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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 5, 2020 21:57:34 GMT -5
Nothing new, his health is very bad, and he has a lot of pain. I am trying for another update. I really miss him around here, his sense of humor made everything good. I feel like I have known him my whole life instead of the little bit of online time we have in common.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 5, 2020 22:01:08 GMT -5
Truly dark days when Mao isn't posting! Prayers and positive thoughts his way along with those for Ebon, and you too PD! I agree, it is just not the same without Mao, Mormonyoyoman, Ebon and Rip all hanging out here together. I feel badly that I do not have time to post, but I am gradually getting my garden in and a massive raised bed built. And I am standing the 90 degree temperatures the best I have in the last 10 years. So there is one bright spot.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2020 9:38:10 GMT -5
As of this date (06 JUN) he's been posting to FaceBook so he's still among the living.
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Post by raikenclw on Jun 6, 2020 18:32:00 GMT -5
Prayers for everyone! In my own case, my carpal tunnel has been rearing it's ugly head. I'm doing my best to fight it off with exercises (squeeze putty and finger stretches) and these have been helping somewhat. My feet and ankles have also been retaining quite a bit of fluid lately, so I'm trying to keep them elevated whenever possible. Other than that, I'm doing pretty good.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 6, 2020 19:41:26 GMT -5
Prayers for everyone! In my own case, my carpal tunnel has been rearing it's ugly head. I'm doing my best to fight it off with exercises (squeeze putty and finger stretches) and these have been helping somewhat. My feet and ankles have also been retaining quite a bit of fluid lately, so I'm trying to keep them elevated whenever possible. Other than that, I'm doing pretty good. Prayers for everyone!
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Post by mao on Jun 27, 2020 7:17:28 GMT -5
Prayers for everyone! In my own case, my carpal tunnel has been rearing it's ugly head. I'm doing my best to fight it off with exercises (squeeze putty and finger stretches) and these have been helping somewhat. My feet and ankles have also been retaining quite a bit of fluid lately, so I'm trying to keep them elevated whenever possible. Other than that, I'm doing pretty good. Prayers for everyone! absoluly
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Post by simrion on Jun 27, 2020 19:37:12 GMT -5
Mao! Yay!
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 29, 2020 1:52:01 GMT -5
mao stopped in to say hi to us, he is in a lot of pain and they do not know why. So please join me in praying for him.
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Post by raikenclw on Jul 4, 2020 19:55:22 GMT -5
Praying for Mao!
Any further word?
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Post by mao on Jul 5, 2020 11:06:42 GMT -5
Praying for Mao! Any further word? Thanx. I am still having a tough time heathlwise. Keep it coming.
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Post by simrion on Aug 23, 2020 17:40:40 GMT -5
I write this post mostly as a catharsis and by way of selfishly seeking some personal validation. I lost a beloved childhood friend a week ago this past Thursday. Totally unexpected. I knew he had some heart related health issues but unknown the severity. Far too young int eh arena of 51 years. From third grade on, during a difficult life experience (parental divorce) my younger sister introduced me to one of my very best friends. We grew up through primary school and college. We discovered Moldvay/Cook D&D together and my good friend Matt introduced me to imagination being the most important aspect of gaming and rules be dammed, at least early on. We sported mages running around in armor and we had fun ;-)
Later we appreciated the value of rules and the fun and challenge they lent to the game we knew and loved. Though we parted and went our separate ways, my staying in our childhood hometown, he moving on to gain a doctorate in chemistry and to teach at the Naval Academy in Rhode Island, we always kept in touch and reminisced. We helped one another through those difficult awkward teen years and continued to be emotional and moral sounding boards through our adult lives. His was unexpectedly cut short and I miss him terribly. Though I know none of the members of this board personally I appreciate your openness, acceptance and candor. I count you as well among my circle of friends. I hope you are all well (or as well as can be hoped in these uncertain times)and that we can return to the vibrant and active times this board has enjoyed previously.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Aug 27, 2020 0:27:16 GMT -5
I write this post mostly as a catharsis and by way of selfishly seeking some personal validation. I lost a beloved childhood friend a week ago this past Thursday. Totally unexpected. I knew he had some heart related health issues but unknown the severity. Far too young int eh arena of 51 years. From third grade on, during a difficult life experience (parental divorce) my younger sister introduced me to one of my very best friends. We grew up through primary school and college. We discovered Moldvay/Cook D&D together and my good friend Matt introduced me to imagination being the most important aspect of gaming and rules be dammed, at least early on. We sported mages running around in armor and we had fun ;-) Later we appreciated the value of rules and the fun and challenge they lent to the game we knew and loved. Though we parted and went our separate ways, my staying in our childhood hometown, he moving on to gain a doctorate in chemistry and to teach at the Naval Academy in Rhode Island, we always kept in touch and reminisced. We helped one another through those difficult awkward teen years and continued to be emotional and moral sounding boards through our adult lives. His was unexpectedly cut short and I miss him terribly. Though I know none of the members of this board personally I appreciate your openness, acceptance and candor. I count you as well among my circle of friends. I hope you are all well (or as well as can be hoped in these uncertain times)and that we can return to the vibrant and active times this board has enjoyed previously. simrion my condolences for the loss of your childhood friend. Prayers for both you and for his family.
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Post by raikenclw on Aug 27, 2020 20:29:51 GMT -5
I write this post mostly as a catharsis and by way of selfishly seeking some personal validation. I lost a beloved childhood friend a week ago this past Thursday. Totally unexpected. I knew he had some heart related health issues but unknown the severity. Far too young int eh arena of 51 years. From third grade on, during a difficult life experience (parental divorce) my younger sister introduced me to one of my very best friends. We grew up through primary school and college. We discovered Moldvay/Cook D&D together and my good friend Matt introduced me to imagination being the most important aspect of gaming and rules be dammed, at least early on. We sported mages running around in armor and we had fun ;-) Later we appreciated the value of rules and the fun and challenge they lent to the game we knew and loved. Though we parted and went our separate ways, my staying in our childhood hometown, he moving on to gain a doctorate in chemistry and to teach at the Naval Academy in Rhode Island, we always kept in touch and reminisced. We helped one another through those difficult awkward teen years and continued to be emotional and moral sounding boards through our adult lives. His was unexpectedly cut short and I miss him terribly. Though I know none of the members of this board personally I appreciate your openness, acceptance and candor. I count you as well among my circle of friends. I hope you are all well (or as well as can be hoped in these uncertain times)and that we can return to the vibrant and active times this board has enjoyed previously. As PD said, I sympathize with your loss and am praying for you and those others affected.
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Post by simrion on Aug 30, 2020 10:34:50 GMT -5
Any word on our missing members of interest...Mormonyoyo, Mao and any others? Been a rough 2020 some good news would be welcome.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Aug 31, 2020 22:43:36 GMT -5
Any word on our missing members of interest...Mormonyoyo, Mao and any others? Been a rough 2020 some good news would be welcome. All of these people are greatly missed. mormonyoyoman is too ill to return here. He is in a lot of pain, including computer screens hurt his eyes and he has a lot of other pain. He worked with explosives at one point in his life and the exposure to all the concussions from being too close to the explosions has come home to roost not to mention his other medical issues. He is only on FB rarely to keep in touch with IRL relationships. mao logs in every now and then, but is still having medical issues and a lot of pain with his back. Hexenritter Verlag hangs out at twitter and AFAIK only gets online with a phone and that does not work too well for here or so I understand. ripx187 has an extremely heavy workload and it not online much at all, he takes care of our Ruins of Murkhill Group over at MeWe. El Borak has not been around, but I know he is not in the best health either. I have not been online very much at all since early June as I have been having difficulty having internet access. I have been kicking around ideas of what I could do to earn enough money through my gaming interests to at least pay for my internet connection. I have worked it out to be online during September and perhaps October, but I am not sure about anything after that. I have been trying to check in here when I get the opportunity and have a lot to do here in September if nothing interferes too much. raikenclw and erisred and the rest of our Traveller group have been holding down the fort here. Then there is you simrion and hengest who are also checking in and helping hold the place together, which is greatly appreciated. onerom is also helping keep the fires burning greatly appreciated. eldrad has checked in now and then, also greatly appreciated. sepulchre also checks in now and then, which I greatly appreciate. And somehow we have still been getting two new members every month. One of them has even posted a few times. Huzzah!! So that is where we are at. I will endeavor to get things moving again, but I will need to fix it so that I can be online consistently, which I am working on. Have to get back to work, at least a part time job. We also have a total of about 60 members that log in now and then to check if anything is going on. I have to believe that if we can get some interesting threads going, they will join in.
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Post by mao on Sept 1, 2020 13:24:40 GMT -5
I live!
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Sept 2, 2020 0:34:35 GMT -5
Huzzah!! Huzzah!! Huzzah!!
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Post by hengest on Sept 2, 2020 16:44:21 GMT -5
That's great news from mao, and I live, too! I'm gonna start a few threads in my subforum and maybe one for group work out here in the next couple days. I'll try to do what I can! Newcomers, this is a great place, show your faces and post if you like! You are welcome!
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Post by raikenclw on Sept 2, 2020 19:57:32 GMT -5
Nice to see folk are still kickin'!
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jan 28, 2021 1:35:10 GMT -5
Today is two years since my dear, sweet, lovely, wife Janet was called away from this world by our God into His eternal care. No more pain, suffering or tears, just eternal life with God. I am joyful for her and could never wish her back into this world which goes from bad to worse day by day. As much as I love her and miss her and grieve for her every day, I am so grateful that she does not have to contend with the world as it is now. She is second only to God in my life and is by far, after Jesus, the best gift I was ever given. It was a privilege to know her, to love her and to be her husband in this life. Her love, her good humor and her beauty made her a continual joy in a dark world. Losing each of my parents was painful, losing Janet was many orders of magnitude worse. I never imagined anything could hurt this bad, without Jesus, without the peace of God, it would be unendurable.
Philippians 4:4-8
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all people. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
We seldom have the time we hope we will have, life is all too short.
"One day, you are going to hug your last hug, kiss your last kiss and hear someone’s voice for the last time, but you never know when the last time will be.
Live every day as if it were the last time you will be with the person you love." Author Unknown
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Post by mao on Jan 28, 2021 6:50:59 GMT -5
I can oly imagine how you feel. I have been married for 30 couple of years and can not imagine her leaving .. Live well . that would be a great tribute to her.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jan 29, 2021 18:42:08 GMT -5
I can oly imagine how you feel. I have been married for 30 couple of years and can not imagine her leaving .. Live well . that would be a great tribute to her. Thanks mao, I appreciate that thought. Being sick at the same time as this anniversary just made things a bit rougher this year.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jan 29, 2021 19:12:41 GMT -5
Hang in there TPD, I agree with mao.
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Post by mao on Jan 31, 2021 8:12:39 GMT -5
We have been having lots of issues here. The most pressing is my autistic son, and he's got a brand new issue. He gets angry when I go on the computer. I will probably not be as active as I would like. I would love to participate in the "Renaissance" that sees to be happening. I should be able to keep up the PbP
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jan 31, 2021 13:06:06 GMT -5
We have been having lots of issues here. The most pressing is my autistic son, and he's got a brand new issue. He gets angry when I go on the computer. I will prob not be as active as I would like. I would love to participate in the "Renascence" that sees to be happening. I should be able to keep up the PbP I will pray for your son and for your family.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jan 31, 2021 18:46:07 GMT -5
We have been having lots of issues here. The most pressing is my autistic son, and he's got a brand new issue. He gets angry when I go on the computer. I will prob not be as active as I would like. I would love to participate in the "Renascence" that sees to be happening. I should be able to keep up the PbP I will pray for your son and for your family. I will join you in that TPD. mao, sorry to hear you have having that difficulty. Hope you arrive at something that lessens his anxiety.
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Post by raikenclw on Feb 2, 2021 21:04:11 GMT -5
He gets angry when I go on the computer. Sounds a bit like someone I work with. She's content to fiddle quietly with her phone, unless I'm trying to concentrate on something. Then she suddenly needs to talk to me. Have you tried getting him his own computer, then chatting/texting/facetiming with him through it? I mention this because - if you can get him to do this - then you could have other screens open at the same time and he may fail to realize that you're paying attention to something other than him.
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Post by mao on Feb 3, 2021 8:06:25 GMT -5
He gets angry when I go on the computer. Sounds a bit like someone I work with. She's content to fiddle quietly with her phone, unless I'm trying to concentrate on something. Then she suddenly needs to talk to me. Have you tried getting him his own computer, then chatting/texting/facetiming with him through it? I mention this because - if you can get him to do this - then you could have other screens open at the same time and he may fail to realize that you're paying attention to something other than him. He has had his own computer for decades. He is very low functioning and he is not taking school being closed.well.
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Post by raikenclw on Feb 8, 2021 18:30:50 GMT -5
Have you tried [sic] chatting/texting/facetiming with him through [his computer]? I mention this because - if you can get him to do this - then you could have other screens open at the same time and he may fail to realize that you're paying attention to something other than him. He has had his own computer for decades. He is very low functioning and he is not taking school being closed.well. I have no conscious experience with autism*, so have only the vaguest concept of what "low functioning" entails. But if it means what I think, then you might very well be able to do something like play the same matching game on both computers - while you also type posts on a smaller inset screen on yours. *********************************************** *As I may have mentioned previously, I sometimes suspect that I suffer from Aspergers Syndrome or something similar to it.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 8, 2021 19:13:51 GMT -5
He has had his own computer for decades. He is very low functioning and he is not taking school being closed.well. I have no conscious experience with autism*, so have only the vaguest concept of what "low functioning" entails. But if it means what I think, then you might very well be able to do something like play the same matching game on both computers - while you also type posts on a smaller inset screen on yours. *********************************************** *As I may have mentioned previously, I sometimes suspect that I suffer from Aspergers Syndrome or something similar to it. This whole isolation thing is much harder on kids than adults or so I am told by my friends with kids. In my case, I know who is to blame and know that there is nothing I can do about it and am trying to make the best of it. Kids, even those without any disability of any kind, have generally not yet learned to make the best of things whatever they may be. I hope you can figure out something that will sooth his feelings with the way things are. The part that really sucks is that once you get him into a new routine that works, they will open school back up then.
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