So we have a Christmas 'pot luck' lunch on Wednesday.  Looks like a bunch of good food on the signup list.  However, it's scheduled to be outside...in the shade.  I hope somebody notices that it's only supposed to be around 50 degrees at lunchtime tomorrow and moves it inside.

I remember when 50° used to be considered cold. In the shade (especially with wind) it can be chilly for sure, but cold not so much. Having lived here in NC for 8 years now cold is 30s and 40s. I might actually put on a hat in that weather.

It might not be cold (and by the way, I'm originally from PA), but not exactly conducive to sitting around outside...in the shade...for an hour and eating.  Let alone hoping that the hot dishes actually stay hot before I try to eat them.

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I remember when 50° used to be considered cold. In the shade (especially with wind) it can be chilly for sure, but cold not so much. Having lived here in NC for 8 years now cold is 30s and 40s. I might actually put on a hat in that weather.

It might not be cold (and by the way, I'm originally from PA), but not exactly conducive to sitting around outside...in the shade...for an hour and eating.  Let alone hoping that the hot dishes actually stay hot before I try to eat them.

I totally understand that. Cold food sucks.

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Ah, Florida Decembers.  Gotta love it.  Low 70's and humid this morning when I was out on my morning walk.  Low to mid 30's tomorrow morning.  May have to eschew the shorts for some sweatpants tomorrow morning.

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Ah, Florida Decembers.  Gotta love it.  Low 70's and humid this morning when I was out on my morning walk.  Low to mid 30's tomorrow morning.  May have to eschew the shorts for some sweatpants tomorrow morning.

Today was a high of 70 here. Rain and a cold front came through so tomorrow is back down to the 40s.

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Well, I hear them plotting to move everything inside today for the pot luck and white elephant.

Wise decision.

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Well, I hear them plotting to move everything inside today for the pot luck and white elephant.

Wise decision.

Why does it have to be a white elephant?

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There are 10 kinds of people in this world.  Those who understand binary and those who don't.

Well, I hear them plotting to move everything inside today for the pot luck and white elephant.

Wise decision.

Why does it have to be a white elephant?

I don't make up the rules.  Unlike Coughlin, however, I follow them.  

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So a couple of weeks ago one of my best friends went into the hospital with chest pains.  He thought for sure he was having a heart attack or a stroke.  Turned out that it was 'only' gallstones and he had to have his gall bladder removed.

Before they released him they went over the full results of his CT scan.  Turns out he has a spot on his lung.  Six small ulcers in his stomach.  And a couple of small spots on his liver.  All of the spots were too small/dangerous to biopsy, so he has to go back for regular CT scans every couple of months.  I asked him if this was finally going to make him stop drinking and especially smoking, which he has done as long as I've known him.  He never really gave me an answer.

So he stops by bowling last night to visit and he's still recovering from his surgery so he is just there to visit.  All of our other teammates are asking him the same questions that I did.  He says he's not going to quit but he's going to 'limit himself' and that he only smokes about 10 cigarettes a day.  And it 'is what it is'.  What the [BLEEP]?  How can someone be so stupid?  Maybe if he stops he has a chance that the spots won't get worse.  I don't know what to do other than what I have done.  I just don't get it.  He's got a 5 year old son and another in college.  Smoking is more important than than watching them grow up?  And what about what he is going to do to all of his friends that have to watch him waste away from cancer if he doesn't wise the [BLEEP] up?  I think it's pretty [BLEEP] selfish.  And a [BLEEP] smoke is more important than any of that?  I just don't get it.  I'm just considering putting it to him as bluntly as I did here, but it could definitely [BLEEP] up our friendship if I do.

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Free beer, yum.

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FBT’s name is Tim correct? Does he have anything to do with the BCB?

I ask because my wife asked a guy at Home Depot where he got his Minshew shirt. The guy replied saying his neighbor was big with the BCB and made it. He called him by name. But kinda waited for my response, almost like I should have known who Tim was. Probably a long shot, was wondering if by chance that is who he was talking about or not.

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So a couple of weeks ago one of my best friends went into the hospital with chest pains.  He thought for sure he was having a heart attack or a stroke.  Turned out that it was 'only' gallstones and he had to have his gall bladder removed.

Before they released him they went over the full results of his CT scan.  Turns out he has a spot on his lung.  Six small ulcers in his stomach.  And a couple of small spots on his liver.  All of the spots were too small/dangerous to biopsy, so he has to go back for regular CT scans every couple of months.  I asked him if this was finally going to make him stop drinking and especially smoking, which he has done as long as I've known him.  He never really gave me an answer.

So he stops by bowling last night to visit and he's still recovering from his surgery so he is just there to visit.  All of our other teammates are asking him the same questions that I did.  He says he's not going to quit but he's going to 'limit himself' and that he only smokes about 10 cigarettes a day.  And it 'is what it is'.  What the [BLEEP]?  How can someone be so stupid?  Maybe if he stops he has a chance that the spots won't get worse.  I don't know what to do other than what I have done.  I just don't get it.  He's got a 5 year old son and another in college.  Smoking is more important than than watching them grow up?  And what about what he is going to do to all of his friends that have to watch him waste away from cancer if he doesn't wise the [BLEEP] up?  I think it's pretty [BLEEP] selfish.  And a [BLEEP] smoke is more important than any of that?  I just don't get it.  I'm just considering putting it to him as bluntly as I did here, but it could definitely [BLEEP] up our friendship if I do.

/rant

I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Addiction sucks. My dad is an alcoholic and has health issues that require him to take certain medications that absolutely, under no uncertain terms, should not be mixed with alcohol. Ever. 

He's been in the hospital due to interactions too many times, falls at the house, won't use his O2, and more. We've tried to talk to him about it but he doesn't care and is fine if he puts himself in an early grave. 

He's not as young as your friend, all of his kids are grown, but we still love him and want him healthy and alive. He doesn't care- even with all of his  close calls. It's been hard to accept this mindset but there is nothing to be done. Hopefully your friend will come around.

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So a couple of weeks ago one of my best friends went into the hospital with chest pains.  He thought for sure he was having a heart attack or a stroke.  Turned out that it was 'only' gallstones and he had to have his gall bladder removed.

Before they released him they went over the full results of his CT scan.  Turns out he has a spot on his lung.  Six small ulcers in his stomach.  And a couple of small spots on his liver.  All of the spots were too small/dangerous to biopsy, so he has to go back for regular CT scans every couple of months.  I asked him if this was finally going to make him stop drinking and especially smoking, which he has done as long as I've known him.  He never really gave me an answer.

So he stops by bowling last night to visit and he's still recovering from his surgery so he is just there to visit.  All of our other teammates are asking him the same questions that I did.  He says he's not going to quit but he's going to 'limit himself' and that he only smokes about 10 cigarettes a day.  And it 'is what it is'.  What the [BLEEP]?  How can someone be so stupid?  Maybe if he stops he has a chance that the spots won't get worse.  I don't know what to do other than what I have done.  I just don't get it.  He's got a 5 year old son and another in college.  Smoking is more important than than watching them grow up?  And what about what he is going to do to all of his friends that have to watch him waste away from cancer if he doesn't wise the [BLEEP] up?  I think it's pretty [BLEEP] selfish.  And a [BLEEP] smoke is more important than any of that?  I just don't get it.  I'm just considering putting it to him as bluntly as I did here, but it could definitely [BLEEP] up our friendship if I do.

/rant

I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Addiction sucks. My dad is an alcoholic and has health issues that require him to take certain medications that absolutely, under no uncertain terms, should not be mixed with alcohol. Ever. 

He's been in the hospital due to interactions too many times, falls at the house, won't use his O2, and more. We've tried to talk to him about it but he doesn't care and is fine if he puts himself in an early grave. 

He's not as young as your friend, all of his kids are grown, but we still love him and want him healthy and alive. He doesn't care- even with all of his  close calls. It's been hard to accept this mindset but there is nothing to be done. Hopefully your friend will come around.

It's a sad fact of life that not everyone wants to live, especially if living is given in exchange for what makes it worthwhile.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

So a couple of weeks ago one of my best friends went into the hospital with chest pains.  He thought for sure he was having a heart attack or a stroke.  Turned out that it was 'only' gallstones and he had to have his gall bladder removed.

Before they released him they went over the full results of his CT scan.  Turns out he has a spot on his lung.  Six small ulcers in his stomach.  And a couple of small spots on his liver.  All of the spots were too small/dangerous to biopsy, so he has to go back for regular CT scans every couple of months.  I asked him if this was finally going to make him stop drinking and especially smoking, which he has done as long as I've known him.  He never really gave me an answer.

So he stops by bowling last night to visit and he's still recovering from his surgery so he is just there to visit.  All of our other teammates are asking him the same questions that I did.  He says he's not going to quit but he's going to 'limit himself' and that he only smokes about 10 cigarettes a day.  And it 'is what it is'.  What the [BLEEP]?  How can someone be so stupid?  Maybe if he stops he has a chance that the spots won't get worse.  I don't know what to do other than what I have done.  I just don't get it.  He's got a 5 year old son and another in college.  Smoking is more important than than watching them grow up?  And what about what he is going to do to all of his friends that have to watch him waste away from cancer if he doesn't wise the [BLEEP] up?  I think it's pretty [BLEEP] selfish.  And a [BLEEP] smoke is more important than any of that?  I just don't get it.  I'm just considering putting it to him as bluntly as I did here, but it could definitely [BLEEP] up our friendship if I do.

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My grandfather died of cancer when my father was 23 years old. He stopped drinking and smoking cigarette's the next day.

Took him another 10 years to give up weed. My mom still keeps it going though. She's got her alcohol under control finally because age caught up with her. But she still smokes enough weed to make Willie Nelson blush. LOL.

It's weird. Addiction sucks. But I agree with you. Family and friends should be the only reason you need to kick that [BLEEP].

Especially after a medical scare and surgery. You being blunt with him is just being honest and its because you give a [BLEEP].

Tough call though. Get lit before you tell him and then you can blame it on the alcohol.

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"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky. The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing; Rush in and die, dogs - I was a man before I was a king."

I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Addiction sucks. My dad is an alcoholic and has health issues that require him to take certain medications that absolutely, under no uncertain terms, should not be mixed with alcohol. Ever. 

He's been in the hospital due to interactions too many times, falls at the house, won't use his O2, and more. We've tried to talk to him about it but he doesn't care and is fine if he puts himself in an early grave. 

He's not as young as your friend, all of his kids are grown, but we still love him and want him healthy and alive. He doesn't care- even with all of his  close calls. It's been hard to accept this mindset but there is nothing to be done. Hopefully your friend will come around.

It's a sad fact of life that not everyone wants to live, especially if living is given in exchange for what makes it worthwhile.

Yep. My dad's brother finally committed suicide in 2010 after years of struggling with addiction. We're talking decades of struggle. My dad has said he is, and I quote, "too chicken [BLEEP]" to outright kill himself so he does so passively. My step mom is either an angel of mercy or she's into the emotional trauma that is her life taking care of my dad. 

I thank God every single day my mom's side of the family diluted whatever jacked up mental crap my dad's side of the family contributed to my DNA.

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So it appears my stepdaughter has decided to try to one-up me.  She slipped on the basement steps and fractured and dislocated her ankle.  Her's was a bit worse than mine.  Mine was gnarled but her's was gnarled with bone sticking through the skin.  She has surgery today.  My wife will be going up to The Burgh for a couple of weeks to help take care of her.

Party at Rico's!!

     

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So it appears my stepdaughter has decided to try to one-up me.  She slipped on the basement steps and fractured and dislocated her ankle.  Her's was a bit worse than mine.  Mine was gnarled but her's was gnarled with bone sticking through the skin.  She has surgery today.  My wife will be going up to The Burgh for a couple of weeks to help take care of her.

Party at Rico's!!

     

Hope she heals quickly. 

We should toast her healing with a post-golf round of tequila at Casa de Rico. 
(I've already got Jan 3-6 penciled in for potential golf days)

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So it appears my stepdaughter has decided to try to one-up me.  She slipped on the basement steps and fractured and dislocated her ankle.  Her's was a bit worse than mine.  Mine was gnarled but her's was gnarled with bone sticking through the skin.  She has surgery today.  My wife will be going up to The Burgh for a couple of weeks to help take care of her.

Party at Rico's!!

     

Hope she heals quickly. 

We should toast her healing with a post-golf round of tequila at Casa de Rico. 
(I've already got Jan 3-6 penciled in for potential golf days)

What an odd coincidence...I still have 2/3 of a bottle of Patron Silver in the freezer.

Oh...and I'm definitely down for some golf during that time frame.

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Hope she heals quickly. 

We should toast her healing with a post-golf round of tequila at Casa de Rico. 
(I've already got Jan 3-6 penciled in for potential golf days)

What an odd coincidence...I still have 2/3 of a bottle of Patron Silver in the freezer.

Oh...and I'm definitely down for some golf during that time frame.

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So it appears my stepdaughter has decided to try to one-up me.  She slipped on the basement steps and fractured and dislocated her ankle.  Her's was a bit worse than mine.  Mine was gnarled but her's was gnarled with bone sticking through the skin.  She has surgery today.  My wife will be going up to The Burgh for a couple of weeks to help take care of her.

Party at Rico's!!

     

Yikes! 

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

So it appears my stepdaughter has decided to try to one-up me.  She slipped on the basement steps and fractured and dislocated her ankle.  Her's was a bit worse than mine.  Mine was gnarled but her's was gnarled with bone sticking through the skin.  She has surgery today.  My wife will be going up to The Burgh for a couple of weeks to help take care of her.

Party at Rico's!!

     

Yikes! 

I hope she realizes what she's in for.  This is a long process.  Mine still isn't 100% 'normal' yet and it's been a solid 8 months.

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