tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900190293793145192024-03-05T04:15:40.046-05:00~~Lady Slipper Cove~~ by David JeffreysLady Slipper Cove is a personal blog about those interests in my life, which are quite diverse: Travel, to many interesting places; Heritage, my Stephen Moore Genealogy blog. Neurodiagnostics has led to many life experiences, stories, and some of my travels; Hobbies: genealogy, model trains, photography, and computers; "The Cove", my farm where the Lady Slippers grow and I find solace and rest. This blog is a work in progress, so come back often and see what is new to explore.David Jeffreyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640894359150492921noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690019029379314519.post-91120692267307929112014-11-27T16:02:00.000-05:002014-11-27T16:03:38.276-05:00Throwback Tuesday - Thanksgiving Edition<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Hoping that my contractor will get to work on my major project soon. The bed was taken down some time ago leaving some furniture along the sides of the room. The job to be done is to rip up the old carpet and replace it with laminate flooring. Then the carpet in the bedroom hallway will likewise get the new flooring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I have been successful at clearing bags full old papers that I had to review to see if any were all that important. The most important ones were regarding the <i>Stephen Moore Genealogy </i>that I have been working on for years. Magazines by the ton were thrown away, only keep my <i>National Geographics!</i> Still needing to be thrown out are a lot of old books and binders that were work related.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">My son, Greg, has been a trooper in helping me with all these tasks. Never knew that throwing away old stuff could feel this good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Physical and occupational therapy have been occurring two to three times per week, and the therapists as well as myself are happy with the results, though I still get frustrated that I cannot do more -- especially standing and ambulating. I still have to use a "slider board" to move from bed to and from my wheelchair and bedside commode. By the end of the day I am really exhausted!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since my bedroom is going to be remodeled with new flooring and new doorways, I am temporarily using a hospital bed in the living room. The hospital bed is most uncomfortable, in which I get stuck and unable to move, especially my legs were are like a ton of weight!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The home health nurse is still dressing my left cellulitis leg every other day. Physical therapists and occupational therapists are now coming out two to three times a week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At least I can move around my house and get into the kitchen and computer study with my wheel chair. There is still talk of of a powered wheelchair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Biggest job at the moment is removing clutter, which has always been one of my handicaps, but now is a necessary challenge</span></div>
David Jeffreyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640894359150492921noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690019029379314519.post-21277808931229817332014-11-02T17:31:00.000-05:002014-11-02T17:31:04.381-05:00HOME AGAIN ... . . but with mixed blessings<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I came home from Silver Stream Rehab on Saturday, October 19, 2014. At first, all seemed to go well. Transferred into and out of the SUV with the wheelchair and used the wheelchair ramp for the first time. Then on Sunday morning, I fell trying to make it to my wheelchair from my bed; had to call 911 for them to get me off the floor and into the wheelchair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Since then, my leg muscles have gotten weaker and weaker, now to the point that any transfers are impossible. As a result, all my time is spent bedridden. The home health agency has completely dropped the ball providing me with NO physical and occupational therapy during the past two weeks. Nurses have come out every other day to change my left leg cellulitis bandages. The home health agency has decided to "drop" me because they feel that I am "unsafe" in my own home. I am appealing that decision.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">In the meantime, I am asking my primary care physician about sending me to Duke or Chapel Hill for intensive muscular dystrophy clinic intervention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Each morning from 10 to 12 am, I have CNAs come to my house at my expense, to help with toiletry, bathing and dressing, as well as minor chores such as doing laundry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I am stuck between the proverbial "rock and a hard place." Suggestions, anyone???</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Jean Claude Duvalier was my patient. I traveled to Haiti for the express purpose of performing an EMG and nerve conduction velocities on him in his countryside villa. "Baby Doc" died on October 4, 2014 at the age of 63 of a heart attack. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">One of my more memorable experiences was with Dr. Zwibel, when again I had EMG machine, will travel. This time we went to Haiti to perform an EMG and NCVs on Jean Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier. From the airport we were transported to the home of the embassy official where we spent the night. The next day we were taken to a theater in Port-au-Prince where we transferred into three black Buicks (we weren't allowed to ride together) escorted by the Tonton Macoute on a high speed trip on narrow back country roads to the villa that Duvalier had some distance from the capital. We sped by the locals cooking their meals alongside the road, and I feared that the cars would hit some of them, but I was just as sure that if it happened, it would be a hit and run. Arriving at the villa, Baby Doc and his wife Michelle, were watching videos of which Baby Doc had a large collection. The doctors interviewed the patient who only spoke creole french, but Michelle interpreted with her fluent English. Her primary concern was that some medications that a local doctor had prescribed might cause impotence. His medical history revealed that after spraining an ankle, the local doctor had put a cast on it for months, and when the cast came off, he had severe weakness in the leg, which had prompted our visit from the states by the State Department. The testing proved that no great harm had been done, and that his weakness was just from long disuse atrophy resulting from the cast. To show his appreciation, Baby Doc gave each of us a collector's set of gold and silver coins that had been cast in his honor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The last time I was in my home was June 3! That was the day I went to the Emergency Room due to a cellulitis infection, ended up in the Intensive Care Unit, very delirious and almost died. The month before I was in the hospital having a pacemaker/defibrillator implanted. So, since June 3, I have been a patient at New Hanover Regional Medical Center and/or Silver Stream Rehabilitation. Almost four months and I want to go home soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The good news is that the cellulitis ulcers and wounds are really beginning to heal nicely, but I still have to have my left lower leg wrapped on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Anticipating going home soon, I have had a 35 foot wheelchair ramp built that goes from my front porch down to the driveway which includes two 90 degree turns. After the treated wood has dried out, the ramp will be painted green to match the house trim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">No doubt I will also have to make some modifications inside the house as well, such as widening doorways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It seems that I had my own 9/11 disaster this week, which in retrospect would have been funny enough to win $50,000 on AFV if it had been video recorded! This past week physical therapy obtained an UpLift seat for me to use. </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It gives me a boost to lift myself from a low chair to grab my walker and make a transfer and works great -- well a little to good in this case. At 6:30 in the evening after dinner, I was straightening up my room. Needed to add some distilled water from a gallon jug on the floor to my CPAP reservoir. Put the reservoir on my bed, and then rolled to the side in my wheelchair to grab the gallon water. Remember that I am in my wheelchair on the UpLift seat and the wheels of the chair are not locked! As I leaned down to pick up the water, my weight on the seat shifted enough for the lift mechanism to go into action. It ejected me, the wheelchair moving backwards, and I landed sitting on the floor. Thank goodness, other than a sore bottom, I was not hurt. In reach was my nurse call bell, my room door was open and I yelled "help" and the nurses were quickly in the room. They got the Hoyer Lift to get me off the floor and into bed.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The next morning, I had an appointment with my infectious diseases doctor, whose office is also located two blocks away on Silver Stream Lane. The attendant arrived and tried putting me in my wheelchair in the back of the van that they have for transport. BUT my wheelchair was an inch or two too wide to fit on the lift mechanism. So deciding that she needed the exercise to lose weight, Kim pushed me on foot to the doctor's office. After the appointment was over, she hoofed it back to get me. I got some sun and fresh air and Kim got some exercise!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Berthold was pleased with the progress of my healing leg cellulitis. She said that the IV antibiotic </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">With a return of the infection, I have been back at NHRMC for a week now. Today, they inserted a PICC line for the continuing IV antibiotics. So I should be returning to Silver Stream Rehab tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">How can such a talent so great be taken away by a depression so deep, when those around him lost vigilance ???</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I am saddened that because he held all our hands, we were not holding his.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">and NO, NO, NO, . . . Robin Williams is NOT in a better place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Robin Williams dead; family, friends and fans are 'totally devastated'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Williams was last seen alive at his home, where he lives with his wife, at about 10 p.m. Sunday, the sheriff's statement said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Williams made at least two trips to rehab for drug treatment, including a visit this summer, and he underwent heart surgery in 2009.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Williams, born in Chicago on July 21, 1951, studied theater at Juilliard School before taking his stand up act to nightclubs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He proved his dramatic acting skills in "Good Will Hunting," a 1997 film that earned him a best supporting actor Oscar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">His memorable movies over the past three decades includes "Good Morning, Vietnam," "Dead Poets Society," "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "The Birdcage."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It feels so good when my blogger friends reach out to find out how I am doing, as the cajun just did!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hi David, with no other way to reach you, I wanted to reach out agin. Please continue to post updates when you can. We're all anxious to hear your news.<br />We're all going through something and it's always good to let it out and share your feelings with others. That would be US!<br />Take care, my friend. and do write when you can. Think of it as therapy. I do and it works. I get feedback from folks like you who know what I am talking/writing about.<br /><br />Cheers.<br />Here's to Silver Queen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #202020;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">(PS: my email is david at ladyslippercove dot com. You know how to change it to the correct format.)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #202020;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Well this is day 39 in Silver Stream Rehab. and I am still not ready to go home, although I want to so bad! Progress on the walking with a walker front: today I walked 180 feet with a therapist holding on to me and a wheelchair following closely if I suddenly need to sit down. I am doing leg exercises with weights on my ankles, plus a lot of arm exercises.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #202020;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Two major concerns continue: The ulcers (lymphedema/cellulitis) on my left leg are just not healing. My doctor just came in and said they are trying to get me to a lymphedema specialist on the outside to treat and dress the wounds daily. The other big concern is standing up from anything lower than bar stool height. To that end, we have begun investigating a power wheelchair that has the the capability of raising the seat height as much as 12 inches, which will make transfers easier. As a result, I am also investigating having a wheelchair ramp built onto my front porch and raising the porch floor level to be even with the interior floor level. Again, the power wheelchair seems like a favorable idea from my doctor's point of view, especially since the LGMD will only progress over time and my muscles will get weaker.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #202020;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Thanks to all of you for the many cards and well wishes. My spirit gets a boost with each one!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Two and a half weeks after being transferred from the hospital to Silver Stream Rehabilitation, I had my first planning conference yesterday. I have been approved for three more weeks of rehab, with the probability of getting a wheelchair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The major objective is to get me back on my feet and independent. Before hospitalization, I was able to ambulate around my home with a walker. Now I need help to stand up and then to remain standing for a short period. Using one side of the parallel bars, with help, I pull myself to a standing position from the wheelchair. Today, for the first time I walked the length of the parallel bars between them, three times. Progress!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The facility has 110 beds and is quite large with very long halls. My room is about as far away as one can get from the front entrance, gyms, and dining room. I try to wheel myself to the front, but my wheelchair does not roll easily, so this becomes very difficult. (See last paragraph about a new wheelchair.) This place should be renamed "The Chandeliers" because there are chandeliers everywhere including right outside my room. The chandeliers all burn incandescent bulbs, so the carbon footprint is huge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Since I arrived, I was assigned a wheelchair that just would not roll or be pushed easily. Today, they assigned me a new wheelchair that rolls easily, so now I can move myself easily all over the facility. Big improvement. Because the wheelchairs are too low for me to stand up from, every evening they have to use a Hoyer lift to move me from the wheelchair to the bed. In the mornings however, I can transfer myself from my bed which I have lifted into a very high position to the wheelchair using my walker to stabilize me during the transfer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">25 March -> 2 April: Cellulitis. Irregular ventricular heart rhythm noted. 8 days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I was admitted to the hospital on June 3, I was ambulatory with my walker and able to get around inside my house using my chairs which are elevated. Now with the help of two therapists, I can stand from my bed when it is elevated to a very high position. Still cannot take any steps. Very discouraged! Lost a lot of strength while in the hospital and my limb girdle muscular dystrophy seems to be taking over.</span></div>
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1. Do you have a favorite flower? Several and the rose is among the top of the list! I also like daffodils,<br />
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azaleas, magnolia and bougainvillea a lot! I just bought a beautiful purple bougainvillea hanging basket for my deck,<br />
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along with a red knockout rose, and a red geranium.</div>
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2. Do you like your name (first)? My first name is David, which I do like very much. I am a "junior" named after my father, so I also have his middle name of Elmo, which I hate. My mother was upset that I did not name my first born son, the "III." No way was I giving him the name Elmo.</div>
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3. Does your name have a meaning? Beloved.</div>
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4. Do you have nickname? No, and I dislike being called Dave. David in Hawaiian is "Kamika."</div>
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5. Would you ever consider changing your name? No. I like my last name "Jeffreys," but I would prefer it to be "Moore" which is my mother's maiden name, because my Moore ancestry is so illustrious.</div>
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6. What name have you heard that you hate? I don't care for those African-American names that sound made up!</div>
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7. What name have you heard that you love? My preference is toward English, Irish, and Scottish names. My sons are named Brian and Gregory, and my grandson is named Ian.</div>
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8. How did you pick the name of your pet? Had a hard time finding a new name for my Pembroke Welsh Corgi and "MoJo" seemed to come out of nowhere! Turns out it has been the perfect name.</div>
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9. Do you name inanimate objects? Name some of them. No. However, some of my friends have always named their vehicles, but then they are not inanimate, are they?</div>
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For the past 15 years or so, I have been suffering with limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) which has slowing become worse. It is a genetic disease that runs in my Moore family tree primarily involving those muscles at the junction of my limbs and trunk, such as my low back muscles, hips, upper legs, and shoulders.<br />
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Fortunately, it did not start until after age 50 and has been slowly progressive. Ambulation is now becoming more of a problem, and I have begun relying on a walker for balance and using my arm strength. My walking distance is also limited by my shortness of breath, a holdover from my pulmonary emboli.<br />
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Driving is still possible however, because my lower legs and arms are still strong, so I can steer, accelerate, and brake without difficulty. My Mitsubishi Endeavor SUV is a big help because it has a high center of gravity, and the seats are at the perfect level that are even with my backside for sitting down and getting out of the vehicle.<br />
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The longest ongoing problem has been arising from chairs and sofas, which are usually too low for my weak muscles. Fortunately my bed happens to be very high above the floor, so it is not a challenge. My favorite leather arm chair in the living room is a Bob Timberlake "Gentleman's Chair" which I have elevated on four inch blocks (bed risers/lifters). For cooking, I have an armless drafting chair in the kitchen which is on casters, so that I can scoot around from the refrigerator to the counters and stove easily. It has a hydrolic lift post that elevates it nicely.</div>
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For the past 10 years, I have been using an "Old Dollar" leather office chair in my small office at the back of my house. It is so old that the hydrolic post would not go high enough and I kept adding cushions to the seat for height. Though, it has been so comfortable and still looks good, it just had to be replaced with a new office chair that is more practical.</div>
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I have been shopping at Big & Tall Clothing stores for years, so imagine my surprise when Office Depot advertised a "Big and Tall" leather office chair. I went into the store for a test drive, and discovered its hydrolic post rises to a very good height, and the seat is wider and deeper than most other office chairs. It is even rated for 500 pounds! It was on sale for $150 off the list price at $250, plus I could spend an extra $8 dollars to have them assemble it. I hate assembling anything, and the reviews said it took two people and was very difficult to assemble because the pieces were so heavy. So now, I am comfortable at my computers again.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For more information on LGMD, click on this link:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">http://mda.org/disease/limb-girdle-muscular-dystrophy</span></div>
David Jeffreyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640894359150492921noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690019029379314519.post-2937253786977839822014-04-27T00:01:00.001-04:002014-04-27T00:01:40.858-04:00TMI QUESTIONS: SNACK TIME<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Do you prefer salty or sweet?</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Actually, I have cravings for both. Love salted peanuts and dark chocolate. But I need to stay away from both because the
salt leads to edema in my legs, and sweet is a no-no for my diabetes.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Sour pickles. <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">I love
sour pickles, which goes back to my paper route days as a teenager. There was a
hot dog stand located where I picked up my papers every afternoon. They sold
these giant sour pickles out of a jar for 15 cents. Every day I bought one and
slowly sucked on it and ate it as I delivered my papers.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. What is your favorite snack now?</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sour pickles. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">At my local Harris-Teeter, they sell large
whole Boar's Head sour pickles out of a jar in the deli section for 99 cents
each. I usually buy 6 each week, and enjoy one in the evening before bed time.
A couple years ago they sold Dietz and Watson large sour pickles out of a
"barrel" which I preferred over the Boar's Head.</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Cheese, especially Jarlsberg. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Still not healthy, but healthier are 40% reduced fat Cape
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">5. Milk and what kind of cookies? Do you dunk?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I don’t eat cookies and drink milk. The only thing I’ve ever dunked is a donut in
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Krispy Kreme only, never Dunkin' Donuts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">6. How do you eat Oreos?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Absolutely HATE Oreos!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">7. What is your favorite movie snack?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Popcorn, especially Cape Cod Sea Salt popcorn.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">8. Cake or pie?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Lemon chess and pecan pies are my favorite. Also like coconut cake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">9. Ready Whip or Cool Whip?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Neither. For those
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Harris-Teeter Premium Summer Peach. Real chunks of peaches and none of those
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My maternal grandfather, William [Uncle Billy] Phillip Moore
died in August, 1925 leaving a 70 acre farm behind with no house as the log
cabin had recently burned down. His family consisted of his widow, Rosa Pearce
Moore, and five children, aged 15 to 24, who lived with the nearby relatives,
especially Uncle Charlie and Uncle Sam.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(This portrait was photographed circa 1900 and was not discovered until the 1970s by my mother in a small closet under the stairs! She surmised that the portrait was kept hidden, because it would have been considered much too ostentatious during the depression!)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To replace the log cabin, a four room house with attic and
full front porch were built mainly with lumber sawn from the 70 acres. The windows, doors, and hardware were
purchased from Roxboro Lumber Company.
This is still stamped on some of the unpainted wood doors yet
today. Because of the fire, a separate
kitchen building stood behind on the side south of the house. Between the front two rooms was a hallway
leading from the front door. The
northeast room was daughter Alma’s bedroom, and the northwest room was the
parlor. Behind these two rooms were two
more rooms being my grandmother’s bedroom on the southeast corner, and the
dining room on the southwest corner.
This dining room was the largest room in the house and because of its
southwest exposure was the warmest and brightest room. It alone had four windows, while all the
other rooms had two windows each. Not
only was dining done in this room, but also it was large enough to be a sitting
room as well, probably what today is referred to as a “great room.” Sometime prior to 1940, Bill added two more
rooms across the width of the south side.
Next to the big room was a new kitchen with a walk-in pantry. Grandmama cooked on a wood stove with an oven
and two overhead warming bins. Electricity arrived about 1948 making possible
running water from a well, instead of hauling water from the spring. Bill then built new cabinets with a built-in
sink. The other side of the south
addition was a screened in porch. Again
in 1948, the porch was enclosed and a bathroom was added to the southeast
corner of the porch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Three members of the family were left to live on the farm as
daughter Lula became a teacher, married and moved to Virginia; Jenny studied
nursing, married and move to South Carolina, and Sara studied nursing at Watts
Hospital in Durham and married there.
Alma became a teacher and continued to live at home and owned the first
car in the family. Bill spent his time
farming the 70 acres. Grandmama cooked,
cleaned and did the household work. She
would spend many hours in the dining room, reading and doing handiwork.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Exactly how my grandfather’s estate was divided up among
Grandmama, Alma, and Bill are unclear to me, as I have not found a will. Both my grandmama and mother have explained
the arrangement to me over the years.
Alma, the oldest and unmarried schoolteacher got the house and five
acres surrounding it. Bill, also never
married, got the remaining acreage for his farm, where he built a two-story log
cabin with large rooms on each level; later, he added two more rooms behind the
log cabin. All of this he built himself,
and when he was not farming, he worked as a carpenter. There were many other buildings on the farm
including a two-story pack house with full basement, stables, chicken house,
tobacco curing barns (two very old made with logs), and corn crib.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So, what did Grandmama (the widow) get? She got the Fōth and a lifetime right to live
in the home! What is a Fōth (pronounced
with a long O sound)? Thus, she was to receive one-fourth of the farm’s income
from growing tobacco. After the sale at
the warehouse, she was to be given a quarter of the proceeds. It was sold in multiple bundles on the
warehouse floor with lots of separate receipts.
Grandmama was not always sure that she was getting her rightful share,
and demanded to see receipts. Bill was
known to spend a buck or two on whiskey and beer!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Why did Rosa even need any money – the Fōth? Alma went to the A&P for grocery
necessities spending her own salary. Despite all the biscuits and cornbread,
Alma bought “loaf bread” especially to make tomato sandwiches. Right there at hand were the dairy cow, and
chickens, and a couple of hogs, not to mention the one acre garden in the
summer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes my grandmama had a nicotine habit and satisfied it with dipping
snuff. Her brand of choice was Tube Rose.
She made her own dipping brush from a twig of the black gum tree. She</span> kept a pint or quart glass jar on the
floor beside her chair to spit in.
Sometimes she used a metal tin can instead. Never make the mistake of
accidentally kicking over that container!<o:p></o:p></div>
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arrived. The Post introduced me to the art of Norman Rockwell, who drew the
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><!--[endif]--><b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Farmers Almanac</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">in which the calendar must be followed! Know when the
last frost will occur. Forecast
published in August, 2013, has been remarkably accurate for the 2013-2014
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was always sewing to be done, whether it was mending, crocheting, or a bobbin
to be wound. Four doors away on the
corner of my block in Durham, NC was a neighborhood grocery store. Right at the front next to the cash register
was a glass display of threads. I was
usually sent with a color thread to match up.
The thread was wound on wooden spools, which never could be thrown away,
because they would be repurposed as pot lid handles! In the 1940s, feed sacks were indispensable
for material for making some clothes, particularly pajamas. Yes she made my pajamas. Rosa had an authentic <b>Singer</b> foot paddled sewing machine, which she famously carried out
of the burning log cabin home. My mother
had one also in our dining room next to two bright sunny windows. Grandmama crocheted beautiful colorful edges
onto pillow cases and towels for gifts.
She could also make lace – the doilies for the table tops.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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for her grandchildren on special occasions.
When I graduated from high school, she said that she wanted to give me a
gift that I could use in college. So, I
chose Merrian-Webster’s Collegiate Edition Dictionary.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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which she bought at Roscoe Griffin in Durham.
She only had one style, which was black leather ankle high lace up. She never ever wore anything else on her
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well, I have been rather down and feeling sorry for myself. Left leg has been terrible with cellulitis/lymphedema. Admitted to the hospital for eight days, where they investigated more problems with low blood pressure (down to 70/30), shortness of breath (better known as SOB, yea it is a son of a bitch), cardiac arrhythmias, etc. Worse of all, the muscular dystrophy weakness in my legs has increased making ambulation even more difficult!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So this past Saturday, I held a "pity party" for myself and decided I needed something from my more youthful days to cheer me up. When I graduated from high school and was attending college, madras clothing was all the rage. Our high school graduation dance and party was held at the old Washington Duke Hotel in downtown Durham and madras clothing was seen in abundance. Guys wearing madras shorts and/or shirts. Gals wearing madras shirt-waist dresses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Madras cotton fabric is woven in Madras, India and is often known as "bleeding madras" because as it is washed, it slowly fades and the colors tend to run together. When in high school, I had two madras shirts similar to these, especially the yellow one and the other was more green/blue in hue. So imagine my surprise, when Googling madras, I came across these beautiful shirts for sale at Ralph Lauren in my size! The yellow shirt was made in India and the red shirt was made nearby in Sri Lanka.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cheer up, David. Wearing them and pretending to be in my youth again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. What is your favorite color?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have two favorites which are <b><span style="color: green;">Hunter Green</span></b> and <b><span style="color: red;">Burgundy Red</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. What color are your eyes?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: cyan;">Blue</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. What color is your hair?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Originally brown – now pure white.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. What color is your bedroom?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All the walls in my house are an ivory white, which allow
everything else to stand out in contrast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Which color do you look best in?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When young, I was told blue, probably because of my blue
eyes. Now I prefer earth tones such as
green and brown. When in high school and college, I was mad about Indian Madras fabric!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Is there a color you never wear?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Black. It may make me
look thinner, but when the sun hits it, I roast inside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My 1990 Honda Accord was Burgundy Red and my 1995 Volvo was
Hunter Green. The last two vehicles
I bought were used, so there was no
choice. The 1997 GMC Sierra was a Carolina Blue, which I hated. My current 2007 Mitsubishi Endeavor is black,
which can get very hot in the summer, but I think makes the vehicle look
classy.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">8. Are your eyes ever green with envy?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not any more as material things are not as important to me
as they once were.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I used to love writing with a Mont Blanc fountain pen with a
broad nib and black ink. Now it is
usually the nearest ball point pen I pick up.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">BONUS QUESTION:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gray hair is sexy depending on the distribution and original
hair color. White appearing along with
black hair, especially in the temples is very sexy and distinguished looking. My white hair was mixed with brown which was
very mousy looking. For years, I used
Just For Men to keep the color even, until I went mostly white.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">It seems that the “long-life” genes reside among some
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Most of us have four major families in our backgrounds,
coming from each of our grandparents. In
my case, it is the Jeffreys and Crews families on my paternal side and the Moore
and Pearce families on my maternal side.
If I could choose just one, it would be the Pearce ancestry!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My grandmother, Rosa Pearce Moore, and her siblings:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rosa Pearce [Moore]
died at age 98</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">James Obadiah Pearce died at age 92.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thomas Anderson Pearce died at age 81.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hubert Earl Pearce died at age 93.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lula Pearce [Jones] died at age 92.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Their father, George Pearce died in 1919 at age 83.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My mother, Sara Moore Jeffreys died at age 86.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The oldest living member of this family currently is Perry
Robert [“Bob”] Langston, Jr. currently living in Arizona at age 84. He was
employed by technological giant IBM!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rosa Pearce</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> [Moore] lived from <b>May 30, 1878 to February 14, 1977</b>. In terms of transportation, she lived from
the “horse and buggy” to the “man on the moon.”
Only major form of transportation that pre-dated her was the steam
locomotive and transcontinental trains starting on May 10, 1869. Rosa was an adult before the first automobile
came along, which she became a passenger in on a trip to Florida in 1963.
During her lifetime, the Wright brothers
flew for the first time on the coast of NC, jet planes were developed to
fly anywhere on the planet, and rocket travel was developed to escape our
planet. Man walked on the moon on July 20, 1969.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rosa Pearce Moore outlived four of her five children. She was a widow of almost 52 years after the death of her husband, William Phillip Moore, in 1925. Oh and by the way, she also did not take statins or any other medications for that matter. She loved vegetables, and though not a vegetarian, Mother said she was not a big meat eater. Chicken and pork, milk and dairy products (especially churned butter) were always available. She baked tons of biscuits and cornbread during her lifetime mostly using lard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1. Describe your favorite place to cozy-up with a good book.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In My
Bob Timberlake Leather Gentleman’s Chair in the living room.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2. What do you read when you're on the toilet?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Never
read in the bathroom, but do occasionally play a game of Solitaire on my phone.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3. Do you read when taking a bath?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What’s
a bath? Haven’t taken one in years. Only showers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">4. If you can, do you read when at the gym?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All my
recent gym experience has been in the swimming pool, so no.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Newspapers
are only read in e-versions, mostly on my phone in spare moments. I do subscribe and enjoy a lot of magazines
including <i>National Geographic, Smithsonian, Sierra Club </i>and <i>Our State </i>(a magazine about North
Carolina).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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from the 18<sup>th</sup> and 19<sup>th</sup> centuries, history (especially
Revolutionary War), and biographies.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mostly
one book at a time, but occasionally two if they are different genres.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, I
try to, especially if it is a so-called “classic.” But there have been a few that just could not
be finished.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No,
neither my father or mother ever read to me.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greg reading to his nephew, Ian (my grandson) about 18 years ago.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, I
read to both of my sons, but probably more to the oldest one. Today, he is a voracious reader. There is an age difference of 4 ½ years
between my sons. My older son read a lot
to my younger son when he was little. My
younger son is also a reader. My grandson, who is a college sophomore, and the
son of my older son, also reads a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I enjoy
my Kindle more and more. I can read
longer without eye strain using the Kindle.
Also my muscular dystrophy is affecting my ability to hold a book (especially
a large, bulky, or heavy one) more and more, so the Kindle is very easy to
hold, often with only one hand, and turn the pages. If the book has a lot of beautiful pictures,
especially “coffee-table books,” then I want the real thing.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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1. In general (we'll get to the politics in a few) do you watch the Winter Olympics?<br />
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<b>Yes, I do enjoy watching many of the sports.</b><br />
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2. Winter or Summer?<br />
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<b>Both, but I like the Summer games better -- especially swimming and diving.</b><br />
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3. What are your favorite winter events? Do you follow any of them outside the game?<br />
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<b>The ice skating in its various forms is my favorite; however, I do like a lot of the others such as the skiing, luge, etc. No, I only watch these during the Olympics.</b><br />
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4. Which sport needs to stay and which one needs to go?<br />
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<b>I like the new snowboarding sports.</b><br />
<b>I could do without the summer beach volleyball!</b><br />
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5. Which is the weirdest sport?<br />
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<b>Several are weird especially Curling, but still fun to watch.</b><br />
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6. What is your POV on boycotting The Olympics by countries and or athletes?<br />
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<b>I don't think I would participate or encourage a family member to go to countries where terrorism is a distinct possibility such as Russia. Politically, I don't like Russia's anti-gay attitude.</b><br />
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7. Are you boycotting NBC or any Olympic sponsors?<br />
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<b>No, but I think that Jim McKay and ABC were much better at broadcasting the Olympics.</b><br />
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8. Do you think boycotts are effective?<br />
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<b>Generally, yes.</b><br />
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9. If you were an athlete what would you do?<br />
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<b>I would not have gone to Russia this year -- see #6.</b><br />
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<b>COMMENT: I think the IOC should stop the bidding process for the sites. In my opinion, the Olympics belong, where they originated in Greece. Greece held them relatively recently and already has the venues, infrastructure, and a new airport at Athens. Today, Greece is mostly non-political, and could surely use the income to improve their economy. Currently, the games are much too expensive for the hosting countries and often add to the taxpayer burden, plus the added expense for security with the heightened risk of terrorism.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This week's lesson is from the same era of the 1950s by another UNC student named Doug Harrell. Doug was a medical student at UNC and came up with these two songs on what it is like to go into the hospital for a "rest treatment" and what it is like to give blood. Note that over fifty years has gone by since these 45 RPM singles were produced, but you may recognize great similarities, such as "waiting."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is for you, who claim to know nothing about football. Just a short education before the big SuperBowl today. If you have ever attended a game at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, NC, this monologue will remind you of the topography. For six years, I worked at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, which is right beside the stadium, and believe me, you did not want to work on home game day, because parking, even assigned parking, was no where to be found.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Andy Griffith</b> attended the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and graduated with a bachelor of music degree in 1949. At UNC, he was president of the UNC chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, which claims to be America's oldest fraternity for men in music. He also played roles in several student operettas, including The Chimes of Normandy (1946), and Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers (1945), The Mikado (1948) and H.M.S. Pinafore (1949). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After graduation, he taught music and Drama for a few years at Goldsboro High School in Goldsboro, North Carolina, where he taught, among others, Carl Kasell. He also began to write.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Griffith's early career was as a monologist, delivering long stories such as <b>What it Was, Was Football</b>, which is told from the point of view of a rural backwoodsman trying to figure out what was going on in a football game. The monologue was released as a single in 1953 on the Colonial Records label, and was a hit for Griffith, reaching number nine on the charts in 1954. </span></div>
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