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Happy Monkey · 05-16-2006, 11:56 AM

I was on my way to work on 9/11. I was listening to NPR, and just before I went under an overpass, the preliminary news of the first tower was reported. I lost reception going under the overpass, and as I emerged, and reception returned, I saw a huge column of smoke from the direction of the Pentagon. It took a while for that to be confirmed on the radio, but I knew what had happened. I went to work as usual, and stayed the full time, but I'm not sure how much got done.

limey · 05-16-2006, 12:21 PM

I can't ride a bicycle, never have done ... and neither can my partner.

wolf · 05-16-2006, 01:00 PM

On 9-11 I was sleeping, and would have slept through the whole thing if I hadn't gotten a phone call when the first tower was hit. Foxnews went on and didn't get turned off until I headed for work around 1500 or so. The TV was on at work, but we didn't pay much attention to it.

I was trying to figure out what the CISM response would be and if I would go ... (my employer put the kibosh on that one. I wasn't allowed the time off).

I live next to a small civilian airport. It was a little strange to have nothing flying. I don't even remember the medevac choppers in the air for those couple days.

BigV · 05-16-2006, 09:03 PM

I can walk through all the doorways in our house without stooping. But I can bump my head on all the doorframe lintels by rising onto the balls of my feet.

skysidhe · 05-16-2006, 09:17 PM

That's interesting achitecture Big V.

Chocolate isn't my favorite thing to eat.

footfootfoot · 05-16-2006, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Tonchi

Footsie, no, it wasn't like I slept in the yard in that position, it was a crash attempt to get all the weeds pulled and the bedding plants in the ground before the unusually cool weather ended. I thought it would not be as hard on my scoliosis if I bent straight down from the waist and shuffled along that way, and it actually did not cause me any back pain at all. But by the second day my left knee wouldn't bend and all the muscles in the back of my legs felt as if somebody had inserted white-hot spikes. Since only my knee was swollen, they decided it was not DVT, thank God, just me failing to realize that I am too old to do acrobatics anymore. My doctor said it hurt just to watch me demonstrate what I was doing to cause the problem, but I didn't know it was that unusual. This pain thing really sucks, though. It never goes away and if something touches against my leg the muscles go into spasms

Ouch. the whole thing sounds painful. I want you to buy one of those weed flamers, k? You can pretty much singe them while standing straight up. I admire your determination, if you weren't so crippled over this I'd invite you to visit and duke it out with my weeds.

Tonchi · 05-16-2006, 11:50 PM

I gave up on the Tylenol and took a Vicodin last night. Whee, that's more like it

Flame thrower sounds like a plan, except these weeds are in the bed which stretches around my unit and they are firmly entrenched under the azaleas, ferns, and sego palms and spilling out of all the pots on my large patio. Mostly oxalis, you know the little buggers? You have to dig them out with your fingernails. Practically a solid mat of their tendrils because I was fading fast last year and the doctors at UCSD told me to stay in doors all winter so that I would not get pneumonia or the flu and complicate the operation. Afterwards, I could breathe just great but my back was destroyed by spending 2 months sitting up in bed. Everything outside grew out of control and now I am dealing with it. Imagine the joke about "bend over and grab your ankles"? That's kinda what it looks like as I hop around grubbing in the dirt. I also had to be careful not to turn my rear end out toward the Common Area

skysidhe · 05-21-2006, 10:16 PM

I am sending you every good wish for your speedy recovery Tonchi.

BigV · 05-22-2006, 10:22 AM

Normal architecture, interesting anatomy.

footfootfoot · 05-22-2006, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

Normal architecture, interesting anatomy.

compass? map?

BigV · 05-23-2006, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skysidhe

That's interesting achitecture Big V.

Chocolate isn't my favorite thing to eat.

wrt this post

footfootfoot · 05-23-2006, 07:31 PM

I think it is becoming clearer. Two entirely unrelated ideas.

re: architecture and anatomy, are you telling us that you have big balls on your feet? Of your feet? or just long feet?

Of is it that your feet are made of chocolate?

zippyt · 05-23-2006, 07:51 PM

Of is it that your feet are made of chocolate?

That could get slippery in the summer !

DucksNuts · 05-23-2006, 09:23 PM

ewww...but yumm....toe fudge? i'm torn

skysidhe · 05-26-2006, 09:00 AM

@big v,

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

I can walk through all the doorways in our house without stooping. But I can bump my head on all the doorframe lintels by rising onto the balls of my feet.

Your house architecture is interesting. = A comment to your post.Plus I posted right underneath it.Some people have short memories I guess.

Something about me = I don't favor chocolate. 'spose to infer that from the big heaping space between sentances.

I don't know where you guys got the chocolate feet thing unless you're just being kinky.
Or I am being kinky.

05-16-2006, 11:56 AM	#151
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I was on my way to work on 9/11. I was listening to NPR, and just before I went under an overpass, the preliminary news of the first tower was reported. I lost reception going under the overpass, and as I emerged, and reception returned, I saw a huge column of smoke from the direction of the Pentagon. It took a while for that to be confirmed on the radio, but I knew what had happened. I went to work as usual, and stayed the full time, but I'm not sure how much got done. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-16-2006, 12:21 PM	#152
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I can't ride a bicycle, never have done ... and neither can my partner. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-16-2006, 01:00 PM	#153
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	On 9-11 I was sleeping, and would have slept through the whole thing if I hadn't gotten a phone call when the first tower was hit. Foxnews went on and didn't get turned off until I headed for work around 1500 or so. The TV was on at work, but we didn't pay much attention to it. I was trying to figure out what the CISM response would be and if I would go ... (my employer put the kibosh on that one. I wasn't allowed the time off). I live next to a small civilian airport. It was a little strange to have nothing flying. I don't even remember the medevac choppers in the air for those couple days. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-16-2006, 09:03 PM	#154
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I can walk through all the doorways in our house without stooping. But I can bump my head on all the doorframe lintels by rising onto the balls of my feet. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-16-2006, 11:50 PM	#157
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	I gave up on the Tylenol and took a Vicodin last night. Whee, that's more like it Flame thrower sounds like a plan, except these weeds are in the bed which stretches around my unit and they are firmly entrenched under the azaleas, ferns, and sego palms and spilling out of all the pots on my large patio. Mostly oxalis, you know the little buggers? You have to dig them out with your fingernails. Practically a solid mat of their tendrils because I was fading fast last year and the doctors at UCSD told me to stay in doors all winter so that I would not get pneumonia or the flu and complicate the operation. Afterwards, I could breathe just great but my back was destroyed by spending 2 months sitting up in bed. Everything outside grew out of control and now I am dealing with it. Imagine the joke about "bend over and grab your ankles"? That's kinda what it looks like as I hop around grubbing in the dirt. I also had to be careful not to turn my rear end out toward the Common Area __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

05-16-2006, 09:17 PM	#155
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	That's interesting achitecture Big V. Chocolate isn't my favorite thing to eat.

05-21-2006, 10:16 PM	#158
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I am sending you every good wish for your speedy recovery Tonchi.

05-22-2006, 10:22 AM	#159
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Normal architecture, interesting anatomy. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-23-2006, 07:31 PM	#162
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I think it is becoming clearer. Two entirely unrelated ideas. re: architecture and anatomy, are you telling us that you have big balls on your feet? Of your feet? or just long feet? Of is it that your feet are made of chocolate? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-23-2006, 07:51 PM	#163
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Of is it that your feet are made of chocolate? That could get slippery in the summer ! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-23-2006, 09:23 PM	#164
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	ewww...but yumm....toe fudge? i'm torn

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