GM's thread about nothing (44 Viewers)

[Osaurus]

Did someone hack the FBG FFA Guy Twitter account, or is someone just spamming for grins?

 

[Captain Quinoa]

We're really on a terrible roll here. Does anybody have any good news?

My son is playing Tier 1 Elite hockey this year. He scored a goal in his first game, which is one more than he scored all of last year (he's a defenseman).

My daughter made it through her first mumf of high school without getting impregnated :knockonwood: :notthatkindofwood:

 

[Guster]

For today's uplifting news:

Spoiler

I mentioned in here a while back that they had found a small occurrence of breast cancer in my Mom. So small, they said, that it could not have been detected if it was any smaller. The treated it and cut it out and did the follow up and - boom, no cancer and none spread to her lymph nodes.

She comes out here last week for a friend of the family's wedding next week and is complaining of back pain and a low fever. This is unusual because my Mom does not complain, ever, under any circumstances. After a couple days she goes to a walk in clinic and the doctor looks her over and says she looks great, can't find anything wrong with her, she appears to be in awesome health. He says if it keeps up check into an ER where they could do a more extensive look-see.

It does and she does and yesterday they find a large mass in her chest on her lung and a building anyeurism between her aorta and her lung that could burst any time, killing her fairly rapidly. They don't know if the mass is an infection or cancer or something else but the diagnosis is pretty grim. The story last night was regardless of what this was, it was inoperable and was going to kill her now or sometime very soon. My Dad is a mess because although he's brilliant and stoic, she runs the show. He likely hasn't cooked a meal for himself since he was single and their 50th anniversary was just earlier this month. I keep it together when I'm with her and him because I know me breaking down will break both of them and both are being very brave all things considered. However, the second I got in my car to go home, I lost it. Cried like I haven't cried in probably over 30 years. Not just for me and losing my mom but for my kids, especially my daughter who would never get to know her and what an amazing person she is/was and what a great role model for a young woman she would be and mostly for my Dad who has obviously never considered that she might go first. I tried talking to him last night about what he would do next and he just couldn't comprehend it, he mumbled that she had been his whole life for 50 years and went into his room and shut the door.

Because she is Canadian (actually Australian but living in Canada), they want to keep her overnight and then put her on a plan at the earliest opportunity to get back to Toronto where they say the hospitals are actually better at this type of thing, not to mention free. However, this morning she begins coughing up blood. At that point, I'm pretty sure that's it. The thing is about to burst and within minutes it would be over. Nurses come, doctors come, surgeons consult. Luckily she stops coughing up the blood so it appeared to be a temporary passing of blood between the walls of the aneurism and her lung. Still could go any second but not necessarily the 2 minute warning.

The surgeons decide that they are going to get her into surgery and try and put a stint in place. The vascular surgeon is new to the situation and seems to be confident that he can do it without causing too much disruption that the things bursts. This is contrary to what the thoracic surgeon had said but this guy thinks that issue would be a very low chance. He also thinks that because the breast cancer had never spread to her lymph nodes that there's a decent chance that the tumor is not malignant. The thoracic guy is going to power wash her lungs and test what comes out. If she survives the surgery and if the stint works and if their is no infection and if it's not cancerous and if they can get her back to Toronto and find her another aorta, she may survive. Hell of a lot of ifs but when it's your Mom you're happy for any ray of hope.

Been a long ####ty 24 hours and probably not going to get any better. I can't feel sorry for myself because sooner or later this happens to everybody and for many far sooner than this. Don't forget to tell your mom how much you love her and as hard as it is encourage your parents if they are both living to have a plan for what to do when one of them goes before the other. If they are like mine, they only planned for what to do when both were gone and didn't give the more likely possibility much thought.

They just came and finally told us that she's in prep and about to start the surgery. Wish me more luck than we've had so far.

Haven't had much time in this thread recently, but thoprawishes too all in need.

Drifter, this sucks. I'm so sorry to hear it. I'm very sad for you - you're a great guy and I hate that you have this sorrow.

I won't be able to check in until tonight probably, but I'm hoping for good news and sending you positive vibes.

GLGB

 

[Guster]

We're really on a terrible roll here. Does anybody have any good news? TPW to Roboto's cousin's baby, and anybody else who I may have missed earlier.

We're going to Disneyland tomorrow.

I still have my small futures bet on the A's to win the series at +3300. Can we unite on that as a thread? Can they be our A's?

Also I've been ordained by the Universal Life Church so I can marry people now.

I got them at +3000, so

 

[UOFI_316]

thoprawishes to Drifter, Mr Roboto's wife's cousins, anyone else who I missed. We need Knuckles, Zookwarts, or a Homer 3some to come back to get this thread back on track.

 

[krista4]

We're really on a terrible roll here. Does anybody have any good news? TPW to Roboto's cousin's baby, and anybody else who I may have missed earlier.

The garbage disposal in my hotel room got fixed.

 

[Limp Ditka]

We're really on a terrible roll here. Does anybody have any good news? TPW to Roboto's cousin's baby, and anybody else who I may have missed earlier.

The garbage disposal in my hotel room got fixed.

What was wrong with it, clogged with cat vomit?

 

[Thorn]

Also, I'm sorry if I've missed anyone else who needs TPWs. I pop in here and there but am usually on my phone and I don't always have time to compose a well thought out response to some of these things that deserve one.

Just know that I iHeart you guys and am always pulling for you, even if it's days between check-ins.

Love you 'Zooks.

working has been eating me alive lately. Hope everyone is hanging in there.

Happy birthday, Krista.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Thropas, drifter.

Rest assured that I will continue to man our awful fantasy team to ease the burden.

As a gesture of goodwill, we would be glad to trade you that ### bag David Wilson (rb-giants) for any player on your rooster.

We have Geno Smith and some WR depth to trade for half a RB. I think Wilson qualifies.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

if only trading was allowed...imagine the fun we could all have

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

We're really on a terrible roll here. Does anybody have any good news? TPW to Roboto's cousin's baby, and anybody else who I may have missed earlier.

We're going to Disneyland tomorrow.

I still have my small futures bet on the A's to win the series at +3300. Can we unite on that as a thread? Can they be our A's?

Also I've been ordained by the Universal Life Church so I can marry people now.

I don't see how someone could not love the A's.

I joined that ULC thing too when I was in college, because I heard AMC gave members of the clergy a massive discount on movie tickets. Turns out that's bull####.

Yeah my cousin who I kind of helped raise wants me to do her ceremony as a kind of "giving her away" thing (her words). Turns out you just fill out a form and then 30 minutes later you get an email and wa la I can marry people now. I'm sure there's a few more hoops but whatevs.

Not really, unless you're in certain states, like Wisconsin. Then you need to pay ULC like $20 to send a letter to you.

Welcome to 20 years ago, btw.

 

[General Malaise]

Keeping you and your family in my heart and mind Drifter. And calling my mom later today. Hoping medicine licks this one.

 

[General Malaise]

Keeping you and your family in my heart and mind Drifter. And calling my mom later today. Hoping medicine licks this one.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

We're really on a terrible roll here. Does anybody have any good news? TPW to Roboto's cousin's baby, and anybody else who I may have missed earlier.

We're going to Disneyland tomorrow.

I still have my small futures bet on the A's to win the series at +3300. Can we unite on that as a thread? Can they be our A's?

Also I've been ordained by the Universal Life Church so I can marry people now.

I got them at +3000, so

I'm on our Dodgers at 20-1.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

4.14 Oildale Meat Raffle- Josh Freeman - QB - TB

Josh, wait!

 

[General Malaise]

Double post dog ****.

 

[UOFI_316]

Double post dog ****.

Of all the posts to double post, that wasn't the worst.

 

[Frostillicus]

4.14 Oildale Meat Raffle- Josh Freeman - QB - TB

Josh, wait!

This league is stupid.

 

[UOFI_316]

• Sturdiest Slot: On a team with five better-than-average positions, QB is the best player grouping on Oildale Meat Raffle (37.7% above the league average for that group).

 

[Scoresman]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

ask me anything about Disneyland. can probably answer any questions you have.

and yes stay very far away from internet Disney forums. very very creepy moms in those communities.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

ask me anything about Disneyland. can probably answer any questions you have.

and yes stay very far away from internet Disney forums. very very creepy moms in those communities.

Mr. Ham alias?

 

[shuke]

Just found out that Mrs Roboto's cousin's new baby girl has a 10% chance of making it to her 2nd birthday. The mom and dad are the most wonderful, loving people we know. They live and work in a sort of commune for mentally handicapped adults teaching them life skills. Amazing, selfless people. They have a healthy 4 year old son who will have to learn about death by the time he is 5.

Sickening to hear stuff like this. Sorry.

 

[shuke]

Also got clocked for going "Hisashi Iwakuma fastball" in Kern County, so I guess I'm helping to pay Tanner's salary at some point in the next few months.

Were you bringing the gold back to the golden empire or whatever?

 

[shuke]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

You ever ventured into the Disney trip thread here? After trying to read it for 15 minutes I decided the trip would be too complicated.

 

[shuke]

Did someone hack the FBG FFA Guy Twitter account, or is someone just spamming for grins?

No new tweets since 01/04/12.

 

[shuke]

We're really on a terrible roll here. Does anybody have any good news? TPW to Roboto's cousin's baby, and anybody else who I may have missed earlier.

My son had his second Tae Kwon Do class last night and did markedly better. I think it is going to be good for him.

We had the follow up appointment with his pediatrician this morning to review all of our paperwork about his behavioral stuff. Nothing to be too alarmed about. He has some general anxiety probably stemming from the burden and worry brought on by my wife's headaches, in addition to genetics (my wife and I both have history of anxiety), but hopefully some counseling at school will help. Stomach issues have not been present this week, and are probably related to constipation.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Did someone hack the FBG FFA Guy Twitter account, or is someone just spamming for grins?

No new tweets since 01/04/12.

I got a DM spam yesterday too.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

You ever ventured into the Disney trip thread here? After trying to read it for 15 minutes I decided the trip would be too complicated.

Hoping to baby jesus that I never have to do this. Pretty sure my wife and her best friend want to though.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

You ever ventured into the Disney trip thread here? After trying to read it for 15 minutes I decided the trip would be too complicated.

Hoping to baby jesus that I never have to do this. Pretty sure my wife and her best friend want to though.

Like most things, you can make it as easy or as complicated as you want. Anal people who need to plan everything to the second get a lot out of that thread. For me, it was mostly about gathering information on places to stay and eat.

shuke's right, though, there's a lot to wade through in there, and it can be overwhelming. I read about 3 pages and quickly realized the easiest thing to do was going to be to gather the questions I had and PM shuke Y23F. The part you can never escape is the $$$. It's going to be expensive no matter what.

 

[Thorn]

if only trading was allowed...imagine the fun we could all have

TEDIUM!

 

[-fish-]

4.14 Oildale Meat Raffle- Josh Freeman - QB - TB

Josh, wait!

GM's League of Attrition

This league is stupid.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Tanner - you through the Universal Life Church?

Yes

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

It freaks me out when full-grown adults are way too into Disney. I've probably mentioned this but my brother's ex-wife and my 30 year old neice go to Disneyland about 6-7 times a year. My niece likes to countdown the days until they go on facebook.

 

[Scoresman]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

It freaks me out when full-grown adults are way too into Disney. I've probably mentioned this but my brother's ex-wife and my 30 year old neice go to Disneyland about 6-7 times a year. My niece likes to countdown the days until they go on facebook.

my love of Disney stems from multiple childhood trips there. nothing gives me a greater sense of nostalgia than a Disney trip and sharing it with another generation.

the creepy ones are the adults who go alone.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

It freaks me out when full-grown adults are way too into Disney. I've probably mentioned this but my brother's ex-wife and my 30 year old neice go to Disneyland about 6-7 times a year. My niece likes to countdown the days until they go on facebook.

There's a 40ish lady at work that goes there for a couple weeks a year and gives tours. She, of course, is completely insane.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

It freaks me out when full-grown adults are way too into Disney. I've probably mentioned this but my brother's ex-wife and my 30 year old neice go to Disneyland about 6-7 times a year. My niece likes to countdown the days until they go on facebook.

There's a 40ish lady at work that goes there for a couple weeks a year and gives tours. She, of course, is completely insane.

In fairness, most 40-ish women are completely insane

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

It freaks me out when full-grown adults are way too into Disney. I've probably mentioned this but my brother's ex-wife and my 30 year old neice go to Disneyland about 6-7 times a year. My niece likes to countdown the days until they go on facebook.

There's a 40ish lady at work that goes there for a couple weeks a year and gives tours. She, of course, is completely insane.

Exactly. I know I posted that back in May when we went on our annual 8th grade trip to D-Land this 40 year old woman I teach with showed up already wearing her mouse-ear hairband complete with a giant polka-dot Minnie Mouse bow. That's hard to stomach at 6:00AM.

My niece is also into Harry Potter waaaay too much. Like I said...she's 30. That means she was 15 fricken years old when the first one came out.

 

[kevzilla]

I thought that's what Vegas was for.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

It freaks me out when full-grown adults are way too into Disney. I've probably mentioned this but my brother's ex-wife and my 30 year old neice go to Disneyland about 6-7 times a year. My niece likes to countdown the days until they go on facebook.

There's a 40ish lady at work that goes there for a couple weeks a year and gives tours. She, of course, is completely insane.

Exactly. I know I posted that back in May when we went on our annual 8th grade trip to D-Land this 40 year old woman I teach with showed up already wearing her mouse-ear hairband complete with a giant polka-dot Minnie Mouse bow. That's hard to stomach at 6:00AM.

My niece is also into Harry Potter waaaay too much. Like I said...she's 30. That means she was 15 fricken years old when the first one came out.

Is she a... bigger gal?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I thought that's what Vegas was for.

Crazy 40 year olds?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

It freaks me out when full-grown adults are way too into Disney. I've probably mentioned this but my brother's ex-wife and my 30 year old neice go to Disneyland about 6-7 times a year. My niece likes to countdown the days until they go on facebook.

There's a 40ish lady at work that goes there for a couple weeks a year and gives tours. She, of course, is completely insane.

In fairness, women are completely insane

 

[shuke]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

You ever ventured into the Disney trip thread here? After trying to read it for 15 minutes I decided the trip would be too complicated.

Hoping to baby jesus that I never have to do this. Pretty sure my wife and her best friend want to though.

I think my best option is to just go into a AAA travel office and say, "you plan it for me".

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

So I'm looking for info on Disneyland (kingdomplanners.com IS down), and I find this disboards.com. These people are weirdos.

It freaks me out when full-grown adults are way too into Disney. I've probably mentioned this but my brother's ex-wife and my 30 year old neice go to Disneyland about 6-7 times a year. My niece likes to countdown the days until they go on facebook.

There's a 40ish lady at work that goes there for a couple weeks a year and gives tours. She, of course, is completely insane.

Exactly. I know I posted that back in May when we went on our annual 8th grade trip to D-Land this 40 year old woman I teach with showed up already wearing her mouse-ear hairband complete with a giant polka-dot Minnie Mouse bow. That's hard to stomach at 6:00AM.

My niece is also into Harry Potter waaaay too much. Like I said...she's 30. That means she was 15 fricken years old when the first one came out.

Is she a... bigger gal?

Nailed it. Same with my ex sis-in-law and niece.

 

[kevzilla]

I thought that's what Vegas was for.

Crazy 40 year olds?

Well, that too. But mostly Disneyland for grownups.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Should we start a thread called "What is it with fat chicks and Disneyland?"

Or and the same goes for being way to into stuff like Eyeore, Tinkerbell, and Tweety. You see a car with a bumper/window sticker or plate frame with any of that crap on it and there is a 90% chance it's being driven by a larger woman.

 

[shuke]

Wait, forget Disney. Who am I kidding?

In the past 2 weeks:

$1700 gum grafting surgery

$1400 1-year tae kwon do contract

$600 issues related to lightning strike

$700 additional electrical work I'm having done today

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

$1400 for Tae Kwon Do? You need Mr. Miyagi to step in there. Wow.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

$1400 for tae kwon do?

Is Jackie Chan teaching it?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Dammit tre

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Dammit tre