re: Would you guys help me? (3/12/18 8:00 am Update is on Pg. 54)

Posted by hehatedrew

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 7:39 am to KosmoCramer

Voted

Posted by OTIS2

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 8:11 am to hehatedrew

Posted by bossflossjr

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 8:16 am to MeridianDog

6491

Posted by Panny Crickets

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 8:36 am to bossflossjr

6503.

Posted by Centinel

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 8:52 am to MeridianDog

6507

Daily vote complete.

Posted by Gris Gris

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 10:10 am to MeridianDog

There's something strange about this contest. I was going through the pages of dishes and, for example, there's a dish of pasta with anchovies and olives that appears on nearly every page and sometimes, twice. No votes yet, but it appears repeatedly.

Posted by cj35

Member since Jan 2014

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 3:40 pm to cj35

voted again multiple times

Cannelloni 6534
Veal Piccata 666
Ricotta Cheesecake 734
Penne Pasta with Chicken and Fungus 624

Posted by MeridianDog

Home on the range

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 4:06 pm to Gris Gris

quote:
There's something strange about this contest. I was going through the pages of dishes and, for example, there's a dish of pasta with anchovies and olives that appears on nearly every page and sometimes, twice. No votes yet, but it appears repeatedly.

I have seen this too. My favorite one looks a little like a wedge of Alfredo pizza. It is displayed on almost every page - maybe six or eight times across the postings, with never any votes recorded. I assume some dummy keeps entering it day after day.

The latest funny one is that red/white/blue flag birthday cake for (the captain?) I think it appears three times now, except the person uses a different description for each entry.

I explain them to myself as the actions of either spammers or dummies.

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My latest worry is I am having some medical problems - they came up last week. Diagnosed as Atrial Flutter probably caused by my old open heart surgery - when they replaced my mitral valve. Until I get this properly addressed, I am not a candidate for international travel. I am currently seeing my buddies at Jackson Heart and they seem to know what they are doing - first drugs for six weeks, then if they don't work, shocking my heart (defibrillation) under sedation to attempt to restore proper rhythm that way and finally RF ablation as a last resort. This is the latest of a string of "it can happen after open heart surgery" disappointments.

At the moment, I am sort of recliner bound and on a series of new drugs designed to slow down my heart/pulse rate, keep blood pressure up, and chemically restore the proper atrial/ventral rhythm.

Oh well, as my youngest son says, "It is what it is."

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Posted by cj35

Member since Jan 2014

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 4:13 pm to MeridianDog

MD, I will keep you in my prayers that you recover in time to take your trip to Italy. In the meantime we will all keep doing our part to make the trip happen.

Posted by LSUEnvy

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 4:16 pm to MeridianDog

Well shite big dawg sorry to hear that. Maybe if you win the trip you can pick a different departure date?

Posted by hungryone

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 4:18 pm to MeridianDog

Be careful with that a-flutter. My dad's a-fib, untreated, led to stroke/vision loss. Let those good docs keep you ticking.

Posted by Gris Gris

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 5:35 pm to MeridianDog

Prayers your way, MD. I hope it all gets straightened out. Perhaps the trip doesn't have dates certain at this time and could still be worked out. We'll keep voting and you keep us updated. Take care of yourself!

Posted by MeridianDog

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 7:07 pm to MeridianDog

Thanks for the good thoughts guys. The trip (minor concern at the moment) will be in the last half of the year and this needs to be fixed before that.

Just feel like crap at the moment. The atrium chamber is beating faster than the ventricle chamber, so the heart is not pumping very well. They know what to do to fix this, just not happy with all of the options to fix it.

Maybe Coater will weigh in with an opinion. What do you say Coater. I believe my trust in Dr. Guynes is well justified. I like him just as much (well maybe a tad less) than my Cardiologist from Meridian, who saved my life at least twice.

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Posted by cj35

Member since Jan 2014

6153 posts

Posted on 2/27/18 at 7:58 pm to cj35

voted again multiple times

Cannelloni 6543
Veal Piccata 667
Ricotta Cheesecake 735
Penne Pasta with Chicken and Fungus 625

Posted by cj35

Member since Jan 2014

6153 posts

Posted on 2/27/18 at 9:15 pm to cj35

voted again multiple times

Cannelloni 6548
Veal Piccata 670
Ricotta Cheesecake 738
Penne Pasta with Chicken and Fungus 628

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Posted by baylorbaiter

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 9:24 pm to cj35

6551

Posted by hehatedrew

New Zealand

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 9:41 pm to MeridianDog

Praying for you and your health, but also for this trip, ha. I know what it's like to have heart trouble. I have A-fib. Used to not worry about it but do more now that I'm getting older(at least I think I am). Take care of yourself. Let us take care of getting you to Italy

Posted by MeridianDog

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Posted on 2/27/18 at 10:55 pm to MeridianDog

Voting Update for End-Of-Day (11:00 pm) 02/27/2018

Date
.2/14....2/15....2/16......2/17......2/18......2/19......2/20......2/21......2/22.....2/23....2/24....2/25....2/26....2/27

MD’s Cannelloni
4889....4966....5130....5353....5453....5556....5659....5716....5833....5935....6186....6325....6460....6556
M'room soup Chic
1887....2095....2305....2536....2721....2933....3159....3349....3588....3795....3987....4231....4466....4732
Pastry wrap pear
1550....1725....1898....2077....2251.....2448....2667....2850....3124....3342....3575....3851....4189....4542
Gelato
1035....1244....1466....1695....1887....2105....2338....2537....2817....3058....3283....3558....3648....4137
MD’s cheesecake
..471......500......534.......549.....567......589.......620......636......653......672......674......701......721......738
MD’s Veal Picatta
..406......435......464.......480.....500......525......556.......570......587......606......608......633......653.....670
MD’s Chick pasta
..377......405......433.......449.....466......489......517.......532......548......565......568......594......612......628
Chipolte Pasta
..463......463......463.......465.....465......465......465.......465......466......466......466......466......466......466
Steak on grill
..380......382......384.......385.....386......386......387.......387......388......388......389......390......390......390

MD's Cannelloni had a pretty good day today, thanks to help from a lot of friends. The 2nd - 4th place recipe entries still all have strong daily support. We will see what happens with them as time goes by.

These are the links for voting on my entries. Asking you to vote on all of them was a flirtation that was foolish. The only one that stands a chance of remaining in the top three vote getters is the Cannelloni:

Cannelloni

MD's Cheesecake

Veal Piccata

MDs Pasta with chicken and mushrooms

As always, thanks for your help. You can vote for my recipes once a day.

Meridiandog

This post was edited on 2/27/18 at 10:56 pm

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