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Stuart G

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35. Each day is a miracle for me..?? Yes you are correct!!!!

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 21, 2015, 02:44 PM

Dec 2015

I have had a number of severe medical problems over the past 10 years. Yes, very severe.

I am still alive and get around very well. A whole lot better than a few years ago. Often, I forget and get wrapped up in the ....
...negative stuff....but without these times, and advances..I would be dead....as someone once said in my youth..

"Yes, sir ree Bob"...that's all folks...

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Believe it or not, this is the best time to be alive [View all] applegrove Dec 2015 OP

Kick! Egnever Dec 2015 #1

Well, according to Bernie Sanders, the sky is falling! leftofcool Dec 2015 #2

For many of these children it is. draa Dec 2015 #12

What??? angrychair Dec 2015 #15

yeah, all that talk of climate change is so ridiculous... Javaman Dec 2015 #22

"So what do you want to have for lunch?" el_bryanto Dec 2015 #29

Hafta wonder about--for example-- truebluegreen Dec 2015 #3

As bad as Daesh is, they are not Tamerlane. AngryAmish Dec 2015 #4

Under 50 people have been killed by terrorists in the USA since 9/11. About the same as right wing applegrove Dec 2015 #7

And we kill 50 of them every week with drones. zeemike Dec 2015 #10

We know..... daleanime Dec 2015 #5

I fight to end growing inequality in $$$ and power every day. I don't want to see the GOP applegrove Dec 2015 #6

If you really cared about that you'd not vote for HRC Elmer S. E. Dump Dec 2015 #9

I'd pretend the same as you if my bias depended on it. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #38

I miss the 70s myself.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #8

Me too. moondust Dec 2015 #11

Not to mention the sexual revolution in the days when "Aids" was a diet candy.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #13

Yeah, me too mountain grammy Dec 2015 #19

the 70's, the stuff dreams are made of snooper2 Dec 2015 #25

Think THAT'S bad? We had an AMC Pacer. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #32

Outstanding article. lovemydog Dec 2015 #14

Yes. I loved it too. And for sure I am guilty of going online applegrove Dec 2015 #17

Ironic, isn't it? Recursion Dec 2015 #16

Depends who you are, and where you are. Same as always. hunter Dec 2015 #18

Good perspective. Our house is on fire mountain grammy Dec 2015 #20

Yes. Best to be to be alive unless it isn't. Orsino Dec 2015 #31

Or, like me, poor and well-fed. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #39

Humans have a terrible time with aggregates and universalization whatthehey Dec 2015 #21

Most of my formal education is evolutionary biology. hunter Dec 2015 #24

+1. nt DLevine Dec 2015 #26

I think we are talking different time scales whatthehey Dec 2015 #30

Ugh. I loathe automobiles and airline travel... hunter Dec 2015 #34

Try living without one as a hemiplegiac with a 200' walking range who can't do stairs whatthehey Dec 2015 #36

My problem may be that I never learned to equate automobiles with any kind of freedom... hunter Dec 2015 #37

Hmmmm... I do. It's either a car or never leave my street. whatthehey Dec 2015 #40

That's extremely well put, hunter. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #33

May be but how much better could it be? That is the real question. yellowcanine Dec 2015 #23

In Canada, maybe. Octafish Dec 2015 #27

I'm enjoying it. Inkfreak Dec 2015 #28

Each day is a miracle for me..?? Yes you are correct!!!! Stuart G Dec 2015 #35