tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34851282.post5879548801908582162..comments2024-01-18T00:34:37.268-08:00Comments on Incorrect Pleasures: Lili's irritated thought of the dayLili Marlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09303890038396510279noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34851282.post-85287246638737125802011-11-09T23:49:11.189-08:002011-11-09T23:49:11.189-08:00Oh, it is a burning desire in me, you betcha. I go...Oh, it is a burning desire in me, you betcha. I got to fly a Piper Apache for a little while, a Grumman Widgeon for a little longer while, and an Aeronca Champ for a reasonable while.<br /><br />I built lots and lots of model airplanes, and proudly lost a bunch of them out of sight overhead in thermals. <br /><br />Flying is fun! It is the most fun you can have in the daytime with yer pants on!<br /><br />Unfortunately, it costs out the wazoo. Defying gravity is EXPENSIVE.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34851282.post-50579561367134246622011-11-08T05:12:16.636-08:002011-11-08T05:12:16.636-08:00I didn't know one could get myopia from an inf...I didn't know one could get myopia from an infection. You learn something new each day. <br /><br />I think there are many people who have an unattained desire to fly a plane. I've never quite understood the attraction of aviation, but I've seen it first-hand in others.Lili Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303890038396510279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34851282.post-56258275265979740142011-11-08T00:53:22.115-08:002011-11-08T00:53:22.115-08:00I am, to this day, annoyed about the improperly tr...I am, to this day, annoyed about the improperly treated scarlet fever I had when small. Parents hired an old-fashioned doctor. He made house calls, which was good. He did not cure me instantaneously with an antibiotic injection, which was bad. I ended up with myopia in one eye, thus forever dashing my hopes of being a dashing Naval Aviator.<br /><br /> The USN tried to recruit me with a full scholarship to be an officer anyway, but if I could not imitate Thach and O'Hare, I was not interested. Hey, I was 17!Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34851282.post-69759437592505632042011-11-07T22:16:36.955-08:002011-11-07T22:16:36.955-08:00Oh dear!
Whooping cough is still around. I think ...Oh dear!<br /><br />Whooping cough is still around. I think it might be one of those diseases that can be caught even if you are vaccinated, so I guess it doesn't get eradicated completely by high rates of vaccination. We can only do our best to control such hazards.Lili Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303890038396510279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34851282.post-57499354155715911252011-11-07T16:50:28.036-08:002011-11-07T16:50:28.036-08:00Wait! I think I got vaccinated for that back in 19...Wait! I think I got vaccinated for that back in 1955, or then-abouts! Was not that problem solved?<br /><br />Yah, I know, you are always making a bet when you offer to get vaccinated, or have your children vaccinated. I do believe vaccination is the way to bet. The descriptions I have read about death by diphtheria really do quite horrify me.<br /><br />We didn't have measles vaccine when I was a kid, so all my Mom could do for me when I caught it was keep the lights dim and feed me Campbell's Tomato Soup. I am afraid that an awful lot of that soup came right back up, entirely too much of it through my nose.<br /><br />I reckon that's why I dislike the stuff, to this day.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.com