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Afternoon All its 56 here and no wind so its a beautiful day.

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Can't get comfortable, and nerve pain keeps me up.

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Hope the nerve pain starts fading out for you soon,

Today in History: January 1


45 BC
Julian calendar takes effect for the first time by edict of Roman dictator Julius Caesar

1
Origin of the Christian Era

404
Last gladiator competition in Rome

1586
Sir Francis Drake launches a surprise attack on the heavily fortified city of Santo Domingo in Hispanola.

1788
The Times, London's oldest running newspaper, publishes its first edition.

1808 A U.S. law banning the import of slaves comes into effect, but is widely ignored.

1824
The Camp Street Theatre opens as the first English-language playhouse in New Orleans.

1863
Confederate General Braxton Bragg and Union General William Rosecrans readjust their troops as the Battle of Murfreesboro continues.

1891
Facilities opened on Ellis Island, New York, to cope with the vast flood of immigrants coming into the United States.

1915
The German submarine U-24 sinks the British battleship Formidable in the English Channel.

1918
The first gasoline pipeline begins operation. Along the 40 miles and three inches of pipe from Salt Creek to Casper, Wyoming.

1937
At a party at the Hormel Mansion in Minnesota, a guest wins $100 for naming a new canned meat--Spam.

2019
Millions of women create a 300 mile 'Women's Wall' across state of Kerala, India, in support of women's access to temple of Sabarimala

2020
Pro-Iranian protesters end siege of US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq

2023
Avenger's actor Jeremy Renner is accidentally run over by a snowplow, breaking more than 30 bones in his body near Reno, Nevada [1]



Born on January 1

1735 Paul Revere, U.S. patriot.

1752 Betsy Ross, flag maker.

1895 J. Edgar Hoover, founding director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).

JOKE of the Day

A little boy and his grandfather are raking leaves.

The boy sees a worm trying to crawl into an anthill. "I bet fifty bucks that I can get that worm into that anthill!" says the boy. "Your on," says the grandfather. "That worm is too wiggly."
The boy runs into the house, comes back with a can of hairspray, and sprays it on the worm until the worm is as straight and stiff as a board. The old man pays his grandson fifty dollars.
At dinner time, the man gives the boy another fifty dollars. "I though you already gave me my fifty bucks!" says the boy. "I did," says the grandfather. "This is from your granny."?

Morning all

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Last gladiator competition in Rome

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Despite what almost every movie (other than "Ben-Hur") would have you believe gladiator competitions were, at best an extremely distant 2nd place to the Roman's favorite event, horse racing.

Gladiators rarely died... if you rented out a gladiator and he dies on your show you're responsible for paying the club you rented him from his full value. A couple of high profile deaths on a show would be a financial apocalypse.

Plus the feeding Christians to the lions and animal acts in general were lightly attended at best. That was usually when folks wandered off to get food or something to drink. Toiletus Breakus time.

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1895 J. Edgar Hoover, founding director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).

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Hoover would be perfect for the modern age. He made his career on one lucky break, broke the law with impunity, and was both a closeted gay man and transvestite. I shudder to think of the blackmail material he'd have top politicians today.

Today in History: January 2

1492
Catholic forces under King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella take the town of Granada, the last Muslim kingdom in Spain.

1839
Photography pioneer Louis Daguerre takes the first photograph of the moon.

1903
President Theodore Roosevelt closes a post office in Indianola, Mississippi, for refusing to hire a Black postmistress.

1936
In Berlin, Nazi officials claim that their treatment of Jews is not the business of the League of Nations.

1966
American G.I.s move into the Mekong Delta for the first time.

1980
President Jimmy Carter asks the U.S. Senate to delay the arms treaty ratification in response to Soviet action in Afghanistan.

1981
British police arrest the "Yorkshire Ripper" serial killer, Peter Sutcliffe.

1999
A severe winter storm hits the Midwestern US; in Chicago temperatures plunge to -13 ºF and19 inches of snow fell; 68 deaths are blamed on the storm.

2022
Israel becomes one of the first countries to offer a fourth vaccine dose against COVID-19 amid an Omicron surge

2022
US epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Fauci says focus should be on hospitalizations not case numbers amid huge surge in Omicron COVID-19 cases. Cases up 202%, hospitalizations up 30% in US.

2023
Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapses in cardiac arrest and is revived by CPR on the field in televised NFL game against the Bengals in Cincinnati

Born on January 2

1920
Isaac Asimov, American writer of over 300 books including Foundation and I, Robot.

1900eds
DPH a member of tigerdropping in good standing


JOTD
Two women were playing golf

The first woman teed off and watched in horror as her ball headed directly toward a foursome of men playing the next hole.
The ball hit one of the men. He immediately clasped his hands together at his groin, fell to the ground and proceeded to roll around in agony.
The woman rushed down to the man, and immediately began to apologize. 'Please allow me to help. I'm a Physical Therapist and I know I could relieve your pain if you'd allow me,' she told him.
'Oh, no, I'll be all right. I'll be fine in a few minutes,' the man replied. He was in obvious agony, lying in the fetal position, still clasping his hands at his groin.
At her persistence, however, he finally allowed her to help. She gently took his hands away and laid them to the side, loosened his pants and put her hands slowly and carefully inside. She then administered a tender and skillful massage for several long moments and softly asked 'How does that feel'?
Feels wonderful, he replied; but I still think my thumb's broken!

Morning all

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How’s the knee?

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I "hope" I have turned a corner. About 3 nights ago, I slept better again after about 2 weeks of rough sleeping with nerve pain. The last 3 nights I have slept about 6 hours total with two 3 hour stretches.

I found a YouTube video of a gentlemen who was having the nerve pain like me, and he put paper towels around his knee and secured them with cling wrap and said the tightness of the cling wrap calmed the nerves overnight. Lots of comments on the video saying it helped.
I tried it and I think it is helping, and I think that and a combination of zquil and anti inflammatory meds is helping.

I go to PT this morning and hope my extension will be better than Monday. I've been working the exercises hard, so fingers crossed I've made gains.

My scar seems to be healing really well. Hardly any scabbing.

Evening All

Morning all

Ugh. Rough night.