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    >   Arkansas and Tennessee have been called "the kidney stone belt", as more   
    > kidney stones have been reported in these 2 states than anywhere else. They   
    > think it's the limestone in the groundwater that's to blame.   
      
   One of my cabbies is from the mountains of India where kidney stones exist in   
   EVERYONE, but there's one bean they eat regularly that kills them before they   
   grow; har to find, though: "horse gram" is the best rtranslation he could give   
   me; I got the Punjabi word & took it to a local Punjabi supermarket but they   
   had JUST discontinued it for nt dslling. . . :(  Ditto our Choices store.   
      
    >  GP> So what was it?   
      
    >   Epididymitis, and a urinary tract infection.   
      
   Both ouch! Fixed you up with some antibiotics?  How're you now?   
      
    >  GP> As the saying goes, after 50, never pass a bathroom & never trust a   
    >  GP> fart!   
      
    >   Farts are ghosts of the things we ate...and an audio test of our body's   
    > waste disposal system. :P   
      
   I say the latter all the time & "a cry for help from a turd in trouble"   
      
    >  GP> I saw a new waitress pocketing tips that weren't hers. I told my boss   
    >  GP> quietly. He waited an hour then fired her.   
      
    >   Good for him. I'll bet she denied it, and was arguing about it, demanding   
    > to know who snitched on her.   
      
   Didn't mattter; my boss knew I was trustworthy & loyal.  Once a customer asked   
   for an application. I gave her one, as she was spouting off like a wounded   
   ditch pig of a slag.  I brought it bacj to my boiss & he asked me what i   
   thought of her; I said I wouldn't want to work beside her.  He tore up her form   
   without even reading any of it.   
      
    >  GP> We already have in Canada.  But it's rounded to the nearest 5c, not   
    >  GP> only upwards.   
      
    >   It's only a matter of time before it gets here.   
      
   It only makes sense (NPI) Your current cent series will likely stay worth 1c   
   for a century or more, but start to save the wheat ones you find!   
      
    >  GP> Pennies(old ones now) are stil llegal tendere, but stores don't give   
    >  GP> them out in change.   
      
    >   Or "due to a coin shortage, we prefer you pay with a credit or debit   
    > card".   
      
   Now it's covid -- some stores sau up front, on a sign, "No cash accepted."   
      
   Staryucks aty the hospital had that up, so I had no coffee to fuel my wheel up   
   the stree to the main road, a half mile up, so I took a bus & poopeed right   
   into their competitor (cheapere, better qyality, & their internet always was   
   free 23/7, even when Staryucks charged $25/30 minutes! & shut it off at   
   closing); I can sit outside any Blenz at 3am & connect to the 'net.   
      
   It was my backup in case mine died on a night shift for work -- I can't leave   
   people without access to medical service just because my ISP techs sleep at   
   night!   
      
    >   Years ago, when there was a beverage tax, all the restaurants stopped   
    > giving free refills, and deactivated the drink machines in the lobby.   
      
   Goofy & greedy. . .   
      
    > ... Avoid that run down feeling. Stay on the sidewalk.   
      
   If you don't like my driving, keep off the sidewalks!   
      
   Your friend,   
      
   <+]:{)}   
   Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM   
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