Vat_man is back..

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Welcome back vat_man, you were missed around here. :)

Lot's around here has changed, as I am sure you noticed. From the look of the forum to how busy it is. GTF had some server issues, and we've had a flood of new memebers, some temporary, some not. :)
 
Originally posted by vat_man
Hey guys, just letting everyone know I'm back.
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Welcome back man. I bet you had about 500 threads in the 'new post' view. How are things in the land down under?

~LoudMusic
 
Originally posted by ZeroCool85
Welcome back Vat_man how's your mom doing?
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Unfortunately, Mum passed away on Feb 2 - it was very peaceful. I won't go into the full details of what became a surreal three and a half weeks - it's like I've had a month carved out of my life.

Nailed that one, LoudMusic - I stopped at about page 8!

Yeah, the flood of new members started in the week before I headed off - it'll be interesting to see them filter into who stays and who goes...
 
Originally posted by vat_man


Unfortunately, Mum passed away on Feb 2 - it was very peaceful. I won't go into the full details of what became a surreal three and a half weeks - it's like I've had a month carved out of my life.
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I'm truly sorry to here that vat_man.

My condolences. :(
 
Originally posted by vat_man


Unfortunately, Mum passed away on Feb 2 - it was very peaceful. I won't go into the full details of what became a surreal three and a half weeks - it's like I've had a month carved out of my life.

Nailed that one, LoudMusic - I stopped at about page 8!

Yeah, the flood of new members started in the week before I headed off - it'll be interesting to see them filter into who stays and who goes...
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I'm sorry to hear that vat_man :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry: You have my condolences
 
Hey vat_man, great to see you again! I'm sorry to hear about your mom, that must be terrible. :cry:
 
Originally posted by vat_man


Unfortunately, Mum passed away on Feb 2 - it was very peaceful. I won't go into the full details of what became a surreal three and a half weeks - it's like I've had a month carved out of my life.

Nailed that one, LoudMusic - I stopped at about page 8!

Yeah, the flood of new members started in the week before I headed off - it'll be interesting to see them filter into who stays and who goes...
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I thought they all came about the time you were heading off for family matters. I think the biggest group of them have been weeded out. We've had a few threads that sparked a few emotions and only the fun guys stuck around (:

I am familiar with the surreal moments related to those kinds of life events. I don't think I would relate the experience to having time taken away from me. I remember the moments in pretty good detail. They weren't necassarily depressing, but they weren't always possitive either. What you do have, though, are memories. I think if you take the time to write down everything that happened, you'll find some pretty nice 'life lessons' that you can either apply to yourself, or share with other people.

Bah, I'm preaching again, better stop now.


~LoudMusic
 
Thanks guys.

Loud - it's tough to describe it. I can keenly describe the events of each day, but I think it's to do with the fact that the nine hour drive between Melbourne and Sydney seemed to neatly 'bookend' the period - the drive home yesterday seemed to bring 'closure' (even though we need to go down to Melbourne the weekend after next anyway).

I had a feeling around Xmas that all wasn't well - hence the reason I popped off the radar for a couple of days - and when we had the call from the hospice it pretty much confirmed it.

There are two lessons from this period:
Serious One
- for people who have or want to have kids, and smoke, consider this. I'm 31 and both my parents are dead from smoking related cancers. Do you want that for your kids?
Not So Serious One
- take a look around your house. See all your crap? If you die, someone has to clean all that up. My mother was a hoarder.... :rolleyes:
 
Oh yeah - whilst indulging in some retail therapy, I bought a digital camera - so expect a lot photos to get posted.

Mate of mine's sister scammed me a Canon Ixus. I'm a complete mug with cameras and the shots come out okay, so it must be good!
 
Originally posted by vat_man
Thanks guys.

Loud - it's tough to describe it. I can keenly describe the events of each day, but I think it's to do with the fact that the nine hour drive between Melbourne and Sydney seemed to neatly 'bookend' the period - the drive home yesterday seemed to bring 'closure' (even though we need to go down to Melbourne the weekend after next anyway).

I had a feeling around Xmas that all wasn't well - hence the reason I popped off the radar for a couple of days - and when we had the call from the hospice it pretty much confirmed it.

There are two lessons from this period:
Serious One
- for people who have or want to have kids, and smoke, consider this. I'm 31 and both my parents are dead from smoking related cancers. Do you want that for your kids?
Not So Serious One
- take a look around your house. See all your crap? If you die, someone has to clean all that up. My mother was a hoarder.... :rolleyes:
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I take it you did more thinking than you cared to both going to and coming back? Two 9 hour trips are a long time to spend in a car when you know the time inbetween won't be the happiest of times for you.

When my grandfather died last year, my mom and her three sisters spent about a month cleaning out the house. And before that when my dad's mom moved to a smaller place, we collected a lot of funature. Needless to say ... our house is full of 3 houses worth of funature that doesn't exactly go together. Oh, and then my sister decides to move back in so she doesn't have to renew her lease before she gets married. Make that four houses worth of furnature.

A method of dealing with Vat's Lesson #2: When you realize that you're not using your stuff so much anymore (sick/old/just done with it) ... GIVE IT AWAY. You feel good for gifting, they feel good for getting gifted upon, and it all leaves little by little. And if you live in the States and have 'too much money', you need to start filtering that off as well. If your combined assets total more than $600,000, the Government wants their chunk - 50% of the 'surplus'. So really, if you don't will enough cash to the people receiving the stuff, they have to pay the government out of their own pocket. Not a good impression to leave as you 'exit'.

~LoudMusic
 

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