The official weekend (substitute) thread (9-11th Feb 2007)

9th February 2007 | Snugs

[snugs]

Next week is Valentine's Day which for some of us if we are single can be depressing on the other hand we do not have the dilemma will We buy the right bottle of perfume, wine or box of chocolates. Will we pick the right restaurant, movie or play.

Instead of concentrating on the lack of a partner at the time of year lets look at the positives of our lives as singles. Places we can go, things we can do without having to negotiate with a partner.

Some may have children or elderly parents which means you are restricted but even so these are family members that most times offer unconditional love and support even if at times it does not seem like it. A partner gives love but often conditional love, a relationship that has to be worked at rather than being born into. There are great rewards in both and pressures in both.

As singles we can also appreciate and enjoy seeing happy couples this Valentines and sympathising with those who are just acting it out and being thankful once again that being single is preferable in many cases to pretending.

Be positive lets think of happy past Valentine Days maybe as a child for a lot of women when your father made you feel special. I know several families where the father always sends valentine cards to his daughters even though they are grown just to make sure they are not forgotten.

Come on all lets have fun and not dwell on what we do not have but celebrate that what we do have.

[MountainFlower]

hey, Os...FReepmail.

[Osmium]

Thanks.

[MountainFlower]

any time!

i guess they have been having the birthday party in the wine cellar! LOL

nice cake!

[MountainFlower]

i am heading to bed. dancing is finished at the canteen for me!
::yawn!::
i will be looking for some reading material to show up! ::smiling::

have a blessed Sunday, Os!

Nite, ALL!

[Osmium]

Goodnight :)

You have a good sunday too.

[MountainFlower]

::smiling::

G'nite, Os!

[snugs]

:0)

Sorry I disappeared early last night but we had a medical emergency a little before I did the ping and I had to keep an eye on dad and help him more than usual.

Basically dad had angina and used his Glyceryl Trinitrate spray but because it did not act immediately he thought that the sprayer had not worked so used it again.

It had worked but he was just being impatient for it to act, the result of the double dose was that because the way it works was to drop his blood pressure within seconds. He nearly blacked out and his eyes looked very strange.

As a precaution I rang the emergency services but even by the time I had given them the details and done the checks they wanted he was coming round. By that time though it was too late to stop the ambulance turning up as it had already been booked.

It arrived about 10 mins later and the paramedics did a few checks on dad a lot of talking to him and ascertaining that the angina attack was normal; it was just his reaction to the medication that was not. They explained how the spray works and why it had this reaction.

Officially they should have taken him to hospital but they could tell that dad did not want to go and personally the stress of the admission and no doubt waiting about (because by now he would not have be classed as an priority emergency) would have been worse than how he now felt.

They gave him an ECG as they have one of those portable units on board (they bought it into the house so he did not have to go out to the ambulance - they were super). The result was almost normal for his age etc except as one would expect the blood pressure was slightly lower confirming basically the spray was the problem.

He signed a couple of forms stating he did not want to be hospitalized and they left telling me though if he took a turn for the worse to ring emergency services immediately and when they came to give them the copy of the paperwork already completed.

I moan about our NHS but when it is a real emergency they are good and quick to the scence it is just non emergency or waiting to see a specialist in the first place that is the problem and why health care IMHO should not be run by government. Sorry for being political.

Anyway I had to help him a lot and each time I intended to come back up I either was doing something for him or having a cat nap. I ended up sleeping in the chair downstairs in case he needed me (we have converted our front room into his bedroom).

I have now just worken from an extended cat nap checked on dad and thankfully he is much better and has suggested that I in fact go upstairs for an hour or so just to get some rest in a more normal laying postion as I have a bit of stiff neck.

Once again sorry for bailing last night hopefully things were OK on the thread - will catch up on posts later.

[DollyCali]

Snugs you and I are in parallel worlds across the pond.

I got in , took a "short nap" (6 hours!!!!) & now & up again.

Awaiting Mr. Toby to return from his 'little morning outing'.josy was back in 10 minutes.

I am glad your dad is better. Thanks for pinging the list last night & it seems all went fine on the thread last night.

[DollyCali]

In light of the theme dedicated to our married & almost married participants here: (rockinright/hoodlum91; ohiowfan; onyx; maximus ridiculousnessl; defcon/cibco ) - But the message is universal to all of us

(from an email....)

The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable.

A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the garage with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time. Let me tell you about it:

I turned the dial up into the phone portion of the band on my ham radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning swap net. Along the way, I came across an older sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice. You know the kind; he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business. He was telling whomever he was talking with something about "a thousand marbles." I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to say

"Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet. It's too bad you missed your daughter's "dance recital" he continued. "Let me tell you something that has helped me keep my own priorities." And that's when he began to explain his theory of a "thousand marbles."

"You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years.

"Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900, which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime. Now, stick with me, Tom, I'm getting to the important part.

It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in any detail", he went on, "and by that time I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays." "I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy. So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to round up 1000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside a large, clear plastic container right here in the shack next to my gear."

"Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away. I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life.

There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight."

"Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure that if I make it until next Saturday then I have been given a little extra time. And the one thing we can all use is a little more time."

"It was nice to meet you Tom, I hope you spend more time with your family, and I hope to meet you again here on the band. This is a 75 Year old Man, K9NZQ, clear and going QRT, good morning!"

You could have heard a pin drop on the band when this fellow signed off. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to work on the antenna that morning, and then I was going to meet up with a few hams to work on the next club newsletter.

Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "C'mon honey, I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast." "What brought this on?" she asked with a smile. "Oh, nothing special, it's just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. And hey, can we stop at a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles.

A friend sent this to me, so I am sharing this with you all, my FRiends.

And so, as one smart bear once said..."If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred

minus one day, so I never have to live without you."

Winnie the Pooh.

Have a wonderful Lord's Day!

[DollyCali]

Well, Last year dear FRiend my post to you was pulled because it offended "someone".. let's see if I can come up with something that passes the Nanny Safe test!!!!!

Happy Birthday
Jon (rzeznikj at stout)
May you have a Wonderful day
& great year ahead!

[DollyCali]

Thank You for Hosting this week-end
Snugs & The Spirit of Allegiance

We survived the CRAZY weekend!

(so far !!! )

[DollyCali]

Those of you that may have been on the FIRST/ORIGINAL thread before it was pulled on Friday. Did anyone request to be on the ping list? Visitors often Post on thread rather than send me FreepMail. If a thread is pulled so are all the pings & so I am hoping that if one or more requested, someone might recall.. Also I would appreciate anytime you note someone requesting it on thread to make sure I am pinged (they often again just write it out to anyone). I don't necessarily read all comments on each thread.

Let me know. I would hate to miss folks

[onyx]

How delightful and sweet, dear Dolly. Thank you for the ping and a blessed and happy Sunday to you as well!

P.S. We had another birthday yesterday...lol.

[A knight without armor]

"And so, as one smart bear once said..."If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you." Winnie the Pooh."


No. That was one very thoughless selfish bear who once said that. I learned my lesson on that. It hurts most to be the one left behind. I would not wish that upon a loved one. I'll take the pain instead of laying it on the person I love. I'll live to be a hundred plus one day so they never have to be alone.

[bevlar]

Good Morning...A friend sent these jokes to me this morning and I just had to share :-)

Marriage and Wedding Jokes

Marriage is often considered a serious and stressful subject. Here are some wedding and marriage jokes to lighten up the issue:

-- Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want, and when you see what the other fellow has, you wish you had ordered that.

-- Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his bachelor's degree and the woman gets her master's.

-- Married life is very frustrating. In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens. In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens. In the third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen.

-- Marriage is not a word. It's a sentence....(a life sentence!).

-- Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.

-- How do most men define marriage? A very expensive way to get your laundry done for free.

-- Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

[DollyCali]

Ooooooh boy..

Happy Birthday to us...

[onyx]

LOL! It just "happened." A true accident.

[DollyCali]

Well, you see Winnie the Pooh was a bear.. not a deep thinking pastoral counselor~(a cartoon one at that with co-dependent leanings!!!!)

yes, it is hard to be the one left behind.. and true love would like to always protect their beloved from pain.

[DollyCali]

tisokay.. we can have races with our walkers!

[onyx]

LOL