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I'D LIKE TO GO TO AFRICA (reply)

Bob Hatfield — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:07:36 +0000

I used to have nightmares when I was a little kid after watching the cannibals on the Congo chasing Tarzan through the jungle with their spears so they could cook him in a big pot. Those same cannibals were chasing me in my dreams.

Well ... there's some things you don't want to do! (reply)

JimT — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:30:44 +0000

I met with the Neurosurgeon today .... (reply)

Paul — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:58:33 +0000

Now when folks tell me, "Act your age!" I can tell them, "Well, there's this guy I know, that at the age of 80..." And I've got a ways to go to catch up!

I met with the Neurosurgeon today .... (reply)

Murphy — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:28:02 +0000

Sounds like everything is looking very well! Great to hear your recovery is going so well Jim.

Murphy

Yes. I was happy. (reply)

JimT — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:11:32 +0000

Woohoo! Congrats, Kirk! (reply)

Paul — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 01:38:11 +0000

Hope I can catch up with you next time I'm up north. It's been far too long.

I met with the Neurosurgeon today .... (reply)

Slow Hand — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:26:28 +0000

Sound like good news all around!

The Javelina Rifle (reply)

A K Church — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:18:02 +0000

I remember that photo from the house in Mt Vernon.

Thank you, guys (reply)

A K Church — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:17:02 +0000

It's good to be free.

I met with the Neurosurgeon today ....

JimT — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:37:08 +0000

The C2 vertebrae is growing back together very well. The bottom of it is fused and the top part is coming together. The Doctor said she will set up a CT scan in a week and if it is still improving, she will have me come in to her Office. We will do neck X-rays with my head in different positions. If the C2 is stable, she will put me in a soft collar and set up rehab for the neck muscles. She was very positive about the direction things are going.

Thank you for the prayers and kind thoughts and sarcastic observations!! I loved 'em all.

Honestly, I don't remember any sarcastic comments. Other places I got questions why an 80 year old guy was driving a fast go kart, like that was something weird. The best though was the Doctor when I was in Rehab. He was interested in my life so we talked about traveling around the world, living in foreign countries. When I checked out of Rehab he said, "I probably shouldn't say this but I hope when I am your age I do something similar."

Congrats, Kirk! (reply)

Slow Hand — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:18:19 +0000

Looking forward to your adventures now that you are unfettered by the 9-5 grind!

Enjoy it!

No trouts here..... (reply)

RayLee — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 02:21:52 +0000

but vividly coloured sunfishes.....

Perhaps an explanation..... (reply)

RayLee — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:47:10 +0000

of the prevalence of short ice fishing spinning combos. There are stretches of patona creek that are basically just tunnels through feral privet hedge jungles. Fly casting there is nigh-on impossible.....even for pinch/catapult launching but with an ice rig and the help of a casting bubble or weighted bobber then I can easily toss flies despite the overhead obstructions. My fly casting purist acquaintances censure and chastise with their indignant sniffs but I only chuckle when I feel the gentle tug on the line.

With a heat index.....

RayLee — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:34:23 +0000

of 107° I hear the call of nearby patona creek but alas, for now, my left foot won't allow a wade there. I almost went this morning in an attempt to burn-up last night's at work coffee intake but played some of these instead until the droning voices helped me fall asleep.....

https://m.youtube.com/@tenkaraangler/videos

Meanwhile I have the requisite "shovels and rakes and other implements of destruction" needed to catch tiny fishes at the ready.....

I think everyone should experience it at least once. (reply)

JimT — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:52:07 +0000

Though if you go once it usually is not enough.

I'D LIKE TO GO TO AFRICA (reply)

Fivegunner — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:03:51 +0000

Thanks for posting this Jim, I always wanted to spend some time in Africa

Congratulations! (reply)

Murphy — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 03:37:29 +0000

I retired 7 years ago after 35 years working for the city. What a ride that was. Several years later I was getting bored and started thinking about something part-time to keep me busy. Then, it hit me. After that many years of working with the public, I figured it may be more than I could bear. Resume? Dude, I worked at the same place 35 years, zero disciplinary actions on my record (then again, I didn't get caught either). No record of being tardy, etc. Totally clean record. Working with the public can be challenging to say the least at times. I figure if I had gone back to work, the first time the boss/owner raised their voice to me...they can get my check now, or tomorrow, but you need someone right now...I just quit. Anyway, enough about that. Again, CONGRATULATIONS!

Murphy

Books of Africa .. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (reply)

JimT — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 03:21:05 +0000

There are 20 some books in this series by Alexander McCall Smith. I've only read about 12 of them but they are excellent. You can learn a lot about African culture from them. They are set in Botswana but what he writes applies to much of African native culture.

B.T.W...... (reply)

RayLee — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:30:21 +0000

Besides Haggard, Edgar Wallace wrote of a somewhat more humorous dark continent with his 6 or 7 commissioner sanders & bosamba of the ochori novels.....

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/35545/pg35545-images.html

An interesting excerpt of a different "Lily"..... (reply)

RayLee — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:21:28 +0000