Recent content by tbeltrans

Once again, I am reminded how, as we age, everything becomes a problem. Even those of us who haven't had a drink (of alcohol) in many, many years, STILL have a drinking problem. ...and just when I thought I finally had a handle on getting older. Harrummmmph! Kids these days... o_O ...as...

Thanks Saltydog. Nothing wrong with being careful, especially with so much conflicting information about all things COVID. I think that at least a part of the reason my wife seems comfortable with the hotel we stay at in Rochester is that it is right across the street from the Mayo Clinic and...

Ah! I finally caught this thing that follows me everywhere! Now, what the heck IS it? o_O Tony

Good for you! Savor loving family ties. Also, that is something I will never be, since I could never be an aunt. :ROFLMAO: Tony

Saltydog, thanks for your concern. I don't see an alternative. I feel safe enough, but then I personally have not been overly worried. My wife seemed fine with it and that is my primary concern. My rule of thumb is to let her express her level of concern. I don't know why, however I just...

Odd, isn't it...how times change? In the 60s we dropped "acid" and now we drop things. I get really frustrated with dropping things and that sense of clumsiness that goes with it. I never used to do that and I resent having to go through that now. As I see my hands doing things they never...

My wife felt safe enough for us to go to the Mayo Clinic and start the process for her next operation. I have no interest in joining the contentious discussions between those vaccinated and those who have decided not to. I realize that is not the purpose of this thread, but since I stay out of...

When military service becomes the joke you make of it...no, it isn't fun and I seriously doubt any other veterans in this forum appreciate it either. You should be ashamed, but I realize you simply don't have that capacity to understand just what you are talking about without the real world...

Don't you EVER speak to another Vietnam veteran that way. There are several others here. I have put you on ignore, so there is no point in you responding to this post. Just stop right here, right now. Tony

I was there in Vietnam and that is the single point I was addressing. I asked two very simple and direct questions of you (Were you in the military? Are you speaking from that personal experience?) and you answered that you were not in the military and not speaking from personal experience...

You missed my point entirely. You weren't there, period. You read about it, heard about it, but you didn't experience the point I was making. You are bringing all manner of philosophy and opinion into it, and I am continuing to cut to the chase. I said in my post about being in Vietnam that...

You weren't there, yet you speak of the experience as if you were. You tell us to not trust anybody. I mention a real life situation that I experienced firsthand, a situation in which trust is a necessity to survive, and you respond with some silly hearsay about the weirdness of the military...

Then don't speak to an experience you didn't have. Tony

Were you in the military? Are you speaking from that personal experience? Tony

There are people I have trusted at various points in my life. As is always the case in this forum, I try to make clear that I don't know what I don't know, so I can only address my own situation. Tony