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No More Cartwheeling

When I woke up this morning, I had a good feeling For fear of broken bones I refrained from cartwheeling Instead I uttered a tiny "yee haw" And a very tiny happy "guffaw" At eighty years old, it takes longer, the healing © Jack Ellison 2015

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Date: 10/24/2015 4:34:00 PM
Walked the beam with a full half turn....broke my ankle and my arm did burn...it never fails.....the nurse was male....goodness graces will I ever learn.
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Date: 10/24/2015 12:04:00 PM
That last craper went astray... Imagine the healing took all day... I hear it got to orbit then landed in the bay... But which one I cannot say... And I'd be a smiling too after I got that one out of the way!... Ahhh... The lure of potty humor... Remember you started it... LOL...
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