From now on, you are Johnny! No more Sawnee.
I grew up in a town where there were no secrets.
Our parents were nasty.
You could not do one evil thing and get by with it. Everyone knew the evil you did.
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I grew up in a town where there were no secrets.
Our parents were nasty.
You could not do one evil thing and get by with it. Everyone knew the evil you did.
One could be shamed back then Sir, I can point out about exactly when "shame" ended in America. (I won't but I could.) This country needs to bring back being "ashamed" in all it's simplicity. Do that and this country will have hope again... (Man I've been ranting the last few days but this rant stops now...)
Several years ago, I had emergency surgery for kidney stones at 2:00 AM one morning. I had a bunch of stones. One side was completely blocked and the other was partially blocked. Some are still lodged in my kidney because he drove some into the kidney wall while trying to get others out. He couldn't get them all out. The doc said I could've died and I was the toughest man he had ever seen. Not that I could outfight people, but could take pain. My dad taught me that. I've found drinking a lot of water and cutting it with lemonade helps reduce the number of stones I have.
I forget how old I was, but I needed a loose tooth pulled and instead of letting dad pull it, I ran and hid. Boy was he mad when he found me! I still remember that whupping!
Yes Sir, (Sorry for your pain.)
I had what was diagnosed as a kidney stone once. Like you I can take my own pain but dayum. I am a regular lemon water drinker for years (Not daily but regularly) also I drink a vinegar drink regularly. (Below)(Once a week an ounce or two in a cup of water). I may get a stone again but it will not be because I didn't try not to get a stone.
I have been Johnny since my first breath. 5:55 PM, July 21st 1943. My daddy was John so they called me Johnny to keep from confusion. It stuck all through life. Most of my uncles called me Johnny Boy and a few cousins still do.
But all of my family and close friends call me Johnny. My wife knows me by no other name. My mother never called me John in my life nor did my daddy or my brothers and sisters. They still do not. 😆
Oh by the way, it is pouring the rain down here. But it is clear to our East. It will move on out pretty soon.
Shame was the best method to keep me in line when I was growing up. My father taught me your family's name was to be honored and you were not to do any thing to bring shame or disgrace on it. I was taught a woman, especially your mother was the most important of God's creation. You respect your mother and you protect her honor. The word S.O.B. was seldom heard or used and if someone directed that at your mother, the person was surely going to get you in a serious, very serious fight. No kidding around about one's mother.
I did not want to dishonor my daddy or my kinfolks. So I walked the line. Now we have to worry about offending someone. Well some do, I am too old to worry about trivial matters like that. If this is a rant, so be it. That is how I was raised and I respect my raising and sure don't want to get above it. I was raised with a lot of love. I honor that. If I live to be 100 the honor of my mother and now wife, will be the most important part of my life. They gained my eternal respect.
But Sir, you sure arrived late (In the day.). Not an early-riser by any stretch of the imagination... 🤤
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I loved the first few seasons of MASH but Alan Alda really got on my nerves by the 3rd season. Oh well, Radar votes for grape Nehi as the best.
Gonna watch Night At The Opera tonight. Classic.
My EXACT thoughts on MASH. Losing Wayne Rogers' character, Trapper John, totally unbalanced the show, imo. It was just ok after that, but never the same as before- TMA (too much Alda).
When it came to switches, I quickly learned that bigger was better. The small ones would wrap around your legs and could be swung faster.
Losing Wayne Rogers along with McLean Stevenson at the end of season 3, really hurt the show from a comedic standpoint.
Good evening, D-League!
Got a good rest the last week after the previous months' grind. Very thankful for the time with family, but needing to get back to hard work at the same time. Can't let this ease continue!
I am FIRED UP for UK football season! Could be a great year, but I won't count any chickens. There's still SEC officiating and injuries to contend with, not to mention the seemingly inevitable "pandemic" power play that looms in politics. We'll see what happens.
God willing... everything always has to be in HIS plans.
Which brings up another subject weighing on my heart- one family member has experienced some incredible healing, while another has had a huge setback. I'm both thankful on the one hand and deeply troubled at the same time.
A friend mentioned the following to me as we talked-
"I know that God is with us through good times and bad, that He's not willing that any should be lost, and yet He is right there waiting for us to put our trust in Him, His plan, and His Son.
How excruciating must this be to Him and His Son to daily wade through this world with us, His creation, knowing things could be so very different than they are at present. Knowing the causes and solutions to be found in Him, and yet continually being rejected over thousands of years. Rejected for whatever gods people have chosen in their lives whether it's medicine, fashion, money, or other lusts, it has to be very hard to witness most of His creation wither under the weight of their choices and lack of faith through which they bind what would be healing hands."
... I know I would be crushed under such a weight even 6/6 billionth the size. I'm having a hard time with it right now and I'm not dealing with much compared to many.
Sorry to vent. Wish I could just talk more casually with y'all in the coming days. May God bless each of you and your families. May He bring healing to your loved ones and to you. May He reveal Himself in ways you have not known in the days to come. May He bring you peace
Got a good rest the last week after the previous months' grind. Very thankful for the time with family, but needing to get back to hard work at the same time. Can't let this ease continue!
I am FIRED UP for UK football season! Could be a great year, but I won't count any chickens. There's still SEC officiating and injuries to contend with, not to mention the seemingly inevitable "pandemic" power play that looms in politics. We'll see what happens.
God willing... everything always has to be in HIS plans.
Which brings up another subject weighing on my heart- one family member has experienced some incredible healing, while another has had a huge setback. I'm both thankful on the one hand and deeply troubled at the same time.
A friend mentioned the following to me as we talked-
"I know that God is with us through good times and bad, that He's not willing that any should be lost, and yet He is right there waiting for us to put our trust in Him, His plan, and His Son.
How excruciating must this be to Him and His Son to daily wade through this world with us, His creation, knowing things could be so very different than they are at present. Knowing the causes and solutions to be found in Him, and yet continually being rejected over thousands of years. Rejected for whatever gods people have chosen in their lives whether it's medicine, fashion, money, or other lusts, it has to be very hard to witness most of His creation wither under the weight of their choices and lack of faith through which they bind what would be healing hands."
... I know I would be crushed under such a weight even 6/6 billionth the size. I'm having a hard time with it right now and I'm not dealing with much compared to many.
Sorry to vent. Wish I could just talk more casually with y'all in the coming days. May God bless each of you and your families. May He bring healing to your loved ones and to you. May He reveal Himself in ways you have not known in the days to come. May He bring you peace
You should have been a baseball player, especially in the late fifties. Traditionally hitters used big heavy bats. A skinny guy named Ernie Banks switched to a light bat late in his rookie year and the following years. People wanted to know how a skinny guy could hit so many homers. He told them the light bat let him whip the bat quickly through the hitting zone. Now everyone uses a light bat and swings for homers.
Losing Stevenson really hurt on a personal level for me. Surprised me actually. Might have been ok if Rogers stayed. But you're right. The loss of both was huge
Happy birthday, @Sawnee Cat !
Sir,
You typed inspired. It moved me to self-evaluate what I already knew. God is still in control and will be in control. He does not move and is omnipresent. God loves me and he loves you, you being all who read the words typed and beyond.
You caused a point to come back to me to where I now realize my personal relationship with God is not what is has been and I immediately asked myself, why. (What happened to change what I had?) What is prayer? What is praying? Simplistically, it is talking with/ to God. Communing with God.
Paul talks about praying without ceasing. (1 Thessalonians Chapter 5 KJV for me.) What is that and how is that possible? (One of the most relied on by me passages/ chapters in the Bible.)
I have quit praying without ceasing. I do not commune with God as often as I did. I moved, God did not. (I can and want to go so much deeper into this but I will not at this time.) Suffice it to say, I failed by taking my eye's off God. I do not have to be a "Holy-Roller" or whatever it is that some say in a derogatory manner. There was a time I communed with God not only on a daily basis but on an hourly basis when I was awake. Even my dreams were filled many times with Godly things. God has miraculously performed miracles in my life many times. I can count many of them and I can tell you many of them. After I told you, you would not doubt me. (God has been with me that close. God takes care of me, he saved me.) I mentioned a few over the years but I have many, many more. I am a blessed person who I KNOW God loves. No other reason could ever explain God's grace in my life.
At the times and I do state "times" I needed God the most he was there. At the times I didn't think I needed God the most I spent that time communing with God.... Now, so much less. God still blesses me abundantly but I feel I am not pleasing to God. I can change that by submitting.
My prayer now is, let me see if I can get to where I can be pleasing to God. Please remember me... I am thankful. (Please indulge me spilling what is inside of me, I do not have many if any avenues to do what I am doing.)
God Bless you all...
Good morning from ATX. Currently 80°F and mostly cloudy. Today's high expected around 103°F. We broke another record at 105°F yesterday, our 41st day this year with temperatures exceeding 100°F.
News just reported Austin is at greatest wildfire risk of any US city outside California. An air-tanker base has been recently established here. Last time we experienced widespread local wildfires, air-tankers flew out of Del Rio. Meh, good to know if we gonna blame somebody.
Happy Friday, y'all.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
News just reported Austin is at greatest wildfire risk of any US city outside California. An air-tanker base has been recently established here. Last time we experienced widespread local wildfires, air-tankers flew out of Del Rio. Meh, good to know if we gonna blame somebody.
Happy Friday, y'all.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Good morning,
Whew what a night...but, WoW, I feel good..da da da da da da da.......
Whew what a night...but, WoW, I feel good..da da da da da da da.......
And a good morning to you. Any time I wake up I feel it was a good night. I am blessed and grateful.
Good Morning to All The D League
I would like to thank all of you for the birthday wishes. I have not been 79 years old before but it really doesn't feel much different than 78. I have a cousin who is pushing 84 and he is still actively employed and his job takes him all over the country. He flies somewhere most every week. And sings in the church choir on Sunday. So age is just a number for him.
It is Friday and today my wife is flying back from KY. She should get into Clearwater about 4:30 pm, just in time for the lightning and thunderstorm we have most every afternoon. That should give her a good turbulent ride which she will enjoy.
For our weather, it is much like yesterday and the day before. Air temperature is 72° and our high will reach 87° with sunny skies and a 46% chance of rain after 1:00 PM
No yard work today as I have all of the new sod and cypress mulch down and tools put away. I trust all are well and prayers for each one of you are going your way.
Our fly girl is wrapping up BCT and finished the assault course and chemical warfare training this week. The march back from Jacks Valley to the Academy is today.
I would like to thank all of you for the birthday wishes. I have not been 79 years old before but it really doesn't feel much different than 78. I have a cousin who is pushing 84 and he is still actively employed and his job takes him all over the country. He flies somewhere most every week. And sings in the church choir on Sunday. So age is just a number for him.
It is Friday and today my wife is flying back from KY. She should get into Clearwater about 4:30 pm, just in time for the lightning and thunderstorm we have most every afternoon. That should give her a good turbulent ride which she will enjoy.
For our weather, it is much like yesterday and the day before. Air temperature is 72° and our high will reach 87° with sunny skies and a 46% chance of rain after 1:00 PM
No yard work today as I have all of the new sod and cypress mulch down and tools put away. I trust all are well and prayers for each one of you are going your way.
Our fly girl is wrapping up BCT and finished the assault course and chemical warfare training this week. The march back from Jacks Valley to the Academy is today.
Good morning folks. And belated birthday wishes Sawnee.
My doctor's visit yesterday was about what I expected. He pushed and pulled on my hip and knee, trying to get me to admit to pain. I tried to be honest about it. After that, and studying a bunch of x-rays, he pronounced sentence:
"Your hip is bone-on-bone and will never get better. The anti-inflammatory pills and cortisone shots are a band-aid to let you function temporarily. But you seem to tolerate the pain well, so there is no emergency to have the surgery. Do it on your own schedule."
My strategy is to get it done while I still have gold-plated work insurance. The best (slowest) time of the work year is mid-December, just before Christmas. Plus, my wife is an advocate for getting it done. She's worked in surgical wards for years and says I'm underestimating how much better I'll feel. She's about a decade younger than me and still runs marathons, so she doesn't want to be stuck with a cripple.
So, I'm going to schedule this for December 12, or thereabouts. The surgeon I met with, who my wife says is the Stud Duck Cutter among local doctors, is already booked through November anyway.
Sorry for the boring update. Hope you guys are keeping cool.
My doctor's visit yesterday was about what I expected. He pushed and pulled on my hip and knee, trying to get me to admit to pain. I tried to be honest about it. After that, and studying a bunch of x-rays, he pronounced sentence:
"Your hip is bone-on-bone and will never get better. The anti-inflammatory pills and cortisone shots are a band-aid to let you function temporarily. But you seem to tolerate the pain well, so there is no emergency to have the surgery. Do it on your own schedule."
My strategy is to get it done while I still have gold-plated work insurance. The best (slowest) time of the work year is mid-December, just before Christmas. Plus, my wife is an advocate for getting it done. She's worked in surgical wards for years and says I'm underestimating how much better I'll feel. She's about a decade younger than me and still runs marathons, so she doesn't want to be stuck with a cripple.
So, I'm going to schedule this for December 12, or thereabouts. The surgeon I met with, who my wife says is the Stud Duck Cutter among local doctors, is already booked through November anyway.
Sorry for the boring update. Hope you guys are keeping cool.
Good luck to you buddy. You have a lot of years left on those bones so a good tune up would be the best route IMO. About 6 months before I retired I had a complete physical with emphasis on anything I need to have fixed before I retired. I wanted to be in top shape day one of my retirement. My neurosurgeon found a need for a lumbar fusion and I had that done in January and retired the first day of July.
I healed and rehabbed on company time. I was a 30 year employee and felt I had earned that right. LOL Prayers your way and listen to your wife. It always works out for the best in the end.
Sawnee, Thanks for that perspective, and the thoughtful words.
Good advice all around. Yeah, I'm not clear how long I'll be working, but the outer frontier is about three years, so best to get things done now, in some workable order. I may well want to get a new knee spliced in too before calling it a day.
On hip replacement: if you are relatively skinny it is a great procedure as they can go through the front instead of the old procedure that came in from the back.. I was 73 and they made me stay overnight because I had had open heart surgery. I had physical therapy for 5 times and was released. It was a little more painful the second day than knee replacement, but I suppose that hip replacement may actually be simpler for the doctor.
Edit: If you have it I suggest you sleep the first couple days in a recliner as it makes it a lot easier to get out of than a bed.
Good morning D-League. It is 77.5°F on our way to 97°F today and up to 100° tomorrow. I hope the forecast is wrong.
I may not go outside the next two days.
I may not go outside the next two days.
Thanks,
I had never thought about that..."doing it on company time". I have nearly 800 hours of sick leave accrued. Also have good insurance though I'd have it after I retire. I'll be eligible to retire this time next year. I am taking My Darling to get her back checked out soon. I guess I will get my back and hips checked as well. Thanks again... Sorry you both had/ have to endure it as well.
Thanks for that insight Bert. I'm told at my age (mid-60s) its an outpatient surgery. We'll see how it unfolds. Not too concerned about it, just hoping against hope for that moment afterward when I say, "yeah, I feel better. That was worth it."
The woeful tales of all us old farts! I'm bone on bone on my left ankle. Was told years ago I could have the surgery. I guess at the time ankle replacement was relatively new and a lot of patients were unhappy with it. I was/am able to just wear a brace and live with it and now at my age, I don't know if it's worth it. The extra stress the ankle puts on my knee (and a boxer dog who accidently hit it running full speed) has my knee complaining. The hip is also starting to remind me it's there. Oh well, things can't be to bad.l! I'm still around and moving.
My philosophy was the day I retire is the day I want to be in the best condition I will be in for the rest of my life. After I retired we immediately took a trip to Israel and Jordan. If I had been hobbling around it would not have been enjoyable.
The Israel trip was one of the best of my life. I would love to go again soon. We did follow up the Israel trip with one to Turkey and Greece. That was a great trip also.
Not boring and also, I would question why he would not suggest replacement surgery as soon as you can. Would not bone on bone rubbing chip and wear down the hip? Not a doctor so bear with me, but it seems like that would be the case. I wonder also, perhaps you have researched, what would be the recovery time for that?
Others here can answer that as well as I am curious. Also, for those in the know, after replacement how well is the mobility and comfort level?
Warrior -- The sense I got from the guy was that once the hip was bone-on-bone it wasn't going to get any MORE destroyed, and whenever it was replaced, all that was damaged would go. So, getting it done just depended on how much pain I could tolerate -- he seemed to think I SHOULD be in more pain than I am, based on my x-ray. But it's not that bad right now.
The recovery time question is interesting. They say I need to "work from home" for three weeks - in my case that just means avoiding the stress of the commute and walking around the halls at the office. But I should be able to work at a home desk, which I did for two years anyway.
Home PT starts almost immediately and can extend for a few months. I'm told I might get by with a cane for the first 30 days, or I could briefly need a walker, then a cane. After that I should be good to go, with possibly some additional PT. The surgery is outpatient -- you are home within a few hours of arriving at the hospital. Follow-up visits out six months. That's about it.
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As someone that lived in Illinois, I just laugh when I see the "Lets Enjoy Illinois" commercials. They should just change it to "Lets Enjoy Chicago". What a bunch of clowns.
They say ankle replacement surgery is more complicated than knee or hip surgery. I guess that is why it was the last to be well accepted. With more weight on the ankle, you are also more restricted in what you are allowed to do. Some go with fusion instead of replacement, but that also brings a lot of restrictions. I couldn't handle a sedentary life.
Hello all,
Took most of the day off to spend with My Darling. Drove down to Westmoreland State Park in Montross, VA and then to Colonial Beach to check out the fishing. We are looking for a spot to catch Croaker's. This trip didn't work out. We did stop off while in Colonial Beach, VA to the Hunan Diner and got greeted by the owner who stated he was only able to do take out due to his employee's not showing up. (Two out of three just didn't show up.) He stated one couple was there eating as they had a reservation. The owner after he told us that told us again to have a seat as he guided us to a table. (It was a decent place that has been in business since 1997 or 1987 (I cannot remember which.). The food was good. (My Darling had soup and the Shrimp Fried Rice, I had scallops and beef with vegetables.)
Is it me or does ANYONE keep there word? What I mean is, does any one do what they say they are going to do? (Can't be many that keep their word in that area as the owner stated it is not only his business that is having trouble with people just not showing up to work. (This is a tourist type town.)
Just quit, don't string someone along to where they are depending on you...
I guess there is too much dough now to just ...................stay home. I had this same discussion with My darling for a few minutes while we ate.
Took most of the day off to spend with My Darling. Drove down to Westmoreland State Park in Montross, VA and then to Colonial Beach to check out the fishing. We are looking for a spot to catch Croaker's. This trip didn't work out. We did stop off while in Colonial Beach, VA to the Hunan Diner and got greeted by the owner who stated he was only able to do take out due to his employee's not showing up. (Two out of three just didn't show up.) He stated one couple was there eating as they had a reservation. The owner after he told us that told us again to have a seat as he guided us to a table. (It was a decent place that has been in business since 1997 or 1987 (I cannot remember which.). The food was good. (My Darling had soup and the Shrimp Fried Rice, I had scallops and beef with vegetables.)
Is it me or does ANYONE keep there word? What I mean is, does any one do what they say they are going to do? (Can't be many that keep their word in that area as the owner stated it is not only his business that is having trouble with people just not showing up to work. (This is a tourist type town.)
Just quit, don't string someone along to where they are depending on you...
I guess there is too much dough now to just ...................stay home. I had this same discussion with My darling for a few minutes while we ate.
This is just like the military, find the lowest ranking GI and pass it on down
Good Saturday Morning D
About 1:00 AM I heard a thunderous loud sound and flashes of lightning that danced across the skies following by a downpour. My wife loves that kind of weather so I nudged her and we enjoyed Mother Nature at work through the patio glass door in our bedroom. It was worth the price of admission. Nature does it the best.
We have 73° right now and will reach 89° by this afternoon. A 70% chance of more thunderstorms around 4:00 PM. Plenty of sunshine, so it will be much like yesterday and the day before.
I trust all are well and those bones are feeling better for those of you hurting. Things will get better I can assure you of that. So enjoy the ride and God bless you through your journey
About 1:00 AM I heard a thunderous loud sound and flashes of lightning that danced across the skies following by a downpour. My wife loves that kind of weather so I nudged her and we enjoyed Mother Nature at work through the patio glass door in our bedroom. It was worth the price of admission. Nature does it the best.
We have 73° right now and will reach 89° by this afternoon. A 70% chance of more thunderstorms around 4:00 PM. Plenty of sunshine, so it will be much like yesterday and the day before.
I trust all are well and those bones are feeling better for those of you hurting. Things will get better I can assure you of that. So enjoy the ride and God bless you through your journey
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One of my sons (twin 41 years old) is a big liberal and he believes that if you give everyone UBI, a home, and a car to get around, most will want to better their conditions and go to work to add to it. He said that some people deserve have this given to them because they did not ask to be brought into this world, so we need to take care of them. I told him he was out of his mind and that these days most would just stay home and do what they wanted. If fact, I told him they would in short order start complaining that this was not enough. He has been corrupted by our higher education system as he was a professional student up until a few of years ago changing his major a few times until he landed on environmental science and chemistry. Now, he is all about recycling and the Green New Deal. Whenever he visits us, he gets upset when he does not see about 5 or 6 bins set up in my garage for recycling and sets them up for me. They promptly go away after he leaves.
His brother went the opposite way and joined the Marines for 4 years (serve in Iraq) and got 55K for college to use for a nursing degree. He is a Christian man with a wife and 5 kids. One adopted girl and 4 boys (triplets and a single). He is a staunch conservative so him, his wife, and I have been trying to talk sense to his brother and make him see the truth. It is a hard task but, we have hope.
At least that is how the Baptist gals do it. Dinner on the grounds baby. A lot of people have got engaged after eating grandma's fried chicken.
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