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Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part 2
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Great news. At least good news. It'll be great news when the pain is gone.
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Russell, very glad you're ok.
lol flower, I can picture you with 4 freezers full of base and nic hehehe One of these days I'm gonna give it a shot. No really, I am someday. Iffy, stop rolling your eyes, one day I will, I'm sure of it! lol
Russell, very glad you're ok.
lol flower, I can picture you with 4 freezers full of base and nic hehehe One of these days I'm gonna give it a shot. No really, I am someday. Iffy, stop rolling your eyes, one day I will, I'm sure of it! lol
Just kiddin'...
Seriously, everyone at their own pace!
<But if ya ever need sum nic, don't ferget da 'gray market'...>
So glad to hear you're OK. The stress and the fear of it being a heart attack wasn't helping I'm sure. Concentrate on relaxing, maybe try meditating even if only for 5 minutes goes a long way. So glad this isn't anything more serious.
Well vacation is about to come to an end. We are leaving for home on Sunday. Been gone a little over 2 months now and I am ready for my recliner. Hey have any of you tried that VUSE. They sure are advertising the crap out of it. Haven't seen one but I am sure they are made by the tobacco companies. One of them anyway. You know I thought the Provari had a micro processor in it. VUSE is advertising they are the first American ecig to have one. Oh well just wondering how they are. I am sticking to my Provari and kayfun. I am totally satisfied. They might work good with the medical hootch they sell in the dispensaries don't know about that but sure are a lot of people using it I found out while I was out and about. One old guy that is living with one of my sister in laws, who has beaucoup bucks uses one because he has a place in N. Dakota on a lake and they have a 0 tolerance there so if he gets stopped he just throws it out. This guy is pretty amazing, he built a house completely by himself and what a house. He's got it up for sale for 400K. Has for a couple of years. Not worried about it. He figures it will sell eventually. Owns it free and clear. Has a living room big enough to hold a dance. Radiant heat even in the garage. Fireplace, gas, in the master bedroom. Auto generator in case of power outage on 2 1/2 acres. Old hippie made all his money by building. Only reason I talked about it so much is the workmanship in this place is second to none. He hasn't sold it cause he won't list it, doesn't believe in realtors and won't take any less.
Well anyway will be home Sunday, can't wait to mow the lawn after 2 months. Hope all is well with you all Heres Sopie and her boyfriend Cash.https://www.facebook.com/patrick.dunham1/photos_synced#
Well anyway will be home Sunday, can't wait to mow the lawn after 2 months. Hope all is well with you all Heres Sopie and her boyfriend Cash.https://www.facebook.com/patrick.dunham1/photos_synced#
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I sent a FB friend request to you.
If there's no high-speed Internet in heaven, I ain't goin'! Just got DSL around 5:30 this afternoon, supposedly the same speed as my satellite Internet (10mbps) but it's SO much faster than the satellite connection was, so much smoother, and no limits on uploads or downloads. Plus, a word game I'm addicted to called Wordtwist simply would not work right with the satellite and it works great with the DSL.
Shortly before I got the satellite Internet, DSL became available for the first time in my neighborhood, but I wasn't aware of that fact. I'd been checking for years and years to see if any provider was going to offer it out here in the sticks.
I sent a FB friend request to you.
If there's no high-speed Internet in heaven, I ain't goin'! Just got DSL around 5:30 this afternoon, supposedly the same speed as my satellite Internet (10mbps) but it's SO much faster than the satellite connection was, so much smoother, and no limits on uploads or downloads. Plus, a word game I'm addicted to called Wordtwist simply would not work right with the satellite and it works great with the DSL.
Shortly before I got the satellite Internet, DSL became available for the first time in my neighborhood, but I wasn't aware of that fact. I'd been checking for years and years to see if any provider was going to offer it out here in the sticks.
Nice pictures of Sohpie and Cash.
Welcome to the modern world 'bigs'.
I was later than many, and earlier than many others, to the world of computers, getting my first one for Christmas in 1997, I think. Might have been 1996. In 1990 I signed up for a class at the local community college called, I think, Introduction to Computer Applications. Because I was truly motivated to learn, It was the only college course I ever got an A in. I remember the excitement with which the instructor told us about the new chip that Microsoft was coming out with, the 386!Welcome to the modern world 'bigs'.
I still have the owner's manual and certificate of authenticity for the operating system of my first computer, which had a mammoth 3.4 GB hard drive!
I am truly grateful to be living in this computer age. I remember when 4 or 5 kbps was as good as it got for download speed with my dial-up modem.
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Gotcha beat on this one although you have the formal education earlier. My first computer was a Leading Edge Model D with a 8088 processor, 640k of ram, an aftermarket Western Digital 30mb hard drive. Green monochrome 12" monitor. Dial up 1200k "turbo" U.S. Robotics modem. I thought I was in tall cotton. Spent hours on several BBS (bulletin board systems) every day chatting with folk. Kind of like here now that I think about it. This really is kind of like the old BBS days cept I am using a smartphone that has more computing power than the whole combat systems suite on my first ship. Things got 32gb of memory in the palm of my hand. Damn amazing if you think about it.
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ha! My first computer had 1 external 5 1/4" floppy drive. So exciting to get a 2nd drive, then even more excited for a PC w/ a whopping 10 meg internal hard drive. Windows, who needs windows we said when it first came out and replaced DOS.
In that 1990 class I took, we used 5.25" floppies. Rumors of a 3.5" disc abounded.
A very progressive economics professor wrote his own textbook for Economics 101 at UMass. I took the class my 2nd semester in January 1970. The final exam was a 3-or-4-week long project where each student had to write a program to answer the final exam question. We used COBOL (I think), creating punchcards to run on the Univac (I think), which was in the computer building. The computer was so large that it basically WAS the computer building.
It was exciting and mysterious and marvelous and exhausting... seemed like everything was happening all at once back then, in more ways than one.
A very progressive economics professor wrote his own textbook for Economics 101 at UMass. I took the class my 2nd semester in January 1970. The final exam was a 3-or-4-week long project where each student had to write a program to answer the final exam question. We used COBOL (I think), creating punchcards to run on the Univac (I think), which was in the computer building. The computer was so large that it basically WAS the computer building.
It was exciting and mysterious and marvelous and exhausting... seemed like everything was happening all at once back then, in more ways than one.
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Uh, 1981, VIC 20. Whopping 5 meg of RAM, external TAPE drive 
300 BPS dialup, and most could type faster than it could transmit. Hence the "birth" of all the abbreviations (LOL, LMAOROTF, TTYL, etc.) and smileys. (Actually, the first modems were 150, but I was patient )
300 BPS dialup, and most could type faster than it could transmit. Hence the "birth" of all the abbreviations (LOL, LMAOROTF, TTYL, etc.) and smileys. (Actually, the first modems were 150, but I was patient
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1970 I took my first and only computer class.
1984 I wrote my thesis. Had a technician do the stats with statistical package for the social sciences. I initially hired a typist to write the text, but ended up using university computers to write it myself, and a secretary with one of the departments cleaned it up for me.
1988 For work was given a desk-top computer for writing reports. It was a cheapy, not compatible with our secretary's computer. Which was a problem, because my reports did not transfer well to hers.
1990 We did our reports ourselves. Were issued laptops.
1996 We were given an old computer. My son tore it apart, had a large collection of boards and capacitors and other junk.
1999 We got our own computer, it was a group deal through children's school. Was afraid to get internet connection, but finally did it. Was used primarily to entertain kids.
2001 Life fell apart. Computer became link to world. Downloaded programs to limit son's computer time. He found his way around them, naturally.
2003 Computer showing signs of age. Got a rebuilt because son and I were tired of fighting for computer time. Since then, I have not gotten any new computers.
Today-- son just got a new computer. I am using an elderly rebuilt computer which is slower than my internet connection. But it works for word processing (on Open Office-- I go to the library with a thumb-drive to use spellcheck for proofreading), a huge digital library, and communications. I had a tablet, but it was a cheapie and did not last long. I also have my basic kindle for reading on the run.
1984 I wrote my thesis. Had a technician do the stats with statistical package for the social sciences. I initially hired a typist to write the text, but ended up using university computers to write it myself, and a secretary with one of the departments cleaned it up for me.
1988 For work was given a desk-top computer for writing reports. It was a cheapy, not compatible with our secretary's computer. Which was a problem, because my reports did not transfer well to hers.
1990 We did our reports ourselves. Were issued laptops.
1996 We were given an old computer. My son tore it apart, had a large collection of boards and capacitors and other junk.
1999 We got our own computer, it was a group deal through children's school. Was afraid to get internet connection, but finally did it. Was used primarily to entertain kids.
2001 Life fell apart. Computer became link to world. Downloaded programs to limit son's computer time. He found his way around them, naturally.
2003 Computer showing signs of age. Got a rebuilt because son and I were tired of fighting for computer time. Since then, I have not gotten any new computers.
Today-- son just got a new computer. I am using an elderly rebuilt computer which is slower than my internet connection. But it works for word processing (on Open Office-- I go to the library with a thumb-drive to use spellcheck for proofreading), a huge digital library, and communications. I had a tablet, but it was a cheapie and did not last long. I also have my basic kindle for reading on the run.
May I once again tell my Heart Attack story .. ?? Sure, why not ..
At 4:00 on a Friday afternoon ... My first heart attack began as an instant cold sweat .. and I mean instant .. I was practically dripping sweat .. so, I sat down and drank some water, thinking what the heck is going on .. ?? About 3 minutes later, my left arm went numb and I knew without a doubt in my mind at that point what the deal was .. being the lifelong paranoid that I am, I had carried a pill case with aspirin and my regular Aleves for quite a few years, which I would advise everyone to do .. so, I reached into my pocket, took out 2 full strength Bayer and chewed them (which is the preferred way in this case) .. about 2 minutes later, I started to feel better and the sweat subsided ..
But I knew it could not end there .. so, being only 5 minutes from the nearest Heart Capable Hospital, I got in the truck and drove myself to the ER .. walked up to the counter and said "I think I've had a Heart Attack" .. the young lady that could not have been more than 12 looked at me and said "Please have a seat, sir, and we'll be with you shortly" .. no, I'm not kidding .. so, OK, I took a seat and waited 5 minutes .. the sweats and the numb arm came back .. I walked back to the counter and said "I don't know if I'm going to last much longer" and I guess I looked so bad at that point, they promptly placed me on a gurney and wheeled me into the actual ER ..
After an EKG / a shot of Heparin, a few Nitro tabs and a few more Aspirin, which at that point my blood was probably the consistency of water, they wheeled me into the Cath lab, where I was thoroughly captivated by the Monitor that displayed my heart as they snaked a cath up from my groin and proceeded to place two very expensive stents ..
Total time from initial symptoms to stents .. one hour .. the prime Heart Guy was actually walking to his car in the Hospital parking lot when they called him back in for me .. I checked out Sunday at Noon .. no heart damage detected .. so .. I was in the Hospital a total of about I think 43 hours .. $80K ..
I went back to work Monday morning, which, when you're self employed, is just what you do .. which the DR really did not have any problem with .. in fact, he stated it was almost like I had set an appointment for the stents .. that's the story of one of my lost weekends that I'd just as soon forget ..
Moral : Always carry some fresh aspirin .. get to the ER quick and make sure the Hospital has a Heart Center if you can .. don't ignore the signs .. a buddy of mine died last year because he waited 12 hours before going in .. another buddy died a few years back because he ignored the signs .. the heart damage was just too much and they died ..
Now, on a lighter note :
Favorite Movie : Cool Hand Luke
Hottest Living Woman : Halle Berry with Salma Hayek a close Second
Hottest Deceased Woman : Ingrid Bergman
First Computer : 1981 / paid a lot .. 8086 .. LOTUS 123 / DOS / and let's not forget ZORK
Best Guitar Riff : Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Favorite Food : King Crab with Lobsta as a close second
Favorite Alcoholic Beverage : Jack Daniels straight / rocks ..
Favorite President : FDR with Thomas Jefferson a close Second
Favorite Criminal : DB Cooper
Favorite Shoe : Chuck Taylors for the ankle support / not the Hipster factor
Favorite Books : Game of Thrones hands down
Favorite Holiday : Memorial Day
Best Sports Event Ever : Super Bowl XLII
Favorite Car Ever Made : 1974 Lincoln Continental Mark IV
Favorite TV Show : Game of Thrones with The Simpsons a close second
Favorite Movie : Cool Hand Luke
Hottest Living Woman : Halle Berry with Salma Hayek a close Second
Hottest Deceased Woman : Ingrid Bergman
First Computer : 1981 / paid a lot .. 8086 .. LOTUS 123 / DOS / and let's not forget ZORK
Best Guitar Riff : Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Favorite Food : King Crab with Lobsta as a close second
Favorite Alcoholic Beverage : Jack Daniels straight / rocks ..
Favorite President : FDR with Thomas Jefferson a close Second
Favorite Criminal : DB Cooper
Favorite Shoe : Chuck Taylors for the ankle support / not the Hipster factor
Favorite Books : Game of Thrones hands down
Favorite Holiday : Memorial Day
Best Sports Event Ever : Super Bowl XLII
Favorite Car Ever Made : 1974 Lincoln Continental Mark IV
Favorite TV Show : Game of Thrones with The Simpsons a close second
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