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Bad ass. I am so happy that those eagles are coming back.
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"After seeing people in a pool, huddled under a METAL FRICKING LIGHTNING ROD...."
RALLY FOR REGGIE B
You can be part of a resounding movement to RALLY for REGGIE B, a 58-year-old courageous warrior fighting a relentless rare genetic condition, Neurofibromatosis (NF). This disorder caused a 49-pound tumor on his left leg, tumors disfiguring his face, and many tumors growing on the nerves inside and outside his body. Tragically, attempts to operate on these tumors in the past have proven fatal to his family members, claiming the lives of both a beloved brother and a cherished nephew.
Reggie has weathered storms of unimaginable magnitude, facing heartbreaking setbacks and unfathomable struggles. His world was shattered when his lifelong pillar of strength and love, his mother, who he had lived with his entire life, tragically succumbed to Covid. Adding to his hardships, a cruel reverse mortgage lender foreclosed, auctioning off his home, and leaving him facing the possibility of being homeless.
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With boundless gratitude,
Team for Reggie B
Meet Madam Jeanne Louise Calment, who had the longest confirmed human lifespan: 122 years, 164 days. Apparently, fate strongly approved of the way she lived her life. She was born in Arles, France, on February 21, 1875. The Eiffel Tower was built when she was 14 years old. It was at this time she met Vincent van Gogh. "He was dirty, badly dressed, and disagreeable," she recalled in an interview given in 1988. When she was 85, she took up fencing, and still rode her bike when she reached 100. At the age of 114, she starred in a film about her life, at age 115 she had an operation on her hip, and at age 117 she gave up smoking, having started at the age of 21 in 1896. She didn't give it up for health reasons; her reason was that she didn't like having to ask someone to help her light a cigarette once she was nearly blind. In 1965, Jeanne was 90 years old and had no heirs. She signed a deal to sell her apartment to a 47-year-old lawyer called André-François Raffray. He agreed to pay her a monthly sum of 2,500 francs on the condition he would inherit her apartment after she died. However, Raffray not only ended up paying Jeanne for 30 years, but then died before she did at the age of 77. His widow was legally obliged to continue paying Madam Calment until the end of her days. Jeanne retained sharp mental faculties. When she was asked on her 120th birthday what kind of future she expected to have. Her reply, "A very short one."
Here are the Rules of Life from Jeanne Louise Calment:
"I'm in love with wine."
"All babies are beautiful."
"I think I will die of laughter."
"I've been forgotten by our Good Lord."
"I've got only one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it."
"I never wear mascara; I laugh until I cry often."
"If you can't change something, don't worry about it."
"Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life."
"I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine."
"I have a huge desire to live and a big appetite, especially for sweets."
"I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit."
"I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky." “Being young is a state of mind, it doesn’t depend on one’s body. I’m actually still a young girl, it's just that I haven't looked so good for the past 70 years."
At the end of one interview, the journalist said, "Madame, I hope we will meet again sometime next year." To which Jeanne replied, "Why not? You're not that old; you'll still be here!”
Hmmm, "Sting" Ray you say......odd
Yes I have.
We were fishing the Lamar river in Yellowstone a few years back and I came upon my younger brother sitting on a rock over a large pool. He hadn't caught much that day and I asked him why he wasn't fishing. He pointed to an eagle sitting on a rock at the top of the pool. It proceeded to take off and pull a large trout out from directly in front of my brother. On one hand it was awesome, on the other he was pissed.
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I think we're going to need a bigger boat.
Looks like the Rock River north shore near the airport in Moline. The far bridge is I74, the near bridge is 27th street.
His Sunday morning shows were always great entertainment after a loss during the week. He also had his own golf show where I think he hosted a local pro and they would work on his game. There were a lot of interesting outtakes from that show like the one you posted. Again, some great entertainment.
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