RE: [Flickr] TNgardener (Bonnie Holmes) shared a Flickr photostream with you
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  • Subject: RE: [Flickr] TNgardener (Bonnie Holmes) shared a Flickr photostream with you
  • From: &* C* D* C* U* A* 9* C* <c*@edwards.af.mil>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:33 -0500
You missed the punch line! It's something like:

After his friends left, Mike's son leaned over and whispered in
confusion, "Dad, I thought you said that you were dying from cancer. You
just told your friends that you were dying from AIDS."

Mike said, "That way none of those sons of ***** will take up with your
mother after I'm gone". 


Cyndi 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of BONNIE_HOLMES
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:03 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] [Flickr] TNgardener (Bonnie Holmes) shared a Flickr
photostream with you

Thank you. It doesn't look as good as I would like as I have not been
able to work the gardens for the past three springs and in the South
this is a very important time. That's why I was so angry when I found
out about the cancer.


It turns out I'm allergic to taxol so now I had my second treatment with
AC. I have the metallic taste and fatigue. But, I am half way there. I'm
starting a short-timers calendar.




Today I had some great reactions to the Spock ears----people kept asking
me if I were Irish. I had on green and with the ears they thought I was
a leprechcaun. The chemo nurse who treated me last time, glanced at me
across the room and later told me that she couldn't believe that she
missed my pointed ears. She said "I know she had short hair but I don't
remember her ears being that pointed."



Chemo joke: 




An Irishman named Mike O'Leary went to his doctor after a long illness.
The doctor, after a lengthy examination, sighed and looked Mike in the
eye and said, "I've some bad news for you... you have a cancer known as
Galloping Leukemia and it can't be cured. I give you two weeks to a
month."


Mike, who was shocked and saddened by the news, but of solid character,
managed to compose himself and walk from the doctor's office into the
waiting room. There he saw his son, who had been waiting. Mike said,
"Son, we Irish celebrate when things are good and we celebrate when
things don't go so well. In this case, things aren't so well. I have
cancer and I've been given a short time to live. Let's head for the pub
and have a few pints."


After three or four pints, the two were feeling a little less somber.
There were some laughs, some tears, and more beers. They were eventually
approached by some of Mike's old friends who asked what the two were
celebrating. Mike told them that the Irish celebrate the good and the
bad. He went on to tell them that they were drinking to his impending
end. He told his friends, "I've only got a few weeks to live as I have
been diagnosed with AIDS." The friends gave O'Leary their condolences
and they all had a few more beers.


After his friends left, Mike's son leaned over and whispered in
confusion, "Dad, I thought you said that you were dying from cancer. You
just told your friends that you were dying from AIDS."



Bonnie 

ETN Zone 7 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com> 
To: gardenchat@hort.net 
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:13:21 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [CHAT] [Flickr] TNgardener (Bonnie Holmes) shared a Flickr
photostream with you 

Bonnie - your place is very lovely! And the gardens look great. Nice 
pics. How are you feeling? 

On 3/11/10, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote: 
> 
> Yes, it is very slow growing, is a beautiful gold in the fall, and 
> doesn't get too tall. It used to grow all over TN and Kentucky. When
I'm 
> over this chemo, I am going to try to reestablish it. 
> 
> 
> ETN Zone 7 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net> 
> To: gardenchat@hort.net 
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:44:22 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern

> Subject: Re: [CHAT] [Flickr] TNgardener (Bonnie Holmes) shared a
Flickr 
> photostream with you 
> 
> Professional doesn't matter, Bonnie. They're your photos, your beds. I

> commend you for getting the pictures taken. I used to be better about
it - 
> and that was when I used FILM. It's so much easier now with digital
and yet 
> I still forget to grab the camera. 
> 
> River cane - I don't know it. Is this it? : 
>
http://www.tva.gov/river/landandshore/stabilization/plants/river_cane.ht
m 
> 
> oh, and BTW - thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, for writing 
> "an" historic hard freeze. 
> 
> Kitty 
> neIN, Zone 5 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "BONNIE_HOLMES" <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> 
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net> 
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:09 PM 
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] [Flickr] TNgardener (Bonnie Holmes) shared a
Flickr 
> photostream with you 
> 
> 
> > Thanks, I know they are not professional but I enjoy having a record
of 
> > my beds, especially as they change with growth, etc. Somethings die 
> > along the way, too. We used to have a beautiful stand of river cane 
> > along the driveway but we had an historic hard freeze a couple of
years 
> > ago after things warmed up and they bit the dust. Any suggestions
from 
> > any of you wonderful gardeners? 
> > 
> > Bonnie 
> > ETN Zone 7 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com> 
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net 
> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:46:22 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
Eastern 
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] [Flickr] TNgardener (Bonnie Holmes) shared a
Flickr 
> > photostream with you 
> > 
> > Yes... what Jesse said. 
> > 
> > On Mar 11, 2010, at 9:30 AM, Jesse Bell wrote: 
> > 
> >> Very nice photos Bonnie! 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 3/10/10, Bonnie Holmes via Flickr <no- 
> >> reply-45565877N06@flickr.com> wrote: 
> >>> My photos 
> >>> http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0093009/gp/tngardener/d2esVj 
> >>> 
> >>> (By the way, if the photostream link doesn't work, try 
> >>> copying and pasting it from this email into your browser's 
> >>> address bar.) 
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Pam Evans 
Kemp TX 
zone 8A 

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