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Charlie, I lost my beloved Dad to fast-moving aggressive cancer in 2015 and I know how badly it affected me. I still miss him desperately and think about him every day. Please accept my sincerest condolences to you and your...

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JohnS commented on
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Bill Arnold @ 1349: Yeah, noticed that but was allowed by my vpn-endpoint-of-the-day. A google search finds plenty that work in the US, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaoregV1Wak I noticed last night that "Hotel California" Brexit dates back to July 2018 in the UK press, probably earlier. I can't read May's face so don't know if she had heard this. Away from link collection, but e.g. A Hotel California Brexit? (clunky video is ok) The "Hotel California Brexit" bit is cool. I have plenty of other YouTube links to various versions of Hotel California, but the one I'm missing now is the one...
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Scott Sanford commented on
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My sympathies, I swear rapid deaths from sicknesses like that are worse than car accidents or heart attacks because it feels like there should have been some way to intervene. Also that, dang, they were doing so well until so recently. It does seem to run in my family that we get robust good health, a relatively brief decline, and a quick exit. That doesn't make it any easier. Thank you for your sympathies, everyone. I'll be a while moving through the grieving process but I'm mostly presentable to be back in public. I doubt anyone else on this blog...
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Greg Tingey commented on
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JBS @ 1346 I have mom's cat. She's at least 21 years old and about ready to go as well. She's stopped eating. To ease her passing - I know this phenomenon well, you may find that a cat will take a milk-& water mix with a tiny quantity of "Bovril" in it & lap it up. Hex(adecimal) died 3 years ago now, but she was trying to crawl away to die ... I wouldn't let her, fed her as above & she died at home, is buried in the garden & was purring under my hands, less than 2...
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Trottelreiner commented on
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On a also somewhat tangential note, I have taken to compile a playlist of music I remember for a variety of reasons or encountered recently for use at work. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLns7jxlzZ5_kwLylXRaQqkWJw8ebxSjcf There is some overlap with songs in OGH's work, but then, what got me hooked on "Halting State" was the "Your mom wears army boots" line alluding to NMA. Yes, they are in there, though not "51st State", the song played at the parties I frequented in my late teens. No warranty for bad taste, and new suggestions welcome....
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MSB commented on
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Mods: drive-by spam at 1354 [[ thanks - removed - mod ]]...

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