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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Feb 20, 2017 - 05:38pm PT
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That would be stoopid. :)
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c wilmot
climber
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Feb 20, 2017 - 05:56pm PT
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Patrick- its unlikely people will share their struggles here. You have mentioned a loved one dealing with an illness. It's probably better to find a caregivers support group where you can talk with folks dealing with similar issues as yourself.
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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
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Feb 20, 2017 - 05:59pm PT
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^
Oh, I think the ratio is about the same as the general population. Maybe the Taco is a little healthier, if we look from a global perspective. Lots of traumatized people out there.
Actually, I think some emotional healing happens here on the Taco.
And on mountains, of course. :)
And the OP asks a pretty good question. We all struggle with something. Fear of spiders. Heights. Crowds. Open cockpit small planes. Sharks.
Just kidding about the heights. :)
feralfae
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 20, 2017 - 06:02pm PT
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Lynne, I am stupid. It is an affliction I have to live with.
Mr Stonemaster Farm Team, mental health issues on this forum? Watch out. I have been on this forum for over a decade and still have not figured it out.
Yeah C Wilmot, I have to deal with that issue, I have fought the HSE (not a good idea as advised, "Patrick if you take on the HSE you are taking on the most entrenched organisation in the Irish government") and social worker to no avail, so perhaps I am fighting the wrong people, maybe I should look in the mirror.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 20, 2017 - 06:03pm PT
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hey there say, AP...
are you still around?
is there anything we can do for your daughter...
would she like cards?
or, little extra things to help her through the week, etc...
i will try to email you, through the taco, here...
also:
patrick... hang in there...
yes, we do all have troubles...
just in different ways...
remember:
step back, and watch nature, the critters have
struggles too...
it is not always good, but we can make it
good FOR us, by our attitude, and by
whatever we can do, to-or-for SOMEONE else...
it may not be what was in your hope or dream,
but:
it just might be some of the good, that your/or our,
being HERE on this earth, can do...
try a small test, and see what you do, there, in
your area...
hope things unfold, better, down the line...
hope this helped, even if just a bit...
ps:
any of us with daughters, can sure understand this:
say, if we can DO anything, for AP--
perhaps some of us gals, can even join in...
if i hear anything, i will let you'all know...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 20, 2017 - 06:05pm PT
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hey there, say, feralfae...
wow, happy to see you this eve...
hang in there with your struggles too:
you have such wise advice, many times,
always good to see here, at the ol' taco...
:)
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 20, 2017 - 06:07pm PT
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Yeah AP, Neebee is right, is there any anything we can do? We are a team, we sometimes bicker with each other, some or most of us have never met in person (well, I haven't for many), but if nothing else, I can offer good vibes, if they are worth anything.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Feb 20, 2017 - 06:12pm PT
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"Vy can't vee chust climb?"
Struggle is part of the human condition . . . we should not take our frustrations out on our fellow humans.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 20, 2017 - 06:20pm PT
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hey there say, patrick...
it is better to share, when you are down, than to hold it in...
hang in there...
try one small step this eve, or tomorrow and perhaps
do a little surprise for one of the locals, that needs
some help...
:)
then, you can see, that YES! our lives are good for something...
we all are a quilt, and make life better for others,
if we:
sew ourself into the right SPOT in life...
you CAN DO IT...
just learn and try, and keep picking ourself up!
okay, that was the 'mommy talk' for the eve...
got to run, now...
got lots of stuff going on, around here, lately, :O
:)
edit:
wow, yes, to kalimon:
Feb 20, 2017 - 06:12pm PT
"Vy can't vee chust climb?"
Struggle is part of the human condition . . . we should not take our frustrations out on our fellow humans.
yes, we do see and learn this from those ol'critters
in nature... we got to 'keep on keeping on'...
:)
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Feb 20, 2017 - 06:24pm PT
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Patrick, I'm sorry, I was not calling you stupid....I was repeating what you said about you being stupid....and I tried (heavy on the tried) to make a joke by spelling stupid like Werner does. Alas, so much for trying to be funny.
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John M
climber
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Feb 20, 2017 - 06:29pm PT
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Patrick, you delete a lot of stuff, and you post on a lot of political threads that get deleted. You have thrown around insults. Multiple times. You have even had this conversation before. You have apologized before. This is what Russ means when he says that you have become repetitive. You get stressed. You vent. You apologize. Then you forget. And then you repeat.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Feb 20, 2017 - 06:32pm PT
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Uh Russ, I have gone through my previous posts. When have I ever written those things? Am I missing something?
Yes... you are missing all the posts you delete. I keep some posts but I'm not here to catalog your keyboard missives.
Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
I voted once. I am not dead, like some of you Trumpsettes.
So there, you effing idiot Trumpsters, no, I am not dead, not brain dead like you are.
Some of you appear to be, like the idiot who suggested us anti-trumps should leave the forum, (you know who you are are dickhead and a wanker), we are here.
I am willing to listen to reasoned discourse. But some of the sh#t flowing, I might as well contribute to being a sh#t meister.
And f*#k you Smoking Duck, you have been sucking off the tit of the US taxpayer, yeah you are damn good at SAR, you Stoopid Germ, Uh, German. And yet you keep calling us Stoopid Americans. What Werner, still holding on to your Green Card in case your fascists take back your Fatherland. Sig Heil. or Hiel or f*#k it, just because one is good at SAR, fascist are good at things.
Oh, but I am just a Stoopid American, right Deutschbagger or whatever? Werner are you or are you not an American after what, 40 plus years? Or are you the Fifth Column? Sig Heil.
(Hey Braun, my mom's side, Roths from Bavaria, 1843, Fleihmann's from Dusseldorf 1844, you from? Wankerstauff, circa 1960s/70s??? Yeah, us Stoopid Americans gave you a country) Werner punk, I had a six-match tour of Germany (San Francisco Concordia) in Summer 1986 (W2D2L2), most the lads on the team were German, lovely blokes, unlike you sourpuss. I climbed with you once sort of... Lunatic Fringe. I have lived in several countries, but would never call my hosts Stoopid, like you do us Yanks, and yes, you mean it, you have repeated it ad nauseam.
**Edit: Patrick: You are doing it now... I'm answering your question, and you are deleting and back editing your f*#king posts.**
Read this again from the previous page:
It will be a tough dig as you have a habit of jumping off the f*#kking bridge and deleting your most inflammatory rants, a tired precursor of quitting the forum for the nth time. I believe DMT had to talk you off the ledge a short while ago during a particularly inspired rant against me... mostly out of the blue I'll add.
I'm sure there are still some of your posts around and perhaps a few screenshots of your greatest hits might remain. Maybe those will jog your memory, or not, but don't try and white knight yourself with your claims. You roll in the mud with the best of them.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 20, 2017 - 07:05pm PT
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Yes Russ, and cosmic and others. I have egg on my face. There is no excuse for some of the shite I have written, and no excuse for me trying to claw back my mistakes.
I have no excuse but stupidity, and that is no excuse at all.
I hope I do not come across as contrite. I made dumb mistakes writing while my mind was not in order. Stupid me.
But my messages is still the same. If there is anybody more stupid than I am, it is Donald Trump, albeit, he is cleverer than I am. At least I admit my stupidity. And I do, and I am sincere in that. You guys have known me online for over ten years, I hope you know that when I say I am sincere, that I truly mean it. I have written some very silly things, and then I delete them because I have seen how stupid they are.
Remember the old saying, if you write a letter when you are upset or angry, put it in the drawer and read it the next day. Well, with the internet, when one hits send, it is gone, into cyberspace, you cannot claw it back. And you wonder, what the heck did I just write? Too many times I have done that and wished I could claw back... the many times I have made a fool of myself fighting the powers that be... and it seems I never learned. What an idiot I am.
My faux pas on the Taco Stand is nothing compared to the ass I have made of myself battling the HSE and social worker.
Regards
Patrick
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jonnyrig
climber
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Feb 20, 2017 - 07:07pm PT
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What's good in your life?
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 20, 2017 - 07:09pm PT
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Relax Pat, I thought it was a pretty funny rant.
Go to sleep now and you'll be OK in the morning.
lol
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Feb 20, 2017 - 07:16pm PT
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Jody...Nobody is falling for that Ted Cruz crap.. Not even Patrick...rj
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Feb 20, 2017 - 07:24pm PT
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With rants like the above one wonders if the wrong Sawyer is in the asylum.
Actually, how do we know he isn't in the rubber room?
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 20, 2017 - 07:47pm PT
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It is sort of funny, strange, weird, just ... ironic?
As a journalist I always watch what I write, I try my best to be objective, if I know it is going to print or broadcast.
But on forums, and the Taco Stand is really the only one I write to, I get... lazy? Complacent? Indifferent or the opposite? Mad and angry? An imbecile? Perhaps condescending to other posters, most who are very intelligent - come on, if you climb, you ain't dumb, oops that is being condescending - I just know that when I sit back and see what Russ has showed me, I am embarrassed.
I asked ChrisMac to delete my account, my profile, because truthfully, I cannot see what positive climbing posts at this date I can contribute to. But down the road, once I get my sh#t together, I will post again, climbing stuff.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 20, 2017 - 07:51pm PT
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No Dwain, I hope you are not alluding to me. I am sincere, whether you want to believe that is up to you.
Edit
It is all too easy to claim anything as fake news. the proper new channels slo this "due diligence", thy o, I know I have been there.
And when I write my true feelings and apologise for any mistakes, I mean it. and it dismay belief that decent honest folk would take my word for it, despite any of my admitted mistakes.
I do not appreciate somebody claiming that what I write is (where the heck is the hash tag on the keyboard, I have never ever tweeted, never)...
Okay, some regular posted a tweet hash, fake news. If you are referring to me, why?
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#FakeNews
Okay Cosmic, that was you. Are you happy now? And your background in media is...? Or ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO WIND ME UP? Really, so sad on your part. Next time try better, yes you got a response from me, so does my toilet.
Happy days.
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