Coward in Chief

[Mickie Lane]

A mishmash of different experiences since I came back on here Mickie. Not one particular person per se.

Not you of course. I always remember how our mothers grew up so close to each other. My Mum would have been 97 on Monday 8 Feb. Tomorrow Ricko will be 47 and Freddy will be 48. Funny how they both captained the Roosters and played Origin and Tests and are both really really really good looking and have the same birthday.

Thanks RWB. Good ol Belfield, my mum is 83 & still going strong even though she has had both her kness replaced, bowl cancer, multiple skin lesions, basil cell carcinogens & squamous cell carciogens removed plus add to that she has type 2 diabeties.

[redwhiteblue]

Thanks RWB. Good ol Belfield, my mum is 83 & still going strong even though she has had both her kness replaced, bowl cancer, multiple skin lesions, basil cell carcinogens & squamous cell carciogens removed plus add to that she has type 2 diabeties.

Oh Mickie I am so sorry to hear that your Mum has been through so much and my Mum had very similar and some of the same issues. It's amazing how resilient our mothers have been but I am pleased that your Mum is still going strong. I'll toast her along with my Mum on the weekend when I celebrate for her birthday and also Freddy and Ricko..I might make a little high tea with all the good cups and plates

[mightyrooster]

No need to thank me MR. You never should have been put in that position in the first place where you had to dig so deep to explain yourself. And neither did I to be honest in the Covid thread but sometimes we get pushed a little too far. So closed minded and stubborn to something or someone a little different and not willing to evolve or view the world with a little kindness and empathy. Too bloody scared of anyone not fitting their rigid views of what is 'normal' and 'acceptable'. As my friend Andy says, they are to be pitied and he's right. Sounds like they don't have decent people to love them and share their lives with so they lash out at others.

So true RWB. After 50 something years of beating my head against a brick wall, I feel like giving up. But I can't and I won't. It's easy to cast aspersions and judgements when you're in the majority. It's much braver and scarier to speak out when you're in the minority. Emapathy is something we should all strive for but you need to be willng to put yourself in the other person's shoes to truly understand what it is.

[Kingbilly]

As awful as these events in US are, it comes as no surprise with the acceptance of lawlessness culminating in the riots and violence last year. Kamahl a Harrass endorsed the violence then by the "BLM" terrorists that killed people and ruined businesses and communities. She will be President soon...if you thought Trump was bad...

And again the media last year swept this under the carpet, unlike now when "right wing" protestors are badged and footage and headline news maintained. Local authorities and governors took little action last year and sent the message that lawlessness and violence was acceptable behaviour.

This was always going to happen. If Trump had won the Antifa mob et al would have been rioting just as hard with less media coverage no doubt.

The US has a big law and order issue now where authority needs to be respected and even feared again, so people are motivated to not do the wrong thing.

You very close. Trump was never going to win over the BLM movement, because he is not right in the head and because it was taken over by those that despise the USA and true democracy.
Both sets of "riots" were disgraceful and its indicative of the hypocrisy that they were both not treated the same way. Harris though is nothing compared to pelosi who is an evil divisive creature who did support the crap in Seattle.,

But that does highlight the true patheticness of today's society that there is nothing close to consistency and while its easy to criticise Trump and his administration (often warranted) the same criticism and judgement is not applied to Biden and his friends Just excuses and lame justifications.

I have a number of friends who I still like and called friends but feel a bit sad for them and their infatuation with Trump

[mightyrooster]

Thanks RWB. Good ol Belfield, my mum is 83 & still going strong even though she has had both her kness replaced, bowl cancer, multiple skin lesions, basil cell carcinogens & squamous cell carciogens removed plus add to that she has type 2 diabeties.

Your mum has done well to beat bowel cancer Mickie. That’s what eventually got my Mum. She had an operation to remove the tumour but it still managed to spread to her bloodstream and get to her lungs, lymph nodes and eventually brain. It’s a hideous disease cancer but with bowel cancer you can help yourself if you get it treated ASAP, which unfortunately wasn’t the case with my Mum.

And RWB hope you had a lovely day thinking beautiful memories of your Mum on her birthday. It would of been Mum’s birthday next month, the first one since she passed, so it’s going to be hard.

[Kingbilly]

This is really what counts in the world, stuff about your parents especially our mothers.
Mine turned 80 a few weeks ago and is going strong.

[redwhiteblue]

This is really what counts in the world, stuff about your parents especially our mothers.
Mine turned 80 a few weeks ago and is going strong.

Good Morning KB and agree wholeheartedly. Quite few people close to me have lost their mothers in the past 12 months and I'd love to say it gets easier but it doesn't really. That said I do have dreams of mine quite often including last night so I know mine is still with me. Glad your mother is still in excellent health.

[redwhiteblue]

Your mum has done well to beat bowel cancer Mickie. That’s what eventually got my Mum. She had an operation to remove the tumour but it still managed to spread to her bloodstream and get to her lungs, lymph nodes and eventually brain. It’s a hideous disease cancer but with bowel cancer you can help yourself if you get it treated ASAP, which unfortunately wasn’t the case with my Mum.

And RWB hope you had a lovely day thinking beautiful memories of your Mum on her birthday. It would of been Mum’s birthday next month, the first one since she passed, so it’s going to be hard.

Good Morning MR. Thanks so much for your good wishes and my Mum had her bowel cancer dealt with pretty swiftly years ago but it was the diabetes and heart attack in November 2005 that ultimately caused her passing in June 2006. We did try and keep our sense of humour right up until the end, even when she had broken the same bones as Madonna had in August 2005 when she had fallen from her horse when she was living in England. I said to Mum that why do you always have to do what Madonna does?

I hope next month won't be too difficult for you MR. I still celebrate my parents birthdays every year in some way.

[redwhiteblue]

So true RWB. After 50 something years of beating my head against a brick wall, I feel like giving up. But I can't and I won't. It's easy to cast aspersions and judgements when you're in the majority. It's much braver and scarier to speak out when you're in the minority. Emapathy is something we should all strive for but you need to be willng to put yourself in the other person's shoes to truly understand what it is.

LOL. I just got moved into a more senior position at work along with some other of my colleagues even though I didn't go past year ten at school and one of them introduced me to the 'bang head against wall' emoji. It's on high usage at the moment in our team.

Oh and if I had a dollar for every whinge on here about cancel culture, I could afford to move down the road to Point Piper and go live next to Mr Turnbull so we could have a natter over the back fence about the Roosters. Who cares what's been cancelled? There are so many fantastic new and fresh TV shows etc to watch so why get stuck in the past? You would think some on here were collecting royalty cheques from that outdated and tired nonsense, with all the whinging and handwringing going on.

[Mickie Lane]

RWB my mums birthday isn’t till June when she turns 84.

[Mickie Lane]

Your mum has done well to beat bowel cancer Mickie. That’s what eventually got my Mum. She had an operation to remove the tumour but it still managed to spread to her bloodstream and get to her lungs, lymph nodes and eventually brain. It’s a hideous disease cancer but with bowel cancer you can help yourself if you get it treated ASAP, which unfortunately wasn’t the case with my Mum.

And RWB hope you had a lovely day thinking beautiful memories of your Mum on her birthday. It would of been Mum’s birthday next month, the first one since she passed, so it’s going to be hard.

Hi Mightyrooster
Im sorry to hear that about your mum.
My mum had to have a colostomy bag for 6 months post op which was terrible for her & due to having a section of her large bowel removed the ol number 2’s have been a nightmare for her ever since, she can’t go away or anything. And just to make things even tougher for her she has a anal fistula which can’t be operated on because it’s to big a operation for her at this stage of her life.
Anyway she still keeps an eye on the Chooks & her favorite player is Daniel Tupou

[mightyrooster]

LOL. I just got moved into a more senior position at work along with some other of my colleagues even though I didn't go past year ten at school and one of them introduced me to the 'bang head against wall' emoji. It's on high usage at the moment in our team.

Oh and if I had a dollar for every whinge on here about cancel culture, I could afford to move down the road to Point Piper and go live next to Mr Turnbull so we could have a natter over the back fence about the Roosters. Who cares what's been cancelled? There are so many fantastic new and fresh TV shows etc to watch so why get stuck in the past? You would think some on here were collecting royalty cheques from that outdated and tired nonsense, with all the whinging and handwringing going on.

You know what, I had never even heard the term cancel culture until I saw it used on here yesterday. And who came up with ‘woke’? I had to look up both terms on google so as to enlighten me. Maybe I’m just getting old.

[mightyrooster]

Hi Mightyrooster
Im sorry to hear that about your mum.
My mum had to have a colostomy bag for 6 months post op which was terrible for her & due to having a section of her large bowel removed the ol number 2’s have been a nightmare for her ever since, she can’t go away or anything. And just to make things even tougher for her she has a anal fistula which can’t be operated on because it’s to big a operation for her at this stage of her life.
Anyway she still keeps an eye on the Chooks & her favorite player is Daniel Tupou

Thanks Mickie. Yeah my Mum went through all that, the big operation, part of the bowel removed, bag, reversal of bag operation. Then months of chemo, but the cancer had spread so it must have already escaped to her bloodstream despite all that. So glad your Mum has beaten it and hopefully her other issue won’t cause her too much trouble.

[mightyrooster]

Good Morning MR. Thanks so much for your good wishes and my Mum had her bowel cancer dealt with pretty swiftly years ago but it was the diabetes and heart attack in November 2005 that ultimately caused her passing in June 2006. We did try and keep our sense of humour right up until the end, even when she had broken the same bones as Madonna had in August 2005 when she had fallen from her horse when she was living in England. I said to Mum that why do you always have to do what Madonna does?

I hope next month won't be too difficult for you MR. I still celebrate my parents birthdays every year in some way.

They will always be with us and no one can ever take those special memories away from us.

[redwhiteblue]

You know what, I had never even heard the term cancel culture until I saw it used on here yesterday. And who came up with ‘woke’? I had to look up both terms on google so as to enlighten me. Maybe I’m just getting old.

No we aren't old MR. We are just wired differently ie didn't need to be told that it's actually not ok to be racist. I watched the documentary on BB King recently and it showed how once his tour bus had bullets fired at it by some small town folk who didn't like a bus load of black people stopping off to refuel. One of the bullets narrowly missed him and the rest of his entourage. Then I watched the one on Nat King Cole and how he had moved into a certain neighbourhood which upset the ladies particularly but ironically they all had his albums in their collections but just didn't want him living on their street. One of them relented and asked him to come and play piano for one of her soirees and was mortified when Nat sent her the bill for his services a few days later..she though he could work for free for her even though by that stage he had his own TV show too.