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@ GW, glad you got you kidney stone issues behind you. If you are like me there is always something else waiting for a Doctors assistance. My hand is gonna need surgery, my back hurts like he-ll and I still have shooting pains in my head....after an MRI and a Cat Scan. Hmmm, what to do first.
Windy as all get out here. I walked the dog but Mrs Pute is gonna have to wait for another day to walk at the lake.
I will never hire somebody to blow out my sprinkler system again. Price has gone up to $90 for 6 zones. Used to cost 30 or 40. The guy told me Inflation and the price of gas was the reason. I am thinking I can buy a compressor and never have to pay for this again. At this rate it will cost $100 to walk across the street.
I am bored, I wish I had somebody to shoot 9-ball or play ping pong with. TV sucks.
Windy as all get out here. I walked the dog but Mrs Pute is gonna have to wait for another day to walk at the lake.
I will never hire somebody to blow out my sprinkler system again. Price has gone up to $90 for 6 zones. Used to cost 30 or 40. The guy told me Inflation and the price of gas was the reason. I am thinking I can buy a compressor and never have to pay for this again. At this rate it will cost $100 to walk across the street.
I am bored, I wish I had somebody to shoot 9-ball or play ping pong with. TV sucks.
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Gotta say it: December 9, 1967 -- I beat Minnesota Fats in an exhibition 8-ball game.
Well... it went thisaway: Instead of waiting with my hand up to get possibly picked, I just picked up the cue and ducked under the rope. I was in.
Fats: "Ah! We have a volunteer. You want to break?"
Me (scared): "Nah. You break."
Fats: "Then you won't get to shoot!" Audience of hundreds laughs, my scrotes shrivel.
Fats smashed the deck -- and by the wonders of the Fickle Finger of Fate Fairly Furgling Fats, nothing went in.
I lined up an easy shot, and that's one. Fats blows his nose. When he does, his whole belly rises up and down six inches.
Lined up another easy one. Plunk. Two. Lined up another, and Fats announces to the crowd, "WE GOT A STRAIGHT SHOOTER HERE!" <-- Which, of course, is an insult... since anybody could see I was just trying to get a ball in the pocket, and really had no idea where the cue ball would wind up. I WAS a straight shooter.
Got to the fourth ball when I got too tight and missed. Fats picked up his stick and goes wocketa-wocketa-wocketa (curdled my sperm) until there is nothing left but the cue ball nice and set up for the 8 ball which is at the edge of a corner pocket.
Instead of just tapping it in, he made a 4-bank shot all around the table.
Plunk goes the 8 ball. Oh, wait... lookit! PLUNK! goes the cue ball.
Fats scratched.
Now for the denouement (day-noom-wha): The guy I was with palmed the cue ball without my knowledge (or anybody else's that might've said something) and hurried me out of the building. Gave me the 8-ball. I have it to this day.
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Walt's stoned again. He's told that story at least three times so far.... 
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Walt's stoned again. He's told that story at least three times so far....
and I’ve loved it all three times....
I mean , what are the odds of having only met Fats let alone beat him in a game!?
amazing , really against all odds
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Good morning
day 4 of the China flu , lots of coughing and sneezing and general malaise but we are pressing on
happy Veterans Day to all my comrades in arms
7 yrs USAF and USAFANG last assignment was with the 138th TAC Fighter Group out of Oklahoma ...we were a Red Horse rapid deployment team
day 4 of the China flu , lots of coughing and sneezing and general malaise but we are pressing on
happy Veterans Day to all my comrades in arms
7 yrs USAF and USAFANG last assignment was with the 138th TAC Fighter Group out of Oklahoma ...we were a Red Horse rapid deployment team
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Happy Veterans Day, to all men and women who served our country. Getting ready to see the Dr. I'm going to get a right knee replacement. I already had my left knee done. The left one came along just fine. 55 F, and rain is comeing.
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Good Luck, How long was it before you could walk after replacement?
Thanks for the commiseration and good thoughts brothers! Now that my kidney pain is gone, my attention is again focused on my other pains, like neck and back. The golden years for taking such good care of ourselves.................
I would definitely buy a compressor before I would pay that....... I added a fitting to mine for a quick air disconnect when I was searching for the leak earlier this year.
Good luck with your knee replacement. I've had both of mine replaced and after 21 years wore the first one out. I'm scheduled to replace it's UHMW wear pad next Monday. Seems like patch, patch, patch here of late..............
54F @ 97% RH, heavy rain with predicted flooding and landslides, and predicted to reach 66F.
Stent removal from my ureter this morning and discussion of my urine analysis with Urologists regarding why I continue to get kidney stones.
Semper Fi fellow vets! Thank for serving, especially those whom gave all..............
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Wake up Misfits!!! Gonna be a nice day here. Wind finally died down and the locals are out walking their dogs already. I will wait until it warms up a bit.
@ GW, funny how you get one pain taken care of and you realize there are others to replace it. Seems like my aches and pains are taking turns fargin with me.
@ness2, good luck on the knee. I have never had the privilege but from what I have seen and heard replacement is not near as bad as it was a few years ago.
Ok, time to do something even if it is wrong.
@ GW, funny how you get one pain taken care of and you realize there are others to replace it. Seems like my aches and pains are taking turns fargin with me.
@ness2, good luck on the knee. I have never had the privilege but from what I have seen and heard replacement is not near as bad as it was a few years ago.
Ok, time to do something even if it is wrong.
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and one for Pute
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Pute, you chased the winds away but ya chased 'em right up to me. Trees are dancing, and I had to chase down a large tarp that wanted to head to the next county. Got all my leaves, the neighbor two doors down, and even mowed the house three doors down that's up for sale. Third time for that place. I figure the realtor owes me a couple 'o beers for my efforts, but I won't hold my breath.
Back is really angry with me for all the bouncing around on the tractor, but it had to be done. That rear bagging X350R is sure handy. Don't even have to climb out of the saddle to empty it; just reach back and grab the lever. Sweet.
Time for a shower and a bowl of bubble, and not necessarily in that order.
Back is really angry with me for all the bouncing around on the tractor, but it had to be done. That rear bagging X350R is sure handy. Don't even have to climb out of the saddle to empty it; just reach back and grab the lever. Sweet.
Time for a shower and a bowl of bubble, and not necessarily in that order.
Thank you for the luck. Alway can use it. The Dr canceled my appointment. My left knee went very well, I was up and about in two weeks walking with no help with cane. Everyone was amazed. Hoping the right knee will do the same.
Thank you Tattered Old Graywolf and good luck with your UHMW wear pad. What is the wear pad? Does that go outside of the knee or something that is placed inside the knee? Sorry you have to go threw kidney stones. Hope the Dr. fine a solution.
