Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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#33,627
VolStrom said:
I worked with a guy that had oral cancer. He had surgery and they damn near cut half his face off and when the "reconstructed" his face they pulled a large swath of skin off of his chest. He had one of his nipples on the side of his face. No F'n way I'd ever have that done to me, I'd just as soon die a year or two sooner than to go through everything they did to that guy to keep him alive.
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
One of my twin boys liked to dip when he was 18 ..... put a pinch between check & gum. I told him if he keeps doing that it would lead to mouth cancer where they'd have to do surgery & take almost the entire jaw off from his pretty face God gave him. It didn't take too long after that he stop doing it for good.
I had seen a TV commercial from a guy that was telling his story about his dipping tobacco days where he lost a lot of his mouth from oral cancer. It was a scary story to watch.
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My Dads father died 6 months before I was born from oral cancer, from chewing tobacco...he grew tobacco as well every year. Dad said they cut out half of his face, jaw bone and all, but it still killed him. He chewed til the day he died, said the juice in his mouth was the only thing that gave him any relief from the pain. He raised 11 kids to adulthood working a full time job and running the farm at the same time. My Dad said he worked 14 to 16 hour days nearly year round, and never once had he heard him complain. My other Pappaw, my moms dad which recently passed and was the closest person on Earth to me until I got married, he always told me that my Pappaw Thomas was one of the finest men he had ever met...just an honest hardworking farmer who helped everyone he could. I was always sad that he passed before I was born, so I never got to know him. The reverence with which my Dad spoke of him always gave me pause.


VolStrom said:
Early in my career I used to go out to lunch with a guy that was given $5 a day by his wife. That $5 afforded him lunch, a 6 pack on the way home and a pack of smokes. You can't get any one of those for $5 now days.
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How much do men love sex ? Enough that they will work all week to earn a paycheck, just to give it to "her" , only to have her give him back a measly "allowance" out of his own money that he earned. Thats what love, and sex, will do to a man...
 
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VolStrom said:
I worked with a guy that had oral cancer. He had surgery and they damn near cut half his face off and when the "reconstructed" his face they pulled a large swath of skin off of his chest. He had one of his nipples on the side of his face. No F'n way I'd ever have that done to me, I'd just as soon die a year or two sooner than to go through everything they did to that guy to keep him alive.
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I know, we had one with a skin flap that went all the way up to his eyes from his chin from a sinus carcinoma. He will have a tracheostomy the rest of his life. No mouth no nose. I spent hours talking with him. He would write me notes and cry. That was a hard few days for him.
I Don't know what I personally do about that. I think I would had have the surgery.
 
#33,629
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marcusluvsvols said:
My Dads father died 6 months before I was born from oral cancer, from chewing tobacco...he grew tobacco as well every year. Dad said they cut out half of his face, jaw bone and all, but it still killed him. He chewed til the day he died, said the juice in his mouth was the only thing that gave him any relief from the pain. He raised 11 kids to adulthood working a full time job and running the farm at the same time. My Dad said he worked 14 to 16 hour days nearly year round, and never once had he heard him complain. My other Pappaw, my moms dad which recently passed and was the closest person on Earth to me until I got married, he always told me that my Pappaw Thomas was one of the finest men he had ever met...just an honest hardworking farmer who helped everyone he could. I was always sad that he passed before I was born, so I never got to know him. The reverence with which my Dad spoke of him always gave me pause.




How much do men love sex ? Enough that they will work all week to earn a paycheck, just to give it to "her" , only to have her give him back a measly "allowance" out of his own money that he earned. Thats what love, and sex, will do to a man...
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Lol, I've never used money as a weapon. It's useless and builds resentment. I never use sex as a weapon also useless and harms the relationship. Just do right by your mate and there should be no problems, be respectful and treat them like you want to be treated.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
LOL ........ we've all been there ............ gonna be trying to get something that's way way out of your league ......
Dude looks to be trying to udder some kind of words to strike up a conversation.

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Nah, that's sudden and uncontrolled jaw drop syndrome. Somebody needs to close his mouth before he drools all over himself. His brain is as unlatched as his jaw is.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
He was dipping tobacco bc his other sports buddies were doing it. Thought it was cool or something.
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I didn’t have the desire to dip after getting sick as a dog off of it early on. Head started kinda spinning.... thought I was going to puke.... thought I was gonna drop a duece....couldn’t figure out if I needed to do either.... turned green and eventually did puke. Right around this same time there was a story in Reader’s Digest about a young guy that got oral cancer and how he was disfigured because of the surgeries. It was horrible
 
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1972 Grad said:
Isn't that the truth about pipes? I had an uncle who smoked a pipe. Took a hit once, and I was surprised. Having said that, a cigar smells worse than it tastes. I smoked a few cigars in college, but didn't inhale. My cigarette smoking probably consists of half a pack total, and pipe was one pull. I remember a friend and I picked up a butt off the street, and fired it up when we were about 11-12. We also lit what we called Indian cigars, which grew on a tree and were shaped like cigars. I don't know the actual name of the tree. Need to look it up.
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My dad smoked a pipe when I was really young but stopped. I was aggravating him one day to let me smoke it. After the 75th time I asked he said ok and handed it to me. I took a big draw on that thing and started coughing like hell. He then asked me if I wanted some more...... his tactic was extremely successful because I never wanted to smoke it ever again
 
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The only seat available on the train was directly adjacent to a well dressed middle aged French woman and the seat was being used by her dog. The weary traveler asked, "Ma'am, please move your dog. I need that seat." The French woman looked down her nose at the American, sniffed and said, You Americans. You are such a rude class of people. Can't you see my little FiFi is using that seat?" The American walked away, determined to find a place to rest, but after another trip down to the end of the train, found himself again facing the woman with the dog. Again he asked, "Please, lady. May I sit there?". I'm very tired." The French woman wrinkled her nose and snorted "You Americans! Not only are you rude, you are also arrogant....Imagine!" The American didn't say anything else. Hhe leaned over, picked up the dog, tossed it out the window of the train and sat down in the empty seat. The woman shrieked and railed, and demanded that someone defend her honor and chastise the American. An English man sitting across the aisle spoke up indignantly "You know, sir, you Americans do seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You eat holding the fork in the wrong hand. You drive your autos on the wrong side of the road. And now, Sir, you've thrown the wrong bitch out the window."
 
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"Never pet a burning dog." LTC (Tennessee National Guard)

"It's basically announcing to the world that I've completely given up." LT (USN F-14 squadron) on his initial feelings behind the wheel of his brand new minivan

"Ah, the joys of Paris: a unique chance to swill warm wine and be mesmerized by the dank ambrosia of unkempt armpits..." LCDR (NAVEUR)

"'Status quo,' as you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in...'" Attributed to former President Ronald Reagan

"When all else fails, simply revel in the absurdity of it all." LCDR (CENTCOM)

"Never attribute to malice that which can be ascribed to sheer stupidity." LTC (CENTCOM)


See y'all tomorrow - OK at a civil time today.
 
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McDad said:
hurry up.

Im distributing some "catalyst" for RavinDave and I wanna use your facility as a transfer hub. I got a Pontiac Aztek riding on this job, bro.
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I take it if you win you don’t have to buy the Aztek?

Back in the early 2000’s when we had four regulars traveling together but got one car we tried to get an Aztek whenever we could.

We compared it to dating a fat chic. I mean sure it was a comfortable ride and was quite spacious and functional but we really didn’t want to be seen in it 😂
 
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AM64 said:
Through the Valley by William Reeder. Naval Institute Press 2016. ISBN 978-1-68247-059-6. I'm reading it as an eBook in epub format.

Oh, yeah, the other part. When he called for a marker, Terry being a good UT grad popped orange smoke.
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Thanks AM64
 
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If you ever want to waste hours of your life there's a guy on Youtube that opens and eats old MRE's and others from militaries all around the world. He consistently comments how good the cigarettes are from those as compared to what you can buy now.
 
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This is the best place for this, albeit a tangential political angle .....


I swear, if I get one more unsolicited political text I am going to lose it!
 
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lawgator1 said:
This is the best place for this, albeit a tangential political angle .....


I swear, if I get one more unsolicited political text I am going to lose it!
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What's worse:
Political texts,
Car warranty calls,
Gator gonorrhea,
My posts.
 
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