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Originally Posted by Unknown008

Bear, finally! I was wondering where you were! :)

And speaking of Niki, I remembered that once Starby said that Niki would go out even if it's snowing...

http://www.softlow.com/imagesc/-aHR0...Y=-450-300.gif

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Yea, sorry my reply was late, but it was difficult finding the right words to say, and I wanted to do right by starby :)

Bear, everyone handles death differently. I'm sure that many people won't post, not because they don't care, but because it's too hard.

You did right by Starby. You could never do wrong. Just being who you are, that's all we need. :)

A last one :p

http://www.europuppy.com/images/euro...mages/5121.jpg

Unky, Starby actually sent that picture to me once. She loved it, thought it was hilarious. It is.

When I scrolled down and saw the huge picture of Jo the tears just started running down my cheeks. I will keep her "friend" status on my profile forever.

I will be picking up the card today, to send to her family.

If there's anything anyone would like me to add, just write it here. Perhaps underline "For Starby's card" and then write what you would like me to include.

I'll be sending it off come Wednesday.

More flowers for Jo.

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Originally Posted by Altenweg

Shazzy, I wish I could change the pic I posted to that one, it's beautiful.

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Thank you, not as beautiful as the photo in it though :)
Was hard to make... spent a while on the frame then quickly pasted the photo in.

I love that flashlight photo Unky, very funny ;)

Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Was just googling, then saw that one :)

I've been off the boards for a while due to my mother's deteriorating health only to find out about Starby.

She will be missed. I still can't quite believe it.

May you rest in peace, Starby.

I have hundreds of emails from Starby, I've been going through them this last week. I posted some of the funny ones, read through some of the ones where we just chatted.

I would get dozens of emails every day, funny pictures, videos, some that just said "thank you for being a friend".

I saved them all.

I'm glad I did.

Here's one that she sent me.

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Haha I love that one!

OMG! I'll have to go very soon, tomorrow's school, and I nearly missed the bus today... >.< Bye all, have a great day!

Unky out.

Good bye Unky.

Hugs kiddo. :)

Another one of my favorites from Jo. :)

One of the greatest secrets of life is having patience --

knowing when to do what, kinda like the song says,

'you gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em' .

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Hehe, keep 'em coming Alty, definitely bringing the mood up, for a duck she had a brilliant sense of humor :D

She loved sending stuff like that.

Every day I'd open my email and find tons of stuff from her. Some sappy, most hilarious.

She loved to laugh. That's what she'd want us to do.

So Starby, I'll do my best to bring a smile to everyone's face, just like you always did for me.

I could be so sad, so down, but she'd lift me up, every time. She never let me down, and I'll do my best to not let her down either.

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Originally Posted by shazamataz

for a duck she had a brilliant sense of humor :D

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'Tis true.

Alty, I wonder what Jo would say about your avi... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by nikosmom

'Tis true.

Alty, I wonder what Jo would say about your avi... :rolleyes:

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I know that she would have an opinion on that one... :) And it would probably cover at least 20 pages.

OMG! I had to wait a few minutes to type so I could see through the tears. I can't believe it, I knew that she was going in for surgery, I just didn't know... OMG.

ALWAYS be remembered, we miss you Starbs.

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Originally Posted by Stringer

I know that she would have an opinion on that one...:) And it would probably cover at least 20 pages.

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Only 20? More like 1500, then she'd start a new thread to continue. ;)

I'm always at a loss for words at funerals and it's ironic that the words when broken differently down say "fun" er al.

By all means, it's not fun. It's kind of odd that the only time some families get together is at weddings and funerals.

Well, it looks as if she didn't suffer too long. It's just too bad that things were taken away from her.

I wonder what these discussions would have been like, if Starby could have participated.

Maybe the two things she liked most is AMHD and the dog. Once you loose the things/people/animals you care about, the energy drains.

This thread should be a wake up call for anyone involved with liver damage and alcohol.

At least she probably got to say goodby to a few friends. I didn't when my father passed away. I didn't realize just how bad non-Hodgekin's Lymphoma really was. One day hospital procedure, then coma and a few days later respirator disconnect.

Bye Starby. Say hi to my father for me. Thanks. <cry>

KISS, my dad died of the same thing, same way. The lymphoma spread to his liver, he died shortly thereafter.

It's hard to find words. You did well.

Hugs dear.

Hugs back.

The procedure was a thoreocenthesis where they drain fluid from his lungs and didn't turn on the oxygen. I found the oxygen off about 5 hours later. We later found out that the senior resident did the procedure and he punctured his lung. We only found out by getting written hospital notes. The hand written notes were way to hard to read. All we got is the cancer came back aggressively, probably because they withheld a chemo treatment because of a non-existant heart problem.

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Hugs back.

The procedure was a thoreocenthesis where they drain fluid from his lungs and didn't turn on the oxygen. I found the oxygen off about 5 hours later. We later found out that the senior resident did the procedure and he punctured his lung. We only found out by getting written hospital notes. The hand written notes were way to hard to read. All we got is the cancer came back aggressively, probably because they withheld a chemo treatment because of a non-existant heart problem.

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I am sorry KISS.

This was also an April Fools Thread that Jo started about her Dog being a thief , I was onto her but played along , really shows what a great sense of humour she had.


https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/dogs/d...ef-336235.html


And the "My sister is a Vampire" one , man I was pi**ing myself laughing in my office being part of that thread , Jo and Artsy did a great job with that (even though they got in strife LOL). My work colleagues all thought I was going nuttso :)

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Originally Posted by friend4u178

This was also an April Fools Thread that Jo started about her Dog being a thief , I was onto her but played along , really shows what a great sense of humour she had.


https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/dogs/d...ef-336235.html


And the "My sister is a Vampire" one , man I was pi**ing myself laughing in my office being part of that thread , Jo and Artsy did a great job with that (even though they got in strife LOL). My work colleagues all thought I was going nuttso :)

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I loved the vampire one, mainly because J9 was completely fooled. She though Jo had completely lost it. Heck, she reported it.

When J9 PM'd me about it I laughed myself silly. I just PM'd back with this;

"J9, what day is it?"

That was the funniest part of it. I swear I laughed so hard that a little pee came out. :)

J, sorry, had to tell it. Love you lady. Don't report me. :o

M, what about Genie Tahlia and all the fun with that?

All the castle threads, the antics, the fun, the duck and her poor feather.

She loved being the duck, loved our chats.

Stringer and I were always trying to cook her, but she always escaped.

I'll remember that always. :)

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Originally Posted by Altenweg

I loved the vampire one, mainly because J9 was completely fooled. She though Jo had completely lost it. Heck, she reported it.

When J9 PM'd me about it I laughed myself silly. I just PM'd back with this;

"J9, what day is it?"

That was the funniest part of it. I swear I laughed so hard that a little pee came out. :)

J, sorry, had to tell it. Love ya lady. Don't report me. :o

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LMAO... I would have loved to see J_9's face when she realised :eek:

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Originally Posted by Altenweg

M, what about Genie Tahlia and all the fun with that?

All the castle threads, the antics, the fun, the duck and her poor feather.

She loved being the duck, loved our chats.

Stringer and I were always trying to cook her, but she always escaped.

I'll remember that always. :)

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I'll never forget those either , great fun :)

All her computer problems too. Every day it was something new. She'd be going crazy trying to fix the darn thing.

And ALty, you have that job now on your own computer.

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And ALty, you have that job now on your own computer.

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My computer isn't the problem KISS, it's me. ;)

You mean the problem is between the monitor and the chair?

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You mean the problem is between the monitor and the chair?

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You betcha. :p

The computer itself is great. Love it. Nice computer, very nice computer. :)

Ok so I'm just posting these on Alty's behalf because... :ahem:... she's having Computer issues :cool:

Jo sent these to Alty.





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Ok so I'm just posting these on Alty's behalf because... :ahem:.. . she's having Computer problems

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We already covered that M. I know it's not poor F.R.E.D. It's A.L.T.Y. ;)

Thanks for posting them.

Those were also sent by Starby. :)

Another email Starby sent me.


A sharp tongue can cut my own throat.
If I want my dreams to come true, I mustn't over sleep.
Of all the things I wear, my expression is the most important.
The best vitamin for making friends... B1.
The happiness of my life depends on the quality of my thoughts.
The heaviest thing I can carry is a grudge.
One thing I can give and still keep... is my word.
I lie the loudest when I lie to myself.
If I lack the courage to start, I have already finished.
One thing I can't recycle is wasted time.
Ideas won't work unless 'I' do.
My mind is like a parachute... it functions only when open.
The 10 commandments are not a multiplechoice.
The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime!
It is never too late to become what I might have been.
Life is too short to wake up with regrets.

So love the people who treat you right.

Forget about the one's who don't.

Believe every thing happens for a reason.

If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.

If it changes your life, let it.

Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

Friends are like balloons; once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems that we may not even notice that we've let them fly away.

Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we forget what's right and wrong.

Sometimes we just don't realize what real friendship means until it is too late.

I don't want to let that happen so I'm going to tie you to my heart so I never lose you.

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Another email Starby sent me.


A sharp tongue can cut my own throat.
If I want my dreams to come true, I mustn't over sleep.
Of all the things I wear, my expression is the most important.
The best vitamin for making friends....B1.
The happiness of my life depends on the quality of my thoughts.
The heaviest thing I can carry is a grudge.
One thing I can give and still keep...is my word.
I lie the loudest when I lie to myself.
If I lack the courage to start, I have already finished.
One thing I can't recycle is wasted time.
Ideas won't work unless 'I' do.
My mind is like a parachute... it functions only when open.
The 10 commandments are not a multiplechoice.
The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime!
It is never too late to become what I might have been.
Life is too short to wake up with regrets.

So love the people who treat you right.

Forget about the one's who don't.

Believe every thing happens for a reason.

If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.

If it changes your life, let it.

Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

Friends are like balloons; once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems that we may not even notice that we've let them fly away.

Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we forget what's right and wrong.

Sometimes we just don't realize what real friendship means until it is too late.

I don't want to let that happen so I'm gonna tie you to my heart so I never lose you.

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I really liked this.

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I really liked this.

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It was one of the best ones she sent me. :)