Thank you I, I appreciate your thoughts and really enjoy the posts. This is becoming my favorite of all of Cats Illustrated. Here you find intelligent and thoughtful posters who enjoy life. Hard to find in other spots.
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Hey, y'all. My bunch has been celebrating my 75th Birthday. Everybody was here. It was fun, indeed.
Trash pick-up here tomorrow and the junk hunters are out in force. We set out a bunch of clutter and it only took an hour. Gone! The turntables were the first to go.
Just kidding ymmot!
Just kidding ymmot!
I know you were enjoying that Don. Did you cook em up something on the egg?
All you have to do is put stuff out on the curb with a price tag on it. Then people will steal your trash for you.
Nossir. My daughter brought the spaghetti entree (just delicious by the way) #4 made a perfect salad, QB furnished the garlic bread. White birthday cake with Neapolitan ice cream. Everything was just perfect. Next event will be at #2's condo on his newly acquired medium BGE.
#1's GF, the 5th grade schoolteacher was in attendance also. I would approve her as the newest addition to our family.
These crows that are eating our figs are about the size of a Pullet.
Day 7 of Operation Anna. She loved Savannah. House will be as quiet as an empty church when she leaves tomorrow. Tears will be shed. When that day comes when she won’t cry when she leaves us, Nana and I will cry for her!
I cut the cord today...finally, from Dish TV. Nothing but streaming from here on out. Already had a Firestick, ordered DirectTV Now and getting a Roku stick for "free". Had to get it all set up for the bahamasketball games.
I should get that trademarked...its gonna be on tshirt somewhere. UK Bahamasketball!!
I should get that trademarked...its gonna be on tshirt somewhere. UK Bahamasketball!!
Apparently the Baby shower was a huge success.
I sure would like some of that cake & ice cream Don...i never left the house/yard today.
I'll wait up...
I sure would like some of that cake & ice cream Don...i never left the house/yard today.
I'll wait up...
Hey let me know how that goes. I'm up for another round of negotiations with Spectrum this month. Tiresome. I'm looking at Playstation Vu. SEC network is a must. I have Roku on all my TVs. I may have to get antennas for the local stations but that's no biggie.
Good morning from ATX. currently 80°F. Should hit 102-104°F later this afternoon.
Y'all behave.
Y'all behave.
I last visited St. Augustine 19 years ago. We drove out from Texas that summer to visit family in FL. Castillo de San Marcos is an incredible piece of civil engineering. City history and accompanying architecture spans 6 centuries, and landmarks remain there as proof. Amazing place.
Working on this right now but, told wife we are not doing this until after the Bahama's tournament.
Weather cooling down to mid 80's for highs the next couple of days. Storms this morning with some much needed rain.
Good Morning D
8/8/18
- Good Morning, D-Leagueanites.
- 72º in Johns Creek. Slept well. Up a little earlier. We are overcast. May get some rain.
- Monday again. Six days to go.
- Very quiet out here this morning.
- That Bahamasketball will be fun. I'm anxious to see how we shoot it.
- I'm more than ready for the football too. I played a little football. Just high school and that little stint at Ole Miss. I wish I could do it all again. I would work harder. Oh, well.
- Be safe driving this morning. There are lots of bad drivers out there.
- Y'all carry on.
Good morning, enjoyed my grits and eggs and it is a balmy 75 degrees with a high of 83 and sunshine. I may head over to Ozello to scout out some fishing holes. Ozello is an interesting little village on the Gulf whose population has grown from 0 to 400 in 100 years. Families live on islands and a school boat actually picks up the kids.
I cut the cord about a year ago and I am glad I did. I didn't miss a single game last year and cut my cable bill by $75 per month I haven't had any problems.
Good luck with your new set up and let's get ready for "Bahamasketball"
Morning D. Greetings from the shanty.
More coffee.................................
More coffee.................................
Those donuts look really tasty, Rooster. 2nd mug of this Dark Magic is tasty as well. There was a tiny little donut shop in Southside in Paducah. Dad used to take us there in the old days. We thought they were delicious.87°➫ 108°F Partly cloudy, sultry, localized evening monsoon storms.
Good Morning D
gooD morning everyboDy
Saw a rainbow on my way into work this morning...that kinda changed my Monday morning blahs.
My cord cutting change should save me about $100 a month...until internet & DirectTV jack up prices...again.
Dish is sending me a box to send back all the Receivers/remotes/DVR/etc... We've been watching Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime & HBO Now through the Firestick. I added HBO for $5 to my DirectTV Now. I still need to cancel the HBO Now that I was getting for $15 a month...basically so we could watch all of the Game of Thrones episodes. I will keep you up to date.
Speaking of dough nuts .... mornin Bert!
Saw a rainbow on my way into work this morning...that kinda changed my Monday morning blahs.
My cord cutting change should save me about $100 a month...until internet & DirectTV jack up prices...again.
Dish is sending me a box to send back all the Receivers/remotes/DVR/etc... We've been watching Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime & HBO Now through the Firestick. I added HBO for $5 to my DirectTV Now. I still need to cancel the HBO Now that I was getting for $15 a month...basically so we could watch all of the Game of Thrones episodes. I will keep you up to date.
Speaking of dough nuts .... mornin Bert!
Good Monday morn D.
Porch. Coffee.
Nothing on tap except resting the foot from the Achilles. Getting cabin fever. Hoping it heals good enough this week to be able to resume some stuff.
Be safe all.
Porch. Coffee.
Nothing on tap except resting the foot from the Achilles. Getting cabin fever. Hoping it heals good enough this week to be able to resume some stuff.
Be safe all.
Morning right back to you.
Last year I got rid of DirecTV and off air and went with Spectrum 100%. They gave me a good deal and so far, have not gone up a cent. I get 300 mbps, all the movie channel that they provide and the sports packages for roughly $190 a month before taxes. That includes three DVR's and one regular receiver.
In my area we get CBS out of Nashville, so I have two CBS channels. The picture is actually better than on DirecTV, which I never thought that I would see. For two days I had both cable and DirecTV and we checked it out on all sorts of channels. Until they screw with my price I will stay with them and the lower blood pressure from worrying about where my games are going to be.
I also enjoy Netflex and Utube. I have the fire stick and rarely watch it. I watch TV for mainly for news and sports, on the other hand my wife loves Netflex and movies.
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I'd like to see you heal some more before resuming your mowing unless you are just sitting all of the time.
Daughter should be weed eating Thursday for me. I have very little to no push off on my foot. Getting in and our of vehicles is challenging. Getting on the mower will be a challenge.
You need to get it it checked out. The Achilles is the largest tendon in the body. Common injury. If it is just strained or partially torn it can heal through rest and immobilizing the foot. If you fully ruptured it you would have experienced intense immediate pain along with a popping or cracking sound
Had the intense pain for just a couple seconds. Didn't last long.Had the popping, twice. Can't point foot downward at all without much pain. I probably do need to check it out but for now I've chosen to keep it immobilized and see if it will heal.
If it was ruptured completely wouldn't I have more pain when it's just resting etc? and very little swelling so far. I know, seeking medical advice on a forum, but what can I say lol.
Can you stand on your tip toes? Are you walking flat footed?
Flat footed. Can’t stand on toes at all or even stretch foot downward past a resting position.
Sorry, but it won't last.
We have several posters in the D that were already there when Ponce de Leon arrived.
I might be one of them. Some people actually think the Seminole Indians were the ones that greeted Ponce.
I was looking at them and went all Homer Simpson on them.
Good question. About 5 years ago I stepped off the backside of the driveway at a friends house. It was dark but I knew the drop was only about 3 or 4 feet so I didn't sweat it. When I looked down I saw the toe of my left shoe catch a big rock and my foot supinated to the point I could see the sole of my shoe.
People asked if I was alright and I told them that I thought I had broken my leg. Someone said they didn't hear it break and I said I didn't either. I grabbed my ankle and my shin and gave it a bend to see if it was loose and nothing moved. That was when I decided nothing was broken. I climbed back up and walked to my wife's car and told her I was ready to go home and get my ankle on ice.
Next morning it was swollen huge and the pain was nearly unbearable and I have a very high tolerance. I read and was told that a high ankle sprain is more painful than a break and I surmised that that was what I had because the pain was unreal at times.
I continued to walk on it and would bend it all around while sitting on the couch to keep it from being stiff when it healed. After a month or so I was able to walk without a limp but still with pain. Another week or so I was able to walk without a limp and without pain but the problem was I couldn't raise myself up on the toes of my left foot. I figured there must be some nerve damage and it was then that I decided to see a doctor.
Told them what happened and my problem and they took some xrays. My ankle, in their words, was "shattered".It was broke in 3 places and the large bone was dislocated a 1/4".
Doctor couldn't understand how I was walking on it. He wanted to re-break it and put screws in it but I said no. He was pissed and told me to at least wear an air cast for the next six weeks. I did that and everything works fine now. No pain, no limp, full mobility.
I said all that to say this. It's probably worse than you think it is but why wonder? You have insurance. Use a little bit of it and find out exactly what you're dealing with and the best way to treat it.
Ole Ponce was a pretty good dude. Liked him. FCC.
