USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Foxfyre]

Good night darlinks. I really do love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for:

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
GW's daughter, her friend Sachendra, and Sachendra's husband Bob and son Gary in what is probably Sachendra's last days.
Mrs. Saveliberty with her knee surgery.
The Gracies just because,
Special prayers and/or positive thoughts for Mr. Peach and Peach143 in the coming days and wellness for them both.
Ernie!!!
Boedicca, her dad, brother, and family,
Kat & Mr. Kat in transition,
Hossfly's knee surgery,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful,
The Ringels in difficult transition and wellness for Ringel,
Foxfyre & Hombre's foster dog Carly for wellness,
Dana!!!! (Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant.)
All of us and those we care about who are looking for work,

And the light is left on for Noomi, Freedombecki, Oddball, Spoonman, SFC Ollie, AgainSheila, 007, and all others we hope will return.

The sun always does come out again. But if there was no rain, we would not appreciate it so much.

 

[Sbiker]

My "weekstart" is beginning now

Your work Monday through Friday, with Saturday and Sunday off?

Yes, usually at this schedule. With some Saturdays, if it needs...

P.S. Hmm, I don't like Ayn Rand so much, but as I see - she's a wonderful source of citations!

I like Ayn Rand very much. She celebrated the individual and condemned government interference in free development of talent, skills, resources, and industry. Objectivisim places the responsibility for each person's success, or failure, in their own hands. Unfortunately, she proved all-to-prophetic in her depiction of how government interference would affect social development.
I also really like Robert Heinlein. Have you read much Heinlein?

I do love Robert Heinlein and have read much of his books (and periodically re-read )) Objectivism is not a single idea, claimed a responsibility of persons for own success. But opposition of "creative" person to society is not a good idea. It's interesting, how different Ayn Rand percieved in US and in Russia, but as a raiser of question "How much each person could do against society" she's not alone, there are a lot of authors, from Dostoevsky to Efremov, raised the same problem...
At my sight, ideas of Ayn Rand - typical ideas of liberals, who lose the revolution and country 100 years ago... History showed, communism, as ideology, was more progressive... and, ironically, got the main problem of Ayn Rand's ideology at the end. It's not a bad idea, some "atlants" could rule of people progress, according with their high morals. The main problem - WHERE we can find people with such high morals, enough for successful rule of our sophisticated world?

P.S. Oldman Heinlein knew the construction of US society very good... But it's interesting to read, how he tried to apply his knowledges to Moscow life, organized by different principles ))))

Dostoevsky, I have read, I'm not familiar with Efremov (I'll have to look him up). Ayn Rand was a Soviet ex-pat, so I don't wonder she would be viewed somewhat differently here than in Russia. One difference is reflected in your observation the Rand's ideas are typical of liberals. Liberal/progressives here absolutely hate her because she promotes the achievement of the individual over the collective. And, yes, it would be something refreshing to find persons of high morals who could assume leadership. But we would still need the majority of other people to have high morals, as well.
Heinlein's earlier work was far more entertaining, later, he became a little "preachy". I don't mind. Many of his stories have played a great part in my own social and moral development. "Time Enough for Love" especially has had influence on my life philosophy.
Do you read James Michener? His book "The Drifters" is probably the biggest reason I joined the Army.

http://www.zaytsev.com/Efremov Andromeda.pdf - version on English. I've read it in an age of 7-8 years - it was a real awesome for me... But at first time I've read only chapters about space adventures, excluding Earth line )) I think, it's a book, made my outlook maybe for all life, ad least from childhood till current days...

The Ayn Rand ideas about individual strength and responsibility are not unique. Communist ideologist tried to advance individual responsibility too - the main question of Russian revolution, divided Russian on red and white, in fact, sounded not "can the people be individualist" but "WHO can be individualist" (and as second - which responsibilities he must have ). Maybe, I'm not so objective, because this revolution, in fact, not ended and "whites" want to replay history by all means, but I consider Ayn Rand as a part of "whites", which think, no one, except nobles, can be "free and individualistic". She don't speak about it directly, but I'm in "red" team, considering "anyone can be strong and individualistic, regardles of in which family he was born". But, offcourse, every people is responsible in the face of society and must not conflict with collective "because he is noble and have rights to do it"

About Heinlein - I've read a lot of his books. "History of future" - a lot of novels. "Space Patrol", some novels from Moon cycle, a several stories for children... And about Lazarus Long - from Methuselah's Children to "Sail Beyond The Sunset" (the last I'm reading now, by several pages in e-version ))
About Michener - I didn't knew about them till this moment, but it seems to be interesting... I'll try to find "Drifters"

 

[Ernie S.]

Has it really been 2 weeks?
Wow!
Anyhow, hopefully I'll catch up a bit at a time. I'll try to catch y'all up a bit first.
I've graduated from 99% wheel chair to 90% crutches and then to 75% cane and 25% can't find the damned thing so I walk un-aided.
The leg still swells up if I'm upright more than a few hours but the bone pain is gone. The gabapentin for the neuropathy is losing it's affectiveness but I have found CBD oil that I take orally and in a vape. I am 99% pain free if I keep my load where it needs to be. It ain't cheap, but it does work for me.

A TV commercial that warned patients to notify their doctor if they've received an organ transplant got me thinking about 2 women who have been very important to me; one a donor and one a recipient of a liver transplant.
I wrote this, obviously, to the woman who has rebuilt her life after selling everything she had built to pay for a new liver. It's a tale of two remarkable women. Forgive me if I omit identifiers.

Jamie
I was just laying here, thinking about getting dressed and doing something productive and at essentially the same time, you and Maryanne came to mind.
Maryanne was a hippy/flower child until around 30 when she was abducted and raped, tied up and thrown in a pond. She was able to somehow kick herself to shore. (much like Jamie gave everything to survive)
Her whole focus changed. She no longer was the shy demure stay at home mother. In 2 years, she had a black belt in Tai Quando and packed a .44 magnum. Hell she even bought a couple of bras and got a job
I met her just after the rape and she and her husband and my wife and I became very close friends.
As Maryanne became emotionally stronger, her physical and inner beauty and new found confidence caused me to fall in love with her. The problem was we were all best friends and she and I were in love with our spouses.
We spoke of it once, kissed once and vowed to never go any farther.
Fast forward 5 years Her marriage was stressed by a severely handicapped son and her confidence. Her husband Frank would have preferred she had stayed the easily controlled flower child
Maryanne filed for divorce and she and the kids moved out. Frank was livid. The Italian macho shit would not allow him to accept failure at anything, much less lose his family.
At this point, Their 2 children are 16 (daughter) and 13 (son) The boy could not walk or stand speak, feed himself. He basically sat in a wheel chair and made sounds. He did respond and would laugh at childish jokes... think a 3 year old.
Maryanne brought the kids to the house once a week and stayed while they visited with their father. The visits mostly became an argument between the parents.
Well, one Wednesday, Maryanne got to the house just before Frank got in from work. Always cautious, Maryanne brought Adrian inside and asked Lisa to move her car to the end of the drive so she could leave if Frank went off the deep end.
Well, he did. While the only witness able to communicate was outside moving cars in the drive, there was a single gunshot. My love, my soulmate was shot in her left temple.
She was declared brain dead and kept on life support while transplant teams were assembled and recipients readied. I was actually the last person to say goodbye before she was taken to surgery.
My wife and I were broken. We left the hospital and went straight to our pastor. She was the associate pastor and a very compassionate woman roughly our age. Anyway, we were maybe 1/2 hour into our visit, when her husband, a pastor in another church came running into her office shouting "Jerry got a heart!" Yes the congregant of one pastor received the gift of life from the woman mourned by the congregants of another.
Just like Maryanne. She was always in the right place at the right time; for others, but not herself.
35 years later, I still mourn.

 

[Foxfyre]

They SAY we will see some sun today but it still really overcast here. It's so depressing.

Jounalism and news-making are becoming less responsible of information day-by-day..

I suppose it's a bit harder to be accurate on a weather forecast than telling the facts on the news though. Anyways, I still hate the weather people!

Those weather people are never right!

I just now thought to check, and though I've seen Marion Morrison posts around USMB, he wasn't on our registry in the Coffee Shop and therefore yesterday he was a newbie.

So welcome, welcome to the Coffee Shop!!! Please plan to make these visits a habit.

And you first timer's complimentary beverage:

 

[Foxfyre]

And so good to see our own Ernie S. up and about. Looks like that journey will be downhill from this point on.

 

[Montrovant]

I got an A on my A&P exam. There were quite a few labeling questions, it's a good thing I was able to get those stuck in my mind before the test.

Algebra is on Saturday. I don't know how I'll do on that, but I'm less concerned with getting better than a passing grade for that class, as it isn't really related to my field of study; it's just one of those prereqs.

 

[Nosmo King]

And June continues to imitate April. Temperatures struggle to reach 67 during the day and plummet to the 40's overnight. The window boxes should be nearing their peak beauty, yet they look as if I planted them last week. Mom gave me some hosta to plant around the base of the Eastern Redbud on the North Lawn here at Pimplebutt. Even the hardy hosta is slumping through the cool weather.

On the up side, there is blue in the otherwise gray skies. The grass should be mowed today, emphasis on the 'should'. It's a quarter passed one and Daisy the Mutt finally staggered out of the bedroom. She can get tied out front for a while, although I know I'll have to chase her down first. After a night's sleep, she insists on curling up on my lap for an extended nap. People at the park wonder at her energy levels. I tell them if you sleep sixteen hours a day, you too could afford to leave it all at the park chasing squirrels and chipmunks.

I was reminded of my Aunt Ruth yesterday. Ruth was my maternal grandmother's sister. Ruthie, as she was called, was a fun lady, although I remember her as slightly dizty. Ruth had the voice of a soprano with a head coldthe and would sing to release the overwhelming joy she had. Driving her big ol' Cadillac Coup de Ville, Ruthie would sing whatever popular song crossed her mind. She would tap her three carat diamond ring on the steering wheel always behind the beat.

Out of tune she sang "Dizzy! I'm so dizzy my head is spinning. Like a whirlpool it never ends!"

Mom and Grandma became concerned, not aware that Ruthie was singing a Tommy James and the Shondells song, but may have been suffering a stroke!

"Ruthie! Are you okay?" Mom asked from the back seat.

"Sure! Who wants a root beer float?" Ruthie answered.

Between her off key singing and the strangeness of the lyric, it was easy for Mom to be concerned.

 

[Ernie S.]

I'd have loved Ruthie.
You mentioned mowing the lawn... Well, I had been paying someone to mow here and itseemed like I sshould mow and bale each time before the guy got around to it. I found a friend who was looking to sell a well maintained 22 HP lawn tractor at a reasonable price and have managed to mow the lawn with it and even change the oil in it. PROGRESS

I'm thinking I will be going back to work next week. I'm not quite ready to be lifting kegs, but most everything else, I can handle.

 

[Nosmo King]

I'd have loved Ruthie.
You mentioned mowing the lawn... Well, I had been paying someone to mow here and itseemed like I sshould mow and bale each time before the guy got around to it. I found a friend who was looking to sell a well maintained 22 HP lawn tractor at a reasonable price and have managed to mow the lawn with it and even change the oil in it. PROGRESS

I'm thinking I will be going back to work next week. I'm not quite ready to be lifting kegs, but most everything else, I can handle.

You would have loved Ruthie. She too ran a bar. Along with her husband, my Uncle Jerry, she ran The Horseshoe Lounge.

It was in neighboring West Virginia right across the the street from Waterford Park, a thoroughbred race track. Hancock County West Virginia was what the adults called 'wide open', a euphemism for mobbed up.

The track attracted all sorts of characters. On Saturdays, Pop would open the print shop to print up tip sheets for the bookies who would congregate at the pool hall that shared a wall with the shop. Pop would take me with him so I could earn a few bucks pushing a broom around the shop while he composited the tip sheets. Guys with no noses or necks would tetter in from next door with little slips of paper and envelopes of cash. Pop would run off their orders, cut them and wrap them then carry them to the pool hall where I would get my hair missed by the wise guys. "A good kid! Yeah, he's a good kid" they would mutter between bites of their hero sandwiches from Gus's Delicatessen.

Whenever we visited Aunt Ruthie and Uncle Jerry, my cousin Denny would take my bothersome brother and me over to the Horseshoe to get us out of the way of the grown ups enjoying grilled steaks and highballs.

The Horseshoe was a dim little place reeking of stale beer and disinfectant. Neon signs provided most of the ambient light, augmented by the lights from the Wurlitzer jukebox. But Denny knew we kids could not be entertained by bar stools and bourbon botttles. Denny would take us downstairs.

The basement was as large as the upstairs with ten feet of headroom. Slot machines lined the walls. One armed bandits were our diversion as Denny would unlock them and let us play for free. The most we were allowed to take away at any time was two or three dollars worth of quarters. A small price to pay for the grownups.

 

[Foxfyre]

I got an A on my A&P exam. There were quite a few labeling questions, it's a good thing I was able to get those stuck in my mind before the test.

Algebra is on Saturday. I don't know how I'll do on that, but I'm less concerned with getting better than a passing grade for that class, as it isn't really related to my field of study; it's just one of those prereqs.

See? Not that I'm one to say I told you so. (cough)
But go for the A on Saturday too. Even if you don't make it, at least you will know you expected the best from you.

 

[Montrovant]

I got an A on my A&P exam. There were quite a few labeling questions, it's a good thing I was able to get those stuck in my mind before the test.

Algebra is on Saturday. I don't know how I'll do on that, but I'm less concerned with getting better than a passing grade for that class, as it isn't really related to my field of study; it's just one of those prereqs.

See? Not that I'm one to say I told you so. (cough)
But go for the A on Saturday too. Even if you don't make it, at least you will know you expected the best from you.

I'm not going to skip studying for the Algebra exam, I just don't feel as worried about the possibility of a lower grade.

I do still worry about time management for this semester. With so much less time for the same amount of classes (and in a way, more classes, since I was able to do a work-at-your-own-pace class in just over a week last semester), and the little one on summer break, finding the time to get my work done without giving myself a frustration-based aneurysm is a bit of a pain. Reading through SQL code, or trying to remember which formula to use when factoring equations, can get mind-numbing. At times I just have to give up and do something else, because I don't think I'm really absorbing the information any more. Then, once I'm doing something else, my procrastination tendencies kick in.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Your work Monday through Friday, with Saturday and Sunday off?

Yes, usually at this schedule. With some Saturdays, if it needs...

P.S. Hmm, I don't like Ayn Rand so much, but as I see - she's a wonderful source of citations!

I like Ayn Rand very much. She celebrated the individual and condemned government interference in free development of talent, skills, resources, and industry. Objectivisim places the responsibility for each person's success, or failure, in their own hands. Unfortunately, she proved all-to-prophetic in her depiction of how government interference would affect social development.
I also really like Robert Heinlein. Have you read much Heinlein?

I do love Robert Heinlein and have read much of his books (and periodically re-read )) Objectivism is not a single idea, claimed a responsibility of persons for own success. But opposition of "creative" person to society is not a good idea. It's interesting, how different Ayn Rand percieved in US and in Russia, but as a raiser of question "How much each person could do against society" she's not alone, there are a lot of authors, from Dostoevsky to Efremov, raised the same problem...
At my sight, ideas of Ayn Rand - typical ideas of liberals, who lose the revolution and country 100 years ago... History showed, communism, as ideology, was more progressive... and, ironically, got the main problem of Ayn Rand's ideology at the end. It's not a bad idea, some "atlants" could rule of people progress, according with their high morals. The main problem - WHERE we can find people with such high morals, enough for successful rule of our sophisticated world?

P.S. Oldman Heinlein knew the construction of US society very good... But it's interesting to read, how he tried to apply his knowledges to Moscow life, organized by different principles ))))

Dostoevsky, I have read, I'm not familiar with Efremov (I'll have to look him up). Ayn Rand was a Soviet ex-pat, so I don't wonder she would be viewed somewhat differently here than in Russia. One difference is reflected in your observation the Rand's ideas are typical of liberals. Liberal/progressives here absolutely hate her because she promotes the achievement of the individual over the collective. And, yes, it would be something refreshing to find persons of high morals who could assume leadership. But we would still need the majority of other people to have high morals, as well.
Heinlein's earlier work was far more entertaining, later, he became a little "preachy". I don't mind. Many of his stories have played a great part in my own social and moral development. "Time Enough for Love" especially has had influence on my life philosophy.
Do you read James Michener? His book "The Drifters" is probably the biggest reason I joined the Army.

http://www.zaytsev.com/Efremov Andromeda.pdf - version on English. I've read it in an age of 7-8 years - it was a real awesome for me... But at first time I've read only chapters about space adventures, excluding Earth line )) I think, it's a book, made my outlook maybe for all life, ad least from childhood till current days...

The Ayn Rand ideas about individual strength and responsibility are not unique. Communist ideologist tried to advance individual responsibility too - the main question of Russian revolution, divided Russian on red and white, in fact, sounded not "can the people be individualist" but "WHO can be individualist" (and as second - which responsibilities he must have ). Maybe, I'm not so objective, because this revolution, in fact, not ended and "whites" want to replay history by all means, but I consider Ayn Rand as a part of "whites", which think, no one, except nobles, can be "free and individualistic". She don't speak about it directly, but I'm in "red" team, considering "anyone can be strong and individualistic, regardles of in which family he was born". But, offcourse, every people is responsible in the face of society and must not conflict with collective "because he is noble and have rights to do it"

About Heinlein - I've read a lot of his books. "History of future" - a lot of novels. "Space Patrol", some novels from Moon cycle, a several stories for children... And about Lazarus Long - from Methuselah's Children to "Sail Beyond The Sunset" (the last I'm reading now, by several pages in e-version ))
About Michener - I didn't knew about them till this moment, but it seems to be interesting... I'll try to find "Drifters"

Some of Michener's books are...descriptive to a fault. Both "Hawaii" and "Alaska" start with the birth of the land and move on from there. Ernest Hemingway was another author who was really very descriptive. I've read some of his stories in English, German, and Russian. All are great ways to build vocabulary.

 

[Foxfyre]

Yes, usually at this schedule. With some Saturdays, if it needs...

P.S. Hmm, I don't like Ayn Rand so much, but as I see - she's a wonderful source of citations!

I like Ayn Rand very much. She celebrated the individual and condemned government interference in free development of talent, skills, resources, and industry. Objectivisim places the responsibility for each person's success, or failure, in their own hands. Unfortunately, she proved all-to-prophetic in her depiction of how government interference would affect social development.
I also really like Robert Heinlein. Have you read much Heinlein?

I do love Robert Heinlein and have read much of his books (and periodically re-read )) Objectivism is not a single idea, claimed a responsibility of persons for own success. But opposition of "creative" person to society is not a good idea. It's interesting, how different Ayn Rand percieved in US and in Russia, but as a raiser of question "How much each person could do against society" she's not alone, there are a lot of authors, from Dostoevsky to Efremov, raised the same problem...
At my sight, ideas of Ayn Rand - typical ideas of liberals, who lose the revolution and country 100 years ago... History showed, communism, as ideology, was more progressive... and, ironically, got the main problem of Ayn Rand's ideology at the end. It's not a bad idea, some "atlants" could rule of people progress, according with their high morals. The main problem - WHERE we can find people with such high morals, enough for successful rule of our sophisticated world?

P.S. Oldman Heinlein knew the construction of US society very good... But it's interesting to read, how he tried to apply his knowledges to Moscow life, organized by different principles ))))

Dostoevsky, I have read, I'm not familiar with Efremov (I'll have to look him up). Ayn Rand was a Soviet ex-pat, so I don't wonder she would be viewed somewhat differently here than in Russia. One difference is reflected in your observation the Rand's ideas are typical of liberals. Liberal/progressives here absolutely hate her because she promotes the achievement of the individual over the collective. And, yes, it would be something refreshing to find persons of high morals who could assume leadership. But we would still need the majority of other people to have high morals, as well.
Heinlein's earlier work was far more entertaining, later, he became a little "preachy". I don't mind. Many of his stories have played a great part in my own social and moral development. "Time Enough for Love" especially has had influence on my life philosophy.
Do you read James Michener? His book "The Drifters" is probably the biggest reason I joined the Army.

http://www.zaytsev.com/Efremov Andromeda.pdf - version on English. I've read it in an age of 7-8 years - it was a real awesome for me... But at first time I've read only chapters about space adventures, excluding Earth line )) I think, it's a book, made my outlook maybe for all life, ad least from childhood till current days...

The Ayn Rand ideas about individual strength and responsibility are not unique. Communist ideologist tried to advance individual responsibility too - the main question of Russian revolution, divided Russian on red and white, in fact, sounded not "can the people be individualist" but "WHO can be individualist" (and as second - which responsibilities he must have ). Maybe, I'm not so objective, because this revolution, in fact, not ended and "whites" want to replay history by all means, but I consider Ayn Rand as a part of "whites", which think, no one, except nobles, can be "free and individualistic". She don't speak about it directly, but I'm in "red" team, considering "anyone can be strong and individualistic, regardles of in which family he was born". But, offcourse, every people is responsible in the face of society and must not conflict with collective "because he is noble and have rights to do it"

About Heinlein - I've read a lot of his books. "History of future" - a lot of novels. "Space Patrol", some novels from Moon cycle, a several stories for children... And about Lazarus Long - from Methuselah's Children to "Sail Beyond The Sunset" (the last I'm reading now, by several pages in e-version ))
About Michener - I didn't knew about them till this moment, but it seems to be interesting... I'll try to find "Drifters"

Some of Michener's books are...descriptive to a fault. Both "Hawaii" and "Alaska" start with the birth of the land and move on from there. Ernest Hemingway was another author who was really very descriptive. I've read some of his stories in English, German, and Russian. All are great ways to build vocabulary.

I think I have every book Michener wrote. Hawaii was the first I read and remains among my favorites. His description of the ship trying to make it around Cape Horn on the way from the east coast to the Islands was a classic. Like all of Michener's books, fiction is wonderfully integrated into accurate history, and you learn a lot about the geological origins and cultures of the Islands before the missionaries arrived there.

 

[Hossfly]

Went to the doctor this morning in Ft Worth and after a couple X-rays he scheduled an operation on July 18th. I told him that JakeStarkey was going to donate a knee whether he wanted to or not. I gave him a list of my medications and he's going to find out what pain killer my body will tolerate. Last time I took a painkiller was in 2000 after some dental surgery. Wound up in an emergency room in Fayetteville, NC and got a shot of something that worked.
Got to Ft Hood/Killeen about 2PM and ran into 2 guys I hadn't seen in 52 years. When we separated about 3 hours later the ground was knee deep in spent cartridges and battlefield smoke. Never heard such lies in all my life.

 

[JakeStarkey]

I am glad you had a good time, Hossfly.

 

[Hossfly]

My favorite Michener book is Chesapeake but I like all of them. I had trouble at first with his books in the first chapter when he would painfully describe every thing in minute detail. But I came to learn that all his information and descriptions were important as it related to events that would occur throughout the rest of the book. When something occurred later on it was then easy to see why he went into such great detail in the beginning and how it related to other things.

 

[Foxfyre]

Went to the doctor this morning in Ft Worth and after a couple X-rays he scheduled an operation on July 18th. I told him that (edit: Jake) was going to donate a knee whether he wanted to or not. I gave him a list of my medications and he's going to find out what pain killer my body will tolerate. Last time I took a painkiller was in 2000 after some dental surgery. Wound up in an emergency room in Fayetteville, NC and got a shot of something that worked.
Got to Ft Hood/Killeen about 2PM and ran into 2 guys I hadn't seen in 52 years. When we separated about 3 hours later the ground was knee deep in spent cartridges and battlefield smoke. Never heard such lies in all my life.

Well, while I don't envy you the procedure, I am happy you are set up to have it done. I do hope they can find pain meds that will work for you though because that is a painful surgery.

 

[Hossfly]

I got an A on my A&P exam. There were quite a few labeling questions, it's a good thing I was able to get those stuck in my mind before the test.

Algebra is on Saturday. I don't know how I'll do on that, but I'm less concerned with getting better than a passing grade for that class, as it isn't really related to my field of study; it's just one of those prereqs.

Montrovant , remind me to tell you an algebra joke sometime in the near future.

 

[Montrovant]

I got an A on my A&P exam. There were quite a few labeling questions, it's a good thing I was able to get those stuck in my mind before the test.

Algebra is on Saturday. I don't know how I'll do on that, but I'm less concerned with getting better than a passing grade for that class, as it isn't really related to my field of study; it's just one of those prereqs.

Montrovant , remind me to tell you an algebra joke sometime in the near future.

If it's anything like my class, I'll think it's funny for a few minutes, then completely forget why.

I'm getting a bit worried. Some of the stuff I am fine with, but some of it I don't remember how it is done 30 minutes after I've done it. There are just too many rules and formulae to remember, especially when I have other classes to remember things from. Hopefully I get plenty of multiple choice questions.

Still, I can probably pull off a C.

 

[gallantwarrior]

I finally broke down and went to the chiropractor. I just cannot deal with the pain in my hip and leg any more. Good news, it's a muscular problem, not skeletal. Chiropractor can help me with that, already has today after a brief visit. He suggested I get to the VA because they can write a referral for chiropractic care. Guess I'll be wasting some time over at the VA hospital in the near future. I can't believe how much better I feel after just a little treatment. At least I'm not looking at a hip replacement, not yet.
Getting old sure sucks. But the time you figure out how best to use the equipment issued to you, most of it is broken or worn out and needs repairs.