Life Death and Old Age - Page 2

Hammock Parties · 08-04-2014, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

This is why you don't **** around and live life. It ain't no dress rehearsal. Regrets have to be the worst possible last feeling you can possibly have.

I've already decided I'm going somewhere exotic and strange next year. With sand. And I don't plan to sit in it and drink fruity alcohol.

irocdave · 08-04-2014, 06:42 PM

Life sucks sometimes. Just remember you can only control what you can control, which isn't a lot sometimes but you keep trying. We are all much more fortunate than most in this world, being in the US, having family that pretty much controls there situation in life as we also have. The will to live should be strong, no matter the circumstances as that's what makes all beings strong. It sucks seeing people get old and loose their cognitive ability but they made it to that stage, most human beings don't.

When bad things happen in life you wonder why are we here. The reason ( don't need a religious sermon) is because we are and we need to make the most of it. Worship Christ, Buddha, Islam, whatever. The will to survive is not religious based, it's the most characteristic of the life forms on this planet. Do your best while your here and let your maker judge you when your not.

Keep your chin up, what doesn't kill you will make you stronger and that's the truth to the life we live.

Prison Bitch · 08-04-2014, 10:06 PM

Watch some old WWII clips and see all the dead 18 year old guys killed by megalomaniac pursuits, or children starved to death in Africa or butchered in some dumb tribal war. Americans have it quite well and if my life ends slobbering on myself in an old folks home, I had it better than 99% of humans in history had it

**Trivers** · 08-04-2014, 06:50 PM

Sorry for your loss. You have great sense of humor. You are making your own path.

You only live once; make the most of it. Don't be become a hippie and frequent nude beaches of old fat people; nor become a money obsessed miser.

Perhaps before it is all over, and you feel your body fading away, you can tell the Grim Reaper that you go peacefully as the Chiefs won a SB again!

jamesincanada · 08-04-2014, 06:52 PM

Knowing the future is a bitch. I was tested for Huntington's because it runs in my family and I've got it. I don't have any symptoms yet, but it is surreal trying to wrap my head around it. Seeing my Mom is a front row seat to my future. The hardest part to accept is that now my daughter has a 50-50 chance of getting it.

Whoever said "Ignorance is bliss" wasn't ****ing kidding.

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2014, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jamesincanada

Knowing the future is a bitch. I was tested for Huntington's because it runs in my family and I've got it. I don't have any symptoms yet, but it is surreal trying to wrap my head around it. Seeing my Mom is a front row seat to my future. The hardest part to accept is that now my daughter has a 50-50 chance of getting it.

Whoever said "Ignorance is bliss" wasn't ****ing kidding.

Sorry to hear that. A friend of mine has it, and that's a tough break to catch.

cmh6476 · 08-04-2014, 06:53 PM

I think the deciding factor really could be if you really want someone else to have to wipe your ass again.

jamesincanada · 08-04-2014, 07:02 PM

Thanks. Sorry to hear about your friend. It is a shitty disease. It seems like because it's pretty rare that it doesn't get many research hours/dollars.

Hammock Parties · 08-04-2014, 07:19 PM

Maybe if you live long enough you can finish this Sandbox Simulations Football thing.

WilliamTheIrish · 08-04-2014, 07:21 PM

Kev,

As a non practicing Catholic, I actually enjoy the funeral service. The Irish perfected it many centuries ago by having "the wake". It used to be the wake took place in the home of the deceased. And in my Dad's generation you would walk in to the home and the body would be there in the casket.
Many are the stories I recall of my parents telling me they said goodbye to friends at these wakes. The drinks flowed freely as well as the stories. And who can spin yarns better than the Irish? There were times where the the decedent was taken out of the casket and put in his favorite rocking chair or recliner and his life was toasted in celebration.

My mothers service was packed into a church in downtown Topeka where they flowed out from the vestibule onto the sidewalk. As the story of her life was told (a very tragic life) and completed, she was greeted by 600 people giving her a standing ovation. In death. She deserved it in life.

I'm of that age where I think about my mortality. Being 51 was difficult for me because that was the age that my father passed. I made it past that and some of those ghosts have relented. But some remain.

I'm sorry to hear about your cousin. The bolo tie story is magnificent.

Life is good.

**cdcox** · 08-04-2014, 08:07 PM

In the past year, my FIL went from a normal guy, to delusional dementia, to dead -- every tradition was very sudden. My mom went into a nursing home with late stage Alzheimer's disease after my dad had a minor stroke and couldn't care for her any more. Dad is actually doing well, but his actuarial clock is something like 7 years. Yes, I've reflected a great deal this past year, which has been one of the most noteworthy and interesting of my nearly 53 years.

The end is the dues you pay to play the game. You can't change the dues, so it is imperative to get the most out of the game as you can, while you can, however you define it. One of the true good things of your life is that you define what a good life means. In the end, I rate that as a pretty damn good deal and I would the whole thing again if I could, a thousand times over. The real tragedy isn't the way it ends, but rather the fact you can't put another quarter in the pinball machine for another go.

Direckshun · 08-04-2014, 08:08 PM

Homer Simpson, of all people, had probably the best quote bet about death, totally summarizing how I feel about it:

"I'm not afraid of dying. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

**Dave Lane** · 08-04-2014, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Direckshun

Homer Simpson, of all people, had probably the best quote bet about death, totally summarizing how I feel about it:

"I'm not afraid of dying. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

That was Woody Allen

BucEyedPea · 08-04-2014, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Anyway, I'd never been to a catholic funeral, and it was good exercise. I stood and I sat and I stood and I sat.

Heh!Heh! That used to get to me. Sorry to hear about your cousin's death. What did he die of?

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It went on a while, and at some point the priest even stopped and had a snack. Then he invited the other catholics to come up for a snack but he didn't invite the non-Catholics, and I understood a little better why northern Ireland has had those hostilities.

You sure it wasn't the communion wafer part of the ceremony?

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Then we went to the post-funeral dinner, and I have to say that the catholics shined here. The church members whip up a dinner, and while the vegetables were pretty sparse and overcooked they sure had a lot of desserts.

The Italian Catholics really go to town on serving a meal after a funeral.

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2014, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TribalElder

Sorry for your loss, dying sucks. You mention he went 20-25 years early or so, I have to ask. Which type of frozen pizza was he selecting on the previously posted frozen pizza life scale?

He was a humble guy. While he was probably in the Red Baron phase of life, I have a feeling that he never chose to go past Totino's.

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Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

Heh!Heh! That used to get to me. Sorry to hear about your cousin's death. What did he die of?

Pancreatic cancer. Came as a surprise.

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Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

You sure it wasn't the communion wafer part of the ceremony?

I can't put anything by you.

08-04-2014, 06:42 PM	#2
irocdave Starter Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Snohomish WA Casino cash: $10005247	Life sucks sometimes. Just remember you can only control what you can control, which isn't a lot sometimes but you keep trying. We are all much more fortunate than most in this world, being in the US, having family that pretty much controls there situation in life as we also have. The will to live should be strong, no matter the circumstances as that's what makes all beings strong. It sucks seeing people get old and loose their cognitive ability but they made it to that stage, most human beings don't. When bad things happen in life you wonder why are we here. The reason ( don't need a religious sermon) is because we are and we need to make the most of it. Worship Christ, Buddha, Islam, whatever. The will to survive is not religious based, it's the most characteristic of the life forms on this planet. Do your best while your here and let your maker judge you when your not. Keep your chin up, what doesn't kill you will make you stronger and that's the truth to the life we live.
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08-04-2014, 10:06 PM	#3
Prison Bitch Rabbi Goldmann Join Date: Nov 2012 Casino cash: $5450159	Watch some old WWII clips and see all the dead 18 year old guys killed by megalomaniac pursuits, or children starved to death in Africa or butchered in some dumb tribal war. Americans have it quite well and if my life ends slobbering on myself in an old folks home, I had it better than 99% of humans in history had it
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08-04-2014, 06:50 PM	#4
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08-04-2014, 06:52 PM	#5
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08-04-2014, 07:02 PM	#8
jamesincanada Starter Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: downtown canada Casino cash: $10011164	Thanks. Sorry to hear about your friend. It is a shitty disease. It seems like because it's pretty rare that it doesn't get many research hours/dollars.
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08-04-2014, 07:19 PM	#9
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08-04-2014, 07:21 PM	#10
WilliamTheIrish Champion Golfer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2001 Casino cash: $5930607	Kev, As a non practicing Catholic, I actually enjoy the funeral service. The Irish perfected it many centuries ago by having "the wake". It used to be the wake took place in the home of the deceased. And in my Dad's generation you would walk in to the home and the body would be there in the casket. Many are the stories I recall of my parents telling me they said goodbye to friends at these wakes. The drinks flowed freely as well as the stories. And who can spin yarns better than the Irish? There were times where the the decedent was taken out of the casket and put in his favorite rocking chair or recliner and his life was toasted in celebration. My mothers service was packed into a church in downtown Topeka where they flowed out from the vestibule onto the sidewalk. As the story of her life was told (a very tragic life) and completed, she was greeted by 600 people giving her a standing ovation. In death. She deserved it in life. I'm of that age where I think about my mortality. Being 51 was difficult for me because that was the age that my father passed. I made it past that and some of those ghosts have relented. But some remain. I'm sorry to hear about your cousin. The bolo tie story is magnificent. Life is good.
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08-04-2014, 08:07 PM	#11
cdcox www.nfl-forecast.com Join Date: Sep 2000 Casino cash: $2261769	In the past year, my FIL went from a normal guy, to delusional dementia, to dead -- every tradition was very sudden. My mom went into a nursing home with late stage Alzheimer's disease after my dad had a minor stroke and couldn't care for her any more. Dad is actually doing well, but his actuarial clock is something like 7 years. Yes, I've reflected a great deal this past year, which has been one of the most noteworthy and interesting of my nearly 53 years. The end is the dues you pay to play the game. You can't change the dues, so it is imperative to get the most out of the game as you can, while you can, however you define it. One of the true good things of your life is that you define what a good life means. In the end, I rate that as a pretty damn good deal and I would the whole thing again if I could, a thousand times over. The real tragedy isn't the way it ends, but rather the fact you can't put another quarter in the pinball machine for another go.
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08-04-2014, 08:08 PM	#12
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $4263447	Homer Simpson, of all people, had probably the best quote bet about death, totally summarizing how I feel about it: "I'm not afraid of dying. I just don't want to be there when it happens."
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