Christmas edition.

So, I have been sick since Thursday. Food poisoning. Been kinda tough going. Well the Christmas Eve get together with a couple of friends canceled because I was in no shape to cook let alone eat. No biggie.

Last night was the first time that I had gotten any sleep since Wednesday. Went to bed at 1 AM, I didn't awaken until 12:39 PM, my pup just let me sleep. This starting to look up.


Well not so fast, after I woke up, I gave the pup her breakfast, I went to the bathroom, dressed and took her out for a little play time, you know since I was feeling better, and it was a balmy 23°F.

We got in and she opened her Christmas presents and I watched her play with her new toys and talked on the phone with a friend.

All going well, yeah sure I'm gonna miss Christmas dinner with my friends, chicken noodle soup is the menu. But I'm feeling better, my pup is happy and I'm staying fairly warm.

Well, then I get the urge to pee really bad. I go to the bathroom and water is running ot of the toilet at the floor I did not see this, I stepped into ice cold water on the floor.


My sewer line froze and the water of course has no place to go, so it's running on the bathroom floor.

I turned the sink on and the water won't drain. So, I turned on all the water with hot water and it all drains away.

Fine, I then go the the bathroom and I pee blood. Yep, here comes another kidney stone. Merry Christmas

We are on the other side of the country for Christmas with Mom. My son was supposed to fly in Friday from Seattle via Charlotte. Flight is massively delayed, didn’t matter because all ground transport was shutdown and he couldn’t get to the airport. We haven’t seen him at Christmas for three years now. Brother and sister-in-law were going to host Christmas dinner at their new place. SIL comes down with Covid, we don’t hear until after grocery stores close on Christmas Eve. Luckily my wife was making homemade noodles for the dinner, so she threw the chicken in with the noodles, whipped up some mashed potatoes and we ate well.

And, on an unrelated note, my 17 y/o baby boxer mix decided to go to doggie heaven at midnight, while I was cleaning up. The sweetest and friendliest dog I've ever known. He's in a better place now.

Pic from last year:

Ho Lee Chit Q! I'm so sorry to hear that. Man I'm thinking that my Christmas was bad, and all.

I'm so sorry.


ARman

I have no Christmas disaster stories to share. Worked a bunch of Christmases and spent many a Christmas alone, but I don't consider them to be disasters, and certainly not on par with what you had to deal with.

Q, just wanted to say how sorry I am about the loss of your pal, as well as the mess you had to deal with in cleaning up the flooding.

I hope you were able keep some semblance of Christmas spirit and tradition over all of these trials.

...and thanks for posting Joy to the World, as I hadn't listened to that yet this season.

Merry Christmas to you and the Q clan.

Geez, Q. Sorry to hear about your buddy

Don't have any Christmas (Eve) disaster stories to share, but, my wife and I are both sick with something for the second Christmas in a row.

Last year it was confirmed Covid-19. Who knows what it is this time. Started on the 18th, for her, the next day, for me.

Had to cancel the annual holiday thing we throw for close friends that would've been tomorrow.

So sorry for your loss, Q.

Q,
So sorry to hear about your misfortune. Like you said, your pup is in a better place now, but I know he will be missed.

Dang man. You’ve had a week. Hope it gets better soon. Sorry to hear about your pup.

If it’s any consolation my cousin in Colorado had a pipe burst and the ceiling gave way over the area of her basement. Only saw photos online but thankfully her daughter was down there doing something when it gave way. Left a big wet hole in the ceiling.

Wow, sorry Q...
and sorry for your loss!

Our wasn't a disaster exactly...

My daughter was to fly home for Christmas on Christmas eve... she arrived to ATL airport, got to gate, and flight was delayed... had plane, pilots, but no flight attendants... flight cancelled. Tried getting another flight that afternoon, while I was purchasing ticket for $400, it disappeared and was the available for $1300...
She looked at rental cars, but they were all gone except luxury ones...

Her pastor actually gifted her a flight leaving Christmas day, at noon, so that was huge blessing.... Until it was also cancelled 7:40 Saturday night...

She called, and had obviously been crying...

I left from Northern Virginia at 8:01 Christmas eve night, drove to Charlotte, got up early and completed drive to Atlanta, grabbed our girl, and came back home to Virginia Christmas day... 1300 miles in just under 26 hours with couple hours sleep and gas/ food stops...

All good, we celebrated as a full family for Christmas today.

Think I may nap in a bit. ;-)

Merry Christmas!

Nothing even close to yours, but I was watching Red Dawn on my IPad on Christmas eve. Decided to go to bed around 11 and went to put the IPad on the charger. Instead I dropped it on the tile floor and shattered the screen. It's about 4 years old and was in perfect shape before dropping it. I had it in a case but I guess it hit just right to shatter the screen.

Dang! All I got is during my annual crawl space inspection, guy comes out and says everything looks good, but, by the way you bathtub drain pipe isn't glued to the sewer pipe anymore, and the bath water is just dumping onto you encapsulation barrier. Great, call the handy man, cause, well I don't fucking crawl worth a shit anymore.

"Dude what are you doing" Him, "I am boarding a cruise to the Bahamas, be back 12-23 and can come over on Christmas eve". He did, 15 minutes and $60 later I am fixed, wife is happy she can soak again.

While he's on the way home from his trip, power goes out cause 50 mph wind gusts blow tree limbs and shit down on the power lines. Generator, as PH Paul says, I love you!! It starts up and gets to exercise for 2 plus hours.

Next day get up , low water pressure, I go into the search and destroy mode outside looking for some more shit. Not me this time, whole damned town has low pressure and it is still low while the city is on a search and destroy mission.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And soon you will have a boil water notice. Trust me.

Cat (9 month old kitten) knocked everything off the refrigerator, then went to sleep on it.

Later I went to remover her and she wanted to fight with me. Claws and teeth were out.

I let her alone.

Q sorry to hear about all of that happening, and the loss of your Boxer, 17 years is a good long time to have with one...

Best of luck on the water leak, they are no bueno....

Damn Q

So sorry

Even with these actual and near Christmas Eve disasters let us remember the "true reason for the season" .. Not the tree or what is under the tree. ............ Till next year .............. drill sgt.

So sorry to hear about your pup, Q. I lost mine back in July and it still hurts like it were yesterday. I have no doubt he lived a very happy life.

9 years ago running some loads through the Dillon on Xmas eve to go out to the range Xmas Morning with friends.
Had a primer flip in the load tube and went to pick it out, instead of dumping the tube.
9 primers went off and I spent 5 and a half hours in the ER.
Didn't lose anything, but got the scars.

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Originally posted by john crusher:
Had a primer flip in the load tube and went to pick it out, instead of dumping the tube.
9 primers went off and I spent 5 and a half hours in the ER.
Didn't lose anything, but got the scars.

An ER visit from primers? I suppose if 9 of them went off all at once it'd get your attention, but when I was a kid, me and my brothers would whack primers with a ball peen hammer on the basement floor and had a ball. Dad would get pissed for wasting his primers, but he never sent us to the ER.