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Happy 4th of July! #52366
07/04/05 07:23 AM
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Timbo Offline OP
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Hey all you yankees...get out there and lift a Sam Adams for the home boys! Then get to Block Buster and rent "Team America, World Police" (drink the Sam's while you watch this), and don't forget to watch Lance Armstrong on OLN, then read the book 1776, which is an excellent account of how General Washington nearly did not win independance! Great summer reading.

Oh, and if you can catch the Boston Pops and fireworks show tonight on PBS do that, it's always a great concert.

Here's to You George, and the troops of 1776. Well done!

Hey, when is the Austrailian Independence day? That should be quite a party!



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Re: Happy 4th of July! [Re: Timbo] #52367
07/04/05 07:44 AM
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Yeah, Happy 4th of July you guys!

Tea anyone?


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Re: Happy 4th of July! [Re: Timbo] #52368
07/04/05 08:46 AM
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Hey all you yankees...get out there and lift a Sam Adams for the home boys! Then get to Block Buster and rent "Team America, World Police" (drink the Sam's while you watch this), and don't forget to watch Lance Armstrong on OLN, then read the book 1776, which is an excellent account of how General Washington nearly did not win independance! Great summer reading.

Oh, and if you can catch the Boston Pops and fireworks show tonight on PBS do that, it's always a great concert.

Here's to You George, and the troops of 1776. Well done!

Hey, when is the Austrailian Independence day? That should be quite a party!



And remember the time when our forefathers founded this country with a terrorist insurgency.



Re: Happy 4th of July! [Re: PpS] #52369
07/04/05 08:56 AM
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Let's not go down that road (again) today!

Happy 4th of July to our U.S friends, and remember to celebrate all that's great about your country.

Re: Happy 4th of July! [Re: Rolf_Nilsen] #52370
07/04/05 01:08 PM
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Indeed Rolf. Keep the focus positive. All things considered we have much to be thankful for. Our country serves us well.

Eric


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Re: Happy 4th of July! [Re: arbo06] #52371
07/04/05 03:22 PM
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This will easily be my most grateful Fourth of July ever! On the 22nd of June while driving home from work on an ordinary afternoon, minding my own business, doing nothing wrong, I became involved in a very serious auto crash when a full size pickup truk diving in the opposing lane inexplicably crossed the center line and collided with me head-on. No time to turn or brake; just enough time to yell "Oh [censored]" then !!!BANG!!!. It was a near 'perfect' head-on and our combined speed was 90-100 mph. My little 1987 Nissan truck was utterly destroyed; even his 2003 Ford F150 was crushed merilessly, but at least he had airbags. The EMT's even asked me what kind of vehcile I was driving; they couldn't even tell what it was! They asked a lot of question in the 25 minutes of cutting and prying it took to free me from the junk pile that was my truck.
Despite the seeming hopelessness of this crash, I escaped with only a cut on my left knee, a broken left ulna(smaller bone in the forearm) and a dislocated/fractured left pelvis. But no head trauma (I remained conscious alert and oriented throughout this whole ordeal!), no spinal trauma, no internal injuries, almost no bleeding at all! I was never in great pain.
I underwent surgery on the 27th to repair the dislocated/fractured pelvis (acitabulum, actually) which was 100% successful and I have been released to a live-in rehab center where I am regaining my mobility. I am in little or no pain, and my prognosis is a 100% recovery!
But while here at the rehab, I met so many people worse off than I; people looking to someday just be able to use a wheelchair or feed themselves, stroke victims, para and quadraplegics and many more. Even that night at the trauma center, there were two amputations, one spinal trauma and a death by head trauma. I was the least injured person there, though I probably should have been dead at the accident scene!
The bottom line is I Know more than ever what a great gift our life, health and liberty is! Use it well, do the things you love to do while taking the sensible precautions you should to be safe. But remember: we know not what is in our future! Our lives are NEVER completely in our own hands.
I have my Prindle 19 upside down right now for a bottom job and was in the process of replacing the wires and lines and adding a hooter, hoping to get it ready and get down to miami for the Key Largo run. That does not look too realistic right now as I have my recovery as my first priority; hip surgery is a big deal and I will need several months to recover fully.

Don't feel sorry for me; I certainly don't! Everyone have a safe and happy foruth!

Go sailing or something!

Jimbo

Re: TO PpS [Re: PpS] #52372
07/04/05 03:25 PM
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Now that we heard from the bottom of the barrel.

Happy SAFE 4th to rest.

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Re: Happy 4th of July! [Re: Jimbo] #52373
07/04/05 04:05 PM
07/04/05 04:05 PM
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Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH...
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We will be watching fireworks tonight in front of Perry's Monument (the International Peace Memorial) at Put-in-Bay, Ohio. The Battle of Lake Erie took place near this island in 1813, and the fleet commanded by Oliver Hazard Perry prevailed over the British fleet. Just adds a little more history and excitement and meaning to the fireworks when you are where some of the history was actually made.

Re: Happy 4th of July! [Re: Mary] #52374
07/04/05 04:26 PM
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Plan on watching the famous and spectacular Lake Eola, Orlando, FL pyro show. The 'courtyard' area here at Lucerne Rehab Center just happens to give a beautiful view. In years past I have had to park 2-3 miles away and walk in since the show is so popular. Not This Time

Jimbo

Re: Happy 4th of July! [Re: Jimbo] #52375
07/04/05 04:28 PM
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It's nice that you got some benefit from your injuries.


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