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[TamiPac]

Wanted to check in with you guys and let you know I'm fine. We'really in a house and they installed 4 a units brand new just for us. We have been returning several times a day to check on the house and the 2 feral cats we have and couldn't catch. We feed them and leave food so they'really good. Water hasn't made it inside the house but the Brazos hasn't crested yet either!
Love you all for thinking of us and if my dumb adz can figure out how to post pics on my phone I will at some point! It's pretty nasty but nothing like the poor sops losing everything.

 

[Nautilusfan]

Wanted to check in with you guys and let you know I'm fine. We'really in a house and they installed 4 a units brand new just for us. We have been returning several times a day to check on the house and the 2 feral cats we have and couldn't catch. We feed them and leave food so they'really good. Water hasn't made it inside the house but the Brazos hasn't crested yet either!
Love you all for thinking of us and if my dumb adz can figure out how to post pics on my phone I will at some point! It's pretty nasty but nothing like the poor sops losing everything.

Glad you're all ok Tami!! Hang in there....you'll be home soon hopefully

 

[Aal_]

I like your underscore

Oh that's sweet ...

Yes, the underscore has a certain mysterious Greek-ness to it. You believe it must have significance, but you're almost afraid to ask.

Keep it that way, I like it

I always thought it represented Aal drifting off to sleep.

Like, Aal______zzzzzzzz









things are going nicely out in the shop. Getting there.

How did you know? ... off to sleep [emoji42]

 

[bigdancehawk]

This isn't directly pertinent to anything and it's a downer. But for some irrational reason I felt the need to talk to you guys about this.
A lifelong friend of mine, lifelong cigarette smoker, has just been diagnosed with lung cancer in both lungs. He won't let me share this with any of our mutual friends.
Six biopsies were positive, presumably taken from different areas of his lungs.
A truly remarkable person, he was a Vietnam war hero as a combat medic. Awarded the Silver Star, Army Air Medal, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and "V" (for valor) device (Oak Leaf Cluster denotes two Bronze Star awards), and two Purple Hearts. He later earned a Ph.D. in psychology and has been a clinical psychologist for the past 40+ years, helping countless people manage the psychological aspects of chronic pain.
I hope he can beat it, but the odds aren't favorable.

 

[classwife]

Bless his heart...not tell y'all's friends ? Could he be embarrassed ?
He sounds like a really wonderful person !
Will add him to the prayer list for sure !

 

[B2L]

This isn't directly pertinent to anything and it's a downer. But for some irrational reason I felt the need to talk to you guys about this.
A lifelong friend of mine, lifelong cigarette smoker, has just been diagnosed with lung cancer in both lungs. He won't let me share this with any of our mutual friends.
Six biopsies were positive, presumably taken from different areas of his lungs.
A truly remarkable person, he was a Vietnam war hero as a combat medic. Awarded the Silver Star, Army Air Medal, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and "V" (for valor) device (Oak Leaf Cluster denotes two Bronze Star awards), and two Purple Hearts. He later earned a Ph.D. in psychology and has been a clinical psychologist for the past 40+ years, helping countless people manage the psychological aspects of chronic pain.
I hope he can beat it, but the odds aren't favorable.

Sounds like an awesome person, I would cherish every moment you get to spend with him. Feel free to unload here whenever you need to.

Bless his heart...not tell y'all's friends ? Could he be embarrassed ?
He sounds like a really wonderful person !
Will add him to the prayer list for sure !

He sounds like (to me) the kind of guy that doesn't want to, in his mind, burden others with his pain.

 

[bigdancehawk]

Bless his heart...not tell y'all's friends ? Could he be embarrassed ?
He sounds like a really wonderful person !
Will add him to the prayer list for sure !

Thank you.
He's a "tough" guy--I imagine he doesn't want sympathy or attention right now.

 

[bigdancehawk]

Sounds like an awesome person, I would cherish every moment you get to spend with him. Feel free to unload here whenever you need to.



He sounds like (to me) the kind of guy that doesn't want to, in his mind, burden others with his pain.

Thank you. No, he doesn't want to burden others, whereas me, well, I guess I don't mind a little sympathy at this point.

 

[classwife]

You dang "tough guys" are the ones that need the most (((hugs)))

 

[Megan Kogijiki Ratchford]

This isn't directly pertinent to anything and it's a downer. But for some irrational reason I felt the need to talk to you guys about this.
A lifelong friend of mine, lifelong cigarette smoker, has just been diagnosed with lung cancer in both lungs. He won't let me share this with any of our mutual friends.
Six biopsies were positive, presumably taken from different areas of his lungs.
A truly remarkable person, he was a Vietnam war hero as a combat medic. Awarded the Silver Star, Army Air Medal, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and "V" (for valor) Device (Oak Leaf Cluster denotes two Bronze Star awards), and two Purple Hearts. He later earned a Ph.D. in psychology and has been a clinical psychologist for the past 40+ years, helping countless people manage the psychological aspects of chronic pain.
I hope he can beat it, but the odds aren't favorable.

Sympathies to you in this unwelcome news. He seems like such a remarkable man

 

[clnire]

This isn't directly pertinent to anything and it's a downer. But for some irrational reason I felt the need to talk to you guys about this.
A lifelong friend of mine, lifelong cigarette smoker, has just been diagnosed with lung cancer in both lungs. He won't let me share this with any of our mutual friends.
Six biopsies were positive, presumably taken from different areas of his lungs.
A truly remarkable person, he was a Vietnam war hero as a combat medic. Awarded the Silver Star, Army Air Medal, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and "V" (for valor) Device (Oak Leaf Cluster denotes two Bronze Star awards), and two Purple Hearts. He later earned a Ph.D. in psychology and has been a clinical psychologist for the past 40+ years, helping countless people manage the psychological aspects of chronic pain.
I hope he can beat it, but the odds aren't favorable.

Aww, that is aweful. I wish the best for him (and you). He sounds like an inspiring person..

 

[Tamer El-Meehy]

This is really sad. Sounds like he's an exceptional guy. Seems like all you can do is to be there for him whenever he needs support.


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[Rickajho]

Thank you. No, he doesn't want to burden others, whereas me, well, I guess I don't mind a little sympathy at this point.

The cautionary tale aspect of a decision like that is - and please don't take this the wrong way - it can be ultimately selfish. I have been through this more than a couple of times with people who didn't tell anyone a thing - until it was way too late. It left a lot of people perplexed and unable to say any farewell, even just do a nice gesture, while the person was still with us. Then the few people who did know about it get dumped on with a lot of anger once it's discovered they knew - and everyone else was left out of the loop.

Ultimately it's the decision of the individual, but decisions have all sorts of implications and consequences. That's all.

 

[Slots]

No, he doesn't want to burden others

I'm the kind of person who wouldn't tell anyone either for a while. Mainly because it definitely would change how they treated me .. I'm a more private type of person, and I internalize a lot until I've worked out how to cope with "whatever", before letting others in.
You are blessed to be close enough to him, for him to open up to you.
He trusts you, and values your friendship ... so that makes you a special person too.

Ultimately it's the decision of the individual, but decisions have all sorts of implications and consequences. That's all.

Amen

 

[bigdancehawk]

Sympathies to you in this unwelcome news. He seems like such a remarkable man

Thank you, I appreciate it very much.

Yes, he's extraordinary. I had no idea what he'd done in Vietnam. Decades went by and he never said anything to me about it. I didn't know about the medals or any of it.

And then recently, through another source, I found out about the medals and read the commendations that were written when he received them. Three involved leaving a position of good cover and charging into the line of fire when he didn't have to do it. He was awarded the Silver Star for one of those incidents--he put his own life in grave danger to save his commanding officer's life.

On another occasion he was inside a kind of reinforced Quanset hut with his medical gear waiting for someone to call for a medic or bring in a wounded soldier. He was assigned to an artillery unit and the hill they were defending came under fire. The unit was almost out of artillery shells, so he left the hut, grabbed two wooden crates of shells and ran up the hill. When he got to the top they noticed that the crates had been hit with multiple small arms rounds and he'd been wounded several times. To put that into a little context, medics are not required or expected to engage in combat activities.

 

[bigdancehawk]

The cautionary tale aspect of a decision like that is - and please don't take this the wrong way - it can be ultimately selfish. I have been through this more than a couple of times with people who didn't tell anyone a thing - until it was way too late. It left a lot of people perplexed and unable to say any farewell, even just do a nice gesture, while the person was still with us. Then the few people who did know about it get dumped on with a lot of anger once it's discovered they knew - and everyone else was left out of the loop.

Ultimately it's the decision of the individual, but decisions have all sorts of implications and consequences. That's all.

Yes, but it's not my decision. I have encouraged him to talk about it. But this hit him just 2 days ago. Maybe everybody should cut him a little slack right now and give him some time to deal with it, wouldn't you agree?

 

[Rossum]

MAN IS ECF SLOW !!!!

Been that way off and on since at least yesterday. I'm happy to hear I'm not the only one who finds it annoying.

 

[pdib]

Sorry to hear this sad news, Allen.

yeah, I was thinking that (↑somewhere): that he probably wants to experience life/friends/people as they are, rather than have all the interactions "altered" and dictated by his circumstances. Might be selfish . . . . almost everything we do is, after all.

 

[pdib]

I think we're due for another Tami report here. I sure wouldn't mind one.

.. . . ..

 

[pdib]

I'll be completing some mods tomorrow .. . maybe all of them, IDK . .. .