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AN Community => AN Community => Topic started by: Taylor on October 15, 2006, 07:27:01 pm
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everyone here is old.  i'm gonna make up a website like scoot scotty cause you guys are old.
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sure you guys are like my family though
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Taylor,
We may be old, but remember we alll here routing for you. I think that the AN tunmors typically grow so slow that most of us probably had it when we were your age, but it took until we got into our 40's plus for the symptoms to get to where we got diagnosed. I know there is another gal, Becky here near me in Slat Lake City that is only 20 or so. I'll look up here email and get it to ya. You do need peers your own age. But don't forget US, were your non-related mom's and dad's.
Patti UT
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it's gets really depressing on here sometimes. I don't like it but i have to learn stuff! i use to type lookin at the screen by the way!
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that would be awesome
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The one thing marginally worse than being old is,
NOT being old - if you get my drift......
Best regards
Tony
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"Seasoned" doesn't seem so harsh. :) I created www.patient-network.com (http://www.patient-network.com) for the purpose of getting away from your health issues for a few minutes a day, but not ignoring them completely. It's a free site with over 80 members now who have health issues ranging from AN's to Cancer & Depression and it's a good group of people, but the thing I really like about it is that people don't neccesarily get on there to talk about what's "wrong" with them. It's more of a place where our members know they all have something in common (health issues) and it's more of a social networking site, or an online support group if you will. I know a lot of ANers from this site are on there including Taylor, Batty & Laura =) Even Captain Deb & PPearl make an appearance from time-to-time. Anyway, it's an interesting group of people to be a part of if anyone is interested. I'm sure Laura or any other of our members would tell you the same. I'm glad you enjoy the site though Taylor. Not so many "old" people ;)
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Boppie has a great idea to start a "young crowd" thread on this site. Taylor, just a couple topics down, "blanace issues" is from Chris Dcfman, of only 22 yrs old. I know there are many others on here that are more your age. I have to tell you though, I have not really thought of myself as "OLD" before at 47. But realizing now your less than 1/2 my age, WOW< Guess I am getting old. YUK
Patti UT
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I just had my 42 birthday on the 14th ... :o I'm not old ! I'm experienced !! it was only a few years ago I was getting carded at the liquor store .. now they don't even bother to ask >:(
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On my 40th B-day, I got a button that says,
I'm not 40, I'm 18 with 22 years of experience
that's my story and I'm sticking to it! ;D
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But Taylor, we are all young at heart!! ;D ;D
But, yeah, go for it girl. Round up the young 'uns for your own support group.
Sue in Vancouver
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what are you thinking of doing?
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You are so right about us being old comparatively speaking at least. Before my recent surgery, I met a young Asian-American (Indian) woman who was probably 18-20. Her AN was large and compressing on her brain stem so she was set for immediate surgery. I thought about how completely devastating it must have been to her and prayed that she had close and wonderful friends and family. I'm 44, 2 kids, divorced, demanding but good career,etc. and this has been no cake walk. Just my hopefully temporary facial palsy would have knocked me to my kness at your age when my looks mattered too much to me. I would also have had a very hard time dealing with the post-surgery fatigue as I don't really remember feeling tired until I was close to 30. Maybe you young folks could do a cool my space page or something in addition to gracing us older folks with you wonderful presence sometimes. You are probably beyond Wierd Al, but today for a laugh I went to his MY Space page and listed to "your so pathetic" and laughed until my L eye watered:) I'm starting my 4th week post-surgery so not really working yet.
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I meant "you're pitiful" by wierd Al. Can I blame that on my surgery;)
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OK, I'm a day late and a dollar short on this thread, but just turning 41, I'm not old!! I know what you mean, Taylor, but I have to say.....I love Harry Potter, I have and play with Lego's (Harry Potter, of course), my best friend got me a Nintendo DS lite (in PINK!) for my birthday, and I still get a thrill from frog and salamander hunting (can you tell I was a tom-boy?). I also like to play in snow and swing on swings and have girly slumber parties. So be young here too, I bet I can follow ya!! ;)
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well, one day I woke up and: I'm old, I feel old, I look old, and old age in knocking on the door!. :o This is getting old talking about old! ;DÂÂ
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Taylor, Did you go to the meeting in St Louis?, Did you meet very many people your age.?.The flapper page has young and old as you say...I am 54 going on 36...I will never grow up,I get down on the floor and row with the best of them..Remember you came to us .Not the other way around. We are all one big family and it would be nice if you droped in now and then. Weather the tumor is gone or not we need each other.
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Taylor:
Compared to you, a teenager, I suppose most of us do seem rather old and so, we may be a bit harder for you to relate to, in some ways. Well, that really can't be helped - but we do have a lot of information to share. So what if we're 'old' (compared to you)? We're not posting about music, clothing styles or giving dating advice, so why should our age be a big deal? This is a very specific site and message board intended for people who have or had an Acoustic Neuroma tumor. With many folks of all ages and from all walks of life, living in various places in the U.S. - and overseas - offering their experiences, advice and comments. That's its beauty. We're a diverse group with one shared issue: Acoustic Neuroma tumors. The 'group' also happens to be comprised of some pretty nice folks, too...of all ages, from teens into the 60's. Another bonus.
As this is a support forum, you'll necessarily read about pre and post-op problems - the inevitable 'horror stories'. That's normal. People who are suffering, physically and/or emotionally, need a place to vent and share their problems and frustrations with those who can empathize with less fortunate AN patients. This forum serves that purpose. We can help a bit because, in one way or another, we've all ' been there'. Whether we're 18, 28, 45 or 60, we have a lot to offer other Acoustic Neuroma patients, like ourselves.
You can also read some positive stories; such as the one where an 'older' AN patient (age 63) had a large, nasty AN tumor pressing on his brainstem and displacing his brain, causing pretty serious symptoms. He found a very competent surgeon, an excellent surgical team and was in (otherwise) good health, before the surgery. He eventually underwent a very successful surgical operation that effectively debulked the tumor. He then underwent 26 'fractionalized' radiation treatments - over 5 weeks - to kill any remaining tumor cells. He recovered quickly and is almost back to 'normal', today. That's a success story for you. Oh, one more thing.....
His screen name is:
Jim Scott. ;)
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Bravo, Jim! well said/written!
DS
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Taylor, I am old too - 55 years young. How was the meeting in St.Louis. I couldn't make it this time. How is your double vision? I am going to have mine in Dec. Karen
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this is too funny... GO JIM! Like i said this site is hard to get on because it's so depressing! not a lot of people have it as bad as i do with this tumor. i don't get very many scenarios that are worse than mine. but i have to to learn more about the tumor i had. i dont think im progessing as well as i should be.Ugh! i guess i have to try harder at recovering but it's hard being this young... i already have college to worry about.
In the support group there was nobody close to my age. I sat next to a woman who was 83!!!! lol... now THAT'S olllllllllld
Karen my double-vision is bad sometimes... it's more blurry than anything probably from drops
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I don't think Taylor was trying to offend anyone when she started this thread. She has said she wished she had been "old" when her tumor was found. She feels her life is over before it really got started sometimes. She reads that most of you had normal lives when you were young-- school, jobs, marriage, kids-- and she's not sure anymore she will have any of that. I tell her she will recover and we'll do whatever it takes to get her there, and she will have a great life.
Yes, she may think most of you are "old" and don't understand how she feels going through this at 18, but I'll bet most of you think of her as just a kid, a teenager. When I was 18, I thought anybody over 30 was old, and many of you probably did, too.
This forum is a great thing for everyone, and I am gratefull for all the info and support.
Taylor's 47 year "old" Mom,
Kathy
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Hey Taylor, I have bad double vision as well. I had it before my surgery and extremely bad after surgery. Now that it's a year behind me, it's gotten much better although it's still there.
Old? Yes, it's coming. I'm 49 now. I'm also one of the hottest and most respected rock bass guitarists on the scene around here. I remember one of the last days of school in my senior year. I remarked to the Vice-Principal: "Boy, this year went by fast!" He looked at me and quipped, "So won't the next thirty!". He wasn't kidding!!! I remember an old saying:" Forty is the old age of youth and fifty is the youth of old age". How true.
Remember how they used to say back in the sixties "don't trust anyone over 30"? Well, my new creedo is: "don't trust anyone under 40"!
Right now I'm struggling with a lower back sprain. I swear, nothing will make you feel old more quickly than a bad back. I'll take the brain surgery any day before this crap. The irony is that I put my back out doing crunches!
Paul
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I am very sympathetic to you, Taylor. I totally understand how difficult it must be to have such a terrible thing happen at such a tender age. It's unfair and crappy. And then, to have "mature" people to commiserate with doesn't quite cut it. Remember how we all felt when we learned that Michael J. Fox had Parkinson's Disease? He was so young and boyish looking and he ends up with what we perceived as an "old person's" disease? It's different, I know...but sort of similar. I'm guessing that a lot of his "research" into his disease had him talking with lots of old people and wondering how in the world he fit into this picture. When I went to my diabetes classes, there, sitting amongst the older, heavy-set, out of shape couch potato diabetics was this younger, boyish, cutie-patootie guy, all slim/trim and buffed looking. I finally asked him, "What are you doing here?" He looked at me and said, "That's what I want to know." From out of the blue and his genetics he ends up with Type II diabetes. He wasn't very comfortable in our classes.
And Taylor, another thing I totally understand is that this idiotic thing that we all have tends to be long-term in the making, and long-term in the healing and that it is hard to be patient while the ramifacations of surgery and/or radiation take it's own sweet time to heal. Especially when you are 'old' like me! I think, Man, I better get over this before I'm dead! ;D And some of us haven't been down as long or as hard of a road as others. And it seems like you and Chelsea and Chris and probably other people who have developed it at a young age, have gotten a really, really, tough hand dealt to you. And as msuscotty's wife says, "That sucks, but what are you going to do?" I have no idea what my life would have been like had this happened to me at 18. I would have been devastated. But, boy, you just do what you have to do and trust that this all works out in the end. I'm so impressed with the support and caring for everyone on this forum, and I think especially for you "kids" because I'm sure most of us identified with your mom and all felt that "parental" instinct kick in whan a young person is hurting. I'm so grateful this happened to me and not to my son. He's going to be 34, but he's still my "kid". Well, I've rambled on and on...like oldsters do ;), but I guess I felt like I had something to say. I wish you only the best and I hope you find the support you need/want.
Take care,
Sue in Vancouver
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Taylor: When I had my first surgery I was 23, single and not long outta college. Since then I did return to school and did some post-grad. courses in nursing, I got married twice (the first time was still in the early post-op days,relatively, and my judgement likely impaired, shouldn't have married that &%#*......wasn't looking at him clearly), I have had two lovely children. I have continued to work full time and I am very good at what I do I must say, at times I worked two or three jobs (that was when I was single and trying despartely to buy a house). During all this I have had many "plastic repairs" done to my face to the point I can live with what I see in the mirror( but it ain't what it was).Through the years I have met many AN survivors, both on-line and in person, all at differnet stages of life, all at different stages of recovery and/or treatment. I have met those for whom life went on just as before, those who have had some changes and those whose life has completely changed, some of this due to circumstances and surgical outcome and some just due to thier mind set (I once met someone just about my age who lost the same nerves as me, had no other health issue's and was in a wheel chair and unable to work.....it was her mind that had her there not her physical health).
My point is this Taylor....you can do anything you want, life is not exactly as it was before but you have the world open to you. GO FOR IT GIRL!
Kathleen
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I don't think age should matter when you have AN. The associated problems are very simmilar regardless. I was 42 when I was first diagnosed with AN an the tumor was 2.5 cm big so it had been there for a while (without me knowing) and long before I turned 40! There are peolpe with AN older than I am now but with less problems than I have now.
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Hey Taylor!
Yes we is old! Old as the flippin' hills! I took your start of this thread as your way of poking fun at yourself and the rest of of us, which is what we love to do here. Yahoo has a free method of starting your own group, which is how the ANAWAY site got started. You could start a group for teens with brain tumors, or other health problems, which would be a very good thing to do for yourself and would be great for other young people with issues similar to yours. Check into it. Meanwhile--alla us Auntie-wenches and Uncle-scallywags are here for ya!
Capt Deb 8)
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Taylor
A Forum member named alwaysanonymous is about your age.You might check in with her.
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Taylor:
I just wanted you to know that I didn't take any real offense to your original post. I can see why you're frustrated. I will readily admit that I'm glad that I had this AN thing now, when I had just retired and my son is grown (27 years old), rather than at 18 or even at 30. I have no job to hold down or little kids to worry about and that is a definite relief. I can see why, at your age, this AN thing is a bigger burden to you than to someone like me. Still, since we all have or had an Acoustic Neuroma tumor we are all 'equal', in a sense. Only our life circumstances and assorted post-op problems noticably differ.
Still, having an AN is certainly no fun or a minor problem - at any age. The good news is that you can 'come back' from this, as I have. As you've probably been told already (more than once I would bet) your youth is a positive factor in your recovery - but not a guarantee that you'll recover at the rate you might wish. At 18, you have many decades of life ahead and once you get through this, it will become a distant memory for you. Now, all you have to do is get through it. :) You will. Most of the 'common' AN post-op problems eventually resolve themselves. You have to have patience, which is easier said than done, I know. I have many years on you and I'm still a bit impatient that I have a few lingering, minor post-op 'issues' to deal with. Realizing that others have things a lot worse helps me keep things in perspective, another service of this messageboard. I wish you well.
Jim
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Good luck Taylor. Hopefully after hearing about everyone, except Capt Deb, telling you they are not old gave you a bit of a giggle. I live by the rule "if you don't grow up by the time you are 40, you don't have to" and "grow old disgracefully" ;D
P.S. And getting this thing really sucks!
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Hi Taylor,
Gawd, what I would do to be your age again... young, carefree, and stuff I won't mention since your mom is on this site! :D Sucks to be your age and go through this AN stuff.... BUT, you know what... it's more difficult to recuperate from all of this when you do get older. Heck, when I had major back surgery at 21 yrs old and had to learn to walk again, things came much easier and faster due to younger age. You, my dear, are such a breath of fresh air knowing that, even through all the crap you have gone through, you still kick butt and move on. This 45 yrs old lady is so dang proud of you... and if you want to trade places, you let me know.... I'll lead the trouble brigade like I did at your age and um....... you can have my credit card bills ;)
Sending you MAJOR huggles, as always... and heck, will be glad to trade places anyday! :)
xoxoxoxoxo and all that good stuff.
Phyl
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Taylor,
You have probably noticed the Good morning thread. This is a sometimes, well most times, silly thread with all kindsa stuff on it - but mainly attempted humour and the occaisonal bit of culture (Sue's poems). It's a digression from the vast array of stories / experiences of having an AN.
perhaps, as a quick fix, you could start a similar thread that is aimed at your age group where you can discuss all sortsa stuff that your age group does.
I have two daughters aged 23 and 20 and they aften tell me that i am old and "we won't talk to our kids like you talk to us". Funny you know, that's exactly what i told my oldies at a similar age. I thought that i was pretty young at heart being a head banger from way back (led Zeppelin, Cream etc) still stuck in a time warp with music and my kids label that music as "old". Funny isn't it, I can't get into RAP, techno or the current music fads. I guess in 30 years time, that music will be considered "old" as well.
Where am I going here - I have no idea apart from some rambling.
Anyway, set up a "good morning" equivalent and on behalf of my fellow oldies, whoops, more experienced AN'ers, we won't barge in on it.
Laz
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man i listen to all that CLASSIC rock too, Larry. lol.. Led Zepplin!
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i'm young and dumb... excuse me
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Taylor,
I have a daughter that is 18. You might be interested in talking to her. While she didn't have the AN she does understand a little bit more about it. I had my AN removed during her senior year.
Just a thought.
Jean
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Hey Taylor,
What other "non classic" music do you listen to? I'm rather partial to the headbanging stuff of the 60's and early 70's. I used to pump thousands into my stereo and still have (put away now) a system that would rock the socks off ya. Can't handle loud music anymore and thats one dissappointing adjustment that I have had to make.
Nothing beats Stairway to heaven played at about 100 decibels (when the neighbours are out of course). Betcha ya can't put up a song to rival that!
Laz
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I love classic 70's rock and was fortunate to have seen all my favorite bands, Zepplin, the Who, etc.. when they first started touring. I'm 49 and still a rock like I was 19 ;D. I still go to concerts and my next two are coming up first week in November, The Stones and The Who. I just saw Tom Petty this month. Both of my boys 23 and 20 have only ever liked 70"s rock and are not embarrased to hang out with mom and dad at concerts. Go figure :-\
Because I attend alot of concerts, I had a special ear plug made for my good ear. It has been molded to fit and reduces the noise without being distorted.
I am with ya Laz on Stairway to Heaven, has to be the greatest rock song ever!
Cheryl
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Robert Plant! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*shoves gray hairs back in head*
Gawd, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page...
*pushes another gray hair back in head*
They just rock!
Phyl
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I'm a weird kinda classic rock gal who still goes to tons of concerts too, but never really got into Zepplin, Stones....love the Who, and I'm jealous about Tom Petty!!!! Go Cheryl!!! I have a musician's ear plug that I got from my mom, that's what I wear. I was more into the real headbanging stuff from the 80's (Metallica, Megadeth) with some hard rock (AC/DC, Scorpions, Def Leppard) and some hair bands thrown in. Now my ipod (can you imagine if there were ipods back in the 70's???) has lots of DMB, Train and 3 Doors Down. And of course, a Harry Potter audiobook! :D
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I saw the Allman Brothers at a state fair in NC just before Dwayne died. About 1970 or 71? Soon after, I began dating one of the roadies and followed them around for a while before I came to my senses and went back to the Caribbean. I used to sit up on the big bass speaker off on stage right and rock out! No hearing for days. Stairway to Heaven is great but "One Way Out" is my anthem, excepting Mr. Buffett of course.
Rock On!!!!
Capt Deb 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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no headbanging here... gives me a headache! ;)
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Gennysmom - Anytime you want to go to a Tom Petty concert, you know who to call ;) I saw Def Leppard a couple of years ago and they still got it!
No headbanging for me anymore, scared my fat plug might come loose LOL
Cheryl
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Cheryl, you're on! Any excuse to come down to SF!!!!!!!!
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Bob Marley LOL... wow lucky
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Brucifer--I didn't know Bob Marley played with a bunch of endangered species fishermen! Were they singin' sea shanties? Are you sure they ain't the Wailers?
Capt Deb ;D
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Wow,
My wife and i saw a show on tele on Sunday night that picks a year and shows the highlights of what happenned. This week was 1969. man on the moon, etc but most of the show was taken up with - Led Zeppelins first albumn (Taylor, they were vinyl records back then) Woodstock - Woodstock. I remember at the time watching this on tele and the memories flooded back. What a great era we experienced. the 60's and early 70's were just so fantastic.
For those of you too young to have lived through it, it was really like about 5 years of "hey man". Students in particular breaking out of the post war rigidness of society and bucking the system with peace rallies, free speech (that has always been around but it got better, like the language became a little more, shall i say, colourful). Oh, and the best of all slogans "make love not war". A lot of people took that litterally - well those that could remember after all that wacky weed going around especially in the carribean.
I saw a documentary on Bob Marley on 60 minutes once. The whole take seemed to be filmed in fog!!! I don't think he put more than one word together that wasn't slurred.
AAAAAAARRRRRRRRR where's the time machine, I want to go back to 1969!
Laz
I digress, oh to relive that era - no cell phones, no ipods, my first real stereo system. A valve amp (laughters anything made today. Turntable where the biggest decision to make was the type of stylus (needle) used. The pundits today still reckon the sound of a top "old based system" is better and clearer than the digital of today. i wouldn't know now unfortunately. no pressure, lots a work for everyone, beer was cheap and petrol (gas) was virtually free, lots a long hair, peace chains dangling off everyone's necks, ah, those were the days.
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I remember it well. Gas was 25 cents a gallon and beer was 3 cases for $6.50 with 3 cases of returned bottles.
Yes youngins, you had to bring your bottles back. Same with soda.........
And one of the best: "You can't always get what you want" - The Rolling Stones
Ahhhhh the memories. Kathy
ps: I ran out of washer fluid the other day and was filling up out in the parking lot. I mentioned to one of my young co-workers that this beats throwing snow on the windshield like when I was young. She said: WHAAAATTTTTTTTTT?????? Are you kidding??????? So I told her that when we were kids my siblings and I would take turns when my dad pulled over scooping snow with our mittens and smearing it on the windshield. TRUE STORY from Minnesota.ÂÂ
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Didn't dear ole Bob Marley die from a brain tumor? Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy too much ganga mon..........
So much for any purported anti tumescent properies for "Cannabis".
Scallywog Pauiliwog
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Ah yes.....1969--the year I graduated from high school and lost my......welll, anyway--I was part of the peacenik movement and went to college in Ohio when Kent state happened. I went to jail for protesting in Washington DC in 1971--me and 11,000 other hippies! Ah yes those were the days!
Capt Deb 8)
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Anti-tumescent? Does Bob Marley have about a couple dozen kids?
Captain Flower Child 8)
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Hey, I saw gas at a Pilot Station in Virginia last week for $1.97!  That's the lowest I've seen in recent memory.
  Paul......(wag the wog)
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Well, let's see. In the late 1960's I was living in Hawaii. I got to see a Simon and Garfunkle concert. They were pretty cool. And I went with my folks who were also there for a while, to see Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. And then I got to see Peter, Paul and Mary at the outdoor theater in Wakiki, the Waikiki Shell? maybe. And then, miracles of miracles, I got to see The 5th Dimension. In fact I've seen them about 3 times. In fact, one of their hits in the summer of 1970 was "The Wedding Bell Blues", and my boyfriend was Bill, and we married in September of that year, so that's "our song". Can I rock or what? ;D ;) AND, once in the 3rd show in Waikiki, a bunch of girls (me included) got to go on stage with TOMMY SANDS! Eeeeek. He was Nancy Sinatra's first husband. Awww, he was cute. My last concert was (now don't laugh - it ain't polite!) CHER. Hey it was a good concert. But my head was a ringing, and I need to find that earplug you guys are talking about before I go to any other shindig. I actually prefer musical theater. Would rather go see "Hairspray" or "Abba" or one of those than rock out at the concert. The last theater production we saw was The Lion King. Wow....it was wonderful. Ear ringing and all, it was a great experience.
Sue in Vancouver
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Kent State? That incident occurred on May 1, 1970. Or was it May 10? James Mitchner wrote a book about it. Were you at Kent State Deb? I was 13 then, getting into Grand Funk and Chicago Transit Authority before they transformed into the gay, L.A. schmaltz machine they've become in recent years. Remember that song "Little Green Bag" by the George Baker Selection? Or "I love You More Today Than Yesterday" by Spiral Staircase. "Treat Her Like a Lady' by Cornielius Brothers and Sister Rose. Back then, pop tunes were extremely well-crafted tunes most often performed by highly skilled studio musicians that you never even heard about behind the scenes. Remember the original studio version of Jesus Christ Superstar? That record was #1 for well over a year in 1970.
Great tunes. I loved listening to the radio back then.
   Paul
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Wow Sue!!
"I love you Bill......I always will"...who was that.... Laura Nero? Or was it Joan Baez? That's definitely a cool concertography! I used to love Tijuana Brass! Whipped Cream and Other Delights and The Lonely Bull. Remember Sergio Mendes and Brazill 66? That was so hot!! My father bought that record for me when it came out in 1966. I still love it!! You know Herb Alpert from Tijuana Brass married the lead singer from that band as well as recorded and produced that Brazil 66 album. I think it may have been the first release on the record label he started: A&M Records.
Paul
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 Ah yes, I graduated in 1969 as well.  I had been listening to the Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, Stepenwolf (playing Born to be Wild in a an old red Cadillac ambulance all the way to the beach)-- and went to my first concert, Hendrix in Baltimore MD-- wow, look at all these freaks- no concert since has matched the energy Hendrix radiated through the crowd.  Had a ride to Woodstock, but decided not to go.  Actually, after hearing about how crowded it was, and lack of food or shelter,  I was glad we didn't go.
 It was also a summer of choices, let's see, I can go to the college of Viet Nam, or I can go to college and get a draft deferment.
 Taylor, as you can see we all remember well the excitment of being 18.
Regards,
Rob
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Crazywag--
Kent Stae was May 4 1970--one of the murdered students was the boyfriend of a girl in my dorm. A rough time to be in college when kids my age were being drafted.
Capt Deb :-[
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I was a total Crosby Stills Nash Young fan at the time--1969-70. Remember "Suite Judy Blue Eyes?"I went to see them in Atlanta about 3 months before I was diagnosed in 02--(2002 not 1902) they were absolutely incredible and my last "stereophonic" concert. Also listened to the Tommy album till it worre out!!!I saw Emmylou Harris on Saturday night--she was great as usual and looks gorgeous with her long white hair!!!!
Capt Deb 8)
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When I was 18, a senior at Roseburg High School, the President of the United States had been gunned down the previous November, I had a mad crush on a boy who FINALLY asked me to the prom and his dad had to drive us because he was a year younger than me and didn't have his license yet, I guess. I wore this beautiful long white cotten eyelet dress, with speghetti straps and long white gloves as was befitting a girl who was president of the Library Club. Shows you the "wild crowd" I ran with! ;) My hair was done in a "double bubble" and I was stunning! :D We went to the high school gym, transformed into that year's theme of "Evening in Paris" and we did the twist! Then off to college in Sept. Then, of course, girls were in their own dorms and boys were in their own dorms, and the boys could come and go whenever they wanted, but the girls had a strict curfew and woe unto them who didn't get to the dorm before the drawbridge was raised and the gates were locked! I was called in to the D Board, (discipline board) at my dorm because a girl turned me in (Carol Simpson, where are you???) because on an early Sunday morning a guy was picking me up to go up to the mountain and check out the ski area, and it was cold outside and I didn't want to wait outside. So I tiptoed into the "living room" area of the dorm to look out the window. And I was wearing pants!! The horror! Taylor, if you are reading this...that's what it was like then. Lots of rules. I had some small pennance to pay for wearing pants to walk across that room to look out the window on a Sunday morning with nobody around. Sounds very Osama Bin Laden kind of thing now, doesn't it? The Beattles were hot, Joan Baez was hot, folk music was big time stuff, the Rolling Stones were the bad boys of rock and roll. At least I thought they were. It was a time that would soon change. These were the last innocent days of America. The US was beginning it's long involvement with Viet Nam. It was just all getting started. All the problems of the late 1960's was about to explode on the scene. And that's 1960's 101 for now Taylor!!
Sue
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Captain Flower power, what did you lose in 1969? the sentence cut out!
Grand Funk Railroad - wow, memories. Gee, ya have to be careful pronouncing that name after one too many rums! Now that was a band - absolutely no complications in their music - 1 chord stuff, loud and very loud. Still got one of their vynil albums as my rather valuable bootleg Fleetwood mac where the label on the record is different to the songs and the cover is deifferent again. The actual quality is awful but hey, it's accruing $ every day.
'twas certainly a great time.
Hey Taylor, looks like there are a few beetlejuices amongst us, we are just a bit slower now. (dunno why I put beetlejuices but it sounded good)
Eric Clapton is playing in Sydney in jan and feb - 3 concerts - all booked out except for a few seats at nose bleed height. Might have to wait for the next one.
We did have John foggerty (Credence) here a few years ago. he was fantastic. Also saw the beach boys about 5 years ago - they should have stayed home I think!
Sounds like there is still some action in these battle worn heads of ours - ringing and tinnitus aside, ya gotta make the best of it I reckon.
Laz
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I am buying the Ion ITTUSB turntable for my hubby's Christmas present. We have a ton of albums and this will allow him to convert them to cd or MP3 from his computer.
While I am a classic rock fan, I did stray to the dark side (disco) in the late sevenites when a new hottie named John Travolta danced into my heart. Great memories under the disco ball ;DÂÂ
Cheryl
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  I think Taylor's first real concert was when she was 10 and we took her and her brother to see the B-52's and the Pretenders.  She was 12 when we saw Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in 2000.  My first concert was Nov. 19, 1975.  I kind of remember it well.  I dug out our box of ticket stubs.  Her dad was there, too, but we didn't know each other yet. (Had our 25th wedding anniversary in Aug this year)  When we got together, we discovered we had opposite sides of the ticket.  Ted Nugent opened for Aerosmith in Charleston, IL.  Ticket price--$6.00!!!  Taylor thinks that one is awesome.  Those old geezers can rock. LOL
  Taylor's dad saw lots of concerts in the 70's including Led Zeppelin in St. Louis.
  Capt Deb, we lived in Galveston, TX in the early 80's and saw Jimmy Buffet in Houston twice, I think.  Loved it!!!!
  Rock on, ANers, rock on!!
  Kathy
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Kathy,
Looks like Taylor doesn't need educating in the finer artists of our time. She should be well versed in them
Interesting thread.
Hey Cheryl,
you'll have to get the "koetsu Tiger Eye Platinum Gold" cartridge for that turntable (only about $15k. Or you could start at the bottom of the range with the Koetsu balck at a meagre $1500. maybe ya take what the turntable gives ya! When converting vinyl to CD becomes a little easier, I will invest in a decent turntable and convert mine as well.
Laz
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Don't FORGET about the rolling stones with zz top in galveston MOM. We also went to go see George thorogood and the destroyers for free in STL about 2 years ago. Ba-ba-ba-baad!
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Taylor--your MOM took you to see the Rolling Stones???? Geez how times have changed. When the Stones came to Cleveland I wanted to go sooo bad, but my Mom wouldn't let me-- because of that song "Let's spend the night together." I guess she didn't want me getting any bad ideas.
Capt Deb
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No Capt, we saw the Stones with ZZ Top and the Fabulous Thunderbirds at the Astrodome in Houston in 1981, before she was born. We paid what we thought was an outrageous price at the time for general admission tickets, $20.00!!! We thought we had to go because they were so "old" at the time, we thought it might be the last tour for them. Oh, how perspective changes as you get older, he was only 38 at the time. So funny!!!!
Kathy
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Mick, that is.
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I keep going to the Stones concerts every year because I think it may be their last. Makes me sick to think of what we paid for concert tickets back in the 70's. Used to go the "Day on the Green" and see 3-4 top bands and only pay $10 -15.00.
Taylorsmom - Congratulations on 25 years, we just celebrated our 25th in September.
Cheryl
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Now even I haven't heard of some of the bands you mentioned so you must be reeeeeeally old ;D. Loved ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Fleetwood Mac but my first concert was.......Bay City Rollers he,he
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I'm with you Stones fans. I've also been going to their concerts since the early 80s thinking it will be their last concert. How wrong was that! Keith falls on his head and is still going, and how many kids (grandkids?) does Mick have. Even Charlie survives throat cancer!
Thanks everyone for giving me a ride down memory lane. I haven't spun the Ted Nugent album in a while. Just of late I realize that I better listen to my albums as much as I can while I still have stereo hearing. I'm a newbie with just a little AN (2.5 mm) for now, but I'm starting to notice a high-pitched tone when it's quiet. Ironically, it is similar to the ringing you get in your ears after standing next to the two-story speaker at the rock concert. Remember, having to go to sleep with the radio on just so you drowned out your "concert hearing." Hmmm???
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We can't forget Rod Stewart. He sweat on me once when I was in the front row. Maggie Mae kept me going when I hurt my knee real bad skiing and needed surgery.......waaaaaaay before arthroscopic became the norm. I was in a toe to crotch cast for two months!!
Oh, and Jerry Jeff Walker. I still need to see him when he comes to Minnesota.
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Obita,
If you're a Rod Stewart fan you should check out my buddy Rick Larrimore's page. He's one of the best Rod Stewart impersonators in the country! In fact, I think he's on tour in Japan right now. Not only does he look and sound like Rod, he's an excellent drummer as well. I was in a band with him for a couple of years. Here's the link to his page:
Paul
http://www.ricklarrimore.com/
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Thanks Paul. I shall watch for him!! Kathy
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Volley, I remember that well, the sound of buzzing after spending a couple hours next to a Marshall...my first concert was Judas Priest, but I saw Ozzy 3 times back in the day. He was much more lucid then, and put on the best show....he was the best at getting the crowd revved up. Went to Scorpions, Van Halen, Journey, Iron Maiden, Kiss, etc. back then....you're right...a great trip down memory lane....and I still have vinyl and a turntable. Woo hoo!!! This is why I didn't get diagnosed sooner, mom TOLD me I was going to lose my hearing because of concerts! Made sense to me.
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Sounds like my kind of music!
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Ya know, music has always been my escape...I don't play anything, but I sure do enjoy it. I know what to play if I need a good cry for various reasons, I know what to play to cheer me up, or when I'm angry. I remember when mom would yell at me when I was a kid, I'd lock myself in my room and play Elton John's version of Lucy in the sky with diamonds (On a 45! ;))....If my life were a movie, I've already got the soundtrack. The song I listened to after my diagnosis was Natasha Bedingford's "Unwritten". Far from my Ozzy days, but it fit for the time.
Sorry Taylor, way off track, but a good conversation! Joe, we'll have to get together and rock out at the convention!!! I have some Ozzy, Priest, obscure AC/DC, etc. on my ipod!!!! No Maiden or Scorpions yet........
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I live for classic rock; thank God for channel 46 on XM Satilite. It was in the fall if 1971, San Antonio, Texas. I wasn't protesting, but serving in U.S. Air Force. It beat being in the Army during Nam. Well, a few us stumbbled into a bar and heard a great three piece band that blew us away; yes it was the early days of ZZ Top. My military time wasn't too pleasant, but that memory remains as very special experience. Since High School, my band has always been Chicago Transit Authority (not Chicago), only their first three albumns. Those guys were way ahead of their time and I still get chills listening to them. Paul, you have good taste...
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I'm jealous - ZZ Top when they were just starting out - what a thrill. I remember quite a while ago when I heard the story about how the Rolling Stones just strolled into a blues club in Chicago and played for the people who were there. Why can't the Stones just stroll into those bars when I'm there! God knows I've spent enough time in bars and clubs. You'd think by now someone, anyone, famous would have strolled in.
By the way, has anyone heard Shemekia Copeland, Johnny Clyde Copeland's daughter. I saw her in a small bar setting when she was still too young to be in a bar. It was the most amazing concert. She is truly a gifted singer. She does a song called Ghetto Child that gives me goose bumps every time I hear it. I've seen her do this song at least four times in settings ranging from small bar to outdoor blues festival. In the middle of the song, she puts down the microphone and belts out the words. It's amazing. One time there was a little chit chat while she was singing, but as soon as she put down the microphone and started belting out the very moving lyrics, everyone in the place zipped it and just stared in disbelief and amazement at her voice. Check her out if she's ever in your area. Even if you're not into her blues/soul style, you'll just appreciate her voice. Check out her web site by googling shemekia copeland. She also hosts a blues show on Sirius Channel 74, Saturday afternoons from 1 to 7 p.m.
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the ANA conventions may NEVER be same once we get there! .. While we were out in LA .. we drove past Ozzy's house that was on the show, but I dont think he live there anymore tho.
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i'm jealous
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Joe, I agree....it'll be interesting to see how it works....we all hate the ambient cacophony in large groups, and we're going to cause a large batch of it. One hour and all of our tinnitus is going to be screaming! At least we're with a group where there is much narcotics available! I never leave home without some in case of emergencies (one day those headaches might blind-side me!).
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Hi all,
Who could forget Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody? Prob one of the best songs to sing to on a road trip or actually any time in the car. It never seems to matter how well you know the words, you can always rock to that song.
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ANers are the champions, my friend
and we'll keep on fighting till the end.