How's everyone doing? Update please

I don't post here much anymore, but I lurk regularly.
I see that there are several here I should mention in my feeble prayers.

This forum is home to a lot of good guys. We know who they are.
I am grateful to be a small part of this community.

--Mike L.
 
Originally posted by munk
I like to be entertaining is all.
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Your stories are always entertaining.

As Raghorn mentioned, I too feel honored to be here among sincere, down to earth folk who share in this struggle called life.

One day, I too may struggle. But that would require me to first get a life. :)
 
Originally posted by pendentive
What was looking to be the light at the end of the tunnel has now burned out...I'm sorry that I can't say more.

I went without a regular job for 3 years. I know what it's like. As a man, it's very shameful. As a prideful older brother, it's very difficult. As a father, it's depressing.

Sometimes tough times can make or break you. That's what worries me most.

I just realized that some of you might find this generosity odd or too-good-to-be-true...let me explain. (it's actually quite selfish)

I am the oldest of 9 children. My brother is the 4th oldest. I teased him mercilessly throughout childhood, to the point that he went into football and wrestling just so that he could one day beat me up...:rolleyes:

Yes, that day came...:eek:

Anyway :o , we have been close friends ever since.

We're fiercely competitive and sometimes too prideful.

When I jumped into a pool of sub-40-degree water (tough-guy stunt), he did a flip into it.
I drew a full set of construction plans for his home for free.

He built a computer for me (typing on it right now) and gave me a high-end printer.

What I'm doing is more that just help to put food on the table.

It's a part of my life I don't want to let go of.

I need him more than I need the extra money.

Thanks for letting me get this off my chest. I needed that.
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First line from the beginning...
What was looking to be the light at the end of the tunnel has now burned out...I'm sorry that I can't say more.
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Dan, whatever the problem this last and first line conveys I'm really very truly sorry it has came to this for you and yours!

Because when things happen in a family it's not just one who suffers and it sounds as if you might be suffering more than your brother right now.:(
And that you say you need your brother more than you need the money means to me that you're doing a very selfless thing, not selfish as you state, and it also means to me that what you're doing is a selfless act of Love for your brother that goes beyond most brothers relationship's.:)

I could go on to put all my feelings here, but I don't think you would want that as way to often I get way to close to what people are feeling that they don't want explained, to themselves or others, but I do have to say that I would be honored to be one of your beloved brothers.
We as men don't like to discuss much the love we have for other men in our lives because of the homophobic police that think we're too weak when we do that.
If it wasn't for love we men would truly be what some people (women) think of of us.
You're a good man Dan and I for one am very proud to call you friend!!!!:)

Edited to correct vB code.:grumpy:
 
One day, I too may struggle. But that would require me to first get a life. . >>Bruise

Some are going to think you're kidding.



munk
 
Yvsa's right; without love we are exactly what that can't-sleep-3am-bitter appraisal reveals- a pile of shat.

the only difference between abject failure and mere survival is a smile.

munk
 
can't think of anything original on the tpoic now...

28.
To ask well, to answer rightly,
Are the marks of a wise man:
Men must speak of men's deeds,
What happens may not be hidden.

67.
Not all sick men are utterly wretched:
Some are blessed with sons,
Some with friends,
some with riches,
Some with worthy works.

71.
The halt can manage a horse,
the handless a flock,
The deaf be a doughty fighter,
To be blind is better than to burn on a pyre:
There is nothing the dead can do.
It is always better to be alive,
The living can keep a cow.



Well wishes to all our friends and forumites!

Keith
 
Aaaahhh my friends, a few days ago I would have said everything seems to be going good. I'm having fun at work, planning on going to the LVCK show, and my Chron's disease has left me alone for almost 2 years. Chron's is an intestinal disease. No known cause or cure. It by itself rarely kills but can make quality of life miserable.

Today my Chron's came up and slapped me in the face " you forgot about me didn't you...just for a second there. Smack!" I can tell I've got a constriction in the intestine. I know the feeling/ signs.
I'm so depressed right now. This fricking disease has been with me since I was 16...I just had my 42nd birthday.

The battle continues....never give up, never surrender.


For those who are in bad times, my prayers go out to you and your families.
 
life gets so dark one forgets what light looks like.




"Rage, rage against the dying of the light...do not...." d.thomas




Kis
 
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