Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Five

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bigbells

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I had a dream last night that I remember, so I'm going to tell y'all about it. Why? Because I remember it, no other reason. There are no deep hidden meanings to the dream although there are obvious ones.

I was back at work, delivering mail. I was delivering a route with which I was unfamiliar, something that always made things significantly more time-consuming and difficult.

On the plus side, at least it was a walking route and the weather was pleasant. I did not care for mounted routes, except when the weather was horrible.

After delivering to a house, I looked at the address on the next pieces of sequentially-sorted mail as I walked across the lawn toward the next house. The house had no visible house number, but it made sense that the address would be the same as the address on the mail that I was delivering to it. I walked up some steps onto the porch, lifted the wooden lid on the porch mailbox and dropped the letters in. That's when ominous buzzing of multiple wasps or bees or hornets emanated from inside the box. I dropped the lid and walked with haste off the porch.

When I got to the next house, the number on the house matched the address of the mail I'd just delivered to the mailbox with the stinging creatures in it. I reached into my pocket, pulled out my cell phone and called the Post Office. The young woman who answered was a mail-carrier-turned-supervisor to whom I always felt attracted. I told her where the house was located to which I had just misdelivered mail and said that she should send somebody out with a can of wasp/hornet spray to retrieve the mail and deliver it to the proper address.

Then, I woke up and went to fly my quad copter.

My wife they used that stuff that Michael Jackson died on and no prob.
That's propofol. Personally, I can't understand how Michael Jackson found it appealing. Gimme versed, the good stuff! I suspect that my plea will go unheeded and that it will be propofol I get from here on out for my procedures once every 3-5 years. With versed, I enjoy the procedure. With propofol, I'm unaware of it. (As I said yesterday... just reiterating since this post finally showed up in my multi-quote.)

Dental Story :: When I spent my year in Vietnam, I had two Wisdom Teeth on the bottom "row" that started to come in wrong, apparently, my jaw was unable to accommodate or some such, anyhow .. it was painful as Hell ..

At any rate, the fine folks at the Army Dental Corps were kind enough to provide extraction services .. I believe they were based on methods used in the Civil War days, when Barbers doubled as Dentists .. ;) .. first problem was inadequate use of Novocaine, or at least injecting the wrong area .. being a lowly enlisted man, and essentially still a kid, who was I to stop the Officer and object .. ?? So, as I sat, body rigid from pain, he was unable to get enough leverage for some reason, and practically put a knee on my chest as he finally craaaaaked one loose and got it out
I had a dentist put his knee on my chest to remove a tooth because he was having to pull so hard that he was lifting me out of the chair. I'd be in sad shape if I had dentistry phobia considering the number of hours weeks I've spent in a dentist's chair in my life.
 
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Don't read the following if you have even a normal, rational fear of dentistry. If you are phobic about dentistry you'll really be sorry if you read it. If you're a fan of gruesome, read on.

The sound and sight when a tooth that the dentist is trying to pull cracks into pieces in the grip of the pliers and the dentist goes flying a couple of steps backwards with only part of the extraction done, and he/she has to go mining for the rest of the tooth. That's happened to me several times.
 

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This ... helps if'n your aim ain't so good. :rolleyes:

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edit: It's available in larger calibers too. :D

In .22 cal, you'd have to get close 'nuff ya could use a baseball bat.


This is a Rat
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flyby. . .


...he seems quite happy to have me around.

And who wouldn't be! Well, I guess there is one someone...

Soooo glad ya dropped in and that you're in higher spirits! Now, just drop in more often and keep all of us happy...
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There is legislation pending that would ban ecigs from carryon luggage.

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There is a repeat of the show this Sunday at 1 PM Eastern on DirecTV channel 101. I have my dvr set to record it.


I have always had a very severe dentist phobia. My wife thought I was being a bit melodramatic when I talked about my phobia. That is until we were all together at a reunion at my mom's farm. She discovered that both of my sisters have a worse phobia than mine. The stories they shared were right in line with my own. They were not good stories.
Happy Vapeaversary, Matt. 4 years is a wonderful achievement. Keep it up.:bday:
Dude, every time I read a post of your I say to myself "Self, this is a man you could be friends with." Would love to have an opportunity to hang out with you some time. Be nice to share lies and war stories. :thumb:
 

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Don't read the following if you have even a normal, rational fear of dentistry. If you are phobic about dentistry you'll really be sorry if you read it. If you're a fan of gruesome, read on.

The sound and sight when a tooth that the dentist is trying to pull cracks into pieces in the grip of the pliers and the dentist goes flying a couple of steps backwards with only part of the extraction done, and he/she has to go mining for the rest of the tooth. That's happened to me several times.
Me too. I've had him straddle my chest with knees on the armrests. Sucketh badly! I always tell em that if I hurt, then he will. In that position I am absolutely sure he didn't want to hurt me. I've known the dentist I use now for over 25 years. Used to party with him in our wilder days. Didn't start going to him till about 7 years ago.
 
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I love that final wave! I so look forward to it each time!

So do I! TBH, sumtimes I'll FF to da end just to catch da BB wave...

I see you remembered to add one to grow on. Always thinking.

Ya give me waay too much credit. Actually, I did a couple of 'copy'&paste' and fergot to edit da xtra one. Thinking is far diff from dinking!
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I just ran across this video of a dogdancing competition, I had no idea this was an actual formal organized thing. Kinda cool.


Actually, I found it captivating and entertaining. Thanx...
 
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Not sure that I haven't posted that before. Ran by it on Facebook and laughed so here it is, possibly again. Now to something completely unrelated.

Anyone know much about flourecent light fixtures. I've got one in my bedroom closet that comes on using a motion detector. We were always leaving it on and having to get up after turning the lights out to turn it off. Anyhow, it's stopped working. At first it flickered for a little bit then came on. Now it just flashes once and goes off. It's two circular tubes and a ballot. Tubes or ballast that's bad. Opinions welcome. Thanks.
 
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Anyone know much about flourecent light fixtures. I've got one in my bedroom closet that comes on using a motion detector. We were always leaving it on and having to get up after turning the lights out to turn it off. Anyhow, it's stopped working. At first it flickered for a little bit then came on. Now it just flashes once and goes off. It's two circular tubes and a ballot. Tubes or ballast that's bad. Opinions welcome. Thanks.

I recently had to replace a circular fluorescent bulb and couldn't find the right size replacement. I ended up using a compact fluorescent bulb, which simply screwed in with no ballast. It worked. I don't know if this workaround would work for your situation, or not.
 

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Dude, every time I read a post of your I say to myself "Self, this is a man you could be friends with." Would love to have an opportunity to hang out with you some time. Be nice to share lies and war stories. :thumb:
As the ol' saying goes, there is a difference between Fairy Tales and Sea Stories. Fairy Tales start off, "Once upon a time". Sea Stories start off, "Y'all ain't going to believe this ****!"
It would be nice to get together and swap stories.

It's Saturday night at the races. Sprint Cup at Texas Motor Speedway. You all know where l'll be. On my buttox in front of the tube! :lol::thumbs:
Yeap, sitting here with my trail mix and ice water waiting on the start. I hope someone other than Kyle Bush wins tonight.
Darn, delay drying the track. Oh, well.
 

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As the ol' saying goes, there is a difference between Fairy Tales and Sea Stories. Fairy Tales start off, "Once upon a time". Sea Stories start off, "Y'all ain't going to believe this ****!"
It would be nice to get together and swap stories.


Yeap, sitting here with my trail mix and ice water waiting on the start. I hope someone other than Kyle Bush wins tonight.
Darn, delay drying the track. Oh, well.
Watching the Untold Stories Daytona thing. It would probably be better if I hadn't already seen it twice! :lol:
Got the exact same stuff to eat and drink. Chex mix and aqua freo. :)
 
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