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WizardofEngland
WizardofEngland
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December 6th, 2010 at 4:42:18 AM permalink
My friend has no arms (no lower arms), and he runs poker events for me, he can do everything except shuffle cards, and we have recently been teaching him to shuffle chips which he can do with two stacks of five now. I don't even notice any more. Someone once said "there is a guy over there with no arms", I had to look to see who he was talking about. He also only has one leg. But he is totally fine with it, often making jokes about getting "no hands" while playing poker.
http://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/general/10042-woes-black-sheep-game-ii/#post151727
rxwine
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December 7th, 2010 at 1:56:42 AM permalink
Speaking of smoking killing you, I was just reading an article about a Pearl Harbor survivor and came across this:

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There, a few medics attempted to treat the injured. Since Roosevelt was uninjured, but had no medical experience, they assigned him the task of lighting cigarettes and handing them to severely injured men.

He thought he was giving them a little nicotine relief.

"Later I learned that they had what are called gut shots - they were hurt so bad the cigarette drag killed them. I remember, they would take one puff, and go ahhh," Roosevelt said, rolling his head back and closing his eyes.

The medics had assigned the then 17-year-old Roosevelt to put the men - some with huge wounds in their chest or missing their legs - out of their misery.



http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_16794250
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