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MC - surely you know that we find you anything but boring. I was reading Houston Ed's reply with interest and then I got to yours (hard couples) and cracked up laughing! Would like to hear from you more often!
Brian/CW - pretty soon it will be the rare person that hasn't had one or both knees "redone"....
H Ed - I will e-mail you what the Driver thinks about doctors and pain. It isn't fit for human consumption.
Q - I have found a couple of items I can get through w/o getting too lost. Trouble is, I am so limited in the subject matter, I have trouble following most of the threads too far. But, I keep making a stab at it.
Lunch - I am ready!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
CW,
25 years ago, way back in the bad ole days when I wore a lot of black leather and rode motorcycles...discovered that when you drive a KZ 1000 into the rear end of a Chevy pickup, the truck wins.
Got a new knee out of the deal, along with a new nose...(which is much better looking than the old one, trust me) plus various assorted broken arms and stuff...
Here's a safety message for all of you who ride...if you don't wear a helmet, you're nothing but an organ donor waiting to happen!
Spent a year in and out of hospital and therapy learning to walk again, had a cane for about two years...managed to put up with the knee grinding for a long while...too long in fact.
Q, I am sure it was as much the doctor's technique as the injection itself, but having a needle that big slid between the plastic knee cap and the steel knee was not my idea of a pleasant afternoon, even with the Novocain injections numbing up most of the site...but the joint relief was almost immediate.
This type of stuff was still a new thing back then, along with the laser surgery, and the non invasive things they can do today.
Give them a few more years, and complete replacement of any joint will be as routine as a visit for a check up....
cherokee woman wrote: Gee, I 'm not sure if I should be glad to be having the knee replacement surgery, or what!! Apparently, they thought my knees were too far gone for the cortizone shots, or anything else, to do first! Brian, tell Joanie I'm praying for her!! Ed, how long ago did you have that done?!?!For lunch and supper today, I've fixed Italian spaghetti w/meatballs, and Italian spaghetti w/meat sauce (PLENTY of meat in the sauce, too), along with garden salads and Italian bread, garlic and regular breadsticks, and Texas garlic toast. And for dessert, we have all the regular dessert menu items.
Gee, I 'm not sure if I should be glad to be having the knee replacement surgery, or what!! Apparently, they thought my knees were too far gone for the cortizone shots, or anything else, to do first! Brian, tell Joanie I'm praying for her!! Ed, how long ago did you have that done?!?!
For lunch and supper today, I've fixed Italian spaghetti w/meatballs, and Italian spaghetti w/meat sauce (PLENTY of meat in the sauce, too), along with garden salads and Italian bread, garlic and regular breadsticks, and Texas garlic toast.
And for dessert, we have all the regular dessert menu items.
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Mookie wrote:Brian - she is going to get to Syn? And is Visc his first or last name?I am thinking the same thing re: boring. Surely we haven't figured out every facet of trains that there aren't some questions, somewhere. It is sometimes just getting someone to talk about them. That can be the hard part.Moo....
Brian - she is going to get to Syn? And is Visc his first or last name?
I am thinking the same thing re: boring. Surely we haven't figured out every facet of trains that there aren't some questions, somewhere. It is sometimes just getting someone to talk about them. That can be the hard part.
Moo....
Mookie, I thought we were ALL well educated in trains, or are we all still in "Training"!? (that doctors name is what sounds boring!)(or scary)
All this talk about several people and knee replacements is scaring me. I'm not sure whether to buy earplugs or the walker first. (and I have a problem with my right knee, the one I broke several years ago, and have a pinched nerve on that side.)
(Kathie Kube had broken her knee right before mine got broken. She had to have surgery then, I didn't.)
After CW get hers "fixed" I think, guess I should make a trip to the doctor myself.
(uh, nothing new, been procrastinating for several years)
(Ed, what's the sound a small cannon makes when it goes off?)
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
....Ed....Did you give up on the motocycle.....? Sounds like you experienced a rather serious accident.
Quentin
Mookie wrote:Mutt - I am a'gonna guess you sound like a bowl of Rice Krispies when you walk, at first.....
That sounds familiar...I dropped 1450 lbs on my left knee doing the leg press about 7 years ago. Took me that long to get back to 1125 today for 5 reps. If I have to get knees replaced, I'm getting hydraulic ones!
Dan
afternoon
busy at work. they are looking for volunteers to work this weekend not to many are crossing the line.A truck had a close shave in town today.he decided he could fit between csx and the M&W on the southside.It is a split railroad crossing where there is a patch of road between the 2 sets of tracks.the M&W train missed him by less than a foot.the driver probably had to check his pants at the next stop.
brian glad Joanie is doing better.matt and i get new eyeballs on saturday.cw will take whatever for supper please.it is friday.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Joe, need new eyeballs myself! Just putting off going for an eye check-up.
Have containers in the fridge, ready for you and Lance to take to work tonight.
Warmer bar is replenished with both kinds of spaghetti, and the garlic breads. Desserts are in the cooler.
Everyone have a great evening, and enjoy your supper!!
Only the "Crackle" and "Pop"; if anything goes "Snap" I know I'm in very big trouble!!
Joe, was by the one overpass here in our city today that gets over tall trucks, guess what?!
there was one there STUCK!! (actually don't know what he was carrying, but was one good can opener. (other than the news, (TV or paper) I think thats the first time I've actually witnessed a vehicle stuck there.
Good Friday morning to one and all!! Very nice and "cool" this morning, we're at about 68 to 70 degrees. Our high today is to be about 86, with much less humidity. Going to be a good day!!
Coffee, fresh juices, tea and lemonade are freshly made.
On the counter, you'll find all kinds of doughnuts and danish, bagels and bear claws.
Since it's going to be so nice outside today, think I'll fire up the grill, and instead of a FRIDAY FISH FRY, we'll make it a FRIDAY FISH GRILL.. Does that sound all right you everyone?!?! (Of course, I'll still deep fry the fries and hush puppies.)
Now, I think I'll take a couple of chocolate covered, cream filled longjohns and my coffee, and head out to the garden.
Quentin,
I rode once after that, about three years later...just managed to get around the block, and back into my buddies driveway before the creeping willies got me...never been on one since, and don't miss it at all.
Walt and CW...remember, this was 25 years ago, back when music still came on real albums, and a desk top PC meant the CPU was big enough to use as a desk!
Lots of neat stuff has been invented since then, and joint replacement surgery had advanced to the point they can fix a lot of problems with nothing more than a little laser work.
My father in law had a hip replaced two years ago, and if you didn't know about it, you couldn't tell from the way he walks and acts.
A month of every other day Physical therapy and that was that...no pain, no complaints, no cane or walker, he loves it...
Modelcar wrote: ....Ed....Did you give up on the motocycle.....? Sounds like you experienced a rather serious accident.
good morning
CW thanks for breakfast.I've seen my share of trucks stuck and see the driver and ask them what were you thinking? also have seen some parked in a parking lot close to the tracks and say I know what happened!!!! yes its friday and with the holiday do not need to be back until monday night.willy has the weather machine on nice.off to due chores.
Good morning from hot Sacramento, CA! It's supposed to be 103° F. today.
Hope you folks make lots of cold drinks.
edblysard wrote:Quentin,I rode once after that, about three years later...just managed to get around the block, and back into my buddies driveway before the creeping willies got me...never been on one since, and don't miss it at all.Walt and CW...remember, this was 25 years ago, back when music still came on real albums, and a desk top PC meant the CPU was big enough to use as a desk!Lots of neat stuff has been invented since then, and joint replacement surgery had advanced to the point they can fix a lot of problems with nothing more than a little laser work.My father in law had a hip replaced two years ago, and if you didn't know about it, you couldn't tell from the way he walks and acts.A month of every other day Physical therapy and that was that...no pain, no complaints, no cane or walker, he loves it... Modelcar wrote: ....Ed....Did you give up on the motocycle.....? Sounds like you experienced a rather serious accident.
Ed, we definitely remember 25 years ago. (fortunately, or unfortunately)
We still have LPs & 45s (records, not guns) and two 8 track players, with several tapes that are still usable. (and a 45 adaptor.)
I'm not sure what surgery CW will have, but there is a new joint "thingy" out now that can be used, and is approved by the FDA. (Foolish Doctors Association)
(No offense to any doctors that read this forum, but I have a low opinion of most!)
Joe, there are actually two overpasses that regularly get hit here in Louisville.
One is NS, (ex Southern) the other is CSX (ex L& N) The CSX one is the one
I saw yesterday. There several warning signs in both directions telling drivers of
the "Close Clearance", guess they ignore them or forget how tall the trailers really are!
(would have loved to know what he was carrying, might have gotten a decent discount
price if it was something that I wanted or could use.)
CNW 6000 wrote: Mookie wrote:Mutt - I am a'gonna guess you sound like a bowl of Rice Krispies when you walk, at first.....That sounds familiar...I dropped 1450 lbs on my left knee doing the leg press about 7 years ago. Took me that long to get back to 1125 today for 5 reps. If I have to get knees replaced, I'm getting hydraulic ones!
Bionic Dan?!
....Walt: With your mentioning of the 45's etc....reminds me and got me to thinking {just now}, I should reconnect my {pretty good}, turntable and make it available to play some records.
Haven't played records here for years.
I have a package of 45's {that I've never played}, that I received from a friend when his mom died several years ago that has an assortment of music....Especially, one performer that I really liked {way back then}, and haven't heard for years....Ken Griffin, orgain music.
One of these days....and I've been telling myself I'm going to do that for some time now....maybe I'll get it connected again. I guess I just took it out of the system as CD became the dominant and figured I'd not use it {the turntable}, anymore....We'll see.
Plus, I do have a box fitted with 45's of that bygone time that is still here and available to play.....
And yes, the turntable can play 45's or 33's......with fine tune adjustments for needle weight and table speed.
26 years ago, I dropped a cool 3 grand for a complete Marantz system...dual cassette player/recorder, dual reel to reel ¾ inch tape player recorder with an equalizer for both tape players; turntable, AM/FM receiver, pre amp and main amp, plus a mixing board...quad ceiling height speakers.
Best sound system I have ever heard, you could wake up the devil with it...and today I can buy a really good CD player for what a turntable needle will cost me.
Still got the rack of albums though...just can't seem to let them go.
ooo - this is right up my alley -
Hang on to old things. I have an English Bulldog that my Grandfather had as a doorstop - it was made in the 1930's, wood composite and just found out that they are very rare. He is in pristine condition and while I have no plans to sell him, I will definitely leave notes for my heirs so someone doesn't just say it is nothing and toss it.
locomutt wrote: CNW 6000 wrote: Mookie wrote:Mutt - I am a'gonna guess you sound like a bowl of Rice Krispies when you walk, at first.....That sounds familiar...I dropped 1450 lbs on my left knee doing the leg press about 7 years ago. Took me that long to get back to 1125 today for 5 reps. If I have to get knees replaced, I'm getting hydraulic ones!Bionic Dan?!
Yep!
To me a 45 is something you shoot...seriously tho, my folks have loads of records that are already willed to me (WOO HOO!) and I have a turntable. Some of those records are worth money...too bad I won't sell!
Man oh man, think we need to bring a record changer in, hook it up, and play our records! And maybe add a juke box, and load it up with 45s! Wouldn't that be neat!
Well, I did get the charcoal grill and the propane grill going this morning. Now, we have some nice cod, perch, catfish and bass on it's way to the warmer bar, to join the fries & hush puppies, baked beans and corn on the cob. In the cooler are cole slaw and potato salad, along with the regular desserts for today.
And for those of you who won't be back until Tuesday, grab some containers, fix them up, and take home with you for your supper tonight.
And my wish today, is for all of you to have a safe and happy holiday weekend; and come back next week all in one piece!!
I am having trouble getting out of here in one piece! Talked to Joe this morning - so will ask here what I ask him.....
Doing some Xmas Shopping and would like to buy (for The Driver, of course) (listen/read carefully): Some SD70 (Cream & Green) locomotive hubcaps. All wheels should have hubcaps, so I am just sure there are some SD70 hubcaps out there somewhere. (wouldn't that look classy!)
This will be a hunt like the Yellow Thingies was, only this time they may be harder to find. Slightly used is ok....
Excuse me while I giggle to myself and go hunt up lunch....
...Well now Ed, you're dredging up memories.....For me, back in '64, I put together a pair of AR-3's, with AR Turntable powered by an H H Scott Receiver. A bit later, quite a bit later, that changed into ADS speakers , Lab Turntable, and powered by a Marantz reciever......Speakers are still in operation and since have had back of the room {surround sound}, stuff added and powered by Sony and some more peripherals....But you know what, I really don't use it much anymore....I really should, instead of looking at this screen so much.
Ed and Quentin, (and Mookie) back then you could replace tubes in your sound systems.
You didn't have to replace the entire thing because a tube or early transistor failed.
Nowdays, it's cheaper to replace entire stuff.
We still have a turntable, bunches of LPs,45s, etc. Don't see us going to the "Flea Market" Soon!
Dan, I'd rather fire a .45, but I'm not going to use my 45s for target practice!!
Mook, give me a chance, and I'll start looking through catalogs and see if I can find anything besides coffee cups.(not sure I like or agree with color, I like blue & yellow better)(although if you send me some hubcaps, I probably could paint them the color you all want and put decals on them.)
Joe, a CD came in the mail today (JUST) that I'm very anxious to look at, just haven't had a chance yet.
No Mutt - they have to be the "real thing!"...
Everyone have a good long weekend....
Moo
Mookie wrote:No Mutt - they have to be the "real thing!"... Everyone have a good long weekend....Moo
WELL, try to send a BNSF engine this way and I'll do my best!!
Do you want a speed recorder while I'm at it?!
mutt you'll like the CD.saw some more of rotors for the big windmills going west to chicago on q 500 today.wonder where they are headed too??? They way mookie was talking she wanted the hubcaps for millie.I know a couple guys who do that kind of work but i need the size of millies wheels.Cw thanks for supper.
Okay, I know I'm running late for everyone on EDT for supper, but tonight's fish is hot off the grill, and on the warmer bar. Also replenished the sides of fries, hush puppies, cole slaw, etc., and baked more pies and cakes this afternoon.
And I also made more tea and lemonade, fruit punch and grape Kool-Aid.
Okay, I've worn myself out today. Been up since 4:40 this morning, and I'm ready to go collapse in my rocker/recliner!!
....Joe....Just a comment on the wind mills. My sis in law over near Somerset, Pa. explained to me today on email of seeing "the longest type semi" hauling more wind mill props...{They generally are 95 or so ft. in length}, applied to the ones that have been built and put in use the last decade in that area.
And of course this signals more are under construction. That area now has several dozen....They are in Somerset and Shade townships.
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