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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 18 2011, 09:47 AM (218 Views) | |
| RosemaryTwo | Apr 18 2011, 09:47 AM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I heard on the radio today that a house near me burned to the ground. I heard the street name and knew what house it was. ... On one of the prettiest streets in my neighborhood sat a house that resembled a log cabin. It sat on several acres of land and I drove by it almost every day for a decade. You could see the condition of the house gradually decline. Still, a faithful golden retriever sat in the driveway every day, watching cars go by. The house went for sale about a year ago and never sold. I imagined an older couple living there and the house needing more work than most buyers can accept. Saturday night it caught on fire. I drove by today -- no house. Just yellow tape and ashes. The news says the remains of an elderly woman were found -- the husband died about a year ago. No word on the dog. I never met the family yet I feel like I knew them. Just so sad. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| Frank_W | Apr 18 2011, 09:49 AM Post #2 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| ivorythumper | Apr 18 2011, 09:53 AM Post #3 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Very sad. |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| RosemaryTwo | Apr 18 2011, 09:56 AM Post #4 |
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| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| RosemaryTwo | Apr 18 2011, 09:58 AM Post #5 |
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| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| jodi | Apr 18 2011, 10:02 AM Post #6 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Oh wow.
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Jodimy artlog ~ todayatmydesk.weebly.com | |
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| Mark | Apr 18 2011, 10:21 AM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| carl m | Apr 18 2011, 10:22 AM Post #8 |
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Terrible news. Especially the elderly lady. A bad way to go. |
| Everyone makes mistakes. I'm bound to do so myself eventually. | |
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| brenda | Apr 18 2011, 11:35 AM Post #9 |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| Luke's Dad | Apr 18 2011, 11:38 AM Post #10 |
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So sad. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| Kincaid | Apr 18 2011, 12:14 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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That is awful. We had a house burn down in our neighborhood killing a family of three. The young daughter had some kind of mental issues as once in awhile we'd see the mother trying to catch up with the daughter running down the block. The house burned down about 20 years ago and despite being in a pretty crowded neighborhood, no one has ever rebuilt there. It still has a temporary chain link fence around the site even today. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| apple | Apr 18 2011, 01:33 PM Post #12 |
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one of the angels
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that is sad |
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| RosemaryTwo | Apr 19 2011, 12:03 PM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The dog died with the old woman. Of course he did. Could this get sadder? I have the urge to try to reach back in time and warn them. The image of that happy dog on the driveway will haunt me. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| Frank_W | Apr 19 2011, 12:07 PM Post #14 |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Dewey | Apr 19 2011, 12:09 PM Post #15 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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There just aren't words for some kinds of sadness. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| kluurs | Apr 19 2011, 12:35 PM Post #16 |
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remember that you are dust and unto dust you shall return... We are all "young" and in varying degrees of "alive" - but there will come a day... |
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Sad..
Oh wow.
Jodi



6:27 AM Jul 11