Happy Birthday from AARP

I decided today to investigate what possible discounts my AARP membership would afford me if I had chosen to accept the offer made to me yesterday on my 40th birthday.

Reviewing their website, this is a small sampling of the discounts:

1.  Avis truck rental:  Call me crazy, but would anyone want an elderly person driving a big box truck.

2.  Walgreens:  OK, must be really sick and need a lot of prescriptions.  Or viagra for the nursing homes.

3.  20% of broadway musicals:  Even if i lived close enough to a city that offered them, I would shot myself before taking in a show.

4.  20% of Disney:  Now we are talking.  Wait……. No just the disneystore.com.  I guess we are to old and sick to ride anything in the parks.  I guess it is just shopping to buy crap for the grandkids that never visit you in the nursing homes.

5.  Gold’s gym/curves discount:  I do not go there now when I should.  Why would I change my mind later in life.

6.  Discount at Dunkin donuts:  Now we are talking.  This is what I will call my social security since the one now will not be solvent.

So, what will I do?  Apply or shred.    SHRED baby.

Later……………….

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4.1.09 Mission Update

Hello all,

We left Jamestown College yesterday and begin our trek home today.  We should be back in RI by 10pm tonight.  Unfortunately the stay will be short.  I head to Dallas for the disaster training summit in the morning.  So, just enough time at home to change luggage and clothes.

Mark

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3.31.09 Update

The predicted snow storm arrived last night.  Snow accumulations were not that bad but the wind is a killer.  The college baseball team has a scheduled doubleheader today.  They might need to reschedule. 

 

RI-1 DMAT continues to maintain the shelter at Jamestown College.  Our Friends from the Dept. of Veteran Affairs, OH-1, and OK-1 have been demobilized.  The CDC support staff have begun to demobilize any of their non-essential equipment.

Team members have begun ICS 400 training this morning and will conclude sometime tomorrow afternoon.

More to follow……….

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3.30.09 Update

RI-1 DMAT along with teams from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, OH-1, and OK-1 maintained the shelter at Jamestown College.  Members also completed the two day ICS 300 course run by Jeff Hutchinson and John Sutherland. 

Jamestown College continued to show great hospitality in providing sleeping, washing, food, and exercise options for all of the members of the teams while still maintaining a fully academic calander.

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3.30.09 Jamestown college

Internet access has been down at the college and was just fixed this morning.

Deployment update:

The field hospital/shelter was built and now we wait for business. The big blizzard predicted to hit yesterday was the equivalent to the big snowfall predictions we have in RI. Thus less than an inch fell. Below are pictures of the shelter.

Mark

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Mission update

I am heading to Jefferson College in North Dakota to establish a shelter for anyone affected by the storm.  I am leaving Bismark by 06:00 tomorrow and should arrive at Jefferson College and be capable of treating people by noon.

More to follow…..

Mark

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3/28/09 Bismark

Landed at 23:30 Last night to a comfortable 16 degrees. Had breakfast and took in the local scene. From the picture you can see it was a short site-seeing trip.

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Sarcasm health update

Batteries are fully charged.  Sarcasm levels at 200% and holding.  I guess needing to jump start the truck, this afternoon, while standing in a puddle of water has its benefits.

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3.20.09: My semi-sarcastic state

According to the facebook app “how sarcastic are you”, I only managed to achieve the rank of “Semi-sarcastic”  today.  Could I be possible getting to old to be sarcastic?

I believe my sarcasm batteries are just low and in need of a recharge.  Hopefully Freddie stops by and I can get a recharge.

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3.12.09- Today’s stupidity at my expense

When you order something a simple as a bagel and cream cheese, how can things possible go wrong. Unfortunately, it did today.  I have managed to find the dumbest person in RI.  As he handed the bag to me, I quickly noticed  the rather light weight of the bag was indicating a catastrophic failure in the simple algorithm listed below.

1.  place bagel in bag

2.  place cream cheese in bag

3.  hand to consumer

4.  take payment from consumer

The fine gentleman behind the counter skipped step 1.  Hard to believe but true.

Even better is that after solving his error with the “friendly and kind” help from me, it turned out that my purchase would  be free because he failed to give me a receipt.

Great start to the day…..

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