On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:55:20 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.

GASP! Sounds like you need a real world support group too.

Lou

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:53:01 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>> Omelet wrote:
>> > In article >,
>> > ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Omelet wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> With a 60 gig HD and an 80 gig backup, I have more than enough disk
>> >>> space. <g>
>> >>>
>> >> Heh. I have this in writing. <g>
>> >
>> > ;-)
>> >
>> > I'm only using a fraction of it. This computer is going on 8 years old.
>> > It does what I need it to do so who needs to upgrade?
>>
>> My system is 4 years old and has a 13.5 Gig hard drive of which I am
>> using less than 20%.
>
>20% of my hard drive is taken up with music files...

My music folder is 215 gigs and I've got another 10 gigs than needs to
be sorted and moved over.

Lou

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:42:34 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:


>> > I think you are doing rather well actually.
>> > My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.
>> >
>> > That invitation to talk is always open if you need a shoulder. You can
>> > e-mail me for a cell number.
>>
>> I agree. It's hard enough to lose a parent, but I think even harder around
>> the holidays. I completely lost it for a while after my mother died.
>
>It always sucks to bury our parents, especially when you were actually
>friends with them. I dread losing dad.

You're supposed to move on and get your own life when you can support
yourself. Most people gather friends and wisdom over time and aren't
so dependent on their parents that they are "destroyed" for 3 years.
My parents are both alive but older. When they die they can be PROUD
that I'm not financially or emotionally dependent on either of them.

Lou

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:36:03 -0500, "jmcquown" >
wrote:


>> A miracle scientific breakthrough for the coming year would be if a cure
>> was
>> found for Jill's chronic "foot - in - mouthus" disease...progress on that
>> front has been "stalled" in the past year.
>>
>> <chuckle>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best
>> Greg
>>
>>
>
>Just slink back to your obsession with cybercat, Greg.

I think you're gonna be more fun.

Lou

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:45:59 -0800 (PST), Sheldon >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>> "jmcquown" wrote:
>>
>> >I was going to get a small standing rib roast. ?All of the talk about them
>> >set off a craving! ?But I got tied up with other stuff and forgot to buy one
>> >when I was in town last week. ?So I'll just thaw the leftover half of the
>> >cornish game hen from 12/25. ?I do have some nice cheese and crackers to
>> >snack on, too. ?Not a very exciting meal, but it will do
>>
>> Sounds like you've got a big group of friends to hang with. ?
>
>Quality is better than quantity... I'm positive Jill's cat Persia is
>far better company than the likes of you, and infinitely better
>looking... and I've no doubt cleaner and smells sweeter.

OK. So you're all up on feline companionship. Know much about
humans?

Lou

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:53:18 -0800 (PST), Sheldon >
wrote:

>Who're you, Dr. Phil... I don't think Jill would benefit from some
>hussy whose mentality is all problems are reconciled with a gun.

Free cell phone minutes. They can grieve for years.

Lou

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:13:03 -0800 (PST), Gregory Morrow
> wrote:

> "jmcquown" > aka "The Evil One" wrote:

>
>Oh jeez, cry us all a river. You are simply fishing for sympathy
>here...
>
>And by "busy" you mean you are totting up the sum of all that dough
>your deceased parents left you...hardly "depressing" since that means
>you won't have to get off yer whiny arse and get a job.
>
>
>>Happy New Year
>
>
>One thing that will fun about the coming year is that you'll *still*
>be here so we's can bash you around...

This will be sooo much fun.

Lou

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:42:37 -0600, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:


>Just fer grins I emailed some of the above posts in this exchange to some
>friends (non - rfc, they are not on Usenet). Even though they don't know
>who Jill is one commented, "*Half* of a *frozen* left - over Cornish
>hen...how pathetic!".
>
>Lol...

Half a hen is nothing more than a midnight snack. But she did get
some attention as we're talking about her.

Lou

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:41:25 -0600, Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:26:43 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>>http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>>For any newbies out the
>>
>>MCINL = My Choice is Not Listed
>>
>>As this will be the last survey for 2008, may I take this opportunity to
>>thank all the r.f.c.-ers out there for their survey suggestions, please
>>keep them coming.
>>
>>BTW, Happy New Year to All!
>
> Happy New Year to you too Cathy. And thanks for all the work you do
> here with the site and the surveys.
>
> Lou

amen to that.

your pal,
blake

In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:55:20 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.
>
> GASP! Sounds like you need a real world support group too.
>
> Lou

It was 6 years ago. I'm ok now.
It's just that parental deaths can affect some people more than others
depending on how close you were to them. Mom was my #1 best friend.

It's why I can feel for Jill.

There is no sin in having compassion.
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:53:01 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > Dave Smith > wrote:
> >
> >> Omelet wrote:
> >> > In article >,
> >> > ChattyCathy > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Omelet wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> With a 60 gig HD and an 80 gig backup, I have more than enough disk
> >> >>> space. <g>
> >> >>>
> >> >> Heh. I have this in writing. <g>
> >> >
> >> > ;-)
> >> >
> >> > I'm only using a fraction of it. This computer is going on 8 years old.
> >> > It does what I need it to do so who needs to upgrade?
> >>
> >> My system is 4 years old and has a 13.5 Gig hard drive of which I am
> >> using less than 20%.
> >
> >20% of my hard drive is taken up with music files...
>
> My music folder is 215 gigs and I've got another 10 gigs than needs to
> be sorted and moved over.
>
> Lou

Braggart. <g>
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:42:34 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
>
> >> > I think you are doing rather well actually.
> >> > My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.
> >> >
> >> > That invitation to talk is always open if you need a shoulder. You can
> >> > e-mail me for a cell number.
> >>
> >> I agree. It's hard enough to lose a parent, but I think even harder
> >> around
> >> the holidays. I completely lost it for a while after my mother died.
> >
> >It always sucks to bury our parents, especially when you were actually
> >friends with them. I dread losing dad.
>
> You're supposed to move on and get your own life when you can support
> yourself. Most people gather friends and wisdom over time and aren't
> so dependent on their parents that they are "destroyed" for 3 years.
> My parents are both alive but older. When they die they can be PROUD
> that I'm not financially or emotionally dependent on either of them.
>
> Lou

'scuse me, but I'm NOT financially dependent on my father! It's the
other way around. He lives with ME.

I have a 4 year college degree, a 21 year career with a decent income
and only 3 years left on my morgage.

So please stuff your assumptions in the nearest convenient orifice.

There is no sin in being friends with your parents. I pity those that
are not.
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:53:18 -0800 (PST), Sheldon >
> wrote:
>
> >Who're you, Dr. Phil... I don't think Jill would benefit from some
> >hussy whose mentality is all problems are reconciled with a gun.
>
> Free cell phone minutes. They can grieve for years.
>
> Lou

Sheldon is a Hoplophobe. ;-) I enjoy firearms as much as a sport.
To me, marksmanship is a personal challenge.

So is getting the right recipe for my handloads...

I finally fired the .223 rounds that I made for my AR-15 the other day.
They cycled the weapon just fine, and the target accuracy was better
than the commercial loads.

They would make good competition rounds...

Sheldon has this huge paranoia about guns. It's pitiful actually.
Makes me wonder if his manhood feels threatened by a woman who can
defend herself and is not afraid to do so.
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:52:04 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article
>,
> Gregory Morrow > wrote:
>
>> Oh jeez, cry us all a river. You are simply fishing for sympathy
>> here...
>>
>> And by "busy" you mean you are totting up the sum of all that dough
>> your deceased parents left you...hardly "depressing" since that means
>> you won't have to get off yer whiny arse and get a job.
>
>I'm finally beginning to realize just how much of an ass hole you
>really are Greg.

Then call me an asshole too because he's 100% spot on. You're
actually pretty new here and many of us have over 10 years of reading
her pathetic crap. Most of which should have never made it to usenet.
You missed her imaginary wedding which took up way to much of the
groups time. But gullible people like yourself fell for it and it
went on and on. But she got her attention. There was also the Elton
John concert she went to that she needed to talk about what she was
going to wear for weeks before hand and we even had to listen to how
much the friggin tickets cost. The reason that one comes to mind is I
went to the Cadillac Palace and saw Dirty Dancing just this last
Monday and even though the show would blow away the one she saw nobody
cares! I'll bet you don't even care what I wore. But you're buddy
Jill thinks everyone cares about whatever idiotic thought that passes
through her selfish and attention craved brain.

I could sit and rack my memory with horror tales about what a looser
she is but I'll end with the quick one about when she and Damsel were
having one of their ****ing matches and Jill rubbed her face in the
fact that she had to send her money to put an animal down. Damsel may
have her flaws but she or anyone else shouldn't have had to deal with
that. It was probably one of the grimmest usenet posts I've ever
read.

You mentioned something about Greg's judgement in reference to
comparing cyberloon to Jill and it was derogatory. At first I was
rather mixed in my feelings so I didn't say anything. I don't care
for either of them. But I've never read the cyberloon using email or
private info against someone here.

It appears there's 3 of us from Chicago who are disgusted with Jill.
If you keep calling us assholes when we call her with the truth I
pretty much can assure you you'll get plowed over and you guns will do
you no good.

Have a safe and happy new year.

Lou

In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:

> Then call me an asshole too because he's 100% spot on. You're
> actually pretty new here and many of us have over 10 years of reading
> her pathetic crap.

I've been posting here since 1996. Earlier on under different ID's.

There is no reason, EVER, to be cruel.

And Greg is enough of an ass hole, I hope you are not proud to be
counted in the same ilk.

If so, I have compassion for you too for being such a hard ass.

It must be difficult to live like that.
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:

> It appears there's 3 of us from Chicago who are disgusted with Jill.
> If you keep calling us assholes when we call her with the truth I
> pretty much can assure you you'll get plowed over and you guns will do
> you no good.

I see you are a Hoplophobe too.
What the bloody hell do my guns have to do with ANY of this?
That was an asshole statement and uncalled for.

>
> Have a safe and happy new year.

You too. Stay safe and watch for drunks!

>
> Lou

Cheers,
Kat
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

"Lou Decruss" wrote

> Have a safe and happy new year.

You too Lou.

Don's going out for a bit but i think I'll stay home. I dont like and never
have liked the roads on that day/evening.

Oh on the survey, I have unused gigs here in HD space and a stuffed fridge.
I have lots of freezer room as we have a spare chest freezer ;-)

On Wed 31 Dec 2008 11:29:11a, Lou Decruss told us...

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:42:34 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
>
>>> > I think you are doing rather well actually.
>>> > My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.
>>> >
>>> > That invitation to talk is always open if you need a shoulder. You
>>> > can e-mail me for a cell number.
>>>
>>> I agree. It's hard enough to lose a parent, but I think even harder
>>> around the holidays. I completely lost it for a while after my mother
>>> died.
>>
>>It always sucks to bury our parents, especially when you were actually
>>friends with them. I dread losing dad.
>
> You're supposed to move on and get your own life when you can support
> yourself. Most people gather friends and wisdom over time and aren't
> so dependent on their parents that they are "destroyed" for 3 years.
> My parents are both alive but older. When they die they can be PROUD
> that I'm not financially or emotionally dependent on either of them.
>
> Lou

I was *never* financially dependent nor *emotionally dependent on my
parents after graduating from college. However, I loved them deeply enough
to grieve deeply when they passed away. I was also an only child, and no
close relatives to be with when they died.

--
Wayne Boatwright
(correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply)
************************************************** **********************
Date: Wednesday, 12(XII)/31(XXXI)/08(MMVIII)
************************************************** **********************
************************************************** **********************
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
************************************************** **********************

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Wed 31 Dec 2008 11:29:11a, Lou Decruss told us...
>
>
>>On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:42:34 -0600, Omelet >
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>I think you are doing rather well actually.
>>>>>My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.
>>>>>
>>>>>That invitation to talk is always open if you need a shoulder. You
>>>>>can e-mail me for a cell number.
>>>>
>>>>I agree. It's hard enough to lose a parent, but I think even harder
>>>>around the holidays. I completely lost it for a while after my mother
>>>>died.
>>>
>>>It always sucks to bury our parents, especially when you were actually
>>>friends with them. I dread losing dad.
>>
>>You're supposed to move on and get your own life when you can support
>>yourself. Most people gather friends and wisdom over time and aren't
>>so dependent on their parents that they are "destroyed" for 3 years.
>>My parents are both alive but older. When they die they can be PROUD
>>that I'm not financially or emotionally dependent on either of them.
>>
>>Lou
>
>
> I was *never* financially dependent nor *emotionally dependent on my
> parents after graduating from college. However, I loved them deeply enough
> to grieve deeply when they passed away. I was also an only child, and no
> close relatives to be with when they died.
>

I'm not an only child and haven't been emotionally or financially
dependent for decades, yet my relationship with my parents has been deep
and rich enough that I dread their passing.

Not to mention that I am executor for both of them and their living trust.

Live long and prosper, mis padres.

Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:13:03 -0800 (PST), Gregory Morrow
> > wrote:
>
> > "jmcquown" > aka "The Evil One" wrote:
>
> >
> >Oh jeez, cry us all a river. You are simply fishing for sympathy
> >here...
> >
> >And by "busy" you mean you are totting up the sum of all that dough
> >your deceased parents left you...hardly "depressing" since that means
> >you won't have to get off yer whiny arse and get a job.
> >
> >
> >>Happy New Year
> >
> >
> >One thing that will fun about the coming year is that you'll *still*
> >be here so we's can bash you around...
>
> This will be sooo much fun.


Flaming Jill is just *so* easily gratuitious that it *almost* makes me feel
cheap...but that doesn't mean I *won't* continue doing it.

;-p


--
Best
Greg

Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:52:04 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >In article
> >,
> > Gregory Morrow > wrote:
> >
> >> Oh jeez, cry us all a river. You are simply fishing for sympathy
> >> here...
> >>
> >> And by "busy" you mean you are totting up the sum of all that dough
> >> your deceased parents left you...hardly "depressing" since that means
> >> you won't have to get off yer whiny arse and get a job.
> >
> >I'm finally beginning to realize just how much of an ass hole you
> >really are Greg.
>
> Then call me an asshole too because he's 100% spot on. You're
> actually pretty new here and many of us have over 10 years of reading
> her pathetic crap. Most of which should have never made it to usenet.
> You missed her imaginary wedding which took up way to much of the
> groups time. But gullible people like yourself fell for it and it
> went on and on. But she got her attention. There was also the Elton
> John concert she went to that she needed to talk about what she was
> going to wear for weeks before hand and we even had to listen to how
> much the friggin tickets cost. The reason that one comes to mind is I
> went to the Cadillac Palace and saw Dirty Dancing just this last
> Monday and even though the show would blow away the one she saw nobody
> cares! I'll bet you don't even care what I wore. But you're buddy
> Jill thinks everyone cares about whatever idiotic thought that passes
> through her selfish and attention craved brain.
>
> I could sit and rack my memory with horror tales about what a looser
> she is but I'll end with the quick one about when she and Damsel were
> having one of their ****ing matches and Jill rubbed her face in the
> fact that she had to send her money to put an animal down. Damsel may
> have her flaws but she or anyone else shouldn't have had to deal with
> that. It was probably one of the grimmest usenet posts I've ever
> read.


Yup...thus my description of Jill as "the Linda Tripp of rfc".



> You mentioned something about Greg's judgement in reference to
> comparing cyberloon to Jill and it was derogatory. At first I was
> rather mixed in my feelings so I didn't say anything. I don't care
> for either of them. But I've never read the cyberloon using email or
> private info against someone here.
>
> It appears there's 3 of us from Chicago who are disgusted with Jill.
> If you keep calling us assholes when we call her with the truth I
> pretty much can assure you you'll get plowed over and your guns will do
> you no good.


I stopped reading Om when she started defending Peterbreath Lucas, 'nuff
said.

And we in Chicago are a hard - but fair - bunch. We are used to dealing
with "assholes" *all* the time, in fact they run the whole state. So we've
no problem calling these moral shysters out on their BS - and that's a
valuable skill for a Usenet poster to have...


> Have a safe and happy new year.


Some of us will be happy and content this coming year, others will be
*cringing*...they *know* who they are...BWAHAHAAAAAA...!!!

:-)


--
Best
Greg

Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:27:43 -0500, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
> >"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:11:13 -0500, "jmcquown" >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I was going to get a small standing rib roast. All of the talk about
them
> >>>set off a craving! But I got tied up with other stuff and forgot to
buy
> >>>one
> >>>when I was in town last week. So I'll just thaw the leftover half of
the
> >>>cornish game hen from 12/25. I do have some nice cheese and crackers
to
> >>>snack on, too. Not a very exciting meal, but it will do
> >>
> >> Sounds like you've got a big group of friends to hang with.
> >>
> >> Lou
> >
> >
> >
> >I suppose that was meant to be cute... came across as sarcastic. I'm
> >dealing with the details of my late mother's estate. Shocking I'd be a
tad
> >too busy (not to mention depressed) to bother with socializing in the
> >aftermath of her death. Happy New Year.
>
> Everyone has problems Jill. You seem to make yours worse than they
> really are. And even though you might have a few naive posters in RFC
> who pretend to care I'd bet most could care less. When the shit hits
> the fan in my life the last place I'd be is whining on usenet.
>
> Happy New Year.


Maybe Jill can put that minute frozen half - bird where her heart is...


--
Best
Greg

"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
> The reason that one comes to mind is I
> went to the Cadillac Palace and saw Dirty Dancing just this last
> Monday and even though the show would blow away the one she saw nobody
> cares! I'll bet you don't even care what I wore.

Lou, some of us do care. Please don't tease, tell us what you wore. Was it
the shirt with the sequins?

Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:55:20 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.
>
> GASP! Sounds like you need a real world support group too.
>


I've - *we've* - all had parents and loved ones die. When my dad died after
a horrible protracted illness (prostate cancer - NOT a pretty way to go) and
I was all distraught my mom said, "Life is for the living, remember the good
times and move on". They were married over 60 years and had lost a small
child back in the 40's due to some disease (they never talked about it, I
don't even know what she died of). They lived life and were very successful
at it, if that means working hard and being pretty happy despite all the ups
and downs. They went through stuff that would *crush* many younger people
now (they were married in the depths of the Depression, Dads' prosperous
family lost ALL their money in the 1933 bank failure...) but they simply
moved on, they were too busy living. Mom's in her 90's and still doing well
and is one of the most optimistic persons I know, she's younger in spirit
than many I see who are scores of decades younger...

[BTW dad was ill and died during my time on Usenet, including here. I did
not think it relevant to mention it at the time, and I feel hinky about
doing so now. I don't mind a bit about folks bringing up the loss of loved
ones, I'm very sympathetic, but it's another thing to DWELL and carry on
about as Jill has done...that is simply unseemly IMNSHO. And she also had
the mendacity to continually COMPLAIN about having to take care of
them...!!! It was always, "Mom won't eat this, she won't that...; My dad is
losing his mental faculties and he's MEAN to me...!!!". Can we say
"disrespectful" - I KNEW ya could... ]

I don't understand the concept of "extended" mourning. This is not
Victorian times and we don't have to don widder's weeds or black armbands
for the rest of our lives. After a point it's simply self - indulgent and
immature, not to mention morose in the extreme. You grieve and move on,
it's the healthy thing to do. Have a get - together of the decedant's
comrades, remember the good times, have some laffs and a "Dead Spread" of
their favorite foods...and GET BUSY if you are at loose ends. You'll be
happier and you'll be *really* honoring their memory by having a positive
outlook...


--
Best
Greg

In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

> In article >,
> Lou Decruss > wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:55:20 -0600, Omelet >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.
> >
> > GASP! Sounds like you need a real world support group too.

> It was 6 years ago. I'm ok now.
> It's just that parental deaths can affect some people more than others
> depending on how close you were to them. Mom was my #1 best friend.
>
> It's why I can feel for Jill.
>
> There is no sin in having compassion.

When it's someone close, the average grief process lasts 18 months.
Since that's an average, some are quicker, some take longer. It's been
a little over a month for Jill. Plus, it hasn't been that long since
she lost her father.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> "Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
> > The reason that one comes to mind is I
> > went to the Cadillac Palace and saw Dirty Dancing just this last
> > Monday and even though the show would blow away the one she saw nobody
> > cares! I'll bet you don't even care what I wore.
>
> Lou, some of us do care. Please don't tease, tell us what you wore. Was it
> the shirt with the sequins?


<chuckle>


--
Best
Greg

Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:53:01 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> > Dave Smith > wrote:
> >
> >> Omelet wrote:
> >> > In article >,
> >> > ChattyCathy > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Omelet wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> With a 60 gig HD and an 80 gig backup, I have more than enough disk
> >> >>> space. <g>
> >> >>>
> >> >> Heh. I have this in writing. <g>
> >> >
> >> > ;-)
> >> >
> >> > I'm only using a fraction of it. This computer is going on 8 years
old.
> >> > It does what I need it to do so who needs to upgrade?
> >>
> >> My system is 4 years old and has a 13.5 Gig hard drive of which I am
> >> using less than 20%.
> >
> >20% of my hard drive is taken up with music files...
>
> My music folder is 215 gigs and I've got another 10 gigs than needs to
> be sorted and moved over.


Gads, I feel *old*...my computer is almost 8 years old and has s 20 gig HD,
14.5 gigs of which are free...I'm glad I'm not into this new fad of
downloading music from the intranets - kids these days...!!!

;-)

=======>>> will soon be shopping for new computer...


--
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Greg

blake murphy wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:41:25 -0600, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:26:43 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
> >>
> >>For any newbies out the
> >>
> >>MCINL = My Choice is Not Listed
> >>
> >>As this will be the last survey for 2008, may I take this opportunity to
> >>thank all the r.f.c.-ers out there for their survey suggestions, please
> >>keep them coming.
> >>
> >>BTW, Happy New Year to All!
> >
> > Happy New Year to you too Cathy. And thanks for all the work you do
> > here with the site and the surveys.
> >
> > Lou
>
> amen to that.


Since cybercat and I are now on decent terms my next goal is to get you to
vote *Republican*, blake...are ya *ready*...!!!???

;-)


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Greg

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Since cybercat and I are now on decent terms my next goal is to get
> you to vote *Republican*, blake...are ya *ready*...!!!???

Well, since cybercat is one of my favourite people I suppose I ought to add
you along with blake)

In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

> In article >,
> Lou Decruss > wrote:

> > You're supposed to move on and get your own life when you can support
> > yourself. Most people gather friends and wisdom over time and aren't
> > so dependent on their parents that they are "destroyed" for 3 years.
> > My parents are both alive but older. When they die they can be PROUD
> > that I'm not financially or emotionally dependent on either of them.

> 'scuse me, but I'm NOT financially dependent on my father! It's the
> other way around. He lives with ME.
>
> I have a 4 year college degree, a 21 year career with a decent income
> and only 3 years left on my morgage.
>
> So please stuff your assumptions in the nearest convenient orifice.
>
> There is no sin in being friends with your parents.

I agree with that. I've seen a lot of people who spend a lot of time
with their parents and consult them often, because they value their
advice.

> I pity those that
> are not.

I don't. Sometimes people grow up in ways that diverge from their
parents. They still have things in common, and the memories, but they
don't always agree on things that are pretty major. They are still
family, but maybe "friends" isn't the right concept here.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> Omelet > wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Lou Decruss > wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:55:20 -0600, Omelet >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.
> > >
> > > GASP! Sounds like you need a real world support group too.
>
> > It was 6 years ago. I'm ok now.
> > It's just that parental deaths can affect some people more than others
> > depending on how close you were to them. Mom was my #1 best friend.
> >
> > It's why I can feel for Jill.
> >
> > There is no sin in having compassion.
>
> When it's someone close, the average grief process lasts 18 months.
> Since that's an average, some are quicker, some take longer. It's been
> a little over a month for Jill. Plus, it hasn't been that long since
> she lost her father.


Yeah, but Jill doesn't fall into the "average" - or even "normal" -
category, Dan...


--
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Greg

Wayne Boatwright needlessly blathered:

> On Wed 31 Dec 2008 11:29:11a, Lou Decruss told us...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:42:34 -0600, Omelet >
> > wrote:
>
> >>> > I think you are doing rather well actually.
> >>> > My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.
>
> >>> > That invitation to talk is always open if you need a shoulder. *You
> >>> > can e-mail me for a cell number.
>
> >>> I agree. *It's hard enough to lose a parent, but I think even harder
> >>> around the holidays. *I completely lost it for a while after my mother
> >>> died.
>
> >>It always sucks to bury our parents, especially when you were actually
> >>friends with them. I dread losing dad.
>
> > You're supposed to move on and get your own life when you can support
> > yourself. *Most people gather friends and wisdom over time and aren't
> > so dependent on their parents that they are "destroyed" for 3 years.
> > My parents are both alive but older. *When they die they can be PROUD
> > that I'm not financially or emotionally dependent on either of them.
>
> > Lou *
>
> I was *never* financially dependent nor *emotionally dependent on my
> parents after graduating from college. *


But Jill at the age of 50+ was - and *continues* to be...


However, I loved them deeply enough
> to grieve deeply when they passed away.

NO one was talking about *not* grieving...


*I was also an only child, and no
> close relatives to be with when they died.


Which is why at the age of 63 you are still such a WHINY l'il panty-
waisted BITCH, Wayne...and every bit the equal of Jill in the "Drama
Queen" department. It'd be lotsa fun to SLAP both of your gibbering
faces silly.

Lol...


--
Best
Greg

In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:52:04 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:

> went on and on. But she got her attention. There was also the Elton
> John concert she went to that she needed to talk about what she was
> going to wear for weeks before hand and we even had to listen to how
> much the friggin tickets cost. The reason that one comes to mind is I
> went to the Cadillac Palace and saw Dirty Dancing just this last
> Monday and even though the show would blow away the one she saw nobody
> cares! I'll bet you don't even care what I wore.

We just want to know if you wore underwear when you posted the above.

-)

"Dirty Dancing" brings back some fond memories. My daughter and I used
to watch that over and over. She was just a little one, so she didn't
understand half the plot, but she loved the music and dancing. I bought
the DVD for her a few years back, and we watched it again. After it was
over, she turned to me and commented that she had never understand
several of the things in that movie, but now she did.


> for either of them. But I've never read the cyberloon using email or
> private info against someone here.

She's made it very clear that she will have nothing to do with anybody
on this group. No Email and no private info.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Ophelia wrote:

> Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > Since cybercat and I are now on decent terms my next goal is to get
> > you to vote *Republican*, blake...are ya *ready*...!!!???
>
> Well, since cybercat is one of my favourite people I suppose I ought to add
> you along with blake)


The very happiest of New Year's to ya, Ms. O...

;-)


--
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Greg

Omelet > wrote in
news

>>
>> So small!!!! :-)
>
> It's nowhere near filled to capacity.
> I don't download movie files.
>



I've only got 51Gig of movies :-)



>
>>
>> I've got a 500lt main fridge/freezer combo (upside down) inside with
>> a 250lt 'run-off' fridge/freezer combo, with a 335lt fridge (only)
>> outside on the deck as a beer/drinks fridge :-)
>>
>> Oh........ and a huge chest freezer.
>>
>> Everything is chockers at the moment, but I keep telling the SO,
>> "It's the party season!!"
>
> I'm trying to live out of the freezer for now to save budget. There is
> plenty in there.



Samesame. We have some party type snacks etc leftover, but we have
Australia Day comming up in a little over 3 weeks, so that should see
the last of the party stuff :-)



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

You will travel through the valley of rejection;
you will reside in the land of morning mists...and you will find your
home,
though it will not be where you left it.

"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
m...
>
> Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:55:20 -0600, Omelet >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.
>>
>> GASP! Sounds like you need a real world support group too.
>>
>
>
> I've - *we've* - all had parents and loved ones die.

All points well taken, but that said, we are each different and work through
things in our own ways. Death of a parent is one of the big ones. I believe
in giving each individual the respect they deserve to grieve in their own
way and for however long it takes.

Probably because ... my former best friend and I got close when her father
died when she was 15. It was a bad scene, she never said goodbye, stayed in
denial, never went to the hospital to see him. Her crowd was too Tragically
Hip to allow strong emotion, so I came in handy. When my father died very
suddenly, this same woman told me, when I mentioned on the telephone that I
was still not the same, "it's been a year, don't you think that's long
enough to grieve?" Horrendous thing to say, IMO. At the very least, not
loving. I was not bending her ear all the time whining, I am not the type.
After that, more and more I noticed that she, much like "Lou" HAS HER HEAD
UP HER ASS.


** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> D K wrote:
>
>> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>>> "jmcquown" > aka "The Evil One" wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:11:13 -0500, "jmcquown" >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I was going to get a small standing rib roast. All of the talk about
> them
>>>>>> set off a craving! But I got tied up with other stuff and forgot to
> buy
>>>>>> one
>>>>>> when I was in town last week. So I'll just thaw the leftover half of
> the
>>>>>> cornish game hen from 12/25. I do have some nice cheese and crackers
> to
>>>>>> snack on, too. Not a very exciting meal, but it will do
>>>>> Sounds like you've got a big group of friends to hang with.
>>>>> Lou
>>>> I suppose that was meant to be cute... came across as sarcastic.
>>>
>>> Ya think...!!!???
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm
>>>> dealing with the details of my late mother's estate. Shocking I'd be a
> tad
>>>> too busy (not to mention depressed) to bother with socializing in the
>>>> aftermath of her death.
>>>
>>> Oh jeez, cry us all a river. You are simply fishing for sympathy
>>> here...
>>>
>>> And by "busy" you mean you are totting up the sum of all that dough
>>> your deceased parents left you...hardly "depressing" since that means
>>> you won't have to get off yer whiny arse and get a job.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Happy New Year
>>>
>>> One thing that will fun about the coming year is that you'll *still*
>>> be here so we's can bash you around...
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best
>>> Greg
>>> .
>>>
>>>
>> True.
>
>
> Just fer grins I emailed some of the above posts in this exchange to some
> friends (non - rfc, they are not on Usenet). Even though they don't know
> who Jill is one commented, "*Half* of a *frozen* left - over Cornish
> hen...how pathetic!".
>
> Lol...
>
>

I caught that, too.

-dk

PeterL wrote:
> Omelet > wrote in newsmpomelet-8E4895.11554330122008
> @news.giganews.com:
>
>> In article >,
>> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>>
>>> For any newbies out the
>>>
>>> MCINL = My Choice is Not Listed
>>>
>>> As this will be the last survey for 2008, may I take this opportunity to
>>> thank all the r.f.c.-ers out there for their survey suggestions, please
>>> keep them coming.
>>>
>>> BTW, Happy New Year to All!
>> With a 60 gig HD and an 80 gig backup, I have more than enough disk
>> space. <g>
>
>
> So small!!!! :-)
>
>
> Mines got a 300gig HD with a 300gig external HD (as a back up).
>
> I've been eyeing off one of those new 1 Tetrabyte externals...... but can't
> justify it just yet, as I have only used approx 87gb on both drives.

What would be the point? They don't last forever. Get a 320gb - they
are cheap right now.

-dk

Dan Abel wrote:
> In article >,
> Omelet > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Lou Decruss > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:55:20 -0600, Omelet >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.
>>> GASP! Sounds like you need a real world support group too.
>
>> It was 6 years ago. I'm ok now.
>> It's just that parental deaths can affect some people more than others
>> depending on how close you were to them. Mom was my #1 best friend.
>>
>> It's why I can feel for Jill.
>>
>> There is no sin in having compassion.
>
> When it's someone close, the average grief process lasts 18 months.
> Since that's an average, some are quicker, some take longer. It's been
> a little over a month for Jill. Plus, it hasn't been that long since
> she lost her father.
>

Her "Saturday Waitin' for the Undertaker Chat?" post was evident of her
lack of respect for her own mother. She's a freeloading vulture.

-dk

D K wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Omelet > wrote:
> >
> >> In article >,
> >> Lou Decruss > wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:55:20 -0600, Omelet >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> My mom's death nearly destroyed me for 3 years.
> >>> GASP! Sounds like you need a real world support group too.
> >
> >> It was 6 years ago. I'm ok now.
> >> It's just that parental deaths can affect some people more than others
> >> depending on how close you were to them. Mom was my #1 best friend.
> >>
> >> It's why I can feel for Jill.
> >>
> >> There is no sin in having compassion.
> >
> > When it's someone close, the average grief process lasts 18 months.
> > Since that's an average, some are quicker, some take longer. It's been
> > a little over a month for Jill. Plus, it hasn't been that long since
> > she lost her father.
> >
>
> Her "Saturday Waitin' for the Undertaker Chat?" post was evident of her
> lack of respect for her own mother. She's a freeloading vulture.
>


Wow, another reason I'm glad I don't do chat. Her saying something like
that is *cringable*...

At least we have the consolation that when Jill croaks no one will mourn
her - let alone notice her demise enough to mention it in chat or any other
medium.


--
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Greg