CSE-- Pg. 74 SATAN'S HAMMER, Ch.18, pg.160 "Goodnight Sweetheart" epilogue

[Sandy Mouse]

you know the blood bank now tells you to clench the buttocks (your own, not somebody else's) when you feel faint? True story.

This has me laughing so hard I can barely see to type this.

 

[Sandy Mouse]

Wow. I don't faint but I've seen this happen - straight back on cement- and it's both scary and upsetting.
What I want to know is what was going on with you that you came close twice and actually fainted on the third try? I hope you've gotten whatever caused this taken care of. ( oh my gosh I have become my Mother)

 

[bankr63]

Who needs drugs when I have this glob of gray matter jammed between my ears?
But I only have 40 shades, should I be ashamed?

Yes, yes, I'm miles behind as usual. It's fun to read the responses when I catch up to here in a week from now...

50 Shades has been haunting me these past couple of days. First, I was at Costco on Saturday. A very old couple were puzzling over 50 Shades at the end of the book aisle. She had an oxygen tank with the nose tubes on... I almost intervened to warn them, and now I dread to think what might have happened when she started reading the book. Either poor soul, or lucky Gramps!!

Watched "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" on Monday night, a CBC comedy series that I expect you don't get South of the Border. Watch the following clip for another view of 50 Shades from the generation of "a certain age"...Mrs Enid on 50 Shades

 

[mmeb144]

Watched "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" on Monday night, a CBC comedy series that I expect you don't get South of the Border. Watch the following clip for another view of 50 Shades from the generation of "a certain age"...Mrs Enid on 50 Shades

That was hilarious! I'm worried that I'm a person of a certain age because I got all the humor.

 

[smidgy]

Ok, I could have had Kahlúa in some milk, now that is hard core. I have only had the bottle since last Christmas and will probably not finish it this Christmas. No, wait before I read your next installment I need to make that rum cake that I made last Christmas (actually I made it twice...so good), made with light and dark rum (I didn't even know they had two types of rum, lol). Oh forget it I'm such a wimp, just hand me that Flintstones One-A-Day!

Myers is the best dark rum. but there is also gold rum, and, of course coconut run (really good with pineapple juice, or in a pina colada or a mai tai (actually, a good mai tai has 3 dif. kinds of rum)

Watched "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" on Monday night, a CBC comedy series that I expect you don't get South of the Border. Watch the following clip for another view of 50 Shades from the generation of "a certain age"...Mrs Enid on 50 Shades

that clip was hilarioous! wish we had that show .. I always loved british humour.

 

[nowellsl]

Well, I'm glad you didn't get struck by lightning! Holding a metal umbrella pole in any kind of bad weather in FL ..... not a good idea can you say lightning rod????

Anyway, back from Art of Animation. I believe you said take notes I never was much of a note taker, but here are my observations.

As soon as I walked in the bathroom I thought "boy Nebo would hate this!" Warning, large picture coming up ....

You would be blind in this bathroom! The dark blue tile along with those energy saver lights that take forever to get anywhere near semi bright make for a super dark little room!

The icons are great, and you will pass many of them on the way to the food court, which is about 500 miles from the little Mermaid section! It is nice out in the back, with a lake view though!

The pool is pretty nice! I love the zero depth entry ....

The bus stops at the parks are closer than Pop's, which is nice! Food court has some good choices. I thought it was OK, not great. I like Pop just as much and even the far away rooms there seem closer to the food court/buses!

 

[nebo]

Delurking to say...oh my!

And Hello <3

Ok, Hello oh my.

Well, I'm glad you didn't get struck by lightning! Holding a metal umbrella pole in any kind of bad weather in FL ..... not a good idea can you say lightning rod????

Anyway, back from Art of Animation. I believe you said take notes I never was much of a note taker, but here are my observations.

As soon as I walked in the bathroom I thought "boy Nebo would hate this!" Warning, large picture coming up ....

You would be blind in this bathroom! The dark blue tile along with those energy saver lights that take forever to get anywhere near semi bright make for a super dark little room!

!

FYou are right, I won't like it exactly for the reasong you described.

Ooooooh carp, ooooh carp. This is not looking good, this is not looking good!

I don't know what to think about all the other posters saying they understand what it's like to pass out.
I'm surprised by how many people say they understand what Nebo is describing.

Millie, I too thought it was strange how many people knew what i was talking about, or h;ave gone through it themselves. I'ts like Fainting is a National Pasttime!

Poor Nebo, poor Smidgy!! I can't imagine what must have been going through everyone's heads watching all of this.

Beliieve me, NOTHING was going through my head.

OMG!! OMG!! what's ROTC?

Really? ROTC was a class in my high school you could take instead of PE, it prepared you for the armed forces, as in , Vietnam. But it was really mostly just the dork that were ROTC members, and no, you didn't want to be associated with them.

If I'm missing you in the callouts, I'm sorry.

Nebo, I think you should have a major medical emercency every trip, it is sure getting you lots of attention.
Welll Bless your heart. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like you to meet Florence Nightingale's younger grandaughter.

Joking, Joking, please don't! We need you around to post eternal prose, yes, prose, that's the word (I think, maybe?)

I'm sure tomorrow I will read this and think, what a stupid post was that?

Oh please, don't be so hard on yourself, why wait until tomorrow?

That's great! Unfortunately, mine isn't. I'm a paralegal.

Oh, I'm sorry, does that meant that the both of you,,,
um, ok, no, not going there, disregard.

I have to bill for my time, and we have certain requirements...

And so, how much do you charge Bill for the time you work on h,,,,,,no, not going there, uh uh, disregard, stage two.

.. I lost 4 billing days during hurricane Isaac and that could cause me problems. I thought I was going to have to cancel my trip to make up for it, but instead will have to work harder every day. I'm going to have to work at work... for months. What a world, what a world.

Finally, the Wicked Witch of khe West left me with a quoted a can live with.

How about another quiz? Who knows what the dog's name was in that Far Side cartoon? (I remember it well - I had it on my fridge for years).

No idea,,, Rex? Rover?

As for George Carlin, my favorite line is: "Scientists have determined that SALIVA causes cancer! But, only if swallowed in small quantities over long periods of time."

Well, that leaved me out.

And finally, I have had the strongest urge to post my dad's homemade hot-fudge sauce recipe. I'm just not sure that folks will want to eat it after reading the next chapter.

absolutely, go ahead.

Oh Nebo. I put off responding because I didn't know what to say, and a few days later I still don't. How scary for you and your family! I'm hoping that everything has been resolved for the good by now...

thanks shan, we'll live.

Ok, I could have had Kahlúa in some milk, now that is hard core. I have only had the bottle since last Christmas and will probably not finish it this Christmas. No, wait before I read your next installment I need to make that rum cake that I made last Christmas (actually I made it twice...so good), made with light and dark rum (I didn't even know they had two types of rum, lol). Oh forget it I'm such a wimp, just hand me that Flintstones One-A-Day!

One Flintstone coming right up, but beware the Bam Bam ones, they are quite strong.

Hey Nebo. Been reading along. Always good stuff.
I had the buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz happen to me just once. While ascending a flight of stairs. It happened on the last step, i remember thinking, where the heck is the rail.....................Never happened before or again. But it was very flipping painful in many places...

Looking forward to more, as usual....
KIM

:Bout time you checked in Kim, Welcome back.

Yes, yes, I'm miles behind as usual. It's fun to read the responses when I catch up to here in a week from now...

50 Shades has been haunting me these past couple of days. First, I was at Costco on Saturday. A very old couple were puzzling over 50 Shades at the end of the book aisle. She had an oxygen tank with the nose tubes on... I almost intervened to warn them, and now I dread to think what might have happened when she started reading the book. Either poor soul, or lucky Gramps!!

Watched "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" on Monday night, a CBC comedy series that I expect you don't get South of the Border. Watch the following clip for another view of 50 Shades from the generation of "a certain age"...Mrs Enid on 50 Shades

Melvin, I havent had time to get to the video just yet,but thanks for sticking with us.

 

[TigerTown]

And to Monica and Kyle, I'm sorry, but don't give up yet, still lots of games left ot make up these lousy 3 games you need. But I eould NOT count on a wild card slot,,, no,, if the Tigers or the wonderful White Sox team from Chicago make the playoffs, it will more than likely only be by winning the Central division.

It looks like the Tigers want it less right now both teams seem to be very frustrating this year. The wild card is definitely not an option...I agree with you completely.

 

[buzz1121]

He must have hit his head harder than we thought. He's talking to himself. He think he's Marie, Buzz, Ponzi and Smidgy. It must really be bad if he's thinking he's Ponzi.

Thumper Man, this is hilarious! I was going to say something similar. He's talking to himself as if he's some of us! Nebo should know better than trying to get into my head, it's a twisty place so he must be really hurt! And the Pkondz bit is just pitch perfect!

 

[smidgy]

It looks like the Tigers want it less right now both teams seem to be very frustrating this year. The wild card is definitely not an option...I agree with you completely.

monymony is at the game right now!

 

[buzz1121]

Good grief Nebo! I know a lot of TR readers like to be entertained by your calamities, but seriously, this time with the fainting you took entertaining us a few steps too far!

I hope your next trip is injury free and your TR is all about the entertainment provided to you by other people,via inane comments and actions.

When you commented on the cup/helmet combo, I flashed to Forrest Gump and the scene when Jenny tells him to "Run, Forrest,Run" with his leg braces on. Sadly, I somehow don't think your accessories would be as endearing as the young Forrest Gump's were.

Add me to the list of growing Neboites who have fainted. My fainting episode was immediately following the birth of DS due to no food and moderate blood loss. I experienced the exact same sensation that everyone mentioned, buzzing and a graying, almost tunnel like fade out. The labor and delivery nurses told me that I fainted very gracefully though, so at least there's that!

By the way, my midwife changed my due date on my Monday checkup to 11/17/12, so little buzz could well be here before Turkey Day.

I'm anxiously awaiting the next chapter Nebo!

I'll be checking in "oftenly"!

 

[dwheatl]

How about another quiz? Who knows what the dog's name was in that Far Side cartoon? (I remember it well - I had it on my fridge for years).

As for George Carlin, my favorite line is: "Scientists have determined that SALIVA causes cancer! But, only if swallowed in small quantities over long periods of time."

And finally, I have had the strongest urge to post my dad's homemade hot-fudge sauce recipe. I'm just not sure that folks will want to eat it after reading the next chapter.

I think the dog's name is Rusty. am I right?
And my favorite George Carlin joke is that when you are driving, everyone is an idiot or a maniac. The guy in front of you going too slow is an idiot, and the guy behind you coming up too fast is a maniac. It's funny because it's true. Here it is, just 24 seconds long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkxaF5Pq5D8

 

[monymony3471]

Yes, I was wondering what happened to your TR

I am still writing it I just was waiting for Nebo to get his accident/climax/cliffhanger/suspense novel before I moved on.

Doesn't help I'm exhausted when I get home and took up walking every night. By the weekend Marita.

 

[Sandy Mouse]

labor and delivery nurses told me that I fainted very gracefully though, so at least there's that!

Bless your heart.

 

[MHSweb79]

I think the dog's name is Rusty. am I right?

Nope, but you're kind of close! I'll keep up the suspense a bit longer and then offer Quiz#2 ("What do cats hear?")

MY DAD'S HOT FUDGE SAUCE RECIPE
Because Nebo Said I Could

1 stick butter
2 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
3/4 cups evaporated milk
1 cup sugar

In small saucepan on low heat, melt butter & chocolate. Add the evap. milk and then the sugar. Bring to a simmer and let it bubble for 10 minutes.

(My dad always said the earth would come to a crashing halt if anyone touched it during this stage, but I like to stir occasionally with a whisk because A) I never listened to my dad anyway; and B) sugar tends to burn easily so you really need to be careful not to ruin your saucepan or worse, have to throw away the sauce; and C) if we're all gonna die, there's no better way to go than licking a chocolate-covered wooden spoon.)

Serve warm over ice cream. But I didn't need to tell you that, did I?

 

[Thumper_Man]

I hope your next trip is injury free

I hope his next trip is injury free myself. Lady H and I have plans to meet up with Smidgy. She said Nebo could tag along if he wanted to. Take it he hasn't injured himself by then.

 

[nebo]

Thumper Man, this is hilarious! I was going to say something similar. He's talking to himself as if he's some of us! Nebo should know better than trying to get into my head, it's a twisty place so he must be really hurt! And the Pkondz bit is just pitch perfect!

It looks like the Tigers want it less right now both teams seem to be very frustrating this year. The wild card is definitely not an option...I agree with you completely.

Good grief Nebo! I know a lot of TR readers like to be entertained by your calamities, but seriously, this time with the fainting you took entertaining us a few steps too far!

Well, I heard a good joke when I was in the city last week and I was going to bring it home with me, but I thiought that would be carrying a joke too far.



Add me to the list of growing Neboites who have fainted. My fainting episode was immediately following the birth of DS due to no food and moderate blood loss. I experienced the exact same sensation that everyone mentioned, buzzing and a graying, almost tunnel like fade out. The labor and delivery nurses told me that I fainted very gracefully though, so at least there's that!

By the way, my midwife changed my due date on my Monday checkup to 11/17/12, so little buzz could well be here before Turkey Day.

I'm anxiously awaiting the next chapter Nebo!

I'll be checking in "oftenly"!

How do you faint gracefully? That's like throwing up gracefully.

I think the dog's name is Rusty. am I right?
And my favorite George Carlin joke is that when you are driving, everyone is an idiot or a maniac. The guy in front of you going too slow is an idiot, and the guy behind you coming up too fast is a maniac. It's funny because it's true. Here it is, just 24 seconds long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkxaF5Pq5D8

Yeah, that's good, I also like, "Tonight's forecast, Dark, continued mostly dark, with widely scattered light in the morning."

Nope, but you're kind of close! I'll keep up the suspense a bit longer and then offer Quiz#2 ("What do cats hear?")

MY DAD'S HOT FUDGE SAUCE RECIPE
Because Nebo Said I Could

1 stick butter
2 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
3/4 cups evaporated milk
1 cup sugar

In small saucepan on low heat, melt butter & chocolate. Add the evap. milk and then the sugar. Bring to a simmer and let it bubble for 10 minutes.

(My dad always said the earth would come to a crashing halt if anyone touched it during this stage, but I like to stir occasionally with a whisk because A) I never listened to my dad anyway; and B) sugar tends to burn easily so you really need to be careful not to ruin your saucepan or worse, have to throw away the sauce; and C) if we're all gonna die, there's no better way to go than licking a chocolate-covered wooden spoon.)

Serve warm over ice cream. But I didn't need to tell you that, did I?

Boy, that sure sounds good.

I hope his next trip is injury free myself. Lady H and I have plans to meet up with Smidgy. She said Nebo could tag along if he wanted to. Take it he hasn't injured himself by then.

You do realize that if you hang around with us at all, you'll have to sign release forms?

 

[Thumper_Man]

You do realize that if you hang around with us at all, you'll have to sign release forms?

Understood. I don't want to be responsible for any injuries you may incur.

 

[Thumper_Man]

How about another quiz? Who knows what the dog's name was in that Far Side cartoon? (I remember it well - I had it on my fridge for years).

I think the dog's name is Rusty. am I right?

Nope, but you're kind of close! I'll keep up the suspense a bit longer and then offer Quiz#2 ("What do cats hear?")

Forgot about the trivia quiz.

Ginger I believe was the dog's name. Love the Far Side.

Trying to remember what cat's hear. Hopefully I can remember the answer before Googling it.

 

[Thumper_Man's Wife]

OK...I tried not to go too crazy, but wanted to add my 2 cents to the mix...Since i'm not writing the next chapter of our TR, I can relax a bit.

We get the fastpasses for Space Mountain, they finish climbing the Treehouse and we meet back up at the Lunching Pad. After taking a trip on the People Mover, we had lunch at Cosmic Ray's , which was a madhouse already in there. And there is nothing like the laughs you can generate while 5 of you all head off to different order stations and then try to meet back up in a communal eating ground.

I was sure that something bad was going to happen as you followed Smidgy to get FP's for Space Mountain. See what happens when you leave Cliffhangers? My mind is not allowed to wander by itself!

Since we are out of pocket still, and spent a lot so far I just got a hot dog, while Diane got the whole Maine lobster and fillet combo with the crab cakes appetizer and Napolean's bonyparts for dessert.

Well there's your problem. all you eat is hot dogs, and that can make even the sanest person keel over after so many of them. Eat something else! Anything else!

.
Yeah, kidding there, no idea what she got. It might have been the rotisserie chicken that for some reason they leave all connected yet to groos you our, or she may have gotten the chicken all connected to gross you out and connected ribs to gross you out and try to make ribs shooo across the aise when you take a plastic knife and try to foolishly separate them.

I'm all about food you can eat with your hands, but why do they insist on giving you food that needs to be cut or separated and then plastic utensils that will break when you touch them.

( Uh oh, c'mon, just look at this, Buzz, he's killing time, really, he's just babbling putting it off. I know Marie, but what can we do about it? I guess nothing, even threatening to do play by play birthe scenes hasn't affected him, we are totally at his mercy right now.
When he's finallly done with his stupid cliffhangers, you just watch how fast I find a new trip report to hang around. heck, I may even try a Universal report!.
Oh, you wouldn 't Marie, not really, would you?)

Uh oh...He's talking to the other voices in his head. It's the hot dogs I tell ya!

Ok, C'mon with me here, we all know what a hot dog bun looks like; two long halves, hopefully still connected on one side, with a slit down the longways center to put the doggie in. If you don't pack it too much, it will semi close so you can grab it when you eat it and kind of keep most of the condiments inside the bun.
Right?

Not this abomination.
That's right, if you are going to mess with my hot dog for the worse, it's an abomination.

I think this was Disney's way of saying...Eat something else!!!!

It's a lot wider than normal, with a slit down one side, not the middle. Like on the left hand page. And the slit doesn't go from end to end, the ends are still solid, meaning that the dog could not slip out the ends.

But it doesn't close either, i'ts now more of an open face sandwich, with all this useless extra "bun" that you'll just rip off anyway. This also prevents you from putting too much on it, since you can't close anything up around it.

That's just odd...Could you have used one half of the "bun" and folded it over the hot dog in an attempt to make your own hot dog bun?

I'm from NM, and for some reason, hot dog buns really aren't essential here. We have them, and we use them when we have them, but if we do not have them handy, we use tortilla, or regular old sandwich bread folded in half. Of course we cover everything with cheese and chili too so technically bread is just there to mop up the excess and give a place to keep the hot dog from rolling away from you.

No no, I'm not saying that Diane has a ,,,,, I mean she was sitting across from ,,,,, oh, forget it! this will only get worse.

My problem right now wasn't passes, it was gasses.

Well, except for me, I had important stuff to take care of as the lunch didn't quite agree with me. Boy, nobody or nothing ever agrees with me anymore, so I told them I'd meet them at the exit to Buzz.

It's the hot dogs I tell ya!

I thought we'd be leaving finally now to go head back, but , uh uh, they want to hit Monster's Inc before we leave. I like this but now I'm starting to twitch, we are way past our "go back and swim" time, I'm so used to being in control that now when this is not done correctly, well, like I said, I start to twitch.
Remember that guy from Faulty Towers?

That's ok, we'll see how the eveing goes, looking forward to making sure they do Wishes the right way, smack in the middle of Main Street where I can then stare at Jackson the whole time watching the amazement on his little face, maybe even put him on my shoulders to see better.
Right!

This makes me sad knowing how excited you were for this and then things took a turn.

Like I said, not much time to relax and we changed and met down by the Hippy Dippy hide your Bippy pool, and yes, the yellow jackets were in full swing.

And Jackson had a blast with them.

Of course he would. He's a kid. Only kids find these YJ's fascinating. Plus there are other kids around said YJ's...If I was a kid and had to choose between sitting around with my parents and grandparents, or having a blast with loud adults and other kids it would be a no brainer.

I'd be in the room, reading...Alone!

They were playing some kind of game like Hot Potato, with water balloons, and he learned to manipulate the system and become the center of attraction by intentionally getting caught with it, and having it busted over his head.

Ok, let's crank up the ol' projector once again:

Aww...Your grandson is so adorable. Looks like he was having fun. Was it at least fun to watch him laugh and smile like that even though it was with the YJ's?

And again, in my imaginative mind, I pictured them all going "Ooh, aah" as they saaw all the over sized icons, but I guess it's just me that has the mind of a child, or maybe the problem is that they've seen too many pictures already, on line.

I still ooh and ahhh and your pictures. I'm sure that's no consolation but just letting you know...

I did talk them into ONE picture, and I know if you think about it, you would figure out which one:

Good ol' Mr. Potato Head! Great pic!

Kim, Jackson and Todd.

Again! Great pic! You have a beautiful family!

And finally, Jackson found something at the exit of Splash Mountain I have never seen before; A little kid's size, "Laughing Place." Diane wasn't with us at this moment, and when she saw the photo later even she had to ask where this was taken, amazing how after probably 40 trips on Splash Mountain, you can miss something every single time!

How cool is that?! I'll have to search for that next time. That is a great picture spot.

(Ponzi, com'on, you and Nebo are best buds, you have an in with him, please get him to hurry this along a bit, PLEASE? I Really, really, need to know what happens, and soon! I can't take it anymore so pleased TALK to him,,,get HIM to talk.

Well, Ok, I'll try again, but you just may have noticed that he has been using me as "open season" lately, so not exactly sure how much he's going to divulge to me, I'm sorry Smidgy, I really can't help you.")

He's talking to himself again. These voices are getting trickier. Even we can see them taking over and typing...that can't be good.

Now that it's football season again, a kid on the pool deck was throwing a football to a kid in the pool, and vice versa, but this kid kept getting a bit too close to our table.
It was now turning darker in the sky, and I had my back to the pool trying to get the umbrella to stay up if it started to drizzle.

I couldn't see the kid in the pool or where he was throwing it, but I had one foot balanced on a chair to kind of support myself as I lifted the heavy umbrella when the football slammed into the table, scared the crap out of me and I jumped! The chair my right leg was using as a lift flipped over, but I caught myself in my usual dextrous, athletic style that I have worked on perfecting all my life.

The umbrella came back down and closed.
Again.

Why do I have the image of a cartoon character who has somehow managed to get himself stuck inside the umbrella as it closes?

I did notice though that once again, no,not nearly as bad as two days ago, but all the sudden movement made me a tad disney.

I mean dizzy,

But no where near as bad as the other day when I just "plopped" down in the chair.

Uh oh...Another set up...I don't like all these dizzy spells.

But first, I went on an ice run.

Didn't anyone ever tell you not to run on ice...It's dangerous.

Yes, I was really looking forward to tonight, still lots of new stuff to show them. And I felt pretty good, I looked at the safe where my pills are and just turned away, nope, don't need any tonight.

Well there ya go...now we know what happened, No happy pills!

I showed it to Smidgy but she didn't think it was odd at all, she always complains about how I treat books.
Or, rather, MIS treat them.
I admit, I'm a bad "lay it down open", "fold it over" person. Hey, I bought it, I can read it how it's most comfortable for me. This is why I hate hard covers, they don't fold over.
And if it's a monster Stephen King book, it can knock you out if you doze off reading it in bed!
The "Stand" almost killed me one night! [/QUOTE

Stalling again! At least your not talking through the voices in your head.

On a side note, I'm bad with paperbacks myself. Lately if I buy an actual book (I have a kindle now and have had some sort of e-reader for a few years now) i will buy it in hard cover only because I'm gentler with them that way. Not by much, but i'm getting better. At least the pages are still intact for the most part.

It was nice and hot and steamy when we pulled into the Magic Kingdom for the second time today.

I had thought that since a lot of the biggies are knocked off, they's want to listen to wise old Nebo and Smidgy on how to tackle tonight.

You fool!

How could I be such a fool?

See...Told you, you were a fool!

Kim has the Park App on her phone, and found out there are still BTMR fastpasses left, even though standby is 50 minutes, so once again, we went straight up to the train and took that back to Frontierland.

The beautiful age of technology!

I have to say that we have the park apps on our phones too and it did come in handy in DL when certain rides were down or enormous wait times. At least we knew what to avoid or come back to later.

I was next to a pole of some sorts; sign post, light post as in street light? Not sure. But I got tired of standing and kind of crouched down in a squat.

Did the sign say, caution...may get dizzy and faint if you stand here too long? I'm just asking. It would have been nice to have some forewarning.

After a while, from behind me I hear Smidgy say, "Oh, look, here they come."

From my position I couldn't see them, but I didn't doubt her and I worked on getting up out of my crouch/squat.

At first, the knees weren't exactly willing, but they gave in when the mind said they have no choice.

But there were other anatomical parts that the mind at times has no jurisdiction over.

As I was in the process of performing the simple act of "standing up", well, then all kinds of strange began to happen all at once.

Once my knees agreed to supoort me and I made it half way up, my ears started ringing something fierce! Not a "tinitus" type ring, more, a buzzing.

Right after that, the world turned a new shade of grey, everywhere, like all color was being removed from the landscape. It was Ted Turner's evil twin brother making amends for all the damage Ted did colorizing the classics!

I barely had time to contemplate these developments as I was still in the act of standing when things turned much worse.

The ringing in my ears had reached Chain Saw decibel levels, and by the time I reached my full height of 6 foot, 1 inch, my new, greying world had quickly faded to black.

Solid black!

In a last moment of cognizance, I knew I was in major trouble, and not just that I am in the process of fainting.
But that I am at full height, and not just crumbling into a pile.

Oh no.

I am falling straight backwards, as if I was standing at the edge of a pool, with my back to it.

I am sure that I said a silent, "Oh Shist" to myself, and again, not because I'm fainting, but because I am fainting straight backwards, and this now makes it serious, my head is a long way down to solid concrete.
No, ain't no little gardens of 'tunias or 'pashuns near me, just lot's of concrete.

In a last act of total desperation, even though I was pretty much already unconscious, I thrust my arm out hoping my hand could grab that post and save me.
Grab it, grab it, squeeze it, then just hang on, the feeling will pass, everyting will be allright and we can go on as normal, so just grab the damn post!

It missed.

I figured there was no sense tearing this section apart...And all I can really say is ...wow...how freaking scary!

I've had the buzzing in the ears and the light headedness before, but don't think it's gotten worse than the "take a moment and sit back down and catch my breath" sort of deal. I can't imagine the fright now only from your family but from you as you go through this.

I think others have said this, but it bares repeating...we know you live, and we know you make it through enough to laugh at it a little. and I know i appreciate it more than you know that you are willing to share the story with us and relieve that moment...but What in the name of Marco, Blessed Polo are you trying to do to us with these cliffhangers! You my dear Nebo are Legen...wait for it...Dary at writing!