Post #167,977
8/6/04 8:33:06 PM
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I'm back. And I want to explain something.
Earlier this month (or last, I didn't look) I whined in a post.
It's been a difficult month. I lost an uncle who was like a father to me. I hear people who had great relationships with their fathers tell stories about what they did with their fathers, what they learned from their fathers, etc. Well, my stories of that nature involve my uncle - the one I buried this month. I haven't cried like that since 1988, the year I buried my younger, and only, sibling.
So, I've been a little off my game of late. Just wanted to thank the folks who were kind enough to tell me to hang around.
And to all those who suggested I do otherwise, piss off.
bcnu,
Mikem
If you can read this, you are not the President.
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Post #167,981
8/6/04 8:44:09 PM
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Huh?
You were gone?
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Post #167,983
8/6/04 8:50:19 PM
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:-( Condolences, Mike. Glad you're back. :-)
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Post #167,986
8/6/04 8:55:32 PM
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Post #167,995
8/6/04 9:35:39 PM
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Dam, that sucks... and..
Glad you decided to stay.
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Post #167,996
8/6/04 9:48:24 PM
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my condolences, you were lucky to have such a relationship
and are wise enough to establish that relationship with a youngster who needs it,
thanx,
bill
"delayed incessantly by people whose prevalent qualification was an excess of free-time" Philip Atkinson
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Post #168,014
8/6/04 10:50:11 PM
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Sorry to hear about your uncle, Mike.
And I did notice and wonder about your absence. Welcome back!
Incidentally, I was up in your old stomping grounds going through Newton-Conover over to Claremont to check out an RV. I was talking about you to my wife as we were driving through there.
Alex
"If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said." -- Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve chairman
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Post #168,075
8/7/04 1:50:45 PM
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The old address...
317 West C Street in Newton. ;-)
bcnu,
Mikem
If you can read this, you are not the President.
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Post #168,084
8/7/04 2:35:19 PM
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So, I drove by 2 blocks (600 ft) away on NC-16.
Alex
"If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said." -- Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve chairman
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Post #168,162
8/8/04 2:42:18 PM
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Corner house on 10 & 16 ;-)
321 south from Conover, turn left on to "10/16" around one curve and there it is.
bcnu,
Mikem
If you can read this, you are not the President.
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Post #168,019
8/6/04 11:02:40 PM
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Sad about your loss
Glad you came back.
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It is much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why?
Because it is easier to give someone the finger than it is to give them a helping hand.
Mike Royko
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Post #168,027
8/7/04 12:32:56 AM
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hard to take
a loss like that. Things like that can make people react in strange ways. Take some time to get yourself back together. Whatever your might have said, we'll get over it.
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #168,028
8/7/04 12:51:42 AM
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Sorry to hear that.
Glad to have you back, and all, but 'tis indeed a bummer about the uncle.
I'd also like to offer a heartfelt ObAOL "piss off" to those in the proper category as well.
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Post #168,031
8/7/04 12:57:44 AM
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Re: I'm back. And I want to explain something.
Sing for the dead say the natives.
-drl
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Post #168,041
8/7/04 1:10:17 AM
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Sorry to hear about your uncle
You have my sympathies, and I'm really glad you're still here. :)
Nightowl >8#
"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop." -- Robert Hughes, Australian Art Critic, Writer
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Post #168,043
8/7/04 1:29:09 AM
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Condolences :(
Thoughts and prayers your way, I hope your healing is swift.
--
Steve
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Post #168,045
8/7/04 1:46:13 AM
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I can relate. Glad you're back.
Peter
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Post #168,049
8/7/04 2:02:42 AM
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Thoughts.
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Post #168,050
8/7/04 2:09:37 AM
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Thoughts, prayers, best wishes
Know what you're going through. Been there. It's not easy. Time, lots of time, will lessen the pain. Remember the good times.
And, welcome back.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #168,110
8/7/04 7:07:43 PM
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Welcome back
don't worry about the whining, if it helps you feel better, then it doesn't matter what others think of it.
I too have had a lot of things happen to me at once before. I can relate.
I have kept my visits to Ziwe short, so sorry I missed your previous message.
You are in my thoughts and prayers. Glad to see you back.
"When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him." - Jonathan Swift
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Post #168,145
8/8/04 7:26:49 AM
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Sorry to hear it; glad you're still around.
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Post #168,512
8/10/04 6:19:09 PM
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Dude!
You're always welcome (IMnsHO).
Even when you're not off your game... ;-)
(Sorry about your uncle, too!)
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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