JDMCQ's Garage

We all gotta go sometime.

Guy sits in front of me was out all last week when his father died.


Sucks for sure, but I don't get why everyone gets all worked up when people die like they didn't expect it or something.?. Every single last one of us will die. It's not if, but when.

Maybe it's because I lost a good deal of family young in life and learned to deal with it, but I never get worked up about it. I guess people deal with loss in different ways.....and I'd rather celebrate their lives with laughter and reflection of the good times then morn their losses steeped in depression and negativity.

Last thing anyone who is dying wants is your pity, sympathy, or to be depressed about their departure IMHO.

Heck we don't even have funerals in my family. Just burn us up and spread our ashes into the Atlantic from the same spot. I sent off my grand-mom 2 years ago in RI, my grandfather a couple years before that, and this year I have another member to take up to our family spot to release into the ocean.

 

My SIL is moving up there in Feb. Just wondering what kind ofa shock she is in for.

 

From Iowa? If so not much...snow shows up earlier and stays longer. Now Fairbanks is a different subject entirely.

EDIT: I work on Elmendorf AFB (now Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson) which is NE SIDE of Anchorage. 45 min drive south of Palmer. What does your SIL do?

 

Yea I guess. Almost losing my mother 4 times over the past 5/6 years + a ton of other family members passing away must have changed me.

All I know is when she does pass if I take a week off work she would be haunting me and telling me to carry on and stop feeling sorry for myself.

 

That's rough.

Not naughty. Just difficult to put together.

I concur with Anchorage assessment.

 

Got doe together... Old girl's down to one lit leg; might be her last Christmas.

 

Buck is in worse shape, but Kristi wants to work on putting a new set of lights on him.

 

Her fiance works for shell. She is moving up the With him. She is very cold blooded. She lived in AZ for 8 years. AK will be a decent shock.

 

And they're moving here in February? ... Yeah she will be an unhappy cold camper until she gets adjusted. Don't scare her, and play up the dry cold angle. It really is a different cold. Felt much colder often when we lived in England and it would be in low 30s but so damp you were chilled to the bone. Isn't really bad here until about -20F or colder or when there's a significant wind chill component.

 

Now a short nap and see if the sun brings on that extra 10 degrees or so. Still 0F ...

 

I'm not going to scare her. She can figure that it on her own.

 

Sun on front of house...commence Operation Christmas Lights.

 

Very short combat nap ... My mind is on getting lights up.

 

Pot or Kettle

 

Both

 

Don't you have 1 turn over 2 miles?