Hoarding is exactly what the government is doing right now by filling the SPR, and frankly it's the best thing that could happen. It drives prices up. High prices encourage demand destruction. They also finance new well development. The hoarded oil gives us a buffer to fall back on once shortages become more prevalent. High prices are what we need in order to adapt to what's coming, and the sooner they happen, the better.
Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 4871 Location: Oklahoma
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: Grief
It's very interesting that this thread got resurrected this morning, because last night I had to shoot my dog. I haven't ever done anything like that before, just killed a few chickens and fish. I loved the dog, too.
Anyway, thanks again to everyone for the kindness. I've been doing a lot better since I started this thread, but this week has been a tough one. _________________ The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done." - George Carlin
Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 4871 Location: Oklahoma
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:52 pm Post subject: Re: Grief
Pops wrote:
Yea, Susan’s older brother died yesterday.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Please give her a hug for me, and one for yourself too. Susan is a very sweet woman, I hate to think of her sad. _________________ The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done." - George Carlin
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject: Re: Grief
Shannymara wrote:
It's very interesting that this thread got resurrected this morning, because last night I had to shoot my dog. I haven't ever done anything like that before, just killed a few chickens and fish. I loved the dog, too.
Anyway, thanks again to everyone for the kindness. I've been doing a lot better since I started this thread, but this week has been a tough one.
Was it a very big dog, difficult to find another home?
Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 4871 Location: Oklahoma
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: Re: Grief
threadbear wrote:
Was it a very big dog, difficult to find another home?
Well yes, but that's not why. _________________ The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done." - George Carlin
Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 1129 Location: Burgundy, France
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:58 pm Post subject: Re: Grief
Shannymara wrote:
threadbear wrote:
Was it a very big dog, difficult to find another home?
Well yes, but that's not why.
Was it your Maremma?
I had to take our old dog to the vet's just over a year ago. He was dying of cancer and kidney failure, but I still cried like a baby as I held him. Despite knowing he was in severe pain, I felt very uncomfortable with the role of arbiter over life and death. We got our Maremma just after that. _________________ All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become. - Buddha
Joined: Aug 03, 2006 Posts: 3891 Location: Graceland
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: Grief
My dad died two years ago and it was the worst experience of my life. He was diagnosed with lung cancer and survived about 15 months before passing away, so it was not sudden and there were plenty of chances to say goodbye. He was very brave and it was very inspiring to me and others who watched him suffer. I spoke at his funeral and described how hard death had to work to overcome him. It was a long time before I felt anything like normal, since he had that god-like quality parents sometimes have, as well as being my best friend. I'm not sure that the experience has made me stronger, but it has definitely made me aware of the intense emotional pain we all must feel at one time or another.
The only consolation I felt was that I knew he would be disappointed if his passing caused me to lose hope or the ability to find happiness in life. This idea is the one anchor that seems to be there any time I need it--I ask myself what my dad would have wanted me do after he died, and I am certain that he would want me to grieve and then move on, clinging to all the good memories without being haunted by the bad ones.
I think that losing a loved one is the point at which a lot of people actually grow up. Sometimes you don't even realize how childish your worldview is until you have to fit something like death into it. _________________ Our window of opportunity is slowly closing...at the same time, it probably requires a spiral of adversity. In other words, things have to get worse before they can get better.
-M. King Hubbert, 1983
Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Posts: 999 Location: Central Texas
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:32 am Post subject: Re: Grief
I'm late to this thread since I rarely visit the psychology forum, let alone read all the posts, but I wanted to share my condolences, Shanny. I hope time has continued healing your wounds.
Joined: Apr 03, 2004 Posts: 6349 Location: My Grandkids' Farm
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: Grief
BigTex wrote:
I think that losing a loved one is the point at which a lot of people actually grow up. Sometimes you don't even realize how childish your worldview is until you have to fit something like death into it.
Quite right Tex. Funny how one can feel like an orphan in their mid-thirties, yet I did when my Mom died. _________________ Make a plan and work it:
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