smithers joe

35 minutes ago, -dlc- said:

Can't decide between honesty (which gets me into trouble at times) or resilience.

i also think caring would be strong in you too.

i got mine from my mother. it may not be a great trait, but she was the most gentle person i've ever known. so mine is gentleness.

what is your dominate trait, that is present in every facet of your life?

it will take some thought, lad's and lasses' as the silly seasons goes on.

my brother had the same surgery that i did. canucks training camp that year was in the okanagan. his doctor advised him, he was not strong enough yet. he said, i've never missed one yet, he went. i don't know how much of training camp he saw, but in his motel room, he had a massive heart attack and died. he loved the canucks so much, that it killed him. he had season tickets almost every year. i think from 71 or 72. he was the glue that held us make through our foster home.

4 hours ago, bishopshodan said:

My father-in-law is in the quintuple bypass club.

 

Way to go Joe.

 

Keep at it.

i believe that is 5. same as i had.good luck to him.they do so many. they say it can add 10 years to your life. i had mine in 2017, still got 3 more years.

3 minutes ago, nux_win said:

I always knew you had a functioning heart Joe.  Keep it going.  Diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management are the four pillars to good health in my opinion.  All of us need to wisely manage all four elements.  And of course watch hockey.  GCG!

i agree bu i still can't excert myself, even to do simple exercises. i walk a little on my treadmill but feel sick to to stomach and dizzy upon easy exercises and everyday living.

33 minutes ago, Ballisticsports said:

Glad to hear good news Joe (sorry to hear you even suffered those issues)

Good Advice as well Joe

 

My friend just sold his company and retired young last year and wanted to join Army reserves

He is so fit, they ran tests and found this out and he had No idea or symptoms,

We were to go on a long Adventure Ride (like Itchy Boots) this year and now he has to wait for operation and recommended not to  go off-road or where no cell service

 

(I'm just packing right now to go last minute on an overnight now a friend just called to do and hopefully hit we hit no forest fires in the off-road area towards Okanogan)

they gave me a chart like that of my blockages but i may have thrown it away. i thought that after that i'ld be 100% better.

12 minutes ago, RupertKBD said:

 

I believe it is. I'm lucky in that way. My parents both lived to a fairly advanced age without significant heart issues. (Dad passed at 93 and Mom at 89)

 

I was the same in my younger days. Played all the sports. It's only in the past few years (starting with Covid) that I haven't been doing much in the way of hockey, football and softball....

 

So the gym it is....

keep it up lad.

17 minutes ago, RupertKBD said:

I hear ya Joe....

 

I'm now back at the gym at 63, after a layoff of 3 decades. Gotta get that blood pressure down and the meds only do so much....

we can be our own worse enemies, especially when we are  young. i never thought of protecting my heart, i'm paying for it now.

i was always active, playing sports, that wasn't enough i guess. everyone in my family have had heart trouble. maybe it's inherited.

6 minutes ago, Optimist Prime said:

That last bit is it, for me. Marginalized: fringe. IN nature and pretty much all of reality, those closest to the fringes of any ecosystem or social unit are the 'pawns' that are sacrificed first. In Gazelles is it the sick, lame and old, in business it is the corporations that fail to respond to market trends, in Canada it is literally the elderly, the frail and the downtroden. Addictions too but that feels to me to be a whole other kettle of fish that I can't speak to well enough to make a difference. I lean a bit right on addicted homeless: I think we could outlaw being a drug addicted homeless person and 'punish' it by forced confinement in a rehab center..but that costs a LOT of dough and human rights may be played to the supreme court to outlaw it, it is not my area of expertise but i am for harsh forced conditions to rehabilitate homeless junkies. That takes the shine off my earlier statements, i know, but more freedom to ruin neighbourhoods is not working for homeless addicts. Just a side rant of mine. 

Addressing poverty in general will reduce the homeless addicts cohort over time, but so is the rise of overdosing I guess. 

did you watch the movie, things we lost in the fire? touched me a lot, the same as the breakfast club when i worked with young offenders. about people caring.

19 minutes ago, Optimist Prime said:

This is kind of silly, kind of on brand maybe, but I am passionate about progressive politics. I do work for free to advance the interests of the people around me. Seniors, First Nations, the disabled. I think we are a rich nation by global standards and we can do more for the worst off amongst us. I would like to see every senior lifted out of poverty: for our elders are those who built what now take for granted in the first place. First Nations folks living poor is disgusting considering all we have is at their original expense. 
The Disabled poor are not only suffering at no fault of their own, but have no way to change that outcome for themselves either. We absolutely need to raise those who suffer from disabilities above the 'poverty line' at the very least. 

If we tackle those three cohorts, we will have largely eradicated poverty in Canada. 

If I had to say I was passionate about anything it is certainly the politics that keep the Right at bay. Greedy self centered "i got mine" crowd are going to be just fine, they don't need anyone's help and they detest giving help to anyone, so I focus on the progressives and give of my time, money and expertise to effect what change I can. 

It isn't that I am noble: it is largely the selfish gene at play: I will be a senior one day, i do have disabilities, and so many people close to my heart are living on reserve or off reserve in relatively poor conditions. If my tribe is well off, I am by association doing okay. So lets protect the most vulnerable among our society and thereby elevate our society to epic levels. 

wow, powerful. i once wrote a short story called a race for tomorrow. it was about my metis ancestors.

so many metis scattered and were afraid to identify with the native side of our families. afraid of the consequences after louie riel's  hanging as a traitor.

metis people were being traded badly and even murdered. we need people like you to stand up for native or other marginal members of society. cudos

lad.

33 minutes ago, gwarrior said:

If I needed further proof that my smoker is my passion, this is it. I just got back from save on, my weekly shop, but I broke down and bought a full brisket. Cost me $72, cheapest one i could get. Going to trim it this afternoon and into the freezer it goes. Then I'm going to start trying to develop my own rub.

sounds delicious. i'm not there to taste it, that's the rub. good luck. at least you can't get cancer from that kind of smoking.

22 minutes ago, Alflives said:

This!

 

was that built on melmac?

1 hour ago, -dlc- said:

Keep at it, do it because you love it and see what happens.

 

My son was the same...then a few of his articles were picked up by different sites and things snowballed a bit. He eventually got a job at EA Sports that has led to a successful career through his sheer determination and love of hockey (and gaming).

 

I think part of the problem is that SM is saturated with content as everyone and their dogs are putting their opinions/articles out there. You're dealing with a sea of information now so it's harder to get noticed. 

 

I had a blog years ago and it connected me to a bunch of great people...some of whom I've stayed in touch with for 20 years now.

i know, i sure enjoyed meeting you and going to a couple of canuck games with you. plus i always loved your passion for the team and life.

i'm a richer person for it.

13 hours ago, Reg said:

Really feel fortunate I have had a chance to teach, to share some knowledge with others. Love to see people grow and mature before your eyes. My motivation is totally selfish as it seems I learn more from the experience than I can contribute.  

i agree, i think everything we do is for selfish reasons. i'm sure mine was but it helps make us who we are. good or bad. thanks for sharing.

i once said, if i could coach and write stories for a living, i'ld be most happy.

i went on to write a sports column for our local paper in the 80's and went on to work and be like a life coach for developmental challenged adults,

then with young offenders and as silly as it seems to seniors. my life in a nut shell.

12 hours ago, Nucker67 said:

- Canucks 

- Guitar (music)

- Animals

 

Speaking of: Is there a guitar players thread somewhere 'round here? 

start one, lad.

i think mine is, also i believe is my life purpose....helping others reach their full potentials

i can't say i was that good at it but i think it was i what i was meant to do. if this isn't true, than i've wasted my life.

what are you so passionate about that you'ld gladly do it, even for free? what is your passion?

what if, cam neeley wasn't traded?

On 8/10/2024 at 4:46 PM, Spur1 said:

Retired and tired. 
No fun getting old. 

i agree lad.

10 hours ago, Ilunga said:

 

My oldest, dearest friend coached the local junior footy teams for over 10 years.

 

There were kids who had heaps of talent but didn't show up for training regularly.

 

There were kids who didn't have a lot of talent however they showed up rain, in the cold, no matter what and gave it their all.

He would always give those kids a game on game day. 

this sounds like a good topic for another day..

1 hour ago, stawns said:

 

Aside from the easy answer of my dad splitting and changing the course of my life?

 

Being a part of a whl organization where there were obvious things going on and seeing vulnerable teammates being taken advantage of because hockey was their only option and the predators knew it and took advantage of it.

 

Within 5 years I was working with kids and never looked back.........here I am 30 years later and I know I've had a very positive influence in the lives of many, many kids over that time

i'm assuming your real name isn't connie madigan?

42 minutes ago, bishopshodan said:

 

What about you, joe?

for me it was baseball. i was origionally cut from my first organized baseball team. all my friends made the team but me.

as i walked away crying, the coach ran after me and said, your not a very good players, but you try so hard, i couldn't sleep nights if i didn't give you a chance. through my playing and coaching life, that act of kindnes and blind faith, helped me, become who i am today. not sure what that is but i'm so grateful for that chance. i've given other boys, that same chance.