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Michael McLeod

Just wanted to say that the individuals who created this forum ought to have the final word about any house rules we may or may not establish.

Pretty tough sledding down here, emotionally.

Michael Boulware

I guess that means "No Deal" . Okay.

Speaking of presidential vacations: G.W. took four times more vacation days than Obama did. Guess what? President Mar-a-Lago is on a pace to out vacation both of them by a sound margin. I use fact check instead of Rush Limbaugh for my information.

President "Lock her up" had eleven different investigations of Hillary's e-mails costing taxpayers mucho bucks, nothing incriminating was found. I hope he lets this go; he won the election. Why doesn't he drop his quest to embarrass Hillary? Maybe he should spend a little more time stopping Russian interference in our elections or providing protection to students and teachers in our schools. 

I really do not think this forum should be used in this manner; but I refuse to sit back and not respond to twisted thinking.

Mary Margaret Clark (Schultheis)

Mike B.  please explain "twisted thinking".  I may want to repsond if I can untwist my thoughts.

James Hamilton, M. D.

Folks,

This year we will all become septuagenarians; some of us are already there. Bonnie's post on the User Forum of this website attested to some of her milestone age memories on her journey to becoming seventy.

Last week I was at the yearly medical meeting of the Colorado Chapter of the American College of Physicians. This was the 40th one of these which I have attended. (Yes, although officially retired from treating patients, I still keep current on many aspects of medicine.) These meetings are much less formal than they were back in the '70's and '80's and I really do miss that formality. There are so few faces there these past years that I recognize from around the state as many of my colleagues from those old days have died. Each year now I do, more and more, feel my age. But that's O.K., I'm happy to experience each decade of life.

One of the sessions of that conference centered on the geriatric patient - yes, that's US!. When I was in practice those were the majority of my patient load. Now we are all most likely on some doctor's geriatric/Medicare panel.

Humor has always been a part of the practice of medicine and, if it were not, we would have all had problems maintaining our sanity on a daily basis.The best humor seems to also have an element of truth in it and several Power Point slides were interspersed in the geriatric presentation which I would like to share with all of you.

"Aging is a triumph, not a disease."

                                  - Unknown

On Dreams:  "I prefer insomnia to anesthesia."

                                  - Antonio Tabucci

"By the time you're 80 years old, you've learned everything. You only have to remember it."

                                  - George Burns

"Patients are now living long enough to enjoy the benefit of superior medical care: Alzheimer's Disease."

                                  - Jeff Klingman, neurologist

On Exercise:  "To get back to my youth, I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable."

                                  - Oscar Wilde, dead at age 46

"Physicians pour drugs of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, into humans of which they know nothing."

                                  - Voltaire, (1694-1778)

"Ultimately, life is disease, death, and oblivion. It's still better than high school."

                                  - Dan Savage

Thus goes medical humor...

Jim

David Mitchell

Jim,

Just who are you calling "geriatric". I'll have you know I have a full month before I turn "middle age".

James Hamilton, M. D.

Dave,

Hmmm...middle age is between 45-65. Maybe you should re-check your birth certificate.

Jim

Mary Clare Hummer (Bauer)

Dave, 

I think you finally got him. Jim obviously hasn’t heard that 70 is the new 50!!!

Clare

David Mitchell

50 ?     I thought it was the new 40 !

Michael Boulware

Mary Margaret,

.Of course I will try to explain what I think "twisted thought" is to you out of my deep respect for you. 

Picture an old time blacksmith; the smitty can take a rod of iron, heat it, twist it, cool it, and make it so it won't change. I consider improper, unchangeable thoughts to be twisted.

Pleae allow me to give examples. Let's say I support President Trump despite the president being involved in giving $130,00 to a porn star, operating twitter instead of operating the White House, spending almost every weekend in Florida, refusng to impose sanctions on Russia, and not supporting a limit on automatic weapons. To me, that is twisted thinking. We need to admit that we made a mistake. Those are my thoughtsand I hope they are not twisted.

Mike

Daniel Cody

Amen Brother Mike!

Michael McLeod

By a weird twist I just finished re-reading an old novel, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, based on the very real espionage game between the Brits and the Russians post ww2.

And when I say real I mean: people died. Quite a few British counterspies were murdered by the Russians.

People who oppose Putin and his regime are still disappearing or "falling" out of buildings. But the main thrust of Russian espionage these days is bloodless though every bit as cold-blooded. 

I just bring this up based on the revelations from yesterday's indictments.

Really astonishing how the Russians have used social media in a campaign to undermine our country. It's new to us but they've been doing it to our European allies for years.

However you stand politically don't fool yourself into thinking this is about politics on capitol hill. Set aside, for the moment, whether you lean to the left or the right. It's not us versus dems. It's us versus "dem."  

Michael McLeod

(as in "dem damn Russkies!")

Fred Clem

Frank Ganley

Bull my learned from the the left your ideas of what our does with his time and energy are based on a biased press and what the russians want you to believe and they have managed to convince you its your thinking. First First president trump does not spend all day tweeting, he tweets early in the morning and maybe Lunch and around 5. Now how long does it take to type and send 144 characters? A minute maybe two. Let us not bring into the conversation about a supposed porn star. She would have come out in the beginning with the other trollops but just like them they went away because its made up by the democrats,the press, and now maybe a russians in there trying to stir the pot. On the weekend the man goes to florida , its not a vacation he is off just like you or i but he doesn't stop working , yes bush did practically the same ah but you say it costs a fortune to do that, no, they live there , own the place. Unlike the past guy who flew all over, his husband bitched about how bad america was, the other one apologized everywhere they went for america being great, claiming muslims were so important in the building and discovering america and all they dud was rack up enormous hotel bills, restaurant bills and very much like the cluntons abused Verberly the secret service And the white house staff. When the president and his husband traveled they only stayed in the most expensive hotels and ate in the most expensive restaurants and an airplane filled with the rental children and family hanger ons plus all the staff. Trump always goes where it free for him. President Trump donates his salary back to the government. President trump is such a leader and one who Wields a sword that now foreign governments are once again afraid of our power or are again counting on that power to help keep them safe. Under the past administration our defense and our aid to our allies was a joke. What is not a joke is the billions oblabla gave in cash to iran. Wtf. Stop looking at your President,President Trump will eventually taking, as you say Bull, he will untwist your mind. In time we will all sung his praises as he makes America so great that even Jahadists will want to live here as americans not to destroy but to further our greatness, generosity, freedoms and all things that prove this is the Garden if Eden. Except here you can eat all the apples. God bless president Trump and God bless American

Michael Boulware

I am done! See you at the next reunion. Please refer to fact check!!! You may consider it "fake news" but it isn't.

It costs us over $3 million everytime President" No Collusion " gets on a plane. That is it from me. 

Mary Margaret Clark (Schultheis)

FYI.....the User Forum has been engaged for those who would like to respectfully discuss political viewpoints.  Jim and I already have engaged in a discussion.  I vote for politics to stay off of this Message Forum and I, for one, will cast the first affirmative vote.  MM

David Mitchell

Fred,

Love the cup. U Rock!

(and I am personally so excited about my upcoming "21st", I'm about to pee in my Depends)

James Hamilton, M. D.

David Mitchell

About a week ago, Mary Margaret mentioned basketball and then Linda posted a brief history of St. John's arena.

Basketball in Columbus brigns back many fond memories. I have a few of my own to share over time, but here is a bit of OSU Basketball histroy that is almost forgotten. Robin Freeman is the guy who (I think?) brought the "jump shot" into use in the game. My dad spoke of him often but he played just about a year or two before I got intersted in the game, so I never saw him play. I don't think he ever played in St. John's Arena, so most of his games would have been in that smaller, older Fairgrounds Coliseum (and to much smaller crowds). He was a small guy who led the country in scoring and hardly ever shot inside what would have been today's 3-point circle. Just imagine his points total if it had existed back then. Most players at that time could not defend his shot and he was deadly accurate. I think he led the nation in scoring his last two years -- at about a 33 points per game clip! Another longer video describes what some of his (now famous) contemporaries thought of his talent - they were universaly awed!

(more basketball memories to follow)

Mary Margaret Clark (Schultheis)

Thanks Dave for the Robin Freeman memory.  Watching the Buckeyes vs Michigan right now.  At least they are playing better than they did against Penn State!!  Let's Go Bucks!! 

Fred Clem

Jim,

My family, with its "Mediterranean Irish Roots", had a little more diversity in its coffee accompaniments.  My grandparents always put out four bottles when coffee was served.  You had your choice of  Amoretto, Anisette, Fernet Branca & Sambuca.  Italian coffee comes in so many varieties.  I have an unopened bottle of Fernet my grandmother had in her kitchen.  I don't know how old it is, but she passed away in 1979. 

Fred Clem

Fernet Branca was very popular in the U. S. during prohibition.  It was advertised as having curative benefits and was sold legally but only in drugstores.  Its alcohol content was 39% or 78 proof.

Fred Clem

During Robin Freeman's senior season at OSU (1955-56) he had a sophomore team mate who became quite well known in another sport.  Frank Howard played 3 years in basketball and had a career average of over 17 points per game.  However his best sport was baseball.  He played 16 seasons, mostly with the Dodgers and Senators.  He also managed for two seasons.  At 6' 7", he was the Aaron Judge of the 60's.

David Mitchell

Correction:

according to Wikepedia Robin Freeman averages 39.5 point per game his senior year - yes, that's 39.5 !

And it would apear he may have played his senior season in St. John Arena - not sure? -- Anybody?

And it's St. John Arena - not St. John's Arena. (I always just called it St. John's ) I believe the father of athletic director Lynn St. John (whom it was named after) graduatd from OSU Medical school in the same class as my uncle John Mitchell. That would have been about 1925, 26, maybe 28??? 

I once had a magnificent framed group of individual photos of that graduation class from the OSU Med School. It also included the father of one Cam Taylor, who's Real Estate office (up in Worthington) I worked for in Columbus for a short time. I took the photo in to let Cam borrow it and he misunderstood me thinking I was giving it to him. I never got it back. I think there were some other significant OSU names in that class.

David Mitchell

Fred,

I remember seeing Frank Howard playing basketball in St John Arena during my first game there. Along with big Dick Fury, Larry Siegfreid, and a few other names long forgotten. We went early to also watch the freshman game - just intrasquad in those days. I was watching the two centers play against one another. If I recall this correctly, one was a tall black kid from Cleveland East Tech named Gene Lane. He was to be a phenom but I believe he flunked out. The tall white kid playing opposite him was another phenom from Middletown Ohio. And as you all remember he DID NOT flunk out!

(perhaps I am mixing dates and these would have been two differnt times at "St John's")

During a six game stretch from May 12, 1968 to May 18, 1968 the 6’7″ tall and 270lbs, Frank Howard punished the opposing pitchers by hitting a Major League-record 10 home runs in a span of 20 at bats (over just 6 days). It is said that he was the most powerful hitter in Big League baseball - ever. I once saw him on TV - (I forget - with the Senators or the Dodgers) -  hit a one-handed home run. His grip had slipped as he swung, but it didn't matter when he connected.        

 *I don't think this streak has ever been duplicated.