 | Prayers or good thoughts| OFF-Topic / Misc. Discuss Prayers or good thoughts in the Current forums; Originally Posted by A4K
Ay,ay, nice cocktail. What was he working with, mate?
All the bad stuff! He was ... |
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02-23-2008, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by A4K  Ay,ay, nice cocktail. What was he working with, mate? | All the bad stuff! He was a dentist in the 60's when they didn't know that handling mercury was toxic. And his hobby was building {and sailing} boats, so he was using {& breathing} polyurethane paints, toxic anti-fowling bottom paint, fiberglass dust etc.
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02-24-2008, 09:44 PM
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Still, tell him that are about 50 guys all over the world that are pulling hard for him!!!
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02-24-2008, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Thorlifter Man, I so sorry to hear that Freebird.
Still, tell him that are about 50 guys all over the world that are pulling hard for him!!! | Thanks Thor, & I hope that the 50 guys have second thoughts if any are still smoking! {not to turn into an anti-smoking rant, but that stuff can kill you}
It was actually pretty scary some of the chemicals that they used to use on bottom paint {to keep the algae & growth off the hull}, I remember reading the label on the stuff when we were in Australia, it had cyanide, arsenic & all sorts of toxics in it
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02-25-2008, 03:23 AM
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02-25-2008, 03:52 AM
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Country:  | Tell me about it....I've used that kind of paint myself and other paints for jet fuel tanks etc. After a while I decided to stop painting....
We're all pulling for dad matey!
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"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant"
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02-25-2008, 04:59 AM
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02-25-2008, 07:08 AM
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"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant"
"When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" | |
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02-25-2008, 07:59 AM
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(Some might say that explains alot..  ) | |
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02-25-2008, 08:07 AM
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"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant"
"When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" | |
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03-04-2008, 06:51 AM
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"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant"
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03-04-2008, 07:14 AM
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Country: | Spare a thought for Karl guys, he mentioned on one of the threads he was up for tests regarding his heart and may need a pacemaker.
Hope you beat it with the original ticker in place mate! | |
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03-04-2008, 07:37 AM
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"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant"
"When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" | |
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03-04-2008, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Lucky13 What's the latest update? | Not too good. He probably has 6 - 12 months. They said that if he went through Chemo & all that stuff he might get another year, maybe not.
He's decided that he's not going do that, he doesn't want to spend what time he has left in the hospital, getting poked & prodded & barfing up the chemo junk.
But then he's always been stoic, {and stubborn too!  }
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03-04-2008, 11:59 AM
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03-04-2008, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Thorlifter I sure hate to hear that Freebird.........but it doesn't mean we are going to stop pulling for him. Miracles do happen. | Thanks. He's a tough old guy. They say that the Queen Mum lived to be 100 only because she was "pickled in Gin". Of course being a loyal Scot his "preservative" of choice would be Scotch Whiskey...
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