Man, that's a tough call, Mike. Congrats for getting on top of it. Stay in good shape, please!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6...@...> wrote: > > Yeah, they do have high efficiency standards and it was hard. Their motto is > "we run the tightest ship in the shipping business". I thought it should have > been "we CAN get blood out of a turnip". As a delivery driver I was expected > to make about 18 stops per hour, regardless of whether each stop only had 1 > small light package or 100 packages up to 150 lbs. I usually made that > quota or close enough due to good area knowledge and skilled methods learned > over my career, use your mind, not your body. However, my last year was in 18 > wheelers. Now that was easy, no lifting or quotas, just safety. Hook up a > trailer or two, drive to Dallas or some other city, drop off the trailer and > hook  up one or two more to bring back. I thought I would last another 6 > or 7 years. After slipping off the top step of my tractor one night and > falling backwards flat on my back, lumbar across a curb, an orthopedic doctor > found that I had Ankylosing Spondolitis and refused to > let me return to work, said I was a liability to anyone that would hire me > and said another accident like that could kill me. Anyway I'm currently 185, > plastic surgeon told me not to lose anymore. > > > ________________________________ > From: lurkernomore20002000 <steve.sun...@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 4:37:23 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bloomberg speculates that Times Square car > bombing because of health care bill > >  > Wait, something not making sense. I thought you were a retired UPS driver? > So, if you lost 170 lbs., and if I speculate that you now weigh about 200 > lbs., how were you a UPS driver scrambling around and maintaining their > efficiency ievels? > > --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@ ...> wrote: > > > > Thank God I don't have one(pace maker)! Dr. Shahzad just keeps an eye on my > > blood pressure which is pretty good after losing 170 lbs. > > > > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > > From: authfriend <jstein@> > > To: FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com > > Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 12:39:20 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bloomberg speculates that Times Square car > > bombing because of health care bill > > > > à> > --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@ ...> wrote: > > > > > > It's not supposed to? > > > > Right up until just before it goes off... You want to > > worry if it *stops* ticking. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@ ...> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I think I just heard that 8 people have been arrested in Pa- ki- > > > > stan as accomplices of Shahzad. Damn, that's my cardiologists name! > > > > > > If your pacemaker starts ticking, I'd be worried... :-) > > >
