Dad died last night.
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Thate makes two rabbits and a parent. That MUST be a record. :) OK, go on call me a cunt, but there was no love lost betwen us.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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Thate makes two rabbits and a parent. That MUST be a record. :) OK, go on call me a cunt, but there was no love lost betwen us.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
Regardless of the relationship, he was still your father and I think in time you will realise this. Perhaps it is shock or just the suddeness, however, you have my condolences, it is a sad thing to lose a parent.
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Regardless of the relationship, he was still your father and I think in time you will realise this. Perhaps it is shock or just the suddeness, however, you have my condolences, it is a sad thing to lose a parent.
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Depends on the parent.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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Regardless of the relationship, he was still your father and I think in time you will realise this. Perhaps it is shock or just the suddeness, however, you have my condolences, it is a sad thing to lose a parent.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
Much as it pains me to agree with Fat_By (lol), I'd be feeling rather similar. Alot of people tell me that I should "build bridges", and that a father is important in a man's life - but the thing that they miss is that their father and mine are completely different beasts.
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
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Thate makes two rabbits and a parent. That MUST be a record. :) OK, go on call me a cunt, but there was no love lost betwen us.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
fat_boy wrote:
but there was no love lost betwen us.
But regardless of that, you have my sympathies because regardless of the above quote, you have some feelings on the matter or you wouldn't have posted that here. All the best to you
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Thate makes two rabbits and a parent. That MUST be a record. :) OK, go on call me a cunt, but there was no love lost betwen us.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
My father died six months after I was born. I envy you.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
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Much as it pains me to agree with Fat_By (lol), I'd be feeling rather similar. Alot of people tell me that I should "build bridges", and that a father is important in a man's life - but the thing that they miss is that their father and mine are completely different beasts.
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
RichardGrimmer wrote:
beasts
That can be more or less the operative word for some fathers.
That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_
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Thate makes two rabbits and a parent. That MUST be a record. :) OK, go on call me a cunt, but there was no love lost betwen us.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
Ok you're a c... Maybe not: relationships with parents can be trying. I've tried very hard not be the parent that my parents were. I guess it must have worked cos the kids still talk to me.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Ok you're a c... Maybe not: relationships with parents can be trying. I've tried very hard not be the parent that my parents were. I guess it must have worked cos the kids still talk to me.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
digital man wrote:
I guess it must have worked cos the kids still talk to me
And that is a very, very good thing... :) Mine still do, and hopefully not just because they still need me to put a roof over their heads...
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Thate makes two rabbits and a parent. That MUST be a record. :) OK, go on call me a cunt, but there was no love lost betwen us.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
Condolences.
fat_boy wrote:
there was no love lost betwen us.
Have you read "The Brothers Karamazov"? The chapter in which a lawyer defends a son accused of murdering his father[^] is very interesting: "Let the son stand before his father and ask him, 'Father, tell me, why must I love you? Father, show me that I must love you,' and if that father is able to answer him and show him good reason, we have a real, normal, parental relation, not resting on mystical prejudice, but on a rational, responsible and strictly humanitarian basis. But if he does not, there's an end to the family tie. He is not a father to him, and the son has a right to look upon him as a stranger, and even an enemy. Our tribune, gentlemen of the jury, ought to be a school of true and sound ideas."
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digital man wrote:
I guess it must have worked cos the kids still talk to me
And that is a very, very good thing... :) Mine still do, and hopefully not just because they still need me to put a roof over their heads...
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
Marcus Kramer wrote:
hopefully not just because they still need me to put a roof over their heads.
:-)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Thate makes two rabbits and a parent. That MUST be a record. :) OK, go on call me a cunt, but there was no love lost betwen us.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
My condolences. :rose: My father died 5 months ago and I hadn't talked to him in almost 10 years. His wife called me the day before he passed and told me that he was asking to see me. I didn't go to see him. I didn't feel the need to "forgive" him on his deathbed. He had liver cancer and had been in touch with my sister months before he was hospitalized and never mentioned speaking to me. He was a complete bastard but when I heard he had passed I grieved for the father he could have been.
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Thate makes two rabbits and a parent. That MUST be a record. :) OK, go on call me a cunt, but there was no love lost betwen us.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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fat_boy wrote:
but there was no love lost betwen us.
But regardless of that, you have my sympathies because regardless of the above quote, you have some feelings on the matter or you wouldn't have posted that here. All the best to you
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
Actually I dont have any feelings on the matter, I posted merely because it made an amusing finale to the dead rabbits post.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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My father died six months after I was born. I envy you.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken
And I you.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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My condolences. :rose: My father died 5 months ago and I hadn't talked to him in almost 10 years. His wife called me the day before he passed and told me that he was asking to see me. I didn't go to see him. I didn't feel the need to "forgive" him on his deathbed. He had liver cancer and had been in touch with my sister months before he was hospitalized and never mentioned speaking to me. He was a complete bastard but when I heard he had passed I grieved for the father he could have been.
We have had it out between us, and arrived at a civil, even almost respectfull relationship, but never love. That died little by little over the long years of my childhood.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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Yes, very true. And something I never forget.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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Thate makes two rabbits and a parent. That MUST be a record. :) OK, go on call me a cunt, but there was no love lost betwen us.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
Sorry for your loss... on all levels.
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Actually I dont have any feelings on the matter, I posted merely because it made an amusing finale to the dead rabbits post.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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Along the lines of how PK Dick's writing was once described. (Paraphrased) Your wife leaves you, you lose your job, the bank is about to repossess your car...and then Martians land in your back yard. Pretty sure it was about Phil...
I also lost a hard disk and all phone and internet services this week! :)
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville