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30th Annual MS Walk in Rochester was today.
Over 1,200 people walked in Genesee Valley Park and raised over $165,000.
I will be walking on May 20th in Canandaigua for the same cause.
UPDATE:
As of today we have $615 from our sponsors.
Thanks to all!
Sponsors:
JÂy RÛßeÒ
Tom Benson
Anonymous
Jane G
Bill Low-Bear
Boyst62
Mr info
T. Huber
M. VanLoan
dKanga
Scoundrels:
Jack
If you choose to participate:
Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile
On Facebook:
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On 4/19/2018 at 7:54 AM, ShadyBillsFan said:
Date - February 1, 2003. Saturday morning around 9 AM. It got a lot of coverage in Texas. @CowgirlsFan about the amount of coverage there was.
- Do Not Pick Up Any Debris You Find. Call the local authorities.
It was short lived. Nortel relocated an office from Boca Raton to Richardson in the summer of 2002. I sold my house in Florida and bought a house in Allen. By Oct 2002 I was laid off. Thanks to ENRON scandal and the Telecom Crash jobs were hard to find and I had no way to pay the mortgage. I returned to Florida in 2003.
I worked for Computer Consoles Inc. or CCI. We were absorbed into Nortel (Networks) in the 1990's, leasing computer systems and application software for over 50% of the Directory Assistance, Audio Response, 9-1-1 in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, England, and Australia.
Our main customers were AT&T, Sprint, MCI, GTE, and Ma Bell, which was broken up into dozens of Baby Bells. Our Office Systems were deployed in many law firms and government offices - including the Pentagon.
Rochester, NY was the main hub for worldwide manufacturing, sales, customer service, and voice and database services. I was a supervisor in the world wide distribution center and interacted daily with field engineers, project managers, and sales, some of them in Richardson, TX. My team's primary job was keeping spare parts available for local repair of over 100 remote offices. Depending on your job, we may have "worked together".
Nortel eventually sold us off, and I was laid off on 1/28/2007, after 27 years on the job and four years shy of retirement benefits. I fortunately got a pension buy out based on years of service, and moved my 401K out of Nortel's hands.
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When I was 45, I ran the Lilac 10K in Rochester. That was nearly 20 years ago.
Here's to many more birthdays, my friend.
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UPDATE:
As of today we have $515 from our sponsors.
Thanks to all!
Sponsors:
JÂy RÛßeÒ
Tom Benson
Anonymous
Jane G
Bill Low-Bear
Boyst62
Mr info
T. Huber
M. NanLoan
Scoundrels:
Jack
If you choose to participate:
Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/349924721875823/?ref=bookmarksWhen you get to the donation page, it has "suggested" amounts starting on the left at $35, but on the far right you can put in any amount.
ANY amount is greatly appreciated and many $5 contributions add up to a LOT!
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16 hours ago, Just Jack said:
Rooms for the opener and MNF booked.
Rooms selling out FAST!
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7 hours ago, Mr Info said:
Just made a donation to support your effort and hope a better treatment surfaces for you. I see that many small and large pharmaceutical companies have active programs for treatments and, hopefully, a cure. It is encouraging that many are in Phase III trials.
Genentech's Ocrevus was just approved on March 28 for MS and PPMS. Perhaps that will be available for you.
https://www.fda.gov/newsevents/newsroom/pressannouncements/ucm549325.htm
Thank you! I appreciate your support.
I am taking Gilenya right now, which is a daily pill. I have been on treatments like Ocrevus, which is an infusion (bag and IV). What is encouraging is it seems to help those with the progressive form of MS that can really hit you hard.
I have the relapsing/remitting MS that comes and goes. My medication is pretty effective in stopping or slowing down relapses.
I am kind of a guinea pig, since when I was first diagnosed they were just starting to have treatments to slow down MS. My treatments have been self injection, infusion, and now oral. Luckily prescription assistance programs pay for my drug for now. Annual costs would range from $65,000 to $96,000, I would have to stop treatment if asked to pay for it.
SSDI plus my wife's income is enough to live on within our comfort zone (no complaints) , but prescription costs are beyond reason!
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2 hours ago, mead107 said:
I donated to Rrich
Thank you!
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There is a bogus FB page that seems to be reserved for when he dies
A very recent FB page's posts are much better: Stan Lee Facebook Page
In general it seems that at his age, everyone is trying to strip away his fortunes.
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The Walk is May 20th, the will accept donations for the walk after that date.
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This is a link to an interesting video and also an informative blog about MS. It goes in to available treatments, how it feels to have MS, how others see you or do not see your MS. It was part of the March MS Awareness program, but it is appropriate at any time.
FYI: my most recent MRI's showed no progression in my MS lesions in my brain or spine, but now I have spinal stenosis in my neck (cervical spine). I can manage the occasional pain with Ibuprofen, so we will just keep monitoring it.
I was diagnosed with MS when I was in my mid 40's and will be 65 this year, but I am still fighting. Many people have it worse than me, and I walk to help THEM!
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UPDATE:
As of today we have $390 from our sponsors.
Thanks to all!
Sponsors:
JÂy RÛßeÒ
Tom Benson
Anonymous
Jane G
Bill Low-Bear
Boyst62
Scoundrels:
Jack
If you choose to participate:
Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/349924721875823/?ref=bookmarksWhen you get to the donation page, it has "suggested" amounts starting on the left at $35, but on the far right you can put in any amount.
ANY amount is greatly appreciated and many $5 contributions add up to a LOT!
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13 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:
That is very cool!
That is about how much ice I had on the car this morning. It scraped off easily. It is still raining and could go to ices or sleet.
This time last year I was turning over the garden and draining my pool cover, not to OPEN it, but to skim all the leaves and crap off the cover so it did not get into the pool. Preparation before opening a pool makes it ready to enjoy by Memorial Day weekend, even if just for barbecues.
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On 4/10/2018 at 2:36 AM, Just Jack said:
That’s because people know he doesn’t stop to take pictures.
(And he is very good at convincing people that it’s better to donate to him than to you ?)
A donation to the MS Society, in someone else's name is also a donation to MY cause.
So just sneak out the back, Jack!
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Thanks for sponsoring me, Jeff!
I really appreciate your support for the cause to Find A Cure for MS!
BTW: Word is that R. Rich, Lisa and team walked May 7th and raised $500! Hats off to you, my twin Brother and Sister!!
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4 hours ago, section122 said:
Keep fighting the good fight rockpile! This is a great MS organization to donate to. You made the top 5 so far for donations! Unfortunately my family can't do the walk this year so do you mind me sharing your link to them?
By all means, share the link with anyone you want. Donations are routed to the MS society.
By the time the walk is done, I will need over $1,200 to make the Top 100 Club!
I generally have friends, my wife, a couple of my grown children, and several GRANDCHILDREN walking with us. We have been dong it for about 15 years now.
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2 hours ago, Sweats said:
I've always collected Marvel super hero comics. I have very little DC in my collection..........just not a big DC fan.
And i went through a phase where i collected sets, then started into only collecting #1 issues and then onto older, rarer comics. I've built up a huge sum of old, scarce and rare comics along the way.
True story..........years ago, my apt. at the time flooded out and the only thing that was untouched was my comics (i keep them in the rectangular comic boxes, all sleeved in plastic bags with the backer boards). I couldn't believe they were unharmed........i didn't have insurance on them at that time and Christ, was i relieved.
My insurance company got them appraised........ the estimated sum, put the value at priceless.
I then took the comics to my own appraiser for an estimated value and the 2 separate estimates were within a few dollars of each other ( i wanted to make sure that the insurance company wasn't short-changing me on the value).
I was relieved that what both parties were saying put the estimated value at close to accurate.
It's very time consuming to get a collection appraised or valued and you not only need a lot of patience, you do need some cash cause it ain't cheap, but nowadays, you need the grading system more than ever........M, VF, F, etc.
It's funny how a hobby and pastime when i was a kid turned out to be worth a fortune as years went by.
I don't really collect too many comics these days (i just don't have the time) but i am always on the lookout for anything that catches my eye.
We were kind of "snooty" about being Marvel comics fans, but to be fair, compare the "universe" Marvel created in the 60's and 70's and compare it to DC, and DC was pitiful. I did try to follow DC when Jack Kirby left Marvel, as did George Perez (New Teen Titans) and others. We even had our own chapter of the M.M.M.S.
One of my favorites from DC is "Sandman" by Neil Gaiman. Many of the "Vertigo" comics, which leaned towards a more mature audience at the time were very satisfying reads. I was especially fond of the *writing* of Alan Moore, combined with the artwork of John Totleben. That was some scary stuff that started in the Swamp Thing and spun off into Constantine, Black Orchid, and other series. Too bad the Swamp Thing and Constantine movies were so bad!
Bottom line, and I say this based on the failed experience I had, trying to run a mail order comics business, is that a comic book's value in dollars is only worth what a person is willing to pay you. Coins and stamps at least have some intrinsic value. You can spend coins and mail letters if nothing else. I am glad you have such a nice collection and envy your ability to keep them intact.
I had dreamed mine would be worth a fortune one day, but I did not have "the right stuff".
4 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said:This is going to be the most Canadian answer ever but...
I collect Wayne Gretzky memorabilia
I used to have some Captain Canuck comic books.
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On 4/2/2018 at 11:08 AM, rockpile said:
I have been fighting my MS since 1994. I will keep bumping this until May 20th.
For every dollar raised I am happy.
Thanks!
Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/349924721875823/?ref=bookmarksStill at $290 for donations, which I thank my sponsors for!
IF you are so inclined, please follow the link and donate to a good cause!
Thanks, Rock
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On 4/3/2018 at 4:55 PM, Sweats said:
I collect comics......I have my whole life.
Ive got somewhere around 10,000 of them and they are priceless.
My insurance company put a separate insurance on them just in case.....
If I ever decided to cash them in my family will be set for life.
I assume everything is stored using archival sleeves, backing boards, etc. Did someone appraise your collection for the insurance company? I am just curious as to how and who put a dollar value on them.
What type of comics do you collect, or is there a wide scope? I have everything from super hero to humor, to suspends and horror. I never got hooked on westerns, but I like an occasional Lone Ranger or Two Gun Kid. I liked DC's war comics, and Marvel's Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos. I even loved Nancy and Sluggo, Sad Sack, Little Hot Stuff, and more.
What is hard for me to accept about "grading" comics, is the independent companies that put a number grade on your collectible of good, very good, mint, etc for a healthy fee. IF you look on e-Bay, as I am sure you have, the CGC graded books are sealed in a plastic frame, and cannot be opened without invalidating the grade/intrinsic value. They sell for five to twenty times more than the same book accurately graded by the seller.
I LOVE the smell of newsprint comics! Unless I was solely an investor, I would not want my books sealed. I do store them with acid free backing boards and sleeves.
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On 3/31/2018 at 12:35 AM, ExiledInIllinois said:
A lot of the elitist communities have ordinances against them now.
A lot of the communities have "associations" and the home owners make the rules.
I just want a normal neighborhood.
I guess I can understand a retired couple not wanting an above ground pool outside their bedroom window, but I am not there.
No one MAKES people live under these rules.
No clothes lines.
No above ground pools.
No trash at curb until morning of collection.
No swing sets.
No bicycles left in yard.
No cars in driveway overnight (some exceptions OK if temporary)
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On 3/31/2018 at 12:03 AM, Buffalo716 said:
My mother always hung the clothes out in the summer on a clothesline and i still do
im sure it's more common down south... hardly have much summer to do it here in Buffalo... just a few months
My grandmother had a furnace with one large floor "grate". In the winter or on rainy days that is where she dried laundry. She also had a wringer washer.
My collection was comic books. A one time I had probably 12,000 or more. I have harvested that down to less than 1,000 that I keep because I like them or possible investment. Starting in the late 80's and increasingly in the 90's, demand for comics decreased. Also, like sports cards, there were so many "commons" that you would e lucky if one in a hundred kept collector interest.
For a couple years I traveled to comic book/card shows in Rochester and Buffalo, but once the best comics were "cherry picked" from my inventory, it was not a profitable task. I sold quite a few on e-Bay for a while too. I loved comics until they started costing too much, and publishers dealt so heavily on creating "fake" collectibles, instead of good comics with good stories. So I enjoyed the hobby, but did not "retire" on the profit from selling them as I once hoped!
A few years back, I sold about 6,000 for a dime each to a comic book store. They had the means to sell them over time to collectors, and I cleaned house.
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I have been fighting my MS since 1994. I will keep bumping this until May 20th.
For every dollar raised I am happy.
Thanks!
Donations (tax deductible in 2018) can be made at my MS Society page:
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/FamilyRockpile
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/349924721875823/?ref=bookmarks -
19 minutes ago, row_33 said:
But the bully cries and acts like the perfect victim and the liberal principal takes his side.
Not this time.
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On 3/27/2018 at 3:07 PM, TakeYouToTasker said:
The school that I attended had a unique and incredibly effective stance on bullying.
Students were encouraged to physically engage bullies in groups, and pummel them into submission whenever they would act, and only the bullies were punished after the fact. It led to a culture in which bullies never emerged, and groups collaborated to solve problems.
My son was bullied more than once.It was mostly little things but relentlessly annoying. The last time it happened, he was having his face pushed into a drinking fountain in the hall way. He finally had enough, grabbed the kid, and tossed him into a classroom door. The kid "spilled" into the classroom. The teacher looked at the kid on the floor and then at my son. He sent the bully to the office and told my son to go back to his class.
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4 minutes ago, RollBillsRoll said:
Done. Save your picks, Build a talent laden roster (Dominating D, solid O-line and running game) around AJMac and watch the wins pile up. Hey, worked for Saban!
In all seriousness, would Bills fans take a guy like Flacco, for the next 12 years, if it meant getting to the playoffs in 8 of those years, including making it to 2 divisional title games and 1 SB appearance?
I want a guy who is the captain of a team that can take it one more step than just GETTING there and actually WIN a Super Bowl.
I have waiting for them to be league champions since the AFL in the 1965 season. Seriously, not even ONE NFL Championship after 52 Super Bowls?
MS WALK 2018 - Family Rocks!
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Walk MS® brings together a community of passionate people to connect and raise funds to change the world for everyone affected by multiple sclerosis. Walk MS takes place at over 400 locations with more than 300,000 people participating annually. We've been walking since 1988 and to date have raised have raised more than $1 billion to drive groundbreaking research, provide life-changing services and guarantee a supportive community for those who need it most. When you participate in Walk MS, you are helping create a world free of multiple sclerosis. Together, we become a powerful force. Together, we will end MS forever.