Goodbye to a suck ass year

[Rust]

Here's to the end of a shitstorm of a year. A little good but mostly bad. A few thoughts I've mulled over.

1. To my last long time friend who passed. Life ain't the same buddy. We sure did a lot of crazy shit back in the day and I sure thought I'd kick off first. I couldn't believe it when you smiled when they pulled life support, well couldn't blame you really. Thanks for the rifle and 25 year old Macallan you left me but I'd rather you'd been able to hang around and we'd both kick off at once.

2. To Lenny. You always said ride fast, party hard and leave a good looking corpse. Well you did and 42 years later I'm beginning to wonder if you weren't right after all.

3. To a former commanding officer. Hope someone lets me know if you kick off 'cause if you do before me I'll share a bottle of single malt by drinking it first and pissing on your grave.

4. It's not all bad. To the last ex. It's been a few years but I can't begin to say how much I've enjoyed watching you and the moron you ran off with flounder in the ongoing train wreck the last couple of years.

5. To my nephrologist, endocrinologist, rheumatologist and internal medicine doctors. It would be nice if you could actually fix something just once. I suppose it's called practicing medicine because nobody is good at it yet.

6. To whoever said old age was the "Golden Years". Lying sack of shit.

7. To whoever said "Money won't buy you happiness". Well, it would make me a whole lot less unhappy, you enema nozzle.

8. To my former VP of operations. You always said I had a bad attitude. Yeah, you helped contribute to that in a big way with your blame rolls downhill management style and sending me to take over projects your pet ass kissers ran into the shitter. Well, after I retired I watched the division crash and burn so I guess I was right.

9. To Buddy, WWII pilot, raconteur and general bon vivant. Glad to have had the opportunity to hang out and tell tall tales for a little while.

10. To Mack. You always said you'd survived and left the 'Nam behind, but it never left you and it finally got you years later.

 

[MarinePMI]

But hey, you're alive, right? ?

 

[myronman3]

any day above ground is a good day.

somedays we all get kicked in the teeth. on days like that, i thank the LORD that my kids are happy and healthy, and quite frankly, nothing else really matters. if HE decides to hit me with a nasty, slow killing cancer, i will try to keep giving thanks for my healthy, beautiful children.

try to find something that is very important to you, and think about that when life is kicking you in the teeth.

 

[Mwalex]

@Rust, I hope you have a much better 2020.

I can appreciate “a day above ground is better than...”, but when you are caught in a bad loop it does not feel that way. I can attest to that.

 

[Seed tick]

On the roughest of day smile. If nothing else it makes people wonder what the fuck is wrong with you!!! Hang in there buddy better days are a comin’!!!

 

[Ken Burton]

Hey Rust, I feel you buddy.
It took me some time to get over some things I've gone through and I know you'll get through the tough times as long as you look up for help. God be with you and yours.

 

[MarinePMI]

Some times you just gotta say "Ain't nothing but a thing" and move on...trust me, lot's of folks had a rough year. You just gotta put one foot in front of the the other sometimes, and continue with a full 30" step...

 

[Milo 2.5]

Here's to you snapping out of this funk ! Death is rough, no replacements.
I just hope you are not like me, my darkest periods in life occurred because I wanted them dark, simple in fact, but hard as hell to crawl out of.
My only advice, there are people willing to enter your life if you open the door.

 

[The DFC]

Wow.

 

[Zeroit]

Hey Rust I appreciate your sarcastic humor (that's something I can relate to) looking forward to more posts.
I've had some rough days/years and I don't keep track.
Maybe call a friend you haven't talked to for a while but ment to but didn't please make make their day and Maybe brighten yours.

 

[craigos]

Yep 2019 will go down as a shit year, so i hear you Rust - personally (people passed in my family) and work (my mgt, who i told would get their asses fired if they kept doing the same stupid shit - well yes 3 layers of them got fired, then they brought in 3 more layers of not just new incompetence, but with serious integrity issues - needless to say i got out with 4 days to spare to a new group, but in the process fractured 5 teeth (3 crowns done) dealing with the bullshit for 5 months).

So goodbye 2019, dont let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Goodnews, i added a whole bunch more new guns - my gun buying velocity increases proportionate to the shit i am dealing with - so 2019 i added more guns to the collection this year than any other (and I discovered flintlocks - oh shit, think a custom PRS rifle is expensive)- but hella good therapy.

 

[Rust]

Thanks for the kind words. Really needed to vent a little bit.

 

[Ken Burton]

Hey Rust, We all have bad days and more so its good you got some relief from your post and I'm sure others here will always be ready to help in their own ways if possible.
KEEP on keeping on, Bro

 

[Greg Langelius *]

I agree, 2019 sucked. I think it's time for turnabout is fair play.

We played it all by the rules, and the deep state commie shit birds took true advantage of our gullibility.

Never again...

Make them pay.

The year is new, and we're burning daylight...

Greg

 

[Jperk0278]

Don Rickles has nothing on you. Here’s to better days ahead.