>   The heart rate yesterday was 80 (still normal), but lately, with the
 > medication, has been in the 50's and 60's. That's a lot better than 155!!

My BP is high ebnd of normal, but my pulse is quite low; my doc said don't
worry; hers is normally in 30s or low 40s & she hgas to warn them when going
into surgery that this is normal & not requiring medical intervention/response.

Some people just have a slow pulse rate!

I told her mine is the pulse of a well-tuned athlete, but I have the body of a
sumo wannabe.

 >  GP> Like the cartoon(possibly "Far Side") of the cows writing on the wall
 >  GP> aloongside a freeway: "ET MOR CHIKEN" (cows are notoriouisly bad
 >  GP> spellers, in English)

 >   I love their 30 piece nuggets meal.

Whose? I like Burger King's as they use dark meat in theirs not only white like
McDonalds switched to. 

 >  GP> I thought a balanced diet was a triple burger in one hand and a quart
 >  GP> of beer in the other?

 >   Or a dozen chocolate iced donuts, and a Diet Dr. Pepper. 

Oh, I useds to be bad; at 7pm the next door grocerey would mark the bulk yeast
doughnuts down to 20c each (from 95c+) & I'd get 12 (buy 6 & there's no sales
tax, so 6 for bedtime snack & 6 for breakfast-- not a healthy lifestyle choice,
as it turns out)

 >  GP> I've been forced to deal with so much I don't even pay attenton too
 >  GP> much any more, exceprt on the wekend when I hit a new "10" threshhold
 >  GP> for pain. Passing a shgard of kidney stone the ladt two inches.  It
 >  GP> scraped & tore, but I knew the only way to be free of torment was to
 >  GP> get it out, so I bore down & bit mty teetjh together & barely held
 >  GP> bnack from screaming, as it shotr out full speed, followed by a stream
 >  GP> of bloody urine. & ahhh, once that pain settled. . .

 >   My late mother-in-law said "Maybe you're having a male period". :P

I've been calling it that. :D 

 >   At least now, they only use catheters when absolutely necessary, as
 > they're an infection risk. With drinking 1 to 2 quarts of lemonade
 > flavored Kool-Aid a day, I'm having no problem with peeing. But overnight,
 > something set my colon off, and I had diarrhea for 15 minutes...I thought
 > I was prepping for the colonoscopy. Thank goodness for Immodium!!

I'm often a candidate for a necessary catheter or stent, & I still don't like
them.  I really dislike feeling the need to void & the nurse tells me to just
go, right there, as Ik'm lying in bed.  This is HARD!

 >   I had a telemedicine conference earlier today, and they recommended I
 > get a COVID-19 booster shot, as it has been six months, I have a high BMI,
 > and I have hypertension...even though I'm only 61. But, I've been having
 > a hard time finding a place that gives it. However, with stormy weather
 > forecast here into Friday, and with needing some other refills soon, I'm
 > going to wait a little bit before I do it...even though it has been just
 > about 6 months since I've had the second Pfizer shot. But, I'd be stuck
 > at home for 2 weeks once I got the booster.

hypertension is a family thing for me, but I'm on good meds or it now & keeping
it in check (within normal range--we(my wife & I) check it once a week, to keep
an eye in case it starts to go up again.)

 >   There's a study in contrast...coming out versus going in. That applies
 > to catheters, and pregnancy...but in opposite directions. With the catheter
 > it's uncomfortable coming out, but worse going in. With pregancy, it hurts
 > more delivering the baby than intercourse. And, there's a town named
 > Intercourse in Pennsylvania. I wonder if there are any other cities that
 > got "screwed" with that name?? 

Climax, PA is in that area, too.  We have the town(village?) of Dildo in
Newfoundland (it's just an oarlock, & it's an old fishing town)

I just checked with Google & it's a 4h23m drive from intercourse to climax (in
Penn's Syvania)

I have heard of women like that! :D 

 >  GP> Yup, & had it confirmed by my GP: one ounce of dark chocolate a da is
 >  GP> good for you.  As is one glass of red wine.

 >   I was never one for either one of those.

No worries; other ways to get antioxidants.

one glass of red wine a day is healthier than 2 & likewise hgealtrhier than
none.  Ditto for the dark chocolate (milk is mostly sugar--not so good for you)

 > ... What do people in China call their good plates?

just "plates" or "porcelains"(in Mandarin, of course), maybe?

Care to learn Chinese in 5 minutes?

It's very dark in here	Wai So Dim?
Small Horse	                Tai Ni Po Ni
See me A.S.A.P.	                Kum Hia Nao
Stupid Man	                Dum Gai
Are you harboring a fugitive?	Hu Yu Hai Ding?
Has your flight been delayed?	Hao Long Wei Ting?
Your price is too high!!	No Bai De Thing!!
Did you go to the beach?	Wai Yu So Tan?
I bumped into a coffee table	Ai Bang Mai Ni
I think you need a facelift	Chin Tu Fat
I am not guilty	                Wai Hang Mi?
That was an unauthorized execution	Lin Ching
This is a tow away zone.	No Pah King
Do you know the lyrics to the Macarena?	Wai Yu Sing Dum Song?
You are not very bright	        Yu So Dum
I thought you were on a diet	Wai Yu Mun Ching?
I got this for free	        Ai No Pei
Please, stay a while longer.	Wai Go Nao?
Our meeting was scheduled for next week.	Wai Yu Kum Nao
They have arrived	        Hia Dei Kum
Stay out of sight	        Lei Lo
He's cleaning his automobile	Wa Shing Ka

There you have it!

& the Chinese word for "virgin" is "tu yung"

Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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