I remember when Diff'rent Strokes first aired and it marked in my brain that sitcoms were no longer striving to be funny. They'd settled on 'mildly amusing' as the new standard, and the shows that followed Strokes were progressively worse, but still pulled ratings. Why study all night to get an A+ when you can get a C- minus without even trying and still pass?
Sitcoms didn't get back to trying until 'Cheers' came along.
There is very little I can revisit from that time that doesn’t supremely disappoint me and incidentally overwrite my goodwill for the thing in the first place.
I still value my old experience, even the mediocre tv of my youth.
"Thomas Wolfe said, “You can never go home again.” He’s almost right when it comes to the television of my youth. If I never try, I get to keep those warm fuzzies in my head, where they belong."
There are reasons I don't go looking for episodes of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" or the old "Battlestar Galactica", shows I loved as a kid. I *know* they've aged badly and probably weren't very well-written and probably contained racism and/or sexism and or other stuff that sailed over my head as a kid. But I loved them when I was 13 and my memories are fond ones.
I don't envy you that decision. It's all the stuff it brings up, and it's just so fucking hard with pets at this stage. We're going through some stuff with Polly, and our hearts have been in our mouths a lot lately, and my mum just had to give up her cat to a shelter due to (her own) mobility issues - we'd have taken him, but Polly wouldn't cope with that.
I'm thinking about this problem as I would for a human with a longterm mobility problem, so excuse me if this is a little out there, but that's how I roll: Would Sonya cope with a stairlift, i.e. could she be trained to sit in it on its way up and down, or else to sit peaceably in your arms if you rode it?
Alternatively, what about a portable stairlift wheelchair? (https://metrocentermobility.com/products-1) They come battery powered/motorised, and it'd be cheaper (still not cheap, but still) than putting a whole-ass stairlift in.
Follow up: her meds are really helping; she seems to have regained most, if not all, of her back leg strength. I suspect now she has some anxiety about climbing the stairs all at once. I'm going to use Janice to help with a tandem approach to get her over it. I think the two of us will prevail.
I remember when Diff'rent Strokes first aired and it marked in my brain that sitcoms were no longer striving to be funny. They'd settled on 'mildly amusing' as the new standard, and the shows that followed Strokes were progressively worse, but still pulled ratings. Why study all night to get an A+ when you can get a C- minus without even trying and still pass?
Sitcoms didn't get back to trying until 'Cheers' came along.
There is very little I can revisit from that time that doesn’t supremely disappoint me and incidentally overwrite my goodwill for the thing in the first place.
I still value my old experience, even the mediocre tv of my youth.
"Thomas Wolfe said, “You can never go home again.” He’s almost right when it comes to the television of my youth. If I never try, I get to keep those warm fuzzies in my head, where they belong."
There are reasons I don't go looking for episodes of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" or the old "Battlestar Galactica", shows I loved as a kid. I *know* they've aged badly and probably weren't very well-written and probably contained racism and/or sexism and or other stuff that sailed over my head as a kid. But I loved them when I was 13 and my memories are fond ones.
This is the way.
I don't envy you that decision. It's all the stuff it brings up, and it's just so fucking hard with pets at this stage. We're going through some stuff with Polly, and our hearts have been in our mouths a lot lately, and my mum just had to give up her cat to a shelter due to (her own) mobility issues - we'd have taken him, but Polly wouldn't cope with that.
I'm thinking about this problem as I would for a human with a longterm mobility problem, so excuse me if this is a little out there, but that's how I roll: Would Sonya cope with a stairlift, i.e. could she be trained to sit in it on its way up and down, or else to sit peaceably in your arms if you rode it?
Having had a quick look, they're not cheap (https://www.lifewaymobility.com/resources/product-guides/how-much-does-a-stair-lift-cost/), but if these stairs are in an area of the theatre also used by the public, is there scope to apply for grant funding to install one (or for that matter a platform lift) as a general disability inclusion thing?
Alternatively, what about a portable stairlift wheelchair? (https://metrocentermobility.com/products-1) They come battery powered/motorised, and it'd be cheaper (still not cheap, but still) than putting a whole-ass stairlift in.
Follow up: her meds are really helping; she seems to have regained most, if not all, of her back leg strength. I suspect now she has some anxiety about climbing the stairs all at once. I'm going to use Janice to help with a tandem approach to get her over it. I think the two of us will prevail.
That's so good to hear! :)