Katfather's Get Well Soon Card!

[ZiLLa]

Dear Katfather,

I speak for all of us at the forums when I say, get well soon!
We need you! The forums getting dull without your long posts. :p

Many wishes & regards, the "crew"

Crew meaning all of us at the forums, of course.

[Unstoppable]

Who is Katfather and what happened to them?

[Blue Lightning]

Katfather is a regular poster on these forums who has been in the hospital latley. I'm not sure what his sickness is, but for a long time was posting from the hospitial I think.

[vrap]

Get well soon!

[smartalec5595]

yea man i hope u get better

[jokerthesplicer]

get well buddy, and if I discovered that the Little Sisters were behind this then they will have hell to pay. ( sharpens scalpels )

[FtRapture]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b217/kjdaniel/card.jpg

[ZiLLa]

He has a bad case of Kidney Stones.

[BioShock Freak]

Really? :(
Get well soon Katfather. Hope you feel better. :)

~Mari.

[Katfather]

Hey guys, thanks! The problem turned a little worse. Seems they discovered some tears in my back muscles, a crushed disc and some damage to the hip that I thought was just a pain that would go away. Oh, and they discovered I broke my foot years ago but I didn't know it and it's now tearing up things. This and the diabetes and kidney stones are making the doctors act like they have armed guards stopping me from leaving the hospital. I'm sorry for the lack of writing lately, but the crushed disc has been making writing painful. I take pain meds, but everytime I do I forget all about the forium and play "where am I this time" instead. Sorry about that folks. I don't have a laptop pc, so I borrowed a nurses today to send this, and as soon as she gets out of the bed and dressed again I'd better give it back to her (hey, I'm sick, not dead). So I'd better make this quick..

That Artwork was great FrRapture. Sweet. Thanks.

Thanks again everyone. Don't worry too much about me. There is only one thing that really, really bothers me...

MY DOCTORS NAME IS STEINMAN, AND HE KEEPS SAYING "WELL, WE CAN MAKE THIS LOOK BETTER..."

HELP!!!!!!

[esipode]

MY DOCTORS NAME IS STEINMAN, AND HE KEEPS SAYING "WELL, WE CAN MAKE THIS LOOK BETTER..."

HELP!!!!!!

RUN MAN RUN!(But seriously,i hope you ge tnetter soon,we all miss you!:( )

[BioShock Freak]

Thanks again everyone. Don't worry too much about me. There is only one thing that really, really bothers me...

MY DOCTORS NAME IS STEINMAN, AND HE KEEPS SAYING "WELL, WE CAN MAKE THIS LOOK BETTER..."

HELP!!!!!!

Are you serious?!?! Is his name really Steinman? OMFG! Yeah, RUN! Like Esipode said.
So sorry to hear though. :( What happened to you?

~Mari.

[esipode]

So sorry to hear though. :( What happened to you?

~Mari.

Yeah,i would like to know too,if it'snot something you would rather keep secret.

[BioSoldier]

Get Well Katfather!

[coffee009]

Hey guys, thanks! The problem turned a little worse. Seems they discovered some tears in my back muscles, a crushed disc and some damage to the hip that I thought was just a pain that would go away. Oh, and they discovered I broke my foot years ago but I didn't know it and it's now tearing up things. This and the diabetes and kidney stones are making the doctors act like they have armed guards stopping me from leaving the hospital. I'm sorry for the lack of writing lately, but the crushed disc has been making writing painful. I take pain meds, but everytime I do I forget all about the forium and play "where am I this time" instead. Sorry about that folks. I don't have a laptop pc, so I borrowed a nurses today to send this, and as soon as she gets out of the bed and dressed again I'd better give it back to her (hey, I'm sick, not dead). So I'd better make this quick..

That Artwork was great FrRapture. Sweet. Thanks.

Thanks again everyone. Don't worry too much about me. There is only one thing that really, really bothers me...

MY DOCTORS NAME IS STEINMAN, AND HE KEEPS SAYING "WELL, WE CAN MAKE THIS LOOK BETTER..."

HELP!!!!!!

Please get well soon, i dunno you but get well!

[Hector Rodriguez]

Get well soon, man. Some of your posts are absolute classics.:D

[esipode]

Here is a "Get Well Soon" card for you Katfather!

(BTW-It took like 20 minutes to find a get well soon card that was abosutely PERFECT for this!But i found it!)
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2250/gwsclz9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[kglaser]

Wow!! Just kidney stones with nothing else sucks (I know as I had that before--worst pain you can imagine), but with all the other problems you have as well, I cannot imagine your situation. Try to keep your spirits up--even if we don't know you, we are all a kind of "family" here of sorts and we are thinking about you :)
(And those pain meds...that part, I'm jealous of you!!! Best day of my life!)

[Katfather]

The nurse just woke me up to give me a sleeping pill, so I'm getting even by using her laptop while she's making rounds. I wonder what she's going to do when she gets those 300 vibrators I ordered for her on Ebay? (Note to readers: never put your credit card number on your computer..) Oh well, maybe she'll thank me some day..

What happened BioShock Freak and esipode? Well, the back tears are the result of a mine going off near me years ago (read my "Favorite Weapon' thread for details). Some shrapnel was lodged there, but for many years just seemed a minor pain, and lots of laughs when going thru the mental detectors at airports. Seems though that the shrapnel was moving all this time and doing damage. What pain I had I thought was from a bad back I've had for years.

The foot and hip damage came from jumping off a cliff while in South America. Some friends and I had stumbled across a large group of people growing the type of cocoa that doesn't go in your coffee cup with marshmallows, and they thought the fewer people who knew that, the better. My friend and I were fast runners, but had to do a Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid when we ran out of land. The Amazon was below, but believe me, from that height, it may as well been a dirt road. My friends arm and leg were broken, and I got a bad hip and I THOUGHT a bad twist of the foot. The so-called hospital we ended up at didn't catch the fact that my foot was actually broken, and I walked on it for years. Now a bone spur is causing trouble.


The kidney stones, disc problems and diabetes? Just bad breeding. Or maybe weird breeding. I've always wondered if my Mom mated with an alien 9 months before I was born. How else could you explain why my skin turns green when I'm cold, regular coffee make me sleepy, decaf makes me hyper, and now, despite the fact that I just swallowed a sleeping pill, I feel like I could write a hundred posts right now? Of course, I WILL admit the laptop has been trying to walk away four times now, so maybe the pill IS doing something...

Have to go; ether the elephants are stampeding, or the nurse has finished her rounds.
Thanks guys.

[esipode]

Wow,this has got to be a really tough time for you Katfather.This is fixable isn't it?That's why your in the hopital right?To have the problem take care of?Or,is it permanent!:eek: (NO!)

[BioShock Freak]

Wow. Sorry to hear about all your problems. Similar happened to me about with the foot problem. When I was a kid, about 5 or 6, I used to climb a lot of trees, house roofs, any high place and jump off. Lol. Actually, I stopped doing that like last year. Lol. Not by choice though. Anyways...when I was a kid, I always knew how to land on my feet kinda the way those free runners land when they jump off buildings. (land and roll) Well, one time, I missed it and landed too hard on both my feet. Nothing bad happened, so I thought, so the years passed by and I always had ankle problems. The pain kinda went away until last year that I started working at a factory which required me to be on my feet for 12 hours a day. I'm thinking I might've either broken my ankle or fractured it because from time to time it still hurts. I shrug it off and ignore the pain and 90% of the time, I forget there's even something wrong with my foot. I don't have medical insurance so I can't go to the doctor and have x-rays. They're too expensive. Kidney stones, jeez, I've never had them and I hope I never do. Although I probably will because my family's got a history of kindney disease. My mother had them all the time since she was 17, and I KNOW it's not pretty at all. I really hope you get better soon.
About the nurse, I really do hope she enjoys those 300 vibrators or she'll make it hell for you. Lol. I never lend my laptop to ANYONE better yet have my credit card information saved onto it. You never know what will happen. LOL.
~Mari.

[kglaser]

Katfather, if your sense of humor is as good as your witty posts convey, I have no doubt that you'll soon be on the mend. (Your "reason for editing" your post cracked me up! :D)

[thesuperjman]

The nurse just woke me up to give me a sleeping pill, so I'm getting even by using her laptop while she's making rounds. I wonder what she's going to do when she gets those 300 vibrators I ordered for her on Ebay? (Note to readers: never put your credit card number on your computer..) Oh well, maybe she'll thank me some day.


haha no sh-t? kudos to you sir.

[Katfather]

haha no sh-t? kudos to you sir.



Sorry. Sad to say that I never actually ordered anything on-line for her. I could have, since I DID use her computer without her knowing (a three year old could have opened her locker), and she DID stupidly have her credit card number on the laptop, but I controled myself. It was just too easy, and where's the fun in that? Actually, the next time she looks up her credit card number she's going to get a message with it that will start with: "Hey Dummy!!"
Sighhh. Sometimes, it's just no fun being a nice guy now...

To the readers:

I'm going to go under the knife in 2 days, so I'm going to try to write as much as I can before then. After that, I'm not sure. Look for my long posts starting in Zilla's "Cowards guide to Rapture", and I'll try to write something for my "Favorite weapon". Oh. And after way too long a time I'll write that post I promised in EU_DIG's "Three Doors and Dogfood' with my idea of what's with all those cats in odd places..
There. Now you all know where I'm going to write, so it's easier to avoid me. Yep, just too damn nice...

Got to run and scream in pain for a few hours. Thanks again!

[bioshock_fan]

http://www.bennettpage.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/getwellsoon.gif

Hope you have a good recovery!

[Katfather]

I never lend my laptop to ANYONE better yet have my credit card information saved onto it. You never know what will happen. LOL.
~Mari.

Hmm. Well, I know you well enough now to know you're not a dummy, but I strongly suggest you put the number in such a way that no one would realize it's a credit card number, like putting in 50 useless numbers and a clue next to the numbers to tell only you which one is the right one. A friend of mine and I use historial dates with each other to give information when needed, since we're both history crazy, but even still we put "dummy" questions with the ones we send.
No, I'm afraid the nurse I'm talking about is a real dummy. She had a picture of her credit card as her BACKGROUND!!!! Sometimes, people just ask for it...

[kglaser]

[QUOTE=Katfather;274536]No, I'm afraid the nurse I'm talking about is a real dummy. She had a picture of her credit card as her BACKGROUND!!!![QUOTE]

You're...actually serious, aren't you? :eek:

Wow. That's...so moronic as to be nearly transcendental.

[BioShock Freak]

Hmm. Well, I know you well enough now to know you're not a dummy, but I strongly suggest you put the number in such a way that no one would realize it's a credit card number, like putting in 50 useless numbers and a clue next to the numbers to tell only you which one is the right one. A friend of mine and I use historial dates with each other to give information when needed, since we're both history crazy, but even still we put "dummy" questions with the ones we send.
No, I'm afraid the nurse I'm talking about is a real dummy. She had a picture of her credit card as her BACKGROUND!!!! Sometimes, people just ask for it...

Thanks. :)
Just when we thought people couldn't be any stupider.
Wait, I've seen worse. Rofl. :D
~Mari.

[Katfather]

Thanks for the card Bioshock_fan. I like it.

I'm in a lot of pain now, but it's my own damn fault. I stayed up all night writing my answer to "three doors and dogfood" that I promised to write months ago, and boy, do I hurt. But a promise is a promise, and I always keep them. I'm that stupid. If you want to get real bored, you can read it. i call it "The answer to the problem of the cats" and it's actually two posts since I can never shut up. It's a possible answer to a question a lot of readers have asked, and kinda of a story too. I would say "Enjoy!" but let's not be silly..
I'm still going to try to write something for Zillas thread, but I warn you, don't pay attention to the screams. I can be very loud...

[kglaser]

Demand more meds!! Threaten to buy the complete DVD collection of Pee-Wee's playhouse with that nurse's credit card # until she gives you mass quantities of morphine!!!!

[thesuperjman]

medical marijuana anyone? jkjk

[BioShock Freak]

Demand more meds!! Threaten to buy the complete DVD collection of Pee-Wee's playhouse with that nurse's credit card # until she gives you mass quantities of morphine!!!!

LOL. I would.

medical marijuana anyone? jkjk

Lol. I know where to get it. I actually used to have a Cannabis Card. Lol.
~Mari.

[smartalec5595]

ok i wuz lookin a few pages back and what are vibrators? plez tell me and katfather......GET WELL SOON MAN WE ARE PERFECT SARCASM ANNOYANCES TO THIS THREAD...I NEED U BACK ON THE THREAD MAN. plez get better soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BioShock Freak]

^What do you mean by "WE"? Katfather's not annoying. :cool:
If you're curious about vibrators, look it up. Lol. ;)
~Mari.

[smartalec5595]

ok ok u win there but we both are very sarcastic
and on the vibrators issue...i think ill get in trouble if i look it up cuz i have a basic idea of what they are

:D :D :D :D

[BioShock Freak]

Yep. If you're underaged, you shouldn't be looking at stuff like that.
~Mari.

[smartalec5595]

exactly...

:D :D :D :D

[Katfather]

What do you MEAN I'm not annoying?!! You mean people hate me for something ELSE?!! Damn. There goes all my training..

I'm going into surgery in an hour, but I've been warned that after I come out, no matter how good it was, I won't be able to use my fingers and arms for at least 5 days (actually, the doctor said I WOULD be able to use them, but if I did so, there would be a great deal of screaming) so, I'm afraid I won't be able to write any answer back to any of you for a little while, even though I'll be able to read what you wrote. (Why, oh why, did I write that? I feel like the farmer that has just told the fox and the weasel hiding behind the henhouse that he would be gone for a few days!! Oh well, I always did enjoy train wreaks..

I've written 2 articles, one for Zilla's "The Cowards Guide to Rapture" about why rapture COULD HAVE been built in the 1940s, which will appear first, and a general answering of letters in my "What's your favorite weapon". I raced like crazy to write them in longhand, so they're not my best and I'm sorry about that. I'm also not the person putting them on the computer. My "niece" Julie has kindly and foolishly offered to do so, so if you have any questions, send them to her byway of messages or post to me.

And no, she won't tell you my real name. Part of her college "fun" (money used only for the important part of college, having fun), comes from the profits of my books, and I've warned her that if my name goes, her 12 concert tickets a year and her trips to Aspen and Miami go with it.

Well, have to go. This is going to be the first in couple of operations I'm going to have to have , so I'd better get used to it. But I DO wish Dr. S wouldn't smile like that..He reminds me of someone else..

Thanks again all..



"Will you PLEASE stop looking at me like that Doctor. No, I've never had any work done on my face. Why? Well, yeah, I admit it would be nice to get rid of that mole, but... Doctor? Doctor? Is there a reason you carry a butcher knife in your back pocket? Doctor? Why are you smiling? Doctor....?"

[smartalec5595]

hey man good luck wioth your surgery and i hate you cuz ur annoyin:D lust kiddin katfather
man plez come back soon

[BioShock Freak]

Lol. Well, I wouldn't want to reveal your name if that was my reward for keeping it inconspicuous. I really hope you get better soon. Both your hands are going to be immobile?
~Mari.

[esipode]

What is going to happen when he needs to...you know...go?

[smartalec5595]

lol typicall esipode thought
(i think that nurse owes him a few favors ;))

:D :D :D

[esipode]

Typical Smarty!(Speaking of which,i could use a few of those little colourful candies right now.) Good luck with your surgery Katfather!(And any other,bladder-related problems afterwards...)

[smartalec5595]

lol man this is a hilarious thread but really good luck katfather...

:D :D :D :D

[Katfather]

This is Juli. "Uncle Gato" as I call him, came out of the operation alright. he woke up for a few moments and seems fine but in a lot of pain. He muttered something about " Got the doctor; got him with a wrench" and told me I was suppose to tell you that when when I wrote in. I have no idea what he meant. Sorry. I don't play Bioshock. he said you would understand.

I'll try to finish the copys of the articles he wrote 2night and send them 2u.
thank you for your concern

Juli

[BioShock Freak]

Hi Juli. Nice to meet you. :D Glad to hear Uncle Gato's doing good. :)
"Got the doctor; got him with a wrench"

^THAT is HILARIOUS. LOL. When you see him again, tell him Mari (He knows who I am. :)) said not to forget to get the doctor's key so that he can get out of there. Trust me, he'll know what I mean. Lol.
~Mari.

[thesuperjman]

and superj says "dont let the doctor make you beautiful"

[smartalec5595]

ask kat father if smartalec can call him uncle gato plz and also nice to meet you juli
p.s. you should play bioshock.

:D :D :D :D

[Katfather]

Hi Juli. Nice to meet you. :D Glad to hear Uncle Gato's doing good. :)
"Got the doctor; got him with a wrench"

^THAT is HILARIOUS. LOL. When you see him again, tell him Mari (He knows who I am. :)) said not to forget to get the doctor's key so that he can get out of there. Trust me, he'll know what I mean. Lol.

~Mari.


mari, i saw "katfather' today and told him what you said. it was so funny! he looked so confused! he didn't remember waking up or saying anything! After i told him what he said he laughed and told me to tell you nah I just did it for the fun of it. Eesipode, katfather told me to tell you that he has a tube in a nasty place to take care of that.says it drives him crazy.whats he talking about?he wouldn't tell me. smartalex I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have called Uncle gato that. Only me and my foster sister call him that and Maria who lives in mexico made the name up. i can't stop you from calling him that but it would hurt because maria and i think of the name as just ours. catfather has 12 other foster children all over the world that he supports but maria and i are the only ones that call him that. im sorry. please forgive me for starting that.
zilla, im almost done with the article for you and im sorry its taking so long.katfather is very picky about how itis written. my spelling is terrible at times because i rush things and catfather wants the spelling perfect. he told me that he was sorry it was so long and hoped it was worth it. he said that Tom says hello and asks you to say hello to tom. i don't know what that means. Is it some kind of code?. he also wondered if you knew sam 2? are you old friends with my uncle?

best to all of you.
juli

[smartalec5595]

ok i wont call him that...but what about.....UNCLE KAT????

:D :D :D :D

[ZiLLa]

Juli, please tell Katfather:

ZiLLa said he will scratch around for a hospital copy of "The Cowards Guide To Rapture"

[Shijimmy]

Juli, please tell Katfather:

ZiLLa said he will scratch around for a hospital copy of "The Cowards Guide To Rapture"

Now that looks promising.

Right, don't go and mention my name, he won't know it, but tell him he has a fan (that read a lot of his stuff anonymous) telling him to get well soon as well.
Looking forward to his new articles.

[ZiLLa]

Huh?

He knows who I am..

[Shijimmy]

I was telling Juli not to mention my name, wouldn't ring a bell at all.

[Katfather]

This Juli. Will give messages. Have finished copies and put in threads. but uncle wants to tell people who have written to favorite weapon will get answers back later and thank you smarty for help. said sorry about that. thank you all.

[BioShock Freak]

mari, i saw "katfather' today and told him what you said. it was so funny! he looked so confused! he didn't remember waking up or saying anything! After i told him what he said he laughed and told me to tell you nah I just did it for the fun of it. Eesipode, katfather told me to tell you that he has a tube in a nasty place to take care of that.says it drives him crazy.whats he talking about?he wouldn't tell me.

best to all of you.
juli


Lol. Good stuff. :D About his tube, that must really sucks.
Tell him I said "Get well soon." :)

ok i wont call him that...but what about.....UNCLE KAT????


Dude, just call him his regular name. He's not your uncle and Juli just told you the history about it and why they're they ONLY ones that can call him that.

~Mari.

[smartalec5595]

ok ok ill call him........katfather?

[Shijimmy]

At this moment you might be taking this a bit too far Alec...
(but then again, who am I to speak? Registered for a day =/ )

~Shimmy

[smartalec5595]

lol your right shimmy and hey u copied mari with the signature thing
welcome to the forums

:D :D :D :D

[BioShock Freak]

Yep.
~Mari.

[smartalec5595]

kewl can i copy it 2?

:D :D :D :D

[BioShock Freak]

There you go again, trying to do what others do. No you can't copy it.
~Mari.

[smartalec5595]

but shimmy did
aw well i got my own signature
c its right below here

:D :D :D :D

[BioShock Freak]

Yeah, but I didn't know.
STOP SPAMMING.
~Mari.

[GreeseDog101]

get well soon KatFather!!! i love reading all of your posts on almost every thread, your a great member and i hope you get well soon

[Katfather]

Juli, please tell Katfather:

ZiLLa said he will scratch around for a hospital copy of "The Cowards Guide To Rapture"

This Juli. Uncle catfather said he was suprized to find copy of The Cowards Guide all ready at hospital but got rid of it when he found a note in it that said 'best wishes S.C.'. i dont understand? Uncle NEVER throw away a book. He has 5000 at home. Y he get rid of this one? he would not tell me y. U know Y?

Thank you

[smartalec5595]

lol i know why s.c.is initals of 1 of the bad guys in bioshock
and its an inside joke between us. yould have to go through the cowards guide thread

:D :D :D :D

[kglaser]

Juli, if you are reading this, please tell him I hope he is still symmetrical after his surgery ;)
And thank you for offering to be the go-between for communications while he is incommunicado...I think that's very kind of you. :) (especially since some of this stuff must sound like total nonsense)

[Katfather]

Juli, if you are reading this, please tell him I hope he is still symmetrical after his surgery ;)
And thank you for offering to be the go-between for communications while he is incommunicado...I think that's very kind of you. :) (especially since some of this stuff must sound like total nonsense)

Uncle says thanks. I say thanks too. glad to help. Not first time things from Uncle sound like nonsense. Sometimes his books make me crazy. Sometimes they are very very funny, but since English not first languge i don't understand jokes all the time. sometimes he write very serious books, but still not understand everything since they are so smart i get confused.

Goodnight!

[thesuperjman]

so besides all this messaging youre doing , hows your uncle recovering?

[ZiLLa]

Damnit! Cohen foiled me again! >:-(

[Katfather]

so besides all this messaging youre doing , hows your uncle recovering?

uncle is feeling well enough to be a pain. he's trying to write even though it hurts, and he's refusing to take half of the pain pills because he doesn't want to be sleepy. he's in a bad mood because he still has the kidney stones and they refuse to leave. the doctor has said that if they don't leave in a week they'll have to put a tube up and blast them apart. the operation for the shrapnel went well, and uncle should have less pain back there from now on, BUT doctor says that nothing can be done about the damage to the spinal cord. he's going to be in pain for the rest of his life with it and have to take pain pills every day. Thinking about that is driving him crazy. he hates taking meds.
he's been trying to write using a speech program called "naturally speaking' on my laptop, but it doesn't work well enough. it gets too many words wrong, or doesn't work at all sometimes. it just makes him mad all the time.

I'm pretending to be mad at him. He looked at my writings and said sorry, but my writing was bad. I had made some mistakes copying his notes, and he said that when I wrote to you all in posts I "sounded like a bad kung-fu movie" he wanted to know why, since I always get "a"s in English. I told him he didn't understand how young people write on the computer and we got mad at each other. We're like a real family! ha!

Ok, ok, you're right Uncle Gato. I looked at all the posts I sent, and I sound like Charlie Chan. I can't help it. I do that when I'm trying to finish something fast. that's just the way I write on the laptop. Is this better? (I'm writing this here because I know he's going to read this thread tonight with some one else tonight. he loves the thread Zilla, and it makes him smile. thank you. And thank you too all of you writing in. it's very sweet of you, and he loves to read what you write in. thank you. You all make the perfect get well card!

bye!

[thesuperjman]

so hes havin trouble talkin? that sucks man. howve u been juli? you seem busy helpin ur unlce from what ive seen on here (all this messeging your doing :p, its really appreciated and im sure your uncle appreciates it a lot aswell)

[smartalec5595]

yea n jman he talks fine but its the program dats wrong
get better soon katfather.....

:D :D :D :D

[thesuperjman]

yea but i mean hes havin to use it because he has trouble talkin right?

[smartalec5595]

no the program isnt 4 talking. you dictate to it what you want to say and those programs always mess up

[Katfather]

This Juli. this might be the last time I write here. doctor has ordered uncle to stop computer for a week, and I have to leave for Korea to see real family in 3 days. My foster sister Maria is here, but she doesn't want to answer mail. besides she's mexicoan and says she doesn't understand. She ALWAYS says that when she doesn't want to do anything!We have a foster brother here from Jersey island who writes perfect English, but he hates Bioshock and says you would know it.
it like a United nations here now. 6 of the 14 foster children here now, all speaking theyre own languge to uncle because they don't want other to know what they say! HAHA! Uncle tired of it. tells us to go home. we do!


Nice to know you! Uncle write in week. Good-bye!!

Thank you for reading

[BioShock Freak]

Nice knowing you too. :) Take care on your trip to Korea. :)
Also, tell him I said hi.
~Mari.

[Panek]

Wow, a mine got you, Katfather? Damn. 'Nam sucks. Regular landmine or booby trap?

Get well soon!!

EDIT: Oh, from what I've read, a landmine, but was it set off by trip wire or something? Victor Charlie sure knew how to screw everything up. That's why I hate being a Pointman myself, even if it's just reenactment in airsoft.

[Katfather]

Wow, a mine got you, Katfather? Damn. 'Nam sucks. Regular landmine or booby trap?

Get well soon!!

EDIT: Oh, from what I've read, a landmine, but was it set off by trip wire or something? Victor Charlie sure knew how to screw everything up. That's why I hate being a Pointman myself, even if it's just reenactment in airsoft.

I wasn't the pointman. The fellow whose head went flying back pass me was the pointman. I was the second or third (I had gone up to the 2nd man because he was about to ask me if he could read one of my comic books which everyone wanted.) While we were standing there trading Jeff stepped on the mine in front of us. That's the last I remember, except for some things that may or may not have happened. (They DID use a horse to carry me and my comic buddy for a while, but I really, really doubt that Thor and Ironman carried us the rest of the way like I "remember").
Actually, in the modern world, and as early as Nam, being the pointman can save your life, believe it or not. It was in Nam that mines started being made that wouldn't go off until the 3rd, or 4th person would step on it. That way you get more targets. Isn't it a sweet world?

[BioShock Freak]

Jesus. Well, I'm glad to see you are posting yourself now. It's very good to see you again. :) How did surgery go?
~Mari.

[Katfather]

Surgery OK, still in a lot of pain, but more bored. Posts will be short I'm afraid because of it (although, judging from the lack of reaction from my 3 long posts it looks like a lot of you would consider that more than OK..).

Thanks for your letters. I have to go into surgery again in 6 months; I wonder if this thread can last that long..

yeah, I missed you too

[Hector Rodriguez.]

Haven't seen you in an age. When do you think you'll be able to post on Coward's Guide, if it's still going. So how's life in the cells of the pancreas?

[ZiLLa]

Hooold on, Hector Rodriguez again? :S

[Katfather]

Haven't seen you in an age. When do you think you'll be able to post on Coward's Guide, if it's still going. So how's life in the cells of the pancreas?

It's about bloody time someone got that joke! I've been telling everyone I know here that you guys are smart as hell, yet no one has said a word about it for almost a year. I never knew if you guys knew it and thought it lame, or if it was too much for you. Now I can proudly say you guys thought it was lame in the first place... hey, wait a moment!!!!

I'll put something soon into CGTR, but I'll admit I was a little disappointed in the lack of reaction to the last ones. Sorry about that; I should have realized something that long would be boring. I was actually testing to see if I could write Nonfiction again, but I guess I can't; sorry about that. I'll try to make the next ones short. have to anyway. It still hurts a great deal to type..

[BioShock Freak]

Damnit! Cohen foiled me again! >:-(

ROFL! He FOILED you? :p
~Mari.

[Katfather]

Hooold on, Hector Rodriguez again? :S

Actually, I strongly suspect that Hector's somebody who used to be here before and if I'm right about who he is, he's somebody that I've talked to before and had private messages with. If it's him, he was given a bum deal before.. he's a goodie and smart as hell. Don't bother telling me if I'm right or not Hector; if it is you welcome back! If it isn't, I don't want to know. But you use a lot of the same words he used to use so I think that it's you.

[BioShock Freak]

^Lol. Of COURSE it's him. :p
~Mari.

[Katfather]

ROFL! He FOILED you? :p
~Mari.

Yeah, did he use aluminum or wax? Did he roll you up, stuff you with fruit and pie filling, roll you across the floor, then take his banana and-- No, wait.. that was me and nurse Eva last week. We were on the roof and..
I'm saying too much again, aren't I? sorry..

[BioShock Freak]

LMFAO! :D No surprise there. ;)
~Mari.

[Hector Rodriguez.]

Oh Katfather, you are BAD!:D Seriously, great to hear about how the surgery went.

[BioShock Freak]

Indeed. :p
~Mari.

[ZiLLa]

Katfather and Random Nurse sitting on a roof.. :p

[Hector Rodriguez.]

Her name is EVA! Doi! *slaps forehead*.

[Katfather]

No, Nurse Radom is another Nurse. You know, the one who has a birthmark that you can only see when she takes off her-

I'm talking too much again aren't I..

[Hector Rodriguez.]

Good point. Anybody have any duct tape?

[Katfather]

You shouldn't use duet tape with leather, at least that's what Nurses Debbie, Susan, Connie and Anna said last night when I-


Damn! Damn! Damn! How do I turn this damn voice-type control off!

[Hector Rodriguez.]

You are too much, Katfather, too much. Can't wait to see more of you on the forums. Maybe I should tell Sander to confiscate that laptop.

[Panek]

I wasn't the pointman. The fellow whose head went flying back pass me was the pointman. I was the second or third (I had gone up to the 2nd man because he was about to ask me if he could read one of my comic books which everyone wanted.) While we were standing there trading Jeff stepped on the mine in front of us. That's the last I remember, except for some things that may or may not have happened. (They DID use a horse to carry me and my comic buddy for a while, but I really, really doubt that Thor and Ironman carried us the rest of the way like I "remember").

A horse? A real horse? Wow. I've heard there were no horses in 'Nam :D

Actually, in the modern world, and as early as Nam, being the pointman can save your life, believe it or not. It was in Nam that mines started being made that wouldn't go off until the 3rd, or 4th person would step on it. That way you get more targets. Isn't it a sweet world?

Yeah, it is... but when walking into an ambush that begins with gun fire, the Pointman was generally in great risk (and the 2-3 buddies that walked behind him). Sure, being a Pointman wasn't really a death warrant, but it was risky.

May I also ask, in what unit have you served?

Thanks for answering, it's great to see that you're getting better.

[Katfather]

I'm really torn (no, not about the leather; Nurse Marie took care of that). I want to go to sleep since it's almost 5:00 am here, but I just noticed it's post 98. Anybody have something to say so we can make it over 100?

[Panek]

100 :P

(10char)

[BioShock Freak]

LMAO! Katfather, you have me DYING over here! LOL! You ARE too much! :D I believe you too. :p
It's nearly 5:00am here too. Going to bed, goodnight all! :)
~Mari.

[Katfather]

A horse? A real horse? Wow. I've heard there were no horses in 'Nam :D



Yeah, it is... but when walking into an ambush that begins with gun fire, the Pointman was generally in great risk (and the 2-3 buddies that walked behind him). Sure, being a Pointman wasn't really a death warrant, but it was risky.

May I also ask, in what unit have you served?

Thanks for answering, it's great to see that you're getting better.

Horses were there a long time as far as I know. Was told the French brought them once, but I have a little trouble believing that. Traveled in a lot of Asia before Nam and saw a lot of horses. Besides, the mongols tried to take nam once, and they MUST have brought horses with them too. (Remind me later to tell you the story of why they failed. It's great!!)

Excellent point! (if you'll pardon the pun) But an ambush works best too if you have the target's back to you, which you would get by having the pointman walking pass you first, thus giving the target a false sense of safety. You ever wonder why we would be stupid enough to take point in the first place? Because most of us after a while realized that most of the shooting went for the middle, not the back or the front. The middle can't do what the front or back usually could: RUN-LIKE-HELL!! A small chance, true, but after awhile, you took anything you could get. Real combat rarely makes sense..
Ok, 101 before wounded, 3rd armored after and before I went back to the world. Now forgive me, Panek. I understand the need to know,and I thank you for remembering, but some wounds never close, and this one still hurts like hell. I'd rather drop the subject ok? Thanks Buddy.

[Katfather]

"Time for beddie-bye Mr.B"

I agree Mr. B.

Goodnight and good morning all. Thank you all for your kind words. It made a differenace, and sometimes, that's the very, very, best and greatest thing someone can do...

Thank you too Zilla for starting this.. I say goodnight, even though it's afternoon there (I think).

take care all..

[Panek]

(Remind me later to tell you the story of why they failed. It's great!!)

Ok :)

Now forgive me, Panek. I understand the need to know,and I thank you for remembering, but some wounds never close, and this one still hurts like hell. I'd rather drop the subject ok? Thanks Buddy.

Sure, of course, I understand that this is a very sensitive topic for a lot of vets. Thanks for the chat so far.

[Katfather]

I'm curious people: do you want to keep this thread on and just use it as a general meeting place, talking back and forth, and so on? I guess you could call it the "get well" chat room. I'm going to be ill for a very long time (although I am leaving the hospital tomorrow), and to be honest, it would be nice to have some place I can go on, just relax, and forget about the betrayal of my body. What do you think? If you agree with this, say so. It's up to Zilla of course, but I'd be curious to see what you and he say. Think of it as an act of mercy..

Speaking of which, as long as I'm speaking of mercy, would you all answer one question? What was the problem with those last three long posts? There is never any response to them, good or bad. Were they that lousy? Were they so boring you didn't bother to finish them? I really would like to know; you won't insult me by telling me they were lousy. I would really want to know one way or another. To me, your opinions count, even if I don't like them.

Take care all.

[Shijimmy]

I liked them, read them, as I've tried to keep up with all the things you post. I'm still thinking about a decent reply though (but I have to admit I've been out for a week and somewhat forgot about it).

[thesuperjman]

alright, well its good to actually hear directly from you katfather (sorry its been a few days since i got on) i hope you recovery is beginning to pick up. keep us up to date next time your up to par on your computer.

[BioShock Freak]

Katfather, I always read all your posts. :)
I just forget to reply most of the time. When I try to get back, there's like ten more posts and I foget what I was going to say. Sorry if it looks like we're ignoring them. But we're not. :) (At least I'm not.)
As for having this thread, you're still going to be recovering, so it would make sense to keep it going. :) Take care and hope you start to feel better soon.
~Mari.

[Katfather]

Four garbage bags by the door, waiting for three days to be dumped. Sink full of dishes that haven't been even looked at for the last two days; manuscripts, papers, pencils, and pens thrown throughout the room; carpets and furniture dusty with cat hair all over the place; newspapers, books, and magazines all over the floor. I never saw anything so beautiful in my life. I'm home..

I have a housekeeper, but I forgot to tell her to be here before I got home. Yes, I have family, but I do all my work and research in here, in this other place. This is my second home, and as much as I love my family, I love this home more. It's right next door, easy to get to unless I'm working on my books. Then, nobody can get in here. Some of my family doesn't even know the place exists, and I plan to keep it that way. They'll like the idea anyway.. I'm very very hard to get along with when I'm writing..

I'm still not writing as much as I should. The pain is still pretty bad; that's the reason I haven't written anything long for the forum lately Most of my writing is done by the voice program right now, but that's still hurts, because it still doesn't work well and I have to rewrite most of it. It's very depressing. In order not to get depressed, I'm just doing quick little hit and runs on posts all over. I hope you'll forgive me for doing so; frankly, I feel I'm being rude, but I will admit it's kind of fun. Still, I think I should apologize to all the people whose threads I have invaded and almost took over. Forgive me for that. I just need to do some smiling lately.

Some of you have said that you read everything I write. Those are the sweetest words I've ever heard in my life, and I think you. I also pity you. That means that you read my earlier stuff. And boy, am I ashamed of that. My first posts were filled with anger at 2K over some issues that are still a problem, and still make me feel angry, but more than that, sad. Still, I feel like I should apologize to some of the people at 2K. Some of them helped me greatly and I never said so or thanked them in those same posts. I do so now, and I apologize for taking so long.

(Actually, my anger may have cost me a lot. According to a friend of mine that helps to design things for the Sims games at EA tells me that someone at 2K would still like to put my body on the wall like Ryan did. My agent tells me that someone told her the same thing. I suppose writing stuff for 2K is now out of the question. Pity.)

To the people writing into this thread,let me tell you again how much your support means to me.. Sadly though, even though I've been writing for a long time, there's no words that I can find, that would be worth your gold.. All I can say, is a very, very,underrated "Thank you".

Well, got to go wash the cat. Take care.

[thesuperjman]

great to hear we're appreciated. dont ever feel like youre being rude by making short posts. its an understatement to think we dont understand. your best interest at the moment is your health, and if skipping some words on this forum is what you need to do to stop pain and depression, then do it.

honestly, this just may be me, but i like these update posts such as the ones above, even though theyre only posted once to a few times a week, its just interesting to hear how thigns are going.

best of luck- john

ps- may i ask, what is it you do for a living? some sort of writing is what ive picked up on so far.

[Katfather]

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ps- may i ask, what is it you do for a living? some sort of writing is what ive picked up on so far.[/QUOTE]

Books and research. Also something that has no name. Sometimes a person or company will hire me to be a "Private Eye ' Historian"; like if you ever wondered if your grandfather was really guilty when they hanged him for playing bagpipes at 3:00 in the morning, and how long the party went on afterwards. Sometimes I get hired for reseach asked by studios to see if something was correct for the time. (Sadly, a lot of the studios don't listen all the time.) Been thinking about doing that for the games, but haven't done so yet. It's a werid balance, because most of the people who read my books don't know I do the other job, and I like it that way. Just like my real name never appears with the name I write with, and won't. I LOVE people talking about my books and not knowing I wrote it. It gives me a true honest answer about how good it is. Even good people usually lie to the author about how good and bad something is for their own good reasons, but they'll rarely lie to thier friends about it in a resturant or someplace like that where I have a chance to overhear them. (I had this the other day at the hospital. One of the nurses was telling her friend " Oh, I think he's great!! I read everything he writes!" The other nurse answered " I don't like him. His books bore me, and I thought that last one was silly." THAT nurse I asked for a bedpan. Sometimes secrets kept can be fun..)

[thesuperjman]

that sounds cool man, i like writing myself. i have a journal in which i write down any good ideas that pop on my head, but i dont think ill ever have a writing career.

[Katfather]

that sounds cool man, i like writing myself. i have a journal in which i write down any good ideas that pop on my head, but i dont think ill ever have a writing career.

Nowadays ANYONE can be a writer, (judging by the books out), but can you make a career out of it? Don't know. It's damn hard, and many, many fail. Sometimes it's just luck, but hard work helps to better the odds. Still..
But remember, if you fail, it doesn't mean you're not any good. What you sell depends on what people want, and as you can see by what's on tv, that can change in a New York Min. But go ahead and try: it's amazing sometimes how long a writer can be loved despite the talent (or lack of it).

But remember two things: People will tell you that with hard work, and if you believe in yourself (or your God), ANYTHING is possible. It's sweet, but it's Bulls**t. Sometimes you will fail, no matter how hard you try, or how much you believe. Like I say all the time, 'No matter how much you believe, and no matter how hard or fast you flap your arms, they still won't fly you to the Moon by lunchtime.." Sometimes you fail, no matter what. That's life and the Universe. As long as you tried your best, it doesn't matter what others think. They're the ones hurting themselves and others, wasting time and sometimes lives. Don't be like them. Earth has enough idiots.

And for number two, remember, it's great to get fame as a writer, but for the most part, the most famous are dead. Sorry, but it's true. Try for life first, then after you can pretend you've got that down pat, go for the fame that will please your great-great-grandchildren. But live first, be worshipped later..

Of course, anyone would be an ass to try something this hard wouldn't they? ( A fellow writer I used to know by the name of Mike Grell said it best "Writing is so easy.. All you have to do is put the paper in the typewriter, then stare at the blank white paper until blood appears on your forehead".) Why try for something that causes so much pain? Why try for something that may make you lose your money, your fanily, even your life? Why try for something that will give little reward much of the time? Why try for something that might make you a prisoner, or a social outcast? And why, oh why should we try for something that may not even be noticed until our bones have become dust?
I wish I knew. I really do. A person would have to be a total Jackass to do something that stupid...

And yet, all I can say is:



"HEE-HAW!!!"

[Katfather]

Getting quiet here. How is everyone?

[ZiLLa]

Seeing as though its a card/thread for YOU, how are YOU? :)

[thesuperjman]

Getting quiet here. How is everyone?

well for the sake of this thread, im doin just dandy. ive had a great day. no reason, just one of those days. how about you?

[Katfather]

Better, just tired of the sound of my own echo. Don't get me wrong, I love writing about myself, but even I can get bored with the subject.

Zilla, I'm beganing to think you're growing threads for a living. How many you got now?
Superjman, uh, I'll explain what I meant on "Death" I've been writing with meds again and that MAY have been a mistake (although rarely boring)

Hate drugs though. Used to love them until I woke up one day at 3:00 P.M. in Vegas in a high class hotel, money all over the floor (23,000 dollars) and I'm lying in a very large bed (under a mirror ceiling) totally nude with a car wheel in my arms. Taped to the wheel was a note that said : "Hey Sweetie, Anne, Baby, and I are heading back home. Last night was the best we ever had. We should have sold tickets. Come back home to see us again and I'll get Bebbie and Jill to join us. The flight back to England leaves at 1:00, so join us please baby if you can. Call us at home if you can. Love, Amy"

Ladies and Gentlemen, to this day I have no idea:
1) Where all the money came from. It didn't come from my bank, and so far no one's tried to kill me to get it back.

2) Who the hell Amy, Baby or Anne was or what we did, and what did the car tire have to do with it.

3) How the Hell did I end up in Las Vegas, when the last thing I remembered before then was being at a pot party in HONG KONG three days before. The tickets I found said I had come to L.V. from England, and I had come to England from Denmark, but I still don't remember any of that. It's all a mystery..


That's when I cut down on anything that takes my mind for a ride. If I'm going to have fun, I bloody well want to remember it.
And if I wake up and see that damn wheel again, I don't care how much it hurts, I'm throwing those meds out the window..

[Hector Rodriguez]

What HAVEN'T you done in your life, Katzevater? (I might stop saying that now).

[Katfather]

What HAVEN'T you done in your life, Katzevater? (I might stop saying that now).

Lot of years, lot of mistakes, but lots of taste of life. Don't worry; it or something like that will happen to you. Then you'll have to live with, learn, or laugh at the big joke. If you're smart, and lucky, you'll do all three..

[thesuperjman]

Better, just tired of the sound of my own echo. Don't get me wrong, I love writing about myself, but even I can get bored with the subject.

Zilla, I'm beganing to think you're growing threads for a living. How many you got now?
Superjman, uh, I'll explain what I meant on "Death" I've been writing with meds again and that MAY have been a mistake (although rarely boring)

Hate drugs though. Used to love them until I woke up one day at 3:00 P.M. in Vegas in a high class hotel, money all over the floor (23,000 dollars) and I'm lying in a very large bed (under a mirror ceiling) totally nude with a car wheel in my arms. Taped to the wheel was a note that said : "Hey Sweetie, Anne, Baby, and I are heading back home. Last night was the best we ever had. We should have sold tickets. Come back home to see us again and I'll get Bebbie and Jill to join us. The flight back to England leaves at 1:00, so join us please baby if you can. Call us at home if you can. Love, Amy"

Ladies and Gentlemen, to this day I have no idea:
1) Where all the money came from. It didn't come from my bank, and so far no one's tried to kill me to get it back.

2) Who the hell Amy, Baby or Anne was or what we did, and what did the car tire have to do with it.

3) How the Hell did I end up in Las Vegas, when the last thing I remembered before then was being at a pot party in HONG KONG three days before. The tickets I found said I had come to L.V. from England, and I had come to England from Denmark, but I still don't remember any of that. It's all a mystery..


That's when I cut down on anything that takes my mind for a ride. If I'm going to have fun, I bloody well want to remember it.
And if I wake up and see that damn wheel again, I don't care how much it hurts, I'm throwing those meds out the window..

haha oh sh-- ^^. and dont worry about the post on death's thread. my reply was an attempt at a joke aswell. joke for a joke? it seemed right.