Update on Pilau:

Having eaten a little food, he's now decided to chew his rope-bone so...must be feeling a bit better.

Good news! I'm sure he'll be fine

Sounds good, buddy... glad you're feeling better.

Well, then, I guess it's time for another Pilau poem.

Pilau's feeling poorly
Poor Pilau has a cyst
Add to that a fever
I think you get the gist

But Pilau has a fan club
That stretches far and wide
So let's all cheer for Pilau and
Let him know we're on his side.

Hope he feels much better soon, DanaC. :)

lookout, I didn't realize. I well get it changed immediately.

Well, maybe after lunch.

I hope Pilau is better soon! :apaw:

poor baby!

Everybody's sweetheart. I'm going to go look at his photos. :)
I heart Pilau. He's the leader in my 2 member gang. (me and Pilau) Dana can join if she wants.
:)

i forgot my ipod today and i'm going into convulsions if i hear one more kenny G scale. i mean song.

:notworthy:

that's how I feel about the kenny g-spot.

I deliver to this seniors/disabled folks high-rise at least twice a week...I have at least 2 or 3 regulars that order from the shop once a week. The lady that I deliver to on Friday mentioned today that the Meals on Wheels program that comes to her building didn't come today, due to the sleet and snow we got yesterday.

Hearing that made me sad...the high-rise is a fucking dump, and that means quite a few people with not a lot of dough didn't get a good meal today.

Update: my grandmother passed away, this morning.
I'm heartbroken, but at least I know she isn't suffering anymore.
Thanks to everyone who has been sending positive energies and good wishes to me and my family.

hugs and prayers to you and your family

On the up side, Chocolatl, now your sure Grannie will definitely be with you when you get married. On the down side, she'll be watching your honeymoon too.;)

jump to conclusions:

Compassionate or whiners?

Or bit of both. I often post sympathy and I also whine a lot.

I will however refrain from posting in this thread again, since it apparently tags me for judgement.

Chocolatl, my condolences. Horrible timing, but as you say, at least she is no longer suffering. *hugs*

It's just LJ being LJ on the innernets, Dana. Ignore him if he bugs you (I know you know that).
I hope Pilau is on the mend?

*smiles* thanks Limey. I am a little touchy at the moment (in middle of another political firefight, or rather a continuation of the faction war :P) Pilau is definately getting better. I was worried yesterday when his neck started to bleed profusely and looked like a raw mass, so took him back to the vets (he was less than pleased by that development) who said it's a good sign, the cyst is definately a cyst and nothing more sinister, as it's now burst. He now has a shaved patch on his neck so the size of the swelling is visible....it's fucking huge! and a hole in his neck which I am reliably informed will heal once all the 'material':greenface has come out. The skin is deeply brujised from the pressure of the swelling, but the vet gave him some painkillers and even stronger anti-inflammatories. Temperature is now down to 102 (yey) and he is starting to act more like Pilau again....like begging for food and taking an inordinate amount of interest in the biscuit cupboard :D

This really should go in the what's making you happy thread, but it always seems better to feed back here :P

Well I'm #5 on the list and I barely remember posting here. :lol: Of course some people are so self-important the just start a new thread of their own when they want to whine... :p

Maybe the conclusion is...Those are the top people that actually give a rats ass? You know- The top nice people.
You know...
The ones that have consistently kept me from hurting other people for the greater good of society (unbeknownst to their oh so kind souls). Or the ones who are just generally helpful. The top people that don't like it when others are upset. And hope to golly they have a good answer.
:)
Yes LJ, I have jumped to a conclusion..but I don't know what you were thinking or what conclusions you thought could/ should be made, and I sure as hell know, you don't know what conclusion I ultimately made. The above statements of mine are pretty close.

Eduardo, one of my favorite players had his career ended today by a complete shit dirty tackle. He had the defender beat, so he was hacked down. To say that this tackle was anything other than an attempt to take a player out is utter nonsense. He'll be lucky if he can even run in a year, let alone play. The rest of the photos are too gruesome to post.

Was it at least called foul by the ref?

Oh that's fucking awful. The lad's leg was broken by that tackle. I don't think anybody believes it was anything other than a dirty tackle though Lookout, the offending player got the red card. Sometimes I think there should be room for something more severe though, like a six month ban or something. That was an appalling foul.

Ouch. I am all too familiar with Selly Oak Hospital. Double Ouch. :lol:

Nah, it's not that bad really, just surprised me he was taken there. I guess it's effectively a uni hospital, though.

Yeah I saw that on telly. It looked nasty.

Oh and yeah I've been whining quite a bit lately. Life is on the up and up now though, so hopefully I'll spend less time here other than to wish others well.

Choco, I'm sorry about your grandma. Don't let it put a dark cloud on your wedding though. Try and stay positive, and remember, we're all here if you need a chat. It sucks dogs balls, but you're going to get through it. *hugs*

Ali got her SOME !!

It figures that a man would think a woman had gotten laid if she was happy. lol

I just chose not to click that vid on youtube. Terrible thing.

today is eduardo's 25th birthday. happy frickin' birthday.

How common, or uncommon if you wish, is this in soccer?

dipshit tackles are pretty common. but those are usually the "came in late", "stuck the foot in too long" kind. The "i'm not going to go for the ball on my way to your shin" are pretty rare though. injuries like this happen once every few years.

Are there likely to be reprisals on the dirty player?

I saw the Video from this , and some stills , NASTY !!!!

yeah. could be either compassion or venting. regardless......there's an attraction to the thread for some more than others. not judging you. just stirring the poo.

love me a little bit.

lj me love you long time.

me love lj for long time, too.



















and for five dollah.

Eduardo tackle was dangerous, not malicious -telegraph.co.uk

Complete BS article by an asshat journalist. dangerous? going into a tackle your foot can slip a bit high, and you might clip the other player - that would be dangerous. But if you are playing the ball your toes are extended. You can't win the ball with the bottom of your foot. Taylor went into the tackle with his foot higher than the ball, both feet off the ground (no chance of pulling out of a challenge) and his foot flexed with only cleats showing. Malicious all day. That and the fucker actually laughed after he saw the result.

But all that really needs to be said about the author is this quote. If he thinks Joey Barton is a warrior, then he is a fool. He is known more for cheap shots and being arrested for assault than any skill he might have.

A little thing called context:

i read it and i understand the context. putting "warrior" and "joey barton" just doesn't work. If you ever watched Barton play you'd understand that warrior should be replaced with brainless thug. This is the problem in the english game right now. You've got a bunch of media hacks telling people what is right and what is wrong. They talk about "english grit" when describing dirty tackles made by Barton, Savage, etc. and they exalt the dirty play of their legend Roy Keane. The young players come out and try to duplicate what this style of play and injuries are inevitable. They describe injuries as unlucky rather than what they are - the obvious and inevitable result of letting dangerous tackles go unpunished. eh, whatever.

Yeah, my interest in this extends only as far as my name was mentioned in the article.

As far as what you're saying about dangerous tackles, that appears to be exactly what the author of the article was saying. And he noted Barton as an example of what is wrong with the game. I can't imagine that he meant "warrior" (or "violent" or "crude" or "spiteful") as a compliment.

Yeah, that could be it. I hear "warrior" used as a compliment to some of the rough and tumble "hard men" of english football like John Terry who the media adores, so I may have just been reading the guy wrong.

I will say that society has a precedent of treating someone who behaves dangrously enough as malicious, IE a drunk driver:
stupid, dangerous, not meaning to cause harm, yet putting himself in a situation where harm is cause due to his actions.

Daughter No. 2 has left her husband. This is the third serious relationship she's had, and left but as much as this sucks, she did the right thing, after hearing her side of the story.

Family is devastated, because this child just cannot get a break, and we so were hoping she'd found someone good. Now she's on her own, with no home, no vehicle, and two small children. Not to mention a thousand or so miles away.

:(

I'm upset because I just took a test that I know was designed to make students get answers wrong with the bullshit answers such as:
a)
b)
c) a & b
d) all of the above
e) none of the above

My grades this semester are not going to be as good as the past 3 semesters :(

c) and d) would be the same, unless d) specifically meant a) + b) simultaneously...so c) would be a) and b) in separate instances...

was this a semantics test?!

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Cloud, I'm sorry about your daughter. Can she come home to you? Does she have a support network where she is?

Cloud, you have my sympathy. What a worrying time for you, especially given she's so far away. Not being a parent myself, I can only really imagine how difficult it must be to know one of your kids is distressed and having problems.

If she's no home, then is there a possibility of her moving near to you and starting again over there?

she can come home to us--she knows that, and it's made expressly clear to her--but she doesn't want to. It may come to that, but she likes the area of the country she's in.

and thanks very much for responding. I know there's nothing you guys can do but listen.

Oh, I'm so sorry Cloud.

Oh well, we're also giving Jimbo something to giggle about in his own time. ;)

Besides that, it's a suckful situation Cloud. Sounds like she knows what she wants for now, but we've probably all made less than great decisions following a breakup I'm sure.

Do you think she's holding out hope of a reconcilliation and that's why she's staying put?

no, she just thinks El Paso is a sucky town. :)

I'm just so sad and sick about this. Her husband keeps calling me--I don't know what to say to the guy.

Sorry for your loss. My MIL died on Sat just short of 8 weeks after falling in her home. Her suffering as is your grandmothers now over. The circle goes around.

I'm sorry, Merc. Died after falling--were the two related?

(everybody go do some balance training!)

She was 74 and for some reason getting really batty. We were in the process of selling her home and moving her to an assisted living facility the following month. She was complaining of lots of back and hip pain, being followed by an ortho doc and chiropractor. Xmas day she fell and broke her hip and her upper arm. When the took her to surgery they discovered that the fractures were pathologic (caused by disease, tumor). After a chest CT they found extensive bone, lung (primary), and lymph cancer. She was discharged to a total care nursing home after 12 days in the hospital and died after six weeks in the home. Pretty wild ride from driving herself everywhere before Thanksgiving to getting batty and not being able to do anything by Xmas, then the fall, and now gone. Needless to say my wife has been over to her house, the hospital, and home nearly everyday since this started. I hate to say it but I wish she had gone sooner, she would have suffered less. The nursing home did really great with her. Wonderful care. They kept her really comfortable towards the end.

Cloud, I hope your daughter finds her strength. If she's anything like her mom she's got plenty of it!

Chocolatl and Merc, so sorry to hear of your losses. I just found out today that my 95 year old grandmother is going into a home. They tried for a very long time to keep her in her home, but even with 24 hour nursing care it just wasn't good for her. Twice she crawled out of her bedroom window because she was afraid of the nurse. I don't know how she did it, except the windows are really low, and she went over to the neighbors (lifelong friends of hers) in her nightgown. It is sad, though, that she can't spend her remaining days in her own home. For the longest time you couldn't stop the woman, then, age came in and stopped her quite suddenly.

My dad and aunt and uncle are looking for a home today. I know she will get great care, and perhaps she'll crack the staff up with her dry sense of humor a time or two.

Shawnee, be sure that your dad asks around for a good place. They vary on the scale of good to very poor. Nothing is perfect but some are much better than others. We had both Hospice people and some Social workers recommend the one we finally put her in.

Thanks, Merc. I think they got some leads, and my mom was very impressed with a place her aunt was in. My mom also worked at the hospital for years and now runs the immunization clinic so knows a few in the know.

My grandmother and my grandfather were married 55 years when he passed away in the mid 80s. They were always very close and in love. I hope that there is something else out there and they can be together again.