Can the Adults Please Smoke? Chapter 35: Look Who's Here,We're Still Here!! — Page 138

Tinky, I wish I was still in bed. The alarm goes off way too early! The only thing that made me smile so far today is my pork roll and cheese on an everything bagel.

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Anyone wanna join me?

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A pork roll in a tent on the beach? I could go for that.

G'morning.

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You've got a dirty mind, YWiW.

Accurate, but dirty.

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One of my closest friends (went to Wildwood with her, you see here in 60% of my photos lol) is in the hospital. She has been having a couple of months with phantom lower abdominal pains. She's gone for tests and ultrasounds and nothing has shown. She finally went for a catscan on Monday and I guess some pancreas numbers looked alarming (i guess more bloodwork?) so they admitted her last night and will do a bunch more testing today. I'm praying it is nothing too serious, but just want them to figure it out once and for all.

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Dover Downs? Isn't that a racetrack? Are we betting on the winner?

Thanks Boobs. It is looking like pancreatitis but still waiting on results.

I used to go to Dover Downs twice a year for work, but it was for a more testosterone driven pageant

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Note to all - while doing my mad researching - main cause of acute pancreaitis? excessive alcohol consumption.... that does not bode well for the adults....

and.....

Mnemonic for Causes
I GET SMASHED
I - Idiopathic
G - Gall stones
E - Ethanol
T - Traumas
S - Steroids
M - Mumps, Malignancy
A - Auto-immune
S - Scorpion sting
H - Hypercalcemia, Hyperlipidemia
E - ERCP
D - Drugs

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Good day adults from the chilly and wet Great Pacific Northwest. Today's high: 63, partly cloudy. High for the week expected on Friday: 72. Glad I invested in long sleeve biking shirts, going on a ride this afternoon. Have to be ready for that 100-mile ride I committed to doing by the end of August.

Enjoy the last *slow* week until August 3.

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Good morning, kids. Long day in store today. Thank gawd for in room coffee makers. Swill is better than no swill.

Morning peeps!

Deet, time for a party to celebrate Max's pooping in the park.

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Time for a party in any event!

It's a whole new world out there, this going into the park thing. I'm getting to know the other dog walkers and their dogs, and for the most part it's a friendly bunch.

This morning, however, I think I met "After Eight." Nasty, nasty old man who had his nasty, nasty old terrier on a fully extended retractable leash (of course) just "terriorizing" everyone and grumbling at them for "being in his way."
(Note to self: bring scissors tomorrow.)

And the lovely woman with the Springer Spaniel who kept congratulating me on getting a Springer... She knows her breeds. No matter that Max is a Cavalier (and I sure as hell know the breed of my own dog) she was not going to be persuaded otherwise. "Have a good day, dear. C'mon, Max, let's go."

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Better?

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