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RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Sun May 06, 2018 12:14 am

Gak! Gak! Here comes the hairball.

Long Run · Post by **Long Run** » Mon May 07, 2018 5:47 pm

I had a dream where I was at a party and no one was allowed to go to sleep, so I was forced to stay up even as I tried to find a way or place to sleep. When I woke up, I was exhausted from not getting any sleep!

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Tue May 08, 2018 4:08 pm

Sweet redemption. (A recent Facebook posting from my extraordinary daughter.)

Final grades went up and I can officially say I passed and completed X-ray school! I just need to take a minute and thank my biggest fan and supporter, my dad, because I wouldn’t have been able to do this without him. It took me longer than most to figure out what I wanted to do with my life and to get back into school but he was always there for me and supported all my decisions throughout the years. When people would say I was too old or I wouldn’t make it through the program he was the one there for me saying age doesn’t matter and I could do it. When certain people were wishing and wanting me to fail so they could laugh and say told you so he was the one encouraging me to work even harder. When I was super stressed balancing school, work and life he was there to calm me down and help me any way possible. It’s now finally that time we’ve been talking about for almost 2 years..the time when I can finally say I DID IT!! I can’t thank you enough Dad and I love you so much! Now bring on graduation in T-minus 1 week."

She's changing our world... stay tuned.

Joe Guy · Post by **Joe Guy** » Tue May 08, 2018 5:41 pm

Good job, Dad. Your encouragement and support helped your daughter fulfill her X-ray vision.

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Tue May 08, 2018 9:26 pm

Joe Guy wrote:Good job, Dad. Your encouragement and support helped your daughter fulfill her X-ray vision.

Hey! This isn't the pun thread and you know it.

BTW -- I've heard that before. It's a common saying within her peer group.

Long Run · Post by **Long Run** » Tue May 08, 2018 9:43 pm

Congratulations to you both!

Joe Guy · Post by **Joe Guy** » Wed May 09, 2018 12:03 am

RayThom wrote: BTW -- I've heard that before. It's a common saying within her peer group.

Do her peers say anything about X-Ray school teaching you to be insightful?

Anyway, you done good and she did too.

Long Run · Post by **Long Run** » Wed May 09, 2018 3:04 am

RayThom wrote: BTW -- I've heard that before. It's a common saying within her peer group.

Does she specialize in AM of FM?

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Wed May 09, 2018 6:30 am

That's a heck of a testimony from a young lady to a dad.

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Wed May 09, 2018 9:02 am

RayThom wrote:Sweet redemption. (A recent Facebook posting from my extraordinary daughter.)

Final grades went up and I can officially say I passed and completed X-ray school! I just need to take a minute and thank my biggest fan and supporter, my dad, because I wouldn’t have been able to do this without him. It took me longer than most to figure out what I wanted to do with my life and to get back into school but he was always there for me and supported all my decisions throughout the years. When people would say I was too old or I wouldn’t make it through the program he was the one there for me saying age doesn’t matter and I could do it. When certain people were wishing and wanting me to fail so they could laugh and say told you so he was the one encouraging me to work even harder. When I was super stressed balancing school, work and life he was there to calm me down and help me any way possible. It’s now finally that time we’ve been talking about for almost 2 years..the time when I can finally say I DID IT!! I can’t thank you enough Dad and I love you so much! Now bring on graduation in T-minus 1 week."
She's changing our world... stay tuned.

Just about the time you think that nobody noticed and all your efforts and support have just been taken for granted, you get an affirmation like this and you melt like an ice cube in a microwave.

Ya done good, Ray.

-"BB"-

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:20 pm

What makes anybody think that a barrel of monkeys would be fun?

Monkeys can be pretty nasty, and a whole bunch of them in a confined space like a barrel would probably all be scratching, biting and hissing at each other...

To say nothing of the smell....

Doesn't sound like a whole lot of "fun" to me....

Long Run · Post by **Long Run** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:06 pm

Lord Jim wrote:What makes anybody think that a barrel of monkeys would be fun?

I never thought it more than mildly amusing.

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 9:58 pm

And this is just one monkey...

Burning Petard · Post by **Burning Petard** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 9:50 am

So Ray, just keep all this in mind for another week and you an say it is indeed a happy fathers' day.

snailgate

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 1:53 pm

-"BB"-

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 2:02 pm

Burning Petard wrote:So Ray, just keep all this in mind for another week and you an say it is indeed a happy fathers' day.
snailgate

sg, thanks... but everyday is father's day for me. No special Hallmark set-aside needed.

A life fulfilled.

Econoline · Post by **Econoline** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:50 am

Is it just me, or is there anyone else who sees the new made-up word "Latinx" and wants to pronounce it "LA-TINKS"?

(Actually...how DO you pronounce "Latinx"??? For all I know, as silly as it sounds, "LA-TINKS" might well BE the correct pronunciation.)

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:49 am

Me tinks it's La-teen-ex.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/latinx

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 8:01 pm

Has anyone else noticed all the "corporate mea culpa" commercials on TV lately?

Last night I saw three of them in a row; one for Wells Fargo, ("please forgive us for ripping off thousands of customers with phony accounts. It was all the fault of of our greedy branch managers; it wont happen again") Facebook, ("We're so sorry that somehow all this fake news and personal info snatching got onto our site. We're going to make it a fun, family place again.") and Uber, ("Yeah we fucked up, but I'm a really nice new guy who isn't to blame for it and will fix everything")

It's really quite touching...

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:08 pm

Yes, I have. They make me feel all warm and fuzzy. As I always say, Big Business needs a second chance. When they do right, no one remembers. When they do wrong, no one forgets.

*** ba yah! (Edited by Publix Supermarkets.)

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