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[Jim Robinson]

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[The Cajun]

Our winds just shifted to north about a half hour ago, temp was 65, now 60 and dropping, RATS!

[onyx]

iphone says it’ll be 30 here by 2:00AM and throughout the night. Don’t know about the winds, but it’s raining, too. I’m sick to my almost death of winter. I took a fall in the kitchen this morning (without my iphone nearby) and it took me about an hour to get back to my couch where a I slept for 14 hours. I’m going to the doctor’s at 9:00AM. My good knee gave way, trying to fool with the leak in the pantry. Damn rain. I slipped on the wet floor.

[onyx]

I guess it was yesterday morning... (Sunday).

[The Cajun]

Damn girl!!

I pray it's just a sprain or just bruised.

[onyx]

Yeah, sprain. Just a little swollen. NO big deal! I reget that it’s my GOOD knee! I tried to catch my fall... but failed....LOL.
Dammit, I almost always carry my iphone with me. NOT this time. I didn’t anticipate the floor being so wet!

[The Cajun]

Well at least you're kind of light and not some big goof of 220 pounds falling on himself :)

Hope that's all it turns out to be, stay off of it as much as possible until the swelling goes down.

[onyx]

Yes...LOL. My light weight finally came in handy!
Praise God, for THAT! I can still "see" part of my knee bone! Damn, it took my over an hour to scoot on my rear-end to the 15 feet to my couch! I thought I had a busted knee-cap. That left leg was rendered useless. I've started wearing the necklace thing from the alarm company. It's made for OLD WOMEN living alone. ROTFLOLOLOL.

[The Cajun]

It's made for OLD WOMEN living alone. ROTFLOLOLOL.

Ya lucky I'm a friend with a line like that, LOL!

Rain starting to hit the side of the house, think I'm going to let that put me to sleep.

Nite, you be careful and God bless.

[onyx]

Good night, God bless and keep you and your sweet Lorraine!
See you later today!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[deoetdoctrinae]

EXCELLENT!

[onyx]

On this day, during the battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, the highest point on the island of Iwo Jima and a key strategic point.Later, Marine commanders decide to raise a second, larger flag, an event which an Associated Press photographer captured on film. The resulting photograph became a defining image of the war.


In the face of such fierce counterattack, the Americans reconciled themselves to the fact that Iwo Jima could be taken only one yard at a time. A key position on the island was Mt. Suribachi, the center of the Japanese defense. The 28th Marine Regiment closed in and around the base of the volcanic mountain at the rate of 400 yards per day, employing flamethrowers, grenades, and demolition charges against the Japanese hidden in caves and pillboxes (low concrete emplacements for machine-gun nests). Approximately 40 Marines finally began a climb up the volcanic ash mountain, which was smoking from the constant bombardment, and at about 10 a.m. on February 23, a half-dozen Marines raised a small American flag on the peak--but not before disposing of a Japanese officer who attempted to prevent them. With Mt. Suribachi claimed, one-third of Iwo Jima was under American control. This first flag-raising was photographed by Marine photographer Sgt. Louis R. Lowery. On Lowery's way down Mt. Suribachi, he ran into AP photographer Joe Rosenthal and two other Marine photographers, PFC Bob Campbell and PFC Bill Genaust, who was shooting movies, informing them that the flag-raising they were looking for had already occurred, but encouraging them to check out the view from the top of the hill. The three men continued up the volcano.

Once atop Mt. Suribachi, Rosenthal attempted but was unable to find the soldiers involved in the first flag-raising, deciding instead to photograph the second flag-raising, which featured a much bigger and more photogenic Stars and Stripes. Lowery's film was sent back to military headquarters for processing via ordinary army post--and took a month to arrive. Rosenthal's film was sent by seaplane to Guam, and sent from there via radio-photo to the United States. The photograph so impressed President Roosevelt that he ordered the men pictured in it to return home for a publicity tour. Rosenthal later won a Pulitzer Prize for the photo, but for years was forced to deny erroneous reports that he personally staged the second flag-raising and attempted to pass it off as the original. Although the famous photograph has long led people to believe that the flag-raising was a turning point in the fight for Iwo Jima, vicious fighting to control the island actually continued for 31 more days.

~~KK~~




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[onyx]

30 degrees and ice on the ground but I have a doctor’s appointment at 9:00 so I’m leaving now. I need to be very careful so I don’t fall.. again...lol. Back ASAP.

[DJ MacWoW]

Walk slowly and “flat foot” it.

[onyx]

OKay and I’m taking his walking stick.
Damn, I feel old, but I AM! LOL.
Thank God, a lot of the swelling from yesterday has subsided.

[DJ MacWoW]

A walking stick gives extra balance so that’s a good idea. I have a cane that I use when I go outside.

[onyx]

I’m here and already on my way home!

[DJ MacWoW]

Okay. Be careful.