Post what you are thinking at this very moment

[RBP]

[Pony]

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I think I shoveled for the final time (for this storm) this morning. That was the 5th time I had to shovel to try and keep up with it.

[FBD]

you poor bastad, f that!

[FBD]

when you get a "you're never gonna believe this" text...

fkn acquaintance of mine got nabbed by one of those sting sites with a dude pretending to be a 14 year old. no sympathy from me, I wont be surprised whatever happens, someone is either going to beat him within an inch of his life or he's going to off himself. its like cmon dude, there's plenty of fat ol nasties that would fuck you, but you've got to go do this? absolutely reprehensible.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

[Teh One Who Knocks]

when you get a "you're never gonna believe this" text...

fkn acquaintance of mine got nabbed by one of those sting sites with a dude pretending to be a 14 year old. no sympathy from me, I wont be surprised whatever happens, someone is either going to beat him within an inch of his life or he's going to off himself. its like cmon dude, there's plenty of fat ol nasties that would fuck you, but you've got to go do this? absolutely reprehensible.

Yeah, there's absolutely no possibly good outcome to that.

[FBD]

I didnt wind up watching the whole thing, it got to be really long, but I guess it turns out that he met "a 27 year old" on a dating site and before they meet, "she" talked about being younger than she really was. My buddy thinks he got catfished and the dude's too dumb to have seen through the dating version of the nigerian email scam. Legally speaking it doesnt seem like he's got any real problems, but socially speaking, he's kinda got the entire east coast hardcore crew ready to beat him unmerciful. Which is ironically shitty because this dude was kinda responsible for introducing more people that resulted in more bands, probably at least a dozen bands formed because of those introductions from a dude that's always been in the scene but on the fringes. We've known him for 20 years and he never did shit like this before. I kinda think he was just being dumb and didnt really have any intention of trying to get into a 14 year old's pants, but it looks like the damage is done, he's fired from his job, phone off, in hiding.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

In a situation like this, all that is required is the hint of an allegation. That's all. Then you are a pariah for the rest of eternity and no matter what you do or say, no one will ever believe you. He does bear a little bit of the blame though because he should have pulled the eject lever as soon as this "girl" mentioned the whole 'younger than she said she was' schtick.

[FBD]

fuck, I knew I shouldnt have played 36 holes sunday, my middle finger is pissed off now. all the ligaments at the top of the carpal.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

After the storm this past weekend, yesterday ended up being really sunny and highs near 40° (4C). It's amazing how much of all that snow melted yesterday just from the sun. I would say that at least a third of it melted yesterday. Supposed to snow this afternoon again though.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown will always be the greatest nickname for any athlete in any sport.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

St Patricks Day party today

[Godfather]

My great uncle passed today. He was in his 80's and suffering pretty rapidly declining dementia for a few years, so it was his time. Uncle W took a bad fall at home and died within a day so I'm grateful that it ended swiftly, especially for my great aunt (my grandma's sister) who was struggling to care for him the last several months.

Such a lovely, sweet man with a really interesting life. He was forced into the German Army near the end of WWII as a young teenager. His job was to sit on top of convoy trucks and spot Allied strafing runs to yell for the troops to dive for cover. He saw some of his childhood friends who weren't quick enough diving into the ditches killed by those strafing runs. That's all he ever really said about the war, but it's interesting to meet someone who saw the other side.

After the war, he and his mother (who was widowed by the war) moved to Canada as refugees. He became a renowned physician who opened one of the country's first Palliative Care Wards. He even continued to go in to work few days a month well into his 70's. He died this afternoon in that very same palliative care ward he opened, and where is own son now works as a doc, which I think is a fitting way to go.

I don't need sympathy, it was just his time, but I think it's a cool story to share.

[lost in melb.]

Amazing. He would have been a very young teen and seen more than some see in a lifetime.

My grandfather was also in service during WW2, Captain, German side. He was in charge of laying telegraph lines.
He was strafed by an allied fighter plane as well and tells the story of having survived by standing side long behind one of the telegraph poles, dodging bullets, until the attacker gave up.

He later emigrated to Australia, and the rest is history