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When the surgery to restore my left eye failed and left me forever blind on that side, I kept repeatedly poking myself there whenever I put my reading glasses on. My jury-rigged protections were extremely uncomfortable, completely unusable. Today, the very best, most delightful, and most appreciated Christmas gift so far is an eye patch from a local couple who knew what I was up against. Never was a couple of bucks better spent! I'd found one on-line for $1.63 and shipping � but I'd hafta order something besides, to meet the minimum. A pirate of the Caribbean or Moshe Dayan I ain't, but I sho' do love the comfort and protection of this black patch! (And already too ugly for mixed company, I don't fiv a guck how it makes me look.) The ear worm that's been pestering me the last few days is Panis Angelicus � "Bread of Angels." I think that I just got a chunk! 
"Good enough" isn't.
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(insert your favorite pirate joke here)
please tell me this eye patch has a skull and crossbones on it...
glad to hear some things are beginning to work out. and sorry to hear about the botched surgery, brother. that's rough to think about. have a continued merry Christmas.
"Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak arabic, love music, and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers, and warriors." ~Hunter S. Thompson
I'm still clinging bitterly...how about you?
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You shoulda bought two. That way you could've become LA driver certified.
On the serious side, I was saddened to have learned about the loss of sight in your left eye. Pray for a miracle.
Happy holidays,
Tom
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� please tell me this eye patch has a skull and crossbones on it. � No, but it would if I knew where to get one! But I draw the line at goin' around with a dirk in my mouth. And I don't hafta start snarling "Argh!" to be considered as mean as I look.
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c'mon ken. that'd be youtube GOLD.
i think i know where to find one. i'll pick it up and send it on over if i you'll PM me the contact info...one of my war buddies lost an eye in the sandbox, and so now he dresses as a pirate every year. he's got a patch that look like that. i'll check with him.
"Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak arabic, love music, and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers, and warriors." ~Hunter S. Thompson
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A Dr. Howell walks into a bar with a steering wheel coming out of his pants and orders a tankard of grog. The bartender says "Do you know you have a steering wheel hanging out of your pants?"
Dr Howell replies, " Aye, and it's drivin' me nuts!"
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Black eye patches are best adorned with a 1st Cav Division shield. Just sayin'..........
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Yup, the last thing a real man wants it to have a "dirk" in his mouth!
Thank God I believe I spelled it right!
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A parrot might be nice though...
Kent
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A parrot might be nice though. �
"Good enough" isn't.
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A parrot might be nice though. � Oh oh... I must have some parrot dna in me... Kent
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To be completely forth-right, I should add that the eye patch came along with a somewhat less romantic other gift � a pair of hose. No, not nylons or panty hose, but those ultra-tight, ultra-tough compression monstrosities that the neurosurgeon prescribed for controlling the edemas in my lower legs. There's a rich and abundant ancillary bonus here � now the ass holes who love to jeer at my infirmities and disabilities have a barnful of new fodder. There's something tasty, tantalizing, tauntable, and teasable here for everybody!
"Good enough" isn't.
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El perico dice lo que sabe pero no sabe lo que dice. I know some people like that... Penny
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. --Hebrews 11:1
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El perico dice lo que sabe pero no sabe lo que dice. I know some people like that... Penny  I don't think there really is a shortage of that kind.
The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
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To be completely forth-right, I should add that the eye patch came along with a somewhat less romantic other gift � a pair of hose. No, not nylons or panty hose, but those ultra-tight, ultra-tough compression monstrosities that the neurosurgeon prescribed for controlling the edemas in my lower legs. There's a rich and abundant ancillary bonus here � now the ass holes who love to jeer at my infirmities and disabilities have a barnful of new fodder. There's something tasty, tantalizing, tauntable, and teasable here for everybody! Been wearing them for several years now Ken, it is a PITA but they do the job. I just accused my Doctor of trying to make me a transvestite! 
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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Ken,
So sorry to hear about your botched eye surgery, but I sure do appreciate your attitude and self depriciating humor. We have to be able to laugh at ourselves and make the best of whatever soup is put before us.
Blssings upon blessings sir,
MARK
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Ken, you say you have enema's in your legs???!!  Oh, I misread that line!!
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You must've ejected through the canopy too many times! I do have a lot of enemas, but they're all spontaneous cranial affairs.
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i call those spontaneous affairs - obomminations
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