|   To my friends.......... | Stine
Jan 30, 2002 12:55 PM | | This is for you. Take a minute or two...
http://www.dailymotivator.com/memberflash/rightnow.html
Stine (trying very hard to sink it in) |
| I should give you my mom's email addy..... | celly
Jan 30, 2002 1:13 PM | | She sends stuff like that to me all the time. I usually just hit "delete". I guess I'm just not a good person, but you already knew that. ;-)
To be honest, I was waiting for a punchline! Some nice biking opportunities in some of those scenes, though.
Whatever works for ya, Stiner. More power to you.
celly |
| I never doubted your manhood... | Bikebreath
Jan 30, 2002 1:42 PM | | ...and now it's clear you are manly.
I had one date with a gal that full up my email box with stuff like that. Too girly for me. That site is sooooooo, sooooooo feminine. And that's fine, it's just that I can feel somebody with thick perfume hugging me when I see stuff like that. Heck, I'm not into baseball or football, but I'm not into that super girly stuff either.
So give me a kiss, big boy!
Bb, [ I'm into silly. ] |
| Uhhh guys ... | IF Fanatic
Jan 30, 2002 2:00 PM | | People deal with problems in different ways. If you don't know why this was posted, then check out the facts before you make fun.
IFFY |
| That's ok IFFY.... not their fault.... | Stine
Jan 30, 2002 2:05 PM | | Not really like me to post stuff like that myself. And they probably didn't see my previous post about the big "D".
No harm done. |
| Totally missed that myself... | Fast Eddy
Jan 30, 2002 2:15 PM | | ...and now that I dug it out and re-read it, read this story about a selfless man who recently rescued a lone, wounded golden eagle. There's hope.
I skipped the original eagle thread, and thus the other stuff, but I remembered the title of the thread, and this article made me think of you.
On another note, I'm think the picture with the sand, sea and rocks was taken in Jenner, CA. |
| Thanks Fast Eddy... | Stine
Jan 30, 2002 2:28 PM | | As I read that some things popped out at me. I feel like that wounded eagle. The coat thrown around me to save me = my friends.
The clipped wing = my deep hurt right now.
Even the name they gave it had meaning. "Dorian" was the name of my 18 year old kitty who died not too long ago.
Dorian the eagle will be fine and fly free again.
So will I. |
| What post about the "D" ? | BrokenBones?
Jan 30, 2002 2:53 PM | | ... |
| what the hell..... | Stine
Jan 30, 2002 2:57 PM | | everyone might as well know.
It was posted under my Bald Eagle post:
http://forums13.consumerreview.com/crforum?50@@.eeaad46/2
Read where I thanked everyone for their replies. |
| Don't know the circumstances......... | BrokenBones?
Jan 30, 2002 3:10 PM | | I have not met you or Opher, almost did when I rode with Steve-O downtown. I wish the best to both of you, no matter what ends up happening. No great words of inspiration from me, I struggle on a daily basis, so you are not alone.
Rob Good Luck |
| D as in "DH" ... Stine is going full blown DH !!! | Nick
Jan 30, 2002 3:09 PM | | hang on tight.
Nick |
| This is WAY scaryer than any downhill I've been afraid of.. | Stine
Jan 30, 2002 3:43 PM | | I'll remember that next time I get scared at Palos.
Stine (could not find the word scaryer in the dictionary...so shoot me if I spelled it wrong.)
:P |
| DH technique.... | JimC
Jan 30, 2002 4:03 PM | | focus way out front. Plan ahead and know the course. Stay loose. If you come unseated, shoulder roll, get up and get back on,, accelerate and refocus. Feel the ride, revel in the excitement, try a grin. Let out a yell, ok, 2!
Do it right, and you're a winnner!
Plan B: when the world hands you lemons, make the biggest pitcher of Margies on earth! FAQ the lemonade.
Jim (hmn, sudden wish for a margi-rita!) |
| haha | Stine
Jan 30, 2002 4:06 PM | | That has got to be the best advice for a scared downhiller I've ever heard. Think I'll write it down and memorize it.
Ya know, for someone that doesn't drink much at all, that is sounding pretty darn good right now Jim. |
| Bang! Sorry, couldn't resist. MSTurd says, "Scarier". | Fast Eddy
Jan 30, 2002 5:09 PM | | And I think JimC was giving divorce advice as much as DH advice. Read it again. |
| I know! | Stine
Jan 30, 2002 5:43 PM | | It's PERFECT advice for either!
I love it, and I printed it out in red and it's taped right on the front of my computer so I can read it often. |
| Had no idea what you were going through, Stine...... | celly
Jan 30, 2002 5:59 PM | | Spike just filled me in before I saw the followups just now. Really sorry to hear. I probably would have replied the same way even if I knew. You know me. ;-)
Hang in there, girl.
celly. |
| ya.. I know you | Stine
Jan 30, 2002 6:05 PM | | don't ever change.
(I wouldn't know you!)
Thanks. |
| Wasn't that a Van Halen song? | Painter
Jan 30, 2002 2:05 PM | | Late '90s, world-we-live-in kind of thing?
I kept waiting for something to happen, too. It was a little anti-climactic when it ended.
This did strike me as a good example of how dangerous Flash can be in the wrong hands, however.
I think you're right, Celly. Whatever gets you through the day.
P |
| I enjoyed it. | Rev Bubba
Jan 31, 2002 5:14 AM | | Kept waiting for the boss to walk by and see it, but, hey, that's life. |
| Because I'm good enuf, smart enuf, and dogon it, people like me | Denise
Jan 30, 2002 1:27 PM | | Actually, thanks, that was pretty sweet. I might sign up for their daily motivational emails. |
| JimmyWantsToBeCalledDeniseNow (nm) | cg
Jan 30, 2002 1:42 PM | | |
| You'll survive. Probably too stubborn not to... | Twilight Error®
Jan 30, 2002 2:34 PM | | The pics are quite nice but the text is too sugary sweet - my teeth hurt just reading that. Thanks for sharing it.
As far as I'm concerned, you can post that stuff all you want - you've got a long road ahead, one I hope to never travel, and if it gets you through whats ahead... |
| Wow, made me grit my teeth too............... | BrokenBones?
Jan 30, 2002 2:51 PM | | I agree whatever makes your life here better do it.
Rob(thats why I ride, took me a long time to be where I am, and right now it ain't to bad a place) |
| thanks stine!! | fireboy
Jan 30, 2002 2:55 PM | | nm
terry |
| Deep breath, Stine... | Lucky
Jan 30, 2002 3:08 PM | | It's the end of one chapter in your life, but the beginning of another. I'm actually starting through the same process myself, though I think my circumstances are a bit different. There was no surprise in my case. Don't be afraid to seek some help dealing with all the emotions.
Activities (mandatory mtb reference ;-p ) with friends definitely help. Hang in there!
Kathy (email above is correct - just take out SPAMJAM) |
| re: To my friends.......... | JimC
Jan 30, 2002 3:34 PM | | still have the pictures I took in zackly the same circumstance. In 1975, about 100 years ago. In retrospect, you'll see it as an opportunity. Just sit back and enjoy all the virutal hugs coming your way. I always knew this place is major support, and has little to do with biking, if anything. (don the asbestos, heheh)
You know where we are. Jim |
| wich ROACH made... | Stine
Jan 30, 2002 3:39 PM | | heart armour. I should have had it on.
Thanks Jim. |
| (wich= wish) nm | Stine
Jan 30, 2002 3:45 PM | | nm |
| Hey Stine... | ®andyA
Jan 30, 2002 3:49 PM | | ... that was a good one. I get a lot of those from friends of mine from my church parish. These are always nice to get and read.
Thanks.
Randy --> ...I may not be your friend... but maybe I can be a "virtual" one. :-) |
| Very Zen | Howeler
Jan 30, 2002 3:53 PM | | This is what Zen is all about. The here and now is the only thing that matters. All else is simply an illusion. 'cept for shredding some sweet singletrack.
Viewing this was great - as I've been through the Sh!t mill the last couple months. A good reminder.
Peace Bro |
| This fit my bill-o-fare tonight | M-U-M
Jan 30, 2002 4:55 PM | | Had a nice message on the machine when I got home today. All is AOK from my last *check-them-puppies-out* exam. I can offically start planning six months in advance instead of three. I just might be convinced to ride a FS yet! |
| Your e-addy is a no-go from here | M-U-M
Jan 30, 2002 6:32 PM | | Please update, or I might just have to resort to using that Marco guy to get your attention. 8) |
| Mine? But I got your e-mail and replied (?) | Stine
Jan 30, 2002 6:36 PM | | btw.... congrats on the good news with the tests.
stinemtbr@hotmail......com (remove a few dots) |
| DOH - thanks | M-U-M
Jan 31, 2002 4:33 AM | | Left out a letter. Keep in touch. 8) |
| Awesome! | hfly
Jan 30, 2002 6:55 PM | | Thanks for the link. I loved it!
hfly |
| Thanks, Stine | Yeti girl
Jan 30, 2002 7:37 PM | | Beautiful reminders; thanks for sharing them. |
| was that a Van Halen video??? | Beaulieu
Jan 30, 2002 10:35 PM | | looked like it... |
| I kept waiting for the punchline.... | Kendog
Jan 31, 2002 6:43 AM | | but there wasn't one. |
| ooops...sorry | kendog
Jan 31, 2002 7:01 AM | | I didn't realize what the real issue was until I read the thread above and went to the eagle link. How old are your kids? My folks almost got divorced when I went to college (I was the youngest). I talked with my dad and I guess I talked him out of it. It was probably the best decision he ever made. During the five years I was in college his business failed and he ended up in some pretty serious legal troubles that culminated in about 1 year in a minimum security federal prison. My mom stood by him through the whole ordeal. His business partner was not so lucky -his wife took off. Shortly after my dad got out of prison he was diagnosed with a stage 3 malignant brain tumour. He died six-months later. My mom was at his side throughout the illness and after. Needless to say the whole deal made me made at the government and mad at god, but every silver cloud does have a silver lining. Even though he lost his freedom and lost his life the one thing he always had was my mom.
So what's the moral of this story? Well, it's not over 'til it's over, and don't make rash decisions. Sometimes what you think you want isn't what's best for you. Let your husband read this. Maybe it'll help, maybe it won't. If it does, good, but if it doesn't maybe it's for the best. |
| ooops...sorry | kendog
Jan 31, 2002 7:03 AM | | I didn't realize what the real issue was until I read the thread above and went to the eagle link. How old are your kids? My folks almost got divorced when I went to college (I was the youngest). I talked with my dad and I guess I talked him out of it. It was probably the best decision he ever made. During the five years I was in college his business failed and he ended up in some pretty serious legal troubles that culminated in about 1 year in a minimum security federal prison. My mom stood by him through the whole ordeal. His business partner was not so lucky -his wife took off. Shortly after my dad got out of prison he was diagnosed with a stage 3 malignant brain tumour. He died six-months later. My mom was at his side throughout the illness and after. Needless to say the whole deal made me mad at the government and mad at god, but every cloud does have a silver lining. Even though he lost his freedom and lost his life the one thing he always had was my mom.
So what's the moral of this story? Well, it's not over 'til it's over, and don't make rash decisions. Sometimes what you think you want isn't what's best for you. Let your husband read this. Maybe it'll help, maybe it won't. If it does, good, but if it doesn't maybe it's for the best. |
| Read this one...couple of typos in the other. | kendog
Jan 31, 2002 7:04 AM | | nm |
| luckily we have no children..... | Stine
Jan 31, 2002 7:48 AM | | Lucky that we don't have children to damage by this. But I sometimes wish we did... I wouldn't feel so alone.
Having so many friends caring about me is filling that void pretty well. I have had so much support. I've been lucky in that respect.
I am sorry about your Dad. How horrible. But it sounds like your mom stuck by him just like my Dad did in the years before my mom died from alcholic complications. What a nightmare that was, and I can't believe to this day that he stuck by her. But, I think it was his generations beliefs of stead-fastness..."for better or worse" ya know?
There was no way he would leave her. No matter how miserable he was.
he passed away 6 months after she did. That was about 12 years ago.
Christopher may be lurking. Don't know. Don't care.
Seems nothing anyone can say will sway his decision.
So let's get on with it.
I need to try my best to take what comes and make the best out of it.
Thanks for spilling your personal guts. It helps so much that almost total strangers care enough to open up and share what is so personal. |
| "Damaged" Children? | celly
Jan 31, 2002 7:57 AM | | My parents got divorced when I was in high school. I have 2 younger brothers as well. I wish my folks got divorced MUCH earlier than they did. Divorce was the best thing that could have happened to my parents. They never got along and the divorce set them both free to pursue better relationships. Was good for everyone involved. It also made me and both my brothers much more realistic about relationships. Damage? I don't see it.
Look for the silver lining, Stine. It's out there. You'll probably look back in a few years and realize this is all for the best. |
| I, unfortunately, have. | Twilight Error®
Jan 31, 2002 3:48 PM | | But not to me - my parents are still together.
When I was still in grammar school, the parents of one of my best friends divorced. It was a messy affair, everyone in the neighborhood could hear 'em fighting in the evenings... During the split, he lived with his mother and shuttled between them every weekend. By High School, he'd gotten into drugs and was arrested several times. As far as I know, he's in prison for cocane posession.
Would he have gone in that direction had the divorce not happened? I can't say for sure, but he certainly did change after the split. |
| re: To my friends.......... | the freeak
Jan 31, 2002 9:03 AM | | While I have never met any of the people on the board personally I do feel attuned to all of thier feelings . Having never been on the receiving end of such a huge blow to my person; I can only offer you these words of advice :This too shall pass .
One way or another you WILL get through this! Just remember there are
MANY others out there , on this very board I'm sure , who are in or have been through this very same emotional kick in the teeth .
Having only read your posts I get the feeling you are a stronger person than you may think ... Just remember we are all here in your support .. (ironically enough ) the freeak A.K.A. chris
P.S. Getting out and breathing in nature is my best remedy to all problems ... keep looking for more eagles. |
| "This too shall pass"..... how ironic you said that | Stine
Jan 31, 2002 9:59 AM | | My Dad used to say that to me in other low times of my life.
It is one of my favorite sayings.
I have said it over and over to myself the last few days.
I am getting more support than I can handle! Didn't realize just how many people honestly cared.
I'm thinking on a handle change. I'm feeling much like a baby eagle these days. Trying to grow some damn wings and afraid to fly for the first time in this new life.
How about, "Eaglet"
hmmm.... dunno. I've been "Stine" for so long, nothing sounds right.
ahhhh some things should never change I guess.
Thanks for your words. |
| no problem | the freeak
Feb 1, 2002 6:27 PM | | I dont think changing your handle is necessary ... you are YOU starting a new part of your life only modifies the you that already exists ( the one we here all know ) so you not doing yourself any justice ( did that make sense?) I'm going out on a limb here but HE changed the direction of your realtionship not you. Dont change you on his account ... hope this helps .. the freeak |
| Thank You..... | Topher
Jan 31, 2002 10:41 AM | | This post came at the right time for me. I had some terrible news last week as well. The news came on the anniversary of another tragic loss in my life. I am sorry for what you have to go through. It will get better.
Thank you for your post.
Chris |
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