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“You are what you eat” and if that’s the case, Phineas, they will do no more than live the metaphor. As always ....

I had it done over 20 years ago. It was considered ambulatory and I was discharged the same day. A Canadian synthetic patch was used. No problems with anesthesia other than the fact that I woke up near the end of the procedure. It must have been no more than twilight. Like Fella says no real issues. I was back to work in a week. No recurrence ever. As always ....

It’s been awhile since November happened in November. As always ....

So True H2O. Yet while we call them lazy they consider themselves wise but negligent. As always ....

For the informed S W’s that are well versed on terms, content and concepts you may be successful. For some of us ignorance is still bliss. We should stay happy, at least, until the first sun angle post shows up around December 22nd. As always ....

Thankyou ELI. I read it. I understood it as best I could. To me it boils down to damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Unfortunately the Least Common Denominator is damned. As always.....

At this rate I might even live long enough to pick my own fresh ingredient for my favorite Pina colada. As always ......

WW, if the above Attorney has a much older, unattached Aunt, please let me know. As always .....

Best ad for legal services I’ve ever seen. I’m working on an appendix for the KU volumes. It will be specifically on oak leaf drop. It will cover depth, drifting, wet, dry and fall/wind ratios. And thanks to the Mid A sub forum; a special section on the climate reality of leaf slides will be added. The appendix can be left as an unattached reading material in the P.R. Lounge or be given as an addition to the welcome bag. At worst the appendix can be read, at best it can be used in the facilities when the residents run out after reading another another cold season projection. I passed it on to DT for peer review. He’s a brilliant young man and gave me an honest, well meaning, sometimes poignant and a mostly 4 letter word review. As always ...

I would guess he just offered to trade someone for a KU 2 day, dry powder 3 footer, with lasting power .As always ...

Enjoy them while you can WW. That is before you have to morph into your other identity to go collecting. As always ....

I had to go up to the row house roof for a leaf check and even at twilight the light pollution, from the Brooklyn skyline, was breathtaking. I forego the shorts because I do have consideration/respect for the ambiance of the surrounding area. As always ....

Unc, I do remember that one. I was running a training unit for the USPS. NYC Morgan annex. I had passed through Penn station at about 6am and it was chaotic. The in coming system was already effecting RR transportation. I remember one of the units senior examiners, who had relatives west and south, arriving saying, I hope we’re ready for what’s coming. My last pleasant memory was shoveling after that 12+ hour day. As always......

I believe you. Only in Heaven do you need a devils advocate. There will be no need for one as we are all roasting in .......... As always .....

Tip what concerns me is that I read through your post and not only understood it but agreed with it, enjoyed it and ( get ready ) actually wished it was longer. It means to me only one of two things; either your losing your touch or I’m gaining mine. As always ....

In the near/distant(?)future, when the.climate of the former location of Portland matches that of the present BWI I wonder what Caribou will be like? As always......

Good morning I R. So now we end up with a complimentary SHI, Suburban Heat Island Effect? As always .....

Irish, my brick and mortar bound maple finally, 11/09/2020, heeded nature’s call and gentle kiss. I also tried standing out in the postage stamp awhile. I never got natures kiss but sure as hell got the call. As always......

Not exactlysure Julian, but I may take that as a compliment. As always ...

Fate will bless you with a successful trip, Allsnow. You jogged a memory. The last time I fished for and caught a striped bass was aver 50 years ago. I was with a work buddy who, as opposed to me, was an expert fisherman. It was a rather mild October night and he said the strippers would be running up the Hudson. He took me to the Spuyten Duyvil metro north railroad station. 1979 was a different time so we walked across unfenced track beds and electrified rails and arrived at the most unattractive stretch of garbage strewn shore I’ve ever seen. The rats were so plentiful that it made the Willard movie look like a Disney classic. My friend was a degreed environmentalist. He told me to just gently kick out your foot and the rats would scatter. He said we, to them, were rats too big to mess with, it took me a while to pick up on the irony. He and I rigged up and then came the bait. Soft shell crabs, tied around a rather large hook. He used a special string and I’ll damned if I remember the name of it, I believe the tide was incoming. He told me get a bit closer to the waters edge but to be mindful of the slippery moss on the wet rocks. He said you do not cast out. You just gently plop the line a few feet from shore and let the hook settle in the rocks. He said the strippers will sense the bait go for it and your hook and he was right. Not a minute after I did as instructed a stripper took the bait. Surprised and elated, I took a miss step, forgot about the moss and became briefly airborne landing amongst a swarm of Willards relatives. Apparently they didn’t like Italian food so they scattered. I held on to the pole for dear life. My friends concern for my fall was only overshadowed by his uproarious laughter. I managed, listening to his patient instructions, to land it. It was 20 to 24 inches I believe. Several more were caught that evening. Since river pollution was extreme at that time he gave me some professional advice. He said look at the fish, in the light, if you detect a red/orange sheen throw it back, it’s contaminated. A greenish sheen is what you want to see. Sure enough half the catch was thrown back. I remember bringing it home to my beautiful young wife and she being the typical servile Italian spouse said sweetly to me. Get that thing out of my kitchen, take it to your mother and ask her to deal with it. I did and my mom made a stuffed stripe bass I will never forget. My lost Vicenza knew she could not prepare it the way my mom could so she actually, with love, gave me the easy way out. To this day I will never forget how wonderful that meal was. My apologies for the length of the memory. I may be invited, by the Moderators, to join the S19 limit club but mine will be for words. As always ....

Julian, perhaps a goat would be easier though I’m not sure about their fertilizer output. I should be the last one to give advice, considering I’m an old goat myself. As always .....

Don, as I sat contemplating another lonely night I chanced upon your lovely photos. I am very fortunate that the wonderful images posted by you and other forum members come equipped with a well intentioned steel toed boot. It works and I greatly appreciate it, even if my butt doesn’t. As always ....

That sounds like a plot twist in a Simpsons episode. Years ago I laughed when walking through the K Mart Christmas Shop in Penn Station. First because it was September, second, they had a pre-lit artificial palm tree on display. It doesn’t seem as funny nowadays. If I see a brief flash to the north near months end, I’ll know you were mowing late. As always ....

Here’s hoping but all our forum members with lawns may end up running inside, between mower runs, to baste the Turkey. As always ....

The weather channel came out with a prediction from some study, that 60% of the NE up to Maine will be snowless by 2100. With 80 years to go, coastal areas are making a run at that right now. As always .......