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Post by fred on Mar 14, 2007 13:41:39 GMT -6
And Gordie... I'm serious. You go and I'll go too.
FCW
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Post by harpskiddie on Mar 14, 2007 14:03:55 GMT -6
I know - it plays hob with my knees and hips.
Gordie
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Post by fred on Mar 14, 2007 15:36:34 GMT -6
... it plays hob with my knees and hips. Is that Canadian?
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Post by harpskiddie on Mar 14, 2007 17:02:24 GMT -6
Fred:
The knees and the hips are Canadian. My heart's in the Highlands [not San Francisco, which is high enough already], and my brain's in the bottom of a bottle of Mezqual in Oaxaca.
I don't know about Medora, but I'm thinking seriously about attending the 2009 conference. Next year I'll split between LBH and Wood Mountain with some side trips, depending upon the state of my health and finances, and a trip to Barrie, Ontario to visit my brother.
Actually, Medora looks OK, too.
Gordie
PS: "hob" is an old English word for "the Devil"
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Post by fred on Mar 14, 2007 18:51:58 GMT -6
"hob" is an old English word for "the Devil" Gordie-- Good one! I had heard that before. And you're no older than me, so get over it. I'm meeting "bubbabod," "El Crab" (remember him?), "Treasuredude," and several other reprobates at the LBH around June 10th. I'm trying to convince Vern Smalley to waste a day of his life w/ us, as well, so if you're up for a few days of laughs, traipsing the hills and dales of La-La-Land after the Boy General's ghost, and then drinking some educated beer, I can take it upon myself to invite you. You can't be that far away and I never go anywhere unless I know I can laugh once there. If not, 2009 is a date. Best wishes, Fred.
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Post by harpskiddie on Mar 14, 2007 22:42:34 GMT -6
Fred: I was originally planning on visiting the battlefield around the anniversary this year, and heading on to Fort Hood to which post my son was returning. However, he was transferred to Fort Carson, CO, and is moving there in July. So I revamped my itinerary to make a large circle - down the west coast, across the southwest to Colorado, through Kansas and up to North Platte, then to FAL and on to the Little Horn. However, I've decided that a) the whole thing is too ambitious physically for me, and b) I would be cutting into my budget for other things [music is actually my abiding passion]. So I've decided to cut out everything after Colorado Springs and do the LBH next year for a week or so. 2009 is a date. BTW, I am only a year older than are you, but likely in far worse shape. Both my hips are made of titanium, stainless steel and teflon, My left knee really should be replaced; but I'm not going under the knife again if I can help it. Part of my stomach and intestine are fertilizer in a foreign land, and I have a lump in my right shoulder that represents another near miss; but at least my fingers work on both hands. I don't play any more, but I have not lost my singing voice. Billy: Did you ever get your hand back? Gordie
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Post by fred on Mar 15, 2007 4:57:26 GMT -6
Gordie--
If I can give you a little bit of advice, forget the knee operation if you possible can. I have two friends-- one older, one younger-- who had it done and the recoveries in both cases came to near misses. It seems like such a snap when you consider everything else they do, but knees are apparently a serious problem. So, to me, the key is just eating well, exercising as best you can, and maintaining a good attitude. You certainly have one of the best of those I have ever run into. Maybe that's why 2009 is so appealing to me, despite my past, miserable performance on these boards.
Everyone tells me I look fine for my age and physically I am pretty OK. I'm 5-11, but only about 148 pounds, so I'm pleased about that, plus my wife is a health fanatic and she cooks beautifully, label-picking as we go. I went under the old knife 5 years ago on March 22, so I have 4 fewer arteries in places where they used to be. I can laugh about it now and tell people-- jokingly, of course-- that those long scars they see running up my left arm and down the center of my chest are really from the torture I endured at the hands of the VC. God's gonna get me for that, so I have to tone it down (not easy w/ my huge mouth).
I understand your passion for music, though the LBH, WWII, and Paris/Vienna/Berlin during the period between 1918 and 1933 are my overriding passions. My God!, how incredible and creative those years were! I can't get enough of it. Music, for me, is Beethoven, Mozart-- and their ilk-- and the Kingston Trio. I write to Bob Shane every now and then-- and his wife, Bobbie-- which is a nice relationship. I saw the KT3 re-union on PBS a few years ago-- the re-union was already 20 years old!-- and I wrote Shane a letter, figuring neither one of us are terribly young any more (you know how that goes! I am usually not one to do such things, so I guess you could call it a moment of weakness), and he wrote me a beautiful note in a Christmas card, which I now have framed and is a prize possession. I guess those guys, aside from their great music, represent a good deal of my youth. You know how that goes, as well. A lot of people don't realize how popular they were, but to this day, the Kingston Trio is the only group-- including the Beatles-- to ever have 4 albums in the top 10 at one time.
So, in the meantime, 2009 is a date. Let's keep it Gordie... Medora, FAL, my place or yours. It's a date.
Best wishes, Fred.
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Post by Diane Merkel on Mar 15, 2007 7:55:42 GMT -6
I'm going to break into this lovefest and disagree with Fred about the knee operation. My mother had both of her knees replaced at different times when she was in her mid-70s. It is wonderful to see her walk normally without pain. The key is the physical therapy. You have to do everything they tell you to do. Last year, at the ripe old age of 84, she had her right shoulder replaced -- the entire ball and socket -- and that was wonderful, too. She has most of her range of motion back and she is pain-free.
I get disgusted when I see people in those scooter-chair things. 99% of them are in those chairs because they are fat and too lazy to do anything about it. Speaking of which, I'm going to change my lazy ways today because I don't want to be like that. Thanks for the motivation, Fred!
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Post by fred on Mar 15, 2007 8:09:58 GMT -6
I get disgusted when I see people in those scooter-chair things. 99% of them are in those chairs because they are fat and too lazy to do anything about it. Let me tell you, Diane, I completely agree. And pardon me if I sound like an idiot, but that's one of the reasons I'm buggin' out of here. Best wishes, Fred.
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Post by Montana Bab on Mar 15, 2007 9:57:02 GMT -6
What I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall at that conference in 2009!! There would be Fred suffering from the effects of his lobotomy, beautiful Tricia sashaying in at the age of 48 (!!) ( How will she survive old age ? ) , and Gordie limping in singing to ya'll after hittin the bottom of a bottle of Mezquale !! Hooray, LBHA !
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Post by fred on Mar 15, 2007 10:50:00 GMT -6
anatnoM--
The only problem I've had since the lobotomy is that they re-arranged my eyes. My forehead is now much longer and ends at the bridge of my nose. My eyes are now in the back of my head and that's why I have to keep my hair so short. Otherwise, I'm perfectly lamron.
tesB sehsiW, .derF
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Post by harpskiddie on Mar 15, 2007 11:23:13 GMT -6
They were gonna give me a brain transplant to make me smarter, but they couldn't find a dead chicken donor.
Next week Fred is going to start learning colors.
And Diane has hit the nail on the head for the majority of those power chair riders [well at least the visible to me majority].
Gordie
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