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Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 12:35 pm Have been thinking about grief counseling.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:38 am May have to spend $20 on tylenol, aleve, and ibuprofen.

$iljanus wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 2:41 pm Meh, that's the nature of randomness. Someone could be posting about back issues and their grief due to losing their wife could seep in. Or someone could post that they're posting in their underwear. That's the risk you take when you're in the random randomness forum due to the, well, randomness.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 12:47 pm Stop with the chiropractors. They are, at best, a masseuse, and at worst, capable of making things worse. People have this idea that they're doctors who specialize in backs. They're not. They're not doctors, and many of their treatments are not based on science at all, but wibbly-wobbly new agey silliness.

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:05 pm However, in this very specific situation given everything else we know I don't think it should be the first thing attempted to address the identified issues.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 12:35 pm Wishing for death is just part of my grieving.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 12:35 pm Have been thinking about grief counseling.

1. Look up local hospice(s) in your area.
2. Call a local hospice, and inform whomever answers that you recently lost your wife and need to find out what grief and bereavement support groups/resources are available in your locale.
3. Most importantly, make the effort to attend, and avail yourself of the help accessible in your area; doing so cannot possibly be any worse than just wishing for death while grieving completely isolated and alone.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:38 am I couldn't find the story, but heard on a Joe Rogan podcast with Sam Harris that a furry filed an HR complaint where he worked because they didn't have a litter box in the restroom. You couldn't make this shit up. Is this a reasonable accommodation? I think you could bring in the health department, I doubt an open box of feces and urine is permissible in a public restroom.

Students complained to officers that she approached them last week in two campus buildings, the Cook Library and Center for the Arts, showing them a picture on her cell phone and asking if they were interested in dating her son.

It caused enough of a disturbance that police alerted students via an “incident advisory” that included a link to surveillance footage of the woman.

AWS260 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:41 am Towson University police warn of a woman on the loose, looking for a date for her son

Students complained to officers that she approached them last week in two campus buildings, the Cook Library and Center for the Arts, showing them a picture on her cell phone and asking if they were interested in dating her son.

It caused enough of a disturbance that police alerted students via an “incident advisory” that included a link to surveillance footage of the woman.

If you’re a one-hit wonder, two-hit wonder or even three-hit wonder from the 1980s, the road can be a tough place in 2019. You can try to eke out a living playing clubs, fairs and remote casinos, but profits are slim once you pay for things like gas, food and hotel rooms and your day-to-day existence can be quite dispiriting.

Organizers just rolled out details for the 2019 edition of Lost 80s Live and the bill features Missing Persons, The Motels, John Parr, The Vapors, Real Life, The Escape Club and A Flock of Seagulls. That means it will be possible to hear “Wild Wild West,” “Turning Japanese,” “I Ran,” Send Me an Angel,” ‘St. Elmo’s Fire” and “Only The Lonely” all in a single show. And don’t worry: None of the bands play for very long, meaning you won’t have to be subjected to their boring non-hits or, God forbid, an actual new song.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:07 pm My drivers license renewal came in the mail. It was in a Safety and Homeland Security envelope. Makes me think Germany 1939.

Last time..and all times before....I went with my wife to get ours done. Its making me get a new pic. I got mine last 2014. I like it. Shame to lose it. Wife got hers the next year in 2015. I hate to do this without her. Hell I hate to do it. Another memory. Ill always have that memory but forced to change and get another another. It never ends.

We would make a day out of it. We'd go to the little town near ours to get ours redone because no one was ever there. Then we'd eat at a little country place there or hit the winery..or both. Going without her sucks. I know I posted this but dwelling on it again. Cried all morning since getting up....well 3 times since 10am.

Got stuff to do today cant sit here all day.

Kraken wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 2:28 pm I have to get a new license in April. I hope I can prove that I'm me. I have no idea where my birth certificate is or if I can pull together all the docs one needs for a Real ID.

TheMix wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 2:33 pm When I just got a new one in Dec, the website implied/suggested that I'd need additional documentation. So I showed up with my Social Security card - that I amazingly have managed to NOT lose. I get to the counter and the lady says "oh, we don't need anything if you are getting a replacement". As I understood it, I'd only need additional info if I was either getting a license for the first time, or (maybe - I'm fuzzy on the memory) if my previous license was from another state.

All that to say, you may only need your current physical license.

If you want a REAL ID driver's license, are over the age of 75, or are renewing your license for the 1st time, you will need to visit an RMV Service Center with proof of the required documentation for:

Lawful presence (1 document)
If your name differs on the lawful presence document, you must also provide proof of the legal name change
Social Security number (1 document)
Massachusetts residency (2 documents)

The 31-year-old runner told reporters that he ran up a nature trail earlier this month near Fort Collins and made his way to the top to take in the sights. But on his way down, he said, he ran into some ice on the trail, so he took a detour and hopped on West Ridge Trail at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, a 2,700-acre park known for its hiking, biking and horseback riding trails.
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“I turned around and was just pretty bummed out to see a mountain lion chasing after me,” Kauffman said Thursday during a news conference.
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“I stopped, and I threw my hands up in the air, and I started shouting,” he told reporters, adding that he was not able to deter the animal. “So it just kind of kept running and lunged at me."

Kauffman said the lion lunged toward his face, so he threw up his fists for protection. But, he said, it did not work; the animal grabbed onto his hand and his wrist, then started to claw his face and neck, stabbing one claw through his lip.

The Golden Girls hasn’t aired a new episode since May 9, 1992, but the sitcom’s legacy is very much alive and well via the fans who just can’t get enough of these four elderly ladies. But now, for devotees who aren’t content simply watching reruns on the couch, a Golden Girls Cruise will tour the Caribbean in February 2020, and you’re invited!

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Tell me a bit about what kind of activities you have planned for the cruise.

What don’t we have planned?! We are going to begin with a Caftan + Cheesecake sail away party. While in port in Key West, we will have a Golden Girls Bar Crawl. During days at sea we will have Golden Girls Trivia (the questions will stump the smartest fan), Sophia’s craft corner, Golden Girls Bingo, Rusty Anchor Karaoke, the One Night in St. Olaf Dance Party (including a game of Rose’s Ugel + Flugel, a St Olaf game of tag), and much, much more!

We will also host a costume contest and a costumed dinner. You really haven’t lived until you’ve seen 200-300 people dress up as the Golden Girls, eating a formal dinner at sea.