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QUOTE (Mara @ Mar 18 2011, 10:08 PM) Doing stairs now, one at a time! Still holding the handrail, but man, it's freeing. Hip abductors are still kinda sore - it doesn't help that I whacked that hip getting into the car yesterday. Hoping to be hitting the bike (stationary) for a few minutes here and there next week. . . A co-worker (only 36 years old) had a hip replacement 12 days ago. He hobbled into the office on crutches the other day. He said the same thing about doing stairs and having that freeing feeling. He's not real keen on the physical therapy, but says he wants to be golfing this season Good luck on your continued speedy recovery, Mara!

QUOTE (Janie @ Mar 17 2011, 01:51 PM) While out for my morning run, I passed by a gaggle of small children on their way to school and this one little girl shoots me a HUGE smile and says, "Happy St. Patrick's Day!" She was so jazzed I couldn't help but feel good after seeing that. aaaaw, reading this gave me a warm feel-good smile

That's a cool recognition. Cheers!

I my ride 1989 Volvo 760 Turbo Intercooler Estate (station wagon) Black, automatic transmission, 2.3 litre turbo, 4 cylinder, anti-lock brakes, rear wheel drive, very tight turn radius, leather interior, sunroof, stereo AM/FM/Cassette player, heated front seats, split fold down rear seats, fold-down jump seat, cargo cage, rear window wiper, retractable antenna... all the extras that were available in '89. Manufactured in Gothenburg, Sweden. 241,000+ miles

QUOTE (HuskyRunner @ Mar 16 2011, 09:39 AM) A blonde woman was speeding down the road in her little yellow bug and was pulled over by a woman police officer who was also a blonde. The blonde cop asked to see the blonde's driver's license. She dug through her purse and was getting progressively more agitated. "What does it look like"?' she finally asked. The policewoman replied, "It's square and it has your picture on it". The driver finally found a square mirror in her purse, looked at it, and handed it to the policewoman. "Here it is," she said. The blonde officer looked at the mirror, then handed it back saying, 'Okay, you can go. I didn't realize you were a cop.. ..'

Last summer, the President and Mrs. Clinton were vacationing in their home state of Arkansas. On a venture one day, they stopped at a service station to fill up the car with gas. It seemed that the owner of the station was once Hillary's high school love. They exchanged hellos, and went on their way. As they were driving on to their destination, Bill put his arm around Hillary and said, "Well, honey, if you had stayed with him, you would be the wife of a service station owner today." She smirked and replied, "No, if I had stayed with him, he would be President of the United States."

QUOTE QUOTE (Workaholic Man @ Mar 14 2011, 07:10 PM) Two suspicious-looking guys walked into a bar and ordered drinks and sat down at one of the back tables. The bartender, who wasn't very fond of troublemakers, kept his eye on them from the get-go. Before long, one of the guys walks up to the bar and says to the bartender, "We've noticed you've been keeping an eye on us, so to be all friendly, I'll make a bet with you. I'll bet you a round of drinks that I can bite my left eye...." The bartender shrugs his shoulders, "That's a stupid bet for you, man. You're ON..." So the guy takes out his glass eye and bites it. The pissed-off bartender gives the guys their drinks. A while later, the guy goes back up to the still-enraged bartender and says, "OK, we can see your still sore, so I'll make it up to you. I'll bet you two more drinks that I can bite my right eye!" The bartender laughed and said, "You can't get me this time! You can't have TWO glass eyes! You're ON!" So the guy takes out his false teeth and bites his right eye. The bartender gives him the drinks with a look of pure HATE. A while later, the guy goes back up to the bar and says to the bartender, "OK, we gotta go, but I'll make you one last bet. I bet you a hundred bucks that if you slide a beer mug down the whole length of the bar, I can piss in it all the way down without missing....bet??" The bartender laughed so loud that the whole crowd looked over. "You stupid jackass! You'll never do that! You're ON, and then you and your buddy can GET OUT afterwards!!" "Fair enough," the guy says. He stood up on the bar, readied his trousers, and the bartender slid the beer mug down the length of the bar. The guy pissed all over the bar and didn't hit the mug once. The whole crowd laughed their asses off..... "HAHAHAHAHAHA....!! The batender roared. "I knew you couldn't do it! Pay up!! The guy whipped out a hundred, and said to the bartender, "That's OK, man....I bet my buddy a thousand dollars that I could piss all over your bar and you'd do nothing but laugh...."

QUOTE (HuskyRunner @ Mar 7 2011, 09:40 AM) The guys were all at a deer camp. No one wanted to room with Bob, because he snored so badly. They decided it wasn't fair to make one of them stay with him the whole time, so they voted to take turns. The first guy slept with Bob and comes to breakfast the next morning with his hair a mess and his eyes all bloodshot. They said, 'Man, what happened to you? He said, 'Bob snored so loudly, I just sat up and watched him all night. ' The next night it was a different guy's turn. In the morning, same thing - hair all standing up, eyes all bloodshot. They said, 'Man, what happened to you? You look awful!' He said, 'Man, that Bob shakes the roof with his snoring. I watched him all night' The third night was Pete's turn. Pete was a big, burly, ex-Navy man; a man's man. The next morning he came to breakfast bright eyed and bushy tailed. ' Good morning,' he said. They couldn't believe it! They said, 'Man, what happened?' He said, 'Well, we got ready for bed. I went and tucked Bob into bed, patted him on the butt, and kissed him good night Bob sat up and watched me all night.'

QUOTE (Jaye @ Mar 6 2011, 05:25 PM) What do you get if you play a blues record backwards? You get released from jail, your wife returns to you and your dog comes back to life!

QUOTE (different.hearts @ Mar 5 2011, 10:49 AM) The Titantic is sailing along happily when suddenly one of the passengers sees a large ball of light-coloured lettuce floating in the water. He rushes to the captain and says, "CAPTAIN! ICEBERG, A HEAD!" -- Why did Jim Morrison cross the road? To break on through to the other side -- Two muffins are in the oven, and one of them says "Wow, it's really hot in here." The other one says "OH GOD A TALKING MUFFIN!" -- A plane crashes on a deserted island and the three survivors are stranded. A tribe captures them and the chief says, go into the jungle and find ten of the same fruit, then come back. The first man goes out into the jungle, finds ten apples, and comes back. The chief says "You have to put all of these up your ass without making any sound or facial expression. If you do, I'll kill you. So the man gets to the second apple and starts crying, and the chief shoots him. The second man comes back with grapes, he gets to nine grapes and starts laughing. The chief shoots him. The first man and the second man meet in heaven and the first man says to the second man, "Why did you laugh? You were almost done!" The second man says, "I saw the third guy coming in with pineapples." good ones, different.hearts!

QUOTE (different.hearts @ Mar 5 2011, 11:34 AM) A RUSH fan dies and goes to Heaven, where he meets St. Peter. St. Peter is in the middle of showing him around Heaven when the fan hears someone drumming just like Neil Peart. Aghast, he turns to St. Peter and asks, "Please don't tell me Neil Peart is dead!!!" St. Peter replies, "Oh, Neil's quite alive. That's God, who WISHES he could play like Neil Peart". heheheee

A sailor was caught AWOL as he tried to sneak on board his ship at about 3am. The chief petty officer spied him and ordered the sailor to stop. The officer ordered the sailor, "Take this broom and sweep every link on this anchor chain by morning or it's the brig for you!" The sailor picked up the broom and started to sweep the chain. Just then, a tern landed on the broom handle. The sailor yelled at the bird to leave, but it didn't. The lad picked the tern off the broom handle, giving the bird a toss. The bird left, only to return and light once again on the broom handle. The sailor went through the same routine all over again, with the same result. He couldn't get any cleaning done because he could only sweep at the chain once or twice before the silly bird came back. When morning came, so did the chief petty officer, to check up on his wayward sailor. "What on earth have you been doing all night? This chain is no cleaner than when you started! What have you to say for yourself, sailor?" barked the chief. "Honest, chief," came the reply, "I tossed a tern all night and couldn't sweep a link!"

QUOTE (HuskyRunner @ Mar 4 2011, 10:05 AM) A Texas cowboy who is visiting Wyoming walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Coors . He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more. The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy, "You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it. It would taste better if you bought one at a time." The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in Arizona, the other is in Colorado. When we all left our home in Texas, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together. So I'm drinking one beer for each of my brothers and one for myself." The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way. He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn. One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs All the regulars take notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round,the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss." The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his eyes and he laughs. "Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains, "It's just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking. Hasn't affected my brothers though."

Veteran Pillsbury spokesman Pop N. Fresh died Wednesday of a severe yeast infection. He was 71. He was buried Friday in one of the biggest funerals in years. Dozens of celebrities turned out including Mrs. Butterworth, the California Raisins, Hungry Jack, Betty Crocker, and the Hostess Twinkies. The graveside was piled high with flours, as longtime friend Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy, describing Fresh as a man who "never knew he was kneaded". Fresh rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a smart cookie, and wasted much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Still, even as a crusty old man, he was a roll model to millions. Fresh is survived by his second wife. They had two children, and one in the oven. The funeral was at 3:50 for 20 minutes.

cool, I hadn't seen this discussion thread here before. APOD has been on my favorite bookmarked list for years. Glad to see this topic bumped

*groan* that's bad!!

very cool Good luck meeting the members of RUSH. I wish I had suggestion, but I don't. I think they have a pretty tight security. Hope you meet them anyhow

U2 and Eric Clapton? How'd you manage that? I almost met Edge @ their port studio in Dublin in 2002. On my way back into town after hanging outside the studio building for a couple of hours, Edge passed me in his black Mercedes on his way to the studio I did wave hello to Sam, Larry Mullin, Jr.'s drum tech when he look out the studio door, though

Btw, just listened to the mp3 of 'Stone Cold'... Bravo!!! Has a rockin'blues vibe goin' on reminiscent of SRV & Double Trouble. good stuff!

congratulations! that's huge!

A man walks up to the bar with an ostrich behind him, and as he sits, the bartender asks for their order. The man says, "I'll have a beer" and turns to the ostrich. "What's yours?" "I'll have a beer too" says the ostrich. The bartender pours the beer and says "That will be $3.40 please," and the man reaches into his pocket and pays with the exact change for payment. The next day, the man and the ostrich come again, and the man says "I'll have a beer," and the ostrich says "I'll have the same." Once again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change. This became a routine until late one evening, the two enter again. "The usual?" asks the bartender."Well, it's close to last call, so I'll have a large Scotch" says the man. "Same for me" says the ostrich. "That will be $7.20" says the bartender. Once again the man pulls exact change out of his pocket and places it on the bar. The bartender can't hold back his curiosity any longer. "Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change out of your pocket every time?" "Well," says the man, "several years ago I was cleaning the attic and I found this old lamp. When I rubbed it a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes. My first wish was that if I ever needed to pay for anything, I just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money will be there." "That's brilliant!" says the bartender. "Most people would wish for a million dollars or something, but you'll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!""That's right! Whether it's a gallon of milk, or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there," says the man. "That's fantastic!" says the bartender. "You are a genius! ... Oh, one other thing sir, what's with the ostrich?" The man replies, "Oh, my second wish was for a chick with long legs."

Like your Vish story & pics, BOB

QUOTE (tkdryan @ Feb 25 2011, 09:47 PM) My fun night will be Saturday night,, new girl new date,, i cant wait aaaaw, have a nice time!