Best wishes to your husband, Brooke. I hope he likes you again soon!
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Best wishes to your husband, Brooke. I hope he likes you again soon!
Sending all good wishes to your Hubby Brooke - hope he is back to normal soon
Mr. Brooke? :lol: He doesn't like the internet, NMB!Quote:
Originally Posted by NightMistBlue
Thanks everyone! Appreciate it!
Sending prayers for your hubby, Brooke, and also for you!
Best wishes to your husband, Brooke, and hope he starts to feel better soon.
Hope your husband is recovering well, Brooke! Hope his bracket isn't too busted up. What team is he rooting for?
Villanova just had to lose that early to mess up a lot of people's brackets, but I'm still rooting for UCLA for National Champions. If LaVar Ball has that much confidence to eventually land shoe deals for his sons that are worth $1 billion total, then I have that much confidence to pick UCLA (Ball's son plays for them).
Thanks everyone! He's doing much better!
Rudie, he is a big Duke fan, but if they go down, he'll root for the underdog!
I'm terribly sorry for the late reply but I've been traveling as well as entertaining the parents over spring break. I can only imagine how frightening such a diagnosis must be and I continue to pray for you. Lots of love to you, Julie!Quote:
Originally Posted by Freypower
Fp, do you have to take any treatments? I hope not and pray all is good now!
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Originally Posted by sodascouts
Oh, thanks Soda. I had assumed you saw on my FB page that I had liver cancer.
Brooke, no treatment as the cancer was removed, but I will now have to start a programme of regular MRI scans until they are sure there is no reapperance of the cancer. If this does happen the treatment would more likely be chemo or radiotherapy rather than more surgery. It's also of course possible that if it reappears it will spread, which will be harder to control.
I may as well mention that while the feeling around the scar has been uncomfortable, today I feel almost normal with no need of painkillers. I've been driving, but haven't tried taking the train into the city yet.
Glad you are recovering well FP and that you are off the painkillers. Hopefully everything will remain clear for good
Fp, wonderful news and continued prayers for complete healing and recovery!
Great News FP!!!!!!!!!!
This is probably the most difficult post I’ve ever written on here, but I feel I have to be honest, not just with you but also with myself. I’ve been trying to avoid admitting this to myself, but I feel like The Border has changed in the last few months or so and I just don’t feel I fit in very well on here nowadays. I still love the Eagles, and I really don’t feel that excluded or anything like that, but I'm finding more and more often I have very little to add to the discussions. For a while I did log on basically to post in the Off Topic section, but that wasn’t what I joined the board for – I originally joined because I wanted to talk about the Eagles and their music, and the music of other artists, but the topics always seem to be overtaken by some agenda or another. To be honest I struggle to take much interest in a lot of the topics on here nowadays, and this is why I’ve barely been on at all over the last month. I therefore feel the time has come for me to say goodbye.
In case this sounds personal, I should probably also add that in the first three months of 2017 I've posted less on any message boards than I have for a long time, so I think at root things in my life are changing generally and I'm spending my free time on different things.
I will probably do a last post in the games threads before heading for the exit door. As a last word, I just want to say thank you to all the nice people I’ve interacted with on here over the last two and a bit years or so, and I thank Soda, Dreamer and everyone else who has kept The Border going. I wish you peace.
Farewell
Jonny (JCL)
Sorry to hear that JCL.
I hope that you'll check back on us at least occasionally, and that eventually things will be more conducive to your participation.
Johnny, I'm sorry to see you leave. Maybe you could come back in a few months and see if things have improved.
Good luck to you, young Jonny. I wish you well in all things.
Sorry you're leaving JCL and I wish you luck for the future :grin:
I've enjoyed reading your posts, JCL. Best of luck to you as you're "travelin' on."
JCL, sorry to hear you're leaving us, but best of luck to you. Check back sometime.
I've been way swamped at work lately and haven't had time to even check in, but know I will be back when things calm down!
I'm sorry to see you leave too JCL. I've enjoyed your posts too but I understand.
I've been really busy with school myself too and also had a death in the family so it's been a pretty hard time in general. It was just harder too as it was my cousin's baby daughter and it's looking like she passed from RSV, a severe respiratory infection in babies, and I just can't imagine what he and his girlfriend are going through.
I will miss you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonny Come Lately
I feel the same.
Fare thee well, JCL. I hope you'll come back soon.
Just craziness at work! My office helper managed to get herself fired about a month ago, so I've been swamped! Hopefully, we'll get someone hired soon!
Daughter's birthday celebration was Saturday. We had a fun evening barbecuing and fishing! Impossible to believe that I have a 39 year old daughter! How time flies!
39? Wow! I was wondering what you were up to - sorry work is so crazy!
I had an issue the week before last with a former student threatening to shoot me and eight other people - the police got him, though, and they don't seem to think he was all that dangerous since he got released on bond the next day. He's forbidden to contact me or any of the other people he threatened until his trial but still.
Makes me want to go out and buy a gun!
Soda, I'm so glad that you and the other people who were threatened are all ok. This is a crazy world we are living in. Do take care of yourself
JCL, sorry you feel you have to leave us - good luck, maybe drop by when you get a chance in the future. The door is always open.
Brooke, I saw your post on FB about your daughters birthday. So hard to think she is 39 - you only look and seem like you yourself are 40!
Things here are busy too as can be expected. Even on my holidays I'm going over and making minor adjustments to projects by students. And I'm spending increasing amounts of time with my parents as at this stage they are both losing touch with reality.
But on a lighter note, hope you all have a very happy Easter!!
Well its been a while since I have been here. I decided to change my major going into next year for my freshman year of college. I changed it drom Audio Engineering Technology to a Mechanical Engineering with a Concentration in Acoustics. The difference is that i want to learn how to build amps mics speakers effect pedals etc. My mother works at the university in the Political Science department. She gave the Ceta(STEM) Ceta stands for College of Eneginering Technology and Archetiecture email and I talked to them.
So I am doing a two year program which is my gen ed but I get a Associates Degree. Its a Liberal arts program but I am doing their Business Program. After I finish my two years I am going to transfer into the Engineering Program. I might not finish in 4 years brcause of some classes I miss but I am most likely going to end up taking winter classes so i can graduate on time.
Here is the latest track I recorded
https://soundcloud.com/guitarfreak-8...t-queen-master
Holy Crap. That is awfull. You should definitely think of protection. Does your state have Open Carry or Concealed Carry?Quote:
Originally Posted by sodascouts
I am also going to Hawaii in May
I have discovered how bad my Japanese has become after recording myself, and having some difficulty reading from books. I've also discovered online websites where people help each other with language learning. So, the time I usually spend on song games has been spent on 'language stuff', both learning myself and helping others. I'll slow down a bit soon, so I should be more active around here again.
Very good luck with your language skills refresher, but we always miss you when you're away, AT. Hurry back soon. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Annoying Twit
Soda, oh my goodness! How scary for you and the others! I'm so glad the person was at least arrested! Please be careful!
Ga, so sorry to hear about your parents. My mom is also in the same boat.
Tman2, good luck with your new studies and Hawaii? Awesome! I'd love to go there!
Work is a little better, but we are in the process of trying to hire someone which is rather stressful. I would like to take time off once in a while, so I hope we find someone soon!
It has concealed carry.Quote:
Originally Posted by travlnman2
Good to see you again - good luck at college!
Thank you. I am making a few special tracks for the Board. One is a Tribute to Glenn, Another is two guitars going at each other at the end. The last one is by a bassist that can sing very high.Quote:
Originally Posted by sodascouts
Just some guessing at for you all :D
I'm behind as usual....
Soda - please be safe. My mom works in a school environment and I always worry about the possibility of something like that happening.
Well wishes to everyone.
Hope you're doing OK Soda, that doesn't sound like a great position to be in! My best wishes to you and everyone else whose had trouble of late!
I've not been about much recently as I'm presently writing my dissertation (and going slightly insane in the process!). I'm listening to Eagles bootlegs whilst I do it and I've got through four concerts in the past ten hours of work. Honestly thinking about giving them a mention in my acknowledgements as they're keeping me going when nothing else is!
tlr, good luck with that! I remember when our own Soda was doing hers and it was quite stressful for her.
Hope everyone is doing well!
Good luck with your dissertation, thelastresort! What field of study are you doing your graduate studies in?
After a couple months of stressing a little bit out on college acceptances, I'm finally glad that they're all rolled out. I got accepted into my local CSU, San Jose State, but I was rejected by Cal Poly SLO for Business Admin - accounting w/ a 4.0 in community college. I was bummed about that for a month until I finally heard back from the UCs.
I was super happy that I got accepted into UC Irvine for Business last week and UC Davis (last week) and UC Berkeley for Economics today. I'm leaning towards Irvine just because I want to be a business major and not be forced to do a graduate degree in Econ to even have a shot at a job.
Berkeley is a great school, and it's very enticing despite me not applying for business, which is almost impossible to get in. My 3 in AP English didn't qualify for English 1A, so I knew that my chances were shot for business. I have a cousin who did Enviro Econ and Policy and he works for Google Maps, so there's some hope as an Econ major. The worst part is that I'm only a pre-Econ major at Berkeley, so if I don't get at least a 2.8 in major classes or overall (not sure), then I can't get into the Econ major.
I'm also glad that I got rejected by a good school that was in the middle of nowhere. At least I could see Fleetwood Mac at whatever school I got accepted to without worrying too much about transportation.
Congrats, RCF! I think you seem to have a great future ahead of you! Good luck!Quote:
Originally Posted by RudieCantFail
Good luck with the dissertation thelastresort.
I have lots of students writing dissertations right now. Advice I give to them when they're in this stage is as follows:
Remember to reference properly.
If you are struggling over language, remember that the first priority is that the reader can understand what you are saying. Use simple straightforward language unless more 'fancy' language does something the straightforward language does not.
Break your text up. It makes things much easier to read if your text is divided up with headings, subheadings, tables and figures (depending on topic), images, and paragraphs.
Paragraphs should be about a single topic. Don't try and put too many different concepts into a single sentence. It may sound silly to introduce a paragraph with a sentence that says what the paragraph is about, and end with a summary sentence, but it does actually work.
If you have trouble deciding what to write next, consider stopping and just writing a rough outline of the topics and sub-topics you're going to cover. Then once you've got the topics listed and ordered, you've broken your writing down into a list of topics, you've got a lot of small problems to solve, instead of one massive one.
Sometimes I start by writing out the chapter headings. Then I take the chapers and break them down into subheadings, then into sub-sub-headings. Even if I'm not going to use sub-sub-headings in the text. If I keep on breaking it down like that, I end up in a situation where each sub-sub-sub heading might be a single paragraph or even sentence. Then the whole thing becomes much easier to write. For me.
Remember that you know everything about your dissertation, but people reading it for the first time don't. Think about what the reader will know at each point when they are reading your thesis. Make sure that you describe things to them before you expect them to know them. The easiest example of this is that acronyms should be defined the first time you use them. But, it applies to more general concepts as well.