Wassup Fellas ! [Archive]

beardog03

10-13-2009, 02:58 PM

I have been feeling pretty down lately....until I recieved a call from my good freind Jesse !

Since the strokes , life has gone all the way down hill....including lossing my job.....which is believed to be one of the main factors in me having the strkes to begin with.

Anyway, I have been putting everything I own up for sale to pay medical bills, and my systems was in line to be sold.....until I heard from Jesse !!

I got up today to a hard pouring storm, and decided to fire up the tunes to see if I could get out of my slouch.

I think that I will go down with the ship before I sell my system..!

I love the synergy and the way it can make me smile even when life really sucks !
I rolled some tubes in the pre and have been feeling pretty good all morning.

So , I just thought I would say...."wassup "?!!

Hope evrybody is doing well

Bear

Sherardp

10-13-2009, 03:02 PM

Rest easy when you can bro. Godspeed to a full recovery and things will definitely get better. Enjoy the tunes.

NJPOLKER

10-13-2009, 03:03 PM

Thanks for the update and I/we sure hope you get feeling better real quick. Listening to tunes is great therapy and should be mandatory for people who are feeling down. Hell, even listening to a shit system can make a person feel better and a guy with a great system like yours you'll be flying high in no time. Keep the faith and the tunes cranking.
Let the guys/gals know if we can do anything to help.
Your friend you have yet to meet, Drew

everpress

10-13-2009, 03:05 PM

I can't imagine giving up my music.
And I know that none of our systems are the music, I know that I can hear my music so much better with it.

I hope your health improves and your outlook gets a bit brighter.

Keep it loud.

beardog03

10-13-2009, 03:05 PM

Thanks guys !

Gotta love the music !

NJPOLKER

10-13-2009, 03:06 PM

Good work Jesse and thanks goes to you too for being a great guy.

thsmith

10-13-2009, 03:07 PM

Sounds like a positive attitude, listening to some good tunes and hearing from a friend can over come most anything.

Hope this morning was a turning point towards better things to come.

janmike

10-13-2009, 03:08 PM

Glad to see you posting again Robert. Tunes will brighten the day and hope things improve.

beardog03

10-13-2009, 03:21 PM

Thanks again guys...
Yeah, I am really enjoying the tunes this morning

Hope you guys are doing well....

dkg999

10-13-2009, 03:37 PM

Hang in there and it's great to see you posting again. Sorry to hear about the job! Hopefully you're getting better and from there everything will be easier.

beardog03

10-13-2009, 03:52 PM

Thanks...
I worked my butt off for 11 almost 12 years......more12 o 15 hour / 6-7 days weeks than I care to count.....down the crapper !

Sucks hard

it`s really hard to come to grips with it, but it stresses me so bad that I ....well let`s just say that It`s really good to hear from jesse when he calls....heh reminds me to stop and listen to the tunes and keep on keepin on...!!

...as well as you guys here on the forum...

Glad I stopped by today !!

dkg999

10-13-2009, 04:01 PM

steveinaz

10-13-2009, 04:08 PM

Prayers and best wishes big man. Good to hear from you.

ben62670

10-13-2009, 04:12 PM

Bear I tried to get a hold of you. You have been in my prayers.
Take care.
Ben

disneyjoe7

10-13-2009, 04:13 PM

Prayers and bst thoughts too you sir. Good to hear you're posting and jamming again.

Music is too the soul of life. :)

Pauly

10-13-2009, 04:16 PM

Hope things get better. Enjoy the tunes

Pauly

danger boy

10-13-2009, 04:22 PM

Robert,

hang in there buddy.... things will get better.

beardog03

10-13-2009, 04:26 PM

Any chance of claiming early retirement benefits based on medical disability? I only ask because I'm familiar with someone who just did that, however I don't know any of the details and rules that made it possible.

Hang in there and it's great to see you posting again. Sorry to hear about the job! Hopefully you're getting better and from there everything will be easier.

Thanks fellas...

I don`t know..
I`m trying to look into it, but everything is so confusing to me these days....

I have had two strokes that left legions on the side and back of my brain, and a smaller third one , which did not require I stay in the hospital...

I had to quit smoking and gained weight ...I am now a fat bastage !!

280 lbs of jacked up beardog !!

Could be alot worse though......
I have good and bad days....today is a good one !!

danger boy

10-13-2009, 04:31 PM

one day at a time my friend.... take it one day at a time.

glad that you posted again... and that today is a good day for you.

Walking is a good way to take weight off.. it's gradual, but it's so good for you on may levels.. and is low stress on joints.

beardog03

10-13-2009, 04:35 PM

Thanks DB !
yeah, I started taking short walks with the wife

It sure is hard to move the weight though !!

I go to two different therapy`s , twice a week still

i graduated from physical therapy, but still have alot of excercises to do....I just don`t always do them

Keiko

10-13-2009, 05:40 PM

Rock steady beardog. Hang in there bro.

Kex

10-13-2009, 06:12 PM

Robert, I've been thinking of you lately and was hoping to see you around at some point, before too long, and here you are! I hate to learn that you have worked so hard and gotten so ill just to loose your job. It doesn't seem right, somehow ... sort of anti-American.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to more positive news from you in the future. I just wish I lived up your way and I'd tell you to bring over the wifey and we'd discuss our mutual addiction with mine ... over a glass of wine, of course (doctor's orders permitting - it's my "other" addiciton). Thanks for popping in today to update us on the situation. You're one of the good'uns!

beardog03

10-13-2009, 07:32 PM

Thanks man !
I hope all is well with you and yours....

danz1906

10-13-2009, 07:41 PM

Hang in there.....Its going to get better:)

cfrizz

10-13-2009, 07:41 PM

It's great to hear from you Robert! I'm sorry you are going through such a hard time. But I agree with Doug, have your wife help you look into disability. That's what they have social workers for.

Keep a positive attitude & take care of yourself.

beardog03

10-13-2009, 07:56 PM

thanks sis !
How have you been ?

and thanks to everybody that responded...
It`s nice to have a place to come hang out with so many good folks and talk about what we love

madmax

10-13-2009, 07:57 PM

Sorry to hear about this. Lots of people have strokes and its not the end of the world, just a change in habits, different job or lifestyle etc. The important thing is to be happy no matter what gets thrown at you.
madmax

beardog03

10-13-2009, 08:11 PM

True enough

alot of guys at the hospital had it much worse than I do

jtgranby

10-13-2009, 08:16 PM

Hang in there Robert. Take those walks and do your exercises. Maybe we can have a wake up call club for you to get your day going. In my Prayers.

Jim

engtaz

10-13-2009, 08:43 PM

Glad to hear your doing better. When things are down, are music can make it better. Prayers are with you.

God Bless
Roy

dorokusai

10-13-2009, 08:46 PM

Rangers don't have strokes, you simply had a quick nap, dreamed of naked women and just happened to wake up in the hospital.

beardog03

10-13-2009, 08:48 PM

problem was , half my face stayed asleep as well as my right side !!!

Good to hear from ya Bro !!

dorokusai

10-13-2009, 08:49 PM

So basically you looked like Russ Gates?

beardog03

10-13-2009, 08:55 PM

wwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

GV#27

10-13-2009, 09:03 PM

I wish you a speedy recovery.I suffered a TIA(mini stoke) awhile back and while it was short term it was not a pleasant expierience so I can only imagine the battle you are fighting.

beardog03

10-13-2009, 09:07 PM

thanks....yeah, come Monday work is going to terminate me and my benefits....and it happened at work !

It is soooo f`n hard to just watch my career go down the crapper

danger boy

10-13-2009, 09:14 PM

can they do that? Terminate you while you are out on medical leave? I would think Labor and Industries would step in. or the AFLCIO or the CIA or FBI, or someone. :mad:

beardog03

10-13-2009, 09:17 PM

they put me on LOA , and sent me a letter saying that they were terminating me as of 10/23

I`m tryinfg to find someone to talk to about it, but not having much luck

still not driving....kant ride.....the sh^t list goes on.............

joeparaski

10-13-2009, 09:21 PM

Hang in the Bear....btw, what kind of work were you doing?

Joe

beardog03

10-13-2009, 09:22 PM

Sr. Buyer / Rental Coordinater for the Ship Yards in S.F.

superjunior

10-13-2009, 09:54 PM

hope all goes well for you Bear

Kex

10-13-2009, 10:05 PM

Hey, Robert, it sounds as though you guys up north are really getting pounded by the rain. We are right in the fire zone (Station Fire), but the rain is not too bad just yet. We were just outside the evacuation zone for the fire itself, so we don't think we'll be bothered by the rain.

Nice weather expected down here in a couple of days though, and a very nice SoCal Fall weekend afterwards.

beardog03

10-13-2009, 10:11 PM

It`s been pounding all day without a break !

front and back yards are both flooded.....as well as half the town

they just announced that we are having rolling blackouts, and to get ready for it

Kex

10-13-2009, 10:16 PM

Maybe we should all just move to Detroit, Michigan! Hey, even with the bad housing market, any California house should surely buy a Michigan house, right?! Maybe Ann Arbor would be an option, it's supposed to be almost as trendy as SFO! Any Polkies up yonder?

george daniel

10-13-2009, 10:17 PM

Good to hear from you,,take care of yourself,,and hang on to that V-12 ;)

schwarcw

10-13-2009, 10:25 PM

It's good to see you posting Robert! I'm glad you had a good day! Hang in there my friend and good luck on your recovery. We all have been thinking of you!

Thanks Jesse! For waking up the "Bear":)