From: theise@panix.com   
      
   On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 16:37:47 -0000 (UTC),   
    George.Anthony wrote:   
   > sticks wrote:   
   > > On 7/8/2025 10:30 AM, Ted Heise wrote:   
      
   > >> Oh don't get me wrong, I love me some fish--great eating! I   
   > >> just don't care to take the trouble to coax them out of the   
   > >> water.   
   > >   
   > > It's always better if you actually catch something, too. I got   
   > > a feeling with that until I get the knee worked on I'll be   
   > > doing a little more fishing in the future. I don't know how   
   > > that works out with the wife wanting to hike, and I'm not keen   
   > > on her going off in the wilderness by herself. Probably get a   
   > > new knee late this fall and try to be back in the game by next   
   > > year.   
      
   Hope it works out as well as possible!   
      
      
      
   > > Out in Utah that feeling of resentment bothered me. After   
   > > several miles and the knee starting to swell up and become   
   > > painful walking, it seemed all I could think of was how good   
   > > it would be to finish up, get back and be able to sit and have   
   > > about 2 beers and feel the pain lessen. That's when I decided   
   > > I was going to take back my rights to choose how I live. I   
   > > totally understand I am a person who likes it perhaps more   
   > > than "normal" people, but things have certainly changed. I   
   > > simply have no desire to party like I used to. I actually   
   > > prefer to drink by myself, to be honest. 2-3 beers is just   
   > > about right. 20 years ago, that was not the case.   
      
   > A twelve pack a year is about my maximum beer consumption rate   
   > and that’s just one beer at a sitting. I do have a shot or two   
   > of bourbon a few times a year. I remember too vividly what   
   > hangovers feel like and I am completely over that.   
      
   Sounds pretty healthy, in both cases.   
      
   --   
   Ted Heise West Lafayette, IN, USA   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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