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    First Open Heart Surgery

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    First Open Heart Surgery

    Next update: I’ve been home for a couple of weeks and they’ve cleared me to drive again although I still have a 10 pound lifting limit for another couple of weeks. I’ve been to see Barbara a few times now and did a little Christmas decorating of her room. I got here a miniature treeand taped...
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    First Open Heart Surgery

    Thanks everybody. Recovery is progressing. Physical Therapy has taken me off fall restrictions and allowing me to walk around unsupervised now. This morning they put ankle weights on me for stair climbing exercises. @ Toddy the good news with Barbara is Nikole and Carson got to have...
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    First Open Heart Surgery

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10240595202724244&set=a.4324706682584&type=3
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    First Open Heart Surgery

    Well last week I had my first by-pass surgery. Back in November my cardiologist had scheduled me for a heart catheterization. I’d already gotten a stent I placed a few years ago. This time they said the damage was too much for a stent son they scheduled me for the CABG (Coraonary Artery Bypass...
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    If you had no ties and money wasn’t an issue, where would you move to?

    The trend has been gradually growing for decades. However the pandemic gave it a shove. Property prices exploded as people forced to work from home sought to upgrade those homes, either by remodeling or simply buying bigger homes. Others who weren’t so lucky as to be able to work from home...
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    Air drying / curing pork foods... in Wales.

    Frost also means no pesky bugs and a time to reduce the herd before having to feed them through winter.
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    What ever happened to a bloke called....

    Yeah I’ve wondered about him as well. I asked on her a few years ago and somebody gave me the answer that he had a new son and between his service and family he probably doesn’t have much time anymore. I miss his posts a lot. Lannyman8 if I remember correctly.
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    Traditional headwear?

    I have a flat cap I bought long ago at Cotswold Woolen Weavers in Filkins Nr Lechlade. I still love that cap. My usual go to nowadays is my felt western hat. @Herman30 My ears get cold as well but that an be solved by adding a winter scarf. And/Or turning up the coat collars.
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    Air drying / curing pork foods... in Wales.

    @Pattree i can answer at least one question (what time of the year is it traditionally done?) At least for over here. Commercial hogs nowadays are slaughtered and processed year round but back in the day when small farmers raised their own they were traditionally killed at the first frost (hence...
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    Stoopid jokes

    Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.
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    Stoopid jokes

    Chuck Norris once attended a feminist rally. While there they ironed his shirt and made him a sandwich.
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    Trench art Tinder Box?

    The holes being cross shaped make me lean toward incense burner also. Possibly part of a military chaplain’s field kit?
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    If you had no ties and money wasn’t an issue, where would you move to?

    I understand wha I know what you mean. I’m a Southerner (US) and for us ties to extended families is just part of the culture. That said, most of them are already scattered anyway. So seeing them in person means travel is just another reality. With unlimited funds even frequent long journeys...
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    How's the weather where you are ?

    111f (about 44c) before 09:00 just a few days ago and it's still June. We're still preheating. Tornado over Pensacola Beach last night. Beautiful out this morning.