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Skriven 2014-12-01 21:35:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: cakendars 362
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 11-30-14  10:59 <=-

 ML>> Different years, but when they ask for your birthdate
 ML>> and the answer is January 1, mumble mumble, the niceties
 ML>> sometimes get ignored.
 NB>> True... generally the asker is already responding Oh, a New Year's
 NB>> Baby! before one gets to the year... I know, having the same bd...  
 ML> I suppose on average 3/10 of a percent of the population
 ML> has that birthday, but people make a big old fuss about
 ML> stuff like that anyway.

That one is probably mostly symbolic... the first one of the year in any
given locality is likely going to be made much of, and all that... 9am
in Philly was way too late for the hoopla...  (G)

 ML>> Several variations - people take credit for stuff I've done,
 ML>> people blame me for stuff they've done, and people just lie
 ML>> for the heck of it, even if it doesn't benefit them to do so.
 NB>> Indeed.  Known people like that, too.
 ML> Can't stand it, but it seems pretty frequent. You read
 ML> about all these famous people, and how so many of them have
 ML> been accused of dirty deeds even in the intellectual sphere.

Some of it no doubt from envy... or from wrong perspectives...

 ML> I have a friend whose misfortune was to have a theory that
 ML> went head-to-head against some other guy who just happened
 ML> to have a Nobel prize, and his career was trashed by the
 ML> Nobelist and others wanting to curry favor with the Nobelist,
 ML> and there went a quarter century of the guy's career. Turns
 ML> out they were both wrong, but my friend was far more correct
 ML> than the Nobelist.

Sigh.  Guess all he had was the satisfaction of having been more right
after all...  It's a shame it trashed his career, though.
 
 ML>> And it is easier just to let things go, but then things
 ML>> sometimes escalate and/or come back to bite one in the butt.
 NB>> Sadly, true... I prefer to let things slide when possible, but
 NB>> sometimes that's not as wise as one hoped it would be.
 ML> It's hard to figure. I guess that's what life is - figuring
 ML> when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, even if you would
 ML> win the hand.

Yeah... and living with the consequences...  :)
 
 NB>> Definately disquieting... I've been getting an interesting numbiness
 NB>> in my previously gouty big toe, not sure if it's a follow on from the
 NB>> gout (or my body's handling thereof), or a reaction to something I've
 NB>> added to the diet to deal with it... ;)
 ML> Neurological, of course, but reversible?

Apparently...  the doctor, when I mentioned it to him, checked things
out, and wasn't too concerned... he said that nerves take longer to heal
than other parts of the body.  He thought it likely the remnants of the
gout...  And now it's not doing it so much... mostly gone, just the
occasional weirdness feeling... 
 
 ML>> And when ID came on line, that muddied the waters further -
 ML>> but when their prime concern turned out to be a false alarm,
 ML>> they went away.
 NB>> Leaving you to the original service...?
 ML> Left surgery and GI to fight. Surgery won. I've got a followup
 ML> with them on Wednesday.

At which point you can talk about when to schedule surgery...?

ttyl       neb

... Of people born in 1839, 100% who ate carrots are dead!

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