"A Cowboys Tombstone & Drinking Warning..." 'Marvin Gross' (Facetious Thursdays)

 Guest blogger Marvin Gross,  my Brother-in-law-A Financial Advisor from the suburbs of Buffalo, N.Y. Thinks he's a real comedian

COWBOY TOMBSTONE Headstone of Robert Frank Morgan in the  Helena   City   Cemetery ,

Helena, Montana !
I wonder if he died knowing he won the 'Coolest Headstone' contest?   And five rules for a happy life at the bottom

FIVE RULES FOR MEN TO FOLLOW FOR A HAPPY LIFE:

1.. It's important to have a woman who helps at home,
cooks from time to time, cleans up,  and has a job.

2. It's important to have a woman who can make you
laugh.

3. It's important to have a woman who you can trust,
and doesn't lie to you.

4. It's important to have a woman who is good in bed,
and likes to  be with you.

5. It's very, very important that these four women
do not know each other.  

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NEW DRINKING WARNING JUST RELEASED:

 Vodka and ice will ruin your kidneys. Rum and ice will ruin your liver. Whiskey and

ice will ruin your heart. Gin and ice will ruin your brain. Pepsi and ice will ruin your teeth......Apparently ice is lethal!!! Warn all your friends: Lay off the ice ~ Just drink it straight!!  You could save a life!!! And don't forget it

 Ice also sunk the Titanic!!

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"The type is getting smaller and smaller... 'Obama Da Dog'

Reading is fun and entertaining!

Good murder mysteries especially Hawaiian murder novella's have become a new past-time and hobby . A good fiction thriller is an excellent way to exercise your brain and kill some time.

I ride the bus, therefore  all the time spent waiting for the bus  and even while  cruising as a  passenger on the bus I can read and leave the driving to someone else. The bus ride goes much faster when your mind is into something else, plus it eliminates the possibility of small talk with others on the bus. When people see you reading they generally leave  alone.

The local newspaper is something else I enjoy reading, the only problem is all the type in newspapers and books seems to be getting smaller and smaller. I guess the publisher saves money that way, getting more words onto each page. I strain and squint which sometimes leads to headaches. Finally someone on the bus shouted, "hey old timer are these your reading glasses?"

I guess the type isn't so small after-all, just don't misplace your reading glasses.

Reading is  fun and entertaining just don't forget your reading glasses....to read some good Hawaiian thrillers go to; http://www.michaelherr.com/   tell them Obama sent you! ;D)

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"Everyone is going to die..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen

Many religions believe when it's your time to go, it's your time to go...

Kauai Roadways are a danger to us all, does that mean we need to fence them off? It means we need to take responsibility...
Grove farms Kauai recent decision to fence off Kipu falls a popular destination for locals and visitors will not solve the problem of death. Someday we all will die. Some will die by accident and some by disease and some will die in their sleep. The recent story in Kauai's Garden island newspaper tells of  a land company blocking access to the popular recreational area of Kipu Falls.
http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/article_433927e2-cef5-11e0-ba42-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=story


There have been more accidents and deaths on Kaua'i Road's than at Kipu falls, maybe we should put a fence around the highway, after-all more tourists have died and been injured in car wrecks on The Kaua'i roadways than anywhere else.

let's fence the roadways, airspace, ocean and every restaurant where somebody has choked to death or had a heart attack!

We are all going to die, we need to get over blaming others for our inadequacies...

 Many religions believe when it's your time time to go, it's your time to go...

The old saying of the two two things we cannot escape are death and taxes, rings true for locals and visitors alike.

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"Garage sale madness..." 'Judith Whitehead (Inspirational Monday)

Guest blogger Judith Whitehead from Amherst, N.Y. is back for another Inspirational Monday about how to clean the house, catch up with the neighbors and pay for a few groceries...

Everyone wants a deal!

Every year our neighborhood has its famous “Block Garage Sale”. It is always the first week of August and we know well in advance who will be participating. Signs are made, adds place in newspapers and the flyer's are distributed. I have always participated in the past years but only as a novice. This year I was determined to not only get my feet wet, but to plunge in head first. I informed my husband well in advance that this was going to be a year to unload our treasures and to hold nothing back. Husbands seem to need advance notice for events such as this if they are to be a part of the festivities even if only to add some muscle to the preparation.

Mementos Hidden deep in the bowels of the basement were going to be awakened and put out on tables to see the light of day once again after 30 plus years. We decided to make our garage a staging area and began to drag items up from the basement into the garage for tagging. Once we started the process, I realized that this was going to take a lot longer than anticipated. Every box that was opened brought back memories to reminisce about which began to slow us down. We devoted a few hours every weekend to sort through our treasures and felt we were ready for the big day. It turned out we had more than we thought and the five huge rented tables were not going to be enough to hold all our items. We priced everything to sell because there was no way I was going to drag those items back into the house! The morning of the sale, at the crack of dawn, I was prepared for those early birds. Tables were displayed and items tagged. There I sat with my husband on the porch ready for browsers.

The weather man was forecasting rain; not to worry, I had clear tarps for the tables. There I sat…7AM, 8AM and finally 9AM a few started to trickle down the block. Now keep in mind, I knew I wasn't going to get rich from this sale, but was hoping for a little extra jingle in my pocket. Things were priced to sell. I had a dinette set with a table leaf and four chairs, perfect condition, asking price was $45.00. I sat all day trying to sell that set until someone was interested in buying it for $10.00. It was going to be used for a good cause, so I caved and let it go. I had tables of men's’ shoes and boots worn once, some of them, sold regularly for over $100.00. I tagged them $5.00-$8.00 a pair. People offered $3.00 for some of them. I told myself, less is more and let them go. I had a snow blower, hadn't been used in several years, was asking $15.00 which sold for $10.00. By now I think you can get a snapshot of my day.

By the time I spent 8 hrs. perched on my porch in 85 degree humid weather, I ended up barely making $200.00 of which I had to pay $40.00 for the table rentals. By the end of the day, I began to have a different viewpoint on garage sales. I had accomplished one big thing…I had managed to clean out the basement and garage of useless “stuff” that cluttered my house for many years. Sure, I didn't make much money but I didn't have to pay for groceries the next day and the rest of the stuff I trekked to Good Will so someone will take great benefit from my nearly new items. I got to catch up with the neighbors and got some “color” on my face. So all was not lost…will I participate with the block sale again next year?? Probably so, because I will have already forgotten how tired and hot I was on that day after going through a winter season and there will always be treasures to unload again.

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"Water, water and more water..."Bible saleman..." ' (Not so serious Sunday)Chester Lau'

Many thanks to guest blogger Chester Lau for all his contributions to dakinetalk, Chester you are dakine! :D)


The following will probably amaze and startle you.

One glass of water shuts down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University study: Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen.

Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

Are you drinking the amount of water you should every day? (No kidding, all of the above are true....)
Of course, too much water may have strange side effects......

Don't get carried away! Now that I have your attention, go get another glass of water!
BUT BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL!!!

Laugh often, long and loud... Laugh until you gasp for breath. And if you have friends who make you laugh, spend lots of time with them.

THE BIBLE SALESMEN-----A Great Way to Sell Bibles...If this doesn't

make you laugh, just go ahead and close your casket!)

A pastor concluded that his church was getting into very serious financial troubles. While checking the church storeroom, he discovered several cartons

of new Bibles that had never been opened and distributed.

So at his Sunday sermon, he asked for three

volunteers from the congregation who would be

willing to sell the Bibles door-to-door for $10

each to raise the desperately needed money for

the church.

Jack, Paul and Louie all raised their hands to

volunteer for the task.

The minister knew that Jack and Paul earned

their living as salesmen and were likely capable

of selling some Bibles. But he had serious

doubts about Louie who was a local farmer,

who had always kept to himself because he was

embarrassed by his speech impediment.

Poor Louie stuttered badly. But, NOT WANTING

TO discourage Louie, the minister decided to

let him try anyway.

He sent the three of them away with the back

seat of their cars stacked with Bibles. He asked

them to meet with him and report the results

of their door-to-door selling efforts the following Sunday.

Anxious to find out how successful they were,

the minister immediately asked Jack, "Well, Jack,

how did you make out selling our Bibles last week?"

Proudly handing the reverend an envelope,

Jack replied, "Using my sales prowess, I was

able to sell 20 Bibles, and here's the $200 I

collected on behalf of the church."

"Fine job, Jack!" The minister said, vigorously

shaking his hand..."You are indeed a fine salesman

and the church is indebted to you.."

Turning to Paul, "And Paul, how many Bibles

did you sell for the church last week?"

Paul, smiling and sticking out his chest, confidently replied, 'I am a professional salesman. I sold 28

Bibles on behalf of the church, and here's

$280 I collected.'

The minister responded, "That's absolutely

splendid, Paul. You are truly a professional

salesman and the church is indebted to you."

Apprehensively, the minister turned to Louie

and said, "And Louie, did you manage to sell

any Bibles last week?" Louie silently offered the minister a large envelope. The minister opened it

and counted the contents. "What is this?" the

minister exclaimed. "Louie, there's $3,200 in

here! Are you suggesting that you sold 320

Bibles for the church, door-to-door, in just one week?"

Louie just nodded.

"That's impossible!" both Jack and Paul said in

unison. "We are professional salesmen, yet you claim to have sold 10 times as many Bibles as we could."

"Yes, this does seem unlikely," the minister

agreed. "I think you'd better explain how you

managed to accomplish this, Louie."

Louie shrugged.."I-I-I re-re-really do-do-don't

kn-kn-know f-f-f-for sh-sh-sh-sure," he stammered.

Impatiently, Peter interrupted. "For crying out loud, Louie, just tell us what you said to them when they answered the door!"

"A-a-a-all I-I-I s-s-said wa-wa-was," Louis replied,

"W-w-w-w-would y-y-y-you l-l-l-l-l-like t-t-to

b-b-b-buy th-th-th-this B-B-B-B-Bible f-f-for

t-t-ten b-b-b-bucks---o-o-o-or--- wo-wo-would

yo-you j-j-j-just like m-m-me t-t-to st-st-stand

h-h-here and r-r-r-r-r-read it t-to y-y-you?"

 

 

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"Isn't Life wondeful..!" and p.s. an example of racism ... 'James "Kimo" Rosen' (Shabbat Saturday)

James "Kimo" Rosen and 'Obama Da Dog' are back blogging about their fasvorite social networking site...Read all about FACEBBOOK!

I'm rapidly approaching the magical number of 1,000 friends on my favorite social networking site, "Facebook."

I used to be careful as to how many people befriended me, I kept it to people I actually knew and to people I felt had minimum drama. Then I began examining other people's facebook pages and realized to many it was a game to see how many friends you could accumulate, whether or not you knew them or not.

Facebook makes it easy to be friends, in the upper right of everyone's homepage there are two pictures of people you may know? They are people that are friends of other friend's of yours  and their friend's and there friends, friend's. There's a virtual pyramid of thousand's of potential friend's and when  I am bored I just click, click, click and click some more to see who will be my friend, most people will accept a friend invitation without even knowing you.

 I no longer have the need to go out to bars, restaurants, or social events, I no longer dress In anything but shorts that look like boxer underwear, t-shirts and slippers, or as they call them in Hawaii, (slippa's) I save a ton of money and never need to leave my computer.  Isn't life wonderful! Will you be my friend?

p.s. enclosed are comments printed in today's Kaua'i Garden island news illustrating that racism is alive and well on the Garden Island, aka paradise?

http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/article_b5247264-cfbb-11e0-92ac-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=comments

http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/article_b5247264-cfbb-11e0-92ac-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=story

Ken Taylor - PLEASE go back to Santa Barbra! Kauai doesn't need or really want you here. Take Glenn and Rosa with you. How do you people sleep at night being such trouble making pessimists. I wouldn't doubt if all of you are divorced.

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Papa Smurf said on: August 26, 2011, 8:42 am

Mr. Taylor, if you liked it sooo much in Santa Barbara, why are you here? Go back and enjoy Santa Barbara and its great parks and breathe the wonderful air in California. If you don't like it here, leave. No one is begging you to stay here. Aloha

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ZL85vj1 said on: August 26, 2011, 1:44 pm

Oh, Dickie Chang played the race card--the I'm local and you are not. Common knowledge Dickie doesn't much care for Haoles. We got that one already. Oh, and here we go, again, with the "go home haole" garbage. Just say it folks--you are racists and your comments are driven by your personal hatred for another race. It's not about improving the park or moving forward. Same old muck and mire that prevents Kauai from improving. Nope, by golly, die on that hill and keep things mediocre because you are going to have it your racist way. So, someone happens to refer to another location in the world outside of this location and slam--GO HOME HAOLE! Worn out Why not take some ideas for improvement from other parts of the world? Why tighten your fist when someone mentions something outside of what your short sightedness permits you? Travel, get away and travel. Travel abroad and live in other states or countries. Every place has something to offer that can enhance another location.

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Jeepieboy said on: August 26, 2011, 2:52 pm

Well done Leo - good article. Good that you noted the apalling condition of the bathrooms. I still think this is a bad idea - it's going to become another Nawiliwili. Extra caretakers, extra security, extra police - all from our taxes. The fees collected will not support this extra manpower.

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"Doctors and Patients and Hospitals — Oh, My..!" 'Michael Herr' (Aloha Friday)

It's Aloha Friday again and Renowned author Michael Herr is back speaking his mind about being a patients advocate.    Check out Michael's website at; http://www.michaelherr.com/

It's Aloha Friday.

Doctors and Patients and Hospitals — Oh, My!

I recently had the opportunity to spend three nights in a hospital. Not as a patient, but as a patients advocate. My wife had neurosurgery and I pulled every string I could find in order to stay with her overnight. That single overnight quickly turned into three nights.

During flu season you see numerous warnings about not being around anyone who shows the symptoms of the flu. They should have even more warnings about hanging out in hospitals. After all, what do you have there but a concentration of sick people. Maybe you won't catch a broken arm from that ten-year-old in the next bed, but you can catch so much worse.

What I caught mostly was sleeplessness, fatigue and general irritability. I constantly had to remind the nurses that I was in charge. Foolishly some of them thought they were in charge. No, they were only there as a resource to me. To do some of the things I couldn't/wouldn't do. To give me information so that I could decide what they should do. On our last night there a nurse was busily preparing something. I asked her what she was doing. The answer I got was that since my wife hadn't had a bowel movement for three days, she was going to give her some Milk of Magnesia to hurry the process. I thought briefly, very briefly, and said "No". "No?" "No!" "But . . ." "If she takes that she will have a bowel movement, in the car, halfway home. No Milk of Magnesia for her." Needless to say this nurse did not like me.

Hospitals are not quiet. They have signs posted saying that this is a Quiet Zone from 10 until 6. I don't think that the staff chattering away outside the rooms have read those signs. One night I listened to a male staff member tell all the nurses how to make millions of dollars in the Stock Market. Then he left to finish polishing the floor.

All those jokes about the nurse waking the patient up to give them a sleeping pill? True! Just as soon as my wife was soundly asleep, in would come a nurse to wake her up, take her vitals and ask a series of questions (What's your name? What month is it? Where are you?). Since I was sleeping right next to her (the hospital calls it a sleepchair; I call it an uncomfortable coffin) I was awakened each time they woke my wife. I doubt that I could have answered all their questions correctly as sleep-deprived as I was.

Were the nurses happy with me there? No. Should they have been grateful? Yes. On the morning my wife was discharged the nurse was out in the hallway entering information into her computer (they spent 90% of their time doing this). That was when my wife decided to get out of bed by herself in order to walk to the bathroom. She did not remember that she was still attached to the foot of the bed by her compression stockings. Since I was next to her I stopped her just before she swung out of bed. She would have been there another week if she had fallen . . . and I would have been transferred to a locked facility.

If you are ill and want to get a little rest, don't stay in a hospital. Get yourself home as quickly as possible.

Much aloha, Michael A. Herr.    http://www.michaelherr.com/

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"Spending our money like drunken sailors..."

Politicians continue to spend money like drunken sailors, it's time to end...

How can ""we the people continue to let our elected officials spend our money like drunken sailors?

The recent article in the Garden island paper, " Council moving back to Historic County building," Got my blood pressure to a boiling point.

http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_aa4b1e0a-ce27-11e0-93fc-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story

The article states that for the last 18 months while the county building was being renovated at a taxpayer expense of four million dollars that we the taxpaying citizens payed 30,000 a month  to lease a makeshift facility in Nawiliwili.   Do the math 30,000 x 18 is 540,000, that's over a half million dollars.    They could had bought a meeting place in this failed economy for that money. My guess is the 30,000 a month did not include electric.

The article goes on to state that another 60,000 was allocated for the move? Moving our council members desks and chairs and files? Our council members get 500.00 a month car allowance, maybe they could move their own stuff  and make good use of their 500.00 a month car allowance.

This county council is a financial nightmare, spending money like there is no recession going on. I must mention again that these are part-timer employees and their only requirement is to attend one meeting per week for which they make 56,000 a year inclusive of some of the best health insurance available. 

I recently found out that all county employees can ride the Bus for free upon showing their county ID, that means, police, fireman, county council members, lifeguards, garbageman,and every county worker basically has free transportation, why are we giving the county council members 500.00 a month for car allowance when they could ride the bus for free?

Next election remember to elect no incumbents, otherwise nothing will change.

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"Brother cities..." James "Kimo" Rosen

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James "kimo" Rosen is back nitpicking about a new concept of Brother cities...

Kaua'i Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. on left proposes yet another sister city for Kaua'i...

Mayor Carvalho is proposing another sister city for Kauai according to Leo Azambuja's recent article
"County expanding Ohana."
http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/article_7a4a8e52-cd55-11e0-a411-001cc4c03286.html


 Kauai already has 15 sister cities worldwide and this new proposal will make  5 sister cities in Japan alone. With each sister city comes taxpayer expenses, who pays for the airfare and hotel when the mayor and his entourages visit these ports of sisterhood? The taxpayer that's who.

Sister cities are wonderful for public relations and photo opportunities however we are living in the worst recession in Us history, and yes, whether we like it or not Hawaii is part of the U.S.

Currently Kauai has 14 sister cities, if Iwaki Japan is approved by the council it will be 15 sister cities. Fifteen is way too many sister cities with each sister city having a taxpaying price-tag.

Here's what I propose for the county;to introduce Brother cities, or even bruddah cities. Brother cities would have no expenses, travel would be replaced with Skype web-cam conferences which are free anywhere in the world.

I may be pulling nits from someones hair (nitpicking) but it's about time our city had a brother.

I conclude with asking the county council to not approve another sister city at this time.

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" Dilemma of Nitpicking..." 'James Kimo" Rosen

This blog is about two frequent Kauai  Garden Island News Letter to the editor writers. One is a retired professional Baseball player, Glenn Mickens and the other Alfred Lauretta is a retired judge. Even if your not familiar with these two letter writers I believe you will still find this blog humorous, at least i hope you do...

The above photo is a re-enactment of the two Kauai Garden Island Newspaper letter writers, it is not the actual letter writers...

Glenn Mickens and Judge Lauretta have been exchanging letters in the Kaua'i Garden Island newspaper  on what  characterizes a nitpicker.  Mr. Mickens seems proud to be a nitpicker, in his recent LTE. "Badge of honor," he says, "Many years ago former TGI editorialist Sue Dixon gave this label to a group of us who were and have been trying to better Kaua‘i. Though the name was given in a very uncomplimentary way, we “nitpickers” continue to wear this title with honor."   (Glenn's letter can be viewed below)
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_e86f437e-c7c8-11e0-99c1-001cc4c002e0.html

Alfred Laureta in his recent LTE,"Clarifying Nitpickers,"states; "According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 'nit-picking' is defined as minute and usually unjustified criticism--nit-picker.” The Judge concludes his opinion article with, "How about concentrating your efforts in the next election and elect those candidates who agree with your “nit-picking “ view and opinions."    (Alfred's letter can be viewed below)
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_429dce90-caf5-11e0-9472-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=story

To settle the dilemma of 'nitpicking' I decided to conduct my own google research and would like to share with Mr. Mickens and Judge Laureta what nitpicking truly is.  According to Wikipedia  Nitpicking is the act of removing nits (the eggs of lice, generally head lice) from the host's hair.

In conclusion I hope Mr. Mickens and Judge Laureta can decide who the host is on any given day and find relief in removing nits from each other and anyone else whom may become infected including myself.

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"Prevention and Education Can Cure Eye Disease..." 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspirational Monday's)

   Guest blogger Judith Whitehead from Amherst, N.Y.  has  worked in  the ophthalmology field for more than 25 years...  blogs about  one of things she knows best, eye disease on this Inspirational Monday!

I spend the majority of my week working in the health field of Ophthalmology. Day after day I work on people with various eye aliments for a most prominent, dedicated, Glaucoma/Cataract specialist in Williamsville, NY. We see people of all walks of life, but the most disheartening are the ones who are going, or have gone blind from Glaucoma; Glaucoma is a disease that painlessly robs a persons vision, slowly eating

away at the peripheral vision until total vision is lost. The sad thing is that this serious eye disease is treatable and if caught in the early stages, can be halted. Glaucoma showsno economical boundaries; it will attack wealthy or poor, healthy or sick people of all ages.

There are two reasons people loose their eyesight to glaucoma, they are ignorance, or lack of money. There are thousands of people who don’t really know what glaucoma is. Although there are many types of glaucoma, the most common one is painless. There are only subtle symptoms at first, peripheral vision loss. It can go unnoticed until the optic nerve becomes damaged and peripheral vision loss becomes permanent.

There are simple tests performed on a routine eye exam that screens for these findings that only a trained eye professional can perform. Testing the eye pressure is a painless simple way to detect if the pressure is too high for the eye to tolerate. Glaucoma also runs in family lines and is very prominent among the Afro-Americans.

The second reason people go blind from glaucoma is lack of money. There are millions of people in our country that do not have health care benefits. They are not just homeless people, but people living among us that have homes and families but cannot afford health care benefits. Their first and foremost priority is to feed their families and provide for them. Just getting through the month on a fixed income is challenge enough for them.

Routine health exams are not an option for them and preventive medicine is out of the question. They may know that they have glaucoma, but they choose to ignore it, because they can’t afford the medication needed to use on a daily basis to prevent vision loss.

Glaucoma is sneaky; and drops only maintain vision from that point. Drops don’t cure the disease as medication for other illnesses may . Drops taken for a month from a sample given at the Doctors office don’t cure the disease. People with insurance plans usually pay a co-pay for these drugs at the pharmacy; if you are unfortunate enough not to have insurance, drops can range anywhere from $50.00 to $95.00 a bottle. There are also special laser treatments and surgeries that can treat the disease that are costly if there is no insurance to cover the cost.

I speak of only eye disease in this article, because I have witnessed first hand for many years how sad this can be for families; this is a huge problem in many countries. The United States of America is one of the richest countries of all but lacks provisions for the needy, homeless and poor.

 We need to find a better way to educate and provide for all walks of life. It is so very unjust that the educated and financially secure people have the upper hand on their health, when prevention can keep so many from failing health. The cost of new drugs on the market is skyrocketing; drugs cannot become generic until several years have passed after a paten. Our congressman need to make this problem a priority on their agenda and come up with new programs to provide for the needy.

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"C-Nile Virus..." "Pick-up Line" and more... (Not so serious Sunday)

Chester Lau, a.k.a (Unc) lives in Honolulu Hawaii. He is a retired cinematographer and is back as our liaison jokester guest blogger for a not so serious Sunday, 'Dis' week we learn of a new computer virus and much more...  387-391
Blog #387
Even the most advanced programs from Norton or McAfee cannot take care of this one.

It appears to affect those who were born prior to 1960.

Symptoms:
1. Causes you to send the same e-mail twice. Done that!

2. Causes you to send a blank e-mail! That too!

3. Causes you to send e-mail to the wrong person. Yep!

4. Causes you to send it back to the person who sent it to you. Aha!

5. Causes you to forget to attach the attachment. Darn it!

6. Causes you to hit "SEND" before you've finished. Oh no, not again!

7. Causes you to hit "DELETE" instead of "SEND" I hate when that happens!

8. Causes you to hit "SEND" when you should "DELETE." Aaarrrggghhh!

IT IS CALLED THE "C-NILE VIRUS."

Hmmm..... Did I send this to you already??

Blog #388 "Pick-up line..."

Blog #388 "Pick-up line..."

A guy was talking to a girl in a pub the other night, and said

" You remind me of my little toe."

"Is that because I'm small and cute?" she asked.

"No," He replied . "It's because I'll probably end up banging you on my coffee table later tonight."

Blog #389, "The Perfect date..."

A man was dining alone in a fancy restaurant and there was a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table..He had been checking her out since he sat down, but lacked the nerve to talk with her.

Suddenly she sneezed, and her glass eye came flying out of its socket towards the man. He reflexively reached out, grabbed it out of the air, and handed it back.

'Oh my, I am so sorry,' the woman said, as she popped her eye back in place. 'Let me buy your dinner to make it up to you.'

They enjoyed a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they went to the theatre followed by drinks... They talked, they laughed, she shared her deepest dreams and he shared his. She listened to him with interest.

After paying for everything, she asked him if he would like to come to her place for a nightcap and stay for breakfast. They had a wonderful, wonderful time.

The next morning, she cooked a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy was amazed. Everything had been so incredible!

'You know,' he said, 'you are the perfect woman.. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?'

'No,' she replies. . .....

Wait for it ... ......  scroll down.

She said .... ..... :

"You just happened to catch my eye."

Blog #390 -"Political humor...."

 Cannibal was walking through the jungle and came upon a restaurant operated by fellow cannibal.

Feeling somewhat hungry, he sat down and looked over the menu....

+ Tourist: $8.00
+ Broiled Missionary: $10.00

+ Fried Explorer: $12.50

+ Baked Democrat or Grilled Republican: $100.00

The cannibal called the waiter over and asked, "Why such a high price for the Politicians?"

The cook replied, "Have you ever tried to clean one? They're so full of shit, it takes all day to clean one "

Sorry had to share the truth about Politicians these days! That's the only pleasure we had for our taxes !!!

Blog #391

A Wife asks her

Husband, How many

Women have you slept with?
Husband proudly replies, Only

You, Darling-With all the

Others, I was awake!

Hospital Visiting Hours are;

10am - 4pm.