The dead these days...are not what they used to be...

Quite right, the quality has gone markedly downhill in recent years.

Bad, really bad. These dead people just don't know when to give-up, do they...
....think I'll help m'self to a "stiff" drink...I feel I need it!!

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The Kite Fliers

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

HEY!!! Oooooopps! We never asked him whether he wanted to be cremated or buried? Oh heck, now what do we do?

Both. Just to be sure. Now, if he would just hold still....

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HEY!!! Oooooopps! We never asked him whether he wanted to be cremated or buried? Oh heck, now what do we do?

Both. Just to be sure. Now, if he would just hold still....

Best we stiffen him up first, starch in his pants should do the trick??

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The Kite Fliers

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

Is that starch in his pants? I just thought he was glad to see me.

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the easist way to not find yourself in the Obits is to read them from Spokane Washington. I'm not from there and can't recall ever meeting anyone from there. As far as I know it doesn't exist. I'm pretty sure my name won't be in their Obits

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

That is good news skil.
Now there is no mention of you being a Moderator here.

Should we revise the Headstone?

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Pluto will always be a planet to me.

Seti Ambassador
Not to late to order an Anni Shirt

That is good news skil.
Now there is no mention of you being a Moderator here.

Should we revise the Headstone?

Here lies Skil'd, had to go sooner or later,
But went to soon too become a seti moderator.

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The Kite Fliers

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

That is good news skil.
Now there is no mention of you being a Moderator here.

Should we revise the Headstone?

Here lies Skil'd, had to go sooner or later,
But went to soon too become a seti moderator.

I love the whole epitaph motif; mind if I join-in?

"Mortals take note
of this SETI hero,
Skildude tho he was
his RAC dropped to zero."

That is good news skil.
Now there is no mention of you being a Moderator here.

Should we revise the Headstone?

Here lies Skil'd, had to go sooner or later,
But went to soon too become a seti moderator.

He must have been a very, very bad boy then.

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Reality Internet Personality

That is good news skil.
Now there is no mention of you being a Moderator here.

Should we revise the Headstone?

Here lies Skil'd, had to go sooner or later,
But went to soon too become a seti moderator.

He must have been a very, very bad boy then.

Heh somebody missed the boat. I Modded a few years back. Ask anyone.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

That is good news skil.
Now there is no mention of you being a Moderator here.

Should we revise the Headstone?

Here lies Skil'd, had to go sooner or later,
But went to soon too become a seti moderator.

He must have been a very, very bad boy then.

Heh somebody missed the boat. I Modded a few years back. Ask anyone.

Not that far back. Time flies.

Sorry, anyone was a bit difficult to ask.

Hehehe ask me

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

I changed my name to anyone but that fell flat...

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

Here lies SETI's Skildude a dedicated alienator
He shuffled off his mortal coil and is now a moderator

Here lies SETI's Skildude a dedicated alienator
He shuffled off his mortal coil and was a moderator

Heck I'd be happy to be Anyone.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

I had surgery today to remove a large tumor from my right ring finger today. I'm all bandaged up. still not dead. just a bit of pain. I'll show before and after pics in a week or so.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

I had surgery today to remove a large tumor from my right ring finger today. I'm all bandaged up. still not dead. just a bit of pain. I'll show before and after pics in a week or so.

Glad yer not dead Skildude, Davy Jones was enough for one week.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I'm only here too one up WH nnot the late great Davey Jones..

BTW The Tumor was Benign. It's called a Giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath. It's the second most common hand tumor behind those nasty upstart cysts everyone seems to get on the top of their hands(always second place... such is life)

a description

the Treatment I bit gross for those with weak stomachs.

I had a 4 that had spread around the proximal portion of my right ring finger. The Dr made an incision in the shape an M or W or Sigma if you're Greek

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

preop photos
I show the wrong finger to cut on
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz336/skildude/Photo_A3A2D34B-A12A-DDBC-AC83-5CE091173269.jpg
I see lumps

another view


Happy (under the influence of drugs)in post op


/edit Still not dead ,yet.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

Ouch! Feel better...

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