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VIANARCHRIS

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That's creepy man. I loved visiting my grandparents on my mother's side in southern Alberta. We went out from Vancouver at least once a year for a couple weeks or more each time. Old farmhouse he built and a workshop with all sorts of tools but just one electric motor that he would move from machine to machine. I have one of his nutcracker bowls with little mallet that I helped him make on his home made wood lathe and really treasure it. I brought it home from my mom's last year and it's been collecting dust in the shop. Looks a lot better all cleaned up. Layers of different woods glued together and clamped for weeks before cutting into square blocks, corner sawed off with a hand saw to make an octagon them chucked into the lathe and turned into that.

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My other grandpa on my dad's side was a cobbler and I loved hanging out at his store in Vancouver and help out while he made and/or repaired shoes boots etc. Puffing away on his cheap cigars and was the guy who got me hooked on fishing. I try to take his old fiberglass fly rod out every spring and catch a trout just for him.

I have no relationship with my grandkids and that sux. So much I could have taught them and a lot they could have taught me. Hopefully once they are old enough they will seek me out.

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That's something to hold onto for sure. I was an army brat so I grew up in Germany and never formed a tight bond with my grandparents, but thinking about the times helping him fix a broken fan or something when we would visit still brings a smile. I'm new at the grandpa thing - my grandaughter is 10 months and the second one is due in Feb., so much better than raising your own kids!
 

OldMedUser

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That's something to hold onto for sure. I was an army brat so I grew up in Germany and never formed a tight bond with my grandparents, but thinking about the times helping him fix a broken fan or something when we would visit still brings a smile. I'm new at the grandpa thing - my grandaughter is 10 months and the second one is due in Feb., so much better than raising your own kids!
Better for the grandparents but not so much for the parents if both aren't tuned in to how the parents want the kids raised. Sitcoms all over about those conflicts. :D

My oldest boy's two boys are tangled in a custody battle and he hasn't been able to see them in almost 3 years tho he has rights to have them at his house that the witch keeps breaking. No free court support so he needs to spend thousands to try to gt enforcement while she gets free legal as she's on welfare. He just got his bank account frozen as he's in arrears because he's out of work for a month. BS left-wing courts in BC always side with the mother and she's a manipulative bitch that knows how to milk the system while living with a dope dealer raking in big cash. Not pot but cocaine, smack and speed. Real scum of the earth.

I've spent some time with them on 3 occasions but haven't seen them in at least 5 years. The oldest is 15 now and autistic. She keeps them drugged up with whatever the welfare doctors will giver her. A couple of zombies now and makes me think of getting rid of her to save them.

No.2 son and his also addicted GF lost all 3 to welfare so I've never met them but the first at 6 months so that's a total loss.

I was adopted myself at 2 years old and only feel a connection with my immediate family. Tons of cousins etc out there but just people to me. Maybe that's why I'm such a fuck up. Lucky I'm basically a passivist because I'm smart enough to do some serious damage if wasn't. ;)

I learned long ago in AA to let go of old hurts. That's easy enough but when the hurts keep coming it's not so easy. If it wasn't for pot and my dear old ma I'm sure I would have eaten my shotgun years ago. She's 90 now and I told her every day she goes on is another one I'll go on too. lol

Now I'm getting all maudlin and boring. pass.gif

:peace:
 

redi jedi

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That's not what the testing showed. Radon is naturally occurring everywhere especially in stone or brick buildings but every basement in town was way over naturally occurring levels.

It is likely the tailings as they processed the raw ore there back in the early days and used them for backfill all over the place.
Any concrete structure has radon way over naturally occuring levels also...not a concern anywhere else. Radon is a beta emitter and has a very short half life. Uranium emits gamma and like you said those tailings are all over Port Hope.
 

OldMedUser

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Any concrete structure has radon way over naturally occuring levels also...not a concern anywhere else. Radon is a beta emitter and has a very short half life. Uranium emits gamma and like you said those tailings are all over Port Hope.
It's sad that people still have to live in the wake of lousy gov't oversight. The ex used to bitch about what a boring crappy place Port Hope was to grow up in but when I visited there in '90 I thought it looked like a great place to grow up in. Very picturesque in it's quaint old timey fashion and I had a great seafood dinner at a small restaurant on the shore for pennies compared to Vancouver prices at the time. I got the Captain's plate with a decent sized lobster, half a pound of breaded scallops some salmon and more than I could pack away. Bottomless chip basket! Drove up to Coburg to see where my #1 son was born at St. James hospital. She named him James as well. lol

The 7 Seas Seafood restaurant in North Vancouver has the best selections but the smorgasbord was $54 a plate when I was there last about 30 years ago. Likely over a C-note now. Great frog legs and octopus! Eat 'til you puke then go back for more! :D

I grew up in Richmond on Lulu Island next door to Vancouver so had the city at hand but what was almost country style living at home. The freedom we had to roam as kids back then is long gone. Throw a canoe in the Fraser River and paddle up to New Westminster to score cheap fishing tackle and Tiger Head batteries at the Army&Navy. Or even hop a freight train to get there and back. We would ride our bikes up to Stanley park from home to fish off the seawall under the Lion's Gate bridge and be gone all day. As long as we got home before dark our parents never worried a bit. That meant leaving around sunup to get a full day in at the park. 12 mile ride on single speed bikes uphill both ways! ;)

Life is getting so much more restrictive the last few decades. New laws, new rules, new PC attitudes pushing us all into cubicles where we can be easily controlled. I'm glad I'm getting closer to the end of my run. I can barely stand it now.

I'm just pissed off that my lotto tickets didn't pay off last night.

I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats when they come to take me away ho-ho hee-hee haw-haw!

To the happy farm!

Where life is beautiful all the time and basket weavers will sit and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they're coming to take me away HA-HA!

(Napoleon the 14th c1966)


My dad heard me playing the 45 and broke it in half. Did the same to my Stones album when he heard the Lemon Song too. :D
 

OldMedUser

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I mis-quoted the song in my post but in my defense I haven't heard it in 30 years or so. The back side of the 45 was the same song played backwards and sounds like some Russian gobbledy-gook. Smoke a fattie then listen to both sides for a hoot!

The song is actually about the dude's dog running away as referenced later in the song about him ending up at the ASPCA the mangy mutt. (American Society Preventing Cruelty to Animals) Just the SPCA here in Canukistan.
 
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GroErr

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I mis-quoted the song in my post but in my defense I haven't heard it in 30 years or so. The back side of the 45 was the same song played backwards and sounds like some Russian gobbledy-gook. Smoke a fattie then listen to both sides for a hoot!
Sorry to hear about your son's situation, pretty typical. Where the f*k is FRO when he can't get access to his kids. They're quick on the trigger to freeze accounts and the like when they don't pay or get behind on payments. Yet when it comes to access you're on your own. Have known way too many of these situations.

The family court system is screwed, everyone knows it. My lawyer told me everyone in the system knows it but it's so f'd up no one knows how to fix it. I was lucky that my kids were older when I split with my ex so I don't have to deal with the child support bullshit. But she hasn't worked a day since we split 8 years ago and I have to continue paying her more than the average family makes because it was a 28 year marriage and I didn't hide my income or assets (you have to do that at least 3 years prior to splitting, that's how far they look back, hint, hint). I can't even retire early, or I can, but I'd have to continue payments until I retire at 65 which would be a big dip into my retirement funds. It would have been easier to just off her and take the time, hint, hint, lol.
 

VIANARCHRIS

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Sorry to hear about your son's situation, pretty typical. Where the f*k is FRO when he can't get access to his kids. They're quick on the trigger to freeze accounts and the like when they don't pay or get behind on payments. Yet when it comes to access you're on your own. Have known way too many of these situations.

The family court system is screwed, everyone knows it. My lawyer told me everyone in the system knows it but it's so f'd up no one knows how to fix it. I was lucky that my kids were older when I split with my ex so I don't have to deal with the child support bullshit. But she hasn't worked a day since we split 8 years ago and I have to continue paying her more than the average family makes because it was a 28 year marriage and I didn't hide my income or assets (you have to do that at least 3 years prior to splitting, that's how far they look back, hint, hint). I can't even retire early, or I can, but I'd have to continue payments until I retire at 65 which would be a big dip into my retirement funds. It would have been easier to just off her and take the time, hint, hint, lol.
Sorry to hear of both of your situations. I've had buddies screwed over bad in divorce and custody fights and I would have ended up in jail. I got lucky and split with my 1st wife before there were kids or money (& I'm still waitin' on the money...) so all it cost me was for a lawyer. I'm still with wife #2 after 28 years so I guess I'm stuck with her (or the other way around?!) We're lucky enough to have a good relationship with both our kids and they're only a few hours drive away so we see the granddaughter often.
 

OldMedUser

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Sorry to hear about your son's situation, pretty typical. Where the f*k is FRO when he can't get access to his kids. They're quick on the trigger to freeze accounts and the like when they don't pay or get behind on payments. Yet when it comes to access you're on your own. Have known way too many of these situations.

The family court system is screwed, everyone knows it. My lawyer told me everyone in the system knows it but it's so f'd up no one knows how to fix it. I was lucky that my kids were older when I split with my ex so I don't have to deal with the child support bullshit. But she hasn't worked a day since we split 8 years ago and I have to continue paying her more than the average family makes because it was a 28 year marriage and I didn't hide my income or assets (you have to do that at least 3 years prior to splitting, that's how far they look back, hint, hint). I can't even retire early, or I can, but I'd have to continue payments until I retire at 65 which would be a big dip into my retirement funds. It would have been easier to just off her and take the time, hint, hint, lol.
That totally sux. I got lucky I guess. I'm still legally married to the girl I hooked up with when I was about 24. She pulled the plug just before our 2nd anniversary and we split our possessions without much fuss. No kids and when the dog got away from her a couple times and found her way home to me she gave up the dog. No lawyers or kids and I'm a happily married man who hasn't seen his wife in over 30 years. :D

My baby momma went back east for a 6 week stay in '92 and never came home. I kept the boys, the dog and both cats. She now lives in a big 4 bedroom house all by herself on an Indian reserve in New Brunswick. She made her bed and now has to lie in it. I never once hassled her and went through a family court counselor to get full legal custody of the boys with joint guardianship. Didn't cost me nothing but gas money to drive the 10 miles to their office. She saw a lawyer at her end and he advised her to sign as she had no plans to return to BC. She found a new bf, got knocked up then gave that boy up for adoption when he was 3.

My current C/L wife and I have been together since '99. We've never had an angry fight the whole time and she's not all that submissive either. We just seem to get along fine. Since she went thru menopause a few years back I'm hurtin' for lovin' but got a nice Ashley Madison lady on the line now so hopefully Mr. Happy will get some soon! Sweet young thing only 45 too so time to do a little manscaping and wax up the mustache! A few situps wouldn't hurt either but that's not the muscle she's interested in. perv.gif

I had to go on welfare about a year after baby momma left and they didn't even try to go after her for child support or anything. If it was the other way around they would have sicced the hounds on me for sure. Total bullshit.

Pretty harsh deal you got GroErr and sure doesn't sound fair to me. pass.gif
 

GroErr

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Sorry to hear of both of your situations. I've had buddies screwed over bad in divorce and custody fights and I would have ended up in jail. I got lucky and split with my 1st wife before there were kids or money (& I'm still waitin' on the money...) so all it cost me was for a lawyer. I'm still with wife #2 after 28 years so I guess I'm stuck with her (or the other way around?!) We're lucky enough to have a good relationship with both our kids and they're only a few hours drive away so we see the granddaughter often.
Yeah but I'm happy and have a great relationship with my kids, grandkids and GF. She's a miserable bitch that the kids avoid. The grandkids call her the "other" grandma because they see her so seldom. I'd rather be a little lighter in the pocket book than be a miserable old man, what's that line in Dogs "hide your head in the sand, just another sad old man, all alone and dying of cancer", that's her other than the last part, but Karma's a bitch and she got what she sowed. Plus I get to grow weed and not have to listen to her :eyesmoke:
 
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