It always makes me smile. We had to leave our home last year due to an earthquake/broken pipe flood fiasco and I had "help me if you can I've got to get back to the house at pooh corner..." as my ringtone during the disaster, while we were waiting for repairs.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

21. pamela are you back in your home now?

Reply to pamela (Reply #20)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 04:24 PM

Mar 2013

I hope that you and your family are doing well.

pamela

(3,469 posts)

22. Well, we got back in but we sold it.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #21)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 04:36 PM

Mar 2013

Thank you. It really really sucked. I said it was last year but it was actually August 2011. Almost two years but it seems like yesterday. That freak east coast earthquake broke a water pipe in the condo above ours and destroyed our walls, ceiling, cabinets, carpeting-pretty much everything. Then we were evacuated to a motel and three days later had to evacuate that for a hurricane. Then our condo association started lying to us and jerking us around on the repairs for MONTHS. We ended up with an almost completely remodeled condo but it was awful. We sold it and bought a motorhome and now we're just traveling around for a few years.

Wow, sorry to tell you my life story like that. I hardly ever talk about this because it still makes me cry but sometimes when I get started, the whole story just pours out. Thanks for the kind thoughts though. We're in a good place now.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

24. imo: Tears help to wash away the pain. This " We're in a good place now." is wonderful.

Reply to pamela (Reply #22)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 04:45 PM

Mar 2013

It's all behind you now. Enjoy the open road. America is still beautiful.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)

31. nice link

Reply to bluesbassman (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 06:43 PM

Mar 2013

thoroughly enjoyed it. thanks for posting

pintobean

(18,101 posts)

8. He has joined Merle Haggard

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 03:30 PM

Mar 2013

to play that great gig in the sky.

If he's not really dead, look out...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002184981#post22

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

41. Poor Merle. Killed on the radio. Has anyone told him yet?

Reply to pintobean (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 05:26 AM

Mar 2013

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

42. hmmm! What is it with these *DOG* DUers ?

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #41)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 05:36 AM

Mar 2013

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002184981#post28

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

43. Dog's a good guy

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #42)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 05:40 AM

Mar 2013

He's reality-based.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

44. We seem to have a few dog guys around DU.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #43)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 05:43 AM

Mar 2013

All of 'em seem nice to moi. [img][/img]

[img][/img] How are you ? [img][/img]

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

45. We have plenty of good guys and good gals here

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #44)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 06:06 AM

Mar 2013

BREAKING NEWS: You're one of 'em.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

46. pinboy3niner

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #45)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 06:31 AM

Mar 2013

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pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

47. Back atcha...

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #46)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 06:46 AM

Mar 2013

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

48. Winter, Spring, Sumer or Fall!

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #47)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 06:58 AM

Mar 2013

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)

9. OMG!!!

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 03:32 PM

Mar 2013

I got the same exact one! I actually had to read it to figure out who they were talking about!

Told the husband, "I didn't know your Jesus was a redhead and went to Super Cuts!"

aaaaaa5a

(4,667 posts)

10. This is Kenny Loggins best song.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 03:34 PM

Mar 2013

mahina

(17,696 posts)

15. I got this on my doorstep. So we can laugh , but they are organized.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 04:08 PM

Mar 2013

I did need a laugh, thanks!

graywarrior

(59,440 posts)

16. LOL

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 04:08 PM

Mar 2013

Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)

23. Kenny Loggins can't be Christ! Kenny Loggins Ruined Christmas!

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 04:40 PM

Mar 2013

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/12/year-kenny-loggins-ruined-christmas.html

hunter

(38,326 posts)

33. If I wrote a hyperbole-and-a-half story about a childhood Christmas, it might not be so funny.

Reply to Bertha Venation (Reply #23)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 09:41 PM

Mar 2013

Maybe it would be if I tried really hard, but mine wasn't a flying Jesus doll beaten with a stick -- it was thrown crockery, knives raised in anger, and a grandpa taking a crying grandma home before Christmas diner was served.

Others were too drunk to drive and they knew enough not to, so they just crashed anywhere. Mostly their aim was good when they crawled to the bathroom to puke. Now that's a polite house guest!

Crying grandma was probably the only "normal" person in our Addams family household but nobody else saw it that way. Everyone just figured grandma had some kind of nervous disorder. Sectarian violence is a normal part of any Christmas celebration, right? You all know Christ wasn't born in December and Christmas trees are pagan? Right?

I always wanted a novice level HAM radio or a computer for Christmas but I never got one.

Later I discovered the interenet. After that I had no regrets about those Christmas wishes I was never granted. Now I have a supercomputer under my desk connected to a world wide web.

In your dreams, Santa!