Wednesday, May 23, 2012

ANOTHER DOCTOR APPOINTMENT…..SO, WHAT ELSE IS NEW!!

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JUST A RELAXING GREEN GRASS, PHLOX, & PHEEBE KIND OF DAY

How nice it was this morning to open my comment section & not find a single Anonymous spam sitting in there.  And, better yet, the section has remained spam free for the whole day:))  Here is the change Kelly made in my Blogger Dashboard.  Click on 'Settings'  'Posts & comments'-'Who can comment'?  Switched from the 'Anyone' box to the next one down, 'Registered User'.  If you do this, just remember to save your settings by clicking the orange 'save settings' box at upper right.  For our legitimate Anonymous folks:  Commenter Sherry says, " If you disallow anonymous just remind your followers that they can post under name/url and just leave the url part blank and their name will show up.  Anyway, I will try this for now & see how it goes.  If I still get spammed I will go back to 'comment moderation'.  Comment moderation is the way I always had it up until Google came up with that moronic double 'word verification' crap.  For the most part, I like Google & think they have a lot smarts going for them but they sure dropped the ball in that word verification department!!

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COULD IT BE THAT ONE OF THESE LADIES HAD A LITTLE MORE ‘GAS’ THAN THE OTHERS

Been about 4 years since we last carried our bicycles on the back of the rig all the way out to the Southwest.  We never did ride them enough to justify hauling them back & forth so I took the bicycle carrier off the back of the rig a long time ago.  This morning, I put it back on.  We intend to take the bikes to Arizona in October & leave them there.  The landscape is far nicer for riding than here.   In Congress, we are one short block from miles upon miles of open desert with a hard packed Jeep road right at the gate.  The desert surface is also hard packed making for challenging rides through the Cactus & Mesquite.  This for me is far more relaxing, interesting & exciting than riding in an endless straight line on a dangerous paved road with traffic whizzing by.
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When’s the last time you had a good Spring tulip fix.  Might want to check out THE MOHO & OTHER TRAVELING TALES today.  Go slow & tip toe lightly over the old weather beaten covered bridges along the way.

I remember seeing my first ‘shoe tree’ many years ago alongside the road in Utah’s Kodachrome Basin.  They have a habit of springing up in unlikely spots.  HAPPY TRAILS found a healthy one growing near Zion Canyon.  Certainly is bearing a lot of clustered fruit this time of year.

Thursday I have an appointment to get a stone chip fixed in the Jeep’s windshield.  Kid in an old pick-up truck came roaring down a gravel road last Saturday & threw a stone into my windshield.

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GEEZER ROW IN THE WAITING ROOM TODAY

It was nearly an hour & a half sitting in the Goderich Hospital waiting room before I got in to see the Doctor late this afternoon.  Yes, he said, the growth on the side of my head has to come off.  No, not my ear!!  He said it looked benign but it’s best to remove it.  His reaction to the second growth on my chest was different so I now await a call from his office for a date to have both those growths removed & analyzed.  We will see what happens after that…………..

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NO, THAT IS NOT DOC ROBOT…IT’S DOC ANNAN WHO WILL DO MY ‘NEXT’ DAY SURGERY

Late tomorrow afternoon I am off to the Clinton Hospital (ho-hum) for a bone density test, whatever that is.  I understand it is painless so that works for me………

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SPOTTED THIS LITTLE FELLOW ON OUR WALK THIS MORNING JUST AS HE WAS ABOUT TO CRAWL INTO THAT HOLE IN THE TREE TRUNK IN FRONT OF HIM…ALL OF TODAY’S PHOTOS WERE TAKEN WITH MY CANON POWERSHOT POINT & SHOOT SX210iS & I WAS SURPRISED AT THE CLARITY OF THE RACCOON DESPITE THE LENS BEING FULLY ZOOMED & THE PHOTO CROPPED…SAME WITH THE COWS PHOTO

GROANER’S CORNER:((  A clergyman is walking down a country lane and sees a young farmer struggling to load hay back onto a cart after it had fallen off.
"You look hot, my son," said the cleric. "why don't you rest a moment, and I'll give you a hand."
"No thanks," said the young man.
"My father wouldn't like it."
"Don't be silly," the minister said.
"Everyone is entitled to a break. Come and have a drink of water."
Again the young man protested that his father would be upset. Losing his patience, the clergyman said, "Your father must be a real slave driver. Tell me where I can find him and I'll give him a piece of my mind!"
"Well," replied the young farmer, "he's under the load of hay."

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21 comments:

  1. I think that one lone cow wants to head for California. :)

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  2. I have had the bone density test... piece of cake!

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  3. Good luck tomorrow, Al. Wishing I had some of that good Canadian health care down my way (or is it Canada health care - LOL).

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  4. I agree..bone density test is easy...but the results is what is important...Never heard about the chest...good Karma zooming in..."get 'r done"..and get back to life...

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  5. hoping for the best test results ever Al....love the groaner today...bone density is an easy test...will be good to have this all behind you!!! Been off the grid awhile here..playing catch up now...take care

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  6. I hope all those doctors leave enough pieces of you behind that Kelly can recognize you. You don't want her taking some other geezer home by mistake.

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  7. Geezer row-I LIKE IT:) Maybe next time I am in one of those waiting rooms, it will bring me a smile.

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  8. Bone density test - just don't go to sleep. One of the few tests I really don't mind. Down here in AJ, every doctor's office is geezer row. Hoping for good reports when all the "stuff" is done.

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  9. good luck tomorrow Al..be sure to move out of the geezer row!..you are hardly a 'geezer'!

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  10. The bone density test is easy, I just don't want to take the pills they want me to take.

    Did Pheebs get to visit with the cows?

    Martha

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  11. Bone density test is painless.

    Right now it just seems like a lot of doctoring. But get it done now so you can ride those bikes back in AZ.

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  12. Sounds like you getting a frame up restoration, Soon to be a restored classic!

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  13. By now you must be knowing a lot of the medical staff in various places around your area. Hope everything works out and nothing bad will be found.

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  14. Ha, now that groaner caught me off guard.... I'm sittin here waiting for it to get a little bit light so we can hook up the pickup to the back of the motorhome and hit the road,,NORTH.... See ya down the road,,,and you are right about the excitement........Hope to get a few good hours under our belt before the wind gets up,,,but it is predected to blow hard today....now,,if its in the right direction, it will be fine. If not, well then we will look for a place to hole up!!! You know how it goes.....Good lucks at the doc's!!

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  15. Good that you are getting everything all checked out! Didn't realize guys needed bone density checks, too!

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  16. First timer, here,
    Wishing you the best outcomes at the Docs.
    And...
    Congress! we love that area (in the winter), and looked at a place up the road in Yarnell for the same reasons as you, proximity to a variety of climate zones.
    Of course all those granite boulders didn't hurt, either :))
    Looking forward to this winter's experience for you guys.
    Box Canyon Mark

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  17. Bone density, no problem. Bone biopsy another thing all together. Good luck...we know all about waiting rooms in case you need any advice.

    Sherry
    www.directionofourdreams.blogspot.com

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  18. Wishing you the very best results on all doctor visits and procedures! Get all this "unfun" stuff behind you and get on with the "fun" stuff of life!! Sending you positive thoughts and lots of smiles!! :-)

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  19. We had a Fun Day in Fundy National Park New Brunswick Canada. You live in a wonderful peaceful country. It is like Alaska USA without the crime or litter everywhere.
    You ought to come visit this place soon if all goes well at the doc.
    We were the only people in the Highlands Chalet last night and it has been a wonderful Sunny day at 20C degrees and the highest tide in the world. 54 feet at a new moon. We were at the beach when the tide came in and it was mind bending. I wanted to get out of there, but wifey said look at the old tide marks, we will be OK. This place is wonderful to visit and now you stay a night in a great cabin with a Sea view for $ 74 a night Canadian. Two can eat local Lobster and water for less than $20 Canadian. I could retire here. Naw, there would probably be some rule to keep people like us out of here. Thanks for inspiring me to visit Canada's East shoreline.

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