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This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« on: March 08, 2009, 09:31:07 pm »
How do you like that one? ;D  Caddy Wampus appeared in a thread a while back.  It was Jan's suggestion for this week.  Brian verfied it.  I checked it out.  It's a bit of a colloquialism but it does appear in the Urban Dictionary.  So for those of you on the calendar this week, consider yourself Caddy Wompusing.

And starting off the Caddy Wampusing on Wednesday, JoeBloggs the intrepid paddleboarding knitter from Australia (you need to add that phrase to Australia -- it almost sounds Australian) is having her Translab in Melbourne.  So while you're in the hospital, knit a few beanies -- oh yeah do that surgery thing and have a successful one and a great recovery.

Also on Wednesday, Dan in Germany is having a visit with the Tube o' Gloom.  It's his 18 month MRI.  Although you're a Yankee, I'll say it in German -- Viel Gluck wunsch ich euch. May it be a clean scan.

And finally, rounding out the Caddy Womping week, Mark (kenmar) is having surgery here in LA at House.  Best wishes for a very successful surgery, Mark.  The weather here has been great.

In closing, I'd like to add something -- Nancy and I visited Beth, the 24 year old Translab patient.  She is an inspiration.  She's NF2, just had her 4th surgery in two years, and is handling it with grace and strength.  I am happy to have known her.

So with that, have a great week all.

David
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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2009, 10:41:24 pm »
David ~

Thanks, as always, for your intrepid reporting of this weeks dates to remember.  'Caddy Wampus'?  Sounds like a beat-up old Cadillac car.  Fun word to say out loud, though.  :D

My best wishes to Jo and Mark, respectively, for successful surgery and a quick recovery.

I trust Dans' MRI scan will prove to be uneventful in every respect.

Kudos on your visit with - and the inspiration taken from - Beth.  If adversity builds character, that young woman must have tremendous reserves of it by now.  May God bless her in every way.

May we all have a good week and thanks again for the timely AN event update.  :)

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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2009, 05:55:58 am »
So Caddy Wampus can be used as a verb and an adjective!  I want to be able to add it to my conversations...want to use it correctly :D

Good luck to you, JoeBloggs!  We look forward to post op paddling pics!  And, Mark, give me a buzz when you're back in GA - wishing you well from here! 

David, thanks for letting us know about your visit with Beth - you LA folks are great!  Still trying to figure out a way to get back out there one day to see all of you!

Have a good week, all,

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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2009, 08:55:40 am »
Best wishes to all who are having treatments this week.

I'm so glad that the LA group was able to meet with Beth, and it was good to hear her updates. I had mentioned in an earlier post that my husband and I had a one-time encounter last year with Beth's husband and his parents -- they were arriving at House/St. Vincent's  just as we were leaving to return home and when we realized that we all had New Orleans in common, we chatted for quite a while. They were obviously very devoted and intent on helping Beth; her earlier surgeries had been done at a not-so-big hospital near their home in southern Louisiana and while I'm sure those doctors did their very best, I think they were glad to have "transferred" to a place more experienced in NF2 treatment. I hope things will continue to go well for all of that lovely family.

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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2009, 10:51:25 am »
Woo woo!  I made the update without having any kind of medical procedure!  Yea!  :)

Jo and Mark, good luck on your surgeries!  I'm confident you both will do great!

Dan good luck if the tube o' gloom!  I'm sure you'll have NOTHING to report about it other than they found a brain!

And I'm still in awe of Beth..  Give her our best when you see her next..  She sounds like a wonderful girl!

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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2009, 11:34:55 am »
wellness wishes to all those having treatments this week... a 10mg Valium for the tube o' gloom to help curb the edge....  and continued wellness wishes to all those that continue to amaze us! :)

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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2009, 11:44:01 am »
David, I love the term "caddy wampus" and I am going to use it at least three times this week in honor of this thread!

Best wishes to Jo and Mark in your surgeries this week.  My thoughts and prayers are with you both.

Good luck to Dan also for the "tube of gloom". 

I love the new terms I am learning around here and more than that I happy to hear how many of you have met in real life.  What a fantastic show of support and love to each other.  Have a great week every body!

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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2009, 09:37:10 pm »
best wishes to all undergoing treatment this week

caddy wampus has been in my vocabulary all my life ...my parents spoke English as a
second language ...slang was their first  ;D ...



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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2009, 11:45:30 pm »
Good luck to Joebloggs and Mark -- I hope your both have great surgical outcomes.  Please keep us posted.

Beth -- wishing you a speedy uncomplicated recovery.

Dan -- Wishing you a clean MRI.  Please let us know how it goes.

David - Thanks as always for the update!

Best wishes to all,
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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2009, 09:17:26 am »
Good luck to all this caddy wampus week.  Lets see some non- caddy wampus results!   ;D

That is definitely a southern thing (not the good luck, the caddy wampusness).  I never heard that word until my husband said it and I insisted for years (the years we lived in NY) that it was not a word.  Then we moved to Virginia and now TN and don't try telling southerners it's not a word!  However, I still don't admit to James that it's a word - at least not until he admits "youse guys" is proper grammar, if you're from NJ.   ;)

David, I'm glad you got to visit with Beth.  She's been through so much for just 24 years.


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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2009, 03:14:54 pm »
dad taught mom caddy wampus ...he was born and raised in Alabama

she taught him gipped and kipe... both meaning to steal ...and wanky which can be
wanky milk (spolied) or wanky building which would be the same as lopsided or caddy wampus ...
she was born and raised in El Paso Texas... how I ever passed grammer I'll never know
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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2009, 07:30:51 am »
 In the south it's cattywampus, or you can also find catawampus in the dictionary.  I've always loved the sound of this word.
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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2009, 07:38:51 am »
I was born, raised and still live in the South and have never heard this term???  What was wrong w/ my education ::)  I will teach this to my boys right away! 

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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2009, 09:54:02 am »
I agree with  Rob (HeadCase2) -- I've always thought the word was spelled "cattywampus" (not that I've seen it written as often as just spoken). My roots are totally in the south and I've known this word all my life. I do not use it often in New Jersey!!!!

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Re: This Week (3/8) in the Caddy Wampus AN World
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2009, 10:47:36 am »
I thought I'd seen it spelled with t's instead of d's.  I don't consider myself an expert on Southernese, so I didn't want to question it too much!   :D

Catherine, I can already hear the response you'd get in Jersey if you said that... "What the...? What are you tawkin about?"

Cindy, I think your school must have been caddy wampus to not teach you such an important word!  Good thing David brought it up!

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