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Nah. I work graves, so I have daylight for other things besides work. I've worked graves for most of the past 15 years and I prefer this schedule. We've gotten a bit spoiled with the temps in the mid- to high-30s, though. Single digits are uncomfortable...Sunrise in these parts right now is about 9:41 am, sunset: about 4:40 pm. The temps have been in the teens the past day and it's snowing right now.Sunny here, too, but single digit temps. Girls gotmhot mash for breakfast this morning.Bright and sunny here this morning, but chilly in the low 20s. We haven't gotten hardly any snow at all this year, but I think we are expected to get some this week some time but only a couple of inches. Last winter, we were literally bombarded with the stuff. At this time last year, there were huge snow banks all over the place! I'm not really that sorry because the snow tends to make everything that you have to do more difficult and time consuming.
You're in Alaska you said, didn't you? Is it dark there during the day at this time of year? When does that happen and for how long does it last?
Do the really short days ever bother you? I always hated having to go to work in the dark and arriving home in the dark.
Getting old is not for the faint-of-heart.Eons ago a friend of mine shared a room with a guy who had gotten high as a kite, hopped on his Harley wearing only shorts and ran from the cops when they tried to stop him for speeding. He lost control at a high rate of speed, needless to say there wasn't much left of his skin that wasn't covered in road rash. All he did was lay in his hospital bed and moan all day and night. My friend finally got tired of it and had them move him to another room.Have an appointment tomorrow to be shown how to fit my new contact lenses. I am getting new glasses as well, the contacts I will use mainly for karate tournaments. I get the new glasses next week.
Last week when my mates and I wen to Inflatable World, I ended up with a pretty nasty burn on my elbow, which I found out was a second degree superficial partial thickness burn. Long name eh? That's according to google and the pharmacist I decided to go and see. I have been looking after it, keeping it covered, changing the dressing daily, and I removed it today to have a look at it, and it has almost healed! It is still quite deep a wound, but fresh skin is growing quite nicely around the edges so I think I might leave the dressing off for now. Its no longer an open wound, thank goodness.
Hope all is well with everyone.
Ouch. That must be terribly painful.
It's just to get fitted for another Borg device.......Got a call earlier today, automated VA medical reminder of an appointment I didn't know I had, tomorrow morning........ at the Albuquerque VA Center.........
Hope it goes well. Keep us posted.
Thanks.
A Borg device? Should I ask what that is?
I already wear one on my left knee. Now i get to wear one on my right knee.
I figure with both on I'll get dressed up like an old time cowboy, hide them under some batwing chaps, that way people won't ask why I'm walking bowlegged.........
I'm sorry, if I'm too nosy, just tell me.
Aside from the stifling humidity, I used to kinda like Florida back in '84 to '87 when I lived in Tampa. I did like the beach, and spent a lot of time there, at as many as I could hit. But I'm not so sure I'd like Florida much anymore. Sounds like there's too many people there for me...Near 80 again today here in Flawduh. Don't hate me....but I was by the pool.
Marvelous.
Aside from the stifling humidity, I used to kinda like Florida back in '84 to '87 when I lived in Tampa. I did like the beach, and spent a lot of time there, at as many as I could hit. But I'm not so sure I'd like Florida much anymore. Sounds like there's too many people there for me...Near 80 again today here in Flawduh. Don't hate me....but I was by the pool.
Marvelous.
Florida Passes New York to Become the Nation’s Third Most Populous State, Census Bureau Reports
By adding an average of 803 new residents each day between July 1, 2013 and July 1, 2014, Florida passed New York to become the nation’s third most populous state, according to U.S. Census Bureau state population estimates released today. Florida’s population grew by 293,000 over this period, reaching 19.9 million.
Florida Passes New York to Become Nation s Third Most Populous State
I've had 2 surgeries on my left knee over the last 35 years, it's deteriorated enough that I've been walking bone on bone for a couple of decades. The right knee has been deteriorating over the last 5 years. The process of eventually getting the knees replaced takes quite a while with VA medical, have to jump through all the medical hoops first.It's just to get fitted for another Borg device.......Got a call earlier today, automated VA medical reminder of an appointment I didn't know I had, tomorrow morning........ at the Albuquerque VA Center.........
Hope it goes well. Keep us posted.
Thanks.
A Borg device? Should I ask what that is?
I already wear one on my left knee. Now i get to wear one on my right knee.
I figure with both on I'll get dressed up like an old time cowboy, hide them under some batwing chaps, that way people won't ask why I'm walking bowlegged.........
Did you have knee surgery or just bad knees or something?
I've had 2 surgeries on my left knee over the last 35 years, it's deteriorated enough that I've been walking bone on bone for a couple of decades. The right knee has been deteriorating over the last 5 years. The process of eventually getting the knees replaced takes quite a while with VA medical, have to jump through all the medical hoops first.It's just to get fitted for another Borg device.......Hope it goes well. Keep us posted.
Thanks.
A Borg device? Should I ask what that is?
I already wear one on my left knee. Now i get to wear one on my right knee.
I figure with both on I'll get dressed up like an old time cowboy, hide them under some batwing chaps, that way people won't ask why I'm walking bowlegged.........
Did you have knee surgery or just bad knees or something?
Anyway, sorry to hear about your trouble, and hopefully they can find a way to get on the ball and take better care of their patients.Don't misunderstand. This is NOT political, simply how the government does things. Someone institutes a program like the VA, the Government goes to experts who tell them here is how we do it starting at step 1 moving to step whatever but in certain situations we jump from step one to five thousand.I've had 2 surgeries on my left knee over the last 35 years, it's deteriorated enough that I've been walking bone on bone for a couple of decades. The right knee has been deteriorating over the last 5 years. The process of eventually getting the knees replaced takes quite a while with VA medical, have to jump through all the medical hoops first.It's just to get fitted for another Borg device.......
Thanks.
A Borg device? Should I ask what that is?
I already wear one on my left knee. Now i get to wear one on my right knee.
I figure with both on I'll get dressed up like an old time cowboy, hide them under some batwing chaps, that way people won't ask why I'm walking bowlegged.........
Did you have knee surgery or just bad knees or something?
That is terrible. I would say something, but we aren't supposed to be political in here.
Heading out to go pick this bad boy up right now. Going to stop by the Menards in Platteville to buy one of those portable garages. A 13x20x10 footer, curved top, fully enclosed, because this thing is NOT going to sit outside, and it won't fit in the shed where the little John Deere is.Let me tell ya about somethin' you might find a little more interesting. I'll be heading down to Dubuque to Roeder's Outdoor Power, Friday, to pick up a new, (old), 2012 John Deere X720. Pretty big machine for a lawn tractor but, I'm getting a new hydro turn plow on it too for the driveway, and I'll be getting a rototiller attachment for the back this spring. Nice machine, only 209 hours on it and they gave me a hellova deal. Here's it is. It's still upstairs in storage in these pics from yesterday, and doesn't have the new JD plow on it yet... what'a ya think?I just watched the SOTU speech. I'm really ready for bed now! *** yawn *** Good night everybody. Why does listening to politicians (any of them) make me so sleepy?
If I remember correctly, it was late June or early July. They were predicting heavy rain; 4 to 6". We got slightly more. Lillian Alabama, about 7 miles east of here, got 26" in a 24 hour period. We were lucky in Foley. We got 24.5. It was pretty bad along the rivers and streams. Sandy Creek was 10 feet above the banks. We did OK here, but we did get some water in at the bar. A neighbor also on Sandy Creek, only 1/2 mile away is still rebuilding his place. Water was up to his eaves. The flooding left his house intact from the outside including landscaping, but everything in it was gone.Good morning all. Sending vibes for safe travels for RIngel.
A beautiful bright blue morning in Albuquerque but a chilly 20 degrees here too at this hour and we'll be lucky to make it up to 40 for a high today. Four inches of rain and still raining is a LOT Ernie. Once in a blue moon Albuquerque will get two or three inches of rain in a freak storm and it completely flash floods us out for awhile. I suppose places that routinely get that kind of rain can handle it though.
Okay the coffee is ready finally so I'm off to the kitchen to procure a large mug of it.
Big drama on the board yesterday. It was like watching a train wreak in slow motion. Nice to be back in the sanity of the CS.
I hope Ringel and Foxy stay warm. Sending a nice cup of java your way.
Big drama on the board yesterday. It was like watching a train wreak in slow motion. Nice to be back in the sanity of the CS.
I hope Ringel and Foxy stay warm. Sending a nice cup of java your way.
Darn. I venture out of the Coffee Shop so seldom, I miss all the really good stuff. Would that be the thread that was closed and has now vanished? And everybody who wasn't there will not be eternally curious?
Big drama on the board yesterday. It was like watching a train wreak in slow motion. Nice to be back in the sanity of the CS.
I hope Ringel and Foxy stay warm. Sending a nice cup of java your way.
Darn. I venture out of the Coffee Shop so seldom, I miss all the really good stuff. Would that be the thread that was closed and has now vanished? And everybody who wasn't there will not be eternally curious?
Yes. It is the thread now closed. It went on all day. Oy vey.....It truly was like watching a car crash in slow motion.
Big drama on the board yesterday. It was like watching a train wreak in slow motion. Nice to be back in the sanity of the CS.
I hope Ringel and Foxy stay warm. Sending a nice cup of java your way.
Darn. I venture out of the Coffee Shop so seldom, I miss all the really good stuff. Would that be the thread that was closed and has now vanished? And everybody who wasn't there will not be eternally curious?
Yes. It is the thread now closed. It went on all day. Oy vey.....It truly was like watching a car crash in slow motion.
Such threads generally result in one or more people being banned. So I hope none of our Coffee Shoppers were involved--at least to that point. But alas I didn't see any of it. I really need to get out more.
