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Hmmm, its ironic you said that. My grandmother died at the ripe young age of 96. Of guess what. Cancer. The doctors wanted to operate and do chemotherapy on her. My grandma called them all idiots. They just wanted to run the bill up. Everyone knew she wouldn't survive it. She ended up dying peacefully in her own home with her family with her.
 
Kids were up one after another last night :( slept in past my alarm. Didn't get up to work out :(

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TMHunt said:
Hmmm, its ironic you said that. My grandmother died at the ripe young age of 96. Of guess what. Cancer. The doctors wanted to operate and do chemotherapy on her. My grandma called them all idiots. They just wanted to run the bill up. Everyone knew she wouldn't survive it. She ended up dying peacefully in her own home with her family with her.
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Its always sad when a loved one goes no matter when or where... But IMO, thats the best way to go right there.
 
TMHunt said:
...The doctors wanted to operate and do chemotherapy on her. My grandma called them all idiots...
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Don't mean to make light of your grandma passing, but man that made me laugh out loud. When my grandma passed away at age 95, she was in the hospital as well (just stopped eating) and the doctors were scared of this 80lb. woman who kept yelling at them, calling them all "businessman, not doctors" and swearing at them in Chinese. Turned into such a dragon lady during her final days. Always loved the bluntness of the elderly. My sis and I still laugh about that to this day.
 
Nevermind..... A customer on FB posted it...

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Aikiguy said:
Don't mean to make light of your grandma passing, but man that made me laugh out loud. When my grandma passed away at age 95, she was in the hospital as well (just stopped eating) and the doctors were scared of this 80lb. woman who kept yelling at them, calling them all "businessman, not doctors" and swearing at them in Chinese. Turned into such a dragon lady during her final days. Always loved the bluntness of the elderly. My sis and I still laugh about that to this day.
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Reminds me of my maternal grandmother. She passed in her early 70's and was also a ball of fire. She smoked like a chimney and could curse like a sailor, even in front of us young children. One day, my mother asked her to please refrain in front of us kids. My Grandma replied "Pffft, I raised a d@mn prude!" Another time, she spotted a neighbor dog taking a dump on the lawn outside her singlewide, ran outside, and grabbed the nearest implement of destruction. After a string of expletives, she yelled to the neightbor "If your dog comes in my yard again, I'm gonna beat its guts out with a garden hoe!" Apparently this is part of the joy of growing old...you just don't care what anyone thinks any more. Actually kind of fun for us kids to watch the show... :)
 
Aikiguy said:
Don't mean to make light of your grandma passing, but man that made me laugh out loud. When my grandma passed away at age 95, she was in the hospital as well (just stopped eating) and the doctors were scared of this 80lb. woman who kept yelling at them, calling them all "businessman, not doctors" and swearing at them in Chinese. Turned into such a dragon lady during her final days. Always loved the bluntness of the elderly. My sis and I still laugh about that to this day.
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GSO1962 said:
Reminds me of my maternal grandmother. She passed in her early 70's and was also a ball of fire. She smoked like a chimney and could curse like a sailor, even in front of us young children. One day, my mother asked her to please refrain in front of us kids. My Grandma replied "Pffft, I raised a d@mn prude!" Another time, she spotted a neighbor dog taking a dump on the lawn outside her singlewide, ran outside, and grabbed the nearest implement of destruction. After a string of expletives, she yelled to the neightbor "If your dog comes in my yard again, I'm gonna beat its guts out with a garden hoe!" Apparently this is part of the joy of growing old...you just don't care what anyone thinks any more. Actually kind of fun for us kids to watch the show... :)
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I don't take it that way at all. Grandma lived a full and happy life. What made her calling the doctors idiots so funny is that she never had a ill word to say about anyone. I never even heard her raise her voice. So, her being blunt was kinda rare. But I guess she figured she had earned the right.

Her passing was the best way to go like WW said. She had two months to talk to everyone and say what she had to say. I remember speaking with her two weeks before she passed. The conversation we had will stay with me forever. She was a special lady, and she had a way of making everyone else feel special to. I've always marched down a different path than my sister and cousins. She was the first person that ever told me that was o.k. and she was proud of me for it.
 
Yeah Congrats WW. I see the description says it has 2 integral wrenches. I know the bottom one fits the small bits. What does the top one fit? What size is it?
 
TMHunt said:
Yeah Congrats WW. I see the description says it has 2 integral wrenches. I know the bottom one fits the small bits. What does the top one fit? What size is it?
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Thanks brother!

It fits bolts with a ~.43" head... Really the top one is mainly for looks, chances of running into this size bolt and only having one of these on ya is slim LOL... but i made it fit some bolts i had here at the time.
 
We'll, we put an offer on a property last weekend and it was accepted. Going in for the house inspection tomorrow. Excited and scared because if this goes through, we will not be living in downtown Toronto. The upside is that the property has a 32' x 18' garage that we'll transform into an incredible climbing training facility. Got to keep reminding myself that everything happens for a reason.
 
1066vik said:
so how far out are you moving?
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If it goes through, the new place is in Hamilton. It's about a 45 minute drive and about an hour on the train. Not the end of the world, but definitely a change from our current location. There's just no way we could have got a similar training facility in Toronto without spending over 2 million dollars (maybe 3 million).
 
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