Good Time Lunch Meet

[carlie]

Wow,

Meeting people for lunch today was a really nice break for me.

Sir Flip is just a huggable sweetie- pie.

He doesn't know it yet ... but.... I ate twice ! ! !

Terry and I hung out there until 5:00 and I thought what the heck,

and couldn't stop thinking about all the good food so I had to get

a little more.

The messages on Terry's truck are just wonderful. I really admire

him coming out of the closet, standing strong and letting so many

people know how it really is.

John, I think he is a very knowledgeable, softspoken, humble man

and it was a pleasure to meet him.

OK -- how about next we all start emailing Berta for a hadit picnic

at her place !!! I can just picture about 50 of us popping in. lol

Thank you my hadit buddies for making my day.......today.

carlie

[Guest Namvet6567]

Thank you Carla! I really enjoyed myself, also and wished I could have stayed longer but wanted to be home before dark. I'm surprised they didn't throw you out!!! It's a good we had our own section. I'll try to do it again before I return west. Meeting John, his wife, Linda and Terry was great!!! I could have had a longer visit with everyone if they'd shown up early, like I always do. ;-)

[Guest Berta]

Terry- you are such a hoot!

Flip is Very hugable and I bet you ALL are! That was very nice to toast TBird.

So much VA knowledge- all in one place -at once!

Carlie- I think I better get those cow pies out of the pasture before you all get here-

Actually we could have a picnic and then play 'Toss the cow pies.' (It helps when they dry out first)

That is actually the big fun up here- I live in the boonies-more cows than people-

Terry -I need to meet some of your imaginary friends to stimulate my intellect.

The local yokels are not dumb at all- dont get me wrong-they just talk gossip a lot-

and the bad part is -there isnt much to gossip about around here at all-

so they usually just make stuff up.

[john999]

It was a nice lunch. It was funny because the folks in person were not that much different than on hadit.

I feel like I have known everybody for years. We all have been working our claims for 20-30 years. Every vet has a strange tale regarding their experiences with the VA.

[Guest Berta]

John - you were there too? and the wife????

Boy- I wish I had been there too---

I like what you said and certainly feel I have know many of you for a long time----too-

John- I think you were the very first hadit vet that emailed me- many years ago when I came aboard.

[Tbird]

so glad to hear how well it turned out...and thank you for the toast it was very kind of you all. let me know if you want to get together in st louis some time.

[john999]

Berta

My poor wife was hearing all the VA lingo and I don't think she knew what we were talking about , so I did not let her suffer too long listening to us debate how the VA has screwed us in the past. If you had showed up we would have had the Hadit brain trust there all at once. I could not get over the fact that the VA insists Carlie is a man and won't pay for her child. If the VA can screw up that bad nothing is impossible.