When my nephew was walking the Appalachian Trail, he had fallen in with a couple of other young guys...That tends to happen a good bit...You may walk to the next stop or even do a few days together. The three of them had a high pucker moment. They're walking down the trail and a bear cub crosses right in front of them. They stop dead still and hear Mama calling for baby. They quickly grabbed their jackets or blankets off their pack and huddled together. Mama lumbered out in the trail and gave them the eye. They stretched out their coat and blankets above their head, making themselves as big as they could, and started yelling. She stood on her hind legs and growled at them to shut up. God intervened and baby started squalling for Mama, and Mama took off on the run to find baby. My nephew and his two trail buddies took off running, too. And didn't quit until they were a half mile down the trail...

Buff right out, it will. Oh, wait….

@Axtremus said in Stop typing in the damn computer...: Just like I don't have problems with physicians taking notes with pen/paper while with a patient, I have no problem if the same notes are taken with a computer instead. Yeah, I guess this is just the 21st century version of paper note taking during meetings. I usually do paper notes, but if it is a meeting where it looks disrespectful to take notes, I do "talk to text" right after the meeting. But I agree with Georges point - many doctors will not have time right after a patient because the next one is already there.

Somewhere (maybe here?) I heard that a contractor of some sort had a hammer (or something like that) that he welded to the back bumper to keep people from tailgating him. LOL

@Doctor-Phibes said in A History of Violence: I think in general this is an increasing problem. I agree and it is sad and unfortunate. Not only in the political area - but in all areas. Going to an airport for example.

@Jolly said in Biden addresses the nation.: Well rehearsed, rested and drugged. Yup. The problem is this cannot be done 24 hours/day and being the president means not every thing is on a script.

@Doctor-Phibes said in American Thinker du jour - Who Cares? Edition: That being said, I would fully support combining Olympic Golf with archery or shooting or maybe even lawn-mower racing. Nah, try golf + bull-riding. Both bulls and golf belong in a pasture.

@jon-nyc said in This ought to be interesting...: I saw that this morning and think it’s too good to be true. Nah, it was leaked on FOX last night by Kellyanne.

Such a cool video of a wild place! I think Sarah Blueparrot has been there. I know she's been to Uzbekistan and I think Tajikistan.

Sometimes I parody a pro-Trump perspective here to comport with TG’s characterizations of Trump supporters. Other times I parody TDS perspectives, to comport with actual TDS patients who actually exist here and everywhere else.

Trump foundered in the early days after taking office last time. What will it be like this time, in terms of efficiency? I think Trump was ignorant, profoundly so, of the wheels and bureaucracy of Washington. He thought that he could rely on well-entrenched government employees to do what he thought was the right thing. Was it Truman who commented on how impotent the office of President really is? ("He thought") Scarf-lady Birx proved him wrong, and she documented that in her memoir. "We did whatever we wanted, not what POTUS wanted."

He didn't have the best of lives after the war. Sure, he made over 30 movies, but he was not good with his money and suffered a lot from what they called "battle fatigue" in those days. He was very public about his mental problems, advocating for better treatment for soldiers and was successful in getting additional programs for the VA. He slept with a loaded M1911 .45 under his pillow, until he died.

For a wonderful moment I thought Weiner was a possible Biden replacement. I would pay good money to see him and Trump go head-to-head (no pun intended) in a debate on sexual impropriety.

Well the last question is what I’m on about.

What is the point?

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