Military Medical Team Makes the 'Toughest Call' (GI IMPALED BY BOMB - courage abounds!!!)

ABC News ^ | 9/22/07 | Ruth Reiss

[Monkey Face]

I used to get bronchitis every year, until I quit smoking. I’m so glad I don’t have to feel that bad any more. ... :o]

[sionnsar]

I had pneumonia twice, and the second time, when I was 14, was really bad.

Ugh! I've heard that once you have pneumonia you're more susceptible?

[fanfan]

I wash my hands too. It’s the best defence.

My son came home with stomach flu, so I guess I’m more interested in germs than I usually would be.

Hand washing is the best thing....Does anyone know how to clean a keyboard on a lap top?

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A good night FRiends.

[Monkey Face]

I’ve never had pneumonia...but I did get a vaccination for one type of it. Can’t recall what type, though...

[Monkey Face]

Get a can of air and use it between the keys. Also, you can turn the laptop upside down when you do that to make sure the debris doesn’t “hide.”

G’night, Sis!

[sionnsar]

Does anyone know how to clean a keyboard on a lap top?

They're usually removable, but I don't know what you'd do beyond that.

[fanfan]

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[darkangel82]

yeah....anyway, enough sick talk.

[sionnsar]

Here's a funny one from the same trip. Understand, this fellow has a PhD (at least one) and is a recognized world expert and consultant in architectural acoustics, but...

[Monkey Face]

He looks like I feel when faced with a new toy!

[sionnsar]

This is from my committee meeting in Paris. Though it could be a "plenary" session anywhere in the world. (Working group meetings are seated quite differently.) We're seated pretty much alphabetically by country -- the fellow on the far left is Australia.

[sionnsar]

He looks like I feel when faced with a new toy!

Me too, actually, but seeing the camera reversed like that was funny.

[sionnsar]

It was a very dark day in Paris that day; you can get a hint of that here, though I've brightened the photo some. Interestingly, while waiting in the hours-long to ascend the Eiffel Tower, I learned that the couple ahead of us in line live just a few blocks from one of my old elementary schools. Michiganders do get around!

[Monkey Face]

Yep! Some days, it’s hard for me to do anything that isn’t reversed!! LOL!

[Monkey Face]

Paris is probably somewhere near the bottom of my “Places To See” list. I suppose if I had the opportunity to go, I would, but I wouldn’t instigate it.

[sionnsar]

Paris is probably somewhere near the bottom of my “Places To See” list. I suppose if I had the opportunity to go, I would, but I wouldn’t instigate it.

LoM has roots in Paris. She visited the house where her great-grandfather was raised - and from a quite unrelated situation, her other native language is Parisian French. I have yet to encounter the infamous Parisian or even French rudeness on my two visits (Lyon and Paris), even when LoM wasn't there. We (and I alone) experienced situations where a local, seeing we were (or I was) a bit lost, obviously American, jumped in to help.

And even where chance bar/bouchon conversations went to the then-coming invasion of Iraq, they were quite polite.

My personal experience says the French are getting a bit of a bad rap.

And LoM and I ARE going to return to Paris. The cathedrals alone are worth it...

[sionnsar]

Yep! Some days, it’s hard for me to do anything that isn’t reversed!! LOL!

Gee, and here I thought it was just me! *\;-)

[Monkey Face]

I always save my opinions of a place until I have the opportunity to see it first hand.

I was never excited about going to NYC, but when I had the opportunity, I went, and opened my mind about what I would see and do there. As a result, it was a much more pleasant experience than I thought it would be, including riding the subways alone.

[Monkey Face]

I’m outta here for the night!

See y’all tomorrow!

[sionnsar]

Good night!