Hello to Doug and the "KNEE PEOPLE" from a lone "HIP" person

[westexas]

Hello to Doug and the "KNEE" people from a lonely "HIP" person. Gee, when I saw Doug pop over into unfamiliar territory (hip forum) a short while back I thought, you know I might be in "shark infested" waters but I am going to go for it in the afterlife of the knee people. Is that kind of like the Village people? LOL
You see, the knee people are so much like my hip at 50. FUN (when I am not moving...HA) Mine was replaced on Feb. 26th....I just cannot seem to get a GANG going with the other hips. Maybe this will inspire someone to jump on board. The only buddy I have is having her hip replaced on Friday. Unfortunately, she will be in lala land for quite a while. And, we were the only females to voice our OUCH opinion about catheters or really it was me that was a wimp about it....You see, that is where Doug came into the hip picture..So anyway, in the mean time, I would just like to enjoy the knees and their stories. I would send a picture of my 5 inch hip scar but my husband and intelligent kids might banned me to the Big Spring State Hospital..You see that is 50 miles due East on Interstate 20. I believe you football fans will know the area well. Remember the movie, Friday Night Lights? That would be my alma mater...good ol MOJO Permian High...also the hometown of George W, Sr. and lets not forget Larry Gatlin and his dear brothers...but we kind of claim him..you see, he did go to the other highschool and was on the winning state team as their dreamy quarterback...WAY BACK THEN>>>
Anyway, Pattipoo, I wish I could copy and paste some good looking hips like your knees but for now IMAGINATION will have to do. Take care knee people and yes Doug, I still say "OIL WELL" like ALLL WELLL...lol....Westexas

P.S. For those calculating the time of typing, yes it is in the middle of the night...husband snoring, hip hurting, dogs snoring, but all four teenagers are in their beds sound asleep and that is a GOOD thing................

[Pattipoo]

We....must.....kidnap....you....and....take....you ....to ....our.....leader!!. Oh, forget that, she's your leader, too! Can't wait to see your hip shot....Doug and Gat will faint!

SO glad to have you with us.
Post a pic...we like to see who we're talking with!!
Have a great day!

[JenniferG]

Oil well!? Love it! You'll fit right in. Keep it up. Your hippies will come around. Until then welc ome to the JOINT.

[doug]

Now I'm going to be accused of kidnapping a hip person.
Now it is kind of early for you all to be jumping on me....I did smile at the thought of adding hip pictures to our knee pictures.. I won't faint either.....Maybe just get a little dizzy.
I won't be around today. I have to take several 14 yr old boys swimming at one of our local springs..Good cold water.

[Pattipoo]

Good for you, Dougie....if we're gonna hit 94 degrees, no tellings what you'll hit!!

have fun

[westexas]

Pattipoo, Jennifer And Water Spring Man,
You Have Literally Brought Me To Tears. I Must Grab A Kleenex In Joyful Glee. I Am On My Way To The Physical Therapy Pool to swim with the other Dolphins And Not The Spring Lake And Then Back Home. Pattipoo, Not A Clue How To Post Pictures. Maybe If I Do Not Show My Kids What They're About, They Will Show Me How....lol...could Be Devastating To Your Viewers Though....give Me A Little Time. I Will Come Up With A Beauty For You. And On That Note, Could I Ship A 21, 19, 17 And 16 Year Old Out To Swim As Long As You Check Their Cooler??? Have A Good One. Westexas

[JenniferG]

Amazing... Just a few short weeks ago we were excited for high 30s-40s and Nursepair shared last snow picture. I wonder if her computer is still sick and mom still visiting. We haven't seen her on the board in a while.

[JenniferG]

Westexas: Mine is 19 male. Boy it is a real love/hate stage isn't it? I spend my days thinking I can't wait til he has his own... kids, home to clean.....

[beachcomber]

I'm guessing "yes" to both.... "Mum" was coming for 2 weeks and she was having a new grandbaby and anticipating a wait for the computer repair...

We should hear from her soon. I miss her ever-present cheerfulness and "hugs". Hurry back Sue!

[westexas]

JENNIFERG,
21, COLLEGE BOY, 19 COLLEGE BOY, 17 HIGHSCHOOL BOY(HOPEFULLY WILL GRADUATE THIS NEXT YEAR) AND POOR POOR 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, SOON TO BE SIXTEEN. SHE HAS NOT A CHANCE IN THE WORLD FOR A BOYFRIEND....lol AS SHE WOULD SAY" MY BROTHERS ARE SO MEAN". YEA...I JUST TELL THEM TO KEEP IT UP. AND YES, 21 YEAR OLD NOT LIFTING A FINGER FOR ANYTHING....TALK TO YALL LATER...GOT TO GO, GO, GO....

[sewell44@bellsouth.net]

OK I can't sit back and let Patty be the only hip person. I am having mine replaced on friday. Kids don't seem a bit concerned or willing to help, what's new.
I have a 22 year old in the army in Alaska (the child I would not allow to play with toy guns is now in charge of millions of dollars of weapons !!) He is planning on climbing Mount McKinley this month.
Jamie is 19 and finally here with us in Ca. in college living at home, mostly on the coach.
Tim is 15, good kid but just experimenting with pot.
Becka the baby is 13 and will kill me yet, we are like oil and water.
Yes, humor must be a great part of life for me.
I have been living on vicodin and hiking mountains pretty much every day. Lucky me got fired as a special ed teacher so I am having a good time right now.
This forum is awesome, I have been reading some knee stuff too. It is probably only a matter of time for my knees!!!!

I am not well versed on knees but did anyone ever ask to see the old parts?
I am going to see if I can see my sawed off femur. My son thought that woould be pretty gross as I was contemplating making a keychain out of it.
Then I thought yesterday it would be decomposing and that would truly be gross.
See you
other hippy
Judy

[Skeet]

Westexas - hey! I'm from east Texas, Fairfield area (Freestone County). What a kick that you went to Permian. I love that movie and the TV series. I'm a football crazed fanatic! Our team is only 3A but we go to the playoffs every year and year before last we made it to the championship game only to lose by 1 point.

I have three kids - daughter 21, sons 17 and 15. Three dogs (2 black labs and a German shorthaired pointer), one cat, and one husband. When I brought my hubby home to meet my parents and the matriarch of the family (my aunt), she paid him the biggest compliment ever. Her words were "he's not a Texan, but he'll do". I needed my family to approve of him. He's from Kansas but a confederate at heart.

So welcome to the knee people's side. We do have fun. And we make friends for life over here so be careful!

God bless,
Skeet

[sewell44@bellsouth.net]

Hi Skeet,
Well,you and Patti and I have kids in the same age catergorie. Always fun to compare stories.
I too have a dog, I don't know how I forgot to mention my best friend. He is a little terrrier mix, not barkey at all. Adorable and an excellent long distance hiker. His name is buddy as I adopted him last summer after cervical fusion surgery to be my walking buddy!!
Judy in So. Cal via Georgia, via So Cal via Rhode Island

[Jamie]

Westexas....I live in Olathe, Kansas now, but my family is from Olney, Archer City, and Dallas. I have spent some great time visiting relatives there. My uncle, aunt and three cousins lived in Midland for many years. So I consider myself a Texan....after all, I DO have a Texas birth certificate and that's all that counts, right? The funny thing is, when I go back to visit, it takes only one or two days and I'm back at the southern accent again. Up "north" in Kansas, I have to be content with just the y'all and a few other southern comments. You can be part of our group for as long as you want!

[sewell44@bellsouth.net]

Now i need to get a Texas map for sure.
The vicodin has kicked in I am off for my hike
california

[Jamie]

Mapquest......works great to find any place! A lot easier than trying to refold a map.

[Skeet]

Yes, Jamie, you are a Texan if born there... no matter what!

[doug]

Just got back from Wakulla Springs. Had a gator approach the swim area. It veered an swam away. It is a beautiful place. Tarzan the Ape Man and Creature from the Black Lagoon were filmed there.
It was a blast sitting in my chair watching the younger folks. The boys are oblivious. They want to get in the water, jump off a tower and act like idiots. The young girls spend 80% of their time adjusting their bathing suits. Kind of like trying to hide a manhole with a handkerchief...Ain't going to work. The other 20% of their time was talking on the cell phone.
Fun day...

[westexas]

Hello All,
This Is So Much Fun. No Wonder I Came To My Knees, I Mean To The Knees. I Just Had A Man Post On The Surgery Hip Side That He Has Had No Pain(in Russia, Of Course) Practically Running Down The Halls After A Week And Probably 20 Years Older Than Me. He Was Not About To Listen To The Potty Chair Stories Or Hard Core Drug Stories For The Pain...lol...anyway, Jamie, You Are A Texan Always As Skeet Says...
And Skeet, We Have Some Major Football To Discuss In The Future....
Hey, Be Good To Judy(sewell44). She's Next On The Hip Hit List....ouch...
Must Go To The Black Lagoon...that Means Grocery Store Around These Parts Doug..... And I See Plenty Of Gators In There...all Shapes And Sizes...lol....patty

[JenniferG]

See west tex, i told you they would follow...

(Attention all knee folk - Now look what we've gone and done! They are multiplying and infesting us. Revert to code TKR/Plan Hipless STAT!)

[Skeet]

My parents actually visited FL when they were filming Black Lagoon and they got to see some of it. I wasn't around yet I guess. All the cool family vacations were before my time. I was later... after my mom had 8 miscarriages! My brothers are ~ 13 years older.

[Jamie]

Yes, Jamie, you are a Texan if born there... no matter what!

Welllll....I wasn't actually BORN there. I was born in Frankfurt, Germany in a military hospital right after WWII ended. Back then the hospitals there didn't issue birth certificates, so I got one in 1949 from Texas when I got back to the states. Kind of an odd deal, but 100% legal back then. You should have seen the hoops I had to go through about 15 years ago to get a passport, though!!! Oh my.....

[doug]

Another story about the spring trip today. My 14 yr old son and his buddy of the same age had jumped in and swam out to a big floating swim platform. Sitting in the sun after hitting the 67degree spring water.
I'm sitting up under a cypress tree. Sunglasses on, reading and keeping one of those parental eyes on the area.
I notice two girls come up. One is pretty. One is stunningly beautiful. Both about 19. They started pulling their clothes off......I quit reading.
The beautiful one had outgrown her little bathing suit but I wasn't going to point that fact out.
I watched them wade out and start swimming. They swam straight out to the platform and started talking to my son. I'm thinking "That's my boy". He's sitting there laughing and talking. Eventually, he gets up, dives in and starts swimming, wrestling with his friend etc. The girls are now sunning on the platform.
The boys come up to me. They're hungry...I asked my son about the two goddesses. He gives me a perplexed look and goes, "Oh, they were in my chorus class this year".
The girls were both 14 and going into the 9th grade. They didn't make'em like that when I was 14. Course they didn't wear bathing suits that you could pack in a thimble either.

[JenniferG]

Learned a lesson, huh?

[doug]

I was reminded at how difficult it to tell a persons age. I told my wife about her and she immediately knew who I was talking about. She's chaperoned the chorus trips for three years. She knows all 80 or 90 of them.
She agreed this girl is going to be a heart breaker in high school.
The other thing that amazed me was that this girls mother was there with two younger children. I can't believe she let that girl walk around with so little on.

[Josephine]

Hey! I got a result - hips and knees are mixing!

What was that saying "build it and they will come"? http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/flagady15/smilies/grouphug2.gif

[JenniferG]

I think we made Jo's night.
Doug... Yes, too much young girl, not enough coverage. Seems the norm today. Sad and scary. As for your son, I bet he noticed more tahn he lets on or will pretty soon.

[Skeet]

My boys would be appalled. My daughter will only wear a one-piece that has a high neck and covers her behind fully. Quite modest. The boys are embarrassed when the girls aren't full covered up. All their friends wear one pieces or tankini things so no bare midriff shows. Guess we are stuck in the past - the Shedd time warp or something. Plus all their friends are either from church or from their Christian school they attend.

It does minimize the issues I have to deal with. So far... Cody goes off to the secular world after one more year of HS. We'll see what happens then. Although he's a good kid.

[Jamie]

Doug, that story was really great. You can bet those little gals not only knew the boys were there but also that you were.....showin' off their stuff! I guess it's all part of growing up. I remember struttin' around like that some too at that age (of course, NOT when my Mom was around...she would have tanned my hide!). It felt good for guys to notice you. But.....it's a lot more dangerous these days with all the weirdos out there. So, I guess it was really good that the Mom was around. I'm with Jenn, though....your son and his friend noticed....and they probably did a little showing off themselves with the horseplay. Your "little guy" is growing up!!!

[Weezy]

The beautiful one had outgrown her little bathing suit but I wasn't going to point that fact out.



I just gotta check, Doug...you ARE being sarcastic, right? Based on my knowledge of teen girls (limited to what I see teaching, which is a limited arena....), I'm betting that swimsuit was new this season.

I never cease to be amazed at what the girls will wear to class and how everything seems to be visible. between bras designed to show, and thongs above the pants or teeny skirts that are a joke and prove the child isn't wearing anything underneath...YIKES!

Weezy
feeling old...when did I get to be such a curmudgeon?

[westexas]

Hey! I got a result - hips and knees are mixing!

What was that saying "build it and they will come"? http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/flagady15/smilies/grouphug2.gif


JOSEPHINE,
COULD NOT HELP MY SELF...THE KNEES ARE SO MUCH FUN....MAKES ME FEEL SO HIPPY...LOL....westexas

[sewell44@bellsouth.net]

Doug,
Great story. I have a 13 year old daughter that likes to try (with some success) to dress to attract the boys.
She is the baby of 4 and will kill me yet.
When she was in preschool her teacher came up to my car one day and said (could you please talk to Becka about kissing boys on the lips) I knew I was in trouble then.
Judy

[westexas]

Judy,
Hello...it Is The Countdown...
Yes, We Both Have That 4th Child Syndrome Being A Girl And With Me The Three Boys Ahead Of Her. At 15 She Tries To Defy And They Conquer...it Makes Her So Mad And She Calls Them Tattle Tales But It Has Kept Her A Good Girl...and Believe Me, There Is Some Trash Out There. Just Going To The Mall, You Could Sit There And Watch These 12 Year Olds That Try And Do Look Like 18 Year Olds. Very Scary. And The Beach....or The Lake....oh My Gosh.....

[sewell44@bellsouth.net]

Patty,
Kids. My 22 year old army guy called me today. He never really says why he called (like on mother's day) but I know in his way it was to wish me well in surgery.
He told me if he decides not to climb Mt McKinley he will try to come and visit as he has leave time.
I am too tired to count the hours left. I did this morning.
Judy

[westexas]

Judy,
Wish You Lots Of Luck Tomorrow And We Will Wait To Hear From You Soon. It Took Me Awhile To Be Able To Sit At The Computer Afterwards. So Just Give It Time.....patty

And To All You Wonderful "Knee People", My Husband Asked Me At Midnight Last Nite Why I Was Still On The Computer. Could Not Really Explain. You See You Have To Be Hip Into The Knee To Understand.....lol....

[doug]

Westexas, some of us have repeatedly said that this forum is just too darn addicting. I'm up and moving all day. But when I sit down for a few, I grab the laptop and check in.

[Skeet]

And, Doug, what happened to our "we aren't going to be able to post as much anymore"? Seems you and I have posted more since that note than before!!

[doug]

I know, I know...Can't seem to put it down.

[Jamie]

And we're all SO VERY glad, Doug. We'd miss you terribly!!

[Skeet]

A day without Doug is like a day without sunshine :) Just sayin'

[doug]

You all are so darn sweet, how could I leave ya???
I also noticed yesterday that for the most part, I appear to be the only male left here..kind of like that.

[westexas]

Doug...you Started This And Now You Have To Continue. The Knees Have Faith In You. You Are Their Leader, There Mentor, There Gator Hunter, There Next Emiril Lagasse....oh My Gosh, This Is Making My Hip Hurt......BAM....

[Josephine]

FIRE!! FIRE!! BAM!!

[westexas]

Way To Go Jo.......bam........

[JenniferG]

Our hip friend Sewell is getting cut & sawed today. Hopen all went well and we see ya soon.

[westexas]

JenniferG,
Her Daughter Is Supposed To E-mail Me This Weekend With An Update. I Will Let You Know..patty

[JenniferG]

Please do and send her a message that she was missed and thought of...
(Even though it was just her hip. lol)

[westexas]

Jennifer,
Have Not Heard From Judy Yet...but Will Let You Know Hopefully Soon...patty

[westexas]

Yea....just For All our knee and a few hip people To Know....my Buddy Is Back....sewell44 Survived The Hip Surgery And Is Home And Posting...wish I Had A Lap Top When I Got Home...anyway, She Is Doing Good. Keeping Up With The Pain Meds And Hopefully Relaxing....anything Funny To Entertain Her Would Be Great....welcome Home Judy... patty

[Skeet]

Judy - glad to hear you are doing well and on the road to recovery! God speed!

[MsCat62]

Hey Ya'll, Just thought I'd chime in to support the few lone Hippies in this thread. Though I'm not the one who had the THR, that would be my hubby, I still have come to feel very connected to the wonderful supportive people here on this board. :-D

[westexas]

Hey Cat,
Welcome Aboard. Just Busy Discussing Varmints And Grits On The Other Threads....lol....oh And A Great Potato Salad Recipe to try.....tell Jim Hello And Hope He Is Doing Well. Patty

[sewell44@bellsouth.net]

I hope I can find all these recipies again when I can stand up for more than a few minutes
Judy

For now , I'll just trying blowing up ants with grits!!!!

[doug]

We have a separate thread that is supposed to be our recipe thread with no other comments. Problem is, we seldom follow the rules...Except for the picture thread.
I'll move the potato salad recipe over there.

[Skeet]

We are a group of rebels, that's for sure. Do our own thing regardless. Even when we make the rules, we break them!

[westexas]

We have a separate thread that is supposed to be our recipe thread with no other comments. Problem is, we seldom follow the rules...Except for the picture thread.
I'll move the potato salad recipe over there.Will the Potato Salad be displayed with or without the Knee incision picture?

[doug]

Recipe to the recipe thread. No more knee pictures for me.