I just got back from my second cardiologist's appointment... I passed with flying colors.. so to speak. My next cardio session will take place in September.. when I will meet with cardiologist number one and cardiologist number two... at which time I will have an echocardiogram. Wow.. what fun!
(One and two... reminds me.. several years (ages?) ago, I was called upon to meet with a Mr. Won and Mr. Tieu, social insurance analysts from Viet Nam (I think).. I've written about this before in a blog entry.. but over the years the experience gets dimmer, I'm sorry to say. Anyway, I showed Mr. Won and Mr. Tieu how Social Security controlled its computer projects. I gave them examples in nice thick binders... they were very excited to get it... and, I've been told, my examples are still included in their manuals... many many years later... just like the situation with a couple of computer programs I wrote in the 1960's.. I've been told they are still being run. So... these are my legacies.. and will be enshrined in the archives of the infamous "Joe Vaughan Fan Club."
On a serious note... this morning I attended a session on Terrorism at the Maryland Crime Prevention Offices. Some statistics enlightened me a bit, but did not surprise me:
In 2014 (worldwide):
o There were 14,000 terrorist attacks.
o There were 35,000 injuries from terrorist attacks.
o A total of 33,000 people were killed in terrorist attacks.
o More than 10,000 people were kidnapped by terrorists.
The Top Terrorist Groups in 2014
o ISIL
o The Taliban
o Al Shabaah
o Boko Haram
o Maoists
What can be done about terrorism is the United States?
We need to become nosey neighbors again. If something doesn't look quite right.. we need to report it to the police. The motto will now be:
"SEE SOMETHING - SAY SOMETHING!"
Okay.. let me change the subject:
Where is Barney when you need Him?
Chuck Shepherd reported in the Funny Times that Betty Lou Lynn, 83, was mugged and had her wallet stolen in her new hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. You probably remember Lynn as Thelma Lou, Barney Fife's girl friend in the Andy Griffith TV show. She had lived in Los Angeles for years, and in 2007 she got fed up with the crime rate in LA and moved to Andy's peaceful hometown, which was the model for the TV town of Mayberry.
Don't let this stop you from visiting this great place. I've written about their Andy Griffith museum and the area set up to honor the Siamese Twins, who settled here and founded the Bumpus Clan, which is a vital part of the citizenry here.
Ping!
Betty Lou would have been interested to learn about Paula W., who was arrested in Wisconsin for hitting four pedestrians with projectiles. Paula had an arsenal in her car... a blow gun, a slingshot, and a bucket of rocks. She told the police that she just liked to hear people say "OUCH!"
Daddy, No!
There's a wedding chapel in a town in the U.S. (Mayberry?) that caters to senior couples getting married, by helping them feel like youngsters again. For an extra charge, the minister hires a guy to dress like the bride's father and threaten the groom with a shotgun.
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