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   Message 22,841 of 24,715   
   Daryl Stout to George Pope   
   More Various Things   
   18 Oct 21 07:01:00   
   
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   George,   
      
    GP> I have bus stops on both sides of me -- all suitable for safe   
    GP> wheelchair pickups. Theyt were getting older & the next ones in the   
    GP> other directino were niot wheelcjhair accessible,so I wrote in  to the   
    GP> city & to Transit & within a week they'd fixed & upgraded 4 blocks   
    GP> worth of stops!   
      
     The transportation system around Little Rock leaves a lot to be desired.   
      
    GP> Helps that I've built relationships(business, not romantic) in both   
    GP> institutions.   
      
     Your wife might frown if it was the latter.    
      
    GP> Bet thing(being helpful, & healthy) for glaucoma is cannabis; in Canada   
    GP> you'd not walk even a full block to buy some legally, & smoke it as   
    GP> soon as you exit the shop/pharmacy.   
      
     No...the only thing I want smoking or steaming is the food on my dinner   
   plate (think sizzling fajitas at Applebee's ). With over 40 other medical   
   issues, it'd be my luck that it'd react with one or more of them.   
      
    GP> I'd've thought youd be failed on the stress test for being so out of   
    GP> brearth after that lnog waklj to get to it, but I guess it benchmarks   
    GP> based on your heart & lungs' arrival status.  Conmgrats on the pass!  I   
    GP> try to time my last pee before a lab visit so I'll have at least   
    GP> 30ml(1oz, 2tbsp) available in case they need it.   
      
     I wasn't out of breath...I was in too much pain from the arthritis in my   
   hips and legs. The results were noted as "normal". As for the specimens,   
   it reminds me of the joke where the old man his seeing his doctor...who's   
   wanting a urine, stool, and semen sample. The old man, apparently hard of   
   hearing, kept asking "What??"...and his wife said "He wants to see your   
   underwear, honey". :P   
      
    GP> I had Pfizer, too. Yeah, caffeine isn't a heart's best friend. As I've   
    GP> just finished a double-strength mug in triple speed. Trying to stay   
    GP> awake til bedtime. . .   
      
     After I finished a ham radio traffic net yesterday afternoon, I had a   
   square dance publication to finalize and release. Then, I went and got a   
   dozen chicken nuggets and the "lemonade" to take my medications with,   
   then I was in bed by 8pm. Some days, where I don't have a ham radio net   
   to do, I'm in bed at 5pm.   
      
    GP> This chihuahua is an unofficioal rescue, from an abusive situation   
    GP> (Exhibit one: he was 2yo & had been in a diaper since the beginning, so   
    GP> had never been outside to play, & go to the bathroom normally, &to   
    GP> just check the local p- mail.   
      
     P for Pee and Poo.  I'm glad humans don't go around sniffing others   
   butts...wait a minute...they do that in Washington, DC. :P   
      
    GP> He caught on after one lesson (after his meal, taken outside & when he   
    GP> had to go, he happily went in some grass, & from then on, he let us   
    GP> know when he needed to go out.)   
      
     That's best when they are easy to housebreak. Yet, I thought my musical   
   keys were housebroken, as I found a piano stool.    
      
    GP> He's gone from 5olbs(underweight) to his proper ~8lbs with us on   
    GP> healthyier food, & after having his rotted, in-pain, teeth removed, so   
    GP> eating isn't so difficult; plus treating his allergies & skin   
    GP> infections. . .   
      
     I keep hearing of this Dynovite food to get a good coat, etc.   
      
    GP> When we first got him anytime he saw or heard me, he's growl (theory   
    GP> is he was abused by a tall male); I accepted this as nothing to do with   
    GP> me personally & just patiently loved him; within a few months he   
    GP> started going bananas/happy any time he knew I was entering the room.   
      
     The licker license of love. :)   
      
    GP> He's a mama's boy, but if I call him, he leaves her immediately.   
      
     LOL!!   
      
    GP> I'm only one-handed(functionally), so the usual methods of teaching a   
    GP> dog basic commands don't exist for me, but he's so eager to please   
    GP> daddy, that I'm still able to teach him stuff.  He sits instantly on   
    GP> command (95% of the time, the other 5% we need to repeat it again, &   
    GP> more firmly).   
      
     I think of the T-shirt with this Mexican gaucho, and there's a pile of   
   "donkey doo" on his shoe. The burro is grinning, and the gaucho growls   
   "I said *SIT*!!".    
      
    GP> It still is.  My word is my bond, period, even if I accidentally said   
    GP> it or agreed to something, I consiuder myself obliged until I've   
    GP> succeeded in it.   
      
     Good for you.   
      
    GP> I like that one! I'm still too young to try using it, though. . . *LOL*   
      
     Tomorrow is promised to no one. I think of the cartoon where the guy   
   wakes up in the morgue, and wonders "If I'm alive, what am I doing here??   
   And, if I'm dead, how come I have to go to the bathroom??". :P   
      
     I normally wouldn't be up this early, but I had an IBS attack. I wish   
   it would've awakened me early tomorrow morning, as that's when I have   
   to be up early anyway to go to the eye doctor. I'll go back to bed after   
   I finish the QWK Mail.   
      
   Daryl   
      
      
   Daryl   
      
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