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Raven

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:) in pain*hysterical
It's so strange to take exams in my new high school hahaha, when students are all the top students in their former class, and I did well in Chemistry and English...but it introduced me to be the worst student in Physics (such an unforgettable and unforgiven experience so I will never let it happen again, believe me)
*bounce
 

1964dodge

Has a frog in the family
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:) in pain*hysterical
It's so strange to take exams in my new high school hahaha, when students are all the top students in their former class, and I did well in Chemistry and English...but it introduced me to be the worst student in Physics (such an unforgettable and unforgiven experience so I will never let it happen again, believe me)
*bounce
I know that you'll do well and make everybody proud of you as I hope you'll be proud of yourself...mike...*hug
 

SillyOldBear

Teddy Bears Rule! 🐻
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Ernie is such a wonderful man. His wife, of 70 years, died about 3 years ago. I met them at church. An extraordinary couple. He is housebound now unless kids, grandkids or great grandkids take him somewhere. Sounds like people from church he attended for over 50 years are even ignoring him now. That church has really changed. Am glad I have no part of it anymore. But I love listening to Ernie's stories. Farm stories from Kansas so many years ago.
 

1964dodge

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Ernie is such a wonderful man. His wife, of 70 years, died about 3 years ago. I met them at church. An extraordinary couple. He is housebound now unless kids, grandkids or great grandkids take him somewhere. Sounds like people from church he attended for over 50 years are even ignoring him now. That church has really changed. Am glad I have no part of it anymore. But I love listening to Ernie's stories. Farm stories from Kansas so many years ago.
he sounds like a fascinating man..mike...*hug
 

kdm

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101-year-old crosses finish line at Ohio State 4 Miler

When she reached the north end zone inside Ohio Stadium, Lois "Marge" Stroebel rose from her wheelchair, shed the sleeping bag she'd been bundled into like the stuffings of a burrito, and, powered by her own determination, headed straight for the 50-yard line

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Now, she wasn't exactly bee-lining toward the big "O" at the center of the field, and her gray Nike sneakers weren't leaving any smoke trails, but give her a break. She is 101 years old, after all.



After walking those last 50 yards and crossing the finish line at the seventh annual Ohio State 4 Miler to cheers, high-fives and a special acknowledgement from M3S Sports Race Director David Babner (who mistakenly announced Saturday was her birthday, thought it was in September), Stroebel said she wasn't even tired.
"I didn't do anything but sit here," she said with a laugh as she pointed to her posse. "They did all the work."
This is the second year that Stroebel has completed the race, the largest of its kind in the country with 15,000 walkers and runners wending their way through the Ohio State University campus and ending up on the Buckeye football field. Stroebel and her granddaughter, Beth Kreger, travel from Vandalia, near Dayton, and Kreger's friends and co-workers, Scott and Wendy Tharp, come from Lancaster to join in.
Scott Tharp ran the whole 4 miles pushing Stroebel in her transport wheelchair (that means it has small wheels) while his wife and Kreger ran interference.
"Look out! We've got Grandma!" they yelled as they zigged and zagged through the sea of people. "Beep beep. Grandma's coming through!"
The 4 Miler raises money each year to benefit the Urban and Shelley Meyer Fund for Cancer Research, which goes to Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center. Saturday's event raised more than $100,000.
It took an hour to get everyone off the starting line, and the runners included everyone from parents pushing babies in strollers to Stroebel, who was the oldest participant. The race had, however, 194 registered runners who were over 70, including one who was 85.
Stroebel's foursome shaved 10 minutes off their time from last year, finishing in 56 minutes and 3 seconds.
The small wheels on the transport chair meant it wasn't the steadiest thing on the route. Scott Tharp said his hands were numb at the end of the race from gripping it so tightly to keep control.
"It was sure bouncy and bumpy," agreed Stroebel, who seemed to not understand what all the fuss over her was about. She still lives alone, after all, and she cooks her own meals, dresses herself and never misses her regular bridge game. Until three years ago, she still golfed regularly.
She has been a rabid Ohio State football fan as long as she can remember. But last year when Kreger, a triathlete, suggested her Gram compete in her first-ever race at Ohio Stadium, it surprised her.
"Why, I thought she was crazy!," Stroebel said of the idea. Now, she has two race medals in her collection. "We have a lot of fun."

!!!!! GO GRANNY GO !!!!!!
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