OT: Off-Topic Thread - Winter IS ovah.. Officially, anyway

[Kovi]

Well I maintained my record of flowers for the Bride on January 14.
The anniversary of our first date.

39 years and I havent missed one yet with a bouquet.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
attention all partners and spouses...

 

[BMC]

Well I maintained my record of flowers for the Bride on January 14.
The anniversary of our first date.

39 years and I havent missed one yet with a bouquet.

Definitely a keeper

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Well I maintained my record of flowers for the Bride on January 14.
The anniversary of our first date.

39 years and I havent missed one yet with a bouquet.

You're just an old softie.

 

[Rocko604]

Great day for sports. Bruins game, followed by watching a bit of the Niagra/Hamilton OHL game before football starts. If only I wasn't sick. Concerned I'm developing Bronchitis. The Buckley's cough syrup didn't work (liars!) so I'm onto Benylin.

 

[eightspokedb]

Well I maintained my record of flowers for the Bride on January 14.
The anniversary of our first date.

39 years and I havent missed one yet with a bouquet.

Wuv, tuw wuv....forevwah

 

[Fenway]

Ringling Brothers Circus is folding which to me graphically represents on how life has changed in the past couple of decades.

Ringling Bros. Circus, ‘The Greatest Show on Earth,’ to Close After 146 Years

Ringling Bros. has two touring circuses this season and will perform 30 shows between now and May. Major stops include Atlanta, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston and Brooklyn. The final shows will be in Providence, Rhode Island, on May 7 and in Uniondale, New York, at the Nassau County Coliseum on May 21.

When I was a kid the circus would hit the Garden in May long after hockey and basketball were done and it was a family outing. By the mid 70's having the circus at the Garden in May just didn't work as the Bruins would play playoff games while the Garden had the full menagerie in the East Lobby and the arena stunk.

Jacobs then moved the circus to early October which meant for many years the Bruins would do their west coast trip right off the bat.

My son turns 25 today and I took him to the circus when he was 5 or 6 and he was bored out of his mind.

This is the same son who today needles his father by saying "Dad, all the Boston teams waited for me to be born before they won."

I can't disagree

Live moves on.

 

[Fenway]

This is a three hanky story

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...mW88wM/story.html?s_campaign=bdc:article:stub

 

[Kovi]

This is a three hanky story

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...mW88wM/story.html?s_campaign=bdc:article:stub

He advised the students in the room “not to react so quickly when someone says something you may not agree with ... think before you ‘send.’ ”

Richard ended with a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ ”



Proceed with compassion if something triggers you. Ask yourself, "where are my choosing from?" before you reply.

Always look for moments in which you can be kind.

 

[ODAAT]

Ok fans, the travel thread is locked. Mrs Odaat and I typically stay outside of your great city when visiting but we`d like to treat ourselves during our trip in July to see Tom Petty and stay downtown

We understand this is peak season so we`ll pay and that`s ok, but your recommendations for a nice hotel would be greatly appreciated. I get were looking at $300 minimum for a good hotel. Looking for something within walking distances of the TD/Downtown shopping

Thanks in advance

 

[Fenway]

Ok fans, the travel thread is locked. Mrs Odaat and I typically stay outside of your great city when visiting but we`d like to treat ourselves during our trip in July to see Tom Petty and stay downtown

We understand this is peak season so we`ll pay and that`s ok, but your recommendations for a nice hotel would be greatly appreciated. I get were looking at $300 minimum for a good hotel. Looking for something within walking distances of the TD/Downtown shopping

Thanks in advance

It isn't locked

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=980489

 

[smithformeragent]

I think the time has come to cut my father out of my life completely.

He's struggled with mental illness, substance abuse and has a history of domestic violence.
He was not invited to our wedding three years ago. He briefly went homeless and bottomed out about a year and a half ago. He got back on his medication.

He has slowly been slipping back and I noticed warning signs that nobody else was willing to acknowledge. This included family and his care team. Due to the legal aspect, he cannot be forced to take his prescribed medication. This hasn't stopped him from "Self medicating".

Things came to a head over the weekend. He's started with stalker like behavior including showing up at my in laws' unannounced as well as at church. He also obsesses over my work webpage.

My sister revealed that she has PTSD as a result of all of the things that transpired in our childhood.

 

[ODAAT]

Today would have been Dad's 81st birthday.

Sorry to hear, it`s tough for sure. I`ve lost both parents over the last 19 months. Spending some final time with Mum at Christmas of 2015 she told me to have some fun with what she and Dad left us, take that "woman of yours on a vacation to show those curves", even sick, she had a great sense of humor and it`s those things I remember about both when times like Birthday`s/Christmas have arrived.

So I took Mum`s advice, splurged big time and Mrs Odaat and I are off on a Sandals vacation staying at Sandals Ochi, Jamaica in March. Butler and all that fun stuff, over the top, never do it again but even with Mum gone, no way was I going to ignore her demands

 

[ODAAT]

It isn't locked

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=980489

thx Fenway and sorry for posting that stuff here, I was on my phone and it wouldn`t allow me in so I assumed it was locked

Sorry again

 

[ODAAT]

I think the time has come to cut my father out of my life completely.

He's struggled with mental illness, substance abuse and has a history of domestic violence.
He was not invited to our wedding three years ago. He briefly went homeless and bottomed out about a year and a half ago. He got back on his medication.

He has slowly been slipping back and I noticed warning signs that nobody else was willing to acknowledge. This included family and his care team. Due to the legal aspect, he cannot be forced to take his prescribed medication. This hasn't stopped him from "Self medicating".

Things came to a head over the weekend. He's started with stalker like behavior including showing up at my in laws' unannounced as well as at church. He also obsesses over my work webpage.

My sister revealed that she has PTSD as a result of all of the things that transpired in our childhood.

All the best to you. I`ve been the one who needed to be "cut out", that was only by those whom I hadn`t already abandoned.

My personal issues have been expressed here before so no need to go into it again but since getting somewhat "healthy" over the last almost 12 years, I`ve had to separate myself from those who aren`t a positive impact on my life and it`s tough.

I`m no psychologist/psychiatrist but PM me if you need to vent or just to bend the ear of someone

 

[Kovi]

I think the time has come to cut my father out of my life completely.

He's struggled with mental illness, substance abuse and has a history of domestic violence.
He was not invited to our wedding three years ago. He briefly went homeless and bottomed out about a year and a half ago. He got back on his medication.

He has slowly been slipping back and I noticed warning signs that nobody else was willing to acknowledge. This included family and his care team. Due to the legal aspect, he cannot be forced to take his prescribed medication. This hasn't stopped him from "Self medicating".

Things came to a head over the weekend. He's started with stalker like behavior including showing up at my in laws' unannounced as well as at church. He also obsesses over my work webpage.

My sister revealed that she has PTSD as a result of all of the things that transpired in our childhood.

Honoring your courageous decision. While it's important to be kind and help others, you cant own other people's "stuff". They have to do that on their own.
People fall off and on our journey at different times. If a relationship isnt serving you, it's ok to step away.
Safety is always #1 and your ability to see what is best for you (and family)
Sending your dad compassion an strength.

 

[Ladyfan]

Well I maintained my record of flowers for the Bride on January 14.
The anniversary of our first date.

39 years and I havent missed one yet with a bouquet.

You are a good one

 

[Alicat]

Why do people think it is ok to ask not once but twice when a person is going to find someone and get married at another person's bridal shower?

As soon as I saw my aunt yesterday at my sister's shower, she asked me and then asked again when she was leaving.

I told her to go screw.

 

[smithformeragent]

Why do people think it is ok to ask not once but twice when a person is going to find someone and get married at another person's bridal shower?

As soon as I saw my aunt yesterday at my sister's shower, she asked me and then asked again when she was leaving.

I told her to go screw.

I flat out said it was nobody else's business except my wife and mine when asked repeatedly by her grandmother and aunt when we were going to have kids.

I'm done caving to the pressure of others and I'm also done being polite as not to rock the boat.

 

[BMC]

Sorry to hear, it`s tough for sure. I`ve lost both parents over the last 19 months. Spending some final time with Mum at Christmas of 2015 she told me to have some fun with what she and Dad left us, take that "woman of yours on a vacation to show those curves", even sick, she had a great sense of humor and it`s those things I remember about both when times like Birthday`s/Christmas have arrived.

So I took Mum`s advice, splurged big time and Mrs Odaat and I are off on a Sandals vacation staying at Sandals Ochi, Jamaica in March. Butler and all that fun stuff, over the top, never do it again but even with Mum gone, no way was I going to ignore her demands

Always listen to your mom

And have a wonderful time

 

[Kovi]

Why do people think it is ok to ask not once but twice when a person is going to find someone and get married at another person's bridal shower?

As soon as I saw my aunt yesterday at my sister's shower, she asked me and then asked again when she was leaving.

I told her to go screw.

sorry that happened

but good for you--dont cave to pressure. that ended in divorce for me.

just be you

 

[Terrier]

Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, has passed away at 82.


http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/16/us/eugene-cernan-dies/index.html

 

[Gee Wally]

Bruins are the least of my worries.

If you haven't noticed I've been sporadic the last couple of days. Our oil fired boiler 'collapsed' in on itself (google it) Sunday night, the house damn near burned down. We were lucky it happened while I was still awake.

Anyway we are currently living with space heaters and no hot water while awaiting replacement. Hopefully it gets done by Thursday night as projected.. $10,000.

I may be a bit a cranky.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Bruins are the least of my worries.

If you haven't noticed I've been sporadic the last couple of days. Our oil fired boiler 'collapsed' in on itself (google it) Sunday night, the house damn near burned down. We were lucky it happened while I was still awake.

Anyway we are currently living with space heaters and no hot water while awaiting replacement. Hopefully it gets done by Thursday night as projected.. $10,000.

I may be a bit a cranky.

Dang Wally, sorry to hear that. That'll make me think twice about complaining about getting yelled at by some crazy hockey parents over the weekend.

 

[BMC]

Bruins are the least of my worries.

If you haven't noticed I've been sporadic the last couple of days. Our oil fired boiler 'collapsed' in on itself (google it) Sunday night, the house damn near burned down. We were lucky it happened while I was still awake.

Anyway we are currently living with space heaters and no hot water while awaiting replacement. Hopefully it gets done by Thursday night as projected.. $10,000.

I may be a bit a cranky.

I don't blame you. Unfortunately something like this isn't covered by homeowners insurance (although it would respond if your house had caught on fire). How old was it? Maybe it is still under warranty? Grabbing at straws but when you're going to be out $10,000 you grab at anything that might help!!!!

 

[DarrenBanks56]

Bruins are the least of my worries.

If you haven't noticed I've been sporadic the last couple of days. Our oil fired boiler 'collapsed' in on itself (google it) Sunday night, the house damn near burned down. We were lucky it happened while I was still awake.

Anyway we are currently living with space heaters and no hot water while awaiting replacement. Hopefully it gets done by Thursday night as projected.. $10,000.

I may be a bit a cranky.

i feel this will happen to ours soon too.
its 30 yrs old.