Dagmara Lewandowska
Dagmara Lewandowska voted up Danae Hitch's answer
Let's try this again. I have several medical issues, walk with a cane and have a hard time getting up! How do you handle people that are overly helpful to the point they don't understand no thank you, I can do it?

I'm with Bikergirl. I generally don't offer to help unless I see them looking around, as if they are looking for help. I go to a Village Inn restaurant located near a retirement home. There are many elderly folks that come in. I'm the first person that jumps up to help open doors for them … Read more

Dagmara Lewandowska
Dagmara Lewandowska voted up Retiredkop Retiredkop's answer
Let's try this again. I have several medical issues, walk with a cane and have a hard time getting up! How do you handle people that are overly helpful to the point they don't understand no thank you, I can do it?

Thanks for the great answers!  I was at a meeting the other day as it ended I started to get up from a seated position when unbeknownst to me a person grabbed me from behind rather forcefully and decided that THEY were going to help me stand up.  This person knows I was a cop, … Read more

Dagmara Lewandowska
Dagmara Lewandowska voted up Anonymous' answer
Do you find that Blurt is unexpectedly educational for you? I seem to learn something either newsworthy or educational (or fun) virtually every day. Here is my example, do you have something you learned recently?

It is a real treasure, and it came from Tom Jackson...it is the term "if-by-whisky," and is a kind of political doublespeak in which you soundly affirm that you are for BOTH sides of an issue...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If-by-whiskey

Everyday I learn something!

Dagmara Lewandowska
Dagmara Lewandowska voted up Linilla Schmidt's answer
Do you find that Blurt is unexpectedly educational for you? I seem to learn something either newsworthy or educational (or fun) virtually every day. Here is my example, do you have something you learned recently?

It is a real treasure, and it came from Tom Jackson...it is the term "if-by-whisky," and is a kind of political doublespeak in which you soundly affirm that you are for BOTH sides of an issue...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If-by-whiskey

I like to ask and get answers, but mostly I read the questions. The questions are often educational but the answers are more entertaining than educational. Er, maybe I don't read the right posts.