I'm bummed today because...

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Dana Jean

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Thanks! Right now it is only diverticulosis, but I was given a paper explaining how it could develop into diverticulitis. Half the problem is probably mental. I have known for years that the instant Mom departs this world, there will cease to be any loving caring presence both concerned with my survival and able to offer any material assistance not to mention companionship. There is absolutely not one thing I can do about this which will not make the situation much worse, and I am not going to attempt to go there nor touch it with a ten-foot pole! (I mean, none of my jobs paid a living wage, and attempting to get anyone to care attracts a lot of sad, dodgy, and dangerous types even if I weren't past it.) No matter how anyone else is related to you, you can't make yourself a priority with people who don't consider you in high regard and any attempts to attract attention just annoys them. I am just going to have to take whatever I can get and give up hoping for more for as long as I can endure it. Just not looking forward to it. If Mom lives to be as old as her oldest relative, she's got about four years, and at the point when my mental coherence ceases to function whether or not my material body continues to exhibit signs of life, I want to have left a record of what was going on with me on the off chance it might prove of interest to anyone in future--that's why all the emails and message board posts!
You are of interest to us now. We want good things for you.
 

Blake

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Depends on the nature of the crime. I like too be a good friend but I couldn't condone some sort of stuff. For instance, if a friend of mine got into a fist fight and killed someone, I'd still talk to them. But if he killed a six year old kid, I wouldn't.
 

CoriSCapnSkip

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He stands accused of raping a 16-year-old girl when he was 18 and some sort of questionable encounter with a young woman when both were drunk, and under the drinking age of 21, and she seems unclear as to exactly what-all happened but charges are being brought in court.
 

osnafrank

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Mr Cranky said it, it Depends on the Crime.
First Degree Murder, Rape and Abuse...no!

People always say, that i have a good Knowledge of Human Nature.

And knowing, to have a Person in my Circle of Friends, accused of some of these Crimes would unsettle me.

Ok, he isn`t sentenced already but....no, i won`t attend.
 

CoriSCapnSkip

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Don't know if this is the right thread for this but can't find a better one.

I have been moderating Ray Bradbury's official message board almost since it started in 2001. My experience has been mostly positive and I am EXTREMELY tolerant--WAY more than MANY moderators out there! When I do have to put my foot down, there is the inevitable screeching about the horrible irony of "censorship" on a Ray Bradbury board, no matter how insulting, irrelevant, or outright idiotic the removed material--not to mention the many protests from members complaining not enough was cut!

Immediately following the election I started a Politics thread--after having always allowed discussions of religion and practically everything else, even a bit of silliness if harmless! One member left in a snit although I even personally invited him to stay, which I would never have done (since he was not only semi-literate but clueless in the extreme) except so many left following Ray's death it was practically a ghost town and even the village idiot is somebody, but he left. Another guy has come along now--I don't think it's the same user under another name as this one is even more incoherent and may be mentally deranged. (It could be the same guy if he has tripped far into substance abuse.) He raves almost entirely on the Politics thread and can't seem to even find content on other threads unless it is pointed out to him. Since I've been removing some of his particularly inane comments he has taken to taking screenshots before I see them to prove what a "fascist" I am for erasing his brilliant contributions to human thought (which his scribblings can scarcely be termed).

He hasn't been quite horrible enough to ban yet (though he's been cruising from day one) and I don't want to feed his martyr complex by banning him. Perhaps we could just flood the board with relevant posts from people who can intelligently discuss or add to any of the many, many topics now on there. Can anyone familiar with anything related to Ray Bradbury or his work please go to raybradbury.com and post on the message board? The true devotees would appreciate it, thanks!
 

Tery

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That's a tough spot in which to find yourself, CoriSCapnSkip. I'm sure Ms. Mod and Dana Jean and Flake will agree. All I will say is that if this person is only interested in stirring s**t in a thread that is only tangential to the MB's stated purpose and not getting involved in the main forum, show them to the air lock. Toss them in the trebuchet. Not worth the headache. Hang in there :love_heart:
 

Religiously_Unkind

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Not happy or angry, or even sad, exactly. Sometimes it's just a bummed out kind of day. Bleah.
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I'm sick and I currently don't have health insurance.
 

DiO'Bolic

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2018 is going to be an expensive year. Tiling two bathrooms later this month. Replace the swimming pool in March. Expand the driveway for more parking in June. Also in spring and summer I need to replace the rails and supports for the front entry, do some roof and gutter work, redo a large section of backyard inside the fence and plant new grass, and re-carpet one of the outside decks. I’m seriously considering running away to Tahiti and becoming a beach bum. :(