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Very Duke Blue wrote:I hope the "Mate" gets well very soon. Hugs and vibes coming her way.lawgrad91 wrote:
How's the First Mate feeling?
PS
She's improving. Trouble is, she is big on sharing.DevilAlumna wrote:
That sounds more like pneumonia to me.
Hope the mate gets better quickly, and that what she's got isn't contagious!
Go To Hell carolina! Go To Hell! 
They did an exceptional job last night in my opinion and I thoroughly enjoyed it!OZZIE4DUKE wrote:Hey! They were being creative, like Cameron Crazies used to be ;) I loved it!
The Crazies brought their A game last night....IowaDevil wrote:They did an exceptional job last night in my opinion and I thoroughly enjoyed it!OZZIE4DUKE wrote:Hey! They were being creative, like Cameron Crazies used to be ;) I loved it!
I am at my mom's condo which has no computer or internet, but I am now tethered to my phone and connected to y'all! Verizon charges me $20/month for 2 GB of data, which should be just dandy for the week I'll be here and need the connection! Then I'll cancel it until the next time I need it, $20 charge prorated for the 1 week I use it, no set uo or connection fees!
The next phone will be 4G, hopefully the iPhone 5... Go To Hell carolina! Go To Hell! 
Wow - that is cool! I've often thought it would be handy to be able to tether from my phone.OZZIE4DUKE wrote:Well this is very cool!
I know VDB tethered her computer at home until recently, but this really has me excited! It's only 3G speed, but CTN loads as fast as on 20 Gb Roadrunner!
That's pretty cool! How many dancers are there? Yay to Nephew Sam!DukieInKansas wrote:Another brag by a proud aunt: Nephew Sam is currently participating in Thon - the 46 hour dance marathon held at Penn State every year. It is an honor to be selected as a dancer. It is even more of an honor to be selected as a dancer as a freshman. Sam rocks!
There are around 500 dancers but a total of 15,000 students involved. Thon is the largest student run philanthropic organization. Last year, they raised $9.5million, I believe.ArkieDukie wrote:That's pretty cool! How many dancers are there? Yay to Nephew Sam!DukieInKansas wrote:Another brag by a proud aunt: Nephew Sam is currently participating in Thon - the 46 hour dance marathon held at Penn State every year. It is an honor to be selected as a dancer. It is even more of an honor to be selected as a dancer as a freshman. Sam rocks!
Hope I don't ruin anyone's day with a little rant, but there is one part of the Penn State fundraising activity that drives me nuts. Once every month or two during the school year, the kids stake out several busy intersections in this little corner of suburbia and beg for change from passing motorists. I hate it, and can't figure out how that's the best idea they can come up with for local community involvement. Heck, if they're going to risk getting run over, they could at least squeegie my windshield for me instead of just leaning against the telephone pole rattling a coffee can with a Penn State logo at me as I drive by.DukieInKansas wrote: There are around 500 dancers but a total of 15,000 students involved. Thon is the largest student run philanthropic organization. Last year, they raised $9.5million, I believe.
i'm not sure it is the best way for the other campuses to raise funds, but the overall organization topped $10million dollars this year.Turk wrote:Hope I don't ruin anyone's day with a little rant, but there is one part of the Penn State fundraising activity that drives me nuts. Once every month or two during the school year, the kids stake out several busy intersections in this little corner of suburbia and beg for change from passing motorists. I hate it, and can't figure out how that's the best idea they can come up with for local community involvement. Heck, if they're going to risk getting run over, they could at least squeegie my windshield for me instead of just leaning against the telephone pole rattling a coffee can with a Penn State logo at me as I drive by.DukieInKansas wrote: There are around 500 dancers but a total of 15,000 students involved. Thon is the largest student run philanthropic organization. Last year, they raised $9.5million, I believe.
What's even more puzzling is that we're about 3 hours away from State College. There's a branch campus about 10 miles away, so maybe a few thousand of the "involved" students are working the streetcorners all across the Commonwealth...
Prayers and vibes for her and the medical staff and her family.ArkieDukie wrote:Here's a wild, serendipitous story: I just spent an hour at the hospital with someone I haven't seen in over 20 years. He rode the same school bus as me, and his family used to live about 6 miles from my family. We haven't seen each other since sometime before his family moved to TX in the early 1990s. Flash forward: he and his family live just outside of Houston, and they had to bring his daughter up to St. Louis Children's Hospital for spinal surgery. They live about an hour from where I'll be living. His wife and daughter have been up here for a couple of weeks, but she didn't call me because she felt weird about calling someone she doesn't know. Now that we've met, she has someone in town to call if she needs anything - at least, for the next week. We're already planning to get together again once I get settled in TX and they're back home.
BTW, please send all the patented CTN vibes you can spare for his daughter. She goes in for her second surgery (to remove the traction) a week from Monday and will be in the hospital for another week after that. Everything looks good so far.
Vibes and prayers for the young lady as she has spinal surgery.ArkieDukie wrote:Here's a wild, serendipitous story: I just spent an hour at the hospital with someone I haven't seen in over 20 years. He rode the same school bus as me, and his family used to live about 6 miles from my family. We haven't seen each other since sometime before his family moved to TX in the early 1990s. Flash forward: he and his family live just outside of Houston, and they had to bring his daughter up to St. Louis Children's Hospital for spinal surgery. They live about an hour from where I'll be living. His wife and daughter have been up here for a couple of weeks, but she didn't call me because she felt weird about calling someone she doesn't know. Now that we've met, she has someone in town to call if she needs anything - at least, for the next week. We're already planning to get together again once I get settled in TX and they're back home.
BTW, please send all the patented CTN vibes you can spare for his daughter. She goes in for her second surgery (to remove the traction) a week from Monday and will be in the hospital for another week after that. Everything looks good so far.
You can tether for free, using pda.net through junefabrics.l I used it for several years. There is one time sign up fee for $20.00. It works just as well a tethering with Verison.ArkieDukie wrote:Wow - that is cool! I've often thought it would be handy to be able to tether from my phone.OZZIE4DUKE wrote:Well this is very cool!
I know VDB tethered her computer at home until recently, but this really has me excited! It's only 3G speed, but CTN loads as fast as on 20 Gb Roadrunner!
I'm sending vibes and prayers from Efland. I hope all goes well with her. As Ima would say, bless her heart.ArkieDukie wrote:Here's a wild, serendipitous story: I just spent an hour at the hospital with someone I haven't seen in over 20 years. He rode the same school bus as me, and his family used to live about 6 miles from my family. We haven't seen each other since sometime before his family moved to TX in the early 1990s. Flash forward: he and his family live just outside of Houston, and they had to bring his daughter up to St. Louis Children's Hospital for spinal surgery. They live about an hour from where I'll be living. His wife and daughter have been up here for a couple of weeks, but she didn't call me because she felt weird about calling someone she doesn't know. Now that we've met, she has someone in town to call if she needs anything - at least, for the next week. We're already planning to get together again once I get settled in TX and they're back home.
BTW, please send all the patented CTN vibes you can spare for his daughter. She goes in for her second surgery (to remove the traction) a week from Monday and will be in the hospital for another week after that. Everything looks good so far.
