Well, I bagged a grinner last night. He won't be eatin' strawberries anymore.

Then I made a few calls this AM, did a few errands and solved half the worlds problems...don't worry, there will be a whole and a half to fix tomorrow. Then I went down to see the doc, sorta an eye to eye thing. Hell, he's an eye doc...

He looked me eye to eye and mumbled "You need to go see Doc JIELiovnelfmnal;"
"Who?"
"Dr. Cratzen luiejkl;ajj"
That made me a little nervous. "Doc, take the pen outta your mouth. His name is Cratzen?"
"That's his first name, last one is Blasten."
WOW, what a relief that was! Whew!
"Why, does he shoot?"
"Naw, he's a knife man."



"Dan," he sez, "...ya got a tumor in your eye socket, we need to get that sucker plucked."

I was wearin' brand new skivvies, and the 90 day warranty expired after only an hour. Well, he sez he doesn't think it's malignant and I really hope he knows what the pluck he's talkin' about, and he'd let Doc Cratzen Blasten work on him, all that stuff. We'll(Mrs. Dan and me) will be meetin' up with Doc Blasten on the 12th and find out what for.

Small thanks that it's not my shootin' eye, but dammit all, if I lose the bad one I'm gonna have it replaced with a pale blue laser rangefinder.

Dan

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My prayers are with you.

Larry

You'll be fine, keep us posted.

I cannot imagine why you couldn't get something functional put in an eyesocket if they have to take one out, but I think, Mr. Dan, that you won't have to worry about that.

Our prayers are with you.

Hey Dan
We'll all be batting for you and a safe outcome.
APB

Good luck and may the grace of God be with you.
Rusty

Thank you Gentlemen, but there is one question that truly troubles me.

Can you still be corseseyd wtih one eye? Ohtrewsie it cloud get ralely cnofsunig.

And what color patch goes with a good tan?

Well, I'll know more on the 12th, until then I refuse to worry about it. Hell, we may even have a keg party afterwards. Entertainment by Li'l Bob answering the question, HOW MANY CRATS CAN A GATOR EAT IN ONE MEAL?



Semper Coonass!

Dan

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www.WeAll.GotIssues

Godspeed to you Dan,keeep in mind that copious amounts of vodka,and the .410 is only good for offending toes Your friend,Clay

Excellent advice Clay...I'd damn near fergot about that.

Dan

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www.POTKB.AndThanksForTheLaugh!

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Originally posted by DigitalDan:
Small thanks that it's not my shootin' eye, but dammit all, if I lose the bad one I'm gonna have it replaced with a pale blue laser rangefinder.

Dan

Something infared might be better. You know, for night crat hunting. Good luck, man.

Got a couple of good, praying churches nearby. I'll get you on the prayer list.

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I was wearin' brand new skivvies, and the 90 day warranty expired after only an hour.

DD, you keep a stiff upper.
With your sense of humor and all here backing you ,you will be fine.

No worries, Dan. We'll keep an eye out for ya...

Worse comes to worse, you can answer that age old question of whether you should close your non-shooting eye or not.

Anyway, hope for the best, and we'll pull whatever strings we can with the powers that be.

The possibilities for mirth are boundless...the probability for grief very finite. I like those odds. I always tell surgeons a joke before I go under...Doc Blasten is gonna hear about the "florist friars". (that smiley is my new trade mark.)

Dead Eye Dan

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I don't think you will lose an eye.
Fella here at work had something behind his eye.
He had it removed and was back at work the following week.
He wore a eye patch for awhile.The welding shop guys got him an inflatible parrot and a Pirates hat.

I personally don't like the chances of an inflatible parrot in a welding shop.

Just so long as they didn't add some O2 in the acetylene you know they inflated it with!

Sparks be a bitch when you're full of acetylene!

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inflatible parrot

Y'all guys is weird.

Dan

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www.AAARRRGGGH.HoistTheMain

We,,errr,,,,they turned a torch off at the tanks 'til the flame went out.Then turned it back on and filled a breadbag.Tied it off and put it over in another welders area.
When it went off, the welding curtains stood straight out.

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Originally posted by poletax:
I don't think you will lose an eye.
Fella here at work had something behind his eye.
He had it removed and was back at work the following week.
He wore a eye patch for awhile.The welding shop guys got him an inflatible parrot and a Pirates hat.

I dunno, PT. You know what your momma said "It's always fun until someone loses an eye..."

Kidding aside, Dan, best of luck with this. I think you'll come through fine.

i believe the quote is
"it all fun and games till someone loses an eye" "then it's just fun"!
hey dd take careof youself

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Y'all guys is weird.
Dan

Anyone on the Small Game Forum has a lot of nerve saying that--sort of the pot calling the kettle black. But then, that's why I keep coming back over and over, to punch my chuckle button.

I don't wanna think about Dan and an inflatable parrot, It's just wrong.
BK

Best of luck -- no BS

The old tom was sneaking along DD's rear fence assuming he was out of range. He didn't notice the blue laser tracking him relentlessly while it fed accurate distance information into DD's brain through the new high tech
implant. DD's other eye was making elevation corrections as the tom went across the yard. The tom paused to
check where another tom had marked a post. That was the last thing the tom did. DD's new organic digital
range finder had passed it's field test and DD was grinning big after the slug impacted with the tom's chest.
We don't call him Digital Dan for nothin'.

I still got the parrot.
For some reason the guy didn't want it.????

It's in my shop, I'll post a pic.

Thanks OEH, now all I can picture is the scene from the Terminator where he has one glowing red eye!http://zombi.home.mchsi.com/t2/t22.jpg

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i believe the quote is
"it all fun and games till someone loses an eye" "then it's just fun"!

"It's all fun and games till someone loses an eyeball.....than hey....Free Eyeball!"

Prayer for you.......and the surgeon

I'll request that the Big Guy Upstairs give your case positive consideration. If you execute your plan to join us in the Show Me state, you'll need both eyes to see all that we have to show.

Even with my limited imagination?

Dan

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My thoughts and prayers are with ya DD.


Smedley

Dang, I gotta come here more often to catch up on stuff.

Dan, good luck to ya on this, and I'll put in a word or two for ya with the Big Guy upstairs as well.

I nearly lost an eye in an accident myself a few years back. Luckily I didn't, and I'm fine, but I can still remember when the accident happened and I thought I'd lost my eye, as I was collapsing to the floor on the way down all I could think was, "Well damn, I guess now I better be real careful with my other one."

It's amazing what goes through your head during stuff like that.

Ben,, woke up after crusing around with a friend to see all of the layers of my abdomen,,liver and large and small intestine,,but the pain from having my femur? bone broken,,and my Lh knee adjusted 6" up from where it was over ruled all of my guts hanging out,,damn nasty,,they were putting more stiches into me a week after the accident for stuff they missed after I was admitted. Clay. www.8weeksofhell.com

Dan i nearly missed this....daaaamn!
Good luck bud

Dan,
Good luck on the check out. Dr.'s do some amazing things today. My wife is proof of that. My prayers are with you on this.

Don't know how you make the treck from FL to MO. But if you happen to run across from I 40 to I 55 on 412 in TN, you go right past my house. Stop in and I will let you sample some fuel water reducer that is locally manufactured, (clear or chared).

Worried, wish I'd known that 'cause I already went by your house. Came up out of Alabama from Florence, spent the night in Jackson then into MO via Dyersberg. Came back thru Memphis then passed thru Jackson east bound all the way to the Carolina border. Mebbe next time.

Dan

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www.WhyIsTennessee.SoLong?

I'm west of Jackson by 8 miles on 412. Let me know next time you are coming through, we will throw a backstrap on the smoker, and I'll fetch a jug of branch water to cut the squeeze with.

And Tennessee is LONG. I am commuting to Portland (30 miles or so north of Nashville on 65) a couple of times a week right now, got a big distribution center going up there for Federated Department Stores. Dogwoods and redbuds are in full bloom right now, (what ain't been beat off by the hail and wind, we have had two bad spells of tornadoes in the last week), so the drive is really pretty at the moment. I just finished one up for ALTEC in Burnsville, NC, now that is a drive!

How did you like that spanking you got on I 55 north of Dyersburg? Two weeks after the wife got the kidney from my daughter in law, we loaded them all up and moved my son and her up to St. Louis. I was pulling a trailer with all his heavy stuff on it, every one of those bumps got us 3 times. We had the wife and daugher in law packed with pillows like they were eggs.

Well, a brief update. Dr. Kratzen thinks it not malignant, CT scan in the works. Thing is located between tissue layers, NOT attached to the eye which I feared. Then he sez, "Damn Dan, that's a great big ol' thing! Wait 'till I tell by buddies about this'n."



Am staying tuned....time for some George and Ginger.

Dan

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www.WhatDoYaDoWithA.DrunkenSailor?

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Dr. Kratzen thinks it not malignant

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"Damn Dan, that's a great big ol' thing! Wait 'till I tell by buddies about this'n."

No use in half assing anything, if you are going to do it, do it right! The not malignant thing is good, very glad to hear that!!