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01-13-2010, 07:30 AM #1
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This Week Sucks
My grandpa died yesterday. 1/19/1919 - 1/12/2010 Just seven days short of 91. He was a self-employed painter. After he retired he would still get calls every week of people begging him to come paint. When he would go to the paint store, all the people would be asking for tips. Only lived block and a half from me. Would go down there every day as a kid. Taught me how to change the oil on a car. How to rotate tires, still remember taking lugs off when I was 8 with him pretending to let me do it while he was actually breaking them loose. Then we started calling friends and family to let everyone know. Found out one might not make it another week, and another probably won't make it through January.
Oh, and after telling my brother last night, I went to sleep. Woke up this morning to find 24 new texts and 9 new voice mails all the way up to 6am obviously drunk as hell. Little worried on that one.
And not to be selfish, but I gotta go buy a fancy winter dress coat as it will be 30 degrees out and I am a pall bearer. So that will probably be 300 bucks and I will never wear it again.
And his brothers and sisters plus friends are fairly old too, so walking through the 7 inches of snow in the cemetery is not going to be possible for them. So not sure how that is going to happen.
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01-13-2010, 07:46 AM #2
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Sorry to hear about your Grandfather
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01-13-2010, 07:50 AM #3
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I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your grandfather. It's always tough losing a part of the family for sure.
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01-13-2010, 08:23 AM #4
My sincere condolences. 91 is a long life, hopefully it was a good healthy rewarding life for him.
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01-13-2010, 08:24 AM #5
Sorry for your loss. Sounds like a good man.
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01-13-2010, 02:51 PM #6
Sorry to hear about it man. Grandpas rock! Mine did at least. Sounds like yours was a great one, too....
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01-13-2010, 02:53 PM #7
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Sorry Smkn, its tough
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01-13-2010, 04:19 PM #8
That's life man....Sorry for your loss. Go to JC pennies or something and buy your coat... Leave the tags and take it back when done.
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01-13-2010, 04:23 PM #9
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sorry to hear that, i just lost my grandma five days before christmas. and we were really close, too.
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01-13-2010, 04:24 PM #10
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My condolences... My great grandma died at 85 in '08 the day before my birthday family on my mom's side is pretty young
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01-13-2010, 05:12 PM #11
Sorry to hear that man.
So Paul Bearer is not the task it used to be. Now, it's generally handled by the people who handle the funeral. You may end up carrying him at the church from the church to the car, but that will be most likely on the rolling stand that they use. It's really more symbolic than anything, there's not much "bearing" involved. The funeral directors will probably handle everything else.
Death is not an easy thing to deal with in many cases.
As for your jacket, instead of shelling out the money for that you might try a formal wear place to see if they rent dress coats. If not, then now you can probably pick something up pretty inexpensively. One of my nicer coats I actually got from Macy's I think for around $70 or $80, of course it was on sale at the end of the season. It's not likely to be as expensive as you're afraid of as retails places are usually always a season ahead and will be clearancing stuff already most likely.
There's also always an option of the thrift store type places or wearing yours once and returning it as many people do.
I know that doesn't help a ton, but at least hopefully it helps a bit.
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01-13-2010, 05:30 PM #12
Im super, super, super sorry to hear that man.
I lost my grandfather back in '00 from stomach cancer at 72 yrs. old, died right in front of me and my parents, but once again Smkn, im sorry to hear that........
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01-13-2010, 05:41 PM #13
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01-13-2010, 09:31 PM #14
Sorry to hear about this Smkn, doesn't sound like a fun time for you or your family. Hope you can find a good deal or option on the jacket.
It will be an honor to be by your grandpa's side, especially because he made such a difference in people's lives and realized how much more meaningful it is in life to help those around him rather than being selfish or letting opportunities pass him by. I hope I am leaving that kind of impression on people that will last long after I'm gone.
Sorry about the news, my condolences....
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01-14-2010, 07:00 AM #15
Sorry to hear that man, 91 is a very long life indeed, atleast he is in a better place now man, and I am sure he lived a long and fulfilled everything he wanted to in his life. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family man hope everything works out well for you and your family.
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01-14-2010, 07:21 AM #16
Sorry to hear about your loss, losing a grandpa isnt easy. Sounds like he was a good man.
Hope the other two pull through. Sounds like a tough week man.Last edited by dr_ws6_00; 01-14-2010 at 07:24 AM.
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01-14-2010, 07:24 AM #17
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01-14-2010, 01:48 PM #18
my condolences to you as well - he sounds like one of the great ones, just like mine
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01-14-2010, 01:51 PM #19
Sorry to hear that, my grandfather was one of the people in my life and helped me become who I am and I miss him all the time.
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01-15-2010, 11:01 AM #20
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Thanks for all the kind words.
We had the funeral today. He died wednesday, didn't feel sad, thursday I felt just as good. Then today, seeing him in the casket, it became real and I've never felt so shitty in my life. Seeing my grandma who was his wife of 56 years pay her last respects was pretty hard to watch too. Hope it's a long time before I ever have to go through that again.
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