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Post by Admin Pete on Jun 26, 2018 11:11:38 GMT -5
If you're using a usual browser, good Star, you'll find the word "Exalt" somewhat under the posting person's name. Click on it (the word "exalt") and it automatically gives that person an exalt - an intangible similar to the 1960s Marvel No-Prize. (See the July 2018 issue of Alter-Ego for some photos and background of the eponymous award.) The only way you'll know it worked, is if you click it again. It will tell you that you can't give another exalt so quickly. Thank you Sir! Thank you, both! I love the puns and like to see them appreciated.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jun 30, 2018 10:07:00 GMT -5
(Sort of what I just texted to Mr PD) My Secret Origin of Beijing Banned was derailed this week by a threatened heart attack and a threatening doctor who spoke to me about my blood pressure of 300 over Vqqngun-5. Or something like that. Didn't get released until they got it under 200/85 and even then tranq'd me as much as Bruce Banner in a coma. (Remember those HUGE tranq pills that Ditko drew?) Hope to get it done by Monday after I finish the Elders' Quorum Newsletter, several ministering letters to shut-ins, our high priests' prayer roster, and something else I can't remember at midnight-13. Clarity of mind as well as real consciousness come and go. Please being praying for Chet's health, I know he will appreciate it. I copied this post from another thread.
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Post by simrion on Jun 30, 2018 11:07:02 GMT -5
Yo-Yo prayers and positive your way! I can kind of relate, a few years back when I learned about my high BP and diabetes...nothing like the Doc strolling into the exam room and stating "We were worried you might stroke out on us." An eye opener to say the least!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2018 12:50:41 GMT -5
Prayers for you Chet.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jun 30, 2018 22:53:24 GMT -5
Curiously, I don't even remember what thread I posted the quoted paragraph(s) in - or inward. Evidently a part of all this stuff, not to mention Being Old. Or as my neurologist snapped me to attention: "Of course you can't remember these things! You had four concussions over a period of 16 years!" (The last three within the last four years of those fifteen.) Ah well...
Thank you each for your prayers! They are honestly felt and I have a very strong testimony of the power of faith and prayer. Steven Strange ain't got nothin' on the Real Thing.
So many of us are falling apart, that I would warn you about hanging around (even virtually!) with old rolegamers. Evidently, aging is contagious!
PS: Yes, I shall be giving a brief (Reader's Digest type) summary of a very weird nastygram that someone sent me on a SUNDAY (My busiest day! When I first joined the church, I complained to my bishop - after a 10-hour day of him and me working on an 8-bit database for a ward membership roster - "I thought Sunday was supposed to be a day of rest??!!" His unsympathetic but chuckling reply: "Oh, you MUST be thinking of some other church!") when I could only scan it between meetings - and then he had deleted it by the time Monday arrived.
(Yes, I am too fond of parenthesis. Footnotes get messed up when I try to do them in email and forum posts.)
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jun 30, 2018 23:19:39 GMT -5
PS PS: I should have thanked all of you earlier, but after I got almost all my projects finished, I had to battle the dreaded DNS creature. Blech!
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Post by Jakob Grimm on Jun 30, 2018 23:29:11 GMT -5
mormonyoyoman, my prayers are there for you also. Get well, we need you here.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jul 2, 2018 21:46:15 GMT -5
mormonyoyoman , my prayers are there for you also. Get well, we need you here. Sounds like a lot of work. Now I'm scared.
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Post by simrion on Jul 3, 2018 5:12:33 GMT -5
Quick update...kidney stone and stent gone! Here's hoping a nice long uneventful period until my next unexpected medical issue. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers! Doubling my efforts on all of your behalves.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 3, 2018 6:42:19 GMT -5
Quick update...kidney stone and stent gone! Here's hoping a nice long uneventful period until my next unexpected medical issue. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers! Doubling my efforts on all of your behalves. Good news and I hope the same for you good health long term. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers, we all appreciate them.
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Post by raikenclw on Jul 5, 2018 10:57:37 GMT -5
Ibid!
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jul 5, 2018 14:45:29 GMT -5
I bid three silver pieces and raise you fifteen copper.
(PS: Thank you indeed! But I couldn't resist the pun.)
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 6, 2018 13:30:09 GMT -5
I bid three silver pieces and raise you fifteen copper. (PS: Thank you indeed! But I couldn't resist the pun.) But how hard did you try?
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jul 6, 2018 14:34:16 GMT -5
I bid three silver pieces and raise you fifteen copper. (PS: Thank you indeed! But I couldn't resist the pun.) But how hard did you try? Try?
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 6, 2018 14:41:50 GMT -5
But how hard did you try? Try?
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Post by True Black Raven on Jul 21, 2018 22:19:01 GMT -5
How is everyone doing these days on the mental, physical and emotional health front?
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Jul 22, 2018 1:05:21 GMT -5
A bit rough, with everything going on here & losing a friend over differences of opinion. But otherwise doing okay. I hope hengest is doing okay.
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Post by simrion on Jul 22, 2018 6:21:09 GMT -5
So far so good on my front. I try to be an eternal optimist...always hope for the best but plan for the worst. I know I'm ready for some of that "best." 😀
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Post by Crimhthan The Great on Jul 22, 2018 18:52:54 GMT -5
Losing a friend, no matter how it happens is always rough.
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Post by mao on Jul 25, 2018 7:56:16 GMT -5
My wire is in the hospital w pneumonia. Might be spoty here
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 25, 2018 8:53:56 GMT -5
My wife is in the hospital w pneumonia. Might be spoty here Sorry to hear about your wife having pneumonia and being in the hospital mao. I've had pneumonia, been there and done that, it is no picnic. We'll be praying for her recovery and for you as you support her.
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Jul 25, 2018 9:58:41 GMT -5
My wire is in the hospital w pneumonia. Might be spoty here You & your wife are in my thoughts, I hope she gets better soon.
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Post by xizallian on Jul 25, 2018 10:36:35 GMT -5
My wire is in the hospital w pneumonia. Might be spoty here Prayers for your wife and I hope she is better soon!
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Post by mao on Jul 25, 2018 12:37:34 GMT -5
thanx for the well wishes guys.
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Post by hengest on Jul 29, 2018 7:42:15 GMT -5
This isn't as important as health, but here goes...
I have made what would seem like a small mistake that has turned into a major financial blow. I can't decide whether to tell my wife. I don't want to end up divorced and homeless, but I don't really want to lie, either. I could cover it up for the present, I think.
I can't face this.
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Post by mao on Jul 29, 2018 7:58:01 GMT -5
This isn't as important as health, but here goes... I have made what would seem like a small mistake that has turned into a major financial blow. I can't decide whether to tell my wife. I don't want to end up divorced and homeless, but I don't really want to lie, either. I could cover it up for the present, I think. I can't face this. I am truly sad at your plight. and offer this peace of advice. Good news can wait, bad news cant wait
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 10:14:59 GMT -5
This isn't as important as health, but here goes... I have made what would seem like a small mistake that has turned into a major financial blow. I can't decide whether to tell my wife. I don't want to end up divorced and homeless, but I don't really want to lie, either. I could cover it up for the present, I think. I can't face this.
Do the difficult thing and tell her. If your love is real, it will weather this storm. She may be upset, but in the end her love and respect for you will be greater.
Of course, there are a number of variables I have no knowledge of you may wish to consider. Did you discuss whether to do the action that resulting in the "small mistake"? If so, did she advise for or against it? How long has all this gone on with or without her knowledge? In other words, is she in the dark about this while process or is it she doesn't know it has gone bad in the end?
Last of all, in my experience the longer you cover it up the more it's going to back-fire on you when she finds out. Good luck, my friend. My prayers are with you.
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Jul 29, 2018 13:33:59 GMT -5
This isn't as important as health, but here goes... I have made what would seem like a small mistake that has turned into a major financial blow. I can't decide whether to tell my wife. I don't want to end up divorced and homeless, but I don't really want to lie, either. I could cover it up for the present, I think. I can't face this.
Do the difficult thing and tell her. If your love is real, it will weather this storm. She may be upset, but in the end her love and respect for you will be greater.
Of course, there are a number of variables I have no knowledge of you may wish to consider. Did you discuss whether to do the action that resulting in the "small mistake"? If so, did she advise for or against it? How long has all this gone on with or without her knowledge? In other words, is she in the dark about this while process or is it she doesn't know it has gone bad in the end?
Last of all, in my experience the longer you cover it up the more it's going to back-fire on you when she finds out. Good luck, my friend. My prayers are with you.
This is basically what I'd have said. Exalt to Gizka. Hengest you are in my thoughts & I hope things will work out so your family will still be intact after all this finally blows over.
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Post by El Borak on Jul 29, 2018 15:51:12 GMT -5
Hengest the guys are giving you good advice. Yeah, we don't know the variables, but a few of the basic rules of marriage are don't lie, don't cheat and do involve her in all major decisions. Anything good that you do over and above those three things are gravy. If there is bad news, it needs to come from you and not a third party. I really feel for you and I am praying for you and for your wife.
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Post by hengest on Jul 29, 2018 16:17:21 GMT -5
Thanks, all who responded. The source of the problem is that we rented a furnished apartment (IKEA stuff, nothing fancy) and there were some rolled-up rugs in a corner. The owner told me we could trash the rugs, they didn't need them. Or we could use them.
When my wife was home with our new infant (maybe 2 weeks old), her mother came to help us. After she left, she texted me in a panic, convinced that we had a bedbug infestation centered on the rugs and that this information had to be kept from wife - because she would panic and it would destroy her incipient relationship with the baby. Now, my wife has told me to push back against her mother when necessary (generally we get along, but she can get a little excited at times), and I did push back. But she was convinced, and tried to get me to keep my wife and baby out of the very room in which they were ensconced - without naming the problem. Well, I pushed back and pushed back because that was simply impossible ("Why don't we all sleep in the tub tonight? And every other night? And burn all our clothes and soak the place in pesticides? Just for fun."). Eventually my MIL decided, on the advice of a pharmacist, that it wasn't bedbugs but dust mites and that the problem would be resolved by getting rid of the rugs. So I said okay, the owners don't want them - if you convince my wife, make whatever arrangements tou want for the rugs. So my MIL talked my wife into the idea that the rugs were poisonous and the rugs were disposed of.
8 months later, we need to move out and the owners want ONE OF the rugs, saying they said we could toss only one of them, not the other "fancy" rug. So now they want to keep the bulk of our security deposit for this rug.
So I didn't hide anything except the fact that her mother was temporarily obsessed with the idea of bedbugs. But what I haven't told her yet is how much money they want for this rug.
I could probably get the owners to agree to seem to take only a small amount of the security deposit for the rug, and pay them the rest from my old personal savings account. The goal here is to prevent an emotional crisis.
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