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Help Cheer JudgeG Up!!!!!!!
Help Cheer JudgeG Up!!!!!!!
My good friend JudgeG is a bit under the weather with kidney stone problems. I returned from Alaska yesterday to find out that he had been hospitalized earlier in the week. He had the stones zapped, blasted, or whatever they do, but is still in a lot of pain today. He is at home and I know he is checking this forum on a regular basis. Some well wishes might help him return to his usual obnoxious self.
JudgeG
sorry to hear about your problem.
The good thing is that it's not fatal.
It only feels that way.
Good luck and fast recovery
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04 June 2006, 01:23
PalmerWould whiskey help?
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From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills,
What spires, what farms are those?
That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.
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04 June 2006, 01:35
dakota45056Judge,
Look on the bright side. If large enough you can load them in your 45-70.

Sounds bad if your off the scotch, you may want to change your drinking formula

.
Take care and hope you get better rather quickly. It is fortunate this didn't happen in the middle of your last hunt.
Dak
04 June 2006, 01:51
Bill CBest wishes Judge, better days and the next adventure are right around the corner!

Ernest, hope you are feeling better. I'm over in P'Cola now so we can't come over and wet-nurse you

Hey! whatever happened to the Johnnie Walker Blue Label I brought over. THAT, will cure anything! jorge
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JudgeG,
I know the feeling and there is no pain like a kidney stone

...but sounds like you have it whipped and a full recovery is on the horizon

The wishkey and ladies will have to wait till next week, you can then make up for lost time

I hope you have a speedy recovery and your next trip to Africa is not that far off!!!!!
Best,
Jim
04 June 2006, 03:48
patrkyhntrStones are painful, Judge, and I'm not kidney.
Get well soon.
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Ernest,
Get off your backside and do something!
Hope you are feeling better soon!
Rusty
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04 June 2006, 04:18
bwanajcjMaybe we could each take one of the JudgeG's fine rifles out for a walk, that would ease his mind knowing his guns are well cared for and excercised. hope you get well soon.jj
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04 June 2006, 04:23
prof242Now when I had kidney stones (five different times!

), they had me drink beer to flush the kidneys.

Think that would help you?
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04 June 2006, 04:39
Hog KillerJudge, sorry to hear about the kidney stones. Been there, had that, do not want a repeat.

As they say, "These too shall pass"

Get well soon,
Hog Killer
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04 June 2006, 05:04
retreeverJudge,
Take care and we are all thinking of your next trip to Africa and Dallas in January...A little more time and you will be feeling better...
Mike
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04 June 2006, 05:08
577NitroExpressYour Honor:
Here's to a speedy recovery.
Now, anyone have a phone number of a stripper-gram in Ernest's neck of the woods? Nothing like a leggy blonde with big cajungers to ease anyone's pain...
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If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... 04 June 2006, 08:00
lawndartIf it is big enough when it comes out, let's have a contest to name the baby.
04 June 2006, 08:03
Norman ConquestHope you're feeling better soon.As long as you're laid up,thank God for good reading material.PM me if there's something you want to read that you don't have.Speedy recovery.
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04 June 2006, 08:11
friarmeierquote:
Now, anyone have a phone number of a stripper-gram in Ernest's neck of the woods? Nothing like a leggy blonde with big cajungers to ease anyone's pain...
AMEN! Judge, I'll even sign off on pre-absolution for you!

Hope you feel better soon!
friar
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04 June 2006, 08:50
JudgeGActually, I have a very nice, leggy (5'9") blonde coming up from Jacksonville tomorrow to check on me.
1115, if you beg, maybe I'll bring her down to Hopewell to see you and the Mrs.. that is, if I ever quit passing bloody (literally and figuratively) "chips". In any event, I'll see you at Mass-lite first thing in the morning.
Thanks folks for giving me the kind words. As those of you who had them, it ain't fun!
JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous.
04 June 2006, 09:11
HunterJimJudgeG,
I hope the lithothropter did well by you, sir!
Get well soon.
jim
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04 June 2006, 09:22
Jaco HumanJudgeG,
You sound better already. Hope you get well real soon.
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Through Responsible Sustainable hunting we serve Conservation.
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www.sahuntexp.com Anybody can get kidney stones if they hunt elephant hard in the heat and don't drink enough water, or get a wee bit dehydrated too often from the ADH suppression of Scotch Whisky.

Pappy liked morphine with his stones.

04 June 2006, 12:32
boom stickmix the morphine and the scotch and you wont care about a thing...did that once when i had the wisdom teeth pulled. dont try this at home kids

judge...wishing you a back in the saddle soon

04 June 2006, 16:38
MacD37HURT don't they? Get out and walk a little, and drink, of all things, WATER!
Come on Judge, get off your but, and shoot something big to shake the chunks loose! Better days Hoss!

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04 June 2006, 17:05
9,3x74RJudgeG
Best wishes, good luck and fast recovery
Rino
04 June 2006, 17:48
TumbleweedNext time you look at a roll of barbed wire, you can say to yourself "I pissed one of those, once!"..

04 June 2006, 18:18
MJinesA little recoil ought to help break those things loose, say a .500 NE or a .577.
Hope you are back on your feet soon.
Mike
Too bad it didn't happen in RSA. When my friend suffered the same, he headed home in a hurry and SAA upgraded him to business class.
Here's to your speedy recovery!
05 June 2006, 18:19
phurley5JudgeG ----- I can feel for you, I have had them, but not to the degree that you mention. Heck, I had to get friendly with my "Woodford Reserve" just thinking about it. Thanks for the excuse.

Good shooting.
phurley
05 June 2006, 21:02
ACRecurvequote:
Originally posted by RIP:
Anybody can get kidney stones if they hunt elephant hard in the heat and don't drink enough water, or get a wee bit dehydrated too often from the ADH suppression of Scotch Whisky.

Pappy liked morphine with his stones.
Is that like ordering a morphine on the rocks?

Good hunting,
Andy
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05 June 2006, 21:41
SpringJudge,
I wish you the best as you get over this hurdle...As they say, all things shall pass...

At least it's not your busy time of year in the woods.
BTW, the great friendships you and I forged last fall with the guys at the Marine Base remains a good thing. The Colonel out there and I still get together occasionally, though he's being deployed to Iraq in August where he'll be in charge of bringing all the materiel for the Marines into Iraq. He also recently got one of his small arms specialist to help me
upgrade a gun I've had a while into one we should have fun blasting with next time you're over this way.
Good luck and all the best to you.
06 June 2006, 03:14
juanpozziJudgeG im sorry to hear you are ill my friend ,what i recommend you its to come here and test on water buffalos and cebues your marvelous collection of heavy rifles ,recover soon jaeger all of us want to hear you again .Juan
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06 June 2006, 03:28
Use Enough GunWishing you a speedy recovery. I am trying to get back into the swing of things myself after having lost both my father-in-law and father in the last three week's time. Get well.
Hey Judge,
If you pass a big one, save it and maybe we'll all pitch in and have it mounted in the center of an elephant hair bracelet for you!
"There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark
06 June 2006, 08:31
Balla BallaJudgeG AKA (Ernest)
Please get yourself well as soon as possible and feel free to come over to SA and we will certainly (look after you) on that special no daily rates plains game gentlemans hunt as promised. WE will even pour your drinks for U
Get well SOON as we are all missing you big time on AR with your comments and banter

Cheers ... Peter ( languishuing downunder ) in the land of the long white cloud
06 June 2006, 09:37
Riodotquote:
Originally posted by Palmer:
Would whiskey help?
It's like chicken soup ...... It couldn't hurt.
This too shall pass - but damn they hurt!!!!!!!
Speedy recovery
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06 June 2006, 09:52
Jaco HumanUse Enough Gun,
Sorry to hear about your family's loss. Our prayers are with you and your family. It is always a difficult time when you lose a parent.
Life is how you spend the time between hunting trips.
Through Responsible Sustainable hunting we serve Conservation.
Outfitter permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/73984
PH permit no. Limpopo ZA/LP/81197
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www.sahuntexp.com 07 June 2006, 02:34
Use Enough GunThanks. It has been especially difficult losing both my father and my father-in-law within that three week time period. Hopefully things will be more positive in the future. Thanks for your prayers and concern. UEG
07 June 2006, 03:20
308SakoJudgeG, The first time I passed a Kidney stone I was on the fourth day of my first Saskatchewan whitetail hunt. It was 2 AM and the little cabin we were in was barely above freezing, it was -35 F outdoors. Being that I had to pee and was semi-comatose as well: I wasn't going to go past the stoop. So I pointed in a safe direction and OH MY GOD! Now I know where Roy Weatherby got his inspiration... Didn't think much of it at the time, was more interested in relative warmth and the sleeping bag. Felt really poorly the next day, and then OK something about taking your biggest ever deer which will cheer you up. Then the earth moved... I thought I was going to die, but you know that feeling. Well, I been drinking one hell of a lot more water and practically no Diet Soda since... 18 years now. Hope you chuckled. Yes it was true, So Help Me God.

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07 June 2006, 09:39
BlacktailerDear Ernest,
That's what you get for drinking all that scotch.
If you drank Jack Daniels like I do it desolves em!

All the Best!
Have gun- Will travel
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07 June 2006, 14:39
D HunterLike the racoon that swallowed a brillo pad said, "This too will pass". It may not be much fun in the meantime, however. Best wishes for speedy and complete recovery.
Although cartridge selection is important there is nothing that will substitute for proper first shot placement. Good hunting, "D"