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GENERAL TOPICS => Tall Tales => Topic started by: Major E A Sterner on June 01, 2022, 10:35:55 PM
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Looks like Y'all forgot it's time to add a month, Lets make it a good one.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 56 and sunny, High of 74.
Slim
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Barely made it to say Godd Morning! 68 here, supposed to get to 72 today. Working on coffee and Youtube videos planned.
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Barely made it to say Godd Morning! 68 here, supposed to get to 72 today. Working on coffee and Youtube videos planned.
Godd Dag to you too 😂
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Godd Dag to you too 😂
Is that related to gütten tag?
Morning all.
106 again so far, going up from there.
Nothing much going on in the Horn of Africa today. Lots of hurry up and wait.
—TK
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I was hired for my looks! That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Actually I was. 6'3" tall and 270 pounds, bench pressed my own weight and willing to fight. Maximum Security Prison hired me...
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 58 and sunny. High of 69.
Slim
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improved ...not so wasted, still have head & sinus congestion and cough to clear my throat.
Thanks to all for the Well wishes.
Had my first cup o coffee in a week or more ::)
Out of boredom,
I took one of those on-line Quizes that claim they can tell where you are from by your pronouncing certain words or phrases'...
Was not even close ::) " suggested I was from the NORTH!!!! HA !
I suppose being a native-born Floridian (Miami) has exposed me to a multi culture influx of mixed dialects
But NORTH ? go figure ::)
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Do you have a link for that on-line quiz?
Slim
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improved ...not so wasted, still have head & sinus congestion and cough to clear my throat.
Thanks to all for the Well wishes.
Had my first cup o coffee in a week or more ::)
Out of boredom,
I took one of those on-line Quizes that claim they can tell where you are from by your pronouncing certain words or phrases'...
Was not even close ::) " suggested I was from the NORTH!!!! HA !
I suppose being a native-born Floridian (Miami) has exposed me to a multi culture influx of mixed dialects
But NORTH ? go figure ::)
I took one of those once. It said I was from New England. Which also is not even close. The last generation in my family to be “from” New England immigrated from Prussia in 1861, and only lived there for about 2 years before heading to the Carolinas/Florida for the next century.
On todays docket, I am taking a ride on one of our planes. No particular reason for it, they just offered and I wouldn’t refuse a couple hours of flight time. ::)
—TK
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Do you have a link for that on-line quiz?
Slim
No Sir, I didn't save it, but Googled key words in my search engine and found several others like it.
So, I passed some time with this one https://www.zoo.com/quiz/where-are-you-from-accent
It was a little more accurate and guessed "the South" :-\ eh?, closer I guess.
I think I'm a melting pot mix, a kit bash... Folks were from Kentucky & Western NC, but I was born & raised in Miami, and most of the school kids I interacted with were from elsewhere.
Not sure we are going to get any heavy weather, from the Tropical Storm, so far rain has held off.
Overcast, and guessers say 90% but zilch so far.
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Update...we got a bit of a shower a while ago,
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 36 and overcast. High of 72 and mostly cloudy.
Slim
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No Sir, I didn't save it, but Googled key words in my search engine and found several others like it.
So, I passed some time with this one https://www.zoo.com/quiz/where-are-you-from-accent
It was a little more accurate and guessed "the South" :-\ eh?, closer I guess.
I think I'm a melting pot mix, a kit bash... Folks were from Kentucky & Western NC, but I was born & raised in Miami, and most of the school kids I interacted with were from elsewhere.
Southern accent. I think not. ::)
Slim
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Southern accent. I think not. ::)
Slim
Southern Wisconsin, maybe.
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Southern Wisconsin, maybe.
Bubbler. ::)
Slim
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Bubbler. ::)
Slim
Slim
As a fellow Wisconsinite, I think the consensus would be: We Have No Accent!!!
Bubblers are great, and it's soda not pop!
::) ::) >:( >:(
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
Watched a good movie on youtube last night: Greater.
'Tis 47 and light rain. "Cloudy. Showers likely in the morning then a chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 60s. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent."
Slim
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As a fellow Wisconsinite, I think the consensus would be: We Have No Accent!!!
Being from Wisconsin, I always thought that we have no accent. The survey says I'm from Georgia.
Y'all have a good day now!
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Good Evening Y'all,I had a great weekend, weather was just about perfect, Saturday we had my youngest grand daughters birthday party and Sunday I went to a CAS match and shot all 6 stages clean. It was a nice present for my 62nd birthday.
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"SHE" tested negative yesterday; :D :D :D :D
the assumption is I am now also negative.
All symptoms have retreated, with the exception of some head congestion and a throat clearing mild cough,
from time to time.
Hopefully, I now have an acquired immunity that rebolstered the boosters I got last Fall. :-\
I expect to take a Covid test tomorrow to confirm, and return Wednesday to the Museum, if I'm negative.
Today we remember, with honor & reverence the Great Crusade D-Day: 78 years ago.
God Bless the Men & Women of our Greatest Generation, and bless their memory & their sacrifice.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 52 and raining. "Cloudy. Light rain likely in the morning. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent."
Slim
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Well done Major Sterner! And a Happy Belated Birthday to you.
65 and pouring rain here, supposed to get to 82 today, but I doubt it. Slept in, working on my second cup of coffee. Y'all take care and be safe.
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Got up and took Blaze out, made a ham & cheese breakfast sandwich,
Had cup of coffee.
I'm slow cooking a pork loin for BBQ pulled pork for dinner, planning a roasted sweet potato too.
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Happy June…
Hope all y’all have the A/C going.
I am starting a poll to decide if you are southern or not.
Preference, RC and Moon Pie or Goobers in your Coke?
Y’all have a safe summer
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Good to see you Roo... :)
I'm familiar with RC & a Moon Pie...just never developed a taste for it...
course I drink UN-Sweet iced tea, I suppose that's odd to a southerner :-\
Don't care for any of the flavored tea either.
I was, in my youth a 'Pepper (Dr. Pepper)
But I haven't had a 'Pepper' or 'Coke' in years. Goober's in Ice Cream, but not Coke.
BBQ Loin & sweet potato was excellent, and enough leftover BBQ for sandwiches tomorrow.
Thunderstorm past through and drop temps about 15 degrees, still drizzling now.
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RC is good, and I like the chocolate Moon Pies. Grew up in Chicago, but all my family is from the South, so I grew up with that kind of background.
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Evening all.
I like my tea sweet enough to kill a dietician ::). I’ve also been known to indulge in an RC and moon pie.
Todays agenda is rather uneventful. Hand out tools and go to a brief in a couple hours. Flight on Saturday went well. 15 hours in the plane, but the Joes down south at a few FOBs got their mail and some treats from the USO.
—TK
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If we start from the South, had relatives in Huntsville AL on my mom’s father’s side:
Cousins down there (don’t know first, second …… or how many removals:
Named Frankie and Bubba
Next toward the North would be relatives from both sides. First in Vandalia IL. Then a tad more North to Altoona PA. Both were county rather that city folk, so there was a detectable accent.
After that most of the clan moved to Southern WI and Southwest MI. No accent to me.
I guess if I speak with an accent, it must be MUTT.
Coke meant Coca Cola, not just any soda. (Have had a person in Mississippi ask me what flavor coke I wanted, long before all the cola soft drinks were coming in oddball flavors).
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Grew up with Jolly Good soda and Dad's root beer.
https://wi101.wisc.edu/2018/05/09/object-history-jolly-good-soda/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dad%27s_Root_Beer
Slim
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I liked root beer, we used to have Royal Castle, it was south Florida chain.
something of a White Castle and Chrystal Burger clone...
Anyway, they had Birch Beer, 5 cents in a frosted mug, the little sq. burgers (cooked with onions & a pickle)
for dime.
I'd get 3, and mug for 35 cents :) didn't get better than that as kid.
They are all gone now, the likes of Burger King, McD's were RC's ruination, and the fact that the corp. head embezzled.
But that frosted Birch Beer was a treat, and those little burgers. :)
Coke too, never tasted better unless it was in one of the little 8oz green glass bottles.
Memories of youth, :) remember Clark Bars, & Baby Ruths's?
How about the little wax bottles of sweet colored liquid or maybe candy cigarettes?
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 47 and overcast. High of 72.
Slim
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Memories of youth, :) remember Clark Bars, & Baby Ruths's?
How about the little wax bottles of sweet colored liquid or maybe candy cigarettes?
Major 2,
there is a large candy store/manufacture on the highway between Omaha and Lincoln, Baker's Candies, that has a huge selection of all those nostalgia candies and sweets.
Necco wafers, the color sugar dots on paper, those miniature wax soda bottles filled with sugar water, etc.
Let me know what you might be interested in.
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Very Kind of you John :)
These days I tend to shy away from sugar :( once in a while though I find Cracker Barrel Restaurants
have the old brands.
Like Lemon Drops hard candys, and Clark bars.
They also carry Soft Drinks , like Sarsaparilla and Grape & Orange Nehi.
One can also find about all the nostalgic brands on Amazon.
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Afternoon all.
My mom used to get those wax bottles for me and my siblings. I was the weird kid that would take the liquid out, then melt the wax and make miniature candles for starting campfires ::)
Todays scheduled events include the same thing as always out here. Sitting around and handing out tools.
—TK
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Rain and thunderstorms here all this week. Temps in the mid 80s and humid. Supposed to be dry this Saturday for our 2nd Saturday match, hope the range will be somewhat dry! Watching the Cards and Rays right now, pitchers duel going on.
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Oh! just recall another favorite, Peanut Butter Log...
Butterfingers & Hershey Bars (plain or Almond) are still easy to find most places.
and Red Hots, little red globs of Cinnamon goodness....
Ah... those were the days, ran ruck shod all over, armed with all manors of Mattel's, Nichols cowboy guns
or a Daisy BB gun. Perhaps it was a Burp Gun, no one blinked an eye.
We were barefoot, drank water from hose, climbed trees, skinned a knee and even played in the standing water after rainstorm, and street football.
We rode our bikes to school, said the pledge of allegiance and prayer each day....
Not a soap box, just great memories of a time now lost to Kids today :'(
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 50 and sprinkling. "Cloudy. Showers in the morning then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Light and variable wind. Chance of rain 80 percent."
Slim
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I talked to Del, still improving is able to take a shower every other day, stiil expects to get sprung by the 24th.
Said "the food is tolorable"
I returned to the Muaeum today, low attendance though, I caught up on some paper work.
grabbed a Pizza on the way home...it was a ::) craving
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I talked to Del, still improving is able to take a shower every other day, stiil expects to get sprung by the 24th.
Said "the food is tolorable"
I returned to the Muaeum today, low attendance though, I cought up on some paper work.
grabbed a Pizza on the way home...it was a ::) craving
Good to hear about Del, thanks.
Is that “caught up” or coughed up”?
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Good to hear about Del, thanks.
Is that “caught up” or coughed up”?
Either or I suppose... :) both sums up ...cough'n' is still somewhat present :(
spelling was not my strongest subject :-\
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
Parts of the lane are under water, now.
'Tis 52 and sunny. High of 75.
Slim
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 57 and partly cloudy. "Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent."
Slim
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Good afternoon to y'all. 70 here right now and raining. A bit of a late night last night as I found out that our former Church [pre-move to AR] had their Youth Group at a Christian Camp near here this week. So I went to see them and didn't leave til Midnight. Great seeing some dear friends who I served with dor many years, and got mobbed by the young guys who I had watched grow up in our church! Crud! 2 of em are taller than I am and I'm 6'3"! Anyhoo, hope everyone here has a good day and hoping to get to see Delmonico back on soon.
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Congrats on the reunion.
It's 80° now after a quick frog drowning rainstorm.
I decided a nap was in order and snoozed through most of it.
Working the Museum tomorrow, more rain is forecasted so it may be slow :-\
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A Taurus model 450 followed me home tonight. I baptized it will my .45 Colt BP loads. Lots of flame from the 2" barrel. ;D
Slim
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Neat ! 45 Colt DA snubby, would love to see the photos of it firing. :)
Off to the U'see'Um shortly
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
Off to verk in a bit for the monthly systems outage/maintenance.
Neat ! 45 Colt DA snubby, would love to see the photos of it firing. :)
I'll try to get some later today.
'Tis 52 and overcast. "Cooler. Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning then showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 70. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent."
Slim
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
Off to church in a bit, then to a funeral.
'Tis 52 and overcast. High of 72.
Slim
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Strong & steady attendance yesterday it was quite busy right up to closing.
Normally, it will thin out and we have but few guests after about 3:30.
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97 here and Heat Index of 111. Coffee is ICED this afternoon! Good day at Church. Hope you all are doing well.
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Got home from the funeral about 15 minutes ago.
Slim
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Neat ! 45 Colt DA snubby, would love to see the photos of it firing. :)
Here ya go. ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4xacL4vUxU
Slim
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 46 and partly cloudy. "Partly sunny in the morning then cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent."
Slim
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Hit 98 today and HUMID! Yikes, glad I got my errands run in the morning, when it was only 92...
Anyhoo, iced tea going at this point.
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I spoke with Del this evening, He said, "he had a very good day" and has Dr. appointment
on Wednesday, and if all goes well, he might get out of rehab by this weekend (a few days early) :)
He been able to login on his Facebook Dutch oven page, but the WIFI is blocked for Cas City apparently.
I'm headed to the frendly LGS to pick up a project in the morning, for one of their customers.
I'll post more about it tomorrow with photos.
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Major, good to hear Del is doing well.
I fell of the gun buying wagon today,I bought a single shot breal open rifle in .44Magnum, Has a Millet RedDot sight on it ,Now I have something to shoot up all the .44Mag/Spl. ammo I have stocked up.
Y'all have a good night.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 62, cloudy and hazy. "Hot and humid. Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the middle 90s. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Heat indices to 102."
Slim
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I'm headed to the frendly LGS to pick up a project in the morning, for one of their customers.
I'll post more about it tomorrow with photos.
You all might recall, some weeks ago I was asked by my friendly LGS, to look and appraise 3 guns the previous owner/ consigner had rattled caned painted black.
There was the Ruby, a WALTHER P38 with post war AC44 Holster and 2 mags, and a Model 1 1/2 S&W top break in 32 cal.
All three had been painted in semi-Gloss black,
I estimated the P38 would bring about $500 , the Ruby maybe ? ( well I took a chance for $100 )
and it turned out a small gem in the rough....about 70% original finish and functions fine..
Once I removed the offending Krylon paint job...
The poor Smith I fear is a train wreak .
I was asked by the new owner of the P38 ( yes it sold for $500) if I would restore the P38
I agreed to do so for $35 (he gave me $50 for about 45 minutes work :) )
So here is P38, sadly the original finish had been stripped before the rattle can job ::)
It is a good shooter grade, matching #s and waffen marks... but in its less the 10% original finish
sill worth the $500 I guess...
Before and After
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Yeah, the P38 did not look all that bad in paint, at lease in my photo...trust me it was lame !!!
as a reminder, here is the Before and After of the LLama Ruby
( note the grip was upside down )
and the poor S&W :(
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The Ruby is now on display in the WW1 exhibit at the Museun
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Got to 94 outside the house, today. ::)
74 inside the house.
Slim
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Sheesh, still cookin here. Major, what happened with that little S&W 1 1/2?
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Deke, it still languishes there un-loved at the gun shop on consignment.
I handled it, seems tight, the original hard rubber grips are cracked.
Temps here have been hovering around 93-95 degrees daily. Scattered thunderstorms with a 35% chance of rain tonight.
Off to work shortly, the heat may work either way with the gate, may be steady or may be slow. :-\
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis cloudy and 72. "Very warm and humid. Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat indices to 96."
Slim
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Roger, next time you are in there would you take a couple of pics of the little beastie for me? I need another mudpuppy like a rectal lobotomy, but I can't resist them!
Anyway, gotta mail off a Walther PP today, trading for an Uberti Opentop. Already 87 here on it's way to 95 with "air you can wear" humidity. Y'all be good.
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I called the shop after I called you.... The Consignor is sorta out of his mind, and may be holding firm @ $250 which is nutzzzzzzzzz :o
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High winds and tornadoes went through 17:30 - 18:00. Took 3x time to get home by dodging trees in the roads, taking ditches and shoulders, and alternate roads. Currently out of power.
Slim
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Evening all.
96 and clear here in Africa as of 0330 local. Not much going on in this part of the Dark Continent. Though the chow hall has chicken strips for lunch today, so I guess we have that going for us.
—TK
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
Still no power at home. Power at verk.
'Tis 65 and sunny. High of 79.
Slim
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Power was restored about 10 AM.
Slim
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95° heat index feels like 101°, Humidity 51% no rain is forecasted.
Glad you got your power restored :)
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Heat remains, Humidity returns 86%, 5% chance of showers today 35% tomorrow.
We are celebrating Flag Day at the Museum tomorrow (rather than last Tuesday)
Serving free Hamberger's, Hotdogs, chips and soda or bottled water.
Admission is also free. We tend to get a larger flow on Saturdays anyway.
We are closed on Mondays, so we will not have 4th of July event.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 68 and sunny. High of 81.
Slim
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88 here already, heading to 95 with a Heat Index of 114, yikes. Found out I have to get the front wheel bearings replaced on my truck, so it's parked until the parts [backordered] come in. Had a great couple of days as our [former] Sister in Law and her new husband came in. Great visit her kids came over and we cooked out. Ya know, running a grill at 95 degrees may not be the smartest thing I have ever done... ;D
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 57 and sunny. High of 74.
Slim
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Good mornin! 84 here already on it's way to 97. Good coffee and the Missus is watching a video on monkeys. Fun stuff.
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We were suppose to see 98 degrees made 94 as the Thunder boomer began moving in,
Its blowing but so far no rain, but its coming.
Very good (full house) attendance for our Flag Day tribute 11 to 2pm., about 60 Hotdogs, and 35-40 burgers were consumed.
Its been dead, since 2:pm though.
Talked to Del. on the way in, he said he gets out of the care facility next Friday, Otherwise feeling good...
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Spoke to soon yesterday, attendance picked up after 3PM (somewhat unusual)
Happy Father's Day to all so blessed. :D
I'm enjoying a left-over pork cutlet and eggs with my coffee this morning.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
Cast some bullets, yesterday.
'Tis 59 and partly sunny. High of 82.
Slim
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Mercury hit 97 degrees, then a thunderstorm blew in from the east and temps dropped 20°
Currently 77° but the rain has gone around us so far.
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Well, hit 87 here today, supposed to keep getting hotter the rest of the week and hit 101 Saturday! Call me a wimp if you wanna, but I ain't gonna be shootin' in that!
And Happy Father's Day to all of ya!
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Greetings all.
Nice and toasty here in the Dark Continent. 104 with a heat index of 125 :o we also had a mild thunderstorm around midnight, followed by a dust storm. Made life fun for about an hour.
Beyond that, the life of this deployed airman has been fairly quiet. Getting paid to read books all day. Could be worse.
—TK
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
Getting things collected for the Grand Muster. Probably leave tomorrow morning.
'Tis 69 and sunny. High of 92.
Slim
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Already 87 here, heading to 95 and humid. Gonna take it easy today and stay in the AC as much as possible.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
Heading out 0630 - 7000.
'Tis 63 and partly sunny. "Hot and humid. Mostly sunny in the morning then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the middle 90s. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. Heat indices to 105."
Slim
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Have a safe trip, and good a muster watch that heat.
Guessers say, "no rain and just 88° today", I find it hard to believe.
Yesterday they said " 5% rain " and after the thunderstorm they said "80% rain", their enlightened hindsight was 100%.
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On my second [third?] cup this AM. 78 right now, heading for 96 with 80% humidity. Yuck! Gotta get out and pick up an Anniversary card for the Missus, will be 38 years Thursday. I am a blessed man, she is a sweetie. Y'all be good, Major, if'n you talk to Del, tell him hello!
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Will do...
Ours was in January 35 years... SHE's a KEEPER
I knew that at the outset, but it was hammered home when SHE took care of me when I had the covid and she was down with it as well... :o
Course SHE's 10 years younger but still WOW!
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Our 35th is coming up September 12th. My keeper (in more ways than one ::) ::) ;D) is 5 months older than me. It just took a 2000-mile-long distance final courtship to convince her.
Right now, she’s getting packed up and making sure I have my plant care instructions set. Before she goes back to Milwaukee for her mother’s 96th birthday (by the way her mother was out yesterday cutting down trees in her backyard). The wife will be gone for 6 weeks, so the cats and I get to party!!!! ::) ::) ::)
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Evening all. Or morning. Heck, don’t even know what time it is here, much less there ::)
Another blustery day here. 102 and windy. Had another sandstorm, a little worse than the last. We lost power yesterday at around 1:30am, and didn’t get it back until almost 8:30. Makes life interesting.
Mrs. TK and I hit 6 months on the 3rd. We’ve been together for almost 5 years though.
Y’all stay safe over there.
—TK
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Spoke to Del, he's still on track to get released on Friday afternoon.
He's looking forward to being back on CAS City and apricates the well wishes.
Jodi and I had been together 4 or 5 years before I went on location for "Alamo, the Price of Freedom".
During those 16 weeks absents (She in Miami, and I in Texas) the heart grows fonder.
I have new student (Antropoligy major) intern joining me at the Museum today.
We will be working on WW 1 & WW 2 exhibits rehab, adding and representing the existing displays over the next few weeks.
Guessers were on point; it was rather present Temp wise yesterday @ 88 ° and they say today will be the same and no rain predicted.
Central Florida in JUNE ??? I'll take it
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Yo TK, glad to hear you are doing okay, still praying for you and your family while you're deployed. Roger, thanks for the update on Delmonico, and don't terrorize the Intern [unless they drink Starbucks!]. 82 here already, supposed to hit 96 today with only 75% humidity. Anyhoo, I'm gonna stay inside as much as possible and drink my coffee this AM.
Y'all have a good day.
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So far a no show :-\
It's been steady this morning but has quieted down since 1PM
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A very good friends grandson is in need of help. I got this note from her.
"He just turned 18. He was born with half a heart. Has had 3 open heart surgeries. He was told about 2 weeks ago that he was going to need a pace maker, but he doesn't have the part of the chamber that you normally connect it to, so they were assembling a team in Birmingham to figure it out. Yesterday the heat got to him so they took him to the ER where they found he was in A fib and low Oxygen so they transferred him to Mobile.
He was airlifted to Birmingham this afternoon. Johnathon arrived safely to Birmingham.Doctor's called and requested to do a cardiac conversion ASAP, they are going to incubate him."
Update From my friend...
Johnathon is in Room 830 at The Children's Hospital of Birmingham 1600 5th Avenue South Birmingham, Al 35242. Drs are attempting to keep his oxygen saturation level. This weekend the plan is to keep him resting since the cardioversion to bring him out of A fib. On Monday, they will determine if he is strong enough for the open heart surgery that week to install a pacemaker. If successful, he will need to stay another week or so. Best case scenario. Please get the word out to anyone who believes in the power of prayer and healing. Thank you.
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Thanks for the update, continuing prayers here.
Well today was the Missus and my 38th Anniversary. God blessed me with a wonderful lady and I know it every day. Had a nice lunch after sleeping in, then was door security at our church for our Spanish Ministry tonight.
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I offer my prayers & best wishes....
I was thinking...We all send Picture Post Cards to him from all of our locations,
so, he knows we are all thinking of him and wishing him well.
Johnathon- Room 830
The Children's Hospital of Birmingham
1600 5th Avenue
South Birmingham, Al 35242.
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Will do! Will get the postcard today or tomorrow. 89 here today on it's way to 100, tomorrow 105! Yikes! No coffee today for this old sheepdog. And got a new Opentop arriving tomorrow! Can't wait.
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OK, escaped about 12:30pm, the care they gave me was awesome, all the caregivers have been telling me goodbye for the last two days. they said I was one of the best patients they have had in a long time. I guess it just shows if you are nice to people they are more likely are nice to you.
If my typing looks more like some HS kids text It will get better, you should see some of the stuff 30 days ago. Of course I'm not on as many drugs as I was and a real keyboard is easier to work with, was going to have the kids bring my desktop out and then decided not to, A lot of the problems were more than a tiny key board.
Anyway we went and got my meds or rather the additional ones, which is temp and is a pain killer, new on to me, only been on the market since 2015, save that till tomorrow, but lets say for me it worked works better than The Codeine/Tylenol ones with more advantages and almost as good an morphine. Buprenorphine is the name if you want to look it up. They sent me some home.
Any way back to what happened, on Saturday the 6th of May I didn't feel real hot, Rita went of craft thing ar church and me and brown dog slept most the the day, Fever went 102.5. temp was dowm Sunday and went an seen mom on the 7th,felt worse again on Sunday and about 10pm I hurt so bad I could hardly walk, and Rita took me to the OR, I knew they would do little but that's fine because I was in a lot of pain and used my cane to hobble in. Quick x-ray of the hip area showed nothin was broke or misplaced, called my GP the next day, got an appointment for the early afternoon, no big deal as I had enough happy pills to make it, although I upped the dosage to max recommended having dealt with both before. Didn't do much that day and about 2 pm I was out talking to Rita and I sat on the couch, maybe a half hour. Got ready to go back and lay down and I could not get up, using my cane and Rita I could not get up, called my GP and they said if it was that bad call 911 and he told me to go to another hospital, He's CHI so went to that one and he called to see if a certain neurologist was still on duty, cool a heads up before, Ambulance cuts out waiting time any way, nerve DR was not on duty so they gave me more muscle relaxers and told me to go see the GP next day as planned.
Anyway next morning when I awoke I could not move my legs, just wiggle my toes so I decided my spinal cord was at least mostly in tact. ::) Rita sent the dog outside and called 911, told the Rita would be at the front door and dog was outside. 4 showed up and they had a weird looking chair kinda like and office chair with seat belts and all 4 picked me up and put me on it, go me down they stairs and on to a gurney that had a tarp with handles. Oh Rita asked if I was going back the St E I told her no, Bryan East again, my normal one, she said OK, then I told her I couldn't go back there because I had peed all over the floor. (another story for later ::))
Anyway the got me in there and was in pain as bad as the bypass, so since thy had an I"V already and and blood drawn and the fever again they gave me several shots in the I"V, morphine, that above med, toradol and a muscle relaxer because they had found out I had bad swelling in the back muscles on that side, they ten told me they were going to give me a shot of prednisone to help that, I mentioned the diabetes and they said not to worry, they had plenty of insulin and cold get more. ;D Any way they drew lots of blood, and sent me upstairs and they kept asking if a was still in bad pain, then shot m up some more. Had a staph infection in my blood, and in my lower spine which swelled the muscles and they were pushing hard in the siliac nerve and was pinching it off. They also told me there was a slight chance I would never be able to walk again, Anyway for several days I was kinda in a haze, don't remember a lot of it and what I remember not sure all of it was real.
The whole time I could only wiggle my toes and by the 16th I was able using 2 nurse and a walker I waked 5 or 6 steps to the bathroom before that thy took me in a shower chair you could poop out of.
The 17th of May they took me a half mile up the road to Tabatha a rehab place, we started doing rehab and drugs but less of them, and after a few days we didn't have to do insulin. They changed some meds just before this and they added one one and dropped 2, this pill works for diabetes and helps the heart heal. Glucose as been smack on for at least two weeks and I got things like cheese cake and stuff on my tray and no extra insulin. Walking got better, but I also worked my butt off doing it.
Also had to have speech therapy, the tests showed no stroke but some bad speech problems as Slim and Major 2 found out, did work on that, part of that also to determine if my problems with memory was long term, short term or both. Was only short term, they asked about hobbies, showed the pictures on the phone so they started asking question questions about that and they discovered my long term was exceptional it was just the short term and it's getting better. After a while the dropped it to only one person person had to be with me. made bathroom trips easier, 3 people was bit crowded. Then I could walk around the room with out help, then dropped it all together just one holding my leash and then I could wander the halls by my self, then get to go home today, the 24th of June.
Got 10 pound lifting restriction for now . Got appointments coming up, project tomorrow is to get the E-mail password fixed so I can find out when they are, didn't write them down because they E-mail that stuff.
We are sure I have a fairly bad Hiatal hernia going on, got appointment July 1 coming to do the scope from the other end from one I did in March.
Food was decent, not exactly 4 star dining but better than window food in a sack, Middle range, think Grocery store cafeteria type. Yes had a student nurse take me for a wheel chair walk around the campus we saw Sysco the truck delivering.
Most of their product is decent heat and eat stuff
Gonna stop for now, took me over 2 hours to do this, fingers don't always do what the brain tells them to.
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WELCOME HOME, DEL :D
Heading to the Museum, just normal Saturday, heat could/should bring a crowd, (heat index 100+)
but I'm thinking it will be a slow day. :-\
It's been hit and miss, Wednesday (hump day) I was quite busy, but my counterpart/curator said Thur. & Fri. were slow including the Thursday pre-scheduled Eagle Scout Unit tour no showed.
Apparently, their transportation expired due to the heat. :-\
I did manage to dress & equip out a pair of WW2 German uniformed mannequins.
And drew up the plans for an all-new WW1 exhibit area, which will include a trench experience walk through.
Any who, you all stay hydrated and in a cool zone, and wishing the pards at the Muster good weather.
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Sleep pattern is all messed up, no big deal, meds and odd routine will do it, Planning on getting to where I get up about 8 and go to bed about midnite, slept yesterday afternoon and didn't go to bed at ahttps://www.cascity.com/forumhall/Smileys/cowboys/wink.gifll early, was going to bed about Midnite every day at the hospital and getting up 3-4 and staying awake till breakfast and lunch plus PT and sleeping a couple more hours.
Brown Butthead dog was so glad to see me, took a 3 hour nap and clung to me was not happy with me last night, kept staring at me from the coach and sometimes going to the door, flipped me off and slept on the coach last night and won't look at me. Well too bad buddy. got the home heath nurse coming in about 8:30 and it's off to the bedroom for you. And also just the two of us till after dark.
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Del, really good to hear you're home and on the mend! You have been missed around here. As the saying goes "Vaya con Dios". Praying for you here.
On our way out in a minute 95 here already, did not shoot today, it is supposed to hit 106! Yikes, anyway, got a new Opentop to pickup, grab some groceries and the postcard, then back home to the AC. Thank God we had a new HVAC system installed last year, I shudder to think what the utility bill would have been with the old one, even if it had survived this heat wave.
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I was quite surprised; it seems Post Cards are apparently a thing of the past... :-\
I remember everywhere you went, there was a revolving rack of picture post cards ad-nauseum .
I tried Friday at Walgreens, 7-ll, Walmart even Winn Dixie and Publix in my town ...Nope & nope ::)
I'd would think in the vacation/tourist Mecia that is this area, I'd see them out the Ying Yang, and NOPE!
Course the Museum is about 5 miles from Disney World, and the tourist traps.
Bingo! found a cache of some in one of the Disney Kitch joints....
I will be sending it to Jonathan 1st thing in the Morning.
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I ran into the same thing, no postcards to be found. Gonna try a couple more places Monday.
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Prolly find them everywhere in Branson... :-\
I suppose text messaging, emails, and social media was the death nell for Post cards as we knew them :-\
I addressed my card and will take it to the PO this morn.
Johnathon- Room 830
The Children's Hospital of Birmingham
1600 5th Avenue
South Birmingham, Al 35242.
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Card is in the drop box are the PO :) :) :) :)
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Evening all.
85 and muggy at 0200 in Africa today.
Del, glad to see you’re still on the plucking side of the daisy patch, ::)
In other news, I’ve taken on a new project in my journey as an author. I’ve begun work on a new book about the 2018 Carr Fire in Redding, CA. I was very involved in that incident, as a resident, first responder, and knowing many people that lost homes and businesses. I want to create a critical record of it all, covering all facets of the fire. I especially am wanting to touch on the fatalities that occurred, as pre-research they all appear to be preventable. In any case, that’s what I’m getting started on. I hope to get in contact with John N MacLean, who has written several books about fires (his father Norman also wrote several books, including A River Runs Through It), as well as being a fellow Missoulian.
—TK
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A very good friends grandson is in need of help. I got this note from her.
"He just turned 18. He was born with half a heart. Has had 3 open heart surgeries. He was told about 2 weeks ago that he was going to need a pace maker, but he doesn't have the part of the chamber that you normally connect it to, so they were assembling a team in Birmingham to figure it out. Yesterday the heat got to him so they took him to the ER where they found he was in A fib and low Oxygen so they transferred him to Mobile.
He was airlifted to Birmingham this afternoon. Johnathon arrived safely to Birmingham.Doctor's called and requested to do a cardiac conversion ASAP, they are going to incubate him."
Update From my friend...
Johnathon is in Room 830 at The Children's Hospital of Birmingham 1600 5th Avenue South Birmingham, Al 35242. Drs are attempting to keep his oxygen saturation level. This weekend the plan is to keep him resting since the cardioversion to bring him out of A fib. On Monday, they will determine if he is strong enough for the open heart surgery that week to install a pacemaker. If successful, he will need to stay another week or so. Best case scenario. Please get the word out to anyone who believes in the power of prayer and healing. Thank you.
If I was to have any Heart surgery there is only two hospitals I would go to UAB of course and Cleveland Clinic.
Prayers for your friend
And sending additional prayers to the Coosie.
Another one of the original coffee group told me today, getting old isn’t for wussies
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Afternoon y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
Got home from Newbrasskey 'bout 0030. A good time was had by all.
Slept 11 hours, today.
'Tis 70 and sunny. High of 75.
Slim
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Looking forward to seeing the photos & videos. :)
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Wow, temps dropped some today, thank you Lord. Hit 84 and light breeze. Lady C gave me a haircut this morning, she does a really nice job. Ballgame for our g'niece tonight. You guys have a good one.
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 59 and sunny. "Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent."
Slim
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I'm up, a good chance of not doing much today, got a pan and a few dishes that need done, will do them while wife is gone, maybe will get a gold star. Some laundry needs done am forbidden by the powers to do it or at least do it when no one is home, something about basement stairs, probably would be fine but,,,,,,,,,,,,,, There is a stack of papers about 4 inches tall on the chair by my desk I need to go through and decide what is what, most likely not needed, several giving them permission to take pictures of things like bruises, rashes and such. Was a lot of bruising and such when I arrived at rehab hospital from blood draws and moving IV's around because with antibiotics they don't last long, inside the arms was looking like one big bruise from wrist to elbows. Day I left they finally put in a pict line above the elbow in the right side. That developed a rash all around it, was not sure if it was tape, antibiotic allergy or what, also had one on the back of the top of my butt, in the plumber crack region and then on my shoulders. They changed the bedding and put a notice about only using sheets washed in Ivory, guess they was some in house as well as patients laundry if they want, no charge, of course I did. ;D
Sheets took care of that one, shoulders they removed the pain patches and went back to tablets and all heal. Pict line area never went away till after it was pulled when I was going home. I think it was the tape stuff but have to deal with it because there is very specific dressing that comes with it you have to use, can add other over if needed but have to leave the clear window so you can see it, and to have to change places require loading me up and hauling back to hospital. They are picky about who puts those in and out. So they pumped me full of IV Benadryl through the line. Helped keep it under control and from previous experience I knew everything you see is not real ::) Glad I didn't like watching TV, dang lizards (small ones) kept coming out the back and going down the wall and into my closet. ::) Other strange things, one day Riley was hiding in the closet and would peak out at me once in a while. Talked to the people standing by the bed that weren't there, Rita saw that when she was there, guess my eyes were open. Also if I watched something on the tablet if I looked up it was sometimes projected on the wall for a short time. As they were able to back the pain meds and the Benadryl off it got better.
The time from when I got to the ER at the hospital was a big blur for the most part I got there and right away the checked vitals and asked a few questions and put in a line and gave me mix of 3 pain meds ad a muscle relaxer and got me some what under pain control and took either an X-Ray, MRI or something similar maybe more than that, by then I was not real sure of what was going on or really cared. They finally decided to keep my over night at least, not sure what else they would have done. Sometime the next day they came and the culture they took said staph so they moved me to another room and proceeded to give me stuff through the IV, and I don't remember much of that, they were always calling Rita telling her what was up, probably me to but no idea.
I do remember calling my Mom at 2:30am thinking it was 2:30pm and scaring the hell out of her. ::) Also developed hic-ups that ended up lasting 2 weeks and nothing help but cold tonic water or mineral water cold on ice, and that for just a short time. Beyond that I remember very little at the regular hospital. When I left there after 9 days I still could not walk, was only able to make five steps on day 8.
They did have the white count to normal, fever also and decided it was at least mostly out of my system and shipped me up the road. They kept the antibiotics going till the day I left, 44 from the day they hauled me away till I got home and day 35 in Tabatha. Getting better by the day, still not worth a crap. But getting better.
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I heard from my friend that Jonathan had surgery this morning and isn't doing well, Please continue your prayers for him and his family.They are needed more than ever now.
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Those kind of infections are ROUGH! Glad you made it. Get your strength back, enjoy decent coffee and kiss you Lady regularly.
Major, praying for Jonathan here.
Got a notice for Jury Duty so gonna go up to the Circuit Clerk's office today, as I am retired Law Enforcement. In Illinois, they just excused you right off, as no defense attorney will let you on a jury. I will find out if Arkansas is the same way. Anyhow, still a bit cooler today, but will start heading back to normal low 90s later in the week.
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Several years ago, I was called yearly for jury duty. I would request an excused service as my work had me traveling out of town.
I lived in St. Cloud, Osceola Co. and travel to ....eh! well, Orlando in Orange Co. most defiantly out of town...
They never asked, where or questioned it....
Now, I'm exempted by age if I desire it...I do :)
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I was excused about this time in 2020 because I said it didn't seem to do because of my recent heart surgery and the Drs. telling me to not go nowhere except an real important t
one and they 'scusd me.
Actually got into the jury selection pool for one in 2015. Defense lawyer didn't think I was suitable because I eve seen him point at me as soon as they got in their huddle. Guess he didn't want a 30 year sober guy on the jury, probably didn't think I would be fair and listen to the BS, I would, I would, and he was guilty, college kid, hit a parked car downtown early Sunday morning and blew almost twice the legal limit because it was plain as could be the meter was off. ;D
Got a appointment with Heather the Heart Nurse what ever they call between a nurse and a Dr. tomorrow, canceled because I was still in the regular hospital about May 15th. Might be interesting because I normally am down a pound or two and I weighed 250.2 on my digital scale here and was about 275 last time in her office mid April. Also we was going to see if I had another breathing type disease and we needed to work the angle of whatever I was having wasn't getting knocked down with the Z pack anti bug pill. Looks like we might have been right. ;)
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What, where is everyone at it's morning. ;D
All those years of pretty much being on second shift I seem to have switched while gone, not sure if it will last because it makes no difference.
Riley is not happy, he glares at me, gets up and goes to the couch, glares at me and goes back to sleep till about 10. Poor guy has lived that schedule most of his life. Often don't go to bed with me ad someone let's him in later.
Do tend to nap in the afternoon if nothing is going on. ::)
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
Rained yesterday evening.
'Tis 55 and overcast. High of 80.
Slim
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Fixin to get dressed and head into the museum work 20
Grabbed a pair of UNO pocket (think Hot Pockets size) samishes for lunch, they are not 1/2 bad :)
Sorta of an Italian shaved beef and pizza dough thingy.
Oh yeah ! got a 'ol "man style hair cut yesterday ::) read that as short ! and trimmed the beard short too.
being its summer and all
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Hola folks, 74 here right now, supposed to hit 94, if'n it doesn't I will not complain. Heading to the Doc in a bit for my pre-colonoscopy visit. Oh joy. Waiting for a bowler hat to arrive, ordered last week, couldn't resist the sale price. I'm filling in behind the pulpit at Church tonight, as our Pastor is out of town. Del, it sure is good to have you back, the place ain't the same without you. Give Riley an ear scratch.
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Greetings all.
Currently 82 degrees at 0530 for my day off work. It’s not half bad, if you discount the exhaust from the burn pits and incinerator settling over the base ::)
The last time I got called for jury duty was 2019. It was for a trial in Trinity County, CA, when I was a resident of Yellowstone county, MT. It was also a case where I’d had to provide a statement to the DA already as a member of the arresting party. I knew the guy on the other end of the phone when I called, and we both had a good laugh over the circumstance. I haven’t been called for jury duty since, in any county. (In case you’re wondering, the trial was for a guy who killed his buddy while out on a hiking trip for taking the last tab of lsd. Other substances were also involved).
—TK
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Morning y'all.
Coffee and tea are ready.
'Tis 67 and cloudy. "Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the middle 80s. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent."
Slim
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Presently 77° headed for 92° guessers say precipitation 25%
A new exhibit is coming tomorrow to its new home at the museum, an original WW2 era Liberty Ship lifeboat.
We have been rearranging space for its 26-foot length and 8.5-foot beam.
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Feeling even better today, busy day, Dr appointment, funeral and a T Ball game.
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Got it all done, and now it's morning, OT, PT and nurse visit. ::)
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'SHE' made brownies :D that and a cup Dunkin Doughnut brand blend...YUM !
What to do today ??? - I have a project I want to do on my Mini lathe :-\
maybe, go to the frendly FFL :P just window shopping though, as there are no Xtra clams is my digger :-[
it's 80° now headed to 91° with 25% chance of precipitation
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Morning all, 78 here right now heading to 91 today. Predictions are for upper 90s and 100s next week, yikes. It is Summer in Arkansas though, what else to expect. Just making a couple cups this morning, then headed to Conway to get a recall done on the Missus' Santa Fe. She was gonna go, but is tired this AM, so resting. My g'niece's softball team took 2nd Place overall in their League and 3rd Place in the last tournament last night. She got 2 awards, and they don't do Participation trophies here, so it meant something. Gonna stop at a small pawn shop after getting the car done and see what they have. Then home and park in the AC!