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I was born March 27, 1953

Submitted by fire with fire on Thu, 03/27/2025 - 10:38am

This decade has seen me:

retire as of August 31, 2021 rather than get vaccinated;

have a stroke on July 26, 2022 which had me walking headlong into solid objects like a floor fan;

spend the month of August, 2022 in modern American health care facilities which had me "diagnosed" with Covid while never showing the slightest hint of any symptom;

having a ruptured retina in my left eyeball on December 31, 2023 which required surgery to drain blood from it;

Open Thread - Thurs 27 March 2025 - King of Pain

Submitted by Sima on Thu, 03/27/2025 - 5:00am

King of Pain

A few days ago I was listening to the 'radio', or, Pandora, actually. Pandora had created a playlist of early 1980's songs for me and I was jamming and having a blast. Nikko and I were dancing, yes, he dances. Then a Police/Sting song came on: 'King of Pain'. I'd not heard it in a long, long time.

The Police, King of Pain

Puttin' along

Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 03/25/2025 - 10:04am

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Here comes our heat wave. Supposed to hit 80F today.
For today only though.
Spring is here.
Snowpack in the local Cascades is 100% or better and the skiers are delighted. Should make for a great summer for boating and swimming and other such watersports. Fishing and farming too!

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