Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Five

[Debadoo]

Thank you.
The guy at the resale shop forgot to bring that cane up from the farm. It has a knob at the end of it, rather than a crook. He says it looks nice. A friend is bringing a medical one by sometime today.

So sorry you're having a bad time physically, I have fibro also, and it does get worse, but it's also a constant thing with me 24/7

My birthday is right before Bah HUmbug

That's right.......derrrrrrr if anyone ever saw the movie always........I did remember it, just remembered it wrong......but think I hb'd you then, hope so anyhows!!

I have actually never heard of anyone that got SS disability when they first applied.

I was an eligibility specialist for a county health care program, many of my clients were in the process of getting SSDI. While of course the vast majority didn't get it until the 2nd appeal when they went before the administrative law judge (ALJ) with the help of an attorney, there were quite a few of them who got it right off the bat. There are a number of very serious conditions that will guarantee you getting it right off the bat, such as a life ending illness when you're expected to only live less than a year, serious brain damage from a head injury, etc. Of course it's been quite awhile since I worked with them so my info may be somewhat outdated, but I did see quite a few get it on the first try even without those conditions I mentioned. Almost all of them got it by the second appeal with the ALJ, which in Texas usually takes 2-3 years.

I agree. In TX you can't get UE if you were fired or quit your job. You can if you were laid off. I do know of employers who have listed laid off rather than fired, just to prevent lawsuits.

Depends. That is the law, but many don't appeal it if you apply. And I believe there are, or at least were, some exemptions to getting fired and quitting that would qualify you for UE. Since the program I worked for was by law a payer of last resort, I had to know what other programs a person might qualify for, before I approved them for our program.

but the possibility of Cruz, Fiorina, Bush, Carson, Christie, Huckabee or Rubio being President is more frightening to me than the possibility of Trump being President.

ya had me til here.

OK - enough politics...
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Can't recall now what attachment that is unless it's the doggy one, but I loved it enough to quote it! hehehe if it's the doggy one I really loved it!!!

Love the BeeGees. Definitely one of my very favorite groups. I'm a nerd and love ABBA too.

I always loved and still love the bee gees. Got made fun of it a lot, but they really are amazing both vocally and instrumentally. Even got my son really began liking them when he really listened. Got him liking the Eagles and Jim Croce too.

As far as poly-ticks, I tend to lean to da right, but CAN lean a bit either way. BUT, I'm day-um tired of da only option being bending over!!!

Amen brother!!!!!!!!!

I got my cane in New Orleans at the market. It's from Africa. The top was carved from the horn of a Watusi cow. I was so excited it was only $18.
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Gorgeous!!!! That's the one you were telling me about.

...I do believe I'm depressed...and a tad touchy.....reason I have'nt been here or in the HO much... no big deal, but I CAN get ugly...... I know I know...me?!

I'm blaming it on the season...cold, gloomy, etc.

So sorry you aren't feeling up to snuff!! ((((((((Kay)))))))))))) love ya and have been missin ya sweetie!! Glad you had a great visit with family though!

i'm definitely in the danger zone

Really love this one too! Hugs are so wonderful!! ((((((((Dennis)))))))))) muah!!!

I was born yesterday. But you already knew that.

hehehehe

One for Paul Kantner ( RIP )

awwww hadn't heard about him. Thanks for the head's up. Love fleetwood mac also!

Can anyone shed some light on Flying with vape Gear? Homeland Security can be a real pain sometimes. That vape Convention looks like fun but wouldn't want to drive that far and wondered about flying

Others can feel free to chime in, but as far as I'm concerned, you're a porcher now, and I'd love to be able to get to know you better. I've never been to a vape convention, but most who I've heard describe their experience, their main reason for going is to meet up with friends. Some have new stuff out and you can try juices, some not so much, there are several here who can tell you how the Tampa one has been in the past since they've been to it at least once, some more.

Hey Mike was it Norovirus going around there. I know it's going around here. I've got something not sure what. Worst sore throat that I can remember, don't really feel good, no fever. My throat is the worst at night when I'm trying to sleep. Boy this appt for Hep C treatment was a real joke.

oh dang, sorry to hear that on both counts, hope you don't have the norovirus, maybe a humidifier when you sleep could help. hope you can get the Hep C treatment going soon.

Also, as I'm only a Vietnam ERA vet, each visit cost fifty dollars copay.

Wow...I had no idea that various "time frames of service" would carry different benefits when it comes to health care at the VA. There is no such thing as "ONLY" a viet nam era vet IMO. Y'all went through hell there and when you came home, and had no choice in whether you went or not. I have Mega respect for all our soldiers, but especially y'all and the "Greatest Generation" I really thought any co pay at the VA relied only on the level of service connection and % of disability.

I spent 21 years serving our country and then followed my wife while she completed her 20 years of service. I voted absentee for 21 years and know that those ballots were not counted in many of the elections. Since my retirement, I have not missed an election. As my mother was great at saying, "if you don't vote, you give up your *****ing rights"!
Now for something humorous for my friends, enjoy.
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That was hilarious!

Myrany, loved the article.

Uman........that camel cane is so kewl. Jup PB stinks as far as editing.

 

[Nermal]

Wow...I had no idea that various "time frames of service" would carry different benefits when it comes to health care at the VA. There is no such thing as "ONLY" a viet nam era vet IMO. Y'all went through hell there and when you came home, and had no choice in whether you went or not. .

I just have to clarify. Vietnam Era Veteran only means you were in the service for something like six consecutive months within a certain set of years. I was mostly in the SE United States for three years, followed by two years in Germany. When I got out in '67, I knew guys who were being sent back to Vietnam for the second time. They weren't happy.

For that period between the end of the Korean War and the start of Vietnam, VA doesn't consider them to be veterans at all. It's a weird system, and I've got no right to complain.

 

[umanbean]

BTW, I apologize for interrupting a much more serious conversation with photos of sticks. I really thought I'd have it by myself tonight, and been gone a good hour wrestling with another website.

And FYI (I've been encouraged to tell my story so everyone could get to know me):

I've never served in the military, but I am VERY thankful and grateful to everyone who has, you have my utmost respect. It is my considered opinion that veterans, and especially disabled vets, should be treated like ROYALTY. If the federal gov't bureaucracy as a whole wasn't so damn busy wasting money through ineptitude and bad policy and/or lining their own pockets as much as possible, there would be plenty of resources to devote to those who deserve it... Vets, physically disabled people, mentally ill people, and the Elderly and infirm.

Anybody of "sound mind and body" needs to get off their aff, get out and work hard... to support themselves, their families, and their communities.

I've never asked for nor directly received one dime from the federal gov't., as far as unemployment, disability, or welfare - I don't feel like I deserve it nor am I owed anything. I understand I get plenty from this country - like... well, everything from protection from enemy invasion to protection from a bad food chain, and much more.

I do not, however, need the government to protect me from myself.

[/soapbox]

Life is just a tire swing
-and-
I wish I had a pencil thin mustache
(sorry... Buffet is playing at the moment)

 

[Debadoo]

I just have to clarify. Vietnam Era Veteran only means you were in the service for something like six consecutive months within a certain set of years

Ok, thanks for clarifying. Still stinks a lil though. I understand combat vets getting more, but they couldn't do their jobs nearly as well if there weren't folks in rear detachment doing theirs.

BTW, I apologize for interrupting a much more serious conversation with photos of sticks.

far as I'm concerned, there is no such thing as interrupting. Sometimes it's needed when something gets heated, and not everyone is interested in the same conversation. I think all the varied topics that are brought up on the porches are one of the things that make it so interesting for kids of all ages, and keep it fresh! Amen to the rest of it!! Still wanna hear more of your story though. How'd ya meet yur wife, how long y'all been hitched, kids? etc. don't make me have to draw up a questionnaire!! lol

 

[bigbells]

Heck of a match going on right now in the Australian Open women's tennis final on ESPN.

 

[FranC]

 

[bigbells]

ya had me til here.

Don't scare me like that! If you'd still been with me after I trashed Huckabee (who I regard as cuckoo) I would have been really worried.

 

[3mg Meniere]

So sorry you're having a bad time physically, I have fibro also, and it does get worse, but it's also a constant thing with me 24/7.

clarifying: So far as I am concerned, I don't remember not having the symptoms. I thought I was lazy, uncoordinated, didn't try hard enough, hypochondriac, grouching at insignificant pains, prone to emotional problems, etc, etc. I think the ankle injury triggered it. Normal for me would be very abnormal for others. I guess those who develop fibro after some later-in-life injury have the right to have their own adjustment problems.

I call it relapse, because if I don't do the right things to prevent a relapse, it will. The analogy is with substance abuse. And that is a very appropriate analogy!!

 

[Ken_A]

Can anyone shed some light on Flying with Vape Gear? Homeland Security can be a real pain sometimes. That Vape Convention looks like fun but wouldn't want to drive that far and wondered about flying

The Convention in Tampa. I am just getting to know the folks on here and was not invited; so I wouldn't just take it upon myself to crash their Party. Just to be clear. I'm an outgoing individual so I look forward to going to the Convention and meeting new people with like interest ; as I also do with Car Shows & model trains conventions. I'm a people person.

yep. Just don't have any batteries in your checked baggage. if you put your mods all in a mod case of some sort (makeup bag with full zipper works), and all your eliquid bottles are labeled you should have no issues.
Except for finding those of us from the porch that will be there

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Can't recall now what attachment that is unless it's the doggy one, but I loved it enough to quote it! hehehe if it's the doggy one I really loved it!!!
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heh - a bar dog maybe... if his wife lets him out to bars...
but here is a reminder of what you quoted:

 

[Ken_A]

... I found out taking a good, interesting picture of a 50" long stick isn't easy, but here's a snap of my favorite walking stick:

And here's a fuzzy cellphone pic I shot last Sat. afternoon of a friends cane- 'course I was pretty fuzzy at the time too.

Looks like a camel, and it wasn't carved that way - he pulled it up from the edge of his yard...

I have GOT to find a better photo hosting website... been struggling with Photobucket for the last 45 minutes just trying to resize and darken these photos, and they still don't look worth a crap... they ought to call it PhotoSUCKet. They don't even have a Contact Us or Feedback link... if they did, I would have given them an earful I gar-on-tee.

the G.I.M.P. is your friend here. I always do my photo editing in that, then upload. these are Photobucket, so feel free to copy them to your account.

 

[bigbells]

This was filmed by ABC in the town where I grew up, went to school, and where my Dad lived for 55 years and worked for 60 years:

 

[umanbean]

Still wanna hear more of your story though. How'd ya meet yur wife, how long y'all been hitched, kids? etc. don't make me have to draw up a questionnaire!! lol

Well.... since ya asked so nicely... get out your

This year, we'll have been married 25 years! Two kids - son 20, daughter 18.

And here’s how the second half (the best half) of my life started, long but still the Cliff’s Notes version:

At 33 years old, I was a never-married, confirmed bachelor – and determined to stay that way.
H*ll, I was having too much fun!... footloose and fancy-free as it were.

On a glorious Friday morn in early spring of '88, I was on my motorcycle cruising the back-way to Atlanta to spend the weekend with a former college girlfriend, who was the manager of a very “in” restaurant in Buckhead.

I stopped in a small town to whiz and stretch my legs, and thus fate took full control at that point.

Sitting in the shade of a huge oak tree having a smoke, I noticed a pay-phone booth about the time I realized I was in the hometown of a former college buddy. I looked up his number, called him, and he insisted I come by his shop for a talk. He had retired early from a career as a cropduster pilot (he says Ag Pilot), and now owned a small-engine repair shop.

As we sat there reminiscing, his phone rang. He answered and talked for a few minutes. When he hung up, he looked at me with a big grin and said:

“Geno, you want a job?”
“Doing what?”
“Two things you love most – flying and photography.”

I ‘bout fell off my stool!!!

“H*ll yeah!... where do I sign up?!”

I went and applied, got the job on the spot, jumped on my scoot, and went on to Atlanta.

Came back on Monday, rented a small trailer-house deep in the woods, far outside of town… and proceeded to have the best summer of my life.

We flew all over west GA – practically the whole side of the state west of I-75, from the north at the GA/Tennessee line and south to ~Albany doing aerial photography jobs. Lake Allatoona is breathtaking at 3000'. At the time, I had a valid student pilot license, and the commercial pilot who owned the Cessna 172 started letting me pilot the plane once we were off the ground. Before long, I was topping off the tanks at daybreak, pre-flight checking the plane, taking off and landing, and having a ball! All of our photo shooting was between 3-5000’ - but some days, headed home after we’d finished for the day, we’d climb out to about 7000’ and cut up “just a bit”. I went in knowing a 172 would do a power-on stall and some other lazy stuff, but I never would have thought one would do hammer-head stalls, barrel rolls, chandelles and such!!! Wow! What a blast we had that summer! We never did anything that either we or the airplane couldn’t handle though - no loops, snap rolls, Immelmann’s or Cuban 8’s!… mostly just low-G stuff – we didn’t want to rip the wings off the thing!

It was a summer job and at the end of the season I rented a building in town and started a small computer business, through which I met my future wife. She called me one morning in tears. It was the days of DOS, little green-screen monitors, 10mb hard drives, Wordstar, and Lotus 1-2-3. She had developed a spreadsheet to track chemical use in the canvas dying plant where she worked. The day before the fateful phone call, she had used the File Viewing function of Wordstar to do a little housekeeping – deleting files on her hard drive to clear up some space. Well, she had inadvertently deleted command.com and config.sys – two files necessary for the computer to boot – and the next morning it wouldn’t! She thought all her hard work in those files, critical to the plant running smoothly, were gone for good! I went out and booted the computer with a 5 ¼” floppy, copied the two files to her hard drive, edited config.sys a bit, and all was well again.

Being that she is a pretty redhead (two of my most desirable traits in a woman), we ended up dating a couple of years, got married, bought a house and she gave me two fine kids (ok, I helped a little, but my part was the fun part)... and I’ve been here ever since!

Considering I’m so damn proud of my kids I could bust, I’m considering bragging on them some, and maybe even posting a pic or two… later.

Y'all keep 'em straight out thar....

 

[3mg Meniere]

Those are cool. Once I get the dishes washed, I am going to take a walk with the medical one. Hopefully the guy at the resale shop will have the nice one later today. I may even take a picture of it. If you need one, no reason to not have one that looks nice.

 

[MikeE3]

Can anyone shed some light on Flying with Vape Gear? Homeland Security can be a real pain sometimes. That Vape Convention looks like fun but wouldn't want to drive that far and wondered about flying

You can't pack any lithium batts or PV's in you checked luggage. We've flown often w/ a bunch a PV's and many lithium batts in our carry on luggage w/o any problems. We take the max amount of liquid (ejuice) in our carry on too. And if going for an extended time more juice packed in or checked luggage.

Be prepared for the potential of juice leakage from you toppers because of the pressure changes. I'm still perplexed over this as a couple times when I 'left' I had tank that were filled. When we landed the tanks were less than 1/2 filled but there was no mess of leaked juice. Don't know where it went.

 

[3mg Meniere]

Well.... since ya asked so nicely... get out your .

It is nice to get to know something about you.

 

[yiddleboge6]

Well.... since ya asked so nicely... get out your

This year, we'll have been married 25 years! Two kids - son 20, daughter 18.

And here’s how the second half (the best half) of my life started, long but still the Cliff’s Notes version:

At 33 years old, I was a never-married, confirmed bachelor – and determined to stay that way.
H*ll, I was having too much fun!... footloose and fancy-free as it were.

On a glorious Friday morn in early spring of '88, I was on my motorcycle cruising the back-way to Atlanta to spend the weekend with a former college girlfriend, who was the manager of a very “in” restaurant in Buckhead.

I stopped in a small town to whiz and stretch my legs, and thus fate took full control at that point.

Sitting in the shade of a huge oak tree having a smoke, I noticed a pay-phone booth about the time I realized I was in the hometown of a former college buddy. I looked up his number, called him, and he insisted I come by his shop for a talk. He had retired early from a career as a cropduster pilot (he says Ag Pilot), and now owned a small-engine repair shop.

As we sat there reminiscing, his phone rang. He answered and talked for a few minutes. When he hung up, he looked at me with a big grin and said:

“Geno, you want a job?”
“Doing what?”
“Two things you love most – flying and photography.”

I ‘bout fell off my stool!!!

“H*ll yeah!... where do I sign up?!”

I went and applied, got the job on the spot, jumped on my scoot, and went on to Atlanta.

Came back on Monday, rented a small trailer-house deep in the woods, far outside of town… and proceeded to have the best summer of my life.

We flew all over west GA – practically the whole side of the state west of I-75, from the north at the GA/Tennessee line and south to ~Albany doing aerial photography jobs. Lake Allatoona is breathtaking at 3000'. At the time, I had a valid student pilot license, and the commercial pilot who owned the Cessna 172 started letting me pilot the plane once we were off the ground. Before long, I was topping off the tanks at daybreak, pre-flight checking the plane, taking off and landing, and having a ball! All of our photo shooting was between 3-5000’ - but some days, headed home after we’d finished for the day, we’d climb out to about 7000’ and cut up “just a bit”. I went in knowing a 172 would do a power-on stall and some other lazy stuff, but I never would have thought one would do hammer-head stalls, barrel rolls, chandelles and such!!! Wow! What a blast we had that summer! We never did anything that either we or the airplane couldn’t handle though - no loops, snap rolls, Immelmann’s or Cuban 8’s!… mostly just low-G stuff – we didn’t want to rip the wings off the thing!

It was a summer job and at the end of the season I rented a building in town and started a small computer business, through which I met my future wife. She called me one morning in tears. It was the days of DOS, little green-screen monitors, 10mb hard drives, Wordstar, and Lotus 1-2-3. She had developed a spreadsheet to track chemical use in the canvas dying plant where she worked. The day before the fateful phone call, she had used the File Viewing function of Wordstar to do a little housekeeping – deleting files on her hard drive to clear up some space. Well, she had inadvertently deleted command.com and config.sys – two files necessary for the computer to boot – and the next morning it wouldn’t! She thought all her hard work in those files, critical to the plant running smoothly, were gone for good! I went out and booted the computer with a 5 ¼” floppy, copied the two files to her hard drive, edited config.sys a bit, and all was well again.

Being that she is a pretty redhead (two of my most desirable traits in a woman), we ended up dating a couple of years, got married, bought a house and she gave me two fine kids (ok, I helped a little, but my part was the fun part)... and I’ve been here ever since!

Considering I’m so damn proud of my kids I could bust, I’m considering bragging on them some, and maybe even posting a pic or two… later.

Y'all keep 'em straight out thar....

Thank you !!! Now that's the kind of thing I've been trying to get folks to tell us.....

 

[MikeE3]

Considering I’m so damn proud of my kids I could bust, I’m considering bragging on them some, and maybe even posting a pic or two… later.

Yes, please do we always like to see RL pictures posted .

 

[Kenna]

Well yeah. I went to the Albuquerque VA hospital and tested for hearing aids. Left ear - easy. Right ear was so much worse they required a visit with the ENT doc. Before he would see me, they required an MRI. Before the MRI, they decided I needed blood work. Each of these events had to be on a separate day. Now, keep in mind the hospital is 200 miles and about a four hour drive from home. Also, as I'm only a Vietnam ERA vet, each visit cost fifty dollars copay. Also, once everything was approved, they couldn't schedule an appointment for fitting/programming for another two months. I've got the feeling if I totaled driving costs into the equation, I could have stayed home and saved money. Of course, I would have missed out on the MRI.

I don't even want to talk about the dork that does minor hearing aid repairs.

On the other hand, I love my VA doc at the local clinic. Same for her nurse.

Nermal, there is no room for the word "only" regarding any Veteran's service in my eyes. Thank you, Dear, for serving!

 

[umanbean]

Those are cool. Once I get the dishes washed, I am going to take a walk with the medical one. Hopefully the guy at the resale shop will have the nice one later today. I may even take a picture of it. If you need one, no reason to not have one that looks nice.

It is nice to get to know something about you.

Thank You 3mg! I hope you get your cane today... and Happy Belated Birthday!

Thank you !!! Now that's the kind of thing I've been trying to get folks to tell us.....

Well, you started it! ... and Debadoo egged me on!

Yes, please do we always like to see RL pictures posted .

I probably will Mike, but I've never been comfortable posting pics of "me or my people" on the internet... seems I'm loosening up just a bit these days. That pic of me in the hat a couple of days ago is - literally - the first recognizable pic I've ever posted of myself.

 

[Kenna]

Listening to the music on my phone, this just popped up from Earl Klugh's 'Soda Fountain Shuffle' album... found it on uboob and thought y'all might like some easy listening, in fact the whole album is good:



I found out taking a good, interesting picture of a 50" long stick isn't easy, but here's a snap of my favorite walking stick:

And here's a fuzzy cellphone pic I shot last Sat. afternoon of a friends cane- 'course I was pretty fuzzy at the time too.

Looks like a camel, and it wasn't carved that way - he pulled it up from the edge of his yard...

I have GOT to find a better photo hosting website... been struggling with Photobucket for the last 45 minutes just trying to resize and darken these photos, and they still don't look worth a crap... they ought to call it PhotoSUCKet. They don't even have a Contact Us or Feedback link... if they did, I would have given them an earful I gar-on-tee.

That long one is a great hiking stick! And the camel is very cool. It's amazing what you can find in nature just by keeping your eyes open, being observant, & having an open visual prospective.