Gunner: I'm back

Tim is neither right nor left wing. He's a misanthropic lump.

FW

Gunner, does this mean your aren't coming to Phoenix? :-)

Get back up to speed soon, though knowing you, you're probably forcing yourself already....

Marty

Thought implies a brain. You heart lasted longer than your brain did.

Any time I see somebody who keeps saying "you need to do this..." and "you need to do that...," or the ever-popular "you know what your problem is, your problem is such-and-such..." that's when I know to quit reading/listening.

It's really a great tip-off.

Jim

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Welcome back Gunner. It's a wake up call no mistake. Had an MI 23rd January '89 with no warning at all. Sitting watching baseball finals on TV, midnight here in the UK, and chest pains that just would not go away. Somehow I just knew what was happening and called our emergency services who arrived inside 5 minutes - the longest 5 minutes I have ever had - they wired me up to their portable heart monitor and confirmed a heart attack. Ended up in Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, famous for holding the Paraplegic Games, and its spinal injury facilities. Spent two weeks there recovering. Bottom part of the heart muscle damaged only.

You WILL NOT regret this move. I didn't. It reached fever pitch for me about 3 weeks after getting out of hospital. Sunday evening around 8pm my nerves where jangling from nicotine deprivation. Ready to climb up the wall. Decided to go to our corner shop/store to buy a pack of 10 smokes just to kill the craving. Got to the shop and thank God it was closed. Took this as a sign and did not walk the mile or so into town to local supermarket. Cravings stopped there and then. For the next couple of years it was just a case of "something missing" after a meal or coffee etc, all craving gone. After 4 years just a total relief that I had stopped smoking. Absolutely the best thing I could have done!! Now I cannot stand being in a smokey room or even around anyone that is or has smoked. You will know what I mean in the months and years to come. This intense dislike grew and didn't happen overnight. I lead a normal life and just watch salt and fat intake. Not easy in the UK where all processed food is saturated with the stuff. Only time I think of it is when I am out walking in cold weather and slight angina sets in if I walk too fast. When I see what could have happened to me, I sure am happy. Get well soon and do give up the weed. Regards GeoffH Norfolk - UK not VA

Sounds like the 21 feet is the carnival trick to the deal. It says how fast a man can run vs how fast one can remove the weapon and aim it.

When doing this, is the shooter allowed to start running away from the knife-wielder while drawing his weapon?

Jim

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On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 14:09:38 +0000 (UTC), GeoffH calmly ranted:

I found that going outside and taking a deep breath of fresh air worked as well to relax me as inhaling those toxic fumes. When "outside" wasn't available, I just closed my eyes and imagined myself on a sprintime mountain top. I still do the creative visualization thing but haven't had a craving for

-eons- now.

That reminds me of this cartoon. (Watch wrap)

"When asked how Cheney's angina was, Bush replied 'Boys don't have anginas!'"-- Tina Fey

Ditto (to Gunner.)

Neocon = chickenhawk. That would be a guy like Cheney who likes war well enough to start one, but would never be caught dead actually fighting in one.

Chickenhawk in this context *not* used to refer to Robert Mason's book about helicopter pilots.

Jim

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Mountain Dew is in the jetwash of your past. Better make it Sprite.

(Aunt) Kevin Gallimore

Chuckle. No, the only freckles I have left are on my arms. Nekkid? I don't expose my body to public ridicule. Not even in a bathing suit anymore. Sigh. Sue

Gunner:

Damn glad you're doing OK. You take care of yourself, now, ya'hear?

Just curious, why didn't you call 911? They can begin effective treatment immediately, assuming they are Advanced Life Support equipped. Was the drive to the ER much faster than the ambo could arrive at your place? Or was it it your stubborn self-sufficient attitude? ;-)

Jeff

use....socialism.

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 15:20:38 GMT, Sue calmly ranted:

I thought our pincushiony friend, Gunner, said you were a calendar girl, so I assumed...

How much does one pay in taxes with an annual income of $20,000 ?

Sure sounds like "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" to me.

At this point, I don't suppose Mark should be bitching too much about socialized medicine. It would be ... ungrateful.

Better yet..we go to Bakersfield to Trouts, Rockin Rodeo, or Buck Owen's Crystal Palace.

Gunner

That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. - George Orwell

Seems like I hit a nerve. I love watchin you twitch.

That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. - George Orwell

Nah, you hit a nerve when I found someone after my wife died and you made your smart assed comments about it when I found someone else. You are worthless as a survivalist. Hell, you can't survive in the normal world without intervention and the government tit.

I like watching you twitch too, so perhaps the government subsidy was worth it in entertainment value.