I don't care how bad the economy is, that bloke needs to get his lazy arse out and about doing something more productive, even if it's just mowing elderly and/or disabled peoples yards or something. How old is this slacker fer crying out loud?
And Nickelodeon? ALL DAY????? Sounds like he... they both could use an IQ injection as well. 
Yeah but the mom is just getting over a bout with a bad cold and that while still recuperating from a knee replacement.
I thought knee replacements and the like were pretty much ready to walk on these days. My 77 y/o mother has had both hips replaced, and both times she was walking the next day... and she was fully operational (back to her former self) within a fortnight.
If only hip and knee replacements would be the end of my mobility woes. If I had every arthritic and broken down part replaced, I'd be more prosthetic than real... seriously. It'd take both hips; both knees; right ankle; right shoulder; right elbow;. right wrist and my entire spine to get me fully mobile again.
Thing is, the medicos all say I'm too young or... it's too damned risky (in the case of surgery to my neck and lower spine), though often times I think they're making excuses. Public health!!!! It's great if you have an accident and need mending on the spot... they'll do it no worries, but if it's old injuries coming back to haunt you later, well forget it, the hospitals are chocked up with people are really ill, etc, etc, etc.
It knocks me around some, but I still mow the lawns and keep the yard tidy... I figure while I'm still able why pay somebody else. It'll take me 3 or 4 days to get over it, but I still feel the satisfaction of having done it myself.
