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MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
Wed Jan 1, 2014, 08:30 PM Jan 2014

HAPPY NEW YEARS FROM MFM posted by kali

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Considering what a garumphing collumphing farrump I am IRL, I can tell you how difficult it is to find a BEST friend
long term like like Kali.

I can not imagine my life without her in it.
Kali... deal with that AND... since I know
that won't be strong enough.. ... ... STFU
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.."STFU" always gets the most interesting/fun responses from Kali.
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Though I am always trumped by #10
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HAPPY NEW YEARS FROM MFM posted by kali (Original Post) MiddleFingerMom Jan 2014 OP
I want to marry MFM. NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #1
I like how you two take turns... pacalo Jan 2014 #6
My dear MiddleFingerMom! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2014 #2
I hope 2014 is the year you get out, and stay out of the hospital. panader0 Jan 2014 #3
Cheers to both Kali and MFM. applegrove Jan 2014 #4
^^what applegrove said^^ irisblue Jan 2014 #7
hippy nude yore struggle4progress Jan 2014 #5
oh this from the mighty GLS Kali Jan 2014 #8
His last post, through Kali, to wish us all a Happy New Year. NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #9
that is some kind of typo Kali Jan 2014 #13
Wow, I'm glad you explained about that, Kali, that he posted. NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #14
I wondered that too. nolabear Jan 2014 #15
I suck at woo Kali Jan 2014 #18
he may have known, I am not sure Kali Jan 2014 #16
Don't feel bad, it couldn't be helped, and vibes are always, always, good things to send. NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #19
Kali you have my respect and affection. Thanks for seeing him off for us. nolabear Jan 2014 #21
oh hell yes Kali Jan 2014 #24
No Kali I think you DID get through... Locut0s Jan 2014 #23
it was a fast decision to post as I left... Kali Jan 2014 #25
Good on you Kali. panader0 Jan 2014 #26
Sometimes special people enter our lives for reasons unknown, PRETZEL Jan 2014 #27
oh and the number ten... Kali Jan 2014 #17
OUCH! NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #20
LOL Kali! Remind me to tell you about my experiences with bears. nolabear Jan 2014 #22
. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #10
rest in peace alato Jan 2014 #11
oh………. Happy New Year to you too, MFM…... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #12
What a beautiful farewell warrprayer Jan 2014 #28
You were a wonderful Worried senior Jan 2014 #29
he will be missed. nt awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #30
K&R angstlessk Jan 2014 #31
miss your posts you big doofus Kali Feb 2014 #32
~ antiquie Feb 2014 #33
Kali, Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #39
Could this be the new Thread that never dies? LynneSin Feb 2014 #34
A little bit longer SCantiGOP Feb 2014 #35
kick Phentex Mar 2014 #52
Does it work ? /nt jakeXT Sep 2015 #55
I don't think so... Phentex Sep 2015 #56
MFM is probably reading DU anyway from somewhere.../nt jakeXT Sep 2015 #57
Sometimes I wonder what his responses would be... Phentex Sep 2015 #58
Some hair jokes probably jakeXT Oct 2015 #59
The garumphing collumphing farrump is very much Autumn Feb 2014 #36
I miss you big guy. redwitch Feb 2014 #37
*kick* Raine1967 Feb 2014 #38
Wish You Were Here. nolabear Feb 2014 #40
Kicking. nt NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #41
MFM, I didn't know you. But according to your friends and loved ones... Shampoobra Feb 2014 #42
^^^ yup, what he said Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #44
Big guy you have a place in all of us, somewhere around the funnybone or applegrove Feb 2014 #43
Here's a Heart MFM. Sissyk Feb 2014 #45
A heart for MFM. What a lovely way to remember him ... sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #46
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY to middle finger mom trueblue2007 Feb 2014 #47
Valentine's Day kick. nt hay rick Feb 2014 #48
Kick and one_voice Feb 2014 #49
Kick and pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #50
MFM I will love and miss you always Skittles Feb 2014 #51
. Kali Jan 2015 #53
Guess what.here it is a year later and we can STILL give hearts to MFM.... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #54

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,308 posts)
2. My dear MiddleFingerMom!
Wed Jan 1, 2014, 08:44 PM
Jan 2014

You are very lucky to have such a loyal friend in Kali. She cares, truly cares, about you.

Your friendship with her and hers with you benefits all of us...

Happy New Year!

Kali

(54,990 posts)
8. oh this from the mighty GLS
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 11:02 PM
Jan 2014

Last edited Thu Jan 2, 2014, 11:48 PM - Edit history (1)








not only should you be nervous about #10s but I know a bizarre snack treat you begged me to bring and I have a photo to prove it. mwahahahahahaha!


edit to add a teaser

Kali

(54,990 posts)
13. that is some kind of typo
Thu Jan 9, 2014, 11:28 PM
Jan 2014

I have been trying to figure out what he meant since he wrote it - I did NOT post the OP, it was from him and he wrote it on NY's DAY, I had seen him the evening before...

I AM very...emotional? touched, sad, honored? about the fact that his last post was about that visit and sort of to me, though.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
14. Wow, I'm glad you explained about that, Kali, that he posted.
Thu Jan 9, 2014, 11:34 PM
Jan 2014

Damn.

Could it be that he knew his time was running out, and that he really did want to honor you in a loving and typical, for him, way?

Maybe even dedicating his last post about the love and gratitude he felt?

Thank you SO much for helping us have more of him, and giving of yourself like that, for him.

So sorry, though.



ETA, what do you suppose he meant by "number 10"?

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nolabear

(41,915 posts)
15. I wondered that too.
Thu Jan 9, 2014, 11:39 PM
Jan 2014

It's woo as hell, but...tomorrow is the 10th. I know, but wouldn't it be nice if he could?

Kali

(54,990 posts)
16. he may have known, I am not sure
Thu Jan 9, 2014, 11:52 PM
Jan 2014

he was very down and even said he thought he might be going, back when I saw him xmas eve, but then he really picked back up and seemed to making a comeback. New Year's Eve he was pretty upbeat but worried he couldn't hack the rehab regimen at the new (old) place. Next thing I knew Monday night, they moved him out of the rehab place to the nearby hospital. That was the last time I talked to him. He even laughed about the corn cob joke. Then Tuesday they called and moved him again to UMC, they thought they might be going to have to remove his pacemaker as it was the source of a bad infection they could not get rid of, but he was too sick for that and they called this morning to ask if I wanted to be with him. Of course I went. He went pretty fast after I got there, and he was not suffering long. He had beautiful people at UMC making sure he was comfortable and treating him with respect and dignity. That is why he liked that hospital. Circles of three years ago when Gabby Giffords was taken there.

I am so sorry the post I started this morning was misleading. I couldn't write what was imminent and I thought using "light" instead of "vibes" would be a good hint, but I was wrong. I felt so bad when I got back and saw that everybody was still hopeful.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
19. Don't feel bad, it couldn't be helped, and vibes are always, always, good things to send.
Thu Jan 9, 2014, 11:58 PM
Jan 2014

And we all know, sometime, each one of us, we have to go.

I used to tell my mom, "just not today", but her day finally came.

I'm so glad he had good care and I'll bet he kept hospital staff in stitches.

He left us with so many smiles and laughs, and now a bit of a mystery.

Again, thanks forever for what you did for him and for us.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
21. Kali you have my respect and affection. Thanks for seeing him off for us.
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 12:11 AM
Jan 2014

No human being should die alone. Thanks to you, and through your kindness, us, he wasn't alone.

I hope he leaves his pants at the Pearly Gates.

Kali

(54,990 posts)
24. oh hell yes
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 12:19 AM
Jan 2014

no pants wherever THAT party is! but lots of colorful, fruity, frozen girly drinks!

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
23. No Kali I think you DID get through...
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 12:18 AM
Jan 2014

Many of the replies to that thread were more worried and panicky than most of the other MFM vibes threads. People probably just didn't want to acknowledge it. I knew immediately when I read the word "light" that things probably were not good. Don't beat yourself up about this !!!

Kali

(54,990 posts)
25. it was a fast decision to post as I left...
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 12:23 AM
Jan 2014

I told him so many here were with him and cared. I was going to print out the last vibe thread when I went, but the call this morning was clear...

thanks for your kind words

PRETZEL

(3,245 posts)
27. Sometimes special people enter our lives for reasons unknown,
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 09:43 AM
Jan 2014

whether it's through the on line community here or in real life.

Even though I don't post often, I am and will always be an avid reader of our community.

A special person left us,

A special friend has left you,

May MFM rest in peace,

Kali

(54,990 posts)
17. oh and the number ten...
Thu Jan 9, 2014, 11:56 PM
Jan 2014
that was a little private joke between he and I. I use a number 10 scalpel for uh...a certain livestock procedure. A procedure that tends to allow me to skip the DU gender wars and pretty much equalizes all real-life men vs women discussions with me.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
22. LOL Kali! Remind me to tell you about my experiences with bears.
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 12:13 AM
Jan 2014

I like your reason far better than woo. Damn. I'm going to miss that bastid.

Kali

(54,990 posts)
32. miss your posts you big doofus
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 05:26 PM
Feb 2014

know you are enjoying the funny crap on my front porch, especially the inflatable Oscar Mayer wiener. I talked to an old friend of yours today and to Mike L last night. He was in fucking Kindred Hospital the same time as you. Just got home this week. damn. He is currently bed-ridden and could use some vibes. He wants to come to Guadalajara Grill for some girly drinks too.

have some hearts, people have overdone sending them to me! I am sort of shocked. hope they will give to those who don't have any/many, as you always advocated.

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Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
39. Kali,
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 11:55 PM
Feb 2014

Girly Drinks at Gaudalajara Grill ... has such a nice ring to it.

Wishing Mike L --- all the best ---

Phentex

(16,330 posts)
58. Sometimes I wonder what his responses would be...
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 04:16 PM
Sep 2015

I also imagine some great photoshopping with the republican clown candidates.

applegrove

(118,022 posts)
43. Big guy you have a place in all of us, somewhere around the funnybone or
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 10:08 PM
Feb 2014

near the nose because you used to make us snort so. Love ya!

Sissyk

(12,665 posts)
45. Here's a Heart MFM.
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 11:41 PM
Feb 2014

I didn't know you as well as most others here, but thank you for being such a good friend to kali. She sure thinks the world of you.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
54. Guess what.here it is a year later and we can STILL give hearts to MFM....
Mon Feb 9, 2015, 10:48 PM
Feb 2015

Feel free..it feels GOOD!

Still miss him.............

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