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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,005
    just got back from record store day. got a good haul. the j mascis cover of mazzy star's fade into you on orange clear vinyl is fantastic!
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    edited November 2014
    RKCNDY said:

    SD48277 said:

    RKCNDY said:

    I've never been to a funeral before, (the actual service, not the reception thingie) are there usually a lot of people there? what is it like? I'm nervous...

    Don't be nervous. Is it a church service? They can last 1- 1 1/2 hrs, depending.
    No, he wasn't happy with the church, so not in church. I just know there will be a service, with a program, my BIL and SIL will speak, we're expecting 200. We had to move the date so more family could make it.

    This is so weird...
    Everyone does it differently. Not sure if you're attending the burial or the wake. The wake is usually a bunch of people telling old stories and stepping out to the pub next door since it's illegal to drink in funeral homes. And now you'll notice there's always a pub within a block of a funeral home. The burial service is more solemn, people are usually standing or sitting during the speech then they watch the casket lowered and usually family will take turns covering with dirt.

    At my dad's service the wake was really crowded (the room we got was too small) and really loud. We did have a priest but my mom wouldn't let him do the whole thing just the first part & one prayer. I didn't go into the bar but apparently they were celebrating more traditionally in there, trading war stories & recounting tales for those who didn't know him that well personally, plus embarrassing stories of me and my mom. We had him cremated so it was a two part process. The procession from the funeral home went to the crematorium & it was just his family, less than 10 people. The guy from the funeral home said some words & we were to put a flower on the casket before it went into the oven. I had a panic attack at that point so I'm fuzzy on what else happened there. The next day we picked up his ashes from the funeral home & took it to the cemetery where the groundskeeper interred it. There was no ceremony, it was only four of us. And that was it.

    Hopefully this will help you understand what to expect so you're not so nervous.
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  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    liking this song by ac/dc ''lets play ball''
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    edited November 2014
    Are Mudhoney going to play in Greece and the UK this summer?... They have announced that they are coming to Europe in May / June 2015, but not the name of the cities / countries yet. Fingers crossed...
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  • PJSiren
    PJSiren Salem, OR Posts: 5,863
    how utterly BORED I am!!!
    Music is my Religion and Pearl Jam, my Savior!
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  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    using my name isnt going to work bwhaahahahahaaha
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Sometimes the things people say... Make NOOOOOOOO sense..
  • PJSiren
    PJSiren Salem, OR Posts: 5,863
    Happy I get to get off work early tonight!!!
    Music is my Religion and Pearl Jam, my Savior!
    Tattooed Dissident!
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    edited November 2014
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fC6RP6tZ1Q

    Modern Leatherman?... :-S :(
    Post edited by Pap on
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  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Glad I don't have to do another 10 hour drive in the foreseeable future!
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
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  • bluegrace
    bluegrace Posts: 2,357
    Next week
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  • karmadefect
    karmadefect Posts: 806
    Yesterday was my last day at my old job.
    It feel's like I escaped from hell. I have some scares, but my selfrespect is in tact.
    How I wish I never took the job last year, my trust in poeple in genral has taken a few punches.
    But I'm glad I left it behind me, as I was riding my bike home Yellow ledbetter felt just right so I put it on repeat.
    I'm not sure what my new job will be, but my contract with the organisation is still running so They have to find me a new job. Until then I will have to fill in when ever someone is sick. Not ideal, but perhaps it will be fun to see different locations. I'm fine with it just as long as I won't ever have to go back to that awful place again. Today I was free at last!
    It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

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    2012 Amsterdam 1 2012 Amsterdam 2 2014 Amsterdam 1 2014 Amsterdam 2
    2014 Berlijn
  • marilor
    marilor St Etienne, France Posts: 618
    karmadefect said:

    Yesterday was my last day at my old job.
    It feel's like I escaped from hell. I have some scares, but my selfrespect is in tact.
    How I wish I never took the job last year, my trust in poeple in genral has taken a few punches.
    But I'm glad I left it behind me, as I was riding my bike home Yellow ledbetter felt just right so I put it on repeat.
    I'm not sure what my new job will be, but my contract with the organisation is still running so They have to find me a new job. Until then I will have to fill in when ever someone is sick. Not ideal, but perhaps it will be fun to see different locations. I'm fine with it just as long as I won't ever have to go back to that awful place again. Today I was free at last!

    So happy for you ! I know what that feeling so much ! I hope you'll get a new job soon...good luck and enjoy your week !
    "We were but stones, ...Your light made us stars"
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    am i talking to the wrong person :-? 8-}
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Praying these people accept my work terms, and I can sign them on as my first clients; they wanted to speak with all my references, so I know that that went well, now it's just a personal decision for them. Should hear back from the wife tomorrow morning! So excited! Hope this works out!
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    to never want to see anyone hurt as much as i have, when i see it, it touches me deep inside emotionally, an inspiration to be worked on in the future..
  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    Wishing I didn't have to face the world tomorrow
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    edited December 2014
    i feel like that sometimes too when the world is not spiritual...its difficult, and reasoning with negative works....is just impossible to sometimes change
  • karmadefect
    karmadefect Posts: 806
    marilor said:

    karmadefect said:

    Yesterday was my last day at my old job.
    It feel's like I escaped from hell. I have some scares, but my selfrespect is in tact.
    How I wish I never took the job last year, my trust in poeple in genral has taken a few punches.
    But I'm glad I left it behind me, as I was riding my bike home Yellow ledbetter felt just right so I put it on repeat.
    I'm not sure what my new job will be, but my contract with the organisation is still running so They have to find me a new job. Until then I will have to fill in when ever someone is sick. Not ideal, but perhaps it will be fun to see different locations. I'm fine with it just as long as I won't ever have to go back to that awful place again. Today I was free at last!

    So happy for you ! I know what that feeling so much ! I hope you'll get a new job soon...good luck and enjoy your week !
    Thanks :-bd
    It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

    2006 Arnhem 2007 Werchter 2009 Rotterdam 2010 Nijmegen 2010 Werchter
    2012 Amsterdam 1 2012 Amsterdam 2 2014 Amsterdam 1 2014 Amsterdam 2
    2014 Berlijn
  • karmadefect
    karmadefect Posts: 806
    jennycoyle said:

    Wishing I didn't have to face the world tomorrow

    Lets make the world face you instead than.
    Good luck.
    It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

    2006 Arnhem 2007 Werchter 2009 Rotterdam 2010 Nijmegen 2010 Werchter
    2012 Amsterdam 1 2012 Amsterdam 2 2014 Amsterdam 1 2014 Amsterdam 2
    2014 Berlijn

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