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FOOTLOCKER–HOME SWEET HOME

Posted on June 8, 2012 by asknod

Ah. The M-4 Poncho-a veritable me casa tu casa for six months of the year twice. I went through two monsoons because I stayed an extra year. This device caused me to lose untold pounds like those plastic sweatpants and … Continue reading →

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VETS SEEM TO HAVE MORE HCV

Posted on June 8, 2012 by asknod

Here are some high-falutin’ government studies that confirm what we were beginning to suspect. PubMed Results Item 1 of 1    (Display the citation in PubMed) 1. Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Jul;97(7):1813-20. Spectrum of disease in U.S. veteran patients with hepatitis C. … Continue reading →

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REAL LIFE DARWIN AWARDS

Posted on June 8, 2012 by asknod

This (or most of it) from members Paul and Leigh. Take 1 (one) Add 1 (one) Stir gently with ® Introduce .45 ACP round into boot being careful to miss steel toe (like that might have helped): Serve with a … Continue reading →

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HUCKLEBERRY FARM’S SURPRISE

Posted on June 8, 2012 by asknod

Every once in a while you have one of those “Awwww! How cute is that?” moments even if you’re a guy. My friends Chip and Julie took in a glue factory horse and she’s gorgeous with bad feet. One of … Continue reading →

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THE 20,000 FT. TEST

Posted on June 8, 2012 by asknod

I always got a bang out of B-52 milk truck drivers. They’d belly up to  the stag bar and regale each other with their “mission”. As in “There we were at Angels 20 and we cut lose. The gooks never … Continue reading →

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HCV AND THYROID CANCERS

Posted on June 8, 2012 by asknod

Member Randy of Colorado fame has found something we all perhaps suspected but had no conclusive proof of. Our member Chase, who just received an new liver, Robert in southern California and of course Randy, all suffer from either  active … Continue reading →

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FREE VA MEDICAL FOR LIFE

Posted on June 7, 2012 by asknod

  From Patricia at HCVets… My, how considerate of the MiamiVAMC to offer free medical for life to the 5 Veterans who came down with HIV, the eight who tested positive for HCV and the sole Vet who contracted Hepatitis … Continue reading →

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From My Facebook

Posted on June 6, 2012 by asknod

This is from Rebeccamarie Beque Mignonesalaiz. It is a photograph by Richie Bulldog. It is the epitome of all we feel on Memorial Day. I’m sorry I didn’t see it and post it sooner. My apologies Rebeccamarie. I forgot to … Continue reading →

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STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER

Posted on June 6, 2012 by asknod

Back in 2006, when I finished building the last house I ever want to live in, my wife directed the landscaping of the embankment in the front.   In spite of an extensive sprinkler system some of the vegetation refused … Continue reading →

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BVA–2012 DECISIONS OUT…OR NOT

Posted on June 5, 2012 by asknod

BvA’s new decisions through the end of March are out. I notice there are already 15, 652 listed just for Hepatitis. Pardon my French but Holy shit, Batman! That is a lot of sick Veterans. If this represents just the appeals … Continue reading →

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