Golden Oldie: Clever Little Boy A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, "This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you." The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks, "Which do you want, son"? The boy takes the quarters and leaves. "What did I tell you"? said the barber. "That kid never learns!" Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store. "Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill"? The boy licked his cone and replied, "Because the day I take the dollar, the game's over!"
The first testicular guard, the "Cup", was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important. Ladies.....Quit Laughing.
I ve been meaning to offer up an explanation for my absence. Life changes and I've moved on. You guys are all great and the time spent here had a purpose. I log on once in a while and read and might post. Hmnnn.. Here goes, the cliff note version. My wife of 30 years diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, 8 months later I get diagnosed with lukemia. I go to boston for chemo wife goes to albany for chemo. 6 months later i get major lung problems, I'm in a wheel chair and oxygen trying to take care of my wife who by then is sick as a dog. My lung problem is never diagnosed but I get better. Wife dies. I go to boston get bone marrow transplant. I easily racked up close to a million dollars in medical bills, i have good insurance. I am doing fucking great. This is over the course of 2 1/2 years. Feb 11th will be one year sice my wife died. Some day I might write the second act, meeting a young girl, (17 years younger than me) I was mad at God and I told him , the chaplain, the priest and my mother the devote catholic. If you want to see God restore whats been stolen from you, get up each morning expecting good things to happen. In the grand scheme of things its just as easy to expect good things as it is to expect bad things. Peace out guys, I'm still around.
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Nutmeg, I am very sorry to hear about your health issues and your wife's passing. I would like to thank you for your many contributions to ET over the years. Obj Joke: My father survived WW2, prostate cancer, triple by-pass surgery, a serious car accident and chronic heart problems but tonight, he finally succumbed to the most dreadful of fates; dying in excruciating pain while laughing. He read Nutmeg's previous posts on ET.