The totally off-topic thread

[Pushka]

I cannot imagine the grief at losing a child. Thoughts to you QF WP and everyone who is close to Anne.

 

[Major]

Sorry to hear the news. Cancer is such an insidious disease. Our thoughts are with you

 

[RooFlyer]

Echoing what others have said ... strength to all ..

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Also adding my thoughts QF WP - tough times indeed - life is so precious and yet so fragile.

 

[penegal]

Sorry to hear QF WP​. Thinking of you and your family.

 

[Buzzard]

Your post made me feel very sad QF WP. I wish nothing but the best for you and your loved ones.

 

[Doug_Westcott]

Thinking of you and your extended family

 

[clazman]

Brings a tear to my eye ....

 

[coco50]

When I was young (back when dinosaurs roamed the earth), I was always taught to "eat up" so I could grow up to be big and strong, and we were always told NEVER WASTE FOOD.

Decades later I have "very bad" habits now.

No wonder we have such an obese population. Force feeding children.

Are we the same generation? When I was a lad (sounds very G&S) my mother used to exhort me to eat up with the thought: "Think of all the starving children in Asia."

 

[JohnK]

Are we the same generation? When I was a lad (sounds very G&S) my mother used to exhort me to eat up with the thought: "Think of all the starving children in Asia."

Think there's about 25-30 years difference between you and penegal.

My nephew is 2 years old. Don't need to ask him twice to finish up his food. In fact he comes back for more and more. Hope he doesn't end up as big as his uncle.

 

[coco50]

Think there's about 25-30 years difference between you and penegal.

My nephew is 2 years old. Don't need to ask him twice to finish up his food. In fact he comes back for more and more. Hope he doesn't end up as big as his uncle.

As long as he can go around in par off the stick!

 

[Bundy Bear]

I'm feeling a little lost tonight and not looking forward to the next phone call from my parents.

Thanks for understanding my need to share and vent my frustration at the world. Looks like I'll be booking flights to CBR (or changing an existing booking to MEL). #%^%# I hate CANCER.......

That is going to be tough, especially as its cancer.

They have had it for 5 years and they didn't tell you that is also annoying.

 

[JohnK]

As long as he can go around in par off the stick!

I have only ever seen penegal play 4 holes of golf. Par was the furthest thing from his mind.

Looking forward to next Thailand golf trip. Golf in Kanchanaburi, Bangkok and Pattaya. There's a par round out there waiting to happen.

 

[Katie]

I'm feeling a little lost tonight and not looking forward to the next phone call from my parents.

Their best friends are my god parents - they lost their son in 1994 and my god father has become known as Lazarus for the number of times he has gone into hospital and somehow survived (multiple health issues). He was admitted to hospital again last week but looks like checking out tomorrow.

Tonight I ring my parents to see how they are and they let me know that my god parents daughter (about 5 years older than me) is in ICU and not expected to last tonight. I was gobsmacked. Seems that I never knew she'd had cancer of the bone marrow before and apparently she was on a trial drug that I was told appeared to be a success, but the cancer returned with vengeance. Annie is a nurse so would have been well aware of any prognosis. She collapsed at home on the weekend doing the housework and we surmised that she was already aware of the new diagnosis and was readying her house (for her husband and Uni aged kids) as she knew she was going back into hospital.

Whilst I am disappointed that nobody had ever told me about her first brush with cancer, I'm grateful that I know prior to her death. I'm also amazed that her father is hoping to be able to check himself out of his hospital bed and hoping his daughter survives long enough for him to see her tomorrow morning. It'll break him (as the death of his son did) and I don't expect him to out survive Annie for long. Having the likelihood of being the sole survivor of the family, I don't know how my godmother will cope.

Thanks for understanding my need to share and vent my frustration at the world. Looks like I'll be booking flights to CBR (or changing an existing booking to MEL). #%^%# I hate CANCER.......

Oh cripes, QF WP. Big hugs.

 

[penegal]

Think there's about 25-30 years difference between you and penegal.

haha, I'm sure that's a bit of an exaggeration...

I have only ever seen penegal play 4 holes of golf. Par was the furthest thing from his mind.

That doesn't normally happen. I had a bad batch of ... ahem... red wine... the night before.

I played 9 holes with a client this morning and managed 1 over (It was a very easy course - client was 2 under!).

 

[drron]

Are we the same generation? When I was a lad (sounds very G&S) my mother used to exhort me to eat up with the thought: "Think of all the starving children in Asia."

Not my generation then.It was the starving children in Africa in my day.

 

[JohnK]

That doesn't normally happen. I had a bad batch of ... ahem... red wine... the night before.

I played 9 holes with a client this morning and managed 1 over (It was a very easy course - client was 2 under!).

Were you playing putt putt?

 

[penegal]

Were you playing putt putt?

Nein.

Real golf, just half a round.

 

[Pushka]

Not my generation then.It was the starving children in Africa in my day.

I had both Asia and Africa. Asia if I didnt eat up the rice - served boiled, no flavouring/sauces or if stewed meat, it was Africa.

 

[JohnK]

Nein.

Real golf, just half a round.

So you can play golf when you're sober? :mrgreen:

Goodonya still owes us a game of golf at his exclusive golf club.