Hello everybody!

I’m taking the day off to let my calf calm down.

Regarding my nephew… the colon dr called and apologized for not getting back to us sooner, but said that all the tests show they got all the cancer removed.  He’s pretty sore, so I did not stop in to see him.  Hopefully, tomorrow.

Okay—that’ll all I got.  See ya.

Tom - you would have liked duck hunting in those days when the blue skies would keep 'em flying high and out of range but raining and windy'd be right down on the deck. Did you used to hunt too?

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cold

windy

spitting rain>>>>>>>>>My Perfect Conditions                 (if you can only shoot Trap in Ideal Conditions)

 

shot 20/19

on two rounds of trap,in high winds

 

and

won both rounds>>>>YOWZA

ps - one of the first jokes I remember from my childhood was two duck hunters at the base of a ski jump saying, "and the beauty of it is, you don't even need a license." I sure don't think it's funny now.

Tramps - we've signed lots of directives, wishes, powers, etc. but haven't come across the dementia one which, interesting refers the only legal starving one in many states as "do not intubate," I guess, with one of the Enteral Gravity Feeding Connector that I almost picked up at a Medicare give-away last fall when they looked like swim goggles. Since I like the dementia directive, I guess I don't need it anyway. Thanks.

• simple advanced directive for dementia  As simple as it gets.
• more detailed directives (with other resources worth looking at on this site).
• a forum on care-giving  Useful, well-organized, with plenty of ideas and advice from experience 

 With all of us being octogenarians now, we learned one of the classmates at our semiannual HS reunion lunch had both a son and a grandson both involved in getting their respective divorces, or being divorced as the case may be, alcoholic addiction of one uncle beyond any hope of help, several dementias, maybe including maybe us too if you count the number of times one of the other of us forgot something and had to be reminded about it but, however, I was assured that it doesn't mean I have it because of forgetting or mixing up names all the time, not being so unable to spell anymore that spell check even mispels for me, 

erika - not that it would ever happen to me but, speaking of forgetting, thanks for the George encounter.  He turned what was going to be an dreary trudge through the park for my first outside foray since the TKA into a delight that I now consider to be the first sign that it all might all have been well worth it, after all.  I'll be back there next year either thinking of him or running with him, at least, our style of running.

Jeanne - otherwise, at this stage, we are our parents for sure, including two of us being told by our classmates that we looked and acted like ours.

ps Mike - makes my day, especially today.

Hi, Kristen!  Good to “see” you.  BTY is our swimmer and he is here- but just doesn’t start threads that often. Glad you have come back to our group.  It’s been awesome for me ever since I got banned from the LLR.  :

Sorry about your tendon tear!

tet//......yeah,

my brothers and I grew up hunting,

and

hitting clay pigeons is easier in high winds than it is for for the competition shooters