Down here at the pawn shop - Page 65

Griff · 01-24-2014, 06:36 PM

That was nice Tony. Sometimes we just don't know.

lumberjim · 01-24-2014, 09:39 PM

Old man probably never told his kids he was proud of them either. I bet mom heard it though. Have you told Don what she said?

Sorry you lost a buddy, ute... I hope you can use what you learned from him to add another facet to your own particular idiom. That way he isn't entirely gone from you... And you.... Well... We constantly change and absorb other people's influences, dont we.

Undertoad · 01-24-2014, 09:51 PM

Don that is... no real names in the thread

Yes. I agree 100%: we are a product of every person we've ever come in contact with. With every interaction, we share parts of ourselves, even if we don't mean to, and we change. We may not even know that it's happening. It's the Star Wars force. It links us together with a power we don't even completely understand.

I'm going to Don's on Sunday to sit Shiva with them. Maybe mom will be there. I hope she will be, and that she talks about him.

lumberjim · 01-24-2014, 10:04 PM

Right. Don. Sorry, Tommy.

lumberjim · 01-24-2014, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

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I'm going to Don's on Sunday to sit Shiva with them.

Just don't get confused and shit Siva.

Elspode · 01-24-2014, 11:39 PM

This is a shining example of why The Cellar is the best fucking place on the Internet. The tale of the old man's passing and its effect on you, Toad, comes across like a story told across a campfire, with toasts raised to the departed, amongst family of choice and old and vital friends.

I make very little delineation between my Cellar family and my family of choice/lifelong friends IRL. In fact, in some ways, the Cellar is better, because it is like being involved with people in a near literary manner. That's fuckin' special.

My condolences to you, UT. I am not at all surprised that you found that you were appreciated and admired. After all, we've been appreciating and admiring you for a minute or two already.

Undertoad · 01-25-2014, 06:56 AM

That is nice of you to say.

Big Sarge · 01-25-2014, 05:06 PM

I'm sorry you lost a friend, but I'm glad you found out how much he thought of you. UT, I hope you realize how highly we think of you too.

orthodoc · 01-25-2014, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

There's beauty in a moment like that.

I mean, it sucks, because you have the grief, and because he's gone. But all of you coming together to honor him and to be there for one another. And you're meeting lots of people for the first time, but you all share this common link. You're connected.

It's like some weird blend of grief and sorrow and community and warmth.

Beautifully said, glatt. That's just what a funeral will, ideally, generate ... connection, community, and warmth in the context of loss, remembrance, appreciation.

My condolences, UT.

Molasar · 01-26-2014, 02:49 AM

I'm lucky that haven't done many funerals yet, but the thing I have noticed is that there's a lot of people collected together missing the dead person but almost invariably there's an undercurrent of good-spirited bonhomie, people are desperate to have a bit of fun remembering the dead one but nobody dares to be the first to do so (laugh, smile,...) openly and honestly.

orthodoc · 01-26-2014, 03:21 AM

In my experience, the wake is where the release of tension comes and the expressions of warmth and community make themselves felt. At least, in the Protestant world. The Orthodox funeral and wake are decidedly more loss and grief-focused, even though the clergy wear white Easter/Paschal vestments. It's an interesting dichotomy. Not the focus of this thread, however.

Undertoad · 01-30-2014, 10:39 AM

Cow orker reports this today:

Enthusiastic customer: "I have a charm! Can you tell me what it's worth!?"
Steve: "You have a zipper pull."

sexobon · 01-31-2014, 03:19 PM

Do people bring in dental gold (i.e. gold caps)?

Undertoad · 01-31-2014, 03:48 PM

I have never seen it happen.

sexobon · 02-01-2014, 09:34 PM

I was just curious. Googling "dental gold", I found this pawn shop advertisement to be most interesting: http://www.royalpayscash.com/whereto...dinchicago.htm

01-24-2014, 06:36 PM	#961
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That was nice Tony. Sometimes we just don't know. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-24-2014, 09:39 PM	#962
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Old man probably never told his kids he was proud of them either. I bet mom heard it though. Have you told Don what she said? Sorry you lost a buddy, ute... I hope you can use what you learned from him to add another facet to your own particular idiom. That way he isn't entirely gone from you... And you.... Well... We constantly change and absorb other people's influences, dont we. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-24-2014, 10:04 PM	#964
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Right. Don. Sorry, Tommy. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-24-2014, 11:39 PM	#966
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	This is a shining example of why The Cellar is the best fucking place on the Internet. The tale of the old man's passing and its effect on you, Toad, comes across like a story told across a campfire, with toasts raised to the departed, amongst family of choice and old and vital friends. I make very little delineation between my Cellar family and my family of choice/lifelong friends IRL. In fact, in some ways, the Cellar is better, because it is like being involved with people in a near literary manner. That's fuckin' special. My condolences to you, UT. I am not at all surprised that you found that you were appreciated and admired. After all, we've been appreciating and admiring you for a minute or two already. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-25-2014, 05:06 PM	#968
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	I'm sorry you lost a friend, but I'm glad you found out how much he thought of you. UT, I hope you realize how highly we think of you too. __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

01-24-2014, 09:51 PM	#963
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Don that is... no real names in the thread Yes. I agree 100%: we are a product of every person we've ever come in contact with. With every interaction, we share parts of ourselves, even if we don't mean to, and we change. We may not even know that it's happening. It's the Star Wars force. It links us together with a power we don't even completely understand. I'm going to Don's on Sunday to sit Shiva with them. Maybe mom will be there. I hope she will be, and that she talks about him.

01-25-2014, 06:56 AM	#967
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That is nice of you to say.

01-26-2014, 02:49 AM	#970
Molasar Part-time superhero (off shift right now, leave a message) Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 211	I'm lucky that haven't done many funerals yet, but the thing I have noticed is that there's a lot of people collected together missing the dead person but almost invariably there's an undercurrent of good-spirited bonhomie, people are desperate to have a bit of fun remembering the dead one but nobody dares to be the first to do so (laugh, smile,...) openly and honestly. __________________ The only dumb question is the one you didn't ask.

01-26-2014, 03:21 AM	#971
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	In my experience, the wake is where the release of tension comes and the expressions of warmth and community make themselves felt. At least, in the Protestant world. The Orthodox funeral and wake are decidedly more loss and grief-focused, even though the clergy wear white Easter/Paschal vestments. It's an interesting dichotomy. Not the focus of this thread, however. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

01-30-2014, 10:39 AM	#972
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Cow orker reports this today: Enthusiastic customer: "I have a charm! Can you tell me what it's worth!?" Steve: "You have a zipper pull."

01-31-2014, 03:19 PM	#973
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Do people bring in dental gold (i.e. gold caps)?

01-31-2014, 03:48 PM	#974
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I have never seen it happen.

02-01-2014, 09:34 PM	#975
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	I was just curious. Googling "dental gold", I found this pawn shop advertisement to be most interesting: http://www.royalpayscash.com/whereto...dinchicago.htm

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