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Emmys, Oscars, and Grammys all such nowadays too.
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Where was your orthopedic residency, doctor?
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Biden, A Good American President, Pilfers Classified Docs
Wacka replied to JDHillFan's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
lighten up jack Nicholson. -
Last halftime I watched the whole thing and enjoyed it was back in 2010- The Who.
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Another “object” shot down - this one over Canada
Wacka replied to Big Blitz's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I am. Some people were were saying was she pregnant? Some said she just had a kid. Weird outfits (as is usual nowadays). With the lighting and the platforms,I thought at first that it was just multiple images of her and the dancers superimposed on the screen. I only watched about 30 seconds of the half. She was up in the air. -
Another “object” shot down - this one over Canada
Wacka replied to Big Blitz's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
If they shoot one down over Phoenix, it's Rhiannon. -
Chinese spy balloon over Montana?
Wacka replied to Big Blitz's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Winnie the Pooh Winnie the Pooh Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff He's Winnie the Pooh Winnie the Pooh Willy nilly silly old bear -
Why do the gays love the dems so much ?
Wacka replied to Teddy KGB's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
It doesn't work, it lives in it's mom's basement, pleasuring itself in front of it's Trump altar. -
Are there any racist institutions? How and why.
Wacka replied to TakeYouToTasker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
And carried on by Joke to this day. -
How much does sports success & failure affect your life?
Wacka replied to Success's topic in Off the Wall
I survived a stroke in 2014, lost a nephew in 2017 and my mother in 2021. Nothing negative about sports affects me. There are more important things to worry about. -
That was on Saturday. No really, I plugged up the toilet on Saturday. I was still awake laying in bed because I had gotten up to pee a few minutes earlier. It was 2.1 miles south of me.I'm on the second floor. lasted a few seconds and the windows rattled. I had lived about 20 years in the SF area, so I knew what it was immediately and didn't get out of bed. In California, I lived 2 miles from the Calavaras fault (~20 % chance of having a big one in the next 20 years). There were microquakes which were unfelt every couple of days. The biggest I felt were two 4.2 quakes about 2 miles away under the Chevron HQ. One hit at 4 AM and woke me up. Could tell which direction it came from as it rattled pictures in my room, then the glass shower doors and then the pictures in the hall. The other was in the afternoon and I was on the floor (slab on grade) in my living room. The whole building moved back and forth probably about 5 feet (like the glider you would sit on on the porch) for about 15-20 seconds. The patio door vibrated and there were hairline cracks in the upper corners of the frame around it. After another one there that was probably a 3.5, iI went outside and saw the street lights (all metal) still vibrating. For smaller ones, I would see pencils in a cup on my desk move or the venetian blind cords sway.
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Nice to see Google bots facing real life. Back in 2003, where I worked (biotech) laid off about 75% of the company. No warning. They started on Friday morning. I was one of the first people hired, so I was canned at 4:55 PM. The people that were getting laid off during the day arranged to meet at a bar that evening, so they expect me to come in and commiserate with them.I walked in pointed to myself, and did the neck slicing motion. They gave us our severance pay about 3 weeks lateran everybody ran to the bank to cache the checks the next day. If I was the idiot in these Tik-Toks, I would be working on my resume instead of going to Disneyland.
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I say I had 3 Oh S**t moments. I either thought or said Oh S**t. 1. Hearing my bp was 24tal PAStroke" on the hospi7/75- thought why hasn't my head exploded yet 2. When they said they were waiting for an ICU room. 3. When I had the stroke- heard "Code Stroke" on the hospital PA system. Asked the attendant in the scanning rom what was that and he said ":it's for you!". I then puked and had fuzzy memories for 3 days. When you have a stroke (not the aneurysm type), there is no pain. Your body just stops working correctly. I was in the rehab and watching the Giants on theTV (lived in the SF area then). I knew what it was and other things looked normal, but on TV, the players looked to me like they were all standing in a line and the camera was looking down the line. Same kind of thong happened when I tried to watch a World Cup Game - was in 2014.
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I want to know where you are coming from. Did you actually live through those times like me or is your knowledge from the Lame Stream Media?
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In CA, the money grabbing is a tax every year on the value of your car. There is no inspection. A new car registration is around $500 for the average car (at least it was 10 years ago). It goes down every year and I had a 10 year old car and the registration was about $100. They also get you with a smog test for every car over 4 years old.
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How old are you? I doubt you were even born yet when Nixon was president. I was in HS. I had US history in Social Studies then. The teacher had us watch the recap of the watergate hearings every evening (they were on while we were in school) and explained how the constitution applied towboat we saw.
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Biden State of the Union Address on February 7th
Wacka replied to B-Man's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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Biden State of the Union Address on February 7th
Wacka replied to B-Man's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Why relief? I never got any. I paid mine off in time. Don't go to such an expensive school or take a major that has no jobs. I went to UB. Just as good a school as ones costing 5-10 times more. -
Last July.
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The 'wonder drug" is TPA (tissue plasminogen activator), a clot buster. I don't think I got that, but I know I got heparin, a blood thinner. I got injections for several days in my abdomen, which was covered I'n bruises at the injection site. Burned for a few seconds when injected as I remember it. Had a heart monitor on for over a week (had to scrub the adhesive from the leads off mt chest). Aphasia- your brain is working ok internally. You know exactly what you want to say but getting the words out of that spot and to your mouth is what frustrates you. (The "tip of the tongue " phenomenon).bI knew my brain was healing when I tied my shoes with no help the day before I flew back to Buffalo. I did it without thinking that time and almost started cryingwwith happiness. You lay in bed thinking "will I be like this the rest of my life?" About a month after that I was watching Caddyshack on the TV and was repeating the lines as they were on the TV "It's in the hole!, etc.".HAd a little more trouble with names. Example-That fall they had the Snickers commercial on with the Brady Bunch and Steve Buschemi as Jan. I knew he was in Fargo and on the Sopranos but could not remember his name no matter how hard I tried. Asked my sister his name and then repeated it over and over until I could remember it. When I go food shopping for more than 2 or 3 items I need a list to not forget something. Had a mind like a steel trap before the stroke. P.S.- didn't drive for a year.
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To save space and time: Jpke's entire SOTU speech tonight.
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I have told it before, but ai tell some details agin. In 2014 was having symptoms but ignored them and/or telling myself I wasn't as sick as i was. Went to party and people there asking me if I was OK. Friends take to mutual friend and the next day, She talked to me on the phone for 3 hoursrs and got me to say I would go to the ER to get checked out. Went the next day and my BP was 247/75 !!!!!!. Said they would admit me- OK. Was waiting for a room and asked why I wasn't in one.They said they were waiting for space in the ICU!!! Next day during a brain scan I had a stroke. I say I had the stroke in the best place for it to happen , while they were scanning my brain. Don't have clear memories for the next 3 days. Spent 3 weeks in rehab and had my brother fly back to Buffalo with me. I had aphasia for several months and had trouble finding words and names.Needed a walker for 3 months, then after the 2014 blizzard, that spring i started walking. Using a cane, I first made ⅓ of a mile, had to rest and then walk bak home. That was in March, every nice day, I walked a house further before turning back. By labor day, I could make over a mile. Had aphasia where i had to search for words and names but that got better over a few months. I get dizzy if I look up too long (like looking up at trees in the woods) but it goes away when I look level. Have a very, very , very slight weakness on my left side, but those are the only things. Have to take 10+ pils a day (about half are for BP which is excellent if I take them). My kidney function was down to 10% at the stroke (from the high BP). I only have one-the other was removed when I was 4 (back in 1961) because of cogenial reasons. But recovered. I could have died 8 years ago if the stroke had happened while I was driving or not in the hospital. This is all bonus time.
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Biden State of the Union Address on February 7th
Wacka replied to B-Man's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Billsy and him are meeting to service each other tonight.