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In reply to the discussion: Jeff Tiedrich: Why the fuck would anybody voluntarily want to go back to that, it fucking sucked [View all]Walleye
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Jeff Tiedrich: Why the fuck would anybody voluntarily want to go back to that, it fucking sucked [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Nov 15
OP
I remember those days as well. I had all those diseases. And now I'm vulnerable to shingles because of Chickenpox
Walleye
Nov 15
#2
I concur - I had a patch the size of a 50 cent piece on my back near my belt line.
Probatim
Nov 15
#10
Great advice, I'm planning on doing that with my next Social Security check. Since Medicare doesn't cover , no part D
Walleye
Nov 15
#18
I don't have a Medicare part D prescription drug plan. Many of the new benefits depend on getting one of those.
Walleye
Nov 15
#48
Get the shingles shots. There are a series of 2. I recently got the measles, mumps, rubella and others shots also.
camartinwv
Saturday
#66
I remember lining up in first grade for the polio shot, when it was finally invented. We loved it we were allowed to go
Walleye
Nov 15
#21
They're brainwashed. They've been led down a rathole of rightwing media propaganda over the last 40 years.
diane in sf
Nov 15
#39
I like dipshit, was one of my boyfriend's favorite words about any dumb lightweight guy
Walleye
Saturday
#68
"I think I read a story a few years ago about somebody surviving rabies so
struggle4progress
Nov 15
#7
Most Americans of the present have never seen polio, so it doesn't exist.
DJ Synikus Makisimus
Nov 15
#8
I Remember the kids who showed up with braces on their legs. And they were the lucky ones.
Walleye
Nov 15
#35
They were in every single school I ever went to. No ramps or other architectural help. If they couldn't climb stairs...
Hekate
Saturday
#74
I know one who now happily supports Covid Kim, but used to "rep" Sanders. That person fell into a warren of rabbit...
xocetaceans
Nov 15
#24
Jeff Tiedrich: Why the fuck would anybody voluntarily want to go back to that, it fucking sucked
ironman99
Nov 15
#11
I had chicken pox. I had measles and mumps at the same time. My parents thought I was going to die.
rsdsharp
Nov 15
#16
Holy hell, I remember kids in school during the early 60s who had to wear leg braces due to Polio.
Ziggysmom
Nov 15
#19
Spewing nonsense as an author of shitty books is very different than as an officer in a position of power.
Shermann
Nov 15
#32
I had everything but mumps and, fortunately, polio. This entire episode had me remembering when I was
Vinca
Nov 15
#37
Sounds like Tiedrich and I are the same age, because I also remember it vividly & it was awful
Hekate
Saturday
#69