You'd think we had criminals at our house

[Guest guest]

I was chatting with my bro the other day and we remembered the

scariest thing… Nada had a recording device on the phone---she

listened to our adolescent phone calls!!!!!! We finally figured it

out and started speaking in code or talking on the phone when my

parents were out when we could turn it off. Nada kept the dXXX thing

under her dresser in her bedroom, but you could see the little red

light under there. Even when I unplugged it, I was always afraid she

had a backup recorder. Before we knew of the tape recorder, we

thought the woman was psychic. Turns out she was just crazy.

Another little memory- when cell phones came out in the 80's (they

were massive), my dad got one b/c he was a doctor and got paged for

emergencies and such . On his way home from work, he always called

the 2nd line (no recorder on that line and only family used that

number). I always answered. He would ask what was for dinner. Then

he would say, " How's the mood? " I would either say, " Yeah, school

was great " (meaning coast is clear, Nada seems chipper) OR " Uhm,

yeah, it should be ready by 7ish. " (meaning the barometric pressure

is rising, Nada storm is brewing.) Weird.

Blessings,

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 6/13/04 4:34:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

Nettie108@... writes:

I don't

understand why Sundays were the bad days...we all loved it when she left,

though..

Jeanette:)

My nada had the same syndrome...a migraine every Friday night-bedridden long

enough to avoid cooking/cleaning/laundry/having to see or talk to us. Fit and

chipper on Monday morning, she went back work...Carol

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 6/13/04 4:34:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

Nettie108@... writes:

I don't

understand why Sundays were the bad days...we all loved it when she left,

though..

Jeanette:)

My nada had the same syndrome...a migraine every Friday night-bedridden long

enough to avoid cooking/cleaning/laundry/having to see or talk to us. Fit and

chipper on Monday morning, she went back work...Carol

[Guest guest]

We better contact the DSM-IV guys, LOL- this is strange, my mother did the

same damn thing. I always was so frustrated by her " I have a

headache,whaaaaaaaa " and then screaming about cooking and then isolating

herself. Then my dad would try to prod her, and prod her, and prod her,

every single Sunday. Are BPs on a weekly schedule? LOL......

>From: getevenpersevere@...

>Reply-To: ModOasis

>To: ModOasis

>Subject: Re: You'd think we had criminals at our house

>Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 15:32:31 EDT

>

>In a message dated 6/13/04 4:34:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

>Nettie108@... writes:

>I don't

>understand why Sundays were the bad days...we all loved it when she left,

>though..

>Jeanette:)

>

>My nada had the same syndrome...a migraine every Friday night-bedridden

>long

>enough to avoid cooking/cleaning/laundry/having to see or talk to us. Fit

>and

>chipper on Monday morning, she went back work...Carol

>

>

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