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Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 23, 2013, 13:23:33 PM Thanks D1 we did the Santa thing at work and it was a blast, to make it easy I can use the US rank structure but our Sqn Frist shirt and Santa had talk in front of the whole Sqn about who runs the Sqn and it is not the first shirt, but Diane.....lol
Now my sister thinks I left the Santa suit at home because none of her grand kids are here till the 28th.........
so Christmas morning I'll be up early and into my Santa suit, pants and boots, and a red T shirt.....wig and beard.........having breakfast when she gets up to come down......lol......and another surprise for her.....
Posted by pcarrell
- December 23, 2013, 09:03:30 AMQuote from: Drift1 on December 22, 2013, 19:10:04 PMLikewise......Thanks Pastor Dude , wishing you and your family a blessed Holiday
Posted by Drift1
- December 23, 2013, 08:19:01 AMRatman glad your journey ended safely after driving through such bad weather . Your sisters face must have been priceless when you arrived 
Man that's what the Holidays are all about after all . Hope you enjoy your stay with the family and pray your journey home is just as safe . Happy Holidays my friend .
Ohh so I'm guessing your not playing Santa this year like you have in the past , or did you already do that ? Big A says to tell you Merry Christmas and he's taking good care of Dad .
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 22, 2013, 23:50:53 PM Glad you guys are all feeling better, and getting on. I left this morning at 1000 after clearing the driveway and the walks for a last time before Christmas. However jerk that I am I forgot and locked my shed before I departed.....and forecast is for lots of snow over the next few days.........
My neighbours 35 year old son has moved back home after getting caught with a local bad girl, and he will now have to shovel the driveway rather then use my snow blower.....
my normal 5 hour trip to Kingston took a bit over 8 hours, first couple of hours were heavy snow at times close to a white out conditions, and then the last 5 hours was into and with freezing rain.
But it was worth it to see my sisters face when I came in because she did not know I was coming down, just her husband.......so I am here till the 27th....then like a scalded cat out of here and home before the 6 or so grand kids show up.......lol......
Posted by Drift1
- December 22, 2013, 19:10:04 PMThanks Pastor Dude , wishing you and your family a blessed Holiday
Posted by pcarrell
- December 22, 2013, 16:50:09 PMGlad you're better D1. That could have been bad!
Posted by Drift1
- December 22, 2013, 15:34:21 PMThanks guys and yes the hardest part is staying still . I move around pretty well , but have to remind myself not to lift , push or pull as I don't want to " over do it . "
Troll like GB said try to ease into things with out overkill so your uncle heals up . The last thing you want to do is re aggravate an injury . Glad to hear your getting around , though . I'm sure your going stir crazy like myself
Posted by greenbarn
- December 22, 2013, 13:02:43 PMYou guys- your wives are just doing their jobs, you know!! Taking care of their stubborn old men!! (It's good to keep them busy like that, otherwise they might get bored, you know).... 
Troll, glad your ankle is doing better, but don't over-do it. It will heal faster and get back to 100% faster if you take it easy, you know. But I know how hard it is to stay down and not do too much.
D1, sorry to hear about your illness. Sounds like you surgery went OK though. My father-in-law had his appendix get bad and nearly burst a few years ago - I believe he was in his 60's at the time - and he was really in bad shape for quite a while. I think he was in the hospital for almost a week. Glad yours went better than that!!
Posted by Troll
- December 22, 2013, 12:40:36 PMWell, at least you have a good excuse not to shovel snow...and when the kiddies come over to your house on Christmas, they can wait on you hand and foot. My little ankle problem is pretty much resolved, so I just went out and did the driveway and the walks with my snowblower...My wife and one of the grandkids have been doing it all week, so I figured it was time to help. Ankle hurts like hell right now, but I'm not telling her that, she'll just bitch at me for doing too much too soon...Remember that when you decide you've had enough of taking it easy!
Posted by Drift1
- December 22, 2013, 11:32:31 AMTroll I was having pain in my side that I keep ignoring and dealing with to function throughout the day . Well Tuesday night and Wednesday morning it was pretty bad . I drove home from work early around 1000 to get it checked out . Turns out I had appendicitis and was getting ready to burst . So they rushed me to surgery , witch didn't happen till 2100 that night . I'm home sore , but getting around . It's driving me insane not to be able to do anything . I'm walking the stairs once an hour just to keep motivated . My wife keeps yelling at me because I'm not one to stay still for to long ...LOL . I asked about the doc about getting back to work and he laughed at me , said he wouldn't even see me till after the holidays . Think the miss's had something to do with that 
Posted by greenbarn
- December 22, 2013, 10:54:59 AMQuote from: Troll on December 22, 2013, 09:14:50 AMDrift1...what did you do to yourself?
Yea, hope you're doing OK.
You're getting the weather we got over the weekend. My rain gauge was put up for the year, so I don't know exactly how much rain we got, but I'm pretty sure it was over 3". Saturday morning the local farmers were saying they already had over 2", and it rained heavy on and off all day Sunday until sometime after midnight.
Posted by Troll
- December 22, 2013, 09:14:50 AMDrift1...what did you do to yourself?
Posted by Drift1
- December 22, 2013, 08:29:14 AMWow just hobbled outdoors to fetch the newspaper and it's 55* with plenty of fog . The 11+ inches of snow has dwindled down to nearly nothing and the water is running like a stream down the street way . Weather forecast is calling for rain this afternoon so looks like a white Christmas isn't going to happen for the children around here .
Well although it's definitely warm enough for a ride , between the wetness and emergency surgery I went through on Wednesday night no riding going on in these parts .
Safe travel during the Holidays fellow drifters and enjoy the family time .
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 21, 2013, 22:37:59 PM thanks DG, planning on leaving about 1000 take 17 to Petawawa then down B-line to Rankin and then 41 the rest of the way, pretty quiet road for the most part, so hope I don't hit the freezing rain till at least Kaladar, then it is only like an hour to her house.
yes everyone travel safe.....
Dg give my best to Fred.....and say hi to Mike
Posted by greenbarn
- December 21, 2013, 22:20:30 PMSo sorry to hear of the loss, DG. This is such a tough time to lose a loved one. One of the guys at work lost his dad last weekend as well.
To all of you traveling for the Christmas season, safe travels.