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« on: July 15, 2013, 10:54:01 PM »
Thank you!
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« on: July 13, 2013, 02:32:15 PM »
Happy Birthday Rita!!
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« on: July 13, 2013, 02:28:51 PM »
Yes, Cat, Dr. DiCarlo was my surgeon. As my sister Margie was leaving the pre-op, we inquired as to how long the surgery would take. 4-6 hours was the reply. I was out in 3. Everything went smoothly.
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« on: July 13, 2013, 11:28:09 AM »
Doctors are saying Monday or Tuesday. The numbers are looking great. The creatinine, the level of kidney function was 2.14 Friday. When I was diagnosed with kidney disease back in 2006, it was 2.3. Getting better. Made a lap around Baird 6 a while ago, then just went down an elevator to the first floor to a newspaper machine and got the last Free Press.
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« on: July 12, 2013, 12:34:49 PM »
Thanks Henry. Everything tastes fine to me.
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« on: July 11, 2013, 01:19:10 PM »
Thank you everyone! Everything is going well. Supposed to be getting out of ICU today if there is room for me. I will be here through the weekend . Had our first meeting with the post-op transplant coordinator this morning on how to take care of my new kidney and how to stay healthy afterwards. Scary stuff. Lots of common sense things. But I will be susceptible to cancer and illness as my immune system will be suppressed to keep me from rejecting the new kidney.
Thank you everyone for the support.
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« on: July 08, 2013, 07:04:16 PM »
Thank you everyone. No word yet. Came down and did three hours of dialysis. Now we wait. My sister Margie or myself will keep you posted!
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« on: July 03, 2013, 11:11:59 PM »
Yup. Got one tonight. If they had messages for me, they would have sent them to me.
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« on: June 25, 2013, 09:33:07 PM »
When it was over, I shut the TV off. I simply could not watch the Chicago Blackhawks celebrate and receive the Stanley Cup in the Bruins home.
Once again there was no joy in Beantown.
Being a Boston fan is hard. losing is a normal thing.
When things are going good, you hate to get your hopes up for fear the other shoe will drop and you're left with your head in your hands and the opposing team celebrating.
So when you team finally does win, you sit there dumbfounded that it actually happened instead of celebrating. That's the way I was when BOTH times the Red Sox won the World Series.
Even when the Celtic beat the Lakers a few years ago, I was surprised because things had not been great on the parquet floor for a long time.
The sad part is, I have never seen the Bruins win the Stanley Cup. Let me explain.
I started following the Bruins in 1973, the year after winning the Cup. They lost to the Rangers in the first round of the playoffs. In '74, we had a TV from a neighbor that got Channel 22, which back then, used to carry Bruins games from TV38. That year they lost to the Flyers. I never had access to CBC in the late 70's when the Bruins lost to the Canadians.
I didn't have access to the games in the early 90's when the Bruins would lose to Wayne Gretzky and Edmonton Oilers.
Two years ago, all the Cup games were on weeknights, and I was working. My sister, Margie, watched the final game and texted me "Congratulations!" when it was over.
I was able to watch all the games this year, and they lost.
Losing can physically hurt. 1978 Red Sox and Bucky Friggin' Dent. Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. When the Celtic lost to the Lakers two years after winning, that hurt. The Celtics were leading late and then they couldn't make a basket. I refused to watch Mike & Mike in the Morning the next day, because all they were going to talk about was Kobe Bryant's legacy.
Even locally, a loss can hurt. There was the one year a few years back, I helped Gary Stewart outside for the fall season. The girls soccer team was doing great and were home for the semi-finals against Peoples Academy. Worked all day getting the field ready, worked late parking cars, and before we were done parking cars, Peoples had a 2-0 lead, and the girls lost. I didn't even want to read the sports section of the Burlington Free Press the next morning because I didn't want to see the write-up of the game.
Not normally a Patriots fan, but wanted to see them beat the Giants earlier this year in the Super Bowl.
They lost.
The one time I nearly lost my mind celebrating a Red Sox win was the big comeback against the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008. Down 3-1in the ALCS, Boston was losing 7-0. For some weird reason, a little voice in my head said, "Maybe they can come back." Seriously. This would not have happened, no way would I have thought that, if the Sox hadn't won the Series the year before. And comeback they did. Single, RBI, home run, and then the bottom of the ninth. The Sox came back and won 8-7. Margie had gone to bed, otherwise I would have screaming at the top of my lungs. They won game 6 but lost game 7.
But in the true Boston spirit, there's always next year.
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« on: June 25, 2013, 09:00:35 PM »
Well another year has passed and we had a great time at the 26th Annual Pie and Ice Cream Social, even if the weather did not cooperate.
At this time I would like to extend a big "Thank You" to everyone:
Thank you to Wayne and Sally Sweet for opening the building for us and putting the sign out.
Thank you to the Fairfax Masonic Lodge for allowing us to use the building.
Thank you to Barb Duval for soliciting the pies and getting the workers.
Thank you to the Fairfax-Fletcher-Westford Band for another wonderful performance. You've been with us the entire trip. Thank you.
Thank you to our pie servers, Bob Bessette, Kathy Bessette, and Margie Cain.
Thank you to Maria Minor, who served ice cream.
Thank you to Paul Lavallee for serving drinks.
Thank you to Elaine Kirkpatrick and Sally Sweet for being the cashiers.
Thank you to JoAnne Wilkins for taking photos.
Thank you to everyone who made pies. There were a lot of compliments on how great the pies were.
Thank you to Jeff Minor and Minor's Country Store for helping supply the ice cream.
Thank you to Barb Duval for manning our auction.
Thank you to Katrina Antonovich, The Edge, J&L Hardware, Minor's Country Store, the Fairbanks Museum, and especially Toni Stone for donating items to the auction.
Thank you to BFA-Fairfax for the use of the sound system.
Thank you to everyone who came, everyone who helped setup, everyone who helped tear down, and especially everyone who grabbed something and brought it inside when the rains came.
If I have forgotten anyone, I sincerely apologize.
See you all on August 18th when we celebrate Fairfax's 250th birthday.
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« on: June 20, 2013, 04:17:14 PM »
They are having the chicken BBQ the following Sunday, the 30th.
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« on: June 19, 2013, 09:16:19 AM »
 Fairfax Historical Society will be having their 26th Annual Pie and Ice Cream Social this Sunday June 23rd at 7pm on the front lawn of the Baptist Building on Main Street.
Concert by the Fairfax-Fletcher-Westford Band. We will also be having a jelly-jar style auction.
If it rains(hopefully it won't), it will be inside.
Come out and enjoy some pie and ice cream, some music, and converse with friends and family.
For more information, call 849-6638.
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« on: June 12, 2013, 09:09:19 AM »
Sorry, Mike.
The date is right.
It has been 40 years.
Yes, you are that old.
And yes, so am I.
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« on: June 10, 2013, 12:25:57 PM »
Forty years ago Tuesday evening will mark the anniversary of the tornado that touched down in Fairfax. The date was June 11, 1973. It was a Monday evening around 8:30pm. it was very quick, but the memories of those that were living in Fairfax at that time, will last forever. Here's a couple of links to see pictures of the damage:http://www.vtgrandpa.com/fhs/tornado.htmlhttp://www.vtgrandpa.com/fhs/tornado1.html
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