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GM's Thread About Everything/GM's Thread About Nothing (31 Viewers)

General Malaise said:
I have twin aunts - Lucy and Sally - who are my dad's younger sisters. Neither one has any kids of their own, so my sister and I are pretty close to them. We don't get to see them very often, but I email with them occasionally, send them pictures and updates of the kids and talk football with them (they both love football). They are both extremely excited about our twins, so they are coming in town this Sunday.

Sally was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago and though we're hoping they caught it early enough to kick it in the teeth, you just don't know when it comes to the evil and unpredictability that is the Big C. I haven't seen her or Lucy in years, so I'm really excited to see them and I do hope Sally is mending.

K4's story about her mom staying with her ex-husband's wife's sister (did I get that right) touched a chord in me. Sally and Lucy were very fond of my ex-wife and vice versa. Since dinner will be on Sunday at my house and since Sunday's are usually my ex's day/night with our sons, I have asked Flags for the boys on Sunday so they can see their great aunts. Flags of course said "no problem", as she always does. I also thought it would be nice to invite Flags and her BF over to the house to see Sally and Lucy and have dinner with us. She has accepted the invite. :thumbup:
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Really good stuff GM. My parents were divorced when I was little. I would spend the summers with my dad. Once they got over being pissed at each other, which took a few years, my dad would stay with us when he came to LA on business. Both were remarried and it made a big difference for me to see two parents acting like adults. I'm always mildly aghast at the horrid divorces, where the two people ####### hate each other with the the passion of a million burning suns.

Keep it up

 
Costco rocks. Got a new printer/scanner/fax for my home office today. Now that I work from home, I needed something faster with higher capacity and just easier to deal with for the type of stuff I'm doing now. It's not a professional laser printer or anything, but $107 after a $50 instant rebate is great.

 
Aaron Rudnicki said:
Walgreens sucks
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Walgreen (Duane Reade here) is by far the worst retailing prices I have ever seen and that's saying something no something for NYC. Basically 1.5-2x the price of anything sold at Amazon and they mislabel every freaking "special" so you end up fighting with them over price. If you think Best Buy is bad, wait for this atrocity of a company.

 
General Malaise said:
krista4 said:
5-ish Finkle said:
krista4 said:
And my Grandpa is, like, the best guy ever.
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What's Grandpa say? If he says "it's okay" then it's okay. In my book anyway.

Hope that doesn't come off as me being a giant ###. I get the "you go to the funeral" @#$!....to a degree. In general, they idea of them is pretty morbid. You hang around staring at a corpse. Much bigger fan of wakes. I want to be cremated, mixed with the ashes of my wife/dog if they went first and then fired out of a cannon. Screw having everyone stand around ogling my husk(although, who could blame anyone? I'm sort of hot and grow hotter with every single year).

If Grandpa is truly okay with you missing it, then it really boils down to how you'll feel in a year if you don't go. If the answer is "sort of ####ty" then you go anyway.
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Grandpa asked immediately if I could come, but when told I couldn't was understanding about that, but then perked up a lot when hearing that I would come later. My mom is an only child, and my only sibling is a ####, so I'm kind of all he has in terms of grandchildren who are good to him. When he said he understood I know he did logically (despite being 95, he's sharp as a tack), but I'm not sure that's enough.

####.

I actually try to picture the visitation and funeral and whether my presence makes a difference. And not to be too personal or morbid, but my grandmother - to whom he was married 50 years - died tragically (suicide) and he was understandably devastated. He has been married to this woman for 18 years, so it's not like it's a new relationship, but I don't get the feeling he liked her much over the last many years, and she was old and had had health problems, though she actually died from being hit by a car a few weeks ago. I'm just saying it's a lot less emotional, sudden, and sad for him. He seems very much at peace with it and in fact was making some "end of life" decisions that were pretty extreme and difficult such as deciding to stop giving her fluids and nutrition. So, though I know this is some justification I'm giving for not going, it is not nearly so devastating.

Still, burying your wife for a second time ain't easy. On the plus side, my mom - who has become a saint in recent weeks - is going to spend 10 days there.
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Really sorry you are going through this, GB, and I know you'll do the right thing. Please forgive me as I admit this, but the bolded sentence kind of blindsided me and I chortled, which makes me a horrible human and I'm sorry....just was not expecting "hit by a car" there.
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It was kind of (unintentionally) funny wording, now that I look back at it. It's like I introduced a new lead character in the last act of a play.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
kevzilla said:
Uruk-Hai said:
Home already. Wobbly as hell, but not hurting (yet). Coworker is dropping off a script for percs.
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Good news. Gallbladder, right? Bland diet until you figure out what you can tolerate.
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Yep. I've been on a bland diet since I was diagnosed, so no real changes there for now.
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Good to hear all went well

 
krista4 said:
Thanks to all again for the great advice. It warms my cold, crusty heart that so many of you were willing to take the time to consider my situation and give your thoughts, especially when folks like facook who don't stop by here often do so.

I talked to my mom who was adamant that coming later would actually be better in this instance. As some of you alluded to, my grandpa will be surrounded by lots of folks this week, but it's next week when he will start to feel more alone. Plus, as it turns out, my mom has arranged for some things like meeting with lawyers and touring assisted living facilities next week, for which I can actually be useful. That's the plan; I hope that it will be the right one for grandpa.

Good job on the kind invite, GM, to the exMrsGM. That will mean a lot to them.
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Sounds like a good solution.

Sorry for your loss GBK4

 
General Malaise said:
I have twin aunts - Lucy and Sally - who are my dad's younger sisters. Neither one has any kids of their own, so my sister and I are pretty close to them. We don't get to see them very often, but I email with them occasionally, send them pictures and updates of the kids and talk football with them (they both love football). They are both extremely excited about our twins, so they are coming in town this Sunday.

Sally was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago and though we're hoping they caught it early enough to kick it in the teeth, you just don't know when it comes to the evil and unpredictability that is the Big C. I haven't seen her or Lucy in years, so I'm really excited to see them and I do hope Sally is mending.

K4's story about her mom staying with her ex-husband's wife's sister (did I get that right) touched a chord in me. Sally and Lucy were very fond of my ex-wife and vice versa. Since dinner will be on Sunday at my house and since Sunday's are usually my ex's day/night with our sons, I have asked Flags for the boys on Sunday so they can see their great aunts. Flags of course said "no problem", as she always does. I also thought it would be nice to invite Flags and her BF over to the house to see Sally and Lucy and have dinner with us. She has accepted the invite. :thumbup:
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Good on ya GM.

:thumbup:

 
I am now an executive producer.

Please interact with me accordingly.

35 years ago, i took one of those tests that told you what your optimal career would be. Mine was movie producer.

35 years later, bing ####### o

 
cosjobs said:
I am now an executive producer.

Please interact with me accordingly.

35 years ago, i took one of those tests that told you what your optimal career would be. Mine was movie producer.

35 years later, bing ####### o
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Congrats Cos. Can't wait to see the movie. And make a bunch of money and embark on a new career.

 
cosjobs said:
Spent the last three hours in a bar, talking to chicks about being a walkon for no money. I am born for this job
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Truly envious. You could discover the next starlet. Or antibiotic-resistant STD. Way to go.

 
I need a crappy black watch for a Halloween costume so I took a quick look for 'Black Watch' on Amazon

Filtered by Prime, then price, lowest to highest.

I did not filter by department.

Do it yourself and let me know what you get

 
Limp Ditka said:
I need a crappy black watch for a Halloween costume so I took a quick look for 'Black Watch' on Amazon

Filtered by Prime, then price, lowest to highest.

I did not filter by department.

Do it yourself and let me know what you get
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Are those not the movies and books you were looking for. I once looked for some Hot Wheels track that was called Double Team Jump, or something like that, had some very interesting movies sprinkled into the search results.

 
Limp Ditka said:
I need a crappy black watch for a Halloween costume so I took a quick look for 'Black Watch' on Amazon

Filtered by Prime, then price, lowest to highest.

I did not filter by department.

Do it yourself and let me know what you get
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You can't sort by price unless you choose a department.

 
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