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Would a NASCAR fan accept this?

Would a NASCAR fan accept this ? Judge orders a Wisconsin woman to choose between 90 days in jail or to give up her Packers season tickets.

Where have I been?

It’s now over five weeks since I had my belly sliced open. I have been home over four and am healing nicely. The Doc said that by six weeks after the surgery the wound strength would be at about 90% of normal and 95% in another month. Posting has been extremely light. I haven’t felt very inspired for writing anything. It seems that encountering new scenery facilitated something to say. Perhaps this blog will evolve into something beyond a travelogue. When I first came home I slept a lot. Now I manage to usually stay awake for most of the day. We have been busy handling things that had been neglected in the preceding four months. We’ve been preparing our taxes and getting ready to sell our house. A large part of our efforts has been devoted to getting rid of clutter and putting some things in storage. We took advantage today of a neighborhood-wide garage sale. It’s a peculiar sensation to be able to walk in a straight line completely across a room without stopping. I may grow
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Photo purloined from Sondrak.com

Let Me Entertain You

Here are two fun time wasters. http://www.shockhaber.com/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.htm and http://members.chello.nl/rwestdorp/maukie1.swf
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A closer look at the carpet.
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Roadsides carpeted with yelow.
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El Capitan peak on the road home from Guadalupe Mtns NP. I believe Guadalupe peak is to the right.
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Yucca at sunrise
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Sunrise near our campsite in Guadalupe Mtns NP

Surgery

After a stop at a local doctor (for a cash ectomy) I went to the emergency room Thursday evening. Surgery was scheduled for Friday am. Dianne began to feel better. What began as laproscopic surgery quickly proceeded to the conventional type. Judging from the size of the incision it looks like a carving knife may have been required. The first day following recovery was spent in the ICU. The nurse changed the dressing. Dianne was given smelling salts. The surgeon’s dressing was gauze, covered by a large rubberized adhesive sheet. Kind of like a RV with a rubber roof. She replaced it with something called “Montgomery strips”. The plastic strips are perforated, much like for insertion into a ring binder. Safety pins were placed in the holes. One strip was securely taped on each side of the wound. The dressing was then inserted and the package was secured with rubber bands laced across the safety pins. The whole thing is durable and very easy to change the dressing. I was transf
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It only hurts when I laugh!
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Montgomery Strips in action.