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09-16-2018 , 09:20 PM

#176

lilrascal

Rum and Come

Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 14,758

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArcticKnight

You were missed, rascal. Often thought about how u were doing.

Thanks for the thoughts. As I said, it's been rough, but things are looking better.

I'm now a grandpa of the cutest grandson ever.

09-16-2018 , 09:28 PM

#177

eyebooger

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 58,681

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilrascal

Did I miss much?

Mostly Codenames. Also awful politics if you're into that sort of thing.

Congrats on the grandkid.

09-16-2018 , 09:39 PM

#178

lilrascal

Rum and Come

Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 14,758

Quote:

Originally Posted by eyebooger

Mostly Codenames. Also awful politics if you're into that sort of thing.

Congrats on the grandkid.

So, codenames is new, and Politics hasn't changed.

Thanks, it's a great feeling to be a grandpa.

09-16-2018 , 10:00 PM

#179

ihcjay

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 44,298

Yo rascal!

09-16-2018 , 10:00 PM

#180

ArcticKnight

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 20,793

Awesome on the grandson, rascal.. Hope you have not forgot your TripleChain password..

09-16-2018 , 10:06 PM

#181

lilrascal

Rum and Come

Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 14,758

Quote:

Originally Posted by ihcjay

Yo rascal!

Yo jay, missed ya.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArcticKnight

Awesome on the grandson, rascal.. Hope you have not forgot your TripleChain password..

I haven't gotten back into TripleChain. It probably wont be pretty when I start again.

09-17-2018 , 05:34 AM

#182

Duckburg

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 29,514

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilrascal

Did I miss much?

Wolfchat did not update you?

09-17-2018 , 09:47 AM

#183

ihcjay

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Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 44,298

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilrascal

Yo jay, missed ya.

Me too

Sorry for whatever was happening. Check your FB page every once in a while but no updates.

09-17-2018 , 10:08 AM

#184

J.D.

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,749

Quote:

Originally Posted by filthyvermin

a couple weeks ago my little brother(43) was diagnosed with cancer. BUT he didn't seem too upset about it. whatever. so we gotta wait a while so they can do a bunch of tests, and we can find out more about it. he's in san francisco with the rest of our family. im in LA, basically alone.

so a couple weeks go by, and we still don't have good info. then my sister texts me she has news. do i want her to email it to me, or talk on the phone with her in a couple days, on saturday. wtf... that sounds bad. so i'm freaking out. i try to stay calm, and i say talk on the phone on saturday.

i call her on saturday and she doesn't answer. she texts me that she forgot she had plans saturday. talk sunday. so we talk sunday and she tells me he has stage 4 cancer. wow. just wow. im devistated. and i'm alone.

i decide to go to the casino to try and think about something else. terrible choice. i can't think straight. but my favorite waitress yessica is really nice to me and joking with me. she really cheers me up. but i realize i have to leave. this is ridiculous. i cant play right.

as i'm leaving my chip runner friend katari asks me "are you ok?" i'm not sure how to answer. i decide to just tell her the truth and say no. but i can't say it. i try to say it and there is a huge lump in my throat, and i can't speak. then i just start to cry. right there in the middle of the casino. katari is looking at me, and tears are running down my cheeks, and i can't say anything. and she just hugs me. and i'm trying not to break down and sob. and she is saying nice things to me, and i'm just nodding my head and wiping away tears. all right in the middle of the casino! people all around us, floormen, degenerates, cocktail waitresses. and i'm holding a tray of chips and trying not to spill them while i wipe away my tears

Filthy, sorry man.....I understand completely how you feel.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duckburg

This.

My mom just started breast cancer treatment, which came like a shock to us all.
Obv it's hard being alone with it filthy, but there's always someone you can reach out to. In this case katari was there.

GL Duck.

So I am having a tough morning, one of my best friends passed away last night from a rare form of blood cancer, so many damn treatments that didn't work. F cancer.

I wasn't going to post this in the Pub this year, as I haven't been participating much but now it feels like my mission to help in any way I can so here goes:

I am once again doing the Jimmy Fund Walk, run by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute (where my friend got treatment, enrolled in a clinical trial, etc). All of the money raised goes to either research or patient care.

Link to my fundraising page:

http://jimmyfundwalk.org/goto/jdweldon

Any donation you can give would be appreciated. His death has hit me like a freight train.

Mods, you can delete if you feel I crossed any line, but it has stayed in the past. POG has also been a great group of donators, even though I can't typically match up the donations to the usernames.

09-17-2018 , 03:09 PM

#185

filthyvermin

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Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 60,127

man.... it seems like something is going on. so much darkness in the world. idk about you all but my world seems to just have one thing after another of bad news

hang in there jd

09-17-2018 , 04:36 PM

#186

lilrascal

Rum and Come

Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 14,758

Quote:

Originally Posted by ihcjay

Me too

Sorry for whatever was happening. Check your FB page every once in a while but no updates.

I very rarely post anything on facebook and I haven't checked it in a while.

Don't really want to go into all that happened in here over the last year and a half, but things are looking up right now and life is starting to get back to normal.

09-17-2018 , 04:41 PM

#187

pwnsall

CFBBPC

Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 65,613

When it rains it pours

09-17-2018 , 04:43 PM

#188

lilrascal

Rum and Come

Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 14,758

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwnsall

When it rains it pours

That was literally part of it.

09-17-2018 , 05:39 PM

#189

Kaze13

call me jeff

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 38,424

Welcome back rascal

Condolences JD

09-17-2018 , 08:05 PM

#190

Booker Wolfbox

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Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 38,632

Good to see you Rascal.

Sorry, J.D., that's hard.

09-17-2018 , 08:08 PM

#191

lilrascal

Rum and Come

Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 14,758

Thanks kaze and booker.

Sorry for your loss JD, my prayers are with you.

09-18-2018 , 05:58 AM

#192

J.D.

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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,749

thanks guys, I appreciate it.

09-19-2018 , 06:22 PM

#193

filthyvermin

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Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 60,127

thinking of trying to buy a condo. living in SF all my life i always thought owning property was just impossible. but LA is like half price, so maybe.

if i got a tiny studio for 450k, and paid 100% so i wouldn't have a mortgage, i'd still have to pay ~400 a month in taxes and insurance AND another ~500 a month HOA! lol!!!

and the value of the home could easily go up 100k in a year or down 100k in a year. and people say POKER is gambling!

09-19-2018 , 06:33 PM

#194

iraisetoomuch

banned

Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 37,476

[ ] Move to any other city.
[ ] Buy a mansion
[ ] Do a million other things
[X] Still profit compared to CoL in SF

09-21-2018 , 09:54 PM

#195

Crossnerd

quite smart as well

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 39,546

I want before/after shots from the Jimmy Walk

09-23-2018 , 03:40 AM

#196

filthyvermin

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Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 60,127

drunk af and running awful *sigh* i was crushing tonight. finally. then i got tired and texted my friend "i'm tired af, gonna pick up on my bb" then i just got obliterated my next two hands. lost 5k at 1500 cap! lol! back to back hands

09-23-2018 , 05:58 AM

#197

J.D.

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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,749

Today is walk day, thanks so much guys, you are a group of the most awesome folks ever. I am always completely amazed at how supportive this place is.

Pics will happen.

09-23-2018 , 03:28 PM

#198

Crossnerd

quite smart as well

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 39,546

Yasss pics! Go, JD!

09-23-2018 , 03:57 PM

#199

filthyvermin

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Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 60,127

books i like, but i'm not sure if you'd like them on your cruise

jk rowling pseudonym robert gobraith cormoran strike novels. modern day private detective in london. great characters. great writing. meh stories. lots of fun. should be read in order

"cuckoo's calling"
" silkworm" <--- worst one, but still good
"career of evil" <---- best one
"lethal white" <--- just came out tuesday. im halfway through. it's good.

if you like space sci-fi the expanse novels are great. and andy weir's stuff is fun too. andy weir is a hack, but still fun.

voraciousreader recommended "beekeeper's apprentice" i really liked it. young chick hanging out with old sherlock holmes. i just read the first book in the series though. i heard the rest of the books aren't as good.