On Sun, 10 May 2009 01:38:55 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:

Yesterday was my first smoke-free anniversary after quintuple bypass.
No slips, no oopsies, no excuses. How doin', Gunner? G Raise them
cigibutt taxes, ya *******s, see if I care anymore. Smokers are a
minority so screw 'em, it's the American way regardless of party.
Party lines merely differ about which minorities should get screwed.

Bravo! Im at 8-10 smokes a day. Shrug..Unfortunately I live in a house
with 3 other adult smokers. I was off smokes totally for 3 weeks, then
came home and lasted almost another week.

Once the kids move out next month...Ill be off of them inside of 2
weeks. The ex can smoke outside.

I've bought four nice handguns with the money I've not spent on butts
in the past year. The most recent was for Mary,her choice on her
permit, and she is already scarey good with it. Sig P232 if it
matters. I can't hit crap with it (yet) but it sure works for her.
The challenges and perils the likes of we must overcome now are
rather different than we faced during the '60's and '70's but no less
potentially lethal albeit somewhat quieter. Old dogs must learn new
tricks if we wanna become even older dogs. But it's still discipline.
Hike the brisk 3 miles every freakin' day. I don't have to like it, do
have to do it.
Hikes up and down range doesn't count: I march my miles before I load
up and go to the range for grins and giggles.

The cardio doc says I now have the cholesterol numbers of a
chimpanzee. He's too much of a gentleman to similarly comment on my
intellect or general demeanor... He's a well-bred Paki, luck of the
draw and damned good luck for me and we. We like him a lot. Good man.
Someone close to me got a bit out of sync, atrial fib doncha know, Dr.
B got that corrected with a single 200-joule shot. Bit of a bounce
but it got 'er done. You may know that 50 joules is quite sufficient
to vaporize the end of a good-sized screwdriver.

We're not subsisting on tofu and rabbitfodder by any means, just
being sensible most of the time. We're meateaters, carnivores to be
sure, counting fowl and fish as meat.


Well done Sir..well done indeed!

Gunner


"Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with
minimum food or water,in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing
clean on him is his weapon. He doesn't worry about what workout to do---
his rucksack weighs what it weighs, and he runs until the enemy stops chasing him.
The True Believer doesn't care 'how hard it is'; he knows he either wins or he dies.
He doesn't go home at 1700; he is home. He knows only the 'Cause.' Now, who wants to quit?"

NCOIC of the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course in a welcome speech to new SF candidates