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[warrior-cat]

39° this morning for us with a high in the upper 60's expected. I'll take it. Starts going back up through the weekend to the mid to upper 80's for next week. Good fishing weather so...

Had oral surgery yesterday for my next level of dental implants. Now must wait for it to heal before the tooth is installed. Will do 6 of the lower front teeth area when done with this one.

Had a young dental assistant yesterday who struggled to get the IV for anesthesia in my right arm so, he shifted to the left arm and struggled until a female assistant helped him do it. He must be new; I thought being a ginny pig for medical staff to get practice in was over after I retired from the military. (@AustinTXCat) Silly me. He was apologizing profusely until I told him to stop apologizing, I am used to pain, I have been married to a woman for over 24 years now. He looked at his female partner I guess expecting ire from her. Instead, she just laughed shook her head.

Well, normal hump day has been shifted to tomorrow for this week so, I will save that for tomorrow.

Have a great day and God Bless the D-league.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks. Cold and clear in the east.

Warrior, your story reminds me of when my wife was training to make her life change from media to RN. I can’t count the times I had to let her practice drawing blood or inserting IV bags into my perfectly healthy veins. Lots of bruising. If anyone noted I’d make a joke about “battered husband syndrome.” She got the hang of it eventually but many patients were spared by my sacrifice.

Beautiful morning here. Stars are very bright —Sirius, Rigel, Arcturus, Betelgeuse, Bellatrix, Vega, many others I’ve forgotten or never knew. I hope to spend some nights again where you can really see the stars like in younger days in west Texas or Alaska or the Saudi desert or East Africa. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the Milky Way stretching out.

Hope you all have a good day.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Good morning folks. It is a crisp 36.0°F here on our way to a high of 60°F with little chance of rain.

Austin I hope you get your rain. 40 days is a long time without it and my yard would be long dead if that happened here.

 

[warrior-cat]

Good morning folks. Cold and clear in the east.

Warrior, your story reminds me of when my wife was training to make her life change from media to RN. I can’t count the times I had to let her practice drawing blood or inserting IV bags into my perfectly healthy veins. Lots of bruising. If anyone noted I’d make a joke about “battered husband syndrome.” She got the hang of it eventually but many patients were spared by my sacrifice.

Beautiful morning here. Stars are very bright —Sirius, Rigel, Arcturus, Betelgeuse, Bellatrix, Vega, many others I’ve forgotten or never knew. I hope to spend some nights again where you can really see the stars like in younger days in west Texas or Alaska or the Saudi desert or East Africa. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the Milky Way stretching out.

Hope you all have a good day.

Agree with the view of the stars in a couple of those regions. I spent a month in Alaska for military winter training in the early 80's and for about a week in the mountains during the training. The view was amazing with the stars and Arora Borealis. In the Saudi desert even more so with the stars. Plus, with night vision one can get a better perspective to just how many stars fill the skies.

 

[BBUK]

39° this morning for us with a high in the upper 60's expected. I'll take it. Starts going back up through the weekend to the mid to upper 80's for next week. Good fishing weather so...

Had oral surgery yesterday for my next level of dental implants. Now must wait for it to heal before the tooth is installed. Will do 6 of the lower front teeth area when done with this one.

Had a young dental assistant yesterday who struggled to get the IV for anesthesia in my right arm so, he shifted to the left arm and struggled until a female assistant helped him do it. He must be new; I thought being a ginny pig for medical staff to get practice in was over after I retired from the military. (@AustinTXCat) Silly me. He was apologizing profusely until I told him to stop apologizing, I am used to pain, I have been married to a woman for over 24 years now. He looked at his female partner I guess expecting ire from her. Instead, she just laughed shook her head.

Well, normal hump day has been shifted to tomorrow for this week so, I will save that for tomorrow.

Have a great day and God Bless the D-league.

Good morning folks. Cold and clear in the east.

Warrior, your story reminds me of when my wife was training to make her life change from media to RN. I can’t count the times I had to let her practice drawing blood or inserting IV bags into my perfectly healthy veins. Lots of bruising. If anyone noted I’d make a joke about “battered husband syndrome.” She got the hang of it eventually but many patients were spared by my sacrifice.

Beautiful morning here. Stars are very bright —Sirius, Rigel, Arcturus, Betelgeuse, Bellatrix, Vega, many others I’ve forgotten or never knew. I hope to spend some nights again where you can really see the stars like in younger days in west Texas or Alaska or the Saudi desert or East Africa. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the Milky Way stretching out.

Hope you all have a good day.

HA

HA

Ought to have daughter(s) try that stuff on you, yeah both... Want "pain", just sit and watch them laugh and giggle while sticking you... (They knew I handle needles well.) Yeah, they had a ball....

Thought I'd have issues when I had my physicals, drug tests... Looked like a pin cushion...

Good morning all,

At the house today working BUT, must attend a ceremony tomorrow in the Pentagon.. Sigh...

 

[warrior-cat]

HA

HA

Ought to have daughter(s) try that stuff on you, yeah both... Want "pain", just sit and watch them laugh and giggle while sticking you... (They knew I handle needles well.) Yeah, they had a ball....

Thought I'd have issues when I had my physicals, drug tests... Looked like a pin cushion...

Good morning all,

At the house today working BUT, must attend a ceremony tomorrow in the Pentagon.. Sigh...

HA

HA

HA

Combat life saver training and military doctors prepared me for yesterday's problems. Talk about pin cushion...

 

[BBUK]

HA

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HA

Combat life saver training and military doctors prepared me for yesterday's problems. Talk about pin cushion...

Oops, I forgot about that, I went through four years of it but nothing like you did...

 

[berniecarbo]

I guess people in KY will soon be able to buy legal pot. I guess it is just for medical, I haven't really followed it as I didn't figure it would effect me. Well, I have had my business property listed for sale for over a year with not a single looker. I have a cabin and six additional acres connected to the business property that is not listed. All of a sudden, we have a showing scheduled this Thursday and Friday. I think at least one and maybe both are for people connected to the legal pot. You could knock me down with a feather. Can't get my hopes to "high", but after a year with not a single showing...

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 54°F, clear and calm. Today's high expected around 78°F. Gonna love this morning's walk. We actually received about two minutes light rain yesterday afternoon.

Unless something really wrong, I should find out MRI results next week. Stay tuned.

Wishing y'all another great day.

 

[warrior-cat]

I guess people in KY will soon be able to buy legal pot. I guess it is just for medical, I haven't really followed it as I didn't figure it would effect me. Well, I have had my business property listed for sale for over a year with not a single looker. I have a cabin and six additional acres connected to the business property that is not listed. All of a sudden, we have a showing scheduled this Thursday and Friday. I think at least one and maybe both are for people connected to the legal pot. You could knock me down with a feather. Can't get my hopes to "high", but after a year with not a single showing...

Legal medical pot of course is a farce as many doctors prescribed it for their patients just to shut them up about it. It has been legal medically here in Oklahoma for a while now and people use it (smoke, eat, etc...) just about everywhere. About 1/4 of my softball team smoke it in the parking lot before games. They don't hide it. We have smoke shops on just about every major street corner in Lawton and in the small town I live in we have 3 shops. It's crazy, as soon as it was legalized medically, shops seemingly just sprung up overnight.

 

[BBUK]

Good morning all,

Parked deep in the swamp. Have a blessed day. If you've a mind, say a prayer. God Bless you all....

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks. Another cold clear day in the east.

Anybody happen to see the story of the British photojournalist Paul Lowe who came to the U.S. looking for his troubled 19-year-old son who had disappeared in California? He found the son near Los Angeles -but then his kid suddenly turned on him and stabbed him to death. A real horror story. The kid was deeply disturbed obviously. Easy to Google if interested in the details.

I knew the guy. I’d met him in Sarajevo 31 years ago, got to be friends, then saw him occasionally through the years in places like Rwanda and Kosovo. I found a photo last night of us at a camp on the Rwanda-Zaire border. What a terrible way for it all to end for the guy.

Last day downtown today. Pulling in to the subway station, so I’ll wish you all a good day.

 

[berniecarbo]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 54°F, clear and calm. Today's high expected around 78°F. Gonna love this morning's walk. We actually received about two minutes light rain yesterday afternoon.

Unless something really wrong, I should find out MRI results next week. Stay tuned.

Wishing y'all another great day.

Best luck.

 

[vhcat70]

Last day downtown today. Pulling in to the subway station, so I’ll wish you all a good day.

Meaning retiring?

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Meaning retiring?

Nah, I just meant this week. I'll be at it at least another year.

 

[_Rooster]

OK?

 

[berniecarbo]

I don't post, but I read on a St Louis baseball board. They were talking about Babe Ruth. No idea if it is true, but one guy tells a story that he says was told to him by Buck O'Neill (old time black player). He says on barnstorming teams, the blacks were paid a dollar a day. Sometimes Babe would travel with them and those times, they would get to split 1500 dollars among the black players.

 

[BBUK]

OK?

🤩🤩🤩

 

[BBUK]

Hi All,

I am sure MdW has been here a lot more than I have. In any event I spent the morning here except for following around an SES through the courtyard for coffee...

A nice night... In da hood...

 

[BBUK]

Me supper the last couple days... (Not today though. Went fast food today.) My Darling, OH Man! ALL homemade....

Will state it again. Kings wish they could eat on special occasions how I eat regularly!!!😍

 

[BBUK]

Hollywood Boys Choir, 1973. From Top Left: Kent Mccord, Martin Milner, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ed Asner, Glenn Ford, Red Foxx, Jack Carter, Ernest Borgnine, John Wayne And Howard Cosell




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[berniecarbo]

Hollywood Boys Choir, 1973. From Top Left: Kent Mccord, Martin Milner, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ed Asner, Glenn Ford, Red Foxx, Jack Carter, Ernest Borgnine, John Wayne And Howard Cosell




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I recall someone talking about Howard Cosell. They said something about Howard walking his pet rat. Also recall some bars would have a raffle. Win it and you get to throw a brick through the TV while Howard was on air.

 

[BBUK]

I recall someone talking about Howard Cosell. They said something about Howard walking his pet rat. Also recall some bars would have a raffle. Win it and you get to throw a brick through the TV while Howard was on air.

Wow Sir,

I never got that impression from Howard. I was young though. My memories of him come from Ali-Cosell. (I loved the chemistry they had.) Later in the movie about Ali it was stated Cosell tipped off Ali about bad things the government was trying, to get Ali in some trouble when he objected to being drafted. (Not sure if the movie was accurate or not but I gained a respect for Cosell just out of that hoping it was true.)

One thing, I ALWAY liked Muhammad Ali... (He fought being drafted and serving but unlike Bill Clinton, he NEVER ran.) Had a good chance to meet him after he retired. I was young and may have been just before I entered the Army but it was not so important to me then... A serious regret. (I was introverted a lot back then though and stayed away from any spotlight(s).) Met Robin once (Burt Ward) when I was no more than about ten and rather than meet him, he was at a publicity event. (I hunkered down in the back of my Dad's car while he tried reaching in to shake my hand.) I was a Batman and Robin junky then too....and he was in costume. (Funny the things you remember.. That came up a lot through the years about meeting Burt.) Oh well... I am thankful... I sure lost my bashfulness though....

 

[berniecarbo]

Wow Sir,

I never got that impression from Howard. I was young though. My memories of him come from Ali-Cosell. (I loved the chemistry they had.) Later in the movie about Ali it was stated Cosell tipped off Ali about bad things the government was trying, to get Ali in some trouble when he objected to being drafted. (Not sure if the movie was accurate or not but I gained a respect for Cosell just out of that hoping it was true.)

One thing, I ALWAY liked Muhammad Ali... (He fought being drafted and serving but unlike Bill Clinton, he NEVER ran.) Had a good chance to meet him after he retired. I was young and may have been just before I entered the Army but it was not so important to me then... A serious regret. (I was introverted a lot back then though and stayed away from any spotlight(s).) Met Robin once (Burt Ward) when I was no more than about ten and rather than meet him, he was at a publicity event. (I hunkered down in the back of my Dad's car while he tried reaching in to shake my hand.) I was a Batman and Robin junky then too....and he was in costume. (Funny the things you remember.. That came up a lot through the years about meeting Burt.) Oh well... I am thankful... I sure lost my bashfulness though....

Some liked Howard and some hated him. He was a controversial figure.

Yes, I really liked Ali. I volunteered to go and he fought it, but I respected that. The heavyweight champ wasn't going to war. He would have entertained the troops or something. He fought it (right or wrong , i don't know) on principle. Don't know if you know, but he saw the wrestler Gorgeous George wrestle in Louisville. He said it was a full house and the fans were all excited. He said it didn't matter whether the fans loved or hated George because they all paid money to see him. All Ali saw was dollar signs. That is where Ali got his act.

Another reason I liked him is his work ethic. I don't recall the details, but I read a book that talked about his routine in his prime when preparing for a fight. The mileage run, the sparring, the jumping rope, everything, he way out worked everyone else. In his prime he built a fantastic camp to work out in up in the mountains without distractions. When it opened, he took a group of reporters on a tour. There was a pathway where he often ran. Every so often there was a huge rock with a champions name on it. At the end a reporter asked, "there is a rock with the name of every champion except you. Where is your rock? Ali answered, " This whole mountain is mine."

 

[warrior-cat]

I met Ali a couple of times when I was a kid living in Louisville where I grew up. He was friends with and visited the neighbors at the end of my block a couple of times and when he did, the boy who lived there would let the local kids know when he was coming. We ran down to their house and waited and he (Ali) would talk to us for a few minutes before he went into the house. He was and is my all-time favorite fighter or course.

 

[vhcat70]

I don't post, but I read on a St Louis baseball board. They were talking about Babe Ruth. No idea if it is true, but one guy tells a story that he says was told to him by Buck O'Neill (old time black player). He says on barnstorming teams, the blacks were paid a dollar a day. Sometimes Babe would travel with them and those times, they would get to split 1500 dollars among the black players.

I met Mr. O'Neill on a plane after seeing the Ken Burns baseball TV series in which he literally stole the show with his stories. I'd heard the name prior to that series, but didn't know anything about him. This must have in late-90s.

I was on a business trip returning from KC and he was already seated. I immediately recognized him & stopped & introduced myself & told him how great he was on the series. He was surprised/startled - apparently that anyone would recognize an old black man. I was pumped meeting him. I told the 3-4 others I was with who he was & explained his relevance. They looked at me like l was nuts being so excited. Apparently they never saw the TV series, knew who the hell he was, nor were baseball fans. I was on cloud nine all the way home. Also met Mr. October at spring training in AZ as the A's were staying in the same hotel as my group and I had breakfast at the next table. Again, the others with me weren't baseball fans & didn't GAS, but me, tickled pink.

 

[vhcat70]

I recall someone talking about Howard Cosell. They said something about Howard walking his pet rat. Also recall some bars would have a raffle. Win it and you get to throw a brick through the TV while Howard was on air.

I still recall a Monday Night Game that Cosell, Gifford, & Meredith were doing. Late in 4Q, it was a blowout ,and the camera was panning the stands for the few fans left as just something to show. Big as day, one guy flips the camera the bird. So Meredith chimes in with, "He says we're No. 1". Haven't ever laughed harder than at that.

 

[vhcat70]

Wow Sir,

I never got that impression from Howard. I was young though. My memories of him come from Ali-Cosell. (I loved the chemistry they had.) Later in the movie about Ali it was stated Cosell tipped off Ali about bad things the government was trying, to get Ali in some trouble when he objected to being drafted. (Not sure if the movie was accurate or not but I gained a respect for Cosell just out of that hoping it was true.)

One thing, I ALWAY liked Muhammad Ali... (He fought being drafted and serving but unlike Bill Clinton, he NEVER ran.) Had a good chance to meet him after he retired. I was young and may have been just before I entered the Army but it was not so important to me then... A serious regret. (I was introverted a lot back then though and stayed away from any spotlight(s).) Met Robin once (Burt Ward) when I was no more than about ten and rather than meet him, he was at a publicity event. (I hunkered down in the back of my Dad's car while he tried reaching in to shake my hand.) I was a Batman and Robin junky then too....and he was in costume. (Funny the things you remember.. That came up a lot through the years about meeting Burt.) Oh well... I am thankful... I sure lost my bashfulness though....

Young woman engineer I worked with sat next to Ali after he'd retired on a plane from his home in MI to Cincy to connect to LV. She had nothing but good things to say about him from talking.

I never had a problem with Cosell though I thought he was FOS at times. That was his job.

 

[berniecarbo]

I met Mr. O'Neill on a plane after seeing the Ken Burns baseball TV series in which he literally stole the show with his stories. I'd heard the name prior to that series, but didn't know anything about him. This must have in late-90s.

I was on a business trip returning from KC and he was already seated. I immediately recognized him & stopped & introduced myself & told him how great he was on the series. He was surprised/startled - apparently that anyone would recognize an old black man. I was pumped meeting him. I told the 3-4 others I was with who he was & explained his relevance. They looked at me like l was nuts being so excited. Apparently they never saw the TV series, knew who the hell he was, nor were baseball fans. I was on cloud nine all the way home. Also met Mr. October at spring training in AZ as the A's were staying in the same hotel as my group and I had breakfast at the next table. Again, the others with me weren't baseball fans & didn't GAS, but me, tickled pink.

Re Reggie Jackson. They came out with a Reggie candy bar back when he was with the Yankees. A reporter asked a teammate (Craig Nettles I think) what they thought a bout it. He said, "I had one once. It opened itself up and told me how good it was."

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 57°F and clear. Expect 81°F for today's high.

Happy Friday, y'all.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning folks. Sunny and cool in the east.

A very quick story on Ali, discussed above: Ten years ago when I was new to this job, I had a writer buddy who knew Ali pretty well. I asked him to see if Ali and his wife Lonnie would allow a story where they talked about her caregiving for him as he struggled with Parkinson's. They agreed, which was a brave thing since Ali was already in bad shape. The story came out, and it was the last interview Ali ever participated in.

One of the other editors heard we were doing this, and just remarked causally, "my husband is the world's biggest Ali fan. He absolutely loves him." Well, I knew her husband was in the later stages of prostate cancer. So I asked my writer if he'd ask Ali just to sign something for the man to cheer him up.

A few days later the woman came to me in tears, Ali had not only signed the cover of the article we'd written, he had written the guy a long letter in his shaky hand talking about his own illness and how they had to both fight and not give up. The man died not that long afterward, but the woman told me that letter had made his last several weeks so much more peaceful, that he read it whenever he was down and it brought calm to him. I have a great deal of respect for Ali for doing that, especially when he was very ill.

Back to work, hope you all have a great day.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

OK?

Good to see you back and posting pictures of the good guys. They still send me three checks a month! I love them.

 

[storm1507]

I was planning to do just a quick post saying I'm still alive but I ended up spending the last 15 or so minutes reading all your all's stories. Keep em coming....I love it.

 

[BBUK]

Hello all, (If you only knew...)

I will mention a little... Had an arbitration hearing in my home today. This was a big deal to me and my wife. We didn't have our home built but we did buy it once the people who did ended up not buying it. In any event we are the original owners and the only ones that have ever lived here. (Pushing two years now in early April 2025.) (We closed the last day of March 2023.) Been promised many, many times for repairs that were under warranty. No shows, yadda, yadda, yadda... Had a year but these builders just kept on building the new stuff.. Disregarding current homeowners... Not any longer as it now seems. (We live in a 55 and over community and many are too old to do what My Darling and I did today. (Hopefully this not only helped us, it helps a bunch who cannot fully fend for themselves...) This is the first time in 63 years I have ever had to be in a court room type setting... We've never had a reason. We never ask for too much but just want what we paid and agreed to, and who we've dealt with all these years worked that way too.

Had 19 specific items today and got all the items approved in our favor. (Multiple quite large items.) The work will be monitored as well and the final results are pending though the work isn't to be done until during the week after Thanksgiving which was fine with us anyway... I and My Darling are thankful...

 

[vhcat70]

Friend & i decided to go to Conner-Highlands game tonight thinking it would be good since both were 6-2. It wasn't as Highlands won handily. Interestingly, Highlands' 15 yrs old SO, #22, Jared (correction: Name is Tayden. HS speaker systems not good.) Lorenzen, caught two TD passes. Bittersweet hearing the name & seeing him play in that uni.

 

[warrior-cat]

IT'S GAME DAYEEAYEEAYEEAY!

WHAT!? THE SEASON IS STILL SALVAGABLE.

 

[warrior-cat]

60° this morning with the high in the mid 80's expected.

Normal workout and monster walk happening this morning then, going to help test a bunch of Karate students (a couple to black) to their next belt levels. Will take most of the day.

Actually looking forward to the game tonight. I think we will wake up and take UF. Go Cats!

You folks enjoy your day and God Bless.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 65°F and cloudy. Light breeze from NE. High may reach 84°F. Received another very brief show yesterday afternoon. Now sitting at 0.01" measurable rain for Oct.

Go Cats! Huge contest down in the swamp.

Looking at another self-imposed, "no social media" stretch during game.

Heading out for a walk shortly. Y'all behave.

 

[BBUK]

Good morning all,

Yesterday was salvaged too. I thought today was the BB's school functioned Chucky cheese day but it was yesterday. Took him at 5:15 or so. Got home 8:30ish. The boy was wore out. I was wore out watching him. He has seven or eight classmates and his teacher there.

Today My Darling just left to go to her women's group function at church. Me and the BB are chilling after eating pancakes 🥞. Nothing pressing that needs doing and MAN that's a long time coming. A LONG time. I am truly thankful.

Me and the BB are starting some baseball training in a little while. Going to teach him the basics of fielding and throwing today. Next season he will be able to perform.

Have a great day and...Go CATS!!!

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Good morning D-League. 40.3°F here on our way to a nice 75°. Yesterday was a chamber of commerce fall day for this area, deep blue skies and into the 70's°.

I am not convinced that I will watch the game live today. My football cats have really let me down this year.

You all enjoy your Saturday.

I am rooting for Alabama and Georgia in their games. I don't like the way the SEC took care to limit the danger in Texas' schedule.

Sorry folks, but this post was typed at 6:00am. It helps to click on Post reply.