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
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.
:-)
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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
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Josh Gray wrote:
You're a father, right? Somtimes a bad example is more useful than a good one.
That is short yet profound. Very profound. :thumbsup:
Cheers, विक्रम (Have gone past my troika - 4 CCCs!) "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:
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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
I am fortunate to have had a great Dad. He passed away in '89 and I still miss him.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...