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  • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

    Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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    Lost User
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    All I can say: :rose::rose::rose::rose:

    Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      I'm sorry to hear about your Dad - mine passed when I was a child, so I can say with some certainty that it does get better with time. And remember: they aren't truly gone while you remember them. :rose: So sit there, play solitaire and write memos in Word explaining that's all you can do, and think of the money stacking up while you do nothing useful. Then write an article for here, and they pay for it...:laugh:

      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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      Slacker007
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      Sorry to hear. I lost my pops in 2012. Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

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      • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

        Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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        Slacker007
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        Sorry to hear. I lost my pops in 2012. Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

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        • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

          Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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          Kenneth Haugland
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          :rose:

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          • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

            Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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            Joan M
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            Sorry to hear that... truly... :rose:

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            • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

              Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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              :rose:

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              • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

                Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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                GuyThiebaut
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                :rose:

                “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                ― Christopher Hitchens

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                • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

                  Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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                  I was just looking at hospice care facilities for my father. Opening up CP and am reminded we're how we're all slowly swept away. My mother passed this past February. My logical self can prepare and rationalize. Except for the helplessness of those of us that remain. There's no way to really grasp this. I try to dwell on the nice memories - odd little things that, in the scheme of things, count for a lot more than could be imagined. With time and luck, what we have left of those who've gone before us are only the good times.

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                  • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

                    Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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                    kmoorevs
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                    Really sorry to hear about your Dad...sounds like you lost your best friend as well. :rose: This hits pretty close as I found out just a few weeks ago that mine has stage 4 stomach cancer. :( Anyway, glad to hear someone's making the easy money! :laugh:

                    "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                    • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

                      Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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                      Wendelius
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                      My condolences! :rose:

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                      • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

                        Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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                        Corporal Agarn
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                        My condolences. :rose: Lost my dad to cancer several years ago.

                        Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.

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                        • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

                          Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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                          Igor Ladnik
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                          My deep condolences... I felt the same when my beloved mother passed away... After some time pain will become little less acute. Keep yourself busy as much as possible - not to think about your great loss. Be strong. Sincerely, Igor

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                          • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

                            Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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                            BillWoodruff
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                            :rose:

                            «There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008

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                            • Brian C HartB Brian C Hart

                              Hi all, just lost my Dad to diabetes and renal failure, at age 67. :-( He and I were super close, and he lived with me in the last 3-ish years of his life. When I was very little, we made a "pact" that we would be "old buddies" from the get-go and we would have all kinds of stuff we'd tell each other and not my Mom, and we'd do "buddy running around" every Saturday. He passed just last week, on Cinco de Mayo, in fact. Anyway, I will miss him very much. Now, back to work! lol As if -- the new company where I just started --- here, they bring me in at a huge hourly rate, and as a software dev consultant, and they then give me a laptop that is so locked down, permissions-wise, all i can do is use MS Office on it. I can't hardly browse the web (except for CP haha) and I can't access any of the network shares I need for my first task. My colleagues say, "Good luck" getting access anytime soon, because their paperwork process is so slow. Anyway, it's good to go. I've brought in some other ways to occupy myself :-) But, am missing Dad. Brian

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                              Dinesh V Kumar
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                              Hey Brian, I am really sorry for your loss. I will pray to God for you to give the strength to get over and move on. May his soul RIP.:rose::rose::rose:

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