The Glade 4.0

Last night, at 0030, cops were banging on my door, telling me to leave because my building was on fire. The fire took out most of the central unit, but the fire walls stopped it from coming to our end of the building.

I'm fine, but please send your prayers or thoughts for the other people. I'm not sure if anyone was hurt or killed, I haven't heard, and I hope not, but if you have any prayers left over from Haiti, please pray for them.

THanks

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

Glad you're ok.

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Yikes. That must have been scary.

Glad you're ok. Good thoughts for your neighbors on their way.

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This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays.

Oh Wow. I am so glad you are ok!!! Praying for the rest of the tenants. *prayshard* We just had a fire 3 weeks ago and 9 people died...6 of them were children.
I am fervently hoping and praying that everyone is ok where you are.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Glad you're ok =))

yikes, glad you are ok indeed.

Glad you're ok.

Glad you're ok Raf, prayers qued.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Done.

I read about the fire in Starkville and thought about you folks LadyKate.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Hope you said a prayer for the babies. So sad, so sad. The community rallied together marvelously to take care of the families....we were in Columbus and I'm ashamed to say I didn't have the emotional fortitude at the time to get involved.

Raf, you really need to update so we can quit worrying!

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Glad you're okay. My thoughts go out to the other tenants.

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Wow, intense. Glad you're OK. Hope the folks on the other side of the building are, too.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Thoughts and prayers sent.

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"...but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom." - De Tocqueville

Thoughts and prayers for you and the people in your building, Raf.

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Dream as if you'll live forever...
...Live as if you'll die tomorrow

Vivere Senza Rimpianti

Yikes, glad you are ok, Raf. Hope everyone affected can get everything straightened out ASAP.

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Women are from Hoboken, men are from Trenton. ~ Jimmy Kimmel

Glad you're ok. I've been in that situation myself.

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It feels like all the people who want limited government really just want government limited to Republicans.
---The Daily Show

The building was officially condemned as of Friday, as I expected. I went out of town for a snowboard trip - I wasn't sticking around for the BS, had to get my head right.

Anyway, I'm officially homeless but I am staying at a friend's place for a spell ... gonna put what I can get out of my apartment into a storage cube.

edit: no fatalities that I heard of, nor serious injuries but I have to get the police report/investigation paperwork for my insurance company.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

I'm sorry Raf . I hope you find a place fast.

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Dream as if you'll live forever...
...Live as if you'll die tomorrow

Vivere Senza Rimpianti

Rafael,

My condolences about this situation. But if I could possibly suggest a positive in this?

You have an issue where you need to quit drinking, some of your friends are mainly 'drinking buddies'....

This could be an opportunity to relocate.

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

Hey thats a pretty good idea. Not the best way to have an opportunity present itself, but you could turn it into something good I bet.
I hope the transition goes well for you, Raf, and I'm sorry you lost your home.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

This happened to us a few years back. Same scenario. We lost about 80% of what we had due to smoke damage. Talk to the Red Cross in your area. They may be able to give you a small amount of cash to get you started up again. Doesn't hurt to ask. It helped us out. It really helped out our next door neighbors who lost everything. Talk to the local firefighters as well, they may have other resources you can tap into that most people don't know about. Good luck.

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An Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotsman walk into a bar.
The bartender looks at them and says "What is this - some kind of joke?"

Dang dude, that sucks. Sorry to hear about your troubles. Can we call you the Glade Hobo though?

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The Dude abides.

DS, you my man, are right on my frequency.

I actually thought of this this weekend. However, the problem is, my friend that I'm living with for the meantime is the heavy drinker that I used to binge with ... err, guess it's not binging when you get sloshed 4 nights a week or more.

Anyway, I just came up with an awesome idea: NA beer. O'Doul's makes an amber ale that's decently tasty, and I'm just going to drink those ... I'll rip the labels off or drink them out of a pint so people aren't constantly bothering me. Because if there's one thing I've learned after 24 years, it's that people will constantly asking why you aren't drinking/smoking/rolling/dropping/snorting/shooting etc. when everyone else is.

This just saves me from making the same explanation 30 times every night.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

I wouldn't do that if I were you, Raf. I dated an alcoholic and went to meetings with him and everything. His thinking about the social aspect (drinking on poker nite) led him down that path and the NA beer led him right back to where he was....just sayin.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

NA Beer still has alcohol.

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