Shoot the Breeze With the Cooler Crew - Peoplesforum Edition

Thanks for thinking of me tmk
just a couple hours too late.
darn-the dog just came downstairs-I see a cat/dog fight in the next 2 minutes coming!!!!!hissing! brb!

uuuh, cat knocked over my husbands dad's lamp- thank God! it only blew the bulb! chased the dog back upstairs.

Now---- VJ? Truly sorry about your grandpa. I was just thinking today many questions I would love to ask my dad and grandma about some of the American history they lived through. :(

so, tonight some asshole decided that the rear driver-side window on my van needed to be broken. I guessI'm lucky nothing was stolen. We got home about 4:30 pm and at 7:30 pm a Columbia Heights officer noticed it.

Is it Uzitime ?

He obviously couldn't have drove through when it actually happened and caught the guy! They are only good at letting you know so the next time they drive through they can write you a ticket for it. :(

of course not. that'd make too much sense for the cop.

Sorry, seems the possibility of a great night has been precluded. Still trying to confirm details...

Sorry THX- your what they call a 'one in a 10,000' odds chance of that happening :) Maybe she will get lucky and find the medallion too :)

Hey AW- don't let him get you flustered! He pulls that stuff all the time- and I think one of these days he will be telling the tructh and we won't believe him. I think we should call him 'peter' from now on :) and he can call the wolf whenever he wants.

Still can't find anything for sure, but looks like a false alarm.

thanks for taking the time to share old memories- I used to have those albums :)

Went to the funeral today... and I guess their gonna be cremating him tomorrow, and the burial service is tuesday, at fort snelling. Their burying him there I guess cause its a free service for veterans... and their also going to bury my grandmas ashes (she died 2 years ago, in march), along with him.

The funeral today went ok.

Well.. i guess THAT was a lie... all funerals suck ass...

It helps that I have a big Italian family on my moms side. My grandpa had 4 other brothers and 1 sister, who was disowned a LONG time ago, and no one has heard from her, since she moved to California WAY WAY back in the day.

My grandpa and grandma went on to have 4 sons and my mom... and my granpa was the last one out of his brothers to pass... although his sister is still in CA someplace....

They had 5 kids, 13 grandkids, and so far... 7 great grandkids....

Its cool to think that my cousins kids actually have gotten to see their great grandfather. I never did that. My sister on the other had met our great gramma on my dads side.

But anyhow... almost everyone that could make it today, did so.

We had the funeral at Mueller Mortuary, on 7th and Johnson Parkway, for those of you familiar with the East Side.... and they had this thing, thats evidentlly kinda new in funerals.... where they had a big screen TV set up, with a VCR... and one of my aunts, had previously selected some photos, of my grandpas old army days, and when he was single, and messing around with his brothers, all the way up to when he met my gramma, and my uncles and my mom were born. They had them all put on a VHS tape, and it played like a slide show..... along with some really sad music ofcourse... it was actually pretty cool.

We also had the big posterboards full of old and new pictures...

Afterwards, 25 - 30 of us... most being my uncles, aunts, and cousins, all went to Moose Country, out in Lillydale, and had food and drinks... right now.. im sorta half getting over my drunken stupor.. otherwise, I prolly wouldnt be sittin here typin all this to ya'll.

But I realized, after I got back here and sat around for awhile and havent done anything.... except for sitting around.... that.... at my grandmas funeral... I cried my ass off like a lil baby... and today.. I did almost next to none... Its not like I didnt love him or anything..... and I miss him like fuck..... but still... I didnt really do any crying.. and havent yet.. its kinda like I still dont know that he's gone or somethin. Damn.

Anyhow... I guess im gonna go for now. Layta.

It'll come, J.

I got through my Grandma's funeral and a couple days after just fine. My mom rented us a trailer so I could bring back (from Indiana) some of my Grandma's furniture and stuff she gave. Three days after the funeral, driving back to Minnesota, wife and kids sleeping, and I'm just thinkin'. Then it hit me hard. My grandma's gone, and I've got her stuff in a trailer behind me. Couldn't drive the rest of the day.

goodnight VJ- I wanna give you a hug now.
Never wanted to hug a clown before :)

when my grandpa died 5 and a half years ago, vj, i did a little crying initially, and some at the funeral. but things really didn't sink in for me until about a week after the fact. we all grieve in our own separate ways i guess. truly sorry about your loss.

If you've never wanted to hug a clown before, that means 1 of 2 things... 1: you're afraid of them, and 2: You've never seen any clowns as adorable as us.

yeah-just looking at your glowing eyes in the dark makes me find clowns irresistible :)

Thanks Me2.... Seriously... it fuckin blows... I mean... atlest my sister met our other grandpa... he died back in 1977.. and that was before I was born... I grew up with two grandmas and 1 grandpa..

I dunno.. it just seems like alot has gone on today.. but really Not much has been going on.. you know?.

Its kinda like in a dream... how your walking, but your feet arent moving, and your really just kinda standing there.

But shit..... Life goes on.. right?

Atleast thats what everyone keeps tellin me. "Hang in there Nick.. you'll be ok" "Just keep rolling nick... go find a new job"
"Theres a great girl out there waiting for you someplace Nick... dont worry"

But still ya'll... I mean.. I know everythings gonna be ok... it always does get ok... but when ya actually take a step back for a second and get a look at the "big picture" everything that everyone does, seems like a small step, cause in the end, all that really matters is who you have with ya.

I think about that sometimes... like when I see them homeless people walkin around downtown and stuff.. beggin for change, and lookin all srubby. What if they dont have a big ass family like I do? What do they do? So alot of the time.. if I got some spare change on me... or a dollar bill or 2 and one of those guys/ladies ask me if they can borrow some... I pretty much always do that.... I dont know why Ive always done that either... I pretty much think about that whenever theres a funeral or something...... its like... who the hell am I to judge whether or not your deserving of 25 cents? What the hell am I gonna spend it on? A can of pop? Shit man... here fuckit.. have 2 dollars... get yourself a hot meal, or a place to crash for the night.... whatever you need, man.

I know.. it seems like im fuckin sittin here.... ramblin n shit.. but.. hey... whatever. its late... im tired... and alot has gone on.

Man, my husband and mom-in-law got on me briefly before Christmas- My oldest and I were at Blockbuster and a man approached us in the parking lot- he asked for some spare chaange for food. I reached in my pocket and all I had was a $10 - I leaned over- handed it to him and said 'Merry Christmas' - he walked over to Target to get some dinner. I don't have the money to be handing out- all my friends know that- but at least I had a warm home to go home to. My husband and mom-in-law see it as- we may not have a home to come home to if I give all our money away.

I was never bothered by the death of any of my grandparent's much. I'm not sure if I'll even be bothered much when my parents die. To me death is a natural part of the life cycle and if someone manages to live a full life, then there's really nothing terribly tragic about their passing. If they were a part of your life on a consistent basis, then perhaps we'll miss that part of our lives that involved them. But the only time I really feel sad about someone dying is when it strikes me as something that shouldn't have happened. I think I was actually more bothered when I heard Phil Hartman died then when I heard my grandmother died. My grandmother was very old and ill and her passing was expected. Phil's death was unexpected and fairly unwarranted (he was shot by his wife).

Maybe I'm just a little weird but I guess my point is don't let it bother you if you don't get too upset by it. Death is a part of life and not something we need to necessarily get freaked out over.

I told my daughters they have more money than me and dad...they looked at us perplexed..."no we dont" they said. I explained that we owe money before we can actually have money and since they didn't owe any money that the cash they had was more than us.

Just one more....

It's the "mother of all Ares & Me2 afternoon posting session sexual innuendo" joes

Damn does this feel good.

me

hey that was supposed to be mine ya know.

YOU!!!! ::grits teeth:: BITE the medalling kid!

They would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for Those Medalling Kids

what are you doing peeking into our room this late -you think you can just climb right in---::kicking you back to your room!::

and with that, :: rolls over and turns out the lights ::

who says we had to do this with the lights off? ;)

Yeah... AW... I hear that... My granpa's death was to be expected too... he was in and out of the hospital for the last month and a half.. it seemed like he would be in the hospital for a week.. back home and doing "fine" for 2 or 3 days.. and then BOOM right back in for another 2 weeks... one night he had 2 heart attacks and died 3 times when he was in there.... yet he still was out and fine enough to come to X-Mas at my moms with the whole family..... that night after everyone had gone back home.. evidentlly, he ended up going back into the hospital, where he stayed until he passed on new years eve...

Its not like I really get freaked out at all by death... I know its a part of life too... its just that in the past... I really only had 3 people close to me die.... both my grandmas, and one of my grandmas friends, who was like another grandma... since she had been around and staying with my grandma since before my dad and uncle were born.... and now my grandpa... and In a way... its like... one day your sitting there talking with them... and then their not there anymore, and theres stuff you forgot to ask them... or wanted to tell them and hadnt gotten the chance.... I know all that seems real small in then end... but.... I dont know... It just sucks I guess. I hear it all the time "Life Sucks" yeah... well... so does Death

Damn, I blink my eye and the Orgy joe is gone.... I was gonna be swift like a ninja and steal that shit.

one day your sitting there talking with them... and then their not there anymore, and theres stuff you forgot to ask them... or wanted to tell them and hadnt gotten the chance.... I know all that seems real small in then end... but.... I dont know... It just sucks I guess. I hear it all the time "Life Sucks" yeah... well... so does Death

Thats probly the best I've heard it summed up!

yeah Shagg, a KID came in and busted us! He was spying, but we sent him back to bed! I think we will need to ground the boy!

With that... im out of here for the night.

Catch ya'll on the flip side.

who says we had to do this with the lights off? ;)

um, you did. last time we did it with the lights on.

How's the camera supposed to record in the dark?

infrared man, haven't you ever watched the discovery channel and tlc?

you've been recording us this whole time?!
I could say 'we are so over' but lets watch it instead!

I suppose, but it still looks better with the light on... and I cant watch TLC, for some reason I dont get like 5 channels, and thats one of them. I wish I could... I used to smoke, and drink all night then watch Pappy's Land in the morning and laugh my ass off.

I could say 'we are so over' but lets watch it instead!

that was just a hypothetical answer to his question, dear. doesn't mean i've ever taken advantage of it. i've never recorded us. wouldn't want it showing up in the internet ya know.

Are you just saying that so you don't have to split all the money you're making off those videos?

and I cant watch TLC, for some reason I dont get like 5 channels, and thats one of them. I wish I could...

I know why that is. I used to work for the cable company. Most likely TLC is broadcast through your cable on the same frequency as one of the local channels. If your signal is weak, or a wire somewhere is not shielded well, then the wire in the cable starts to act like an antenna and the signal from the airwaves interferes with the cable signal and you get bad reception, usually characterized by lines on the screen or some other sort of interference pattern.

Are you just saying that so you don't have to split all the money you're making off those videos?

nope. i never recorded anything. despite being the one who holds the ideal that a guy's gotta have 3 girlfriends. that way one's free to hold the camera ;)

WoW- The Rabbit is a Technical Wizard

Um, Shaggs? what is with your tagline man? your scaring me-

i'm really rolling over and turning out the light this time, dear. goodnite everyone.

you stay on your side of the forum- I'll stay on mine- goodnight

The good news is there will be a hunt and we've all gotten a bit wiser tonight - maybe even Jake.

Goodnight and SCDs everyone!