What's scorching your groove today? - Page 53

monster · 05-01-2012, 09:11 PM

me.

jimhelm · 05-03-2012, 05:52 PM

Uncle Biff has stage 4 fucking lung cancer.

Shit.

zippyt · 05-03-2012, 06:46 PM

Sorry to hear this Jim

Clodfobble · 05-03-2012, 07:08 PM

Sorry, Jim.

jimhelm · 05-03-2012, 07:20 PM

Yah. I love biff. Hes my crazy uncle.

Aliantha · 05-03-2012, 07:31 PM

Sorry about your uncle Jim. It sux. How old is he? Has he at least had a good life up till now? Is a transplant out of the question?

jimhelm · 05-03-2012, 08:36 PM

I don't know a lot about it, but I think stage 4 means you're toast. Those were his words to my dad. "I'm toast"

He smoked most of his life, and ate and drank too much forever. He's always smiling, making fun, teasing, etc. He had a heart attack at 54..while riding his Harley and fell off.... I think he's 64 now.

His wife, Linda is the sweetest person in the whole world. I can't imagine what this is doing to her.

fuckshitdamnpisshell

Aliantha · 05-03-2012, 09:26 PM

I've been sitting here for half an hour trying to think of something inspirational or helpful to say but nothing is coming.

I'm really sorry your family will be going through this Jim. It's just horrible and I'm just really sorry for you all.

glatt · 05-03-2012, 09:43 PM

I'm sorry Jim. That sucks. Fuck cancer.

jimhelm · 05-03-2012, 11:04 PM

thanks.

Biff is a lot like my brother Todd. or vice versa.... i guess.

He was the one that always got caught for doing the stupid shit young men do. So I guess it's in keeping that he would get caught by the C. I think it sucks though. I mean... 64 is old, and all....(no it isn't) but it seems like he should just live forever... I guess it's going to begin soon... my older generation fading or failing.... My dad is too heavy, but otherwise hale. his side lives into their 90s. mostly. I dunno, I think he burned his candle pretty well. At one time, when arcade games were new, and I was a kid, Biff held the misslecommand record score. I had the impression that it was like...national, but it was probably just the machine in his pool hall. 3 million. that just takes tenacity and a lot of beer.

damn. I gotta get down to Charlotte before he goes... before he's too sick from the chemo or whatever.... fuckity fuck fuck. It is a shit way for him to go. he should die n a 100+ mph car crash like Sam Kinnison. if he's gonna die, I mean.

bleh

classicman · 05-03-2012, 11:49 PM

Damn Jim. Sorry to hear.

That really sucks. Fuck cancer.

jimhelm · 05-04-2012, 12:07 AM

This is the most recent picture I have of Biff. His real name is Charles, but... well look at him. Biff, right? He's on the left. My Dad on the right, dogs between. Sophie on top of the dog pile is my dad's best friend, and constant companion. Her sister's are Biffs. I don't know their names just now.

My dad just sent me this picture a few days ago. From the uncommonly serious expression on Biff's face, I assume they were discussing the topic at hand. This was, I expect taken after the PET scan, but before the meeting with the oncologist, which took place today. sigh.
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THIS is how Biff presents in my minds eye. Always razzing my dad, and trying to kiss him.... which always makes my dad splutter and fuss...This was taken in 1998 at my wedding. He borrowed jinx's Step father's(Chuck) fancy Cigar Lighter at one point, and returned it by sliding it down 4 or 5 feet of the bar to him. Chuck was appalled, and would bring it up for YEARS.. I mean like 12 years... afterwards. Uncle Biff was sooo Boorish. ha. eat a dick, chuck.

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jimhelm · 05-04-2012, 12:12 AM

ok.. sorry. enough of this. shit happens.

lets go back to some more shallowly scorched grooves, shall we?

I think the Flyers lost again tonight.. and to those dicks, the NJ Devils. I hate them, and I don't even like hockey.

Aliantha · 05-04-2012, 01:06 AM

You resemble your uncle Jim.

limey · 05-04-2012, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

You resemble your uncle Jim.

Yes, you do.
I'm sorry your family is going through this.

05-01-2012, 09:11 PM	#781
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	me. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-03-2012, 05:52 PM	#782
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Uncle Biff has stage 4 fucking lung cancer. Shit. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

05-03-2012, 06:46 PM	#783
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Sorry to hear this Jim __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-03-2012, 07:08 PM	#784
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Sorry, Jim. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-03-2012, 07:20 PM	#785
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Yah. I love biff. Hes my crazy uncle. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

05-03-2012, 07:31 PM	#786
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Sorry about your uncle Jim. It sux. How old is he? Has he at least had a good life up till now? Is a transplant out of the question? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-03-2012, 08:36 PM	#787
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	I don't know a lot about it, but I think stage 4 means you're toast. Those were his words to my dad. "I'm toast" He smoked most of his life, and ate and drank too much forever. He's always smiling, making fun, teasing, etc. He had a heart attack at 54..while riding his Harley and fell off.... I think he's 64 now. His wife, Linda is the sweetest person in the whole world. I can't imagine what this is doing to her. fuckshitdamnpisshell __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

05-03-2012, 09:26 PM	#788
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I've been sitting here for half an hour trying to think of something inspirational or helpful to say but nothing is coming. I'm really sorry your family will be going through this Jim. It's just horrible and I'm just really sorry for you all. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-03-2012, 09:43 PM	#789
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm sorry Jim. That sucks. Fuck cancer.

05-03-2012, 11:04 PM	#790
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	thanks. Biff is a lot like my brother Todd. or vice versa.... i guess. He was the one that always got caught for doing the stupid shit young men do. So I guess it's in keeping that he would get caught by the C. I think it sucks though. I mean... 64 is old, and all....(no it isn't) but it seems like he should just live forever... I guess it's going to begin soon... my older generation fading or failing.... My dad is too heavy, but otherwise hale. his side lives into their 90s. mostly. I dunno, I think he burned his candle pretty well. At one time, when arcade games were new, and I was a kid, Biff held the misslecommand record score. I had the impression that it was like...national, but it was probably just the machine in his pool hall. 3 million. that just takes tenacity and a lot of beer. damn. I gotta get down to Charlotte before he goes... before he's too sick from the chemo or whatever.... fuckity fuck fuck. It is a shit way for him to go. he should die n a 100+ mph car crash like Sam Kinnison. if he's gonna die, I mean. bleh __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

05-03-2012, 11:49 PM	#791
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Damn Jim. Sorry to hear. That really sucks. Fuck cancer. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-04-2012, 12:07 AM	#792
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	This is the most recent picture I have of Biff. His real name is Charles, but... well look at him. Biff, right? He's on the left. My Dad on the right, dogs between. Sophie on top of the dog pile is my dad's best friend, and constant companion. Her sister's are Biffs. I don't know their names just now. My dad just sent me this picture a few days ago. From the uncommonly serious expression on Biff's face, I assume they were discussing the topic at hand. This was, I expect taken after the PET scan, but before the meeting with the oncologist, which took place today. sigh. THIS is how Biff presents in my minds eye. Always razzing my dad, and trying to kiss him.... which always makes my dad splutter and fuss...This was taken in 1998 at my wedding. He borrowed jinx's Step father's(Chuck) fancy Cigar Lighter at one point, and returned it by sliding it down 4 or 5 feet of the bar to him. Chuck was appalled, and would bring it up for YEARS.. I mean like 12 years... afterwards. Uncle Biff was sooo Boorish. ha. eat a dick, chuck. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

05-04-2012, 12:12 AM	#793
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	ok.. sorry. enough of this. shit happens. lets go back to some more shallowly scorched grooves, shall we? I think the Flyers lost again tonight.. and to those dicks, the NJ Devils. I hate them, and I don't even like hockey. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

05-04-2012, 01:06 AM	#794
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	You resemble your uncle Jim. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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