Hi MOLdy ones
How sad about Bob Carter, Charlie, Ron and now we fear for Jim and it goes on
and on.
For those of you who do not know me, I was monitoring MOL for my brother in
law who died last week. My sister had such a realistic understanding of my
broher-in-law's condition that, while trying everything in and out of the
book, she knew the prognosis was bad. She denied that death was inevitable
although she knew in her heart that death was the logical outcome. This way,
she was able to keep on fighting to the end.
Now Buss is dead and my sister is at a loss, of course. But the interesting
thing is that she loved him and cared for him and related personaly for over 7
months at a level few of us ever get to. So now, she is done. He is gone and
her grief is much less than she expected, because she said goodbye several
times a day for 7 months. How nice to have completion.
So, while we all need hope, let us not forget that some of these kind and good
folks are not going to make it ... PERIOD.
So, to those of you giving care in desparate conditions, love your cancer
victim. Hold and carress and talk with them. Get into each other's hearts
and fight. Don't give up, but be ready to accept the worst if if comes. I
believe the fighting while being realistic is the most sensible and kindest
mental approach for the care giver and the victim. Hope is not the whole
thing. The whole thing is the whole thing.
Les, get well, ya'hear. Sorry to see you are a little down these days. You
are a spark and lots of fun to the whole gang. Keep your spirits up and don't
pay any attention to the Noni Wars. Drink beer instead.
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The following is plagarized from my buddy who probably stole them also.
For your reading pleasure ...
Clyde, a farmer from Palmer, Alaska, decided his injuries from the
accident were serious enough to take the trucking company (responsible for
the accident) to court.
In court the trucking company's fancy lawyer was questioning Clyde.
"Didn't you say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine,'" asked the
lawyer. Clyde responded, "Well I'll tell you what happened. I had just
loaded my favorite mule Bessie into the..."
"I didn't ask for any details," the lawyer interrupted. "Just answer the
question. Did you not say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine!'"
Clyde said, "Well I had just got Bessie into the trailer and I was driving
down the road..."
The lawyer interrupted again and said, "Judge, I am trying to establish
the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the Highway
Patrolman on the scene that he was just fine. Now several weeks after the
accident he is trying to sue my client. I believe he is a fraud. Please
tell him to simply answer the question."
By this time the Judge was fairly interested in Clyde's answer and said to
the lawyer, "I'd like to hear what he has to say about his favorite mule
Bessie."
Clyde thanked the Judge and proceeded, "Well as I was saying, I had just
loaded Bessie, my favorite mule, into the trailer and was driving her down
the highway when this huge semi-truck and trailer ran the stop sign and
smacked my truck right in the side. I was thrown into one ditch and
Bessie was thrown into the other. I was hurting real bad and didn't want
to move. However, I could hear ole Bessie moaning and groaning. I knew
she was in terrible shape just by her groans. Shortly after the accident
a Highway Patrolman came on the scene. He could hear Bessie moaning and
groaning so he went over to her. After he looked at her he took out his
gun and shot her between the eyes.
Then the Patrolman came across the road with his gun in his hand and
looked at me. He said, " How are you feeling?"
=========
Three Salesmen
Three salesmen were driving cross country when their car broke down far
from civilization. After walking for some distance they came to a
farmhouse. They asked the farmer if there was a service station nearby.
He replied that there was one in town but that it wouldn't be open until
the next day. He offered to let them stay at his house that night, on one
condition..."Don't draw attention to my son, he's very sensitive because
he was born without any ears."
After agreeing to his wishes the salesmen spent the night with the farmer.
The next morning at the breakfast table the son noticed that the salesmen
were staring at him. "What are you looking at?," he demanded.
The first salesman replied, "I was looking at your beautiful smile, it's
important to take care of your teeth so you don't have to wear dentures."
The second salesman said, "I was looking at your thick curly hair, it's
important to take care of your hair so you don't go bald and have to wear
a wig."
The third said, "I was looking at your clear blue eyes, it's important to
take care of your eyes,...Lord knows you can't wear glasses."
=========
Dorms - The Cost
On the first day of college, the Dean addressed the students, pointing out
some of the rules:
"The female dormitory will be out-of-bounds for all male students, and
the male dormitory to the female students. Anybody caught breaking this
rule will be fined $20 the first time."
He continued, "Anybody caught breaking this rule the second time will be
fined $60. Being caught a third time will cost you a fine of $180. Are
there any questions?"
At this point, a male student in the crowd inquired: "How much for a
season pass?"
=========
The other day, we had a bomb scare here in Rio Rancho, NM, at the Giant
gas station.
Of course, the bomb squad had to be called out to investigate, which in
turn brought the news crews.
In the local paper the next day, there was a picture of a bomb squad
member, wearing a shirt that read: "I am a bomb technician. If you see
me running, try to keep up!"
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The Routine
This guy goes into the bar Friday night and orders three beers, in fact
every Friday night he goes into the bar and orders three beers and drinks
them all by himself. Three beers, every Friday night. Well, the bartender
can't figure this out.
The bartender finally says to the guy "Every Friday night you come in here
and have three beers. There must be a story to this. You never order 2
beers, or 4 beers, always 3." The guy says "Yes there is a story." You
see, me and my two buddies always went out for a beer on Friday night when
we were in Vietnam.
One night while we were drinking we decided that we could continue doing
this when we return to the states. We also decided if one of us didn't
make it the other two would drink the third ones beer. And if two didn't
make it, the third guy would drink the other two beers. The other two
didn't make it back so I'm drinking theirs."
Well, the next Friday night the guy came back into the bar as usual but
only ordered two beers. The bartender couldn't believe it. Friday after
Friday this guy now orders only two drinks. This went on for some time
and the bartender was so puzzled he just had to ask the guy about it.
The bartender says to him, "I noticed you have only been ordering two
beers for the last few weeks. There has to be a story here."
The guy says, "Yes indeed there is a story. You see I joined the Mormon
church and I can't drink beer any more."
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"Doctor, please hurry. My son swallowed a razorblade." "Don't panic, I'm
coming immediately. Have you done anything yet ?" "Yea, I shaved with the
electric razor."
=========
"Doctor, Doctor, You've got to help me - I just can't stop my hands
shaking!" "Do you drink a lot?" "Not really - I spill most of it!"
=========
The surgeon told his patient that woke up after having been operated: "I'm
afraid we're going to have to operate you again. Because, you see, I
forgot my rubber gloves inside you."
"Well, if it's just because of them, I'd rather pay for them if you just
leave me alone."
=========
Doctor: I have some bad news and some very bad news.
Patient: Well, might as well give me the bad news first.
Doctor: The lab called with your test results. They said you have 24
hours to live.
Patient: 24 HOURS! That's terrible!! WHAT could be WORSE? What's the
very bad news?
Doctor: I've been trying to reach you since yesterday.
=========
Doctor: "I've got very bad news - you've got cancer and Alzheimer's"
Patient: "Well, at least I don't have cancer"
=========
Doctor: "Did you take the patient's temperature?"
Nurse: "No. Is it missing?"
=========
A pipe burst in a doctor's house. He called a plumber. The plumber
arrived, unpacked his tools, did mysterious plumber-type things for a
while, and handed the doctor a bill for $600.
The doctor exclaimed, "This is ridiculous! I don't even make that much as
a doctor!."
The plumber quietly answered, "Neither did I when I was a doctor."
=========
A seven-year old girl told her mom, that a little boy in her class asked
her to play doctor.
"Oh, dear," the mother nervously sighed. "What happened, honey?"
"Nothing, he made me wait 45 minutes and then double-billed the insurance
company."
VR Bob
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