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Post by t-bob on Nov 11, 2009 6:52:25 GMT -5
Good morning, all!
Today is my wife's birthday. Dinner in SF tonight, a tiny Italian place in North Beach.
Son is finished with the flu, only to find out he has pneumonia
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Post by Doug on Nov 11, 2009 7:08:42 GMT -5
eleventh hour or the eleventh day of the eleventh month I'z here We'z here because  |
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Post by theevan on Nov 11, 2009 7:18:53 GMT -5
The war that changed the world. How many of us feel we belong to an earleir age? I do. (As I type online!)
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Post by theevan on Nov 11, 2009 7:19:28 GMT -5
Pneumonia BAD, Bob. Healing prayers for your son!
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Post by iamjohnne on Nov 11, 2009 7:25:33 GMT -5
Morning all. Remember those who serve to keep us safe and free.
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Post by billhammond on Nov 11, 2009 7:51:56 GMT -5
Good morning, Johnne, Evan, Doug and Bob -- How cool that I have met every one of you in person.
And as a veteran, I do appreciate the sentiments expressed above. We have a lot of vets on this forum, and I salute you all.
Now it's time for coffee.
I learned Peter Blegvad's "Daughter" tune last night. Well, kind of learned it. Needs practice time. Great song, though -- it was in "Knocked Up" and is one of the rare covers that Loudon Wainwright III performs.
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Post by kenlarsson on Nov 11, 2009 8:06:43 GMT -5
Good morning all. Off from work for Veterans Day. It is also Kelly's 17th birthday. Party and cake to follow.
Have a great day and don't forgets the vets.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Nov 11, 2009 8:25:28 GMT -5
Morning, and happy Vets Day.
Tbob, too much sickness in your family lately. Hope he gets through this quickly.
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Post by Village Idiot on Nov 11, 2009 8:46:34 GMT -5
A salute to all the vets here, there are plenty of them.
Hope your son gets through this pnemonia thing quickly Bob.
Another beautiful sunny day here. I'll take all we can get, we all know what's around the corner.
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Post by Marshall on Nov 11, 2009 8:53:05 GMT -5
Right behind ya Willyum; though I haven't actually met Johnne. But everyone else above me I have had that honor.
Bad back today. About 2 or 3 times a year I tweak my back. It's a muscle thing, not skeletal. It's weird. Probably a muscle or tendon tear that never completely heals. The strange thing is when I re-injure it each time, it's not by doing anything strenuous. It's just by standing up from sitting in a chair. Then twinge, I say, "Huh ? ! ? There's that back muscle again."
The problem is; once it is strained, it gets worse for a few days, until I can hardly get up and down out of a chair. I can't even roll over in bed without cringing. Then it heals itself in a few days and I go back to regular life. The weird thing, is it's not caused by physical activity. I play racquetball, some tennis, I work out running up and down stairs, and lift some weights. None of that causes a problem. I even did some heavy lifting while I moved the office a couple weeks ago. . . . , nothing.
But, then, I stand up from an office chair and "twinge," there I am again. Crippled for a week.
Ouch ! !
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Post by paulschlimm on Nov 11, 2009 9:45:44 GMT -5
I wish we belonged in an earlier age where everyone on the enemy side worked in uniform and was part of a centralized organization. This asymetric warfare crap is for the birds.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2009 9:49:35 GMT -5
Good Morning
Nice breffus wif Bil at the Sq. Peg, now it's time to earn a living while being self imployed, it's getting tougher to do folks.
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Post by Doug on Nov 11, 2009 9:50:13 GMT -5
I wish we belonged in an earlier age where everyone on the enemy side worked in uniform and was part of a centralized organization. This asymetric warfare crap is for the birds. I believe that the British said that in 76. |
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Post by mnhermit on Nov 11, 2009 9:54:24 GMT -5
And were they wrong?
The GreatWar 1914-1918
In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae, May 1915
Poppies (©greatwar.co.uk)
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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Post by Supertramp78 on Nov 11, 2009 10:07:41 GMT -5
Salute to all vets. I'm not a vet but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Crown Suites once.
I have a few relatives that were career military. Some rather noteworthy. Lots of interesting stories there. Tip of the hat to all you guys.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Nov 11, 2009 11:49:02 GMT -5
The problem is; once it is strained, it gets worse for a few days, until I can hardly get up and down out of a chair. I can't even roll over in bed without cringing. Then it heals itself in a few days and I go back to regular life. The weird thing, is it's not caused by physical activity. I play racquetball, some tennis, I work out running up and down stairs, and lift some weights. None of that causes a problem. I even did some heavy lifting while I moved the office a couple weeks ago. . . . , nothing. But, then, I stand up from an office chair and "twinge," there I am again. Crippled for a week. I get the same thing, and it's been happening more frequently lately. Working out helps to not get those problems in the first place, but I haven't been doing much of that. Once the muscle gets sore, stretched, sprained or whatever it is, it tends to get re-aggravated more easily, because when it's in pain it stays tense. If you haven't already, take some pain medication. A muscle relaxer would be better yet, if you have any lying about. Once you relieve the pain, the muscle can relax and start healing. Or if you like, I could bring over 72 virgins to rub warm oil on you for the rest of the week. |
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Post by Fingerplucked on Nov 11, 2009 12:10:54 GMT -5
I didn't know that...
While most know that Veterans Day honors those who have served in the military, the meaning behind its exact date (November 11) may not be so familiar. Here's the backstory:
Back in 1918, in the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, a stop to hostilities was declared, ending World War I. An armistice to cease the fighting on the Western Front was signed by the Allied powers and Germany.
President Woodrow Wilson immediately proclaimed the day "Armistice Day," kicking off the annual commemoration on November 11. But over the years, with veterans returning from World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans Day — a day reserved to honor veterans returning from all wars. But 11/11 still represented the end of the Great War in the public's mind, and the date stuck.
In 1921, unidentified dead from the war were buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., Westminster Abbey in London, and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The tradition to honor those killed in the war but never identified continues every year in the U.S. The ceremony is held at 11 a.m. at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
Congress designated Veterans Day as a legal holiday in 1938, and since then, most Americans have come to know it as a day for store sales and parades.
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Post by Marshall on Nov 11, 2009 12:18:57 GMT -5
Once the muscle gets sore, stretched, sprained or whatever it is, it tends to get re-aggravated more easily, because when it's in pain it stays tense. If you haven't already, take some pain medication. A muscle relaxer would be better yet, if you have any lying about.   |
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Post by Fingerplucked on Nov 11, 2009 12:26:40 GMT -5
This I get. That should work. Just remember, it is to be taken internally. I'm not sure I understand this one, but I think you're saying that you already have someone to make you feel better and that 72 virgins would just get in the way. |
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Post by Marshall on Nov 11, 2009 13:01:03 GMT -5
<virgin wool>
That's as close as I'm going to get. (or care to, really)
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