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   PID: Synchronet 3.19a-Win32 master/ccc0e4019 Oct 11 2021 MSC 1928   
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   George,   
      
    GP> I can afford to travel anywhere in the Metro Vancouver region, as I   
    GP> have a bus pass good for all zones. One of my disability benefits --   
    GP> I'd rather walk it all, to tell  you the truth, but what can you do?   
      
     Years ago, Central Arkansas Transit (CAT)...which is now known as Rock   
   Region Metro (RRM), had a bus stop at the corner in front of my house.   
   That route was discontinued years ago, and I'd have to walk a half mile   
   to catch the bus. Masks are required, but you're worried about someone   
   having COVID-19 on there...I'd rather take Uber.   
      
     I may end up doing that soon...I think I'm developing glaucoma. I see   
   my eye doctor on Tuesday. I hope they can give me medication to slow it,   
   otherwise, I risk going blind, and that'd be a real disaster. I'd rather   
   sell my car and keep my eyesight...because if you go blind, you can't   
   drive anyway.    
      
     I did a treadmill stress test this past Tuesday, but all of the close   
   parking spaces at Arkansas Heart Hospital Clinic in Little Rock were   
   filled up (including the handicapped spots). So, I had to park at the   
   far end of the lot, and walk down this slight incline of a hill...like   
   on the treadmill stress test. However, I can't take as big or fast   
   steps anymore, due to the arthritis throughout my body...especially in   
   my hips and legs. So, I had to stop it after 2 minutes. I did get a   
   note today from the clinic that "the test was normal". It's like when   
   they ask for a urine specimen, and you just emptied your bladder before   
   they got there...you hope that what you can produce will be enough for   
   what they need.   
      
    GP> I'm staying close to home as covid is a nasty thing & too many people   
    GP> don't get it.  I'm doubly vaxxed, but that's only deemed 95%   
    GP> protection. I can ease that 5% risk by staying home as much as   
    GP> possible.   
      
     I've had both Pfizer shots (got them this past April), but I wonder if   
   it contributed to my atrial flutter/atrial fibrillation issues...although   
   all the caffiene with diet green tea citrus was likely a factor as well.   
   I'm now drinking Koolaid...but not the "Jim Jones Guyana Variety".      
      
    GP> Same in my house, but never hgad special time interrupted. . .ours is a   
    GP> chihuahua so even more of a weinie/widget. . . hey, Widget's a good   
    GP> name for a small dog!   
      
     The dachshund and the chihuahua are two of the most likely dogs to bite   
   folks they don't like. Dachshunds are hard to housebreak, and are rather   
   stubborn (they want to do things their way). But, they are extremely loyal   
   to their owners.   
      
    GP> Ours is named Goijira (original Japanese name of Godzilla); a Japanese   
    GP> lady while walking asked my wife the name & cracked right up on being   
    GP> told!   
      
     The two we had (one at a time, were):   
      
   1) Harvey's Fritz Kreisler...named after the classical musical violinist,   
   and Harvey was my late wife's maiden name. His given name was Fritz. Sadly,   
   we had to put him down in August, 2005, as he had become diabetic (quite   
   common in older dogs), resistance to the insulin, and he had gone blind   
   from glaucoma and cataracts. But, he had a working nose, and a full set   
   of teeth until the day he died. I cried like a baby for 15 minutes that   
   day, but we knew it was the only humane thing to do. He's probably waiting   
   for me at the Rainbow Bridge, ready for a belly rub.    
      
   2) Stout's Slinky Sausage...dachshunds are also called sausage dogs, and   
   Stout is my surname. His given name was Slinky. I re-homed him the day my   
   wife died 14 1/2 years ago.   
      
    GP> So you're 61 or 81?   
      
     I'll be 62 in March, 2022.    
      
    GP> They say the same about us, but we DO know, that's why we hide out in   
    GP> this old technology-based forum & reminisce about when we were that   
    GP> young, but we nderstood adults, esp'ly seniors, knew good stuff & had   
    GP> experience/wisdom for those wise enjmough to sit respectfully & listen.   
      
     It's like when life was slower and simpler...and you could leave your   
   doors unlocked at night. Plus, a man's handshake was as good as a written   
   contract...his word was his bond...not anymore.   
      
    GP> All my life, until recently, all my closest friends were 15-30 years   
    GP> older than me.  Now expiration dates are doing a number on that stat. .   
    GP> . :'(   
      
     As the late Red Skelton quipped, "The first thing I do in the morning, is   
   look at the obituaries. If I don't see my name there, then I make coffee   
   for myself".    
      
    GP> I'm going to a graveside memorial for a good friend this Sunday.   
      
     My condolences to you, sir.   
      
   Daryl   
      
   ... Man swallows frog. Doctors fear he might croak.   
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