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MrsSmeej

MrsSmeej

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Grandpa said:
I found out that I lost a good friend and great guy a few days ago, doing what he loved to do most, backpacking through a corner of Alaska.

It's a gut punch, the kind that leaves you wandering in a daze, wiping away the tear that surfaces unexpectedly, not sure of what your next move or words should be. He was a wonderful man, caring and considerate, a storyteller supreme, and the world is lesser without him.

This is not making me feel social. I know you guys care, and if I'm not here for a couple days, I accept and thank you in advance for your loving and gracious sympathies.
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Grandpa, I'm so sorry that a dear friend of yours died.
May you find some solace with your loved ones by your side,
And please know that those of us who've only met you here
Also wish that we could offer you some comfort, dear...

But, as you've told me before, it' gonna be a while
Before you can look back on this friendship with a smile.
Losing those we've come to love's a tragedy... Although,
Dying doing things I've loved is how I want to go.
 
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thekidd12

thekidd12

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Neesy said:
You found a receipt from 12 years ago?

:p:wow:
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Yes ma'am...

I have every receipt from everything that has gone into my house. We (my father and I) built the entire thing, except for original plumbing, from the ground up. This includes the additional room and garage added 10 years after main house was constructed. Just wanted to keep up with it.

I mess with buying/selling antiques/collectibles too. Used to could tell you how much it cost and where I bought each and every thing. Now I have to write it down and get readers out of pocket to read my own notes!
 
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Grandpa

Grandpa

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Next to what pegasus216 is facing, circumstances in my life fade to nothingness. Thinking of you, and so sorrowful.

But update I must. I was suddenly and inexplicably called out of town for work. One day. In Boston.

I check an email Tuesday at 10:00 a.m., I'm zipping down to Denver for an early afternoon relay flight, get to lodging at midnight, prep for the next day, which goes into the evening, come back to lodging and get out what I have to get out by 10 pm, do some other work, get to bed and up by 4:30 am, flight back home during which I get a lot of work done, Grandma picks me up at the airport, and now I'm back home.

And some people might say, man, doesn't that make you tired? And indeed it does, but I'm thinking of pegasus and musing how frickin' lucky I am to be ABLE to do this stuff.

Again, I am SO sorry, pegasus. (I want to call you a diminutive, like I do with so many, something like "Peg," but I don't want you to be thinking of me as someone who's insulting.)

And then this:

MrsSmeej said:
Grandpa, I'm so sorry that a dear friend of yours died.
May you find some solace with your loved ones by your side,
And please know that those of us who've only met you here
Also wish that we could offer you some comfort, dear...

But, as you've told me before, it' gonna be a while
Before you can look back on this friendship with a smile.
Losing those we've come to love's a tragedy... Although,
Dying doing things I've loved is how I want to go.
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Wow, that hit me. Smeejie (see?) made up one of her poems just for my circumstance. How honored can I get?

The upside of the trip, besides the fact that having work is a good thing, is that it was so brain-intensive that the loss of my friend got pushed to the background. Compared to Monday, when it was sharp and painful, a certain level of abstraction has dulled the cut. It's still very sad, of course, and the hearts of all his friends go out to his memory and family.

Thank you all again. Onward, each in our own way, but always having a place here to come to.
 
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Sundrop

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Posting some Sixx pics before work......
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DiO'Bolic

DiO'Bolic

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Tomorrow I’m picking my youngest daughter up from a university where she spent the week. She is attending a workshop for high school students wishing to become attorneys. I looked around and these workshops seem to cost on average $5,000 for a week at universities. I found one in the middle of the state that only cost $875 (including room and board) but because of their low cost they are very selective of whom they admit into the program. I got injured the other week at the home improvement center and am having sciatic problems in my right leg. Not looking forward to another 6 hours of driving again this weekend. Luckily this time I get to sit through a mock trial they will be putting on before a real judge before I have to get back on the road, which gives my leg time to calm down. Beautiful university, though. All the university buildings, dorms and grounds are pristine and look like they came out of colonial Philadelphia.
 
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GNTLGNT

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DiO'Bolic said:
Tomorrow I’m picking my youngest daughter up from a university where she spent the week. She is attending a workshop for high school students wishing to become attorneys. I looked around and these workshops seem to cost on average $5,000 for a week at universities. I found one in the middle of the state that only cost $875 (including room and board) but because of their low cost they are very selective of whom they admit into the program. I got injured the other week at the home improvement center and am having sciatic problems in my right leg. Not looking forward to another 6 hours of driving again this weekend. Luckily this time I get to sit through a mock trial they will be putting on before a real judge before I have to get back on the road, which gives my leg time to calm down. Beautiful university, though. All the university buildings, dorms and grounds are pristine and look like they came out of colonial Philadelphia.
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...good deal man, just load up on Tylenol or Aleve and maybe some heat behind your back for the drive.....the sciatic nerve is difficult to get any relief from as I'm sure you've already discovered....sure, there's narcotics-but transient relief at best.....also, if this is your first time with the irritation-it will happen again much quicker if there's a trigger instance......watch your body mechanics as much as possible....
 
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DiO'Bolic

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GNTLGNT said:
...good deal man, just load up on Tylenol or Aleve and maybe some heat behind your back for the drive.....the sciatic nerve is difficult to get any relief from as I'm sure you've already discovered....sure, there's narcotics-but transient relief at best.....also, if this is your first time with the irritation-it will happen again much quicker if there's a trigger instance......watch your body mechanics as much as possible....
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Doctor issued me a muscle relaxer, a steroid and I'm to take Tylenol for the pain. I reported it last Wednesday but because of all the corporate red tape only got to see doctor yesterday evening. And thanks, I'll try to watch my body mechanics and not drop another 125 pound grill box on myself while I'm 20 feet in the air. :)
 
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DiO'Bolic said:
Doctor issued me a muscle relaxer, a steroid and I'm to take Tylenol for the pain. I reported it last Wednesday but because of all the corporate red tape only got to see doctor yesterday evening. And thanks, I'll try to watch my body mechanics and not drop another 125 pound grill box on myself while I'm 20 feet in the air. :)
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...good idea.....
 
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