August,

 AA> I think it would be a shorter list if you provided a list of
 AA> what you DON'T have.  :/   Were you a premature baby?

  I actually was. 2 1/2 pounds at 2 months premature. I've made
up for lost time in the weight department. But, I have to build
up insulation for the winter. 

  It's like my favorite joke from the late Red Skelton. His wife
said "If you don't lose weight, I'm going to make you wear one of
my girdles". To chuckles of laughter, he said to the audience "I
know what you dear ladies go through".

  He said his wife didn't say anything to him for 2 weeks, and
one morning, he goes into the bathroom, and there's this thing
on the door. He starts into a pantomime, putting it on like a
diaper. He's sweating like mad under the hot stage lights, and
the entire auditorium is roaring in laughter.

  His wife walks in, and asks "What are you doing??!!".

  Out of breath, he says "Ok, honey. You win. I'll lose weight".

  To which, she screams "You take off my hot water bottle!!" .

 AA> Ah.. but it provides income and jobs for all those ads, radio,
 AA> TV, print, online , etc.   :/

  This is true. I remember when I worked in silkscreen printing,
when doing this whole slew of signs for a candidate...we were
working overtime...late nights and weekends. Well, for this one
candidate, it was the Saturday before Election Day, and he hadn't
picked up his signs. I asked the owner what we were going to do,
and he replied "We have his money. I don't give a $*!+ whether he
picks them up or not". 

  With the politicians, they had to pay 100% up front (cash on
the barrel head). Otherwise, we'd never get the money. The worst
part was having to prepare before, and clean out, after printing
the big 4 foot by 8 foot screens of the big signs. Moving those
are likely what created the arthritis over the years...that I'm
having to deal with now. I resigned on disability just over 17
years ago.

  I was denied twice, and ending up getting a lawyer, and going
through an administrative law judge. Five months after the hearing,
and seven months before my wife died, we got the verdict. When I
opened the envelope, it said "FULLY FAVORABLE". The first words out
of my mouth were "Praise The Lord Of All Creation". My lawyer had
said if we had been denied, we would've filed a lawsuit in federal
court.

  As noted, they keep finding stuff wrong with me...the latest
now being atrial flutter.

Daryl

... Couch Potato: What's found under cushions after dinner.
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