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800 Infant Bodies Found in a Septic Tank at Roman Catholic Children's Home
by cofty in796 infant skeletons have been found discarded in a septic tank at the former mother and baby home run by the catholic church in ireland between 1925 and 1961.. unwed mothers were sent these "magdelene asylums" to be treated like criminals.
their babies - if they survived - were taken from them.
if they did not survive their bodies were thrown into a septic tank and forgotton.
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Hilarious email exchange...
by snare&racket inhttp://www.27bslash6.com/easter.html.
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made me laugh out loud..... .
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How do you cope with impaired mobility?
by compound complex ingreetings, my aging friends!
before asking you this question, i tried to do some research on the thought that 'hard work never killed anyone,' but, man, can it cripple you!
what i wanted to figure out is something better than you're getting older and tireder.. many of us have done hard physical labor most of our lives and see no prospect of retirement.
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Hard physical work does damage your joints over a long period of time. I have bad knees, from a fall many years ago, from a job where I stood and walked 8 hours a day for nearly 30 years, and from being overweight.
I agree with bsmart -- I have lost weight and I've had the shots. First I had the cortisone shots, which I wouldn't recommend to anyone because of the side effects. Then I had the hyalgan shots -- that's the rooster comb stuff -- and it helps. It took three shots and some time but eventually it helped. It's 30 seconds of misery and about six months or more of relief, definitely worth doing.
I couldn't exercise much before the shots, but now I'm up to 30 to 45 minutes of walking at a time without my cane! I think I probably can manage without surgery if I keep losing weight, walking and getting the shots as needed. I'm so thrilled about it, too -- last year I could barely walk at all, this year I can walk much more.
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Get well Grace (Mouthy)
by label licker ina loud get well grace from all of us to you.
everyone, grace has been in and out of the hospital and i'm sure she would love to read your get wells.
we miss you grace:) wish i could post pictures.
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Hortensia
I hope you feel better soon.
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Did you miss me?
by Hortensia inwent to montana, had a really good time.
flew there, drove back with a friend.
was gone eight days.
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Magnum, I know what you mean! I wonder where you live -- if you lived near here, we could do some cheap road trips!
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by venting insome of my musings.
the last time the do was at our hall he talked about the borians.
the ones who checked the scriptures carefuly to see if these things were so.
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The last time the DO was at our hall he talked about the borians. The ones who checked the scriptures carefuly to see if these things were so. He said a mature christian does not need to do this. Only babes in the truth do this.
holy crap!
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Did you miss me?
by Hortensia inwent to montana, had a really good time.
flew there, drove back with a friend.
was gone eight days.
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Thanks, everyone! I had a good time, would do it again -- once I get rested, that is! I'll have to figure out how to post pictures.
LisaRose -- I read your post over again and wonder if you're heading north on highway 5? If so, would love to meet you for a cup of coffee or lunch when you pass through this way.
Well, everyone, be sure to tell us about your summer vacations, too! I may (depending on $$$) head down south to San Diego and Palm Springs to visit family/friends in June. Have to count up my pennies and see how much is left over from this trip! Wouldn't mind heading down to Lake Tahoe, either, for the Apostafest in July. Maybe I'll have to crank out some work and make some money.
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I hope this is the right place for this...
by moSIS inplease don't attack me if this is the wrong place!
i know that i definitely shouldn't be on this website, but i am to embarassed to ask anyone at my hall!
everyone would be so nice, but i just feel like i should know the answers already.
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Hortensia
Hi there,
I don't know the answer to your question, but I'm glad you're here. Maybe someone will understand what you want to know more than I do and give you a serious answer. Anyway, welcome!
Hortensia
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Did you miss me?
by Hortensia inwent to montana, had a really good time.
flew there, drove back with a friend.
was gone eight days.
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Thanks, everyone! It was a lovely drive and I'd do it again.
CoCo - you're right, somehow moving furniture (and vacuuming behind it) is good for the soul.
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Did you miss me?
by Hortensia inwent to montana, had a really good time.
flew there, drove back with a friend.
was gone eight days.
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Hortensia
Went to Montana, had a really good time. Flew there, drove back with a friend. Was gone eight days. We went to Missoula and then through a beautiful canyon in Idaho, past Lolo Hot Springs, through the Nez Perce reservation. Followed a river for miles and miles. It was beautiful and there was a lot of stuff to stop and see. I like to stop for yard sales and historical markers. My friend likes to stop for fish hatcheries and historical markers, so we got along fine and each got to do what she really wanted to do. That road took us through Idaho and into Oregon. One one of her stops we watched some huge salmon going up a fish ladder from a bit of river into the fish hatchery. They hatched in the hatchery, so they go back there to lay eggs when it is time to reproduce. We were pretty far inland, but the river there connects to the Columbia and so the fish could come all that way from the Pacific to spawn in eastern Oregon.
We stopped in Pendleton, Or for a night and wished we had time to stay longer. It has an old and interesting town center, with lots of buildings from pioneer days. We went to Picture Gorge which is awesome! Wouldn't mind doing that again. Look it up online -- it has layers and layers of fossils, going back 65 million years -- fossils from the entire age of mammals. We watched a scientist using a tiny tool to clean a tooth from what she says is a new species -- at least new to the scientists, eh? It lived millions of years ago and they aren't sure yet what it was. There was a camera on the microscope, so we could also see what she was doing on a screen.
Then Crater Lake, although the road around the lake wasn't completely open yet -- about 12 feet of snow still on some of the roads. But we could drive through the park along about 1/3 of the lake. Very beautiful, wouldn't mind doing that again when all the road around the lake is open. Besides the wonderful views, we could see lots and lots of tourists risking their lives by climbing over barriers to stand on the edge of the volcano mouth and look down into the lake. The little Crater Lake newspaper says that behavior results in serious injury and death every year, but still the yahoos did it. Highway 138 on the north of Crater Lake goes through National Forest and we saw some beautiful waterfalls.
I took a lot of pictures, but somehow the pictures never show the grandeur of the area. I wish you all could take that road trip -- so much to see! I am very tired today, and being tired makes me negative sometimes, so I'm moving furniture, rearranging my living room and thinking about my trip to make myself more cheerful. It was a good trip and next year my friend and I plant to drive from Billings up to Glacier Park and into Canada.