Subj : Re: Todays Blooper
To   : Mike Powell
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Dec 12 2022 02:05:00

Mike,

 >   Sounds like they want to get things done in a hurry. :P

 MP> Add all those together and they sort of start to sound like a cult!  :O
 MP>  :D

  Yeah, that's true.

  Some folks treat their hobbies as such...but I don't spend every waking
moment with them. The main ones now are the BBS (obviously <G>), amateur
radio (doing traffic nets daily and nightly), square dancing (mostly
behind the scenes, with the website and Editor of a publication), and
Gospel Poetry writing. I basically do the minimum needed with each one,
then I have to get away from the computer for a bit.

  The dry corneas, that made me sell my car, and quit driving six months
ago, can really give me fits for all the time I'm at the computer...and
the Systane Eye Drops aren't helping all that much. At least I'm in no
immediate danger of going blind, even though I do have "suspect glaucoma".

  I had to make an ambulance run to the ER Friday morning, having a rapid
heart rate (tachycardia). The EKG was normal, and they sent me home after
several hours. Many of the hospitals and Emergency Rooms right now are
overrun with numerous cases of the flu and RSV (I've had all my shots).
They (and I) suspect I didn't take the blood pressure and other meds
after those tiny sausage biscuits, but I didn't think the quantity would
be enough to keep me from getting sick with the other medications. As for
those sausage biscuits, they are the mini size, Tennessee Pride brand...
and there's not much to them.

  But, Lyft back home, plus the ER co-pay was over $100. I'll make a
Post Office Box run on Thursday, but then I likely will stay home until
next year. At least I'll get that COLA increase next month that will
help some...and I'll have a new Medicare health plan, with lower co-pays
for specialist visits, plus they'll provide transportation to and from
doctors appointments.

  We are supposed to have severe weather here Tuesday and Tuesday
night, but the 0700 UTC Severe Weather Outlook for Day 2 from the
Storm Prediction Center, shows just marginally severe hail possible
in central Arkansas...along with flooding rain, and frequent lightning
(that means downtime for the BBS for Tuesday afternoon and evening).
It appears the higher threat of tornadoes and damaging winds will be
across south Arkansas, and especially north and central Louisiana.
The bottom will fall out of the temperatures from Wednesday on...and
the models (especially the GFS (aka the Goofus) model going back and
forth on whether we'll have a winter storm here before Christmas.

  I'm up late due to digestive tract issues...but I'll be going back
to bed shortly. At least I don't have an early wake-up call again
until Friday. After the storms leave here early Wednesday, the weather
looks dry and cold into early next week.

Daryl

.... There'll be a rain dance Friday night, weather permitting.
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