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Post by gailkate on Apr 26, 2013 18:36:37 GMT -5
Mega-cool
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Post by BoatBabe on Apr 26, 2013 23:23:43 GMT -5
This looks like a good place to interject with something that made my day. My cousin had received a letter, from a distant relative, containing photographs that my grandfather had mailed to his brother in California in 1949. Also was a typewritten copy of the letter he wrote in which he told of a fishing trip to Canada, the activities of that spring (He wrote the letter on Memorial Day of '49) and included a picture of his newest purchase, a 1949 John Deere "A" tractor, with one of my uncles on the seat. This same tractor was on the farm when I was a boy and I used it in the hayfields. I damn neared cried when I saw that photo. How cool is that, huh? ~B~ Way Cool, ~B~, seriously cool.
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Post by brutus on Apr 27, 2013 10:09:40 GMT -5
Here's a scan of the pic of the tractor. The old Van Brundt grain drill (seeder) was in use when I was a boy. It was a conversion from horse drawn to tractor drawn with a wood seeder box. Dad used to let me ride on the drill as he seeded wheat, barley, or oats. ~B~ Attachments:
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Post by Jane on Apr 27, 2013 11:37:59 GMT -5
So the whole tractor thing is genetic, huh?
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Post by BoatBabe on Apr 27, 2013 13:23:16 GMT -5
Wow! Great picture, ~B~!
What a present.
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Post by brutus on Apr 27, 2013 13:31:52 GMT -5
So the whole tractor thing is genetic, huh? Welllll..... yeah....... What I wouldn't give to make a few rounds with that tractor again. Ya just don't know the soothing effect of two well-balanced cylinders firing in front of your toes, looking downward and seeing the wheels treading through the dirt, faithfully plodding their way to finishing the day's plowing or seeding. ~B~
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Post by gailkate on Aug 6, 2013 16:02:15 GMT -5
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Post by Jane on Aug 6, 2013 17:21:03 GMT -5
I've become addicted to Buzzfeed. It is a massive time suck.
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Post by doctork on Aug 7, 2013 15:26:38 GMT -5
I love "Wheelchair Kamikaze." Marc is quite eloquent, so much so that you might enjoy reading his blog even if you don't give a fig about MS. www.wheelchairkamikaze.com
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Post by gailkate on Aug 8, 2013 11:00:59 GMT -5
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Post by BoatBabe on Aug 9, 2013 0:10:39 GMT -5
Hmmmm, gk's link doesn't work for me.
Very interesting post there, Doc.
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Post by gailkate on Aug 9, 2013 8:47:05 GMT -5
Darn, now the link won't work for me either.
The info on biased research is thought-provoking, K. Not only is Big Pharma hiding unfavorable results, I believe most paid research tends to prove what its funding source wants to see. We used to say, when hiring a private contractor to do an objective study, "They'll find whatever they're paid to find."
Most important, though, that site looks like a good resource for BB and Terry's family.
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Post by BoatBabe on Aug 10, 2013 13:26:04 GMT -5
The info on biased research is thought-provoking, K. Not only is Big Pharma hiding unfavorable results, I believe most paid research tends to prove what its funding source wants to see. We used to say, when hiring a private contractor to do an objective study, "They'll find whatever they're paid to find." Yes. Did you ever take that 400 level class in college, "Lying with Statistics?" Not only will the private contractor find what they're paid to find, other folks can prove whatever they choose to prove, statistically. Everything is mathematically probable, particularly with skewed values.
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Post by doctork on Aug 10, 2013 19:35:19 GMT -5
Yeah, I took not only the college 400 stats, but also three times in grad school, one each for MD, MBA, and MPH.
Just like when you do enough public speaking that you just say "Gimme your 3 bullet points and tell me how many minutes to talk, I'll sell your product for you. Same thing - gimme your data, tell me what you want to prove, and I'll do it. On the rare occasion that the analyst contractor cannot prove the desired point, into the round file it goes, never to see the light of day again.
And yes, I posted the link to Marc's Wheelchair Kamikaze here, not in the other thread, because it's helpful not only to MSers but also to those with other ailments. Not only that, Marc is a wonderful writer, and often writes entertainingly about things that have nothing to do with ailments at all.
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Post by BoatBabe on Aug 10, 2013 19:45:36 GMT -5
Good job, Doc!
;D
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Post by gailkate on Sept 10, 2013 16:30:36 GMT -5
Here’s something from a friend who’s likely to send me anything from an excellent joke to tips on cleaning tires to those touching, mind-blowing animal videos I often subject you to. Some of these maps are less interesting (to me) than others, but this is a trove of engaging information. I’d like to do overlays like the ones I used to do in presentations. For example, what might one deduce from the habits of Scandinavians? Check it out... Subject: FW: 40 maps twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/
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Post by gailkate on Sept 10, 2013 18:49:57 GMT -5
Ok, one of the commenters drew a more detailed conclusion than I did.
don't look till you think about it...
It appears there's a very strong relationship between Worldwide Annual Coffee Consumption Per Capita (28), Average Age of First Sexual Intercourse by Country (22), and although not as pronounced, The Number of Researchers per Million Inhabitants. Around the World (24). Seems that there are a number of countries that share a glut of coffee swilling researchers whose focus is on the average age at which a population looses its virginity. ;-)
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Post by jspnrvr on Sept 10, 2013 20:11:37 GMT -5
Well.........there's them that does...and there's them that drinks coffee.
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Post by gailkate on Oct 11, 2013 8:41:05 GMT -5
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Post by joew on Oct 11, 2013 11:00:16 GMT -5
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Post by BoatBabe on Oct 12, 2013 14:55:38 GMT -5
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Post by gailkate on Jan 2, 2014 19:56:49 GMT -5
Some medical folks at the U hospital had a fine time laughing their heads off at this.
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Post by BoatBabe on Jan 10, 2014 0:24:27 GMT -5
;D
Glad I finally saw this. Too funny, gk!
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Post by gailkate on Aug 11, 2016 15:46:49 GMT -5
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Post by BoatBabe on Aug 11, 2016 23:01:40 GMT -5
That's such a great story. Thanks, gk!
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Post by BoatBabe on Aug 11, 2016 23:05:17 GMT -5
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Post by doctork on Aug 11, 2016 23:05:19 GMT -5
Johnny the Terrorist Cat is a Maine Coon cat and he too loves water, although he prefers not to swim but will if he has to. He loves visitors and workmen, and his very favoritest is plumbers because they come in for a visit AND mess with water!
I think Skatty and Johnny would be good friends.
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Post by gailkate on Aug 14, 2016 10:02:15 GMT -5
I immediately posted the chicken story on Facebook - couldn't find a date, though. do you have any idea when this story was published? I sure hope those two are still sailing.
K, I've forgotten how Johnny got his terrorist classification. Was it because he didn't want to be checked out by TSA? I remember he was spitting and clawing about something, but he seems such a friendly, outgoing chap.
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Post by BoatBabe on Aug 14, 2016 10:29:25 GMT -5
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Post by doctork on Aug 14, 2016 20:27:15 GMT -5
Johnny is very friendly and outgoing, regular party person/animal. But he didn't care for the TSA examination or being in a box (cat kennel transport for the plane).
My arms were dripping blood from putting Johnny into the box, and they were still bloody 2 hours later when we checked in at the airport. TSA wanted me to take him out of the box for examination, but I refused because I was already a mess from getting him into the box, so I asked TSA to take him out (and put him back in) themselves. The TS"O" was afraid to touch Johnny so they decided he didn't have to be checked after all. Just think - if Johnny was really a Terrorist, they never would have known!
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