Island Of Misfits
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So true
Yes I am aware Joe
He was an Electrician
He was an Electrician
Stone Cold Dead today
maybe tomorrow .............................................
maybe tomorrow .............................................
Unca Walt
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Well, he did. He went from being the Lord High Pumpernickel of the big horsepistol in Ft. Pierce to being the ONLY doctor in a quiet, 7-bed rural hospital for two weeks a month 3000 miles from Floriduh. They needed him, and he set up all the rules.
He works part-time; and since they did not have a doctor, and he is a Board Certified doctor with 35 years experience**. They treat him like the gold level doctor he is. He considers himself retired since he does not work anymore for a week to ten days at a time without even going home (sleeping on a hosp. cot somewhere).
**Board Certified: Only @60% of all doctors even try for this level, and only 60% of them make it. His score is in the top 10% of that last group. They got the equivalent of a rocket scientist for a car repair shop. He wants to help people. No more is he a bound servant of soulless hospital money-machinery.
He's always been like that; when he was a 6-year old kid, we had a big birthday bash for him with a whole lotta kids having fun. He gave away all his birthday presents to the kids there because "nobody was making any fuss about them". <-- TINS Every now and then I think about doing a Buford T. Justice and punching his mama inna mouth -- That cannot be my kid.
Unfortunately for him, he looks just like me.
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Sounds like a hell of a man, Walt. It must have been hard to keep buttons on your shirt. God bless him.
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Looks like this place has died off for the night, so I guess I will too. G'night Islanders.
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His whole life has been a fargin miracle to his mama and me. Here's a short, chokey drama:
We discovered his heart had a huge defect when he was a baby. He has a rare blood type: AB neg. He was going to have an open heart operation right away at the only childrens hospital in the entire US that could do it.
The rare blood type was a poser, because they had to have the donors standing by in the hospital at the time of the operation. At least four of them.
Awright, that above was the setup to this summary:
Scooter's heart sounded like a friggin' rotary pump with bad bearing; I was making $110 a week, and we were living in a trailer park.
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(Musical Note) Key change:
My boss pulls me into his office and says [Miracle #1]
"You just get your kid to that hospital on that date, and I will take care of the rest."
On the morning of the operation, my company had scoured two continents and arranged for NINE AB negative donors to be on hand at the hospital!
Cometh we now to Miracle #2: I was handed a bill for this entire endeavor by my company. The hospital, flying in 9 donors, everything... came to 45 cents.
One twenty cent, and one twenty-five cent phone call were not covered. <-- TINS
Miracle #3: He has been healthy, loving, genius (we moved to where there was a school for the gifted) and I have hours of scuba movies with our whole family.
Miracle #4: His four-years younger brother, Todd, has made me a successful Daddy. He struggled in school, but ground through and went to college. On the way, he became as startlingly outstanding as his brother:
Todd (AKA: Puck) Was five times Florida Judo Champion. He was twice National Judo Champion. He holds Black Belts in Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, and Kendo.
And both of them still call me "Daddy". (*snif*)
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Gooode morning! Mixed cool, overcast day, with periotic showers and sunshine, starting at 42F.
My new Bose speakers arrived and I installed them. The old Yamaha three speaker system still works, but the volume control failed, so I hate to throw them away and I certainly don't need to store any more treasures.
My webmaster says they are close to having Graywolfslair back on line, but I note there are no pictures. Crossing my fingers on that one...................
Vultr, the miserable !@#$%^&*()_+_)(*&^%$#@! A-holes that lost the site for me, yet assumes no responsibility, is still trying to bill me after they cost me hundreds of hours of work and I canceled their service. I sent them a letter stating that, and that I considered it fraud, but they just sent me back another form letter outlining their lack of responsibility and ignoring my billing complaint.
In addition, another (?) opportunistic a-hole sent me a $399 fraudulent bill for Vultr to restore the site, requiring banking information. What a circus and what a bunch of clowns.......................
My new Bose speakers arrived and I installed them. The old Yamaha three speaker system still works, but the volume control failed, so I hate to throw them away and I certainly don't need to store any more treasures.
My webmaster says they are close to having Graywolfslair back on line, but I note there are no pictures. Crossing my fingers on that one...................
Vultr, the miserable !@#$%^&*()_+_)(*&^%$#@! A-holes that lost the site for me, yet assumes no responsibility, is still trying to bill me after they cost me hundreds of hours of work and I canceled their service. I sent them a letter stating that, and that I considered it fraud, but they just sent me back another form letter outlining their lack of responsibility and ignoring my billing complaint.
In addition, another (?) opportunistic a-hole sent me a $399 fraudulent bill for Vultr to restore the site, requiring banking information. What a circus and what a bunch of clowns.......................
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Long Island home of the Tesla lab!
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send the opportunistic slug a picture of a horses winky and see if that works for them...
I built a Tesla Coil in the early 70's and still have it in storage in two pieces. The secondary coil got broken in transport while moving and I've never taken the time to seek out the right size Lexan tubing to repair it. Another project for a rainy day...........................
It would light up a fluorescent tube from afar and shoot out a purple catapillar, but the most interesting thing is that I installed a gauge to measure power draw and when I entered the electrostatic field of the unit, not only could I feel it pushing back slightly like two magnets of the same pole, but when I pushed back, the power draw increased in direct proportion.
I could stand beside it and push against the magnetic field with the palm of my hand and move the power draw meter like a yoyo.
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Ya got this guy a little misty eyed with that story, Walter. You've been blessed.
Afternoon Islanders. Hope everyone is having a great day and shame on ya if'n ya ain't.
Afternoon Islanders. Hope everyone is having a great day and shame on ya if'n ya ain't.
I hope them boys of Walts favor their mother. 
