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2nd October 2025, 09:01 AM
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Views: 652  Re: Cheryl.
She was spared most of the horrible pain we were expecting.
A week ago, we were talking like husband and wife. And then she rapidly lost her ability to speak, hold a fork, or even swallow water....
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30th September 2025, 08:52 PM
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8th September 2025, 06:50 PM
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Views: 1,092 Re: Just Got Out Of Hospital
Over the last 15 years or so, I've interacted more with Mark than I have with some family members. :P
PS. It's not just you. I think he talks funny too.
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8th September 2025, 05:36 PM
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This kind of struck me. It's kind of weird how you can come to really care about someone you have never met who lives halfway across the world and talks funny (UK English or even a different language...
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8th September 2025, 11:17 AM
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I am sorry to hear that you are unwell.
Take care of yourself as much as you
can and I hope that you will feel much
better soon!
And I'll keep you in my prayers!
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8th September 2025, 10:43 AM
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8th September 2025, 06:17 AM
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I was wondering where you were over the past few weeks and feared it might be health-related. So sorry to hear about your troubles.
Stay strong, Mark - you have friends here.
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8th September 2025, 05:00 AM
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8th September 2025, 01:02 AM
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Mark, I'm sorry you are having to deal with this. I can somewhat relate. I hope you get to feeling better soon and your test results come back clean.
Mark
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12th July 2025, 07:22 AM
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5th July 2025, 09:43 AM
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Views: 6,301 Re: Doctor! Doctor!
Why did Bruce Jenner wait until he was 65, to
become a woman ? He wanted to avoid menopause !
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23rd June 2025, 02:01 PM
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16th June 2025, 01:36 PM
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11th June 2025, 07:52 PM
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11th June 2025, 05:41 PM
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5th June 2025, 11:51 AM
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Views: 529 Re: Led Zeppelin... simply the best !!
I'm going to have to disagree with you here, Mark.
The Beatles ain't got nothing on Zep. In fact, as far as I recall, John and Paul didn't write a single song about hobbits or Mordor. LZ for the...
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5th June 2025, 08:35 AM
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Views: 382 RE: Do You Like The Band "Yes"
incredible. I had no idea Jon teamed up with The Band Geeks! lol I will definitely check out True and especially “Once Upon a Dream.” Love when classic artists find the right spark again. Thank you...
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5th June 2025, 07:15 AM
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5th June 2025, 06:47 AM
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I still play The Yes Album from time to time. I think it holds up well today.
Pondering this - and Robert's thread about Led Zep and the Beatles - it's tempting to wonder whether in 50 years' time...
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4th June 2025, 04:17 PM
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4th June 2025, 03:11 PM
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26th May 2025, 08:13 PM
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26th May 2025, 11:30 AM
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18th May 2025, 07:38 PM
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Views: 2,571 Re: What do you do in your retirement life??
Interesting enough ( especially for Claude and Mark ) here is a YT video of this renowned forensic and clinical psychologist analyzing whether or not the whistleblower scientist of area 51 and alien...
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17th May 2025, 11:19 PM
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Thanks Mark.
You know doing a little self analysis of
my recent and surprising interest in this certain field... well I don't think iam excited to find out that there is the existence of alien...
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17th May 2025, 05:44 PM
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Once at a hotel I was speaking at, I noticed a Star Trek Convention was going on...and a UFO convention at the same time. I spent about half an hour walking through the UFO convention...and got the...
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17th May 2025, 05:34 PM
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just joined MUFON yesterday for the year. I must admit as a skeptic i was a little disappointed when i read some of their journals which contains assumptions that Alien life is a true given.
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16th May 2025, 07:33 PM
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Views: 466 Re: Have You Still Got A Stereo?
Yes, I have fond (if a little cloudy) memories of both shows. The girl you're thinking of was Janice Nicholls - mention her name to anyone of a certain age and they're bound to respond with that...
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16th May 2025, 09:35 AM
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It's funny how we've come full circle. I remember back in the '60s there used to be a service called "Dial-a-Disc" operated by the GPO (the national telephone service) which played a current hit...
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16th May 2025, 07:16 AM
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yeah great point !! We all need to splurge every now and then... it's what makes Life tolerable. For instance, yesterday i went and had TWO large soft served ice creams at quick trip. But i will do...
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15th May 2025, 04:47 AM
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Views: 466 Re: Have You Still Got A Stereo?
Yep, still have a stereo. I currently run a Marantz receiver, a tube amp, a turntable, a Bluesound Node, and Magnepan speakers.
I still buy physical media and rip it to a Plex server. I buy...
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14th May 2025, 06:29 PM
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Thanks Mark. And it's good to hear you are keeping it in check without the typical shots.
It runs in my family so i have a good chance of getting it even with diet and exercise. Keeping my fingers...
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14th May 2025, 01:10 PM
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I got rid of the stereo in the mid-2000s. There's an old pair of giant speakers in the attic that need to be trashed. I got rid of most of the CDs over time. Several back in April
I listed 48...
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14th May 2025, 12:26 PM
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14th May 2025, 12:23 PM
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We talk of technological progress, but most people today seem content to put up with a standard of music quality that's significantly inferior to that which was commonplace in the last century.
We...
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14th May 2025, 11:56 AM
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12th May 2025, 01:43 PM
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As a butcher is shooing a dog from his shop, he sees a $20 bill, and a note in his mouth reading: “5 lamb chops, please… “
Amazed, he takes the money, puts a bag of chops in the dog’s mouth, and...
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11th May 2025, 06:18 PM
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11th May 2025, 06:10 PM
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First, I want to apologize for my most recent post here. Nobody deserved it, and I was wrong to say it.
I may as well get this off my chest.
About 2 years ago, Cheryl was diagnosed with bladder...
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9th May 2025, 05:36 PM
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I can understand both Don and Claude's views along with Mark's.
Concentrating on the former, I will add to Claude's diatribe that, YES , there are people who want to add meaning to their lives....
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9th May 2025, 04:03 PM
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Views: 539 Re: Why Do Women Wear Makeup?
I prefer women not to cake make up on but a little bit of eye liner is cool .
Some women wear make up because they have insecurities.
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9th May 2025, 11:29 AM
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9th May 2025, 10:42 AM
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Women wear makeup for the same reason that ALL people
do things like take baths, comb their hair, file their nails, wear
nice clothes, cologne, etc.
Besides practicing good personal hygiene...
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9th May 2025, 09:56 AM
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8th May 2025, 12:02 PM
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8th May 2025, 09:34 AM
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8th May 2025, 08:25 AM
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John approaches his old buddy Mark, at the local casino…
“Mark,” says John, “I’m glad I found you today, I desperately need to borrow $10,000, and I need it today.”
“What do you need $10,000...
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7th May 2025, 01:32 PM
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An old blind cowboy wanders into an all-girl biker bar by mistake…
He finds his way to a bar stool and orders a shot of Jack Daniels.
After sitting there for a while, he yells to the bartender…...
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3rd May 2025, 05:27 PM
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An older woman, well past child-bearing years, went to a walk-in clinic where she was seen by a young, new doctor…
After about 3 minutes in the exam room, the doctor told her she was pregnant.
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22nd April 2025, 06:52 PM
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Views: 580 Re: Your Last Meal On Earth?
Let's start with a whiskey flight: Pappy, Angel's Envy Rye, and, maybe Old Forrester Prohibition.
Appetizer: lightly breaded and fried artichoke hearts with a lemon beurre sauce, and some crispy...
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22nd April 2025, 12:52 PM
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Do you really think that...knowing it was your last day alive...you would have an appetite?
Personally, I'd be thinking...."What a waste of a good meal".
My guess is that, if you were still...
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22nd April 2025, 12:28 PM
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Views: 580 Re: Your Last Meal On Earth?
probably a ribeye steak from cheese crack factory along with a loaded bake potato and of course a slice of turtle cheese cake
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22nd April 2025, 07:45 AM
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Could we have a last meal without being on death row.
What sort of people do you think we are?
Anyway, if I had a choice of a last meal, it would be an endless all-you-can-eat buffet.
It...
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22nd April 2025, 06:24 AM
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Me probably a Big Mac large fries and large Coke, with a caramel sundae since the first makes me feel sick afterwards and the ice cream is up for grabs?
And afterwards the largest cigar on the...
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29th March 2025, 04:58 PM
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A married couple was in a terrible accident, where the man’s face was severely burned…
The doctor told the husband that they couldn’t graft any skin from his body because he was too skinny…
So, the...
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19th March 2025, 11:45 AM
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A guy driving a Kia pulls up at a stoplight next to a Rolls-Royce…
The driver of the Kia rolls down his window and shouts to the driver of the Rolls, “Hey, buddy, that’s a nice car.”
“You got Wi-Fi...
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