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storm1507 said:
I'll just add this here. Our love of birds really took off after my wife picked up this little girl (way before this pic was taken) when she fell out of the nest early. I had told her to leave it as it was too young and no way it would make it. For three days I knew I was right. After 3 days she made a remarkable recovery. It's a robin. We kept her for a little over a month in the house and she would fly back and forth to us. Working for the Dept. of Fish and Wildlife and both of us traveling we finally turned her out. She hung around close for the day and then off on her own. A year later we had a 3 oz. most spoiled critter (Daisy-cockatiel) I've ever seen and she has changed our lives. lol

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Stotrm, are you a game warden? My son wanted to be one until he got the railroad itch!!
 
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I'm pretty dumb in those areas, but I did put on a new battery last week. Dad always let me concentrate on baseball, but that future in baseball didn't quite work out. LOL!
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He was born and mostly raised in Bangkok. Came to Oklahoma (Ft. Sill) with his stepfather at 16 or 17 years old. Knows martial arts (many styles) and was raised Thai Boxing until he came to the states. Is a very good instructor and generally takes over tournaments we go to because those in charge would prefer, he run them. But that is the extent of his expertise outside of cannabis. He has been selling medical marijuana for years now. Only does it for his former employers part time now as he is retired. Everything else in his life has been taken care of by family and friends.
 
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Had a physical earlier. How any guy can be gay after that exam escapes me.

Doc said I hadn't had a colonoscopy since 2014. I immediately pointed out that I had reached the magic age of 75 a few weeks back. He relented because my gay test was fine.

The other thing good about 75 is that you don't have to remove your shoes in airport security.
 
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cordmaker said:
Good morning D, love the talk about birds. There are two birds that I just don't see hardly ever anymore, a Cat bird and Brown Thrasher, use to not see any little Yellow Finches but see a few now. Have a great day D, going arrow head hunting in a little while.
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We have had brown thrashers out near the family cemetery the last few years. I love listening to them. I saw my first catbird here a couple of weeks ago. We've lived here 33 years now.

I actually supervised the Hunter Education program in the eastern 1/4 of the state most of my F&W career. I tell all the youngsters that ask about working for the Dept. because they loved the outdoors to go out and get a good paying job. Then enjoy the outdoors on your time off. Great career, but like all of them, it does turn into a job after a few years.
 
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Me supper this evening...

A soup with an anchovy, crab, and mushroom base,.... just heavenly.. (I can do without anchovy's most any day of the week but My Darling freeze-dried these (Herself) and ground them to powder and freezes it to use for these type bases... (Just unimaginable how I eat regularly...).. the mandu (The large pod-looking things are store bought (They are full of beef) as well as the rice chips...) I add the black pepper. I am thankful but I DO eat like a King... (Just a thankful post and not meant to brag.)

There are better cooks/ chef's out there but as John Wayne stated in Rio Bravo about who is better Dude or Colorado... "I'd hate to live on the difference..." (And My Darling doesn't do it for a living, though, she could...)

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Good morning everyone!

We enjoyed our hike yesterday to the Cumberland Gap area of SE KY. Well, mostly driving to the location. My first time going all the way up to the Hensley Settlement area.

We're babysitting again today, but I hope she'll be outside plenty so I can get some things done while she is playing around.

Anyone know if Sawnee is OK? I just realized I haven't seen a post the last couple of days I've read through here. I don't remember seeing him here any of the times I've made a quick drive by here this spring.

I guess we're getting down to crunch time on the remaining roster questions. I need to check and see what's going on.

I hope everyone has a great day.
 
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storm1507 said:
Good morning everyone!

We enjoyed our hike yesterday to the Cumberland Gap area of SE KY. Well, mostly driving to the location. My first time going all the way up to the Hensley Settlement area.

We're babysitting again today, but I hope she'll be outside plenty so I can get some things done while she is playing around.

Anyone know if Sawnee is OK? I just realized I haven't seen a post the last couple of days I've read through here. I don't remember seeing him here any of the times I've made a quick drive by here this spring.

I guess we're getting down to crunch time on the remaining roster questions. I need to check and see what's going on.

I hope everyone has a great day.
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Cumberland Gap = my old stomping grounds. Hiked dozens of times between Shawanee and Gap town and back. Longest treks were Shawanee to Gap to my mom's old place off Pineville Pike in Middlesboro and back. Made Pinnacle hike several times.

Love the area.
 
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storm1507 said:
Good morning everyone!

We enjoyed our hike yesterday to the Cumberland Gap area of SE KY. Well, mostly driving to the location. My first time going all the way up to the Hensley Settlement area.

We're babysitting again today, but I hope she'll be outside plenty so I can get some things done while she is playing around.

Anyone know if Sawnee is OK? I just realized I haven't seen a post the last couple of days I've read through here. I don't remember seeing him here any of the times I've made a quick drive by here this spring.

I guess we're getting down to crunch time on the remaining roster questions. I need to check and see what's going on.

I hope everyone has a great day.
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I've also been wondering about Sawnee.
 
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vhcat70 said:
Had a physical earlier. How any guy can be gay after that exam escapes me.

Doc said I hadn't had a colonoscopy since 2014. I immediately pointed out that I had reached the magic age of 75 a few weeks back. He relented because my gay test was fine.

The other thing good about 75 is that you don't have to remove your shoes in airport security.
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Don't want to make you feel worse about being violated by a thick-fingered doctor, , but as I discovered a few years back -- the medical consensus is the "digital rectal exam" is useless anyway. It is not recommended by medical authorities...(read highlighted section.)
www.cdc.gov

What Is Screening for Prostate Cancer?

The goal of screening for prostate cancer is to find cancers that may be at high risk for spreading if not treated, and to find them early before they spread.
www.cdc.gov www.cdc.gov

I found this out a few years back when I went in for my first full physical in probably 15 years. The doc was a fairly attractive woman with smallish hands so I figured if it had to happen, it could be worse. But she skipped it. Wanting to make sure I had a real clean bill of health I asked her about it and she said, "they figured out that was a waste of time."

As for the colonoscopy - I did one, hated it, and since then have been doing the Colo-Guard home test. I recommend that if your doctor will go along.
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
Don't want to make you feel worse about being violated by a thick-fingered doctor, , but as I discovered a few years back -- the medical consensus is the "digital rectal exam" is useless anyway. It is not recommended by medical authorities...(read highlighted section.)
www.cdc.gov

What Is Screening for Prostate Cancer?

The goal of screening for prostate cancer is to find cancers that may be at high risk for spreading if not treated, and to find them early before they spread.
www.cdc.gov www.cdc.gov

I found this out a few years back when I went in for my first full physical in probably 15 years. The doc was a fairly attractive woman with smallish hands so I figured if it had to happen, it could be worse. But she skipped it. Wanting to make sure I had a real clean bill of health I asked her about it and she said, "they figured out that was a waste of time."

As for the colonoscopy - I did one, hated it, and since then have been doing the Colo-Guard home test. I recommend that if your doctor will go along.
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Isn't there a way now to screen for the prostate through a blood test? Either the prostate or colon.

Edited: "The PSA test is a blood test used primarily to screen for prostate cancer. The test measures the amount of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in your blood. PSA is a protein produced by both cancerous and noncancerous tissue in the prostate, a small gland that sits below the bladder in males."
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
Don't want to make you feel worse about being violated by a thick-fingered doctor, , but as I discovered a few years back -- the medical consensus is the "digital rectal exam" is useless anyway. It is not recommended by medical authorities...(read highlighted section.)
www.cdc.gov

What Is Screening for Prostate Cancer?

The goal of screening for prostate cancer is to find cancers that may be at high risk for spreading if not treated, and to find them early before they spread.
www.cdc.gov www.cdc.gov

I found this out a few years back when I went in for my first full physical in probably 15 years. The doc was a fairly attractive woman with smallish hands so I figured if it had to happen, it could be worse. But she skipped it. Wanting to make sure I had a real clean bill of health I asked her about it and she said, "they figured out that was a waste of time."

As for the colonoscopy - I did one, hated it, and since then have been doing the Colo-Guard home test. I recommend that if your doctor will go along.
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Did Colo-guard as well, due for another one. They keep sending me reminders that it is time.
 
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Good morning D-League. This is the best Friday since last Friday. Thankful it has arrived.

Sunny and cool in the east. This has been a mostly lovely spring for us.

Planning a hike along the Appalachian Trial with my son tomorrow. There's a stretch not far from us that runs between two battlefields of the South Mountain battle in the Civil War- Crampton's Gap to Turner's Gap, via Fox Gap, for you history buffs. It's about eight miles one way so we probably won't do it all, but it is all striking country.

Hope you all have a good day.
 
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cordmaker said:
I said something about Blue birds and Sparrows, I was on the deck this morning, Mr.Sparrow was on top of the box, I hadn't seen the Blue birds in a few days, but they were back this morning and the fight was on they went to the ground, then daddy Bluebird got in the mix as well. This has gone on all day, I think the Blue birds are winning!!
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When we lived in Illinois, we had blue birds that nested in one of our bird houses every year. They were fun to watch. I've yet to see any at our place here in Louisville.
 
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storm1507 said:
Good morning everyone!

We enjoyed our hike yesterday to the Cumberland Gap area of SE KY. Well, mostly driving to the location. My first time going all the way up to the Hensley Settlement area.

We're babysitting again today, but I hope she'll be outside plenty so I can get some things done while she is playing around.

Anyone know if Sawnee is OK? I just realized I haven't seen a post the last couple of days I've read through here. I don't remember seeing him here any of the times I've made a quick drive by here this spring.

I guess we're getting down to crunch time on the remaining roster questions. I need to check and see what's going on.

I hope everyone has a great day.
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SC seems fine. Saw him post a couple times in another venue.
 
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warrior-cat said:
Isn't there a way now to screen for the prostate through a blood test? Either the prostate or colon.

Edited: "The PSA test is a blood test used primarily to screen for prostate cancer. The test measures the amount of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in your blood. PSA is a protein produced by both cancerous and noncancerous tissue in the prostate, a small gland that sits below the bladder in males."
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My doctor used to automatically order the psa test as part of my routine blood work, but he said once i turned 70 it’s no longer done unless specifically requested.
 
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blubo said:
My doctor used to automatically order the psa test as part of my routine blood work, but he said once i turned 70 it’s no longer done unless specifically requested.
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My cancer was found using a PSA. It was not the level of the PSA but how quickly it changed.

Because of my age they opted for radioactive seeds. My doc said that at 55 they remove the prostate, but as I 70 they preferred the seeds. I had 72 "seeds" (titanium laced with Iodine 125) put into my prostate. It was a two-hour visit to the hospital. It killed the cancer, but it will come back as bone cancer if it metastasizes.
 
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Made my heart appointment (CAD), we shall see...

On a lighter note, My Darling, my two daughters, and my two grand children here are making a trek to Gainesville Florida to meet our new daughter in law (I am assuming, along with our four grandchildren, two of whom we have not met in person.) I think it is Wednesday of next week we leave.... (I'd rather jump in a van and do what we are about to do, I can take the driving and stopping.) (This plane junk to where all kinds of luggage is involved and a darned dog, I am nearly ready to just drive by myself and meet them...).... Yadda, yadda, yadda...
 
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Bert Higginbotha said:
My cancer was found using a PSA. It was not the level of the PSA but how quickly it changed.

Because of my age they opted for radioactive seeds. My doc said that at 55 they remove the prostate, but as I 70 they preferred the seeds. I had 72 "seeds" (titanium laced with Iodine 125) put into my prostate. It was a two-hour visit to the hospital. It killed the cancer, but it will come back as bone cancer if it metastasizes.
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Bert, by the time it comes back you'll probably be too old to know about it.
 
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Good morning from ATX. Currently 69°F and cloudy. Light wind from the north. Today's high expected around 83°F.

Couple years ago, Emergency Room cut off my wedding ring because of swelling from dog bite. Finally got it fixed yesterday - $175.

May attend yet another service-related reunion out in NC this fall. Stay tuned.

Wishing all Happy Saturday.

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Bert Higginbotha said:
It is 64.5°F and raining here. So far we have .64 inches. We are to top out at 72°F.

Another death in the extended family. Most are younger than me!

You all remember the horse race this afternoon. We ahve to support Maryland racing.
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Bert, my twisted sister's rain gauge had a little over 3" this morning, that puts us at over 14" of rain for this month!!!!
 
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Good morning D League.

Heading out for a walk on a sunny, cool morning in the east.

Watched Cocaine Bear last night. Could have been better but silly enough to be fun.

That whole story about the Lexington cop-turned-drug smuggler Andrew Thornton that was the real-life part of it was an early reporting assignment for me when I was still in my 20s. I went to Knoxville and talked to the nutty old coot who found Thornton’s body in his driveway, the FBI agents looking for the cocaine, and then made my way to Lexington and talked to everyone I could find who knew Thornton. I must have been close to something because I remember I came back from nosing around one day and my hotel room was totally trashed. Weird times.

Hope everyone has a good Sunday.
 
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