I need to hear some good news.

[DHogan]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I wish you and your Wife the best.

Thank you.

[PolarBear]

Originally Posted by DHogan

Thank you to all the members that post in this topic. It's helped me in a good way to hear some real time good news. With all the stuff that my wife has been going thru the past 6 years due to complications from chronic progressive Multiple Sclerosis. She has been dealing with MS for 28 years. We were told yesterday that she needs to be on a ventilator permanently and 24/7 nursing care. Any prayers and kind thoughts will help us both.


Best regards,
Dave Hogan

Very sorry to hear about your wife. I had a friend with MS and saw how terrible this disease is first hand. Best wishes for your family.

[DHogan]

Thanks guys. She's doing a little better today. I'll take what ever she can do.

[DHogan]

It's been a while since anyone has any good news updates.

[joshuanip]

Hi Dave,

My father is close to 70 and is legally blind in one eye. He had symptoms of macular degeneration which could spread into both eyes. Freaked me out because my dad is my best friend and my mom depends on him so. Went in and found out that he had a leak in his eyeball. While not reversible also not degenerable with surgery and won’t spread to his other eye. Doesn’t sound like it but great news.

[packs]

I will have my second short story appear in print sometime in the spring. Received the good news today.

[DHogan]

Originally Posted by packs

I will have my second short story appear in print sometime in the spring. Received the good news today.

Great stuff. Congratulations.

[DHogan]

Packs, Did you get your story published ?

[DHogan]

It's been a long time since anyone has posted in this topic. I bet there's been some good things going on.

[DHogan]

Originally Posted by joshuanip

Hi Dave,

My father is close to 70 and is legally blind in one eye. He had symptoms of macular degeneration which could spread into both eyes. Freaked me out because my dad is my best friend and my mom depends on him so. Went in and found out that he had a leak in his eyeball. While not reversible also not degenerable with surgery and won’t spread to his other eye. Doesn’t sound like it but great news.

Joshua, good to hear that. My mother depends on my father. Makes it hard on both of them as my father has no patients.

[todeen]

I've raised over $1600 for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation with the help of 30+ donors. Caring and charitable people in the world still exist.

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[DHogan]

Originally Posted by todeen

I've raised over $1600 for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation with the help of 30+ donors. Caring and charitable people in the world still exist.

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Great work.

[clydepepper]

I finally found and adopted the just the right second dog for me and my Buddy.

I have been searching shelters and rescues for three years.

Buddy will turn ten in January and Holly is a year-old.


Here is Buddy on the left and Holly on the right.

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Adopt a Rescue...They will love you forever!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

I finally found and adopted the just the right second dog for me and my Buddy.

I have been searching shelters and rescues for three years.

Buddy will turn ten in January and Holly is a year-old.


Here is Buddy on the left and Holly on the right.

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Adopt a Rescue...They will love you forever!

Great dogs!

I agree on adopting rescue dogs. My current dog is a rescue and the 2 before him came from the same rescue.

When I arrived home yesterday not only did I have a bat waiting. I had a bubble mailer with the fallowing 5 cards in it. It was a great unexpected gift from a fellow member.

[DHogan]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

I finally found and adopted the just the right second dog for me and my Buddy.

I have been searching shelters and rescues for three years.

Buddy will turn ten in January and Holly is a year-old.


Here is Buddy on the left and Holly on the right.

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Adopt a Rescue...They will love you forever!

Buddy doesn't look to thrilled. Nice looking dogs tho.

[DHogan]

I hope the GBSCC show comes back next year. I haven't gone to that show in a long time.

[todeen]

I bought MAGIC THE GATHERING cards 5 years ago to connect with a disruptive student in my classroom (I'm not into games like that). Found out my nephew is starting to get into MAGIC. Went to visit today and played two games with him and let him have any cards he wanted from my dusty assortment. Always wonderful to connect with youth and family, even if it's unconventional. I bet I'll be playing at Christmas too!

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[DHogan]

Very cool.

[riggs336]

I watched every minute of the Austin Peay/Arkansas State football game, two teams I had absolutely no prior interest in, and enjoyed it like it was Bama/LSU or Texas/Oklahoma. I am so ready for some college football.

[DHogan]

I used to go to the games at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester Mass. when I was a teenager. I still don't follow any football.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by DHogan

I used to go to the games at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester Mass. when I was a teenager. I still don't follow any football.

I lived in Worcester for 5 years before moving to Virginia. Prior to that Walpole, 2 miles from Pats stadium and grew up in Waltham.

[todeen]

I had surgery 6 days ago, ostomy reversal, and I'm going home today! This site helped pass the time in the early mornings when sleep had passed me by. I will quasi-be-home for Thanksgiving (staying at my parents). But nothing is better than mama's cooking.

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[DHogan]

Tim, that's great to hear that you out of the hospital.

[LibSuperstar]

Glad you're home. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[MooseDog]

Great news, Tim! Thanks for sharing and best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[DHogan]

Anyone have any recent good news ? It's been a while.

[todeen]

My high school just completed their first cross country season ever. I was the coach. 8 kids signed up on the interest survey. When we started, 16 kids showed up! We finished at the league championship on Wednesday (no state championships this year ), and our best runner finished 4th. All the kids are proud, the admin is extremely pleased, and parents are happy.

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[DHogan]

Very cool that more showed up than expected.

[DHogan]

Anyone have any recent good news to share ?

[egri]

I found out a couple days ago that a friend of mine from high school, who beat cancer as a junior, and walked on to the football team at Syracuse despite having never played before, just signed with the Saints. He's a UDFA kicker, so probably won't make it out of training camp, but it's still something.

[DHogan]

Very cool.

[todeen]

I was hired as a full-time substitute Sept 30, but because of my 11 years of teaching experience, they offered me a teacher's contract. It's a trade: no homework but now I must accept jobs I'd rather pass on. But it's another year closer to retirement!

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[Casey2296]

I found a brand new pair of boots in my closet that I didn't know I had, I needed a new pair and they fit perfectly, super comfortable. $140 saved

[Republicaninmass]

I was worried about selling off my cards, but hit the very top of my estimate.

[mrreality68]

Cancer Free One Year

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Cancer Free One Year

Good stuff!

Two-timer here and it's likely to eventually win in time, but I celebrate those goals every year. F-Cancer, but enjoy each and every day, those lessons learned on what really is important, and hug your loved ones daily.

You have my best wishes that it becomes a memory of a battle scar and never returns again!!

[BobC]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Cancer Free One Year

Congrats, glad to hear that!

[DHogan]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Cancer Free One Year

Congratulations. That's great news.

[todeen]

I request modern card donations on Twitter. Last year I received 12 x 400 count boxes + 5 packs per kid; enough for my little league team. This year I expanded the operation. I received 10k cards. I collated them so no one received doubles. I (or WE) donated 29 x 400 count boxes at opening day ceremonies. They were randomly given away at the ceremonies we held in early May. This year, the desire of kids who wanted cards exceeded my supply. It was very fulfilling to watch. My two kids kept telling others, "My daddy did that. My daddy brought the cards."

If anyone wants to donate modern cards (2022 - present) please contact me. I guarantee you they will get into the hands of kids.

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[DHogan]

Very cool. Sorry, I don't have any modern day cards for you.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by todeen

I request modern card donations on Twitter. Last year I received 12 x 400 count boxes + 5 packs per kid; enough for my little league team. This year I expanded the operation. I received 10k cards. I collated them so no one received doubles. I (or WE) donated 29 x 400 count boxes at opening day ceremonies. They were randomly given away at the ceremonies we held in early May. This year, the desire of kids who wanted cards exceeded my supply. It was very fulfilling to watch. My two kids kept telling others, "My daddy did that. My daddy brought the cards."

If anyone wants to donate modern cards (2022 - present) please contact me. I guarantee you they will get into the hands of kids.

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That is awesome. If I had new stuff I would send some.

[todeen]

Thanks to the generosity of fellow Net54 member Clydepepper, I gave my 10 yo summer baseball team individual 400 ct boxes of cards at our end of season party. He sent the kind of cards you might imagine kids would love! Chrome, Panini, shiny, pop, and sparkle. Plus Heritage, Topps base, Bowman Draft. We had a great time and the kids were excited. Sorry there aren't more pictures. The best quote from a mother was "Nicholas! You wash the pizza grease off your fingers before you touch those!" My wife talked to another boy, first year player, and he had recently received his first cards. She said he was all aflutter about receiving this box of cards. His dad walked up to my wife and I while they were leaving and said, "I've never seen someone do that. You're alright." Finally, for those of you whose cards met the fate of bicycle spokes, you would have been proud of the young man in the picture whose cards were spread all over the table. He handled those cards like a boy who doesn't see $$$. He wanted to show me his best players, and his Mike Trout had a nice crisp crease through the corner just like it had been clothe pinned to bike wheels.


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[commishbob]

I fixed my granddaughter's post nap hair. My first ever attempt to be a stylist.

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[todeen]

Originally Posted by commishbob

I fixed my granddaughter's post nap hair. My first ever attempt to be a stylist.



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that's harder than it looks sir! job well done.

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[DHogan]

Great job there grandpa.

[todeen]

My son attended a local BMX camp this weekend. He has a need for speed. Anyway, he broke his wrist earlier this summer and missed sports for 6 weeks, including most of BMX season. But he's restarting with camp and then hopefully he can get in a month of riding before school starts and hockey takes over. This will be our first hockey season. He will be 10u.

If you have never done BMX, we have found it to be a wonderful family environment. It's worth a try if your kid is into racing.

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[bnorth]

After a horrible 4 weeks I am feeling much better. I am also on vacation and am going to watch giant men pick up outrageously heavy objects this weekend at the Shaw Classic.

[butchie_t]

I just worked a new country, Georgia on 20 Meters SSB!!!!

Yeah me!

Butch

[todeen]

A former student of mine, Kenneth Rooks, will be competing in the 3000m Steeplechase at the Track and Field World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on August 23. He just became the US Champion in July. He is set to become a senior at BYU in just a couple weeks. He was my student at College Place High School, WA.


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[todeen]

My former student, Kenneth Rooks, moved on to the finals of the World Championship 3000m Steeplechase.
https://www.deseret.com/2023/8/19/23...ships-budapest


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