{"id":3644,"date":"2019-10-18T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2019-10-16T23:15:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T03:15:02","slug":"minor-personal-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/18\/minor-personal-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor personal milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hope you don&#8217;t mind my sharing, but I&#8217;m now officially a 10 gallon (38 liter) blood donor.  That&#8217;s 80 separate donations!    \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"660\" data-attachment-id=\"3645\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/18\/minor-personal-milestone\/10gallonblooddonor\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10gallonblooddonor.jpg?fit=600%2C660&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,660\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10gallonblooddonor\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10gallonblooddonor.jpg?fit=600%2C660&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10gallonblooddonor.jpg?resize=600%2C660&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10gallonblooddonor.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10gallonblooddonor.jpg?resize=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you a blood donor? It&#8217;s easy: Each donation usually takes only 15 minutes or so actually donating; only involves a very brief discomfort (come on &#8212; don&#8217;t be a wimp!); and can literally save lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info\/Set up a donation: <a aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/ (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\" class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><strong>Permalink: <a href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=3644\">https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=3644<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"104\" height=\"6\" data-attachment-id=\"1999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/around-boston-the-nearly-snowless-winter-continues\/seperator-short-grey\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"104,6\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SEPERATOR short grey\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?resize=104%2C6\" alt=\"[seperator]\" class=\"wp-image-1999\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><strong>COMMENT \/ QUESTION<\/strong>  on <strong>THIS ITEM?<\/strong> <em>See the<\/em> <strong>Comment box<\/strong> <em>at bottom of this page!<\/em><br><b><em><br><\/em>NEW QUESTION? <\/b><em>Ask<\/em><b> <u><font color=\"#000117\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/font><\/u><\/b>!<br><br>(<em>Want free notification of new content? 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