royiv
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I caught the cancer
Who read the scans initially? I’m amazed at how often things get missed. My wife and I both have examples of things getting missed, fortunately they were both orthopedic issues and not cancer. First was my wife who had been having knee pain (she’s a runner) and got the all clear on an MRI. After it not going away, I sent the scan to a buddy that’s a pediatric radiologist and he took one look at it and saw a meniscus tear. She had surgery a week later. In my case, I tripped over a broken sidewalk while walking my dog in the dark. Had an x-ray the next day and got the all clear. Continued to have pain and couldn’t walk without a limp for six months when I finally made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon. He took one look at the films and said he would have operated on me the next day after I had the original x-ray. Ended up having lisfranc surgery and I have an assortment of screws in my foot as a result.
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July 4th Hill Country Flooding Tragedy
I hear you. I don’t have kids and I swing between distraught and rage. I can’t imagine how much that’s amped up for the parents around here. I’m having lunch on Thursday with a friend that had two sons rescued out of one of the cabins at La Junta that has been seen all over the news. I imagine that will be an emotional meal.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
I think the platform will be austerity mixed with white nationalism with special exceptions to the austerity piece when it benefits Elon’s companies.
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Trump’s America
This administration cracks me up. They put out the most obvious propaganda that can easily be disproven and people just lap it up. “The average American now makes $675,000 annually” and people would believe it while looking at their bank account with less than $1,000 in it.
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Trump’s America
They let Cruz in last week.
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Trump’s America
We’re going to relocate everyone that’s on Medicaid in a city on out to a Colorado farm.
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4th of July Texas Flood
Totally normal behavior.
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4th of July Texas Flood
You left out “It could’ve been worse”
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July 4th Hill Country Flooding Tragedy
A whole lot of kids and families are going to need grief counseling. I hope there is some sort of way to ensure these people have access to the care that they are going to need on an ongoing basis.
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July 4th Hill Country Flooding Tragedy
There’s a flash flood warning in effect. SAR has been pulled back due to the potential of flooding.
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Texas -- a failed state
Nailed it.
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July 4th Hill Country Flooding Tragedy
Flood warning systems. So political.
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4th of July Texas Flood
Fire Ant Folsom
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Floods - how you can help
That’s okay. She’s probably received enough dick pics at this point.
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4th of July Texas Flood
And that can’t be posted on the DT thread because of the “politicizing a tragedy” and “too soon” crowd on this board.
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4th of July Texas Flood
Cameras were present.
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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
Hope she likes poutine.
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4th of July Texas Flood
What possesses you to start posting your bullshit again when you haven’t posted in six months?
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2025 Thread of the Rains
It has been difficult not to spiral. Can’t even begin to imagine what this feels like for families with children that are missing.
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2025 Thread of the Rains
Not the place for this. Read the room.
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4th of July Texas Flood
Your wife is the type of clergy that I would love to have dinner with over multiple bottles of wine discussing how we got to this place. I bailed, but I commend her for keeping the faith in a world where Christianity has become hijacked by political terrorists.
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4th of July Texas Flood
Let me start by saying that I’m not religious. I have no problem with prayer. For individuals, I equate prayer to meditation or other forms of self-centering. It’s a moment of quiet reflection and reducing the external noise. Suggesting that prayer impacts outcomes, good or bad, is nuts and I don’t think even Jesus would say that their wishes didn’t come true because they didn’t pray hard enough. This isn’t rubbing a genie’s lamp and getting three wishes shit.
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2025 Thread of the Rains
You’ve got all my respect. Hunt has a special place in my life having spent many summers at La Junta and way too many excruciating days at Waldemar for the closing ceremonies when my older sister was a camper.
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2025 Thread of the Rains
Dude, he’s a father that had a kid at La Junta. Let’s not attack a father that had a kid in the middle of this.
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2025 Thread of the Rains
I completely understand your sentiment here. On the other hand, he has an important story to tell and if he’s willing to tell it, that’s his right to do it and in this case he was able to tell it without any voiceover from a reporter. I give him credit for being a brave father in the face of enormous tragedy.