Rant VIII: The Reckoning

Celt Z

Celt Z

I hate when people tell you they're committed to something, and then drop out at the last minute (for non-emergency reasons) and screw over everyone else.

Our dragon boat team division requires 14 people on the boat, 4 women must be on the boat and we're allowed only one alternate (so, a team of 15, tops). Before we started practices, and I already sent in the non-refundable payment, we had at least 7 women and 18 potential paddlers. Now we've had 2 practices, no more than 9 people at a practice (people keep "forgetting" or dropping out literally at the last minute), maybe 3 women (the 4th one is still making up her mind) and we may-or-may-not be under the required 14 people on the boat. I hate the people who were telling me all winter and spring they were "excited" for dragon boat season, and then at the last minute decide they don't want to commit to the 8 practices. What's even worse is that practice is an hour long, and they all live within the 5 boroughs so they're a fraction of the distance from the lake. I captain the team, so I have to drive into Flushing from central Jersey every week, not to mention make baby-sitting arrangements because Mr. Z is also on the team and Li'l Z is too young to take onto the boat. And I don't even require them to make every single practice if they have vacation plans! Just be there for Time Trials and Race Weekend. Arrrrgghhhh!

But I also don't want to screw over the people that have been showing up every week. They've been committed and they're really into it. And race weekend is incredibly fun. I just want to make sure their efforts aren't for nothing. :(
 
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My little sister's legs stopped working again. Damn if she isn't being so upbeat about it. I know it's how she's coping though. She was doing so much better around Christmas. Up until this thing hit she was super active. That's what kills me.
 
Dave

Dave

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My little sister's legs stopped working again. Damn if she isn't being so upbeat about it. I know it's how she's coping though. She was doing so much better around Christmas. Up until this thing hit she was super active. That's what kills me.
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Dude, that sucks. What did I miss? Is this from an accident or a disease? I know it doesn't really matter either way.
 
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Transverse myelitis. It's a lesion on the spine. I had posted about it in here about a year ago now I think. Hit almost overnight.
 
Dave

Dave

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fade said:
Transverse myelitis. It's a lesion on the spine. I had posted about it in here about a year ago now I think. Hit almost overnight.
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Oof. Well, since she seemed to recover after the first episode, it's highly likely that she will again. (My differential diagnosis thanks to webMD.) All you can do is make her comfortable and help her keep her spirits up. Let us know if you need anything.
 
Piotyr

Piotyr

We lost power last night at 7. It's now 1 pm and there is still no power. What we had to replace power has been driving rain. So our basement is under water, which likely means that all our stuff in storage is ruined, along with my son's toys. Can't catch a break.
 
Dave

Dave

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Piotyr said:
We lost power last night at 7. It's now 1 pm and there is still no power. What we had to replace power has been driving rain. So our basement is under water, which likely means that all our stuff in storage is ruined, along with my son's toys. Can't catch a break.
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Been there, man. That sucks big time.


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Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I miss my cousins. As of today they and my aunts have been moved out of the area for a month, and as I predicted, it took its time to hit me. They haven't finished the actual move to Arizona yet, but they've been in Florida since they left with one aunt's family.

I've been with those kids since around their 3rd birthday. I've had a big hand in raising them and I adore them. They turned 12 just after the move and we have a great relationship, but I'm used to seeing them all the time. Now they're going to live 2000+ miles away and I'll hardly get to see them. I really wanted to be near for the rest of the way to growing up, help guide them when their moms couldn't, and it hurts knowing how much I'm going to miss.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

GasBandit said:
There's nothing like finding out, after all this time, that there was another man.
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People are complex, messed up beings that do a lot of complex, messed up things, especially in times of great turmoil and stress. Uncovered sins don't replace the good that was there.

That said... fuck, man. I'm sorry.
 
Dave

Dave

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I posted a cartoon on Facebook about Jesus and the way that some act in his name. It was all in fun.



Until an old friend of mine went off the rails so hard that it's difficult not to tell him exactly how I feel. The dude has fucking lost it.
 
HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Dave said:
I posted a cartoon on Facebook about Jesus and the way that some act in his name. It was all in fun.



Until an old friend of mine went off the rails so hard that it's difficult not to tell him exactly how I feel. The dude has fucking lost it.
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Wait, that person isn't a woman?

Mind blown gif please.
 
Dave

Dave

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One excerpt: "Really! Some get by the birth control explain that and sometimes we have to pay for the deformed because of it. People need to think before they " have fun"."
 
Celt Z

Celt Z

Dave said:
One excerpt: "Really! Some get by the birth control explain that and sometimes we have to pay for the deformed because of it. People need to think before they " have fun"."
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...I've read this sentence 4 times and I'm still not entirely sure what it means.
 
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