Suzu
Lost in space

I few days ago I found out that my old friend Tom, a.k.a. "FRANCESCO", was found dead on his property on June 16th. It was a neighbor who found him, after seeing his bicycle left at the end of his driveway all day. No autopsy was done, and I am assuming that he was out riding his bike when he started feeling strange, so he headed for home... made it as far as the driveway at which point he must have felt too woozy to continue riding and left the bike to go on foot up the driveway to the house. Meanwhile his brain was bleeding... and he never made it to the phone to call for help. The sheriff found his body near the dwelling (I don't think it could be called a house yet) as if he had collapsed while trying to get to the door. Tom was 81.5 years old and in very good health. He rode his bicycle daily, went swimming several times a week, practiced martial arts and ate a very healthy diet. He did not smoke (ever) and only drank an occasional beer. I knew him for nearly 45 years and had been trying to make a trip to visit him for the last ten years or so. I almost made it a couple of times.... We talked on the phone for many hundreds of hours and exchanged close to 10,000 emails since about 1999. He was a one-in-a-billion type of guy. He used to tell me that he felt more like 18 than 81 and believed he would live to be at least 100. I really thought he would live quite a few more years, too. My life will not be the same with Tom gone.

Alot of guys in my old unit including some close associates refused to take this. Hopefully they find good news at the beginning of the year.

He had 4 years to even attempt to try to make a hole to start to “drain the swamp”. Why would I think he’s going to do something that extraordinary. The only thing he can drain is his lizard. Enough of the Trump 24 crud.

I'd be getting pretty aggressive too if I had a tight band around my neck like the swan does.

I've come to the conclusion that Fiji water has great healing properties. Sunday I developed a very bad bladder infection. My feet and ankles swelled up so much that I had a very difficult time donning a pair of compression socks. Monday I had an appointment in a nearby town (15 miles away) and I took the opportunity to also shop at the local discount grocery (Shetler's) where I found 1.5-liter bottles of Fiji water on sale for $2.09 each. I bought two of them, just because I love this water so much. I was out of the house for a total of five hours, during which time I had to visit a restroom three times due to my ailment. The frequent bathroom visits continued until midnight. Between returning from the trip and going to bed last night, I drank one of the bottles of Fiji water. By 6:00 this morning, the infection was completely cleared. The swelling of my feet was gone, too. Now I am wishing I had bought more of those bottles.

Isn't this like multiple infections?

Pretty sure the idea of stringing people up by the neck precedes US slavery and lynchings.

Poor Ray. :rolleyes:

I'm done voting. 3, 3rd party or protest votes in 2008, 2012 and 2016, and then voting for Trump in 20. I no longer believe the system can be fixed politically. Least of all by one man in DC.