You said if we ever married, I would be the man

[sovay]

Almost exactly a year after the first time it to my very displeased surprise happened, I got stuck in the radial nerve of my left arm during another blood draw and now my left hand is once again filled with pins and needles until further notice. I protest the idea that it should be an annual occurrence. Sleep didn't even happen first. I am feeling very nonexistent. Have some links.

1. This article about Anndy Pershing turned up when I was trying to find an official link for the Wild Bill Elliott Westerns—in vain, since thanks to the cartoon villainy of David Zaslav most of the Warner Archive no longer seems to exist as such—and while I don't think I have actually ever seen the horse in question, reading it did make me want to excavate my copy of Marguerite Henry's Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1945).

2. It's not that I can't parse the slightly antique sense of the English, but I need someone like Eliza Carthy or Fay Hield or Kate Rusby to record Jake Xerxes Fussell's "Breast of Glass," because a verse that runs Don't you remember, Molly? You gave me your right hand. You said if we ever married, I would be the man is crying out for no heterosexual explanation, especially in a song where the seafaring of "Handsome Molly" is fused with the heart-written secret of "Blackest Crow." Back me up here, selkie.

3. Courtesy of muccamukk: "A Busy Aviator's Correspondence – Check Message Desired." Tag yourself c. 1944. "The Lord only knows."

P.S. In the back pocket of a pair of pants he hadn't worn in years, spatch found our household's other mermaid talisman, I believe originally from ladymondegreen. He gave it to me tonight to look after me.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Given the number of young maidens who go off a sailorin' who knows! :o)

[sovay]

Given the number of young maidens who go off a sailorin' who knows!

Just statistically!

[moon_custafer]

I remember seeing some greeting cards in the 1980s that were like a civilian version of these, and possibly inspired by them, since on the “catching up with an old friend” card, the ticky-box options for “I haven’t seen you since—” included “Dunkirk” (one of the other options was “flared trousers”).

Glad the universe has given you back a mermaid, if not the one that recently went wandering.

[sovay]

I remember seeing some greeting cards in the 1980s that were like a civilian version of these, and possibly inspired by them, since on the “catching up with an old friend” card, the ticky-box options for “I haven’t seen you since—” included “Dunkirk” (one of the other options was “flared trousers”).

Either of those would be charming and distressing simultaneously.

Glad the universe has given you back a mermaid, if not the one that recently went wandering.

Thank you.

[muccamukk]

I'm PS: I'll soon be 2 years older.

[sovay]

I'm PS: I'll soon be 2 years older.

I have correspondences like that.

[davidgillon]

Getting stuck in a nerve not once, but twice strikes me as decidedly unfair. Sympathies, it's irritating enough having just the tip of a finger tingling.

Don't you remember, Molly? You gave me your right hand.

Potential for a zombie version, too?

[ethelmay]

"I hold your hand in mine, dear..." (Lehrer)

[sovay]

"I hold your hand in mine, dear..."

Thank you.

[sovay]

Getting stuck in a nerve not once, but twice strikes me as decidedly unfair. Sympathies, it's irritating enough having just the tip of a finger tingling.

Thank you. It's improved by today, but still present. I described the sensation to my mother as "a glove full of bees." It never did fade entirely after last year and I am really hoping I have not just accrued more permanent nerve damage.

[davidgillon]

Mine was initially two full fingers a couple of years ago, there's been consistent if very gradual improvement over that time, so not time to give up on things yet.

[sovay]

Mine was initially two full fingers a couple of years ago, there's been consistent if very gradual improvement over that time, so not time to give up on things yet.

I appreciate that. I have a lot of skepticism built up against the idea of recovering from nerve damage because it never really happened with my face despite encouragement from doctors at the time. (Also, I'm just glad to hear it's been true for you.)

[davidgillon]

Thanks. One point I forgot to make is that as it's 99% likely to be C-spine related, that's improvement in spite of the likelihood I'm re-aggravating it regularly.

[thisbluespirit]

Oh no! People really do need to watch where they're putting needles. ♥

I am glad a lost mermaid turned up, though, even if a different one. That is something. *hugs*

[sovay]

Oh no! People really do need to watch where they're putting needles.

I don't think I have very complicated elbows! People drew blood from them for years without incident! Bruises at most!

I am glad a lost mermaid turned up, though, even if a different one. That is something.

Thank you.

*hugs*

[theseatheseatheopensea]

I'm glad you have a mermaid talisman with you again! <3 ANd I hope that the needles and pins go away soon!

Tag yourself c. 1944.

I'm either "I hate getting up", "I need a vacation", or "I need sleep"--I can't choose! XD

[sovay]

I'm glad you have a mermaid talisman with you again! <3 ANd I hope that the needles and pins go away soon!

Thank you on both counts!

I'm either "I hate getting up", "I need a vacation", or "I need sleep"--I can't choose!

They're all so relatable!

*hugs*

[selkie]

I think the mermaid talisman came home to back you up on that one! Always happy to pop by with a bellow of GAYS HO, DYKES ALOFT, SISSIES IN THE RIGGING AND QUEERS SWARMING THE MAST!, though. <3

[sovay]

I think the mermaid talisman came home to back you up on that one! Always happy to pop by with a bellow of GAYS HO, DYKES ALOFT, SISSIES IN THE RIGGING AND QUEERS SWARMING THE MAST!, though.

Much appreciated!

*hugs*

[gwynnega]

I got stuck in the radial nerve of my left arm during another blood draw and now my left hand is once again filled with pins and needles until further notice.

Ugh! Having this happen to you more than once is really adding insult to injury.

[sovay]

Ugh! Having this happen to you more than once is really adding insult to injury.

I had blood drawn for years without it happening! Decades! I have written to my PCP to ask if I can have a note in my chart that says something like "butterfly needles for this patient only, for the love of leeches."

[umadoshi]

He gave it to me tonight to look after me.

Oh, I'm glad to hear this!

[sovay]

Oh, I'm glad to hear this!

Thank you!

[nineweaving]

Is the mermaid Molly?

Nine

[sovay]

Is the mermaid Molly?

I like that.

[aedifica]

I'm "caught napping" and "give my regards to the whole family". :-D

Pins and needles: yeesh! I hope the "until further notice" gets notice soon and stops.

[sovay]

I'm "caught napping" and "give my regards to the whole family".

Fair enough!

Pins and needles: yeesh! I hope the "until further notice" gets notice soon and stops.

Thank you! It is definitely better, I just want it gone.

[radiantfracture]

my left hand is once again filled with pins and needles until further notice

Yergh. I hope you heal quickly from your medical care.

In the back pocket of a pair of pants he hadn't worn in years

Always good to have a divinity in your back pocket?

[sovay]

Yergh. I hope you heal quickly from your medical care.

Thank you! Yeah.

Always good to have a divinity in your back pocket?

I like this way of thinking of it.