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| half-genius, half-wit |
We were very bad people last night. In a totally quiet village, with only a few flickering TV lights on, we walked half a mile in the -3C to bring in the New Year with an old and very dear friend, whose husband is ten miles away, slowly dying of the most appalling kind of dementia it's possible to imagine. For her, the coming year can only bring heartache in large amounts, so we couldn't let her see it in without us being there to show that we love her and will be there for her when needed. For the last forty-something years, except when I had been away on duty, or in Canada or USA, we have shared New Year's celebrations together, and with her son and his family living in the mid-west of the USA, she would have been alone. Not going to happen, we decided. So we knocked on her front door, said hello, had a cheery chat, and had a little cry, too, and drank a toast to absent friends. I'm not a believer, but this came to mind - 'Forasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of mine, ye have done it unto me'. Take care, everybody, in the coming year, and more importantly, take care. | ||
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Not really from Vienna |
You’re a good friend, Tac. Happy New Year. | |||
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| Live long and prosper  |
Happy 2021, tac. 0-0 "OP is a troll" - Flashlightboy, 12/18/20 | |||
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Dinosaur |
You’re a good man tacfoley. | |||
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Mensch |
Great! More civil disobedience is needed in the UK. And congrats of being free from the EU. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
In the Yiddish dictionary under “mensch” is Tacfoley’s photo. HAHNY. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
I'm sat here with my screen all gone misty and blurred. Thank YOU, Friends. | |||
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| Non-Miscreant |
Well, that killed the thread. But I agree, you are a good friend and at least you went visiting. Momma and I just sat here, turned on the TV about quarter till midnight. Big night. Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
You're a good man, tac. Happy New Year! "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Internet Guru |
The right thing is always the right thing. | |||
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| Member |
Best wishes to you and yours in the coming year. You did good. Makes me understand humanity is the combined action of individuals. ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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| The success of a solution usually depends upon your point of view |
Just from knowing you through this forum, I can't imagine you doing anything else. “We truly live in a wondrous age of stupid.” - 83v45magna "I think it's important that people understand free speech doesn't mean free from consequences societally or politically or culturally." -Pranjit Kalita, founder and CIO of Birkoa Capital Management | |||
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| Flying Sergeant |
Happy New Year tac, good on you, true friends are hard to come by. Have a great year my friend! | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
Well done Tac. Well done! Happy New Year.  Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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Washing machine whisperer |
Happy New Year Tac. Well done! __________________________ Writing the next chapter that I've been looking forward to. | |||
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Member |
Sometimes it feels good to be bad. Happy and Healthy New Year to you and yours, tacfoley. “There is love in me the likes of which you’ve never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape." —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein | |||
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Well done sir! Happy New Year to you and yours. Runnin' and gunnin' (slowly..) | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
It's sad when a kind gesture gets to be elevated to the status of a heroic deed by circumstances. And, indeed, what the OP did was both a kind gesture and a heroic deed. Blessings on you, Tac. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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It's all part of what I hope is happening more and more these days.... the spred of a: Kindemic! My Native American Name: "Runs with Scissors" | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
Meritorious mischief, indeed. Well done, Tac. Happy New Year. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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