Jerry Doe
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My 81 yr old dad who I loved dearly has been ill for sometime -cancer. I thought he might make it, but things took a dive for the worse a few weeks ago. He had tubes all in him and could hardly breathe. They took 4 liters of fluids out of his lungs last week. He was in pain.
I live in Colorado as most of you know. His wife (step mom) does not know how to manage the money and needs help with all, I promised my dad I would make sure she is ok. He died on Friday night, she is in a terrible mess as am I. He was in hospital for nearly 2 weeks. They called her into hospital for the first time Friday, as she was not allowed in Ipswich hospital U.K,(Covid) they put them in a private room and he died in her arms, I had not slept all week due to the poor mans discomfort. So yesterday morning in Colorado, I read they are starting mandatory 2 week quarantine at U.K. borders. I had to be in England before Monday. I got up yesterday, got a flight to London via Chicago. Rented a car, London, and I am now in Suffolk, U.K. I have to make funeral arrangements, sort out finances and make sure she is comfortable, before they lock the US border so I can get home, before next wave of this. I always told my dad I would be here in England with him if anything like this happens. They did a liver biopsy Thursday and I could not make it for him, but I talked to him all last week while he could still get words out. At least I am here now! So yeah I have not had a fun week and its not going to get any better. All this during covid crap.
So when I see political, racist, or nasty comments going on here, (Or trolling that nature) it really has been pissing me off, because I am tired and already pissed off and upset. Please try to be civil, respect others, take care of family and get the bikes out on the road before you grow too old. It happens quickly.
I suppose I could shut down the pub forum, but if I do then this will happen in the Norton Forums, like it used to. One of the problems is Les and I don’t always catch these posts until it’s too late. So when I get home I will be implementing a reporting mechanism so anyone can flag a post for us to review and we will lock or delete as needed.
Please can you guys monitor yourselves for a week while I go though this, If you are going to post something, that could even slightly piss someone off don’t do it.
Try to enjoy life and be positive and respectful to others when you can. Life is much better that way and you will live longer and ride motorcycles longer. Enjoy while you can,
ok I am done now,
Jerry
I live in Colorado as most of you know. His wife (step mom) does not know how to manage the money and needs help with all, I promised my dad I would make sure she is ok. He died on Friday night, she is in a terrible mess as am I. He was in hospital for nearly 2 weeks. They called her into hospital for the first time Friday, as she was not allowed in Ipswich hospital U.K,(Covid) they put them in a private room and he died in her arms, I had not slept all week due to the poor mans discomfort. So yesterday morning in Colorado, I read they are starting mandatory 2 week quarantine at U.K. borders. I had to be in England before Monday. I got up yesterday, got a flight to London via Chicago. Rented a car, London, and I am now in Suffolk, U.K. I have to make funeral arrangements, sort out finances and make sure she is comfortable, before they lock the US border so I can get home, before next wave of this. I always told my dad I would be here in England with him if anything like this happens. They did a liver biopsy Thursday and I could not make it for him, but I talked to him all last week while he could still get words out. At least I am here now! So yeah I have not had a fun week and its not going to get any better. All this during covid crap.
So when I see political, racist, or nasty comments going on here, (Or trolling that nature) it really has been pissing me off, because I am tired and already pissed off and upset. Please try to be civil, respect others, take care of family and get the bikes out on the road before you grow too old. It happens quickly.
I suppose I could shut down the pub forum, but if I do then this will happen in the Norton Forums, like it used to. One of the problems is Les and I don’t always catch these posts until it’s too late. So when I get home I will be implementing a reporting mechanism so anyone can flag a post for us to review and we will lock or delete as needed.
Please can you guys monitor yourselves for a week while I go though this, If you are going to post something, that could even slightly piss someone off don’t do it.
Try to enjoy life and be positive and respectful to others when you can. Life is much better that way and you will live longer and ride motorcycles longer. Enjoy while you can,
ok I am done now,
Jerry
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