Calamity Kris

First one I received as a gift, Bobby Sherman {10 years old}. First one I purchased, Stevie Wonder "Songs In The Key Of Life" {17 years old}. First marriage in a custom van with an 8 track player, Styx "Grand Illusion", Fleetwood Mac "Rumours", Billy Joel "52nd Street", {19 years old}. When I received my first paycheck and started seriously collecting, Yes, "Close To The Edge", Eagles "Hotel California", London Symphony "Beethoven's 6th". {26 years old}. As you can see, I'm all over the map. I'm a classically trained violinist that likes rock and roll.

We have lots of horses out here and things like fireworks are strictly forbidden because it spooks the horses. We had a neighbors horse severely injure itself trying to get out of it's stall one 4th of July because someone came into the neighborhood to set off fireworks that were forbidden in their town. Several neighbors showed up and "detained" them while they waited for the sheriff.

Thank you!! I shoved a box under my desk and it works for a spell. Did you replace the wheels on your scooter with pneumatic ones? If so, which ones did you get? I can find replacement wheels but I want to make sure the axle spindle is the correct size. I am not able to take the scooter into the sewing room because of space issues. I'm going to ask Uno to move the small machine out to the coffee table for me so I can start doing some things out there. We'll see how that goes. Thank you again.

Absolute truth here!!!!!👆

Looks interesting. My concern would be at losing a turbine at anything above 30 feet up. The consequences could be pretty dire.

Well, I made it. Thanks for all the well wishes. The "two hour" surgery turned into 5. I had a couple of nasty falls since then and they had to check me out and re-bandage me. {Uno is still getting used to having to help me do things like stand up.} Blackwater, you are a saint and absolutely correct. As long as I am able to elevate and ice, the pain is tolerable. I'm trying to stay away from the heavy duty stuff they gave me because I don't like putting narcotics in my system. It's difficult to sit at my desk because I don't have a place to elevate my foot. I will pop in when I can.. Thanks again for all the love and support.

I wore this to wor# on Friday.

Thanks for the advice!! I appreciate it. I bought a Drive knee scooter from Amazon open box. Nothing wrong with the scooter. The box itself was damaged. Saved some $$ that way. I'm in the process of sewing a cover for a pillow I have that perfectly fits over the pads. Since the scooter is asphalt colored, I'm going to put some reflective stripes on it, just in case....... I'll post pictures when I'm done. {Thinking ahead for when I return to wor#. I arrive in the dark every day and will have to navigate from the parking lot to the building. I want to make sure I'm visible. {Yes I have a state temporary handicapped parking pass. Unfortunately, most if not all of the "close" handicapped spots are taken by 4:30 am!!!!} Surgery is first thing Monday morning.

Thank you all very much. I really appreciate it. I have a really nasty bunion, as well as some arthritis causing fun things like toes overlapping each other causing difficulty wearing shoes, a tailor's cyst, to name a few. They are going in and scraping as much arthritis off the big toe as possible, then putting a plate in the ball of my foot, pins and screws to align the toes, plate on top to hold it all together. At least I will be out of the asylum for 8 weeks. Thank you again for all the kind words and prayers. I appreciate it.

I need to take a step back from some things, like the Saloon. My job is becoming quite insane. Trust me when I tell you worse than you could ever imagine. {Threatening seasoned and excellent employees with termination if they don't leave the department. Promoting horrible incompetence. Shielding a husband and wife pair, one of whom is a manager in the department..... The list goes on. I can not wait for November 1 next year.} I have a bit of commission sewing work I need to finish. I'm also having some rather invasive surgery on one foot in the very near future. I may lurk around occasionally but won't be posting much. Take good care and I'll catch back up when my time frees up.

You may want to look into a small mom & pop butcher shop. I usually don't eat breakfast sausages because the grease irritates my GERD like crazy. The ones I buy at our local butcher shop are wonderful. They aren't much more expensive than the ones you purchase from the regular grocery store but the quality is much superior.

Congrats!!! Wishing you many more.

Yea but here in Florida, a basement would be considered an indoor pool. We don't normally do basements here.............

Here's a new license plate in Florida. I just put one on my car. Here's info about the organization. https://www.k9sunited.org/

The orthopedist that performed the arthroscopic surgery on my right knee was Dr. Money. No kidding.

I need to make a t-shirt of that...........

Sounds like fun. Please regale us with your adventures.

Thank you for all the info, SDJ. Thank you all for the different perspectives. Truly enriching.

@Subdeacon Joe This looks fascinating to me. Can you please explain this to me. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIoBY7Vs3oI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Or this.

Stolen from IG. "A good friend of mine unexpectedly lost his wife. A couple of months later, we were golfing together, chatting about nothing. He asked what my dinner plans were and I told him wifey wanted my homemade chili and cornbread, but I didn’t feel like stopping at the store. We golfed a few more minutes when he quietly said, “Make the chili." It took me a few minutes to realize we were no longer talking about dinner. It was about going out of your way to do something for someone you love because at any moment, they could be unexpectedly taken from you. So today I’m sharing with you that wisdom handed to me by my dear friend, that I’ve thought of many times since that day. Next time someone you love wants you to go for a walk, or watch a football game or play a board game or just put your phone down and give them your undivided attention, just do it. “Make the chili."

Outstanding!! Thank you so much for sharing, Joe.

Are you looking for something like this? https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/18214?page=original-field-coat-cotton-lined&bc=516567-593&feat=593-GN0&csp=f&attrValue_0=1378&pos=9 Or something more like this?

In my experience, if you click on the "X" in the pop-up log-in window to close it, you will be able to view the video.. YMMV

When I applied for my last security clearance. I had to bring in folder full of paperwork. Birth certificate, first marriage license, divorce decree, second marriage license, drivers license and SS card. {When I divorced my first husband, I couldn't afford to change my name back to my maiden name. That meant my second marriage license had my former married name on it, not my birth name. I had to show the "paper trail".} I will have to show that paper trail again when I apply for a new passport. I agree with C.J. It's just fear mongering to try to sway the people.