What made you sad today?

[dicksbro]

Just be careful, jay-t. Sorry I can't blink my eyes and give you another week's vacation. :(

[jseal]

Integration testing! Ugh!

[Oldfart]

If it doesn't integrate, do you have disintegration testing?

[jseal]

Weekend Work! Bah!

[dicksbro]

Today they'll put to rest a really special lady from our parish. She died of complications from a surgery. A very well-loved lady, she'll be missed. :(

[Oldfart]

Says it all, DB.

[Oldfart]

Until I get the phone line sorted to the new house, my internet is barely above the smokesignal level. I have to be closer to a tower for even the prepaid dongle to work.

[AZRedHot]

It sucks when your dongle doesn't work.

:)

[Lilith]

If you suck a dongle it is sure to work.

[Oldfart]

I was the sucker who bought this sucker.

[dicksbro]

We always said ... "The angle of the dangle ...". In OZ do they say the "ongle of the dongle"?

Curious minds may want to know. :confused:

[Oldfart]

Angle. Ongle's Brit.

[dicksbro]

So, what you're saying is the angle of the dangle is like the ongle of the dongle on the Brit. :confused:


:D

[Lilith]

Another school shooting and near a certain pixie.

[Oldfart]

So, what you're saying is the angle of the dangle is like the ongle of the dongle on the Brit. :confused:


:D
I think so. Check with DM, with a plumb-bob if necessary.

[dicksbro]

Have a bad transformer on our furnace that they have to replace. :(

[Lilith]

Pixies being down

[Oldfart]

Pixies being down
Sorry, I misread that. I was wondering why you were sad about Pixies going down.

And, site unavailability was sad.

[dicksbro]

Yeah, I had gotten off Pixies for a bit and when I returned ... there was no Pixies for me to get to. Dang, that's frustrating. Took quite a while to get back up. :(

[Lilith]

A young man my son was in marching band with died in an accident today.

[dicksbro]

Lilith, so sorry to hear that. Give him our condolences.

[dicksbro]

Had a power outage last night and it knocked out the "cable box" in our bedroom. Will have to get replaced, but, they're not open until Monday. So, either we watch TV in the living room ... or ... we watch a DVD or BluRay in our room. :(

[Oldfart]

A young man my son was in marching band with died in an accident today.

So sad. A lifetime of potential suddenly not there.

[Lilith]

True. I heard his send off was beautiful.

[Lilith]

Turning down the amazing offer.

[sodaklostsoul]

Not having my car back until Monday. Been a long week!

[Lord Snow]

My dad had to put my rottweiler down today. He was 12 years old and diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Prognosis was less than a week.

[PantyFanatic]

:console:

[Fangtasia]

My youngest demon spawn :( This kid WILL be the death of me

[AZRedHot]

My best friend's cancer has gotten worse, and spread. She's going to do some horrific course of chemo that seems to be her only hope, and the prognosis is, bizarrely, 2 months to 2 years. I really don't know what to do or what to think in the face of what can be done is being done, and barring a miracle, it won't be enough. All I know is I'm not ready to lose her (as if I ever could be), and there's not a goddamned thing I can do about it.

[Oldfart]

It's hard, AZRH, being helpless in the face of the inevitable. Save your feelings until your friend has gone (you can do it) and wring everything you can out of what time you have together.

This is the only way I got through losing my sister to cancer.

[AZRedHot]

Thanks, OF. Though it kills me to admit it ;), that's pretty good advice. Dwelling on what I cannot control has never done me any good, and it won't do either of us good this time, either. I will try.

[dicksbro]

We'll add your friend to our prayer list that whatever happens, somehow the comfort and consolation will be there when it's needed most. In the meantime, I think OF got it right. Do the best with the time you have.

[AZRedHot]

Thank you, DB. We'll take every bit of help that's offered.

[Lilith]

I wish I had some words of comfort or advise but I can only imagine how scared you both are. Losing people just sucks.

[Oldfart]

I wish I had some words of comfort or advise but I can only imagine how scared you both are. Losing people just sucks.

Big time.

[dicksbro]

Actually, it was yesterday when we went to the visitation of a young man (mid-40's) who died in an electrical accident a few days ago. He had been my son's (same age) best friend through grade school, police school, up until the day he died. He had been a well respected member of the E. Peoria's Police Department and was part of their K-9 unit. His dog died just a couple of years ago with honors granted by the police department. Literally hundreds of State, and local officers from many communities were there along with hundreds of friends. We knew him well and it was a shocking and deep loss for us, too.

[Morri]

Actually, it was yesterday when we went to the visitation of a young man (mid-40's) who died in an electrical accident a few days ago. He had been my son's (same age) best friend through grade school, ice school, up until the day he died. He had been a well respected member of the E. Peoria's Police Department and was part of their K-9 unit. His dog died just a couple of years ago with honors granted by the police department. Literally hundreds of State, and local officers from many communities were there along with hundreds of friends. We knew him well and it was a shocking and deep loss for us, too.


That is so awful dicksbro! :(

The El Macho and I are getting divorced after almost 16 years, so today I am feeling sad about that. Maybe not so sad about the divorce, but about the man I don't recognize anymore. Life, can be so rough. Death, divorce, is some of the most painful feelings to feel. Ironic that with death and divorce, the grieving process can be very similar. Big hugs...XOXO Morrigan!

[jseal]

Morri,

Tough shot. Hope you'll get through this difficult period quickly. :wish:

[dicksbro]

Sorry to hear about the problems you're facing Morri. Hopefully things will work out for the best. Our thoughts are with you.

[PantyFanatic]

Morri, remember not so much the painful parting but the many joys that brought you together. :shrug:

[Oldfart]

And remember that staying together would just extend the pain. The separation is required to start the healing.

[jay-t]

I'm sad that its raining again. This month we have gotten 29"inches of rain with lots of flooding (no water in the house) last night it rained 4 inches an hour

[dicksbro]

That's a lot of rain ^^^^. 4" and hour. Arrrggg!

We've had a lot of rain, but, knock on wood, not beyond the ability of our rivers and stream to handle any extra. Hopefully this puts an end to the drought-like conditions in your neck of the woods.

I wish the weather would clear here long enough to get all those springtime outside chores done. :(

[Lord Snow]

It's not really sad, but my oscar decided he really didn't like his thermometer and broke it. Luckily he didn't break open the inner tube where the red liquid was.

[dicksbro]

Having to stop into the bank to pay our property taxes and renew a license plate. Okay, expected ... but not fun. :(

[dicksbro]

So far ... nothing. But then, it's only a quarter to five in the morning. Strong storms later today don't sound very pleasing, though. :(

[Oldfart]

Not much here either.

[sodaklostsoul]

My chocolate bar melting as I am trying to dip it peanut butter.

[Oldfart]

I took two Lindt Dark Chocolate bars (70% Cocoa), melted them in a dish floating in a bigger dish of hot water and added a half a packet of popping candy. It was still a little tart, so I sprinkled it with sea-salt. I spread it on some baking paper and put it in the Fridge. This is seriously yummo, with the popping candy giving it an aspect I have never had with chocolate before.

[Oldfart]

I'll make a new thread of this.

[Lord Snow]

Reading that the actor Christopher Lee (Saruman) died at the age of 93.

[Lilith]

5 years ago my friend's son was killed in Afghanistan

[Oldfart]

:(

[dicksbro]

Our cable supplier was down again part of the night ... when I was trying to get on of course. :(

[PantyFanatic]

There isn't a lot of farming going on in this city but we have the BIGGEST assembly of high power manure spreaders I've ever heard of. :shrug:

[dicksbro]

I don't know ... Illinois ... while a farming state ... probably comes close in terms of those two-legged kind of spreaders. I think they call them Pollut-icians

[jseal]

My clothes washer is making too much noise.

[dicksbro]

I'm ready for spring. :(

[jseal]

Socks, the alpha male cat who shared his house with my children for these last 18 years died this week. Never lowering his standards enough to be corrupted into eating people food, he maintained order among the four footed members of our household. He will be missed.

[gigi]

:(

[dicksbro]

I'm very sorry for you loss, jseal. Pets rapidly become another member of our families, don't they?

[jseal]

One of my nieces, Sarah, died yesterday.

[AZRedHot]

I'm so sorry, Jseal. Hugs.

[Lilith]

One of my nieces, Sarah, died yesterday.


So sorry

[Oldfart]

Bugger.

Are you OK?

[jseal]

Sarah was only 28. I can still remember her and her little sister in the back seat telling me their Dad drove way slower than me.

Yeah, OF, I'll make it. My bro is having a time of it though.

[Lilith]

Parents should not have to outlive their children.

[BIBI]

so sorry for you and your family's loss jseal.

[jseal]

Thanks all, it's a somber time here. One of my BILs is in SICU. It never rains, but it pours.

[dicksbro]

Our prayers are with you and yours, jseal! So sorry to hear of your loss.

[Oldfart]

Indeed.

[jseal]

BIL passed on this morning.

[Lilith]

Sorry Jseal. You've had more loss than most lately.

[dicksbro]

Jseal, you know our prayers are with you and your family. God bless you all and may He comfort you in this difficult time.

[PantyFanatic]

Socks, the alpha male cat who shared his house with my children for these last 18 years died this week. Never lowering his standards enough to be corrupted into eating people food, he maintained order among the four footed members of our household. He will be missed.
Sorry to hear of your losses. :tear:

[jseal]

Thanks everyone. It's been a rough couple of weeks here.

[gekkogecko]

The possibility of getting sick again after this storm. Not sure I am, but hey, there's always time, right?

[Oldfart]

With the death of Edgar Mitchell, there are no survivors of the Apollo 14 moon mission.

[dicksbro]

Sad to hear of his loss. Maybe he'll get to follow mankind's space progress from a new and better vantage point now. Kinda hope so.

[FlirtWithMe]

This:
Warning - graphic images and sad news story (http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/horrific-aftermath-accident-saw-car-10953991)

It's from a few days ago but I read about it last night. Horrific :tear:

[dicksbro]

That is really sad, FWM. Hope that somehow all those present will somehow find comfort and peace in their suffering.