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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 1, 2024 11:24:14 GMT -5
Congratulations, Howard. There is not doubt in my mind that you will not be looking back. You'll find a very satisfying was to pass your time.
I loved your post, Concertina girl.
It's cold, rainy and windy here. It's hard to find something to do when I can't play guitar yet. But I'll manage to find something.
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Post by Village Idiot on Mar 31, 2024 16:03:15 GMT -5
I believe Howard is correct. Great photo.
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Post by Village Idiot on Mar 31, 2024 12:35:17 GMT -5
Easter dinner is happening today. I can't do the lifting, but I can give directions while my daughters to the work. More like a Christmas meal with turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and some sort of dessert they're making.
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Post by Village Idiot on Mar 31, 2024 12:29:51 GMT -5
That’s great!! Did they have to do a colostomy? Ileostomy, which they will reverse in a few weeks.
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Post by Village Idiot on Mar 31, 2024 12:28:47 GMT -5
Todd, scary shit to go through. Good to hear you are still you. (I bet you had some really strange and interesting dreams. Any lights or angels?) No lights or angels or any of that stuff, but some really interesting dreams; bizarre but never anything scary. There would be no point in describing them because they'd be nonsense and I'm slowly not remembering any of them, which is more than fine withe me.
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Post by Village Idiot on Mar 30, 2024 20:32:55 GMT -5
When I fell asleep I was 60, and when I woke up I was 90. Now I'm working my way back to 60 again. That's what septic shock does. I don't recommend going through it.
I am fully aware of how fortunate I am to be alive, and of how fortunate I am to be surrounded by so many good and wonderful people like all of you. Cards and well-wishes really do mean something, they keep someone in good spirits, give an outlook that things will be back to normal, and left one nurse with the impression that I am a member of the Duck Band, which tours heavily in North and South Dakota.
I also realized something I've known for years. My daughters, Taylor and Peyton, who were at and continue to be at might side, are the best daughters anyone could find. I wouldn't be sitting right here without them.
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Post by Village Idiot on Mar 30, 2024 19:38:56 GMT -5
I remember hearing about your upcoming surgery, LJ, and how long the recovery time would be. It's great to hear that you are healing, that's important for a lot of us to know.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 27, 2024 20:17:08 GMT -5
That's very cool, John, I passed it on. Translating visual things into sound reminds me of blind students I know who use the Orion TI-84 Plus Talking Graphing Calculator. If you're ever bored, this might be interesting. It's not a student of mine, I found this on Youtube. But I do know students who use them.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 27, 2024 19:18:48 GMT -5
The "stay alert" thing is a bit creepy, Terry. How did it know?
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 27, 2024 19:17:30 GMT -5
That's very cool, Ken. We have the occasional box turtle around here, but very rarely see them. Years ago I saw a kid and a Dad who were all excited to have found one, and had it in an aquarium full of water. I explained that they are not water turtles, which they listened to. I also hinted at that they should let it go, which I doubt they listened to.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 26, 2024 16:58:59 GMT -5
That's a hard one. I do wish you and your spouse, but more so your cat (what is his/her name?) the best outcome.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 26, 2024 14:44:28 GMT -5
It's warm here too. Which means the kids I see wearing shorts in the winter all have sweaters on today. Go figure.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 25, 2024 21:33:08 GMT -5
Can he be the one to drive on the gravel road that crosses the interstate on a bridge?
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 25, 2024 20:00:56 GMT -5
LJ doesn't want you to show him up, Howard.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 25, 2024 19:59:09 GMT -5
Why do people keep trying to reinvent what was a bad idea in the first place. They are into demonstrating Einstien's definition of insanity.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 25, 2024 19:50:55 GMT -5
I'm back from a weekend in surburban Chicago visiting my old roommate Jay, friend of 40+ years and his lovely wife Kathy. In a previous life we both showed up as assigned roommates at the University of Northern Iowa, we both had guitars, neiher of us reall knew what to with them, and we're still figuring it out.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 24, 2024 0:47:53 GMT -5
Indiana is the birthplace of the pork tenderloin. But apparently they are not produced as much anymore.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 22, 2024 21:19:11 GMT -5
Kim and I loved that show. It kind of reminded us of living where we do.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 22, 2024 21:15:04 GMT -5
I am no expert on cross-picking, up-picking or down-picking. One reason is that in the end they're all pretty much part of the same animal, aren't they? If you are concentrating on one of those you are actually incorporating all three techniques. Another reason is that if you play the ditty in front of 1,000 people, there is a very slight chance that one person might recognize the ditty you are playing.
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Post by Village Idiot on Feb 22, 2024 20:42:04 GMT -5
We had a blizzard in January and when that was done my state car, a 2023 Chevy Malibu, started having all kinds of electrical problems and a couple days later it wouldn't even start. Since it is a state car I took it to a Chevy dealer. Several days later (just yesterday) they called an said it was ready to go. By their determination, the genesis of the cause was a mouse that chewed on some wiring.
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