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Post by berkley on Aug 21, 2016 20:18:12 GMT -5
It wasn't as exciting as it sounds. I just explained that I was looking for a cat and that was the end of it. "Well it's like this, officer. I was just out here chasing some .... er, wait, let me start over ..."
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Aug 22, 2016 6:17:01 GMT -5
I have a few external hard drives with handwritten labels on them to keep my PC free of memory Downloaded CDs, Audiobooks, Videos, Pictures etc wind up transferred eventually to it's proper hard drive It's time to transfer files tonight and I'm looking at the portable hard drive and the label says AVOIDI don't remember writing that. What does it mean? Dare I check it out? It would make a good start for a horror movie!
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Aug 22, 2016 17:13:42 GMT -5
Changes In The Kabbible World
Things look to be heading to a conclusion soon My mom, living in the NYC borough of Queens, is quite elderly and has been in poor health for a number of years. The doctors have done as much as they can and it's now just a matter of keeping her as painfree as possible and wait out the final days as she resides in a hospice. She's had a full life, does not fear death and actually wants to move on because her current quality of living is not worth it
I'm doing what I can to keep her spirits up and deal with her friends and family. I also have some choices to make
I've been living in Manhattan for 40+ years in a very small apartment and, since I'm a long time resident, I'm renting it for below market rates but it's still very expensive. Knowing my mom won't be returning to her home, I have the opportunity to move in. It's a bit bigger and half the rent. It's a great location, fantastic shopping and right near all public transit, a well kept doorman building and a balcony too.
My it's time to move out of Manhattan. It's quieter out here, maybe too quiet. I've been staying out here a lot lately, the past few months after her admittance to the hospital, taking care of her cat, paying the bills etc. It's adjacent to the area I grew up in, which is Forest Hills.
I'm going to have to make up my mind very soon
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Post by Confessor on Aug 23, 2016 2:01:12 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about your Mother, Ish. There's not much to say that will be of any comfort to you at this time, but you should take pride in the fact that you're making her final days in the hospice as bearable as possible.
As for the change of location, the extra room sounds like it'll be a good thing and isn't the Forest Hills section of town supposed to be really nice? I get that it's a bit away from the hubbub of the big city, but, I don't know, maybe that's what you need right now?
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 23, 2016 8:38:46 GMT -5
Changes In The Kabbible World Things look to be heading to a conclusion soon My mom, living in the NYC borough of Queens, is quite elderly and has been in poor health for a number of years. The doctors have done as much as they can and it's now just a matter of keeping her as painfree as possible and wait out the final days as she resides in a hospice. She's had a full life, does not fear death and actually wants to move on because her current quality of living is not worth it I'm doing what I can to keep her spirits up and deal with her friends and family. I also have some choices to make I've been living in Manhattan for 40+ years in a very small apartment and, since I'm a long time resident, I'm renting it for below market rates but it's still very expensive. Knowing my mom won't be returning to her home, I have the opportunity to move in. It's a bit bigger and half the rent. It's a great location, fantastic shopping and right near all public transit, a well kept doorman building and a balcony too. My it's time to move out of Manhattan. It's quieter out here, maybe too quiet. I've been staying out here a lot lately, the past few months after her admittance to the hospital, taking care of her cat, paying the bills etc. It's adjacent to the area I grew up in, which is Forest Hills. I'm going to have to make up my mind very soon Ish, you're doing a good thing for your mother, who sounds like a special human being. Still, no matter how welcome death is for a loved one in pain, it is still not easy for those left behind. You'll need a breather when this trial is over. Don't feel guilty. Didn't Peter Parker live in Forest Hills, btw? Sounds like it might be perfect for you. You'll figure it out. Take it one hour at a time. All the best, my friend.
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Post by The Captain on Aug 23, 2016 10:47:38 GMT -5
Changes In The Kabbible World Things look to be heading to a conclusion soon My mom, living in the NYC borough of Queens, is quite elderly and has been in poor health for a number of years. The doctors have done as much as they can and it's now just a matter of keeping her as painfree as possible and wait out the final days as she resides in a hospice. She's had a full life, does not fear death and actually wants to move on because her current quality of living is not worth it I'm doing what I can to keep her spirits up and deal with her friends and family. I also have some choices to make I've been living in Manhattan for 40+ years in a very small apartment and, since I'm a long time resident, I'm renting it for below market rates but it's still very expensive. Knowing my mom won't be returning to her home, I have the opportunity to move in. It's a bit bigger and half the rent. It's a great location, fantastic shopping and right near all public transit, a well kept doorman building and a balcony too. My it's time to move out of Manhattan. It's quieter out here, maybe too quiet. I've been staying out here a lot lately, the past few months after her admittance to the hospital, taking care of her cat, paying the bills etc. It's adjacent to the area I grew up in, which is Forest Hills. I'm going to have to make up my mind very soon Ish, Sorry to hear about the trials you're going through with you mother. I haven't lost either of my parents yet and neither has reached the elderly phase, so I don't know how you're feeling, but I did watch my wife deal with this with her own mother, so I imagine it is quite tough on you. I pray you find the strength to make it through the coming days and that once she passes, that you find peace both in that occurrence as well as in whatever decisions you make regarding yourself in the days following. Richard
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Post by Confessor on Aug 23, 2016 10:51:04 GMT -5
Didn't Peter Parker live in Forest Hills, btw? Yes, he did...and that's exactly where my mind goes every time I see the district mentioned. Well, that and Simon & Garfunkel, who also came from Forest Hills. EDIT: We demand a Peter Parker, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel team-up set in the early days of the Marvel Universe, damn it!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 11:09:53 GMT -5
Didn't Peter Parker live in Forest Hills, btw? Yes, he did...and that's exactly where my mind goes every time I see the district mentioned. Well, that and Simon & Garfunkel, who also came from Forest Hills. EDIT: We demand a Peter Parker, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel team-up set in the early days of the Marvel Universe, damn it! Surely S&G had a standing gig at the Coffee Bean.
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Post by Mormel on Aug 23, 2016 12:07:24 GMT -5
Sweet! X-Men #25-45 will be released in the new Marvel Epic collection 'Lonely Are the Hunted'. I'm still missing some of those issues in colour. Its center focus is the Factor Three storyline, and its probably X-Men at its campiest, but I love those issues. Banshee, Changeling, Blob & Unus, what more do you want?
One of my favourite bits in 'Captain America: Civil War' was when Captain America and Spider-Man take a brief breather during the fight, and Steve asks Peter where he's from and Peter says 'Queens!' to which Steve responds 'Brooklyn!'. Not sure if that's accurate for the comics (never paid attention to where Steve grew up), but I thought it was a nice little exchange.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 13:10:22 GMT -5
Changes In The Kabbible World Things look to be heading to a conclusion soon My mom, living in the NYC borough of Queens, is quite elderly and has been in poor health for a number of years. The doctors have done as much as they can and it's now just a matter of keeping her as painfree as possible and wait out the final days as she resides in a hospice. She's had a full life, does not fear death and actually wants to move on because her current quality of living is not worth it I'm doing what I can to keep her spirits up and deal with her friends and family. I also have some choices to make I've been living in Manhattan for 40+ years in a very small apartment and, since I'm a long time resident, I'm renting it for below market rates but it's still very expensive. Knowing my mom won't be returning to her home, I have the opportunity to move in. It's a bit bigger and half the rent. It's a great location, fantastic shopping and right near all public transit, a well kept doorman building and a balcony too. My it's time to move out of Manhattan. It's quieter out here, maybe too quiet. I've been staying out here a lot lately, the past few months after her admittance to the hospital, taking care of her cat, paying the bills etc. It's adjacent to the area I grew up in, which is Forest Hills. I'm going to have to make up my mind very soon Sorry to hear about your mother, but I hope you can at least take some comfort from the fact that, as you note, "She's had a full life, does not fear death and actually wants to move on because her current quality of living is not worth it." I witnessed pretty much the opposite situation nearly 7 months ago with a friend who could not let her mother go & basically kept her alive, with frequent hospital trips & rotating caregivers at the house, well past the time she was able to communicate; from what I could tell the poor lady was miserable, pure & simple, both physically & mentally, & her death at age 96 was a blessing ... though of course to my friend it was absolutely world-shattering. *sigh* I should probably be the last one to opine on such things, given my lack of closeness to my own parents (I've noted before that my dad was never around till his death at age 34 a week & a half before I turned 8, & my mother's death the day before she would've turned 57 followed a near-lifetime of mental problems that at the least interfered with her parenting abilities), but I have to admit that I'm wondering if my friend shouldn't see someone about her continuing feelings. We all grieve differently, of course, but I'm not sure that it's a great sign that going on 7 months after her mother's death she still pays caretakers to stay with her overnight at her house because she can't handle being alone. She also goes to pieces on certain days, like her mother's birthday this past Sunday. When I mentioned seeing someone about some of this, she told me that she'd consulted professionals (friends or fellow churchgoers, I gather) who merely told her that -- repeating myself -- people grieve differently ... though my impression is either that they're telling her what she wants to hear or she's hearing what she wants to her. Not, again, that I'm exactly well-equipped to address such matters, & not that it's any of my business anyway. No doubt having her mother in her life for some 62 years, the bonds would be hard to let go of, while nothing in my life is even remotely comparable to that situation. On top of all this, her aged cat (of two) is not doing well at all. If she were to lose him, too ... well, that would just be cruel. Which life, alas, too often is. I repeat -- *sigh*
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 15:11:44 GMT -5
Hope everything works out for you Ish. It can be difficult when the parent-child caregiver roles are reversed later in life, and it takes a strong, special person do handle it with grace and dignity on both ends. Change is inevitable, so I applaud your willingness to embrace it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2016 9:11:53 GMT -5
I wonder who this guy is? Probably it's obvious if one pays more attention to the Modern Age than its Silver/Bronze predecessors, but that happens not to describe me ...
I'm not happy. Younger, cheaper talent will be hired. It happened to me in the comic book industry. And thanks, Peter, for letting us know. I love your writing too. Keep it coming. —Tom L., Savannah, Ga.
(Taken from a comment today on a Sports Illustrated board, regarding the recent layoff of some football writer.)
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Aug 24, 2016 9:59:03 GMT -5
I wonder who this guy is? Probably it's obvious if one pays more attention to the Modern Age than its Silver/Bronze predecessors, but that happens not to describe me ... I'm not happy. Younger, cheaper talent will be hired. It happened to me in the comic book industry. And thanks, Peter, for letting us know. I love your writing too. Keep it coming. —Tom L., Savannah, Ga.(Taken from a comment today on a Sports Illustrated board, regarding the recent layoff of some football writer.) My first thought is Tom Lyle, who did those cool Tim Drake Robin minis, but not the following monthly series if I remember right, which I didn't really get into (his absence may have contributed to my disinterest). Chuck Dixon started the on going off the bat, I am pretty sure. And handled it pretty much up to where I stopped reading it around #100 too, if memory serves.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2016 10:08:31 GMT -5
Gotta be. Wikipedia says he teaches sequential art at the Savannah College of Academy & Design.
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 24, 2016 15:13:23 GMT -5
Yesterday I did something that I've never done before.
Marijuana has been fully legal here in Oregon for about a year. Yesterday after work I stopped in at a clean, well-lit store on one of the main thoroughfares of southwest Portland, a store that until recently had housed a New York-style pizzeria. I showed my ID to the lovely young lady at the reception desk to prove that I'm of legal age. Then I was allowed in to the inner sales room, which had display cases and shelves full of glass canisters with dozens of varieties of marijuana, edible items, concentrates, paraphernalia and t-shirts. I spoke with another lovely young lady whose job title is "budtender". I'd already perused the shop's inventory on the web, so I told her which strain I wanted and how much. She fetched the canister with my strain and used large tweezers to pull out nuggets and put them on a scale until the right weight was reached. Then she poured my nuggets into a small plastic cylinder like the ones that were once used for film and attached a label with the strain's name and its THC and CBD content. As I paid, she gave me a punch-card so that when I've bought from them a certain number of times, I'll get a freebie. Also, since this was my first visit my purchase was discounted 10%. That was nice, because although there is no sales tax in Oregon, marijuana is taxed at 25%. Altogether, buying pot was a quick, easy, pleasant experience - the way it should always have been, and the way it should be everywhere.
Best of all - the strain I chose is called "Bruce Banner".
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