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I thought it was because it is harder to wake us old guys up.

I got the bill from the anaesthesiologist yesterday for the knee surgery I had and he billed my insurance an extra $120 due to my extreme age (70). I sure am glad I was not 80 or 90.

There were a handful that made the national news at the time. By the way, you live in a beautiful area.

A co-worker of mine was supposed to be at Harry Truman’s Lodge at Spirit Lake the morning Mount St Helens erupted to change sheets on the smoked drum earthquake recorder but he overslept. As he told me later sometimes it pays to be slow. Several months later three of us were installing a...

The sad thing is that several people were so frightened by Browning's prediction that they sold their property and moved away from the area.

If you do not have them now is a good time to install some grab bars in the bathroom to assist you in the shower and getting on and off the toilet.

Big Bill I had total replacement on my right knee on February 23rd. My Doc told me that I would hate my new knee for the first 3 weeks and he was right. He also told me that it would take 3 months for the pain to go away. The pain was severe for the first couple of weeks but it was...

About 20 years ago I was doing some work in the Transamerica Pyramid Building in San Francisco. They have art displays in the lobby. The art on display this time was slices of bread ranging from untoasted all the way to burnt black slices of bread. I told the security guard that perhaps they...

Well a couple of days have past and Bud and I are buddy's again. The last tom cat I had I named six pack as he showed up in my back yard about 1/2 grown with a plastic six pack ring stuck around his neck. I trapped him and took him to the vet to have it cut off and to get shots. He never...

Actually I ran under that snake. It was behind the chicken wire so I was in no immediate danger. That mine was full of rodents so that is what the snake was there for. The thought has occurred to me that some grad student from UNR might have placed a constrictor in there to keep the rodents...

About 25 years ago I was checking an earthquake recorder in an old mine shaft outside of Mina Nevada. The mine had been taken over by UNR and it housed numerous scientific instruments. This time I had a companion and he was running the calibration while I was filling out the field notes. Our...

I have a little Siamese tom cat named Bud. Last night he got his head stuck in the empty plastic bag from a box of Triscut crackers. He likes to raid the garbage can. He panicked and was literally bouncing off of the walls. I knew from experience that if I were to catch him I would end up...

Well the surgery was a success. I was released from the hospital on Friday. I gave myself my 5th shot this morning, 5 more to go. Like most of you said it is a piece of cake. Not something I look forward to doing but it is really pretty painless. I see the Doc again in a week to have the...

I attended a class at the hospital on joint replacement 2 weeks ago. They already have me doing the physical therapy. The therapist already told us they would treat us easy on the first day but on the second day they will be brutal. My doc will evaluate me after 2 weeks. If he feels that I...

Yea that was me but I sure learned my lesson.

I have had a surgery at the local hospital in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. My wife does not like to drive past it as she thinks it is bad luck to do so. I told her she was just being superstitious. Last December I had a colonoscopy at the surgery center next to the hospital and as I had not...

I have not watched a Superbowl game yet. I drove past the stadium yesterday on SR 237 at 2:30 on my way home from a rifle match. The traffic was unusually light for a Sunday. I live about 4 miles from the stadium. For all you frozen folks out there the temperature on my truck thermometer...

WuzzFuzz I know what you mean. I had a cortisone shot between L4 and L5 a few years ago. i still needed surgery a few moths later. That is why I am not going to have the rooster comb injection, it just postpones the inevitable. I got a cortisone shot in the knee last fall and when it wore...

Har Har, were you by any chance an Army medic? The nurse giving us the class told the story of the fellow that ran screaming from the room when she mentioned that we would have to give ourselves shots. The worst part of the surgery is getting the IV in place. I have deep veins and it is...

In this case it was BC BS that took the time. They changed their computer programs and have been late in getting claims settled. The hospital submitted the bill in a timely manner. I don't mind paying the bill if I owe the money. The original hospital bill was for around $135,000 before BC BS...