What's upsetting you today? - Page 398

xoxoxoBruce · 10-30-2010, 07:44 PM

That's why we see these amber alerts for fathers taking off with their children. Everybody wonders what's wrong with the guy, why would he do such a thing. Since the Family Courts view the fathers as simply a cash flow, he's got no chance of them listening to his worries about the welfare of the children.

Sundae · 10-31-2010, 09:04 AM

Sorry to be so slow catching up on sorrows.

Dani, that scenario is all too common.
Nanny was only taken seriously when she lost the use of her arm completely.
She was immediately taken to hospital, the tumour was discovered after days of tests and she went from there to the hospice and from the hospice back home to die.
The same happened to my Mum's close friend, B. She had a lively chocolate Lab (a foolish gift for such a tiny woman) and her back and shoulder pains were blamed on walking him - to be fair he was pretty much out of control. Nope, it was galloping cancer, diagnosed too late for much help. She lasted longer than Nanny, but that was scant comfort to her family as she was much younger.

I'm so sorry about your Auntie. My love to you and yours.

And to everyone else suffering - esp the guitarist, who seems to be in a world of spiteful hurt for which he is blameless.

DanaC · 11-15-2010, 07:24 PM

Auntie Stella (aka 'my other mother') died this morning, 5 weeks and two days after she was diagnosed with cancer.

I'm not distraught. She hasn't been so much a part of my day to day life in recent years. But I am saddened. Particularly for Mum and Jaqs and Uncle Ron: the three remaining siblings. And especially for Rachie, the youngest daughter (31), whose sister and brother are so far away at this time when she really needs them. And for Shirls and Ste: who are so far away when they need to be close.

I went to see her on Thursday. First time I'd seen her in about two years. Was bit shocking really.

Ach damn. What a strange thing death is.

There's loads more I want to say, and probably will at some point. Mainly about stuff that's angered or frustrated us. But having just spent two and half hours trying to decode and then grade my undergrad's 'article review' assignments, I have lost the capacity to make coherent points :P

Anyway. Please raise a glass to Auntie Stella: kind, strong, and a damn good laugh.

Griff · 11-15-2010, 07:38 PM

Sorry D.

fuck cancer

xoxoxoBruce · 11-15-2010, 08:50 PM

Not a glass, just a can, but it is done.

DanaC · 11-16-2010, 08:30 PM

Thanks guys. *smiles*

Clodfobble · 11-16-2010, 10:31 PM

Sorry, Dana. Give your mom a hug from all of us.

monster · 11-17-2010, 08:22 PM

The little shit that's tormenting my kid at school

Gravdigr · 11-19-2010, 02:49 PM

My best friend died four years ago yesterday. And I completely missed it. I don't know that ever did anything but sit around and talk about ppl, play video games, BBQ, and laugh our asses off. We did manage to smoke an incredible amount of pot. If laughter makes you live longer, I thought we would both live forever. But, alas...he was 36.

Fuck pills.

classicman · 11-19-2010, 03:22 PM

Sorry - Digr - I think we've all lost someone to those damn pills.
Oxy is a really dangerous thing to mess with.

Gravdigr · 11-19-2010, 03:26 PM

Who said 'oxy'?

classicman · 11-19-2010, 03:56 PM

me. I assumed that was the pill you were referring to. sorry.

fo0hzy · 11-20-2010, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

My best friend died four years ago yesterday...

..We did manage to smoke an incredible amount of pot.

Sorry for your loss.

My best friend was murdered in '98. Over pot and his disability money. His body was found in Thornapple river three weeks later.

Yay marijuana.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-20-2010, 03:47 AM

That wasn't the pot's fault. If they'd smoked it, the only thing murdered would be fritos.

fo0hzy · 11-20-2010, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That wasn't the pot's fault. If they'd smoked it, the only thing murdered would be fritos.

That's one way of looking at it.

Or you could say he was beaten near to death for his pot and the robbery was secondary (fact - from court transcripts), and he was dumped into the river and left to drown.

But yeah, pot is a victimless drug.

10-30-2010, 07:44 PM	#5956
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's why we see these amber alerts for fathers taking off with their children. Everybody wonders what's wrong with the guy, why would he do such a thing. Since the Family Courts view the fathers as simply a cash flow, he's got no chance of them listening to his worries about the welfare of the children. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-15-2010, 07:38 PM	#5959
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Sorry D. fuck cancer __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-15-2010, 08:50 PM	#5960
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not a glass, just a can, but it is done. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-16-2010, 10:31 PM	#5962
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Sorry, Dana. Give your mom a hug from all of us. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-17-2010, 08:22 PM	#5963
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	The little shit that's tormenting my kid at school __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-31-2010, 09:04 AM	#5957
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Sorry to be so slow catching up on sorrows. Dani, that scenario is all too common. Nanny was only taken seriously when she lost the use of her arm completely. She was immediately taken to hospital, the tumour was discovered after days of tests and she went from there to the hospice and from the hospice back home to die. The same happened to my Mum's close friend, B. She had a lively chocolate Lab (a foolish gift for such a tiny woman) and her back and shoulder pains were blamed on walking him - to be fair he was pretty much out of control. Nope, it was galloping cancer, diagnosed too late for much help. She lasted longer than Nanny, but that was scant comfort to her family as she was much younger. I'm so sorry about your Auntie. My love to you and yours. And to everyone else suffering - esp the guitarist, who seems to be in a world of spiteful hurt for which he is blameless.

11-19-2010, 02:49 PM	#5964
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	What's upsetting me today? My best friend died four years ago yesterday. And I completely missed it. I don't know that ever did anything but sit around and talk about ppl, play video games, BBQ, and laugh our asses off. We did manage to smoke an incredible amount of pot. If laughter makes you live longer, I thought we would both live forever. But, alas...he was 36. Fuck pills. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-19-2010, 03:22 PM	#5965
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Sorry - Digr - I think we've all lost someone to those damn pills. Oxy is a really dangerous thing to mess with. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-19-2010, 03:26 PM	#5966
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Who said 'oxy'? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-19-2010, 03:56 PM	#5967
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	me. I assumed that was the pill you were referring to. sorry. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-20-2010, 03:47 AM	#5969
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That wasn't the pot's fault. If they'd smoked it, the only thing murdered would be fritos. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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