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[Lady in Red]

Getting old really sucks!

Brad, 
It beats the alternative.....

elle




Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> 
> Leland,
> 
> Been putting that off myself but have done some homework and asked around.
> Look for a clinic that does a virtual colonoscopy. Still violates the
> one-way valve rule but not quite as invasive. And yeah, you have to get it
> done.  My dad had colon cancer so there's no excuse for me and I had a
> "scare" a few weeks ago while on vacation.  Getting old really sucks!
> 
> Brad
> 
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 1:54 AM, Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Dear Abby,
>>
>> I have a small window of opportunity to go sailing tomorrow, but I don't
>> know if it's the right thing to do.
>>
>> I've delayed getting my over 50 physical for three years now because of
>> the
>> violating nature of one of the tests.  In fact, when the military came
>> out
>> with their "don't ask, don't tell" policy, I considered getting a DO NOT
>> ENTER sign tatooed on one cheek and a ONE WAY sign on the other.
>>
>> I was scheduled to get this heinous procedure done on Monday, which means
>> I
>> would have needed to fast all day tomorrow.  My wife and son have agreed
>> to
>> go sailing with me for fear that I might die in the frigid waters of the
>> Chesapeake if I attempt to go out by myself in my weakened condition.
>>
>> I can never get my wife and son to go sailing with me, and they won't let
>> me
>> go sailing tomorrow without them.
>>
>> I have yet to tell them that I have once again canceled my test.
>>
>> Is that wrong?
>>
>> Signed,
>>
>> At Ease (under normal circumstances)
>>
>> 1986 Rhodes22
>> Kent Island, MD
>>
>>
>>
>> Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
>> >
>> > Yeah you could be on the Chesapeake but it would remind you of home.
>> >
>> > Sock burning was a couple of weeks ago but there are a lot of
>> > diehards walking around with cold ankles. Temps have edged up to the
>> > 50s but generally only when it rains. There have been a few days nice
>> > enough to work on the boat. Still needs light sanding and touching up
>> > of the bottom paint and then we have to rearrange the masthead gear,
>> > sort out and install the new forestay and backstay, then raise the
>> > mast to check everything out and install the new furler. There are a
>> > couple of days next week forecast to be in the 50s and sunny.
>> >
>> > Friends of ours have launched their boats but we've seen very few
>> > folks sailing. Water temp is still in the high 40s.
>> >
>> > We do have daffodils, forsythia and ornamental pears and cherries
>> > blooming so spring must be close.
>> >
>> > Glad to hear your snow is melting. I figure all this cold wind comes
>> > from the snowpack up north.
>> >
>> > And Ron, those pictures didn't help me feel any warmer. ;-)
>> >
>> > Mary Lou
>> > 1991 R22 Fretless
>> > Rock Hall, MD
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > At 12:30 AM 4/4/2008, you wrote:
>> >>The snow has melted around the wheels of my trailer
>> >>in my driveway in Gorham, Maine.
>> >>
>> >>Pretty soon the town will be around to suck the sand
>> >>off my lawn to use again next winter.  This is New
>> >>England, you know.  Use it up, wear it out, fix it,
>> >>and use it some more.
>> >>
>> >>Just think - I could be sailing on the Chesapeake now.
>> >>When is sock-burning?  I got an itch!
>> >>
>> >>/Robert
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