Things that make me cry

[blue adept]

I know this is corny, but there are a few things that I watch or see that can make me cry, this is one.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59BZxgohr9g

[Mr Douglas]

That's a good song Blue! This ones a lot cornier, but there's something about Squidward getting hard earned poetic justice on his rival Squilliam that gets me every time. Its silly, but I can really identify with Squidward.:D-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyAXhK-f5rY

[slotz10]

I wanted to cry on this one too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqiw-Kqtlr0

[Night Owl]

From the 1980's recession

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwf3S0B5LFQ

[Mr Douglas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjMPj1HXR1A

[JohnBoy44]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnOHk2j9HDs&feature=related

[TheBigB]

http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/opinion/viewsday/onion.jpg

[ebbieday]

Talk about a tear jerker. This one has always gotten me!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxz2wQX3EvA

[NurseRita]

well...it ain't a photo, a link to youtube or a video. But what makes ME cry is the fact I got to watch each one of my precious grandchildren and great grandchild being brought into this world. As a nurse in Long Term Care it makes it especially poignant to see life beginning instead of ending.

[ebbieday]

well...it ain't a photo, a link to youtube or a video. But what makes ME cry is the fact I got to watch each one of my precious grandchildren and great grandchild being brought into this world. As a nurse in Long Term Care it makes it especially poignant to see life beginning instead of ending.

Oh yeah, that would surely do it. I hope to get that lucky one day.

[denali]

In Loving Memory of

Denali-Lab went to heaven in 2007
Dusti-Golden went to heaven in 2006

So Hard To Say Good-Bye

I had to say good-bye today
To the dearest friend I’ve known
And no one understands like me
Why my heart feels so alone
By my side to comfort me
When I wasn’t at my best
You even loved me when I’d shout
Stop being such a pest

I won’t forget the games we played
Or your favorite place to sleep
The hardest part will be coming home
And you not there at my feet
Everyday that precious face
Filled my world with gentle love
Now you’re with the
Angels up above

(Still) It’s so hard to say good-bye
Like my shadow I could count on
You to be there
So don’t mind the tears that I cry
It may take a little while to
Remember you and smile
It’s the selfish part of me that wants
You right here back with me
Yes right here by my side
It’s so hard to say goody-bye

There will be days I know
As I learn to let go
The rain in my heart’ll feel like a river
Then like a soft gentle wind
From the warmth of a friend
Instead of tears I’ll remember
You and smile

[ebbieday]

Gulp! That was tough to read, but I totally understand it. Thanks for sharing.

[JohnBoy44]

<sniff>


:bawling:

[slotz10]

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

[TheBigB]

<sniff>


:bawling:

You like Grolsch?

Figures... :beer:

[slotz10]

A nice firm behind.

[Mr Douglas]

Can't you just hear that old time cash register sound? CHING-CHING!
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c76/072764dpic/hitn.jpg

[HoosierHelen]

No...Douglas...I didn't hear the Cha..Ching. I felt Denali's heartfelt feelings.

Denali, that was a beautiful rememberence of your friend & pet. Actually, I'm saving your posting because I enjoyed it so much.

Thanks for sharing.

Helen

[NurseRita]

And Denali's poem. Thanks!!!

[james_t]

I got into digital video as a hobby back before DV camcorders and iMovie (and back before I started doing it as part of my job here) - I had a TV tuner card that allowed me to pull in video from my analog camcorder and edit it on my Mac in a program called Avid VideoShop.

I used to put together video CDs of what was going on with our family and send them out to family and friends (this was also before YouTube, Facebook, etc.). The clip here is from a video I put together not long after my dad died; the voice you hear, besides mine, is his, from a tape cassette he recorded not long before he died, about nine years ago.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tSkAZasNVo

[Mr Douglas]

No...Douglas...I didn't hear the Cha..Ching. I felt Denali's heartfelt feelings.

Denali, that was a beautiful rememberence of your friend & pet. Actually, I'm saving your posting because I enjoyed it so much.

Thanks for sharing.

Helen
Well, ....:(... as corny as my first two posts on this thread were, I actually was serious. Really. As silly as all that was, I meant it. Certain things really do hit this old ugly ******* in the gut. I hadn't read on, or accounted for the number of new postings, sadly including Denali's. I've wept for countless lost pets in my day, and when the three I take care of now finally go, and they're all old, I'm not sure I could bear losing another one, so I'll likely not have another pet.
When the onion and the Grolsch and the behinds all came out, I endeavoured to be 'funny'. I'm sure I can prohibit myself from trying to amuse myself and others with little effort, as I am laughing to keep from crying so much of the time already, and am aware of why I do that. Humor is the only peaceful defense I have in this world. I fear nobody would like my other side, and I want people to like me.

[krazetrain]

This is not about Kendallville!
Super-keen parking officer writes 60-70 tickets a day
http://www.timescolonist.com/Super+keen+Vancouver+parking+writes+tickets+daily/1330700/story.html
Retired cop nabs city parking violators at an impressive rate -- and has heard a lot of excuses
Parking enforcement officer Steve Goldie regards his work as more than simply nabbing violators. He clears parking spaces for retail customers, especially in the congested West End.

Parking enforcement officer Steve Goldie regards his work as more than simply nabbing violators. He clears parking spaces for retail customers, especially in the congested West End.
Photograph by: Jenelle Schneider, Vancouver Sun

To see all the stories in this series, our parking ticket database and an interactive parking hot-spots map, please visit Vancouversun.com/parking.

If you're parking illegally in Vancouver, you don't want to be on Steve Goldie's route.

The 59-year-old retired cop is one of the most efficient parking enforcement officers in the city, zipping around in his white Ford Focus bylaw vehicle, chalking tires and handing out tickets.

The city insists it's a myth that parking officers have quotas they have to fill each day. And they say there's no extra pay, or bonus, in store for parking officers who write the most tickets.

But that doesn't change the fact that some officers are simply more keen than others.

A typical parking officer working out of a car usually writes between 30 and 40 tickets a day.

"I like to write between 60 and 70," Goldie said.

In other words, if Goldie is working your area of town, your chances of getting a ticket are about twice as high as they would normally be.

Goldie prefers working downtown -- that's where the action is, he says -- but his route rotates around the city, so there's no surefire way of avoiding his wrath.

The only way to know if you've been stung is to check your ticket: The ones he's issued, more than 35,000 since he started in the fall of 2004, are all stamped "Officer 0301."

When a reporter and photographer met up with Goldie one recent afternoon in the West End, he was eager to start checking cars in a bunch of two-hour free-parking spots he had chalked west of Den

[HoosierHelen]

This is not about Kendallville!
Super-keen parking officer writes 60-70 tickets a day
http://www.timescolonist.com/Super+keen+Vancouver+parking+writes+tickets+daily/1330700/story.html
Retired cop nabs city parking violators at an impressive rate -- and has heard a lot of excuses
Parking enforcement officer Steve Goldie regards his work as more than simply nabbing violators. He clears parking spaces for retail customers, especially in the congested West End.

Parking enforcement officer Steve Goldie regards his work as more than simply nabbing violators. He clears parking spaces for retail customers, especially in the congested West End.
Photograph by: Jenelle Schneider, Vancouver Sun

To see all the stories in this series, our parking ticket database and an interactive parking hot-spots map, please visit Vancouversun.com/parking.

If you're parking illegally in Vancouver, you don't want to be on Steve Goldie's route.

The 59-year-old retired cop is one of the most efficient parking enforcement officers in the city, zipping around in his white Ford Focus bylaw vehicle, chalking tires and handing out tickets.

The city insists it's a myth that parking officers have quotas they have to fill each day. And they say there's no extra pay, or bonus, in store for parking officers who write the most tickets.

But that doesn't change the fact that some officers are simply more keen than others.

A typical parking officer working out of a car usually writes between 30 and 40 tickets a day.

"I like to write between 60 and 70," Goldie said.

In other words, if Goldie is working your area of town, your chances of getting a ticket are about twice as high as they would normally be.

Goldie prefers working downtown -- that's where the action is, he says -- but his route rotates around the city, so there's no surefire way of avoiding his wrath.

The only way to know if you've been stung is to check your ticket: The ones he's issued, more than 35,000 since he started in the fall of 2004, are all stamped "Officer 0301."

When a reporter and photographer met up with Goldie one recent afternoon in the West End, he was eager to start checking cars in a bunch of two-hour free-parking spots he had chalked west of Den

So...I am sincerely interested...how many parking tickets per day or week are given to downtown parkers?

[ebbieday]

I got into digital video as a hobby back before DV camcorders and iMovie (and back before I started doing it as part of my job here) - I had a TV tuner card that allowed me to pull in video from my analog camcorder and edit it on my Mac in a program called Avid VideoShop.

I used to put together video CDs of what was going on with our family and send them out to family and friends (this was also before YouTube, Facebook, etc.). The clip here is from a video I put together not long after my dad died; the voice you hear, besides mine, is his, from a tape cassette he recorded not long before he died, about nine years ago.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tSkAZasNVo

Oh my! That was tough to watch. Amazingly, your Dad looks a lot like my late Grandfather did before he lost his hair to chemo. That is a great video you put together. Thanks for sharing.

[krazetrain]

So...I am sincerely interested...how many parking tickets per day or week are given to downtown parkers?

That is a good question. We need to ask the Gestapo! I am sure that if that amount (of revenue) did not cover the expenditure of the cost of manhours, our all seeing/ all knowing administration would increase the fine amount (they did) or would cease enforcement,due to fiscal responsibility!

[blue adept]

I got into digital video as a hobby back before DV camcorders and iMovie (and back before I started doing it as part of my job here) - I had a TV tuner card that allowed me to pull in video from my analog camcorder and edit it on my Mac in a program called Avid VideoShop.

I used to put together video CDs of what was going on with our family and send them out to family and friends (this was also before YouTube, Facebook, etc.). The clip here is from a video I put together not long after my dad died; the voice you hear, besides mine, is his, from a tape cassette he recorded not long before he died, about nine years ago.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tSkAZasNVo


Well, ....:(... as corny as my first two posts on this thread were, I actually was serious. Really. As silly as all that was, I meant it. Certain things really do hit this old ugly ******* in the gut. I hadn't read on, or accounted for the number of new postings, sadly including Denali's. I've wept for countless lost pets in my day, and when the three I take care of now finally go, and they're all old, I'm not sure I could bear losing another one, so I'll likely not have another pet.
When the onion and the Grolsch and the behinds all came out, I endeavoured to be 'funny'. I'm sure I can prohibit myself from trying to amuse myself and others with little effort, as I am laughing to keep from crying so much of the time already, and am aware of why I do that. Humor is the only peaceful defense I have in this world. I fear nobody would like my other side, and I want people to like me.

When I started this, I realized that all of us have different heartstrings that can be plucked. I don't think anything here has crossed the line, and I have learned a great deal. THANKS!!!

[denali]

Well, ....:(... as corny as my first two posts on this thread were, I actually was serious. Really. As silly as all that was, I meant it. Certain things really do hit this old ugly ******* in the gut. I hadn't read on, or accounted for the number of new postings, sadly including Denali's. I've wept for countless lost pets in my day, and when the three I take care of now finally go, and they're all old, I'm not sure I could bear losing another one, so I'll likely not have another pet.
When the onion and the Grolsch and the behinds all came out, I endeavoured to be 'funny'. I'm sure I can prohibit myself from trying to amuse myself and others with little effort, as I am laughing to keep from crying so much of the time already, and am aware of why I do that. Humor is the only peaceful defense I have in this world. I fear nobody would like my other side, and I want people to like me.

Column in the Anchorage Daily News today by Craig Medred a long time columnist from the ADN, The Worst Part of Loving is Losing
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/craig_medred/story/832192.html

[Mr Douglas]

Column in the Anchorage Daily News today by Craig Medred a long time columnist from the ADN, The Worst Part of Loving is Losing
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/craig_medred/story/832192.html
That was the sad but true of it. My dog's getting pretty old, and doesn't run off too much like she used to. At first I thought it was kind of a blessing, but it's sad to know her good healthy years are pretty much spent. She gets into these narcolepsy phases lately where even sitting up, she's obviously dozing. She still dreams and yips and runs in her sleep. That used to annoy me, but now I just let her have her dreams.

[denali]

That was the sad but true of it. My dog's getting pretty old, and doesn't run off too much like she used to. At first I thought it was kind of a blessing, but it's sad to know her good healthy years are pretty much spent. She gets into these narcolepsy phases lately where even sitting up, she's obviously dozing. She still dreams and yips and runs in her sleep. That used to annoy me, but now I just let her have her dreams.

Gosh, I am a mess today, I even cried hearing about your dog.

Thank you for loving her and thank you for letting her dream, yip and run in her sleep.

I guess, when you are fighting to home animals every day and see the misery that some animals go through, it kind of makes you a mess of tears.

Thanks again.