Post #270,479
10/16/06 9:20:31 PM
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I'm a daddy.
My wife had a caesarean section this morning to deliver our baby boy. 3.88kg or 8lb 8oz for those not metric yet. Probably be called Benjamin but we haven't picked a middle name yet.
More details later as I haven't seen him yet (long story).
Wade.
"Insert crowbar. Apply force."
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Post #270,481
10/16/06 9:29:32 PM
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Congrats, Wade. I hope everything works out well.
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Post #270,484
10/16/06 9:36:46 PM
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Congrats
Go for a middle name of Alex.
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Post #270,485
10/16/06 9:42:45 PM
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I want to use 'Tassand.'
But my wife and I haven't really discussed it. I guess we will today.
Wade.
"Insert crowbar. Apply force."
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Post #270,498
10/16/06 10:20:42 PM
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Re: I want to use 'Tassand.'
Got his web nick, though.. son-of-static just has to be called,
Signal?
(or.. dynamic! ;-)
All the best to tyke + mater - I hope you demanded Officers Grade stitches!
Cheers,
moi
PS
Small story re Brit. tradition of bestowing four names == 3 inits;
this all.. quite prior to the plethora of biz-TLAs we now know and despise:
One of the first members of the VOC (Vincent Owner's Club), best writer/reporter of the lot - who also wrote for other motorcycle pubs for many years - was named R.A.B. Cook. He too had a son. Unclear whether lobbying of the membership carried any weight, but one Robert Edward Vincent Cook was eventually christened.. ;^>
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Post #270,516
10/17/06 1:49:11 AM
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On the nick ...
"Signal" is good, but for the next several months I suspect "noise" will be more appropriate.
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Post #270,486
10/16/06 9:42:59 PM
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Congrats, Wade!
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #270,487
10/16/06 9:48:03 PM
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Congrats
and best wishes
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #270,491
10/16/06 10:01:44 PM
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That's wonderful news, Wade!
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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Post #270,493
10/16/06 10:02:22 PM
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Woot! Have a Cigar!
Smile,
Amy
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Post #270,495
10/16/06 10:05:19 PM
8/21/07 5:42:12 AM
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Congrats
you might as well go with Benjamin Franklin - you could do a lot worse.
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Post #270,501
10/16/06 10:51:35 PM
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Just don't make it "Yertle Orthaniel" or some such.
BYOB as initials have a certain appeal, but it's really not worth it.
:-D
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #270,511
10/17/06 12:00:24 AM
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Wonderful!
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #270,513
10/17/06 12:15:34 AM
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Congratulations ... don't forget the pics
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Post #270,514
10/17/06 12:35:18 AM
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Congratulations, Wade!
--
Steve
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Post #270,515
10/17/06 1:47:30 AM
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He is prophecied to bring balance to the s/n ratio...
Congrats!
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Post #270,519
10/17/06 6:47:40 AM
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congrats
Welcome to the club
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
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Post #270,520
10/17/06 7:52:49 AM
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congrats, now change your name to ATM
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
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Post #270,526
10/17/06 8:45:11 AM
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Yay. I think fatherhood will suit you.
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Worst President ever.
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Post #270,528
10/17/06 8:55:49 AM
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Way to go, Daddy!
Hope all of you are doing fine.
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Post #270,548
10/17/06 12:38:27 PM
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Congrats, daddy!
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #270,565
10/17/06 3:17:16 PM
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Congratulations!
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Post #270,593
10/17/06 7:40:38 PM
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Update #1.
Okay, some more details.
My son's name is Nicholas Hamish. He was born at about 7:40am yesterday (17th October). He weighed in at 3.88kh/8lb8oz as I've already posted, and 54cm/21in long. So he's large, but not too big, and long. He's got black hair already and my nose.
Delivery was cesaerean section. I wasn't there because my wife and her family decided I wasn't going to be there for my son, so they didn't call me. The epidural didn't work, I'm told, which I got the impression from the nursing staff that this was not uncommon, but Rachael's mother thought was quite rare.
I've been into see little Nicholas and I got fantastic support from my sister and my brother and his family and then from my parents, since they got back from a trip yesterday afternoon.
[link|http://yceran.org/nicholas/10hoursold-small.jpg|10 hours old - little Nicholas in the arms of my wife] (54K image)
Wade.
"Insert crowbar. Apply force."
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Post #270,596
10/17/06 7:53:48 PM
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Ummm, hate to ask this but ...
Isn't that a somewhat odd thing for your wife to think?
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Post #270,606
10/17/06 8:27:51 PM
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That I wasn't going to be there?
Or that epidurals failing was not uncommon? As for the latter, I have no idea. AFAIK, a failing epidural is usually replaced by a general anaesthetic, which would be relatively routine.
As for the former, well, my wife and I are in disagreement about the state of the world at the moment, if you get my drift.
Wade.
"Insert crowbar. Apply force."
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Post #270,610
10/17/06 8:47:09 PM
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Sorry to hear that
Hope things improve soon.
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Kip Hawley is still an idiot.
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Post #270,635
10/18/06 2:34:39 AM
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That was a ****ing bitchy thing to do.
And when she comes to her senses, you can tell her she owes you fucking big-time for that.
As for her family, tell them (right away), if they *ever* pull any shit like that again, you won't have *anything* to do with them ever again, and you'll do your level best to ensure that they get to see as little as possible of *your* son, too.
How the fuck DARE they?!?
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
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Post #270,637
10/18/06 3:20:50 AM
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She feels I owe her anyway.
I pretty upset for quite a while when I first heard.
I've been frustrating her mother for a little while now because she wants to lay into me about how I've treated her daughter, but I've stopped standing there taking it and answering back just encourages her. I've hung up on her at least once, and I've walked out of rooms several times. A few times I've informed her that her memory of events is faulty and left it at that. She has resisting accepting that I will not discuss past events with her whilst she is being combatative and certainly about things I can't change.
So I'm already having as little to do with as possible. And made it clear that it's her mother who is inflaming things.
Wade.
"Insert crowbar. Apply force."
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Post #270,639
10/18/06 3:38:00 AM
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Good for you! Keep it up, and good luck.
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Post #270,663
10/18/06 11:27:01 AM
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It can be advantageous to have your MIL on another continent
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Post #270,669
10/18/06 11:59:01 AM
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I'd prefer a different planet
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Post #270,672
10/18/06 12:18:36 PM
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Naw, she's not that bad
and besides, we can't communicate anyway (she doesn't speak English).
--Tony
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Post #270,679
10/18/06 1:30:41 PM
8/21/07 5:47:03 AM
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Lucky you
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Post #270,745
10/18/06 8:23:52 PM
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That's what sign language is for
and we all know some good ones
Hehe!
Smile,
Amy
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Post #270,761
10/18/06 9:23:47 PM
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I used to get on okay with her.
But we made the mistake of picking a place within an easy drive of her parents. Bad move. If we'd started a lot further away, then we'd have had to rely on them less and we would have had to solve things without our parents. Which isn't really solving things. So issues that a couple should normally take a few years to sort out stayed unsorted out until she couldn't take it anymore. Her mother is, not surprisingly, siding with her daughter over things.
Wade.
"Insert crowbar. Apply force."
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Post #270,696
10/18/06 4:14:29 PM
8/21/07 5:47:42 AM
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An imminent father's place is at the bar down the street
What are you gonna do anyhow? She's dosed, they're slicing and stitching, the baby is waaay too traumatized to know who is there. So what can you add?
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Post #270,698
10/18/06 4:17:16 PM
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Better yet - hunting and/or fishing.
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Post #270,699
10/18/06 4:20:15 PM
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Or watching it on YouTube from the Comfy Chair.
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Post #270,748
10/18/06 8:27:15 PM
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<timallen>Grunt! Grunt!</timallen>
Smile,
Amy
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Post #270,759
10/18/06 9:19:05 PM
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I was more upset I didn't *know*, not that I wasn't there.
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Post #270,718
10/18/06 6:19:57 PM
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Woot!
jb4
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Post #270,767
10/18/06 9:49:45 PM
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Belated Congratulations!
I've been, well, very absent from a lot of online places lately, sorry. A lot of unexpected &/or stressful things happened at once so I've been dealing with all of that instead of being active online.
But I wanted to congratulate you on your new son, and also tell you about the rest of it, (the family equation), that I completely get how family works and what you are going through, and I have nothing but empathy for you. I'll keep you and your family in my prayers and thoughts and hopefully everything will work out for the best.
Brenda
"When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- By Geoffrey F. Abert
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Post #270,769
10/18/06 9:52:53 PM
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Belatedness is okay.
I just don't do impulsiveness. Getting used to having a pregnant wife took me a long time. Getting used to having a son is taking a while...
Wade.
"Insert crowbar. Apply force."
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