Some Things to Distract Yourself with Before the First Exhibition Game
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@JayHawkFanToo - Thank you! My goal is to someday not be quite as stupid as I am right now. Until then, I will gladly lean on friends like you.
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@globaljaybird
Hahahahahe… yeah… I grew up with the Winter boys and Derringer. “Roadwork”
“Lawdy mama, light my fuse”
How about some “Iron Man” today? Live from Paris - (got an hour to kill?)
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@globaljaybird Yes, that would have been much better…but what I said is much better than what I was thinking, whatever that’s worth.
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@nuleafjhawk I think that too!
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@drgnslayr Back in the day, I was a HUGE Black Sabbath fan. (I still like them, just don’t listen to them much any more) I always felt that their musicianship was very much under-appreciated, especially by the media. I had every album they ever put out and always felt that their name was much more menacing than their music and/or lyrics. I got to see them in concert in Houston, but it was just after Ozzy had left and Ronnie James Dio was the front man. I was a little disappointed ( cuz I was USED to Ozzy! ), but it was still a pretty good show.
To me, music and cars from that era just can’t be matched. I think I loved almost every car ever made from 1967 - to 1970 ( hey - same as the Beatles album…) and similarly, I love much of the music from that era.
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@jaybate-1.0 Gracias old friend, has been a really dark couple of weeks. A close friend & Mother both passed about 10 days ago & I’ve been needing badly to emerge from this funk. Life still goes on, just different every day. Thanks so kindly for the uplift & keep stroking that k-board so rats like us can find something besides krappy old acorns to chew on. They’re just too damn tough to crack.
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@globaljaybird so sorry to hear!
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@Crimsonorblue22 Incomprehensible tragic situation. Nut went on a rampage & senselessly murdered 5 elderly people in a very quite neighborhood over a failed flippin car theft. Dumbass couldn’t drive a stick shift. Absolutely mind boggling crimson, just no words to describe it.
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@globaljaybird that’s awful!!! Can understand why you are having a hard time! Did they catch him?
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@globaljaybird I’m very, very sorry for your losses.
It’s been a tragic, yet enlightening year for me too. Tragic in that I’ve been to 9 funerals this year ( I wish I were exaggerating…), but enlightening in that He sustains us and gets us through it all. On a brighter note, (it won’t sound like it for a little bit, but hang on) - my best friend was diagnosed on August 5th with a baseball sized brain tumor. They said that there was a 90% chance that it was malignant. They operated on Aug. 19th and said they got 85% of it. The MRI the next day showed NOTHING. No trace. When the pathology came back, they said it was benign. She doesn’t have to do chemo, and is expected to make a full recovery!
Then, my dad was having some urinary problems (sorry…) and an x-ray showed a spot on his bladder. After much scrutiny and testing, they decided it was cancer (caught it very early) and operated to get rid of it. The surgery went perfectly. The recovery did not.
He was supposed to spend one night in the hospital. Today is day eight. Until noon yesterday, he had not had any food since Wed. 9/3/14. He had a tube running through his nose down into his stomach siphoning “stuff” that was making him nauseous 24/7. Thank God he finally had a breakthrough yesterday and has been improving at an incredible rate since then. They are going to release him on Saturday, providing all goes well until then.
I don’t want to preach, I know that’s not the purpose of this site, but my goodness - I honestly don’t know how people get through stuff like this without Him. I couldn’t. I know - I tried for more than half my life.
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@nuleafjhawk great testimony! I imagine there are many tragic events throughout our posters. Hopefully we can brighten our friends day!
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@globaljaybird We talked a few times about our four-legged friends and I know you said you didn’t know if you wanted to bother with house training a new friend, but have you considered either looking on-line or visiting your local shelter? There are many mature, house trained friends who would take it upon themselves to help you with your funk. Mine was rescued from a shelter and he thanks me every day. None could take the place of Woodrow, just as none would ever take the place of my friend in my avatar, who I would clone in a heartbeat, but there are some looking for a second chance to own another human. Reading your posts it’s easy to see that you know the benefits we humans reap from having that one close friend who always “wakes up in the same mood everyday.”
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@globaljaybird
So sorry for your news. It’s Friday now… so ROCK ON, my friend!
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@brooksmd ahhhhh! I like your idea! If I ever get another dog, I would want to have a comfort dog. I first saw them at sandy hook, thought that would be so rewarding!
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@brooksmd Most likely that will be our course. The numbers that are destroyed at shelters is astronomical. Even as advertised no kill shelters run out of room & have to send many away they’ve no place for. Thousands upon thousands of those end up in the (IMO) wrong places for research purposes and will break your heart if you see the amount & degree of experimentation that they endure to make humans’ lives safer. As I told crimson, we are just not yet ready to commit the amount of love to another “Granddoggie.” The home they garner our soul is inexplicable to relate to many, but those who have the ability to allow that entry, live richer & more fulfilled lives. Of course this is only a persons’ opinion and I would not expect some to understand.
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@jaybate-1.0 I consider myself somewhat of a vehicle aficionado, having grown up in the 60’s and 70’s when cars were not only works of art, but high performance machines. I also watch at least 1,000 hours per week of the Barrett-Jackson Auto-Auctions (that may be a slight exaggeration…) - but I think that GM “Parade of Progress” is possibly the coolest vehicle I have ever seen! I want one!! And I’d never seen one before you posted this. Thanks!
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@globaljaybird
Sometimes it comes down so hard…
But you’ve got the right stuff.
And Bill will coach 'em up and the boys will play.
Rock Chalk!
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Man… I miss the 70s…
“When the women were soft and the music was hard!”
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@globaljaybird
So sorry for your loss.
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Glad to hear your dad is doing better.
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@globaljaybird
I was able to practice with a S&W .44 Magnum a few times but after a few shots I could do it mostly using the classical 2 handed, arms stretched and locked shooting position; beautiful gun but not just for anyone…of course Inspector Harry Callahan is not just anyone…
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@JayHawkFanToo Thank you so much! I really appreciate that.
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You are member of the extended Jayhawk family, this is what we do…
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Wow this post turned heavy. It also reminds me of this sort of odd, but close community we have here. We could sit next to each other at the counter at Denny’s and probably not even know who we were sitting by. But here we are sharing condolences with online friends. And I am sorry @globaljaybird. Must have been difficult to deal with.
I am in agreement with @nuleafjhawk. My faith sustains me.
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@wissoxfan83
Maybe we should have a reunion in Lawrence one of these days…
