Hoo buddy, anxiety is a cruel beast. At least the surgery will likely be over before I know it. This has been one really long month.
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Well, a basic expression of gratitude would not have gone amiss, whatever about monies.
Lack of class and decency.
The very best of luck with it.
All the best with the surgery.
Concerning the phone, one of my favorite sayings is "No good deed goes unpunished". Unfortunately, it has happened to me also, good luck with it.
Actually, I do not quite agree, and I prefer to think in terms of karma.
Do not regret the good deed, it was the right thing to do; if the person who was the recipient cannot recognise and acknowledge that, to the basic level of conveying genuine gratitude and heartfelt thanks for a favour done, the loss - in so many ways - is on them.
Needless to say, that individual does not merit being on the receiving end of future good deeds; one can decline future requests from such a source without any remorse whatsoever.
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I believe in karma also, her friend will get her just rewards.
Thanks for this. Created my first one for work!Damnit, I told myself I wasn't going to let people on this forum make my cry anymore…
Hmm, my first impulse was to suggest something like FFmpeg, which is a command line tool primarily used for video conversion, but I figure that could be a bit tedious/cryptic for your purposes.
You have Photoshop? It's pretty good about that stuff. Mine is a seven-year-old version, but you should still be able to follow along with CC or whatever.
A GIF about making GIFs. Somebody get Chris Nolan on the phone.
Ha, become self employed and nothing like this will surprise you anymore! Don't sweat it, you're not a chump as it's amazing how some peoples' character can change after a job has been delivered and when they have their pen hovering over the cheque or, these days, their fingers hovering over their banking app.
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I don't believe in that, that kind of karma anyway.
The mess I apparently made moving mom from her previous carrier to Verizon. Not looking forward to disputing a bill this morning, was completely ripped off. Knew I should have either bought the phone at Apple or kept mom on her prior service and got a different phone.
Plus, my tax preparer messed up my refund return (putting too much on my education deduction) resulting in me waiting yet another 60 days for a refund while the IRS continue investigate my income.
Not looking forward to disputing a bill this morning, was completely ripped off. Knew I should have either bought the phone at Apple or kept mom on her prior service and got a different phone.Plus, my tax preparer messed up my refund return (putting too much on my education deduction) resulting in me waiting yet another 60 days for a refund while the IRS continue investigate my income.
I imagine this topic is more than a little controversial, but it dawned on me that in the back of my mind, I've always felt that some races are inherently superior to others. Nascar: super repetitive, a waste of fuel, and inferior. Gaming speed runs: kind of interesting insofar as they require players to exploit glitches and bizarre strategies, but ultimately they become rote exercises. Three-legged races: the clearly superior race. Nothing forces the players to rely on each other quite like a good three-legged race, and the short distances are conducive to strategy changes with every race!
As a kid, my friends and I used to engage in 14-legged races over the summer. We'd "capture a steed" by digging in the woodpile, draw a big circle in the dirt, then drop the contestants in the center. First one to leave the circle was the winner. A dot or two of paint for "racing colors" helped eliminate finish-line questions about ownership.
It was awesome! Good memories
Glad I found another player! I still want to beat my own record for the "default" track (1:13)!!!
I hope everything will go well for you. I went through a very scary operation one year ago last March so I understand how it can be. I will be thinking about you and sending positive thoughts.I have no appetite. I'm totally terrified about how this will all go.
I have no appetite. I'm totally terrified about how this will all go.
Best wishes!
I have no appetite. I'm totally terrified about how this will all go.
May I join with both @decafjava and @yaxomoxay in wishing you the very best of luck.
As it happens, today is my birthday; more to the point, it is my first birthday where my mother (without whom I would not be here) is no longer with us, a point made most kindly by both brothers when they got in touch today.
Now, in fairness and in truth, with her advanced dementia she hadn't known that today was my birthday for around the best part of the past decade.
For that matter, last August, she didn't know that it was her own birthday we celebrated, just that someone was being sung to and had their birthday celebrated - it was strange to see, how, with dementia she fully knew the words - and tune - of that song, but completely lacked the comprehension, the understanding, to know exactly what it meant in connection with her. And she was thrilled to be invited to blow out the candles on the cake. She enjoyed the celebration, but didn't realise that we were celebrating her.
So, I am feeling somewhat sad, infused with bitter-sweet thoughts, but informed by, and tempered, by warm memories and positive feelings.
Now, in fairness and in truth, with her advanced dementia she hadn't known that today was my birthday for around the best part of the past decade.
For that matter, last August, she didn't know that it was her own birthday we celebrated, just that someone was being sung to and had their birthday celebrated - it was strange to see, how, with dementia she fully knew the words - and tune - of that song, but completely lacked the comprehension, the understanding, to know exactly what it meant in connection with her. And she was thrilled to be invited to blow out the candles on the cake. She enjoyed the celebration, but didn't realise that we were celebrating her.
So, I am feeling somewhat sad, infused with bitter-sweet thoughts, but informed by, and tempered, by warm memories and positive feelings.
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Despite the feelings carried by your loss, I still wish you a happy birthday. Happy does not necessarily mean cheerful in this case; at times happiness can be a warm memory, or even a poignant one that makes us appreciate what love for someone really is.