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Morning folks
First of all I would like to clarify something. I think there is a language barrier because I am Newfie. Cindy I said I wanted warm air. It is 2 degree's colder than yesterday !!!! A balmy -36C ( -33F ) not including the wind chill.LOL
Did I read right that Katie said I was her favorite Canadian ???? She must be in the Christmas spirit because usually she is just giving me heck.
My new pony doesn't like this weather too much. His bouncing around when it was warmer is now down to a slow walk around the pasture. He has a nice winter coat on so I am sure he is just conserving energy.
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Hi Amy
Sorry that you have to be here but this is a great site with alot of members who are great support.
Like you I was diagnosed and had my upper left lobe removed. I was staged 1B and had 4 rounds of Cisplatin/Vinerolbine chemo. A common side effect of Cisplatin is hearing issues. I had ringing in the ears and my 4th round was changed to Carboplatin. If you find anything you should mention it to your chemo team.
I am also familiar with the steroid. I think the entire time that I was taking chemo I could be found with my butt sticking out of the fridge ! I also found that it can make you very agitated. No one had told me but I noticed a difference in my personality and when I asked the chemo nurse she said that it was the steroid causing it.
I smoked as well but it is a stigma and you will hear alot of people with LC who has never smoked.
This is a great support site and if you have any questions there is a good chance a member here can answer them.
Take care and please drop in again.
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Cindy I bet those cookies taste a whole lot better than packaged store bought. You might need to fan a little harder, still chilly here. LOL
Diane I think that I prefer than cloudy and rainy. Even in the cold weather that sun sure looks nice. Northern lights are starting to get really nice as well.
You mentioned lobster. I grew up on an island off the east coast of Canada so fishing was a favorite hobby. The cold north Atlantic produces great seafood. In warmer ocean water it all taste different. Salmon is pink as opposed to deep red in the Atlantic. When I go to a restaurant in the west and someone is talking about how good their lobster taste, I just smile. Those are what we called rock lobster and we threw them back.
Katie that is an awesome picture of you driving the school bus. How did I know it was you.....your feet can't touch the floor. HaHa. Had to get you on that one Ms Texas.
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Well ladies I haven't recieved any of that warm air yet !!! Right now the temperature is -33C (-27F ) and with the windchill it is -36C ( -33F ). So Cindy I don't think your kids would venture outside at all here. And to think that 3 years ago I moved south. LOL In Yellowknife these were suntanning temperatures !!
Katie I will try to get to the Hope Summitt. Depends on work. I am going to the Dominican but that is near the end of April....just to thaw out. And I think you were coming north of the border as well.
I shop online very little just because I try to support local business as much as possible. But yes Cindy I getthe impression that you are quite familiar with it. LOL
Ms Texas I definitely do rember the old bus trips. We had alot of laughs over the bus. I remember one post we had 94 replies in a very short time. Members were popping in frequently ust to get updated. I remember Patti B and Judy KW trying to drive. I think Muriel was the navigator and leader. Hopefully the bus is parked in your yard Katie because I don't think it will start if it's parked in mine.
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Lots of post today by Katie and Cindy so just thought that I would join in and open the air. Maybe close to the end of the day for some.
Little chilly here today at -23C with -31 windchill. So Katie how about pushing some of your warm temperatures north please. This weekend it is supposed to get unseasonably warm at -3.
Anyone have any Christmas stories to share ? I am buying Christmas presents for my staff. Any suggestions ?
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Morning everyone
Well I think winter has finally began on the farm. We had a little snow this week maybe 4" in total. Tuesday morning it was -31C (-24F) so a little chilly. This morning was a crisp -16C (+3F). The new pony is getting his winter coat and beginning to enjoy the warm shelter.
What is happening in your neck of the woods ?
I just read an article on Lung Cancer Canada website and they had this did you know :
Most new lung cancer diagnoses in Canada are among people who have never smoked or
who quit smoking.
Although lung cancer causes more than a quarter of cancer deaths, it receives less than
7% of national research funding.
Lung cancer takes the lives of nearly twice as many Canadian women as breast cancer
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Sorry to hear this Denise. My condolences to you and the family.
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Hey Cindy and Diane
Great to see some chatter in the Air.
I was supposed to travel 4 hours this morning to meetings and then another 4 hours this evening to return home. I left at 4:30am but after an hour the weather began getting bad so I turned around and came home. This is the first snowfall which is OK since last year we got it on October 9th and it stayed until mid May.
Not sure if I mentioned it but I got a little pony this week. I went out this morning and he was covered in snow even though there was a shelter with fresh straw just a few feet away. I had taken him in the shelter a few times this week and thought instinct would have led him in there when it snowed. Hope his instincts are better for the rest of the training. Still haven't named him yet but think I better hurry if his training is going to be a slow process !
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Wow this site has been quiet the last few days.
Missing Diane. Does anyone know if she was going to be gone for a few days ?
Well I think winter is beginning to set in here. Just a skim of snow on the weekend here but further south got it pretty good. Some places got over one foot. And of course the first snow fall of the year lots of accidents. People have such short term memories. They forget how they drove last winter !!
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Hey Diane
I guess it is a belated Happy Birthday. Hope you have a great time at your party.
Most of the leaves have fallen here but still no snow on the ground. Last year we had snow on October 9 and it was here until mid May. So this late snow is great.
I am just getting back after being gone traveling all week. I have a Board meeting tomorrow which will last most of the day. Then try to catch up on work at the farm over the next few days.
Only seen 3 kids last night which were friends. Not may young kids in my area and parents have to drive them with miles between houses.
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Good mornimg everyone
Or at least it is morning here. Another nice crisp sunny morning. A little warmer than normal but that's OK. We had a couple days this week that broke records for warm temperatures. It was +16C in a couple area's. In my area we were at +12 and we'll certainly take that late October. Now tomorrow is a different story. I have to drive 8 hours south and they are supposed to be getting snow.
In the mornings now it is about 8:30 before it gets full daylight and the evenings are about 6:30 and it is dark. So daylight is definitely getting less each day. We will be switching to Daylight Savings time on November 3 so it will be dark driving home.
How about in your area ? What time is sunrise, sunset ?
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Diane just looking at your picture and then reading that you are calling your dentist a jerk, just doesn't look right. LOL
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Congratulations Diane !!!! That is definitely great news and as you said, now you can enjoy the holidays. Bet it is the best thing you ever lost.
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Hey there
Sun just coming over the horizon here. Going to be another nice day. A little crisp with frost on the ground. Actually it is supposed to be sunny and warmer than normal all this week. Last year we had snow on the ground by now and it stayed until mid May, 7 a lot longer than normal for around here.
Mike do you have long winters and real cold temperatures in Nebraska ?
Like you Mike I lived in Yellowknife which is a small City of 20,000 but is 900 miles from a big city, so not many big name bands came there. Nazareth came there a couple years ago and was a good show. George jones as well. I've seen a few more country singers/bands like Tanya Tucker, Brooks and Dunn, Clint Black, etc. I seen Clint Black at Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas and we should have gotten our money back. For the first 45 minutes they were having sound trouble. He would start singing and stop. That would not have been so bad but after the sound issue got corrected he only played for 30 minutes and left. Tickets were not cheap either. The next day I heard that Martina McBride was playing at another hotel.
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Hey folks
One of those miserable days here today. Not raining but really foggy and misty. The kind if you are working outside you get wet without realizing it.
Eric the Proclaimers songs are "I'm on my way " and "Letter to America". they were on the jukebox when I bought it. You can still buy old 45's online. I bought some awhile ago for .50 each. Kiss, Lynard Skynard, Grease, The Monkee's. Probably you're type of music Mike. Well not sure about Grease or The Monkee's. LOL
Diane that was great you had family visiting. I don't have many family members still here either. Actually there were only 5 families of Underhay's in Newfoundland when I was growing up. I think there were only 3 boy's to carry on the name. Hey did you know that Newfoundland is the first place in North America to see the sunrise and St. John's is the oldest City in North America.
Well better get off my butt and get some work done. Thanks for turning out the light Mike
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You are right Eric it is good seeing a few members posting.
I had not thought about the Proclaimers in years until you mentioned them in a post this week. I was down in my rec room a couple days ago and I have a 1974 original Rockola jukebox. I was looking at something and happend to notice that one of the 45's on it is the Proclaimers.
I got a chuckle when I read you and your gym buddies going out for lunch in the same sentence. LOL
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Great to see those 3 letters NED back on your timeline Carol. Congratulations on the good news.
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Morning everyone
Mike yesterday felt like Sunday to me as well. Maybe because it was a long weekend here. I had a bad toothache for a couple days one time. A friend stopped by for a visit and suggested drinking whiskey may deaden the nerves. Well the next day I still had the toothache....and a headache. LOL
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Well it was yesterday here in Canada !
Ginnyde great to see you stopping by.
Mike I agree with you 100%. Here in Canada people scamming UIC ( unemployment insurance ) is really bad. They work for 12 weeks a year and sit home the other 40 weeks spending our tax money. Same as Social Services. Healthy able bodied men too lazy to work or support their family receiving Social Services. Spend all their days out hunting or fishing on their new quads, driving new trucks, etc.
Little crisp on the farm this morning. Not sure on the Farenheit conversion but -6C. Time to haul hay bales into the pasture today for the animals. Got a feeling snow is just around the corner.
How was your weekend Diane ? Still golfing Ginnyde ?
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No stakes required Diane. It only took maybe 30 minutes to do 160 acres. A regular survey would have gotten 6000 contol points, this survey got 1.2 million. So alot more accurate.
The first "airs" that I can remember were done by a guy who worked on the oil rigs. When he wasn't available to do the daily air, Judy in KW started doing them.
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Well it is Saturday but no day off here. I have a surveyor coming today to do some aerial surveying for me. They are using drones now. I guess they are not that expensive and the survey is alot more accurate than a regular land survey or a high altitude survey done by plane. Will be interesting to see.
Mike great to see you turned out the light. Thank you. Funny how you remember those little things and they just make you feel good. Told you it is just like coming home again.
Now if some of the other senior members would say hi. Even a PM if you are lurking but not posting. Would be nice to know how everyone is doing.
Can anyone remember the person who started the "Air" ?
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Great seeing you here Mike. I never heard of soaping windows before. Just might have to try that one out. LOL
You have a great weekend as well.
Hey.......you never turned out the light ! LOL
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Diane I know what you mean with parents not letting their kids eat home made treats anymore. Too many horror stories. You may not have played tricks but for me that was the favorite part, even if we did get a treat ! Not vanadalism or anything. Just like taking a gate off hinges or moving lawn ornaments around, etc.
Eric I think you guy's just enjoyed making kids work for their treats. If I had to sing or recite poetry I would have died of starvation. LOL
In Newfoundland we had a tradition at Christmas time called Mummering. Similar to Haloween but adults dressed up and went house to house. They wore mask and costumes and would be invited into the house. Whoever was in the house had to guess the identity of the visitors. Of course everyone enjoyed the amber nectar as Eric called it. Usually someone was playing a guitar, someone else on accordian and someone on spoons. Then the rest would start dancing. Usually this was in the kitchen. Then they would move on to the next house and do the same. Most of the people in my hometown did this and elderly people that didn't go out much loved it. Then my brother told me that last year they made it illegal. Apparently their were too many armed robberies being committed by people dressed up as Mummer's. A great tradition gone because of a few bad apples.
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Morning folks
I think it is getting colder !! It was -37 this morning. Really did not want to go outside. But I'm afraid it will get colder than that. A couple weeks ago I was complaining about -10 !
Diane I think Cindy is doing it. She was going to fan that warm air our way but I think she kept it for herself.
So Diane you are well aware of the difference in seafood depending on the water temperature. I was reading an article last night of a shark being found on a beach in Newfoundland. It had a piece of moose hide still in it's mouth. A couple fisherman pulled it out and pushed the shark back in the ocean. You do not get too many sharks there but lots of whales. Really nice when they surface close to you. A little scary when they swim right under your boat. Curious creatures.