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If stents won't do the job it would require more extensive surgery. I really don't see how I could agree to that. I have no one to help me and care for my little dog.

Anyway, I'm trying to stay in today, but I would appreciate it if those of you who are so inclined could say a prayer or two for me. You were wonderful about that when my brother died, almost two years ago.

Thanks in advance.

God Bless You Zagged, in your moment of crisis showing concern for your dog.
The least I could do, consider it done.
 
It has been a busy day. I got caught up on a lot of house cleaning chores and laundry. Made it to two grocery stores without getting rained on. Cooked up a batch of Cowboy Beans & Rice (Frijoles Charros con Arroz) for lunch. That was a dish one of my grandfathers was fond of, he was the original owner of the factory engraved Colt SAA in my avatar. He was a South Texas LEO. He would have made the beans from dried, I opened a can of Goya.

Now it is Beer Time! I've been trying to remember what Gramps drank, Pearl or Lone Star I'm sure. Only remember seeing him drink a beer once. It was at Trinnie's Mexican Restaurant on the banks of the Nueces River about 1964 or 1965 I believe. He salted his beer.

Well I'm having an Art Car IPA made by Houston's Saint Arnold Brewery. I had it once before about a year ago, on tap, and it is now available canned. It pours a clear dark yellow/amber, with an aggressive head. Smells mildly of a pine forest. The flavor is definitely piney but the hops are smooth/mellow and do not have the overpowering pine tar/pitch flavor of an overbearing IPA. I believe the ABV is somewhere around 6.5%, this beer would be a good candidate for refrigerated aging. A good India Pale Ale in my opinion.

Cheers!

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For all the Motorcycle riders in the drift! ;)
This show, this song almost made me want to buy one! :cool:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PYKQ3fwNb0c

I remember "Then came Bronson." I used to watch it when I was grammar school age. I remember one episode in particular where a character played by Will Geer guest starred. Geer's character hired Bronson to disassemble and bury a Linotype machine that he had operated for decades.

I took a lot of graphics courses in high school. I was also a teacher's aid and ended up spending three periods a day in the graphic arts department. I was regarded as a "good troop" by our army veteran instructor.

Due to the high esteem that the instructor held me in, I was trained in and assigned to the more interesting jobs. For a couple of years I operated the line camera and dark room. I operated a Heidelberg Windmill printing press and set cold type in metal chases on a large stone for use in letterpress printing. I also learned to operate a Linotype machine. A Linotype is a fascinating machine which sort of left me in awe of the many operations it completed at the same time. I actually owned a Linotype that my local paper gave away later in my life but never had the space to use it. I read the letterpress printing is coming back as a very popular hobby. Maybe I'll have some space that machine tools aren't taking up someday.

Operating the Linotype machine, the camera, or the Heidelberg took most of my time in the classroom. When not performing those tasks, I was assigned to reloading chores on the C&H three station press that my teacher kept locked up in the darkroom. We both owned Ruger Super Blackhawks and would shoot together a day or two a week after school. We had settled on a mutually agreed upon load of a 240 grain Sierra hollow point and Winchester 630 powder. I would crank out hundreds of rounds every week.

There were a couple of other Linotype operators but I was the only student in charge of reloading ammunition. I think times have changed since I was in high school.:D:D

I did receive straight "A's" in graphic arts btw.

Regards.

Bob
 
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There's a reason why my older brother was fishing all the time.
I never thought about what he was fishing for. Sometimes he did bring home fish. I know he was unhappy.
 
C. Homer Bast, C.O. USS Yolo this date 1945.

June 5, 1945

The convoy anchored at Nago Wan at 0310. My primary concern was the depth of water and in a typhoon would Yolo have enough chain for the anchor to hold? After finding the designated anchorage, we dropped the hook and secured everything but the anchor and engine room watches. The sun, streaming in the sea cabin door, was enough to wake me. There was no typhoon! This day was the most wonderful one we have had in weeks.

The LSTs in our group anchored in the northeastern part of the anchorage, a mile from the beach. The bay is huge and shaped in the form of a "U". Surrounded by land except in the southwest, 100 LSTs are anchored here. The water is calm. It reflects the blue sky overhead. On the northern side of the bay are rugged green mountains that level out on the other side of the "U". The country is green, lush with vegetation with the sides of the mountains cultivated in some spots.

At 0903 anchor was hoisted and the group returned to Hagushi. Leaving Nago Wan all saw the sunken hulks of a couple of Japanese vessels. Rusty and gutted they rested on the bottom with the main deck and superstructure showing. The return trip was plea¬sant. Indeed, it was good to be at sea again.

As Yolo dropped out of the formation and returned to her anchor¬age around noon, small craft appeared with their lights blinking "permission to come alongside". At 1318 it was business as usual just as clouds appeared on the horizon. Once again the ubiquitous rain fell. We went to GQ late in the evening, midst the rain, smoke and cold. All guns were manned from 1932 to 2027 with bogeys at varying distances in all sectors.

South of Naha the Mississippi (BB 41), steaming 2 miles astern of Louisville (CA 28) was hit around 1930 by two kamikazes. In spite of her age damage was slight. At 1932, the Louisville, also on fire support, was kamikazed on the port side in the vicinity of the well deck. Her plane and catapult were demolished, #1 stack was destroyed and four boilers were knocked out of commission. She anchored near Yolo around 2240. Fifty- four men were killed or wounded.

 
Sigh. Suddenly on the road a day early. Wife suddenly demanded departure due to an unleveled refrigerator. Resetting on level ground worked. Wife is in bed at 1730 hours leaving me to amuse myself.
RV Advantage if you combine the toilet and shower, your wife cannot load the shower with Stuff.
I will post this someday but my wifi point is just getting a charge. Sigh.
Stopped at a pleasant place in South Carolina. I need instructions on how to use the campground cable TV. I will dig out the fine manual later.
I tried using Solitare in Windows 10. It doesn't work without a MS account login, and I have no connection. Wordpad seems to be working but I haven't saved yet. I will try some MS Office 2016 components next. I OWN TWO <ed> copies.
MSO worked without a link.
Note the WiFi charged up enough to make this connection.
It is 80 ° F in the South Carolina woods and raining. With thunder. Not a lot of wind I hope, I left the awing out. SIGH.
Geoff
Who does strange things for love, or is it terror of displeasing a Sicilian wife?
 
Today at the Y, while we were in the warm pool after our workout, my wife looks at me and calmly says,"my water broke."
"Huh, what??!!"
Turns out she has a blister on the heel of her right foot. Sometime during today's workout the blister tore and drained into her sock.

After we got home I cut off the skin flap and put some disinfectant on her heel.
 
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Today at the Y, while we were in the warm pool after our workout, my wife looks at me and calmly says,"my water broke."
"Huh, what??!!"
Turns out she has a blister on the heel of her right foot. Sometime during today's workout the blister tore and drained into her sock.

After we got home I cut off the skin flap and put some disinfectant on her heel.

Daayuummm you old dog, you!

and then I read the rest of the post.
Told you so... cat stuffed in new boot for breaking in!
 
June 5, 1945

...South of Naha the Mississippi (BB 41), steaming 2 miles astern of Louisville (CA 28) was hit around 1930 by two kamikazes. In spite of her age damage was slight. At 1932, the Louisville, also on fire support, was kamikazed on the port side in the vicinity of the well deck. Her plane and catapult were demolished, #1 stack was destroyed and four boilers were knocked out of commission. She anchored near Yolo around 2240. Fifty- four men were killed or wounded.


USS Mississippi BB-41

USS Mississippi (BB-41) bombarding Luzon, during the Lingayen operation, 8 January 1945. She is followed by USS West Virginia (BB-48) and HMAS Shropshire (73).

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Arriving off Okinawa on May 6, 1945, USS Mississippi commenced firing on Japanese positions including Shuri Castle. Continuing to support Allied forces ashore, Mississippi took another kamikaze hit on June 5. This struck the ship's starboard side, but did not force it to retire. The battleship stayed off Okinawa bombarding targets until June 16.

USS Louisville CA-28

April 1945
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USS Louisville returned to the war in May 1945 after repairs of damage sustained from two kamikaze strikes in Jan 1945. She was assigned to Task Force 54 to provide naval gunfire support during the Okinawa Campaign, where she was once again hit by a suicide aircraft on 5 Jun; after temporary repairs, she was back on the firing line by 9 Jun, but departed for Pearl Harbor for permanent repairs a week later. She was at Pearl Harbor when the war ended.
 
Oh,hi. Lots of outdoor and indoor tasks being done 'round here, and Drifting was put on hold for a bit.
But now I'm caught up. (Phew!)

Prayers on way for multiple parties. One of which is the whole Eastern half of Texas.
shouldazagged, I put a call in for you too.

Weather's lookin' ominous to the West here. Since we need the rain, I'm not complaining.
Like I said. Been busy. Garden. Work.
Work. Garden.

Hey, tim. I thought the competition at the Renaissance Faires was tough, but this, Parse didn't mention it was this bad.
Looks like those photography classes he took his senior year in H.S. are coming in handy.
Makes a mom proud her boy's doin' his best to make it on his own.

Hmmm. It's still early. For me anyways. Think I'll go get me some dessert.
Got some Luigi's REAL Italian ices in the freezer.
Question. What makes an Italian Ice REAL. It's got no importers marks on it.
 
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Oh,hi.

Hmmm. It's still early. For me anyways. Think I'll go get me some dessert.
Got some Luigi's REAL Italian ices in the freezer.
Question. What makes an Italian Ice REAL. It's got no importers marks on it.

Is it in front of you?
Is it frozen?
Then it is real!!!!! 😋

Though sort of like.........all natural ingredients !
Just about everything is all natural, though some combinations are created by marketers!
😖
 
Sigh. Suddenly on the road a day early. Wife suddenly demanded departure due to an unleveled refrigerator. Resetting on level ground worked. Wife is in bed at 1730 hours leaving me to amuse myself.
RV Advantage if you combine the toilet and shower, your wife cannot load the shower with Stuff.
I will post this someday but my wifi point is just getting a charge. Sigh.
Stopped at a pleasant place in South Carolina. I need instructions on how to use the campground cable TV. I will dig out the fine manual later.
I tried using Solitare in Windows 10. It doesn't work without a MS account login, and I have no connection. Wordpad seems to be working but I haven't saved yet. I will try some MS Office 2016 components next. I OWN TWO <ed> copies.
MSO worked without a link.
Note the WiFi charged up enough to make this connection.
It is 80 ° F in the South Carolina woods and raining. With thunder. Not a lot of wind I hope, I left the awing out. SIGH.
Geoff
Who does strange things for love, or is it terror of displeasing a Sicilian wife?



Geoff, they are one & the same...
 
Is it in front of you?
Is it frozen?
Then it is real!!!!! 😋

Though sort of like.........all natural ingredients !
Just about everything is all natural, though some combinations are created by marketers!
😖

I've said it before... I cannot afford "Natural" food items, I buy and eat mostly items from the unnatural food area of the grocery store. Food additives are a poor man's "Supplements". :p
 
Busy day today, Had to assist the Grandddaughter in feeding and watering the new turtle! :cool:
Then later it was get ready and go to granddaughters dance receitle! What a blast! she got a trophey, her whole class did for being the best dance class in 2016. :D
Went to a local Applebys for dinner, worse dinner I ever ate in one of these places! The meal stank as well as the service! :rolleyes:
Then onto Dairy Queen for dessert because that's what the granddaughter wanted! ;)
Busy day I'm tired,,,,time to kick back and drift! :cool:
 
Even if you're not old - you will be........





*"Senior" inspiration *
*My goal for 2016 was to lose just 10 pounds* …*only 20 to go* ...



Ate salad for dinner … Mostly croutons & tomatoes ... Really just one big,
round crouton covered with tomato sauce ... And cheese ...
FINE, it was a pizza ...
I ate a DAMN pizza …

How to prepare Tofu:
1. Throw it in the trash.
2. Grill some Meat.

I just did a week's worth of cardio after walking into a spider web ...

I don't mean to brag but … I finished my 14-day diet food in 3 hours and 20
minutes ...

A recent study has found women who carry a little extra weight live longer
than men who mention it ...

Kids today don't know how easy they have it ...when I was young, I had to
walk 9 feet through shag carpet to change the TV channel ...

Senility has been a smooth transition for me ...

Remember back when we were kids and every time it was below zero out they
closed school? Me neither.

I may not be that funny or athletic or good looking or smart or talented …I
forgot where I was going with this ...

I love being over 50 … I learn something new every day … and forget 5 others
...

A thief broke into my house last night … He started searching for money … so
I woke up and searched with him ...

My dentist told me I need a crown … I said, "You bet, pour mine over rocks" …

I think I'll just put an "Out of Order" sticker on my forehead and call it
a day ...

PS: Sunday, March 13, 2016 began Daylight Savings Time …Did you forget to
set your bathroom scale back 10 pounds on Saturday night ...

*"Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed."*
 
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