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Rise and Shine in the Dogpound
physical, and after the brief exam, he said THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Dogpound I was fairly normal for someone my age. I “I am not getting older…I am just
looked at him and asked, “ Exactly what
hands do you mean normal? Will I live to…let’s becoming a classic.” Dogpound Wisdom
say… 80?” He looked at me for a second
LOOKS
with a thoughtful gaze and asked me,
By Walter “JR” Wilson “Well, do you go out and party to all hours After examining a woman who had
ello, and welcome back to against the pilot tube…which requires you of the night?” “Nope….this party animal been rushed to the emergency room, the
the wonderful world of the to hold down a safety button with your is in bed by 11pm.” Then he asked me, doctor took the woman’s husband aside
HDogpound. Cold weather is thumb while using your trigger finger to “OK…do you drink a lot of hard liquor, and said, “I don’t like the looks of your
starting to creep up on us, and it is time release the propane. It took forever to get dine out a lot, and eat a lot of fast food?” wife at all.” “Me neither, doc,” said the
to prepare for what is coming down the all of the air out of the line…all the while, “ I have a glass of wine with dinner, and I husband. “But she’s a great cook, and
pike. Most of the outside work is done…I my hands were cramping like crazy. I might have a fast food meal once a month.” she’s really good with the kids.”
washed down the outside of the house… know some of you in the pack are saying… Doc…"OK…are you out in the sun a lot…
did all of the windows inside and out… ”Small hands! Small hands!” [Like you know, surfing…riding a motorbike… That is all I have for tonight. As
painted my door…sprayed home-guard someone we all know..LOL]. Just knock four-wheeling…or climbing mountains?” always, be good, do good, play safe, and
all around the house for bugs..leaving only it off! If anything I have nice hands… “Nope…don’t do any of those things, and I remember, getting older is better than
the final flower bed maintenance, but that actually, very soft hands…you know…like always wear a lot of sunscreen and stay in the alternative. JR
needs to be done when it gets a lot colder. a football receiver. True! I don’t know the shade.” The doctor puts his clipboard
Inside, I just needed to fire up the propane how many times I tried to get that fireplace down and looks me straight in the eye
fireplaces. The one downstairs started right lit. Actually, it took me two days to finally and says, “If you don’t any of that stuff,
up…but the one upstairs presented a special get it lit and for it to stay on. Nothing like then why the heck do want to live to be
problem. I had turned off the gas upstairs, a nice warm fireplace on a cold winter 80, then?” OK..OK…it did not go down
so I had to relight the pilot. This is not night. After all of the cramps, I thought “exactly” that way…but I kind of feel that
something you do with a single match…if about going back to the doctor to have him way when I try to explain my aches and
you did, you would have singed fingers up take another look at my “jar-thumb” thing, pains to him and he kind of just brushes
to your knuckles. You have to push in the which was not helped by all of the pushing me off because I am old. [His words…not
pilot light with one finger…actually, your and shoving. But after my last conversation mine!]
thumb since it is very hard to push and keep with him I decided this could wait. The
in. While at the same hold a propane lighter last time I'd visited him was for my general

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