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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #25 on: August 10, 2012, 10:17:59 PM »
Quote from: BEG on August 10, 2012, 07:12:55 PM
Would you take me in?
Well, yeah, but I thought you had your eyes on the CG family ?
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #26 on: August 11, 2012, 12:52:42 AM »
Quote from: CG6468 on August 08, 2012, 03:40:39 PM
I'm front, too!  :lmao:

But I might have to get back in the truck and go out to Tucson (A probable 3-day, 1800 mile trip, when I'm alone and now that I'm so friggin' old.). My sister may have cancer, and she's going to be scheduled for surgery soon. She and I are all we got. Her husband is a great guy, but he has no clue about these things and cannot handle it. I, on the other hand, am a loud SOB who demands answers and takes voluminous notes, and I have a direct line to my wife, who's a ICU/CCU nurse with LOTS of experience.

If necessary, my wife will take a plane there, and then I'll drive back home. Or whatever....

I do know that no ****ing "hospitalist" will kill my sister like the one who did that to our mother. When I got there for our mom, she was already comatose and didn't even know I was there. When I tried to ask the "hospitalist" WTF was going on, he turned to walk away from me. I let the incompetent son of a bitch have it with both barrels, and I was really loud about it. I yelled at him, "Don't you DARE walk away from ME! You might have everyone else snowed, but not ME!". All the nurses hated him, and they smiled as they looked up at the ceiling, as if thinking, "It's about time someone did this!" Her regular doctor didn't even know she was in the hospital. It was too late for my mom, though; she died 2 days later in hospice. After going in for back pain, she left feet first. I won't bore everyone with the rest of the story............

Shit is always happening in the family.... :(

So sorry to hear about your mother and I hope your sister turns out to be ok.

Great pictures of the reunion!
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #27 on: August 11, 2012, 07:51:44 AM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on August 11, 2012, 12:52:42 AM
So sorry to hear about your mother and I hope your sister turns out to be ok.

Great pictures of the reunion!

Thank you, for the wishes and for the compliment. I appreciate it.
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #28 on: August 12, 2012, 10:23:10 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on August 11, 2012, 07:51:44 AM
Thank you, for the wishes and for the compliment. I appreciate it.

My family is very small. You can adopt me into that group!

I was adopted at birth and some of the old school family thought that since I was not "blood" I was not family.

In the past year I have seen my sister once. I see my mom almost every day.
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #29 on: August 12, 2012, 10:27:51 PM »
I would love to be a part of anyone's family in this group!! :blowkiss:
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #30 on: August 13, 2012, 12:35:13 AM »
Quote from: seahorse513 on August 12, 2012, 10:27:51 PM
I would love to be a part of anyone's family in this group!! :blowkiss:

We are Family, Sister Sledge...

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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #31 on: August 13, 2012, 06:13:16 AM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on August 12, 2012, 10:23:10 PM
My family is very small. You can adopt me into that group!

I was adopted at birth and some of the old school family thought that since I was not "blood" I was not family. That's just terrible. They should have been happy to include you.

In the past year I have seen my sister once. I see my mom almost every day. Does your sister live far from you? Biological sister?
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #32 on: August 14, 2012, 04:46:28 AM »
My sister lives in Nebraska. She was also adopted at birth three years after me. (non-biological)

My mother also helped another family adopt children that could not have kids. They adopted a boy a year after I was adopted and a girl a year after my sister was adopted.

Then it only took around a year to adopt a child right here in the United States. That is when young couples or underage couples were more likley to put the kids up for adoption rather then go on welfare or have an abortion. Not that there is any thing wrong with that.  :-)

I still remember what I was doing when my mom asked me if I wanted a brother or sister and I said "sister."










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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #33 on: August 14, 2012, 10:05:29 AM »
Wow. Just wow.

The only adoptee in our family is my dad's brother's son, but my uncle was a severe wimp and allowed his hawkish wife to turn him against the rest of the family. I know nothing about his adopted son.
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #34 on: August 14, 2012, 07:37:37 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on August 14, 2012, 10:05:29 AM
Wow. Just wow.

The only adoptee in our family is my dad's brother's son, but my uncle was a severe wimp and allowed his hawkish wife to turn him against the rest of the family. I know nothing about his adopted son.

There was some family politics on my dad's side of the family and my mom's side of the family all owned taverns and spent most of their time there... The exception was my mother's parents who were awesome and owned a salvage yard and a used parts business and her childless Aunt and Uncle. They were great people and very missed.
My dad's father died when my dad was in high school. My dad was the youngest son so he had to quit school to run the farm for his mother. My dad ended up being a very well known diesel mechanic for a very large trucking company that shipped for John Deere.

My family reunion is a few times a week when I have lunch or dinner with my mom. Works for me.

I don't tell many people this story. Now CC knows a little more about me.  O-)
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #35 on: August 14, 2012, 09:37:04 PM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on August 14, 2012, 07:37:37 PM
There was some family politics on my dad's side of the family and my mom's side of the family all owned taverns and spent most of their time there... The exception was my mother's parents who were awesome and owned a salvage yard and a used parts business and her childless Aunt and Uncle. They were great people and very missed.
My dad's father died when my dad was in high school. My dad was the youngest son so he had to quit school to run the farm for his mother. My dad ended up being a very well known diesel mechanic for a very large trucking company that shipped for John Deere.

My family reunion is a few times a week when I have lunch or dinner with my mom. Works for me.

I don't tell many people this story. Now CC knows a little more about me.  O-)

It's a good story.  FWIW, my family reunion is pretty small too.
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #36 on: August 14, 2012, 09:41:00 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on August 14, 2012, 09:37:04 PM

It's a good story.  FWIW, my family reunion is pretty small too.
Mine is nonexistent on this side of the pond.  Me and my dad.  :(
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #37 on: August 15, 2012, 09:56:48 AM »
A couple of more pics taken at the Western New York Tractor Pull in Langford, NY, from my wife's cell phone.

My wife, some stranger, and our niece Tammie.



Tammy's friend Michelle, Tammy and Tammy's husband's relative. (Michelle and I always are happy to see each other.......and yes, my wife knows! She loves Michelle, too! :-) )

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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #38 on: August 15, 2012, 07:13:19 PM »
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Great pics, great thread, I enjoyed reading it and glad I was able to read it.  Salt of the earth human beings pictured in this thread. My kind of people. Reminds me of my Family get-to-gethers.

I'm new here and don't want to barge in 'cause I don't know ya'll yet, but I thought I'd post a pic in honor of Eddie who lost his legs in Nam, if you don't mind.



I always greatly appreciated that pic up there and what it means.

Jack.

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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #39 on: August 15, 2012, 09:11:03 PM »
Thank you, Jack. Eddie would appreciate it.
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #40 on: August 16, 2012, 12:06:01 AM »
Quote from: Jack on August 15, 2012, 07:13:19 PM
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Great pics, great thread, I enjoyed reading it and glad I was able to read it.  Salt of the earth human beings pictured in this thread. My kind of people. Reminds me of my Family get-to-gethers.

I'm new here and don't want to barge in 'cause I don't know ya'll yet, but I thought I'd post a pic in honor of Eddie who lost his legs in Nam, if you don't mind.



I always greatly appreciated that pic up there and what it means.

Jack.



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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #41 on: August 16, 2012, 09:31:04 AM »
Jack, an H5 from me.
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #42 on: August 17, 2012, 06:47:03 PM »
Love that Veteran's day pic, suffice it to say.
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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #43 on: August 18, 2012, 06:39:10 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on August 15, 2012, 09:11:03 PM
Thank you, Jack. Eddie would appreciate it.

My pleasure, CG glad I had the pic on hand.

Quote from: RobJohnson on August 16, 2012, 12:06:01 AM
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Jack, an H5 from me.

Thanks, BlueStateSaint.

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Love that Veteran's day pic, suffice it to say.

 Me too, obumazombie.

They did another one that day in the stadium that is worth posting, same spirit, just a slightly different wording.

Here it is in case you'd like to have access to it, and maybe pass it on to your friends.



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Re: Family Reunion
« Reply #44 on: August 19, 2012, 08:56:27 AM »
I had seen those before, but it appears that I can't get tired of seeing them again!
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