.200-05:00It's funny that you say you have those nightma...It's funny that you say you have those nightmares about your dad, because my mom is a hoarder and I have almost the same dream about her from time to time. Usually something bad is happening like I'm hurt or someone's breaking in and I can't get her to call the police. I wonder if other people with hoarding parents have dreams like that? And if so, why?Amienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101965020061723845.post-72738309269981760902010-10-13T13:52:29.972-04:002010-10-13T13:52:29.972-04:00Btw, I've posted a link to your blog on my new...Btw, I've posted a link to your blog on my new OCPD website (www.perfectlyawful.net.) Come & visit sometime, feel free to send some feedback. Love your site, your writing - and yes, the pictures too.The Writing Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577032840574632179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101965020061723845.post-67341417790384656662010-10-12T22:29:15.188-04:002010-10-12T22:29:15.188-04:00When my hoarder (and asshole and probably OCPD too...When my hoarder (and asshole and probably OCPD too, now that I think of it,) father was "teaching," me how to drive, I got pulled over by the cops for going too slow.<br /><br />My father had been screaming at me and throwing a big fit to slow down. Of course, he ALREADY had me going well under the speed limit. But that wasn't slow enough. My father wouldn't even let me talk to the cop - he just smiled and laughed at the cop and went on about how I was "just a learner." <br /><br />Oh, and I can't forget the part where my father was screaming at me that "the police officer thinks you're DRUNK!" as I was pulling over. Of course, my first, normal-person-pulling-over, attempt at pulling over wasn't good enough for my father - who screamed at me to pull over more while mocking my pulling over with screaming "how he REALLY thinks you're drunk!"<br /><br />All the time, of course, I was thinking "it was YOU who was throwing a fit to get me to slow down, you asshole."<br /><br />SO glad I took driver's ed - I wouldn't have learned to drive properly had I continued to take my father's "driving lessons."<br /><br />The weird thing was, as soon as I passed my road test, he would let me take [one of] his car[s] out alone without saying a word. Though, kind of like your mother, I had to bug and and bug and bug to get the car. There was always some excuse, even if the car that he would sometimes let me take was sitting there unused while my father had another of his cars in the driveway or was actually using another car. <br /><br />I always just thought that my father was an asshole, however. I never considered him as having OCPD (which I am certain my mother has,) but, wow, your father's driving behaviour is JUST like how my father was and probably still is.<br /><br />My hoarder, OCPD mother probably would be like that with driving too, if she drove. (Her lifetime non-driver status is a whole other can of dysfunction.)<br /><br />Anyway, congrats on the money you guys made. A GIANT HIGH FIVE.Copious_Amountsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101965020061723845.post-9095728284167936822010-10-12T20:25:48.589-04:002010-10-12T20:25:48.589-04:00Congrats on "Cleaning Up." Here's t...Congrats on "Cleaning Up." Here's to hoping you continue to spin straw into gold, as it were.<br /><br />OCPD and driving... well. Here's some sympathetic souls, both from the driver's and passenger seats: http://ocpd.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1215<br /><br />My OCPD b-f recently confessed to me he's been stopped more than once by the cops in recent years, for driving suspiciously slow, lol!The Writing Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577032840574632179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101965020061723845.post-67501681542497952072010-10-12T14:09:45.793-04:002010-10-12T14:09:45.793-04:00Is there a website for VW parts people? It seems l...Is there a website for VW parts people? It seems like a site that had a "wanted" or a regional section might bring people out who would haul away the stuff for you.Rosanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101965020061723845.post-42637201235811745592010-10-11T16:54:20.381-04:002010-10-11T16:54:20.381-04:00Oh yeah, Chocobi, lots of contact info was passed ...Oh yeah, Chocobi, lots of contact info was passed out. Plenty of people were specifically looking for something that we definitely have but Tara hadn't brought. <br /><br />As far as I could see, we went home with about the same amount of stuff as we brought. But then that's probably because some of the bigger things like seats didn't sell, I think because we didn't find the right person. Some of those things can be pretty specific to the model of car.Thaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09948272740932982138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101965020061723845.post-11615745061583348162010-10-11T16:07:58.483-04:002010-10-11T16:07:58.483-04:00My memories of VW's are fonder, I do admit. A...My memories of VW's are fonder, I do admit. And even though I putted along at 45mph (because of the noisy bearing), I did have a little appreciation for not taking the highway, and actually taking time to see the scenery. But something like that should not be your only car. Everyone needs a fast, safe reliable car to rush themselves bleeding to the hospital with...Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281589572787681058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101965020061723845.post-6122123102505475932010-10-11T16:05:43.633-04:002010-10-11T16:05:43.633-04:00Honestly, it looks like we might have only sold 10...Honestly, it looks like we might have only sold 10-25% of what we brought with us. And lots of it was stuff that sold for $5.. $20 a few things for $50 (a camper icebox), $75 a cool old radio from the 60's that also got shortwave and had a car pull-out mount), and $100 (a bus transmission). But lots of small stuff went. <br /><br />The bus will be pressed into scrap duty (towing a trailer), if it's not pressed into scrap, that is...Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281589572787681058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101965020061723845.post-77856344573260693552010-10-11T09:44:01.953-04:002010-10-11T09:44:01.953-04:00Did you sell everything you brought?
and will the...Did you sell everything you brought?<br /><br />and will the VW bus be pressed into scrap duty?Davehttp://www.pochettino.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4101965020061723845.post-59709521575966847222010-10-11T08:36:00.680-04:002010-10-11T08:36:00.680-04:00OMG, Thalia! Way to go! I hope you two were handin...OMG, Thalia! Way to go! I hope you two were handing out contact info left and right. These VW fans could swarm your entire property and make cleanup easier for you and your sister.<br />And I hope you have a caravan of trucks filled with junk, er, vintage parts ready to go by next year's swap meet!Chocobinoreply@blogger.com