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Walker

#15
July 07, 2006, 07:51:49 AM
Quote from: blunt on July 07, 2006, 03:42:31 AM

So far, I've only met one person who read the book (and attended the courses) and didn't quit - but she struck me as the type who has trouble chewing gum, keeping a heartbeat going and breathing at the same time, if you get my drift :afro:

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"Lord, here comes the flood, we will say goodbye to flesh and blood. If, again, the seas are silent in any still alive, it'll be those who gave their island to survive. Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry."
Peter Gabriel.

sharon

#16
July 08, 2006, 11:07:15 PM
 :cheers:  I got the book today.  Can't wait to sit and start reading it.  I've only just returned from my uncle's funeral  and have a terrible migraine, been sickly most of the evening so I hope to start on the book by the end of the night or in the morning.  It's been a nasty couple days and I'm glad it's behind me.  The book gives me somethin to look forward to, something to help occupy me brain along with the writing. 

I want to thank all of you for the support you've shown!  It's amazing...

I'll read some and write more to y'all on the morrow, right now I just need to rest a bit.

Shay

Ed

#17
July 09, 2006, 06:53:37 AM
We're all rooting for you, Shay :afro:  Be sure and let us know how you get along with it all :smiley:  Hope you're feeling better today.
Planning is an unnatural process - it is much more fun to do something.  The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression. [Sir John Harvey-Jones]

Neuromancer

#18
July 12, 2006, 02:41:37 AM
Nice TShirt!!

Yes I am a writer, but my critics call me a typist.--Salem's Lot

Geoff_N

#19
July 12, 2006, 03:48:54 AM
Good luck, Shay.  None of us believed our Blunt could do it, he's such a stubborn 'ornery critter. Said the book was rubbish when he started reading it, but as time and perserverence slithered on - here he is - breathing clean air at last!

I hope you  are feeling better today.

Geoff

sharon

#20
July 21, 2006, 04:54:16 PM
Hey all.  I'm back again.  Not as chipper as usual, I'm afraid but I do have work to get done.  I've attended three funerals this past two weeks.  One was my uncle and the other two were my hubby's uncles... and I've tended to a suicidal and now hospitalized cousin who lost her brother a few months ago.  This must be the worst year I've seen yet.  My hubby and I have lost so many family members.  Forgive me if I'm not myself for a while but I'm still a bit spaced from it all.  It's been horrific and also financially crunching as we had to help with some of the expenses again.  I'm going to pop over to the crit board and get my crits for the week done, or try to get them done.  Hopefully I'll post them by tomorrow evening.  Til then ta-ta.

shay

Ed

#21
July 21, 2006, 06:34:03 PM
Sorry to hear that, Shay - sounds like a really bad few weeks.  I wondered what happened to you and guessed you'd read that John Carr book and were struggling with the weed.  I just couldn't sit at a keyboard when I was packing it in.  Had to keep moving.  Prolly a good idea to leave it a while, though - wait until the worst of the stress and sorrow is over with. 

I hope stuff improves for you and your hubby soon.

I'm languishing in last place where the crit session's concerned - I'm hoping to shit miracles over the weekend :afro:

(I'm currently drunk after my team came in last at my kids' school's trivia quiz night - can you tell?  *hic* )
Planning is an unnatural process - it is much more fun to do something.  The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression. [Sir John Harvey-Jones]

sharon

#22
July 23, 2006, 08:55:40 PM
 :grin:  :grin:   :yes:  Thought ye sounded a wee bit funny, Ed!  Sorry  to hear about the kid's team comin in last, that sucks!

BTW, if you happen to shit miracles and find you have a few extra--send em my way, I could use one or two even if they are on the...uhm..."messy" side.  I feel like getting friendly with a bottle or four but I'm afraid to right now! (Unless there's an Alan Carr book on quitting the booze, heheeh). 

I've not tried to quit the weed yet, either.  Most likely that will come in around the middle of the week.  To tell ye the truth, I've forgotten most of what I've read thus far.

shay

canadian

#23
July 30, 2006, 05:22:53 PM
If people stand in a circle long enough, they will eventually begin to dance. -- George Carlin

Ed

#24
July 30, 2006, 05:48:14 PM
Oh, that's sad news :/

It's entirely possible that the passive smoking has caused the cancer since he quit.  I find it hard to believe that a habit he kicked 23 years ago has caused the illness now.  They reckon that within 15 years your lungs are back to normal, so I think it must have been the passive smoke, or some other cause.  Smoking isn't the only cause of lung cancer - radon exposure, working in a dusty atmosphere, exposure to asbestos - all sorts of things can trigger it. 

It's a shame he had to get it, because he's done so much to help smokers avoid that same fate.  I hope his treatment is successful.  The prognosis for lung cancer sufferers is pretty bad, though, isn't it?  It's one of the cancers that still has a high mortality rate, AFAIK.

Bummer.
Planning is an unnatural process - it is much more fun to do something.  The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression. [Sir John Harvey-Jones]

Walker

#25
July 31, 2006, 10:23:21 AM
That's truly a sad thing to hear. I owe Mr. Carr a great deal of thanks; without his book and it's unique insight I'd still be hooked on tobacco and cutting my life short. I hope he doesn't suffer too much with this, he doesn't deserve it.
"Lord, here comes the flood, we will say goodbye to flesh and blood. If, again, the seas are silent in any still alive, it'll be those who gave their island to survive. Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry."
Peter Gabriel.
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