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Post #319,660 by lincoln 1/6/10 10:38:19 PM Reply	The thing is that this isn't a relative calling up and saying that my grandmother died, or a great uncle passed away - this is someone who I've literally grown up with and known for decades, and suddenly he's gone. Being only 4 months older than me has affected me in a way that I can't put into words. Scary is the best I've got right now. Owl, thanks for the weather info. I still retain my winter driving skills, having worked in Chicago last winter. However, weather.com has an advisory out for many of the Midwest interstates: high winds through Saturday, snow-covered roads and even some sections getting shut down due to drifting snow and poor visibility. If I were to drive, it's possible that I wouldn't make by the funeral Saturday morning if the weather shuts down the interstates or forces cars to drive very slowly. I'm going to risk flying into O'Hare Friday morning and take public transportation. "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Post #319,662 by Nightowl 1/6/10 10:55:49 PM 1/6/10 11:00:46 PM Reply	Re: The thing is Lincoln wrote:>>Owl, thanks for the weather info. I still retain my winter driving skills, having worked in Chicago last winter. However, weather.com has an advisory out for many of the Midwest interstates: high winds through Saturday, snow-covered roads and even some sections getting shut down due to drifting snow and poor visibility. If I were to drive, it's possible that I wouldn't make by the funeral Saturday morning if the weather shuts down the interstates or forces cars to drive very slowly. I'm going to risk flying into O'Hare Friday morning and take public transportation.<< You're welcome. And I have to agree with your decision not to drive. We had almost nothing coming down here at 6:00 p.m. and then suddenly at 8:30 p.m. they were shutting down parts of highway 70 because cars were stalling while trying to get up a steeper snow-covered section of it. I think flying would be the best bet under these circumstances. And I completely understand about the "scary" part. A dear friend of mine even younger than me, died a year or so back, and I still haven't really gotten past that. One minute she was fine, next minute she had a heart attack at 40 yrs old. I understand the importance of your being at this funeral. Safe trip. Brenda ___________________________________________________________________ When asking God for a break, be sure to specify what KIND you want! Edited by Nightowl Jan. 6, 2010, 11:00:46 PM EST Expand All History
Post #319,671 by jake123 1/7/10 9:10:34 AM Reply	I hear you It's like when I got a 3 am phone call and heard that my friend Joe passed away due to his peanut allergy in Amsterdam. Didn't think it was going to happen, ya know? Cruising along, and gone, just like that. It is the ineluctable fact of life that this whole experience thing ends sometime, and we never really know when. On the plus side, life is good... so when you go, make sure you renew the bonds with those of you that are left so that you don't waste the time you've got.

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