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OLD RUSTY BUCKET - OLDRUSTYBUCKET1's Blog - Victoria Advocate http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1 Same as before: outdoors, inspirational, irritations,humor, happy, sad, jokes, poems, whatever you readers would like comments on (just be prepared for any answer--will try to keep it family friendly), remember when?, back when I was (you were) a kid/teen/young adult, old poot, etc. Wade in with whatever you like. This blog is for YOU FOLKS, it'll be what YOU make it. Same as before: outdoors, inspirational, irritations,humor, happy, sad, jokes, poems, whatever you readers would like comments on (just be prepared for any answer--will try to keep it family friendly), remember when?, back when I was (you were) a kid/teen/young adult, old poot, etc. Wade in with whatever you like. This blog is for YOU FOLKS, it'll be what YOU make it. en-us MAKE SURE YOUR NUTS ARE TIGHT. http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8711 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8711 <p><strong><font size="3">"What the........?" was my first thought when my four wheel drive, Rusty powered, walker folded up with me. One of the front wheel housings had become unscrewed far enough for the last few threads to strip out of rhe aluminum chair leg. Robert from the Praxair shop in Victoria asked, "Do you need the walker tonight?" "No, not tonight. Can you bring me one tomorrow? I believe I can straighten out the threads so this'n'll go back together." " Call us if you can't get it fixed."<br /> </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">It took a pair of needle-nosed pliars to tighten the loosening nut on the other front leg. One friend discovered a loose nut on a wheel after hearing my story. Maybe you should check the nuts on all your mobility aids.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">So far, nobody's believed that the vibration from travelin' at super sonic speeds was the cause of my wheel to fall off.</font></strong></p> WHERE'VE ALL THE HUMMERS GONE? http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8657 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8657 <strong><font size="3">Did this pending storm have anything to do with all the hummingbirds disappearing the past two days? Have your birds baled out too?</font></strong> "BRISTOL PALIN PREGNANT" SO???? http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8653 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8653 <p><strong><font size="3">So many self righteous people are hollerin' all kinds of trash about Sarah Palin because her 17 y.o. daughter is pregnant (some even say "again?"). Personally, Rusty thinks it's nothing that the press has any business messin' with.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">Regardless of whether this child, and maybe Trig was her's too, is a "love child", at least it will be given the chance to live and be loved. </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">How many "accidental" grandkids are the joy of their grandparents?</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">Some are calling for Sarah Palin to drop out of the race in this situation "because she lied" about the other baby being her own. </font></strong><strong><font size="3">I'd say that's more noble than not trying to protect her daughter.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">How many self-righteous so-called Christians would just pitch Bristol and the baby(s) out in the snow for the wolves?</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">What's your take on this?</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3"></font></strong></p> HELP ME BUILD http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8627 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8627 <p><strong><font size="4"><font size="3">What images come to mind when you read the description, A TALL </font><u><font size="3">BREADED MAN</font>? </u> </font><font size="3">It might be fun to try to build us one, your input is needed. Here're a few thoughts for our first man. </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">Maybe we need to make his trunk from a big loaf of French bread. A generous slathering of  butter'll give him a yellow coat. Those sticks of garlic bread from The Olive Garden can be his legs.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="3">Now, what do you want to use for the other parts of him? We'll try to add your comments as you post them. Come on, don't be bashful.</font></strong></p> <strong><font size="3"> <div class="bloggreytext">posted by <a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/User/SugarMagnolia"><font color="#495169">SugarMagnolia</font></a> on Aug 31, 2008 at 07:33 PM <a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/MyComments/Delete65989/blogpost"><font color="#495169"><Delete></font></a> </div> <div class="bako_blogcomment"><a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/User/SugarMagnolia"><img class="commenter" height="83" src="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/file/picture/32669/0/0/" width="80" alt="" /><font color="#495169"> </font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">How about croissants for arms and croutons for eyes? A honeybun for the head, and maybe half a cinnamon roll on each side for ears (OR we could make the tall breaded man a SHE and those cinnamon rolls become a Princess Leia-inspired hairdo!). Your turn, Rusty....what else?</font> </div> <div class="bako_blogcomment">Rusty: Thanks Shug, I wonder who we can get to either draw this dude or maybe do some cool pasting? Another thought, If we were to make a "breaded" man what would we roll</div> <div class="bako_blogcomment">'im in before we fry'im?</div> <div class="bako_blogcomment"></div> </font></strong> 2-1-1 EVACUATION REGISTRATION CLOSES @ LANDFALL MINUS 72 HOURS http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8626 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8626 <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Emergency Evacuation Assistance Program is for special needs people living at home and need help with evacuation. These folks are considered as SPECIAL NEEDS CITIZENS in Jackson County:</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>*Anyone who can’t drive and can’t arrange for transportation<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span>*Those without dependable </font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">      </span>transportation and no safe destination</font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">SPECIAL MEDICAL NEEDS CITIZENS are listed as those with a disability or special health care needs and need help getting out of the county. (residents of assisted living facilities or nursing homes don’t qualify).</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Hurricane evacuation centers will only be available as a <strong><u>last resort</u> </strong>for people who have <strong><u>no other place to</u></strong><u> <strong>go.</strong></u> These shelters ARE NOT resorts and don’t provide special medical care services. Anyone needing more will have to find facilities suitable for their needs. Continuous electricity can’t be guaranteed. </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Pets are only allowed if they’ll fit in a carrier that their owners <strong><u>can lift and carry</u></strong>. They must have their own supply of food and water to last during the entire evacuation time. All pets will accompany their owners during transportation. Once at the destination city, they’ll stay in the county animal shelter. When weather and transportation permits, owners will have trips to visit their pets. Documents need to prove their shots are all <strong><u>up to date.</u></strong></font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">DON’T WAIT until the very last minute to call 211 to register for an emergency evacuation ride. The system will shut down registrations 72 hours prior to a predicted hurricane landfall. Your county Emergency Management Officer needs your data in order to reserve you a ride.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">People who register in time will have first priority when boarding the buses. With the economy like it is officials can’t afford to GUESS how many will need rides. </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Another thing, anyone planning to follow the buses or expect to get into facilities bus passengers are quartered in will be turned away. Unregistered Golden Crescent evacuees will just have to go to shelters in Austin and hope there’s room for them. Jackson County residents can call 361-782-5271 to register within the 72-hour time window but DON’T WAIT TOO LONG. </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u>SHELTER PACKING LIST</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">      </span>Two week supply of daily prescriptions, Oxygen, Eye glasses, Hearing aids, Wheelchairs, Walkers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Personal<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>picture ID, Insurance<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>policies (medical & home), Legal papers. Family phone numbers (at least one “out of town” if possible).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Copies of prescriptions. Doctors’ names<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>and phone numbers. Tooth brushes and paste, Soap, Towel, Deodorant, Feminine products (and those for old men too), Razors, Shaving cream, etc.</font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Blankets, Sleeping bags, Favorite pillows, Stuffed animal for the kids, Comfortable clothing for five days (don’t forget the undies).</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Any special diet foods you need. Bring only non-perishable food and a can opener. Snacks for kids.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Books, Magazines, Cards, Board games, Crayons and coloring books. EXTRA batteries for your electronics.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Flashlights (those windup one are handy); Radio/CD player with ear phones, Windup weather radio or TV, BATTERIES.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Diapers, Formula, Baby food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Due to limited space on the buses all suitcases and personal items must fit under your seat or be held in your lap for the duration of the trip.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALLOWED ON BUSES OR AT SHELTERS. NO SMOKING ON BUSES OR AT SHELTERS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>DISORDERLY CONDUCT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED ON BUSES OR AT SHELTERS</font></p> THE "FINE WINE" CONNISSUER http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8516 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8516 <p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Aprill's blog about wines reminded me of  one of my old roommates named Quaid. To find the little backwoods town he called home you'd need a state issued Oklahoma road map to do so. Not a real fashion plate in the clothing department, he'd talk in a deep voice trying to sound like the actor Jimmy Stewart. </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When we shared a room in a nearby boarding house he had a 5"x7" copy of his high school senior class picture on his desk. One night his photo mysteriously was "violated" by adding a goatee and a mustache with a black grease pencil. You should've heard the ruckus when he saw it.  Finally, to prevent him from going into cardiac arrest, and maybe committing a double homicide, we took the photo out of the frame, removed the Saran Wrap, and put it all back together again. VIOLA the picture was as good as new.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For the sake of our eyes an  noses, on another night his bedclothes were hung out the second story window to "freshen up a bit." He thought that was just terrible (so was the smell).</span></strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">He'd eat or drink anything, without asking, he found in our house. Ozzie had this crazy chick who hung, and laid, around the place.  One night she hopped up on our kitchen table. Ozzie said, "Off the table Mable, the quarter's for the beer."  <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dizzy Donna handed me a $20 bill and asked me and my buddy Connie (he was the only one with a car) to go to the local bottle shop and grocery store for her, "Get me a 5th of Mogen David wine, a half pint of Old Rockin' Chair (cheap) whiskey and get yourselves whatever you want. Then stop at the grocery store and get me one of those plastic "Real Lemons"."  "How much change do you want back?" "Bring me a dollar."    Being the <u>cool</u> individuals we were, we bought a quart of prune juice too. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Back at "The Palace" (what else would you call a run down old boarding house just off campus) Dizzy Donna filled a Mrs. Garrett's Snuff glass about 3/4 full of wine and squirted the contents of that whole Real Lemon into the glass. Then she proceeded to drink about a third of it and left the rest on the table. Heck no, we didn't taste it for fear of getting all kinds of nasty diseases(they weren't called STDs way back then). <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When Ozzie and Dizzy Donna left the room Connie dug out the prune juice and it was used to fill the wine bottle. After shakin' it up good we set it up in the cabinet and shut the door.  For the next couple days it was obvious who'd finished off that whole bottle of "fine" wine.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> A GREAT DOG STORY http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8393 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8393 GARON SENT THIS: <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="navy"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><br /> <strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></strong> FW: A great dog story EVERYONE SHOULD OWN A DOG!</span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div align="center" style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> <hr width="100%" size="2" align="center" /> </span></font></div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">  </span></font><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div> <blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color blue; border-width: medium medium medium 1.5pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 3.75pt;"> <div> <div> <div style="margin-bottom: 5pt;"> <div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="MsoNormalTable"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding: 0in;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><img width="630" height="630" src="http://mail.ykc.com/webmail/Download.aspx?fid=0&MsgID=490400715&ID=231864" id="EC_MA1.1217421893" alt="" /></span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">Anyone who has pets will really like this. </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">You'll like it even if you don't, and you may </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">even decide you need one!</span></font></strong><strong><font face="Arial" color="blue"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: blue; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></font><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> Mary and her husband Jim had a dog </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">named 'Lucky.' Lucky was a real character. </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">Whenever Mary and Jim had company come </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">for a weekend visit they would warn their </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">friends to not leave their luggage open </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">because Lucky would help himself to</span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"> whatever struck his fancy. </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">Inevitably, someone would forget and </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">something would come up missing.</span></font></strong><strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></font><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> Mary or Jim would go to Lucky's toy box in </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">the basement and there the treasure would </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">be, amid all of Lucky's other favorite toys. </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></font><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">Lucky always stashed his finds in his toy </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">box and he was very particular that his toys </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">stay in the box.</span></font></strong><strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></font><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> It happened that Mary found out she had </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">breast cancer. Something told her she was </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">going to die of this disease....in fact, she </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">was just sure it was fatal. She scheduled </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">the double mastectomy, fear riding her </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">shoulders.</span></font></strong><strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></font><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> The night before she was to go to the </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">hospital she cuddled with Lucky. A thought </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">struck her...what would happen to Lucky? </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> Although the three-year-old dog liked Jim, </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">he was Mary's dog through and through. If I </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">die, Lucky will be abandoned, Mary thought. </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">He won't understand that I didn't want to </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">leave him. The thought made her sadder </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">than thinking of her own death.</span></font></strong><strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></font><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> The double mastectomy was harder on Mary </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">than her doctors had anticipated and Mary </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">was hospitalized for over two weeks. </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> Jim took Lucky for his evening walk </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">faithfully, but the little dog just drooped, </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">whining and miserable.</span></font></strong><strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></font><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> Finally the day came for Mary to leave the </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">hospital. When she arrived home, Mary was </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">so exhausted she couldn't even make it up </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">the steps to her bedroom. Jim made his wife <br /> comfortable on the couch and left her to nap.</span></font></strong><strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></font><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn't </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">come to her when she called. It made Mary </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">sad but sleep soon overcame her and she </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">dozed.</span></font></strong><strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></strong><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">When Mary woke for a second she </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">couldn't understand what was wrong. She </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">couldn't move her head and her body felt <br /> heavy and hot. But panic soon gave way to </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">laughter when Mary realized the problem. </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">She was covered, literally blanketed, with <br /> every treasure Lucky owned! While she had </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">slept, the sorrowing dog had made trip after </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">trip to the basement bringing his beloved <br /> mistress all his favorite things in life . He </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">had covered her with his love.</span></font></strong><strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></font><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> Mary forgot about dying. Instead she and </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">Lucky began living again, walking further</span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">and further together every day.</span></font></strong><strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></strong><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></font><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> It's been 12 years now and Mary is still </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">cancer-free. </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">Lucky? </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /> He still steals treasures and stashes them </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">in his toy box but Mary remains his greatest </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-weight: bold; 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font-size: 13.5pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">And never forget...<br /> the people who make a difference in our </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial" color="navy"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">lives are not the ones with the most </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial" color="navy"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">credentials, the most money, or the most </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial" color="navy"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">awards. </span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="4" face="Arial" color="purple"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: purple; font-family: Arial;"><br /> </span></font></strong><strong><font size="4" face="Arial" color="navy"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">They are the ones who care for us.</span></font></strong><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> CHEST PRESSURE, SWEATING, DIZZY, NAUSEA,, RELIEF W/ 1 NITRO PILL http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8392 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8392 Grandma Charlotte has been trying to recover from a lingering sinus infection. After all these antibiotics she's not been feeling any better, Has had me concerned. Today she told me, "I just don't feel good at all. I'm sweating and dizzy. I feel like I <br /> could probably throw up."  We called the doctor's office and they said, "Go to the ER."  Her pulse and BP were high. I'd seen her pushing on her breast bone. At the ER she admitted to having pressure ".like my bra was too tight." After one nitro tablet she perked up, "I feel better than I have for a week."  <br />    After some blood tests the doctor came in and said, "Dr. Parikh said to send you to Detar. An ambulance is on its way."       With a heart monitor on her chest she can't sleep on her tummy and an old man across the hall hollering every few minutes, her understatement was, "I'm gonna have a helluva night. Probably won't get any sleep at all." PEACOCK STABBED TO DEATH FOR "FLASHING RIVAL GANG COLORS" http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8346 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8346 <h2 class="title">San Diego Zoo, Prison Merge</h2> <p class="meta"> May 16, 2008 | <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/index/4420">Issue 44•20</a> </p> <div class="article_photo_lead"> <img width="600" height="364" class="has_caption" title="Zoo/Prison" alt="Zoo/Prison" src="http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/zoo_article_large.article_large.jpg" /> <p>Newer inmates report having a difficult time making friends. Here's the link  http://www.theonion.com/content/news/san_diego_zoo_prison_merge<br /> </p> </div> Since the merger, officials at San Diego Zoological & Convict Reserve have received a record 600 requests from inmates wishing to be transferred to another maximum-security facility. In addition, officials have received 20 requests from inmates begging to have the dates of their execution pushed forward. <p>"I've been in a number of prisons in my life, but nothing compares to this," said inmate Casey Ingersoll, who despite previously committing violent murders was still horrified after witnessing a fellow convict ambushed by three Komodo dragons. "If I stay here much longer, I'll have to join up with either the Anteaters or White Supremacists for protection."</p> <br /> "We've been forced to expand our infirmary unit nearly tenfold in the last week," chief nurse Margaret Hodge said. "Unfortunately, the arrival of rhinoceros mating season has made things worse, leading to the gruesome deaths of almost 50 inmates in our communal showers." IF YOU'RE EASILY OFFENDED DON'T READ "THE BIG ONE" http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8341 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/OLDRUSTYBUCKET1/8341 This had a note reading, BETTER WITH MUSIC" but we couldn't hear any, just guffaws. Did Ray Stevens write this'n?        <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#a0885c"><strong>~ The Big One ~  <br /> It was a hot Sunday mornin' <br /> Middle of July <br /> The choir was a singin' <br /> 'Bout the sweet by and by <br /> <br /> Everybody was a swayin' <br /> And sweatin' in the heat <br /> We all bowed our heads down <br /> As the preacher took his seat <br /> <br /> My sister and my brother<br /> Stood next to my mother <br /> In the quiet at the close of the verse <br /> That's when daddy cut the big one <br /> At the Horn Lake Mississippi<br /> Missionary Baptist Church <br /> <br /> My sister rolled her eyes back <br /> My brother bit his lip <br /> My cousin just behind us <br /> Whispered, "Hey, who let it rip?" <br /> <br /> I stuck my face in my shirtsleeve <br /> Stared down at my shoes <br /> Lord, you could hear a pin drop <br /> As we stood there in the pew <br /> Heads were turnin', eyes were burnin' <br /> <br /> Momma stuck her nose in her purse <br /> After daddy cut the big one <br /> At the Horn Lake Mississippi<br /> Missionary Baptist Church <br /> <br /> He cut the big one <br /> It was a stinker <br /> Then he broke the silence <br /> With a snicker <br /> And us kids started laughin' <br /> 'Til I thought we was all gonna burst <br /> After daddy cut the big one <br /> At the Horn Lake Mississippi<br /> Missionary Baptist Church <br /> <br /> He said, "The devil made me do it" <br /> Momma said it was the liverwurst <br /> And that's why daddy cut the big one <br /> At the Horn Lake Mississippi<br /> Missionary Baptist Church <br /> <br /> Performed by<br /> Confederate Railroad<br /> <br /> </strong></font><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#a0885c"><strong><img width="214" height="183" border="0" src="http://denimandlace.50megs.com/goofylookbut.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> <a href="http://denimandlace.50megs.com/toyindex.html">© Denim & Lace 2005</a></strong><br /> Click above to return to Index Page<br /> <br /> Created on a dare !<br /> <font color="#c30359"><font size="3"><strong>:~)</strong><br /> </font></font></font>