F**k You 2016

[MrZigster]

4 hours ago, Spindles said:

There is an old Chinese proverb (or for Pratchett fans a Klatchian proverb) that is also sort of an insult, that goes: May you live in interesting times.  

Worse than an insult. It's a curse. Wrapped up to sound like a pleasantry.

2 hours ago, hfuhruhurr said:

2016 has been a turd.

Also, Lemmy dying last year and this year is way too much to take.

Beat me to it and well put.

[Spindles]

1 hour ago, Miesh said:

:-) I'm glad you were able to have that shared experience and that Beans played a part.  I saw him on the Saturday afternoon, he did "2016" and said it was the first time he'd performed it. 

Hehe, cheeky bugger, said the same thing Friday afternoon.

[dizzymoo]

Robert Vaughn RIP.  A genuinely cool guy.

[Quark]

I know. 2016 strikes again.

[Quark]

6 hours ago, shuttlep said:

2016 can do one , personally for me

 

lost 

 

one cat - cancer

one dog - cancer

one father in law cancer

one cat - ran over

 

been a bad year in my house

Man that's all kinds of shit

[Quark]

3 hours ago, hfuhruhurr said:

2016 has been a turd.

Also, Lemmy dying last year and this year is way too much to take.

I did smile at one list that put Lemmy in 2016 on the basis that it took a week for his liver to finally accept defeat.

[oneeye]

and now the man from U.N.C.L.E has died; this year had certainly been dog w*nk.

my father in law passed away in July,  mother in law fell over and broke her hip in september.

On the yang side, mu daughter graduated and is now flourishing as a nurse

 

 

Edited November 11, 2016 by oneeye

[Trout Mask Replica]

Portugal have something to do with this I'm sure of it.

Can you really trust a country which has Francesena as a national dish?

Edited November 11, 2016 by Trout Mask Replica

[Miesh]

2 hours ago, Spindles said:

Hehe, cheeky bugger, said the same thing Friday afternoon.

I almost added to my last post; That might not be true as he also said he wouldn't play "Can't get a gig at Glastonbury" again and he did.  Which annoyed me as at the time it was a significant moment.  Naughty Beans 

[shuttlep]

On 11/11/2016 at 6:33 PM, Quark said:

Man that's all kinds of shit

tell me about it

 

2017 I will own that year

[BlackZeppelin]

Of all those, it was Ronnie Corbett that got me the most. 

Seems like the passing of an era.

Christ I'm depressed.

 

[bonny147]

This is John Oliver on 2016.

 

I failed to set it to 8.50 for the 2016 bit.

Edited November 15, 2016 by bonny147

[faymondo]

David Mancuso off to the great loft in the sky 

[BlackZeppelin]

On 12/11/2016 at 5:44 AM, oneeye said:

and now the man from U.N.C.L.E has died; this year had certainly been dog w*nk.

my father in law passed away in July,  mother in law fell over and broke her hip in september.

On the yang side, mu daughter graduated and is now flourishing as a nurse

 

 

I love a flourishing nurse

Congratulations 

[clarkete]

5 hours ago, bonny147 said:

This is John Oliver on 2016.

 

I failed to set it to 8.50 for the 2016 bit.

I watched it last night and thought it was excellent,  bless 'im 

[rosssss224]

 

[Hugh Jass]

Without wishing to bring down this thread any further in the last few months my wife has suffered a miscarriage, she then almost died from a complication during routine surgery to remove the miscarriage tissue (lost two litres of blood on the operating table, she's recovered now thankfully) and I found out last week that my mum has cancer.

Ah well, fuck it, life can only get better from here. 2017 will be much better.

[oneeye]

18 hours ago, BlackZeppelin said:

I love a flourishing nurse

Congratulations 

Thank you BZ

 

 

[Mr.Tease]

16 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Without wishing to bring down this thread any further in the last few months my wife has suffered a miscarriage, she then almost died from a complication during routine surgery to remove the miscarriage tissue (lost two litres of blood on the operating table, she's recovered now thankfully) and I found out last week that my mum has cancer.

Ah well, fuck it, life can only get better from here. 2017 will be much better.

Sounds like everything shit has happened at once for you and your family - it's hard to get your head round, I hope you're doing what you need to to get through it and 2017 is indeed better

[Hugh Jass]

2 hours ago, Mr.Tease said:

Sounds like everything shit has happened at once for you and your family - it's hard to get your head round, I hope you're doing what you need to to get through it and 2017 is indeed better

Cheers, last few months haven't been fun, but that's life sometimes.

Onwards and upwards.

[clarkete]

19 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Without wishing to bring down this thread any further in the last few months my wife has suffered a miscarriage, she then almost died from a complication during routine surgery to remove the miscarriage tissue (lost two litres of blood on the operating table, she's recovered now thankfully) and I found out last week that my mum has cancer.

Ah well, fuck it, life can only get better from here. 2017 will be much better.

Sorry to hear that Hugh.

Any one of those things is very hard to deal with,  but several in quick succession is awful indeed.  

Wishing you and Mrs Jass all the best x

Edited November 16, 2016 by clarkete

[Miesh]

2 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Cheers, last few months haven't been fun, but that's life sometimes.

Onwards and upwards.

Sorry to hear about what you and your family are going through.  From this post it sounds like you are managing to stay strong and positive for your wife and mum. I admire you for that.   Remember to be kind to yourself too. All the best.

[slash's hat]

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Edited November 16, 2016 by slash's hat
blooming Facebook - thought he was dead already

[fur_q]

On 15/11/2016 at 2:59 PM, Hugh Jass said:

Without wishing to bring down this thread any further in the last few months my wife has suffered a miscarriage, she then almost died from a complication during routine surgery to remove the miscarriage tissue (lost two litres of blood on the operating table, she's recovered now thankfully) and I found out last week that my mum has cancer.

Ah well, fuck it, life can only get better from here. 2017 will be much better.

I'm sorry to hear that things haven't been good for you to say the least. a poster mentioned up thread about being strong for your wife and I'm sure you've heard this a lot, it's undoubtedly well meaning advice but don't feel that as a partner you this that this is how you have to behave. Partners feeling and emotional well being in thes situations are often overlooked but you're feelings around this are still important and if you need help it isn't available. 

Here is a good resource To start with http://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/support/feelings-after-pregnancy-loss/support-for-partners/

 

 

 

[Mark H]

Sympathy from Wellington NZ for the losses people have experienced and expressed in this thread.

For a slightly different angle, I can contribute a magnatude 7.8 earthquake earlier this week immediately followed by two days of biblical flooding and no Glasto 2017 ticket to take my mind off the 93% likelihood of another severe earthquake in the next 30 days.

2016 can fuck right off.