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Was 2016 a good or bad year for you?

beneteaubeneteau Member Posts: 8,552 ✭✭✭
edited January 2017 in General Discussion
Bad for us.

Wife's mother passed away. Wife lost her job at the end of August.

I hope 2017 will be better.
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  • Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Stressful.
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Better once Nov 8th revealed itself....much better...2017 at least offers some hope, had the alternative happened it would have been guaranteed to be another bad year.
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    OK, still alive and reasonably well...do NOT owe anyone anything and intend to keep it that way....hopin trump fills a lot of his campaign pledges
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  • IdahoboundIdahobound Member Posts: 20,587 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It wasn't easy but it wasn't bad. I am no worse or better than I was at the start of 2016. I would love to see improvements in 2017
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  • yblockheadyblockhead Member Posts: 947 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The last 2 years have been a s***storm for us. Lost my dad and her mom in 15, and her dad last year. Found out what greedy family members are all about. Putting that behind us looking forward to a fresh start this year.
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  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    bad, lost ma, gave most of family the finger, now an orphan
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  • royc38royc38 Member Posts: 2,235 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Very bad at the beginning. (March-June). The last 6 months decent and pointed up
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  • searcher5searcher5 Member Posts: 13,511 ✭
    edited November -1
    Lot's of folks have it a lot worse, so I can't complain. I'll just say that I hope 2017 is a much, much better year for us all.

    Peace

    Dan
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Terrible year for me. I was beat up by a Bible salesman and banished from Woolworth's. I don't know if it was the one branch or all of'em? [:D]
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  • mag00mag00 Member Posts: 4,719 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good year. Health improved, got some cool toys and hopefully made more friends than enimies.[}:)]

    Hope you all have a Happy and Prosperous 2017 [:D]
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  • CoolhandLukeCoolhandLuke Member Posts: 7,826 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Great year for us, come think of it I don't remember having a bad year for a long time now, thank the good lord.

    Life is good !!
    We have to fight so we can run away.
    Capt. Jack Sparrow.
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    2016 was pretty good.

    Number one item my family and I are healthy.

    I recovered fully from three broken displaced ribs when I fell off a ladder in June. That was pretty miserable.

    I earn a decent living.

    My wife and I look forward to more years.

    I have lost more guns in the lake then I could ever shoot.

    Sadly I haven't spent much time with friends, too busy working and working.

    Otherwise...
    What more could a man ask for?
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,518 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not complaining
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I choose to be happy, so 2016 was a success.
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  • 84Bravo184Bravo1 Member Posts: 10,461 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've had it much, much better than a lot here.

    All in all, a good year for me, as compared to a lot of past years.

    No complaints here.

    I'm hoping for a blessed and a better year ahead, for those of you who need it.

    Blessings to all.

    -Ken-
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  • redhawkk480redhawkk480 Member Posts: 2,531 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    all in all a good year, my wife was finally back on her feet after her last surgery in late 2015, this Dec. she had her 6 year clean checkup from cancer , my daughter finished school ( Paralegal) and got a full time job at a local law office,

    my son job is doing ok and last month he finished his 7 years with the WI National Guard, my 3rd grandchild was born in July , he's doing fine,. DIL is back in school plus working part time, as well as taking care of their 3 little ones , so she is one very busy lady ,

    my job is the same but hey it pays the bills and if its doesn't drive me crazy putting up with all the meatheads on the roads these days , i might just make it thru next year [:D]
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,934 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I made several make or break professional moves and some major family financial decisions.

    Won't know if I made the right or wrong choices for a very long time in any regard.

    Right now, I think 2016 was great!
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good year for me, but I make my own luck.

    I'm blessed with an agile mind, vast experience, and skillful driving habits. [:p]

    Therefore, EVERY YEAR is a good year for me.
    [8D]
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  • Sig220_Ruger77Sig220_Ruger77 Member Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm very much a "realistic-optimist" in life. It was a sometimes rough, but overall good year at that.

    My grandmother(Grams) passed away early 2016. She lost her battle with cancer. It was a hard pill to swallow and even harder to have to watch my Grandpa and mom deal with it.

    I also have a co-worker dealing with cancer going on 2 years now. Chemo, radiation, surgery, it's been a really tough road for him, but things are pointing up as of now.

    On the flip side, I think my wife and I have grown even closer though everything and both of us seem to be fairly healthy. We have 2 dogs that are spoiled like kids that we greatly enjoy their company. We also are planning a big trip across most of the western US next summer, so hopefully that works out and we can have some fun there. [8D]

    Jon
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  • mackcranemackcrane Member Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pretty Good for me. Got discharged from a 2 year stay in a Nursing & Rehabilitation Center on the 1st day of 2016 & am doing OK so far.
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  • RobOzRobOz Member Posts: 9,523 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The worst and the best. I lost my mother (the last of my immediate family) but I found my soul mate. I think 2017 is going to be a good year.
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  • pulsarncpulsarnc Member Posts: 6,553 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No complaints from here.Got to meet two of our forum members from FL and a trip to Disney to boot .Family is doing well and everyone is healthy .God continues to let me wake up every morning so Icannot ask for more
    cry Havoc and let slip  the dogs of war..... 
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,209 ******
    edited November -1
    Could've been much better,,but ohh,it could've been much worse. Blessings counted. [^][^][^][^][^][^][^]
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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,194 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I felt like I was just not hitting on all cylinders. Just not quite striking the chord with all the right notes. I was very close to greatness many times but just not able to convert.

    Will hope that this new year brings better results

    Ros
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • Irish 8802Irish 8802 Member Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All and all a pretty good year,The usual ups and downs,but at the end we (wife and I) have a very good relationship,a home neither one of us dared hope for,everything paid for (cept said home),wonderful family and long time friends.Health is good,recovering nicely from the 5 broken ribs (just impatient). If 2017 is as good I'll be just as happy.
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  • bambihunterbambihunter Member Posts: 10,788 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Great year until December. We made a lot of progress on our home. My work was great, finally got to do a lot of fishing. My perpetual back issues were better than usual. Then, in December I found out my employer had been sold and my job was going away. I pictured a lot of ways I may not be working there long-term, but as a 75 year plus family-owned company, being sold to an international company was not on the radar.
    Fanatic collector of the 10mm auto.
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  • slumlord44slumlord44 Member Posts: 3,702 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Some good. Some bad. Mostly good. Lost a few good old friends. Turned 72 in December and at this age you either lose friends or die yourself. My health and that of the family is mostly good. Got the T Bird back on the road after a 4-5 year restoration and having a ball driving it again. Clinton lost the election and thats a good thing despite the fact that my wife and daughter are upset about it and being nasty about it. I just try to keep my mouth shut around them and keep telling myself that their candidate lost and mine won. Life is basicly good. 2017 will be interesting to say the least.
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Health is fair.....finances are well, and I lost a good friend, way to young.....living life to the fullest....made it to 76...now any day are years is a plus...No complaints....[;)]
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,365 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    lost family and friends and pets ( part of getting old I guess )
    I helped my youngest son get a house and move out [:D]
    I am still kicking and doing Ok . I did not get all my projects I wanted to completed . I have lost the drive and push to get them done as fast as I use too , I blame it on part of getting old I guess also , slow down and smell the roses type of thing
    horded up ammo and few more black rifles ( parted together a few just because ) [B)][B)][:D]
    if not for the loss of so many loved ones I would have called it a good year .
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  • Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It was both for me.

    Lost a friend... W.D. CaptMidnight.

    Lost my left kidney to a cancerous tumor, so bad and good. The cancer is all gone.
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  • Dads3040Dads3040 Member Posts: 13,552 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Laredo Lefty
    It was both for me.

    Lost a friend... W.D. CaptMidnight.

    Lost my left kidney to a cancerous tumor, so bad and good. The cancer is all gone.



    I guess that is how I look at years, Joe. There is always good and bad.

    My Mom got hurt very badly. Then she recovered.

    We lost WD. A friend's daughter had a baby she thought she could never have.

    Up...Down...Life.
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Trump elected. Ups and downs. Still alive. 2017 is going to be good.[:)]
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  • Aztngundoc22Aztngundoc22 Member Posts: 2,314 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    OK :

    Yep : Really Bad for ME !!!!!

    Thanks !!!
    The more people I meet : The more I like my Dog :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:


    I Grew Old Too Fast (And Smart Too damn Slow !!!) !!! :o :?
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  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,456 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    bad.
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  • 47studebaker47studebaker Member Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    started collecting SS (good), wife retired (bad), Obama gone (good), Trump won (not sure).
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  • woodshed87woodshed87 Member Posts: 23,478 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I guess Good
    Dori's Health Scares Came out Well No Cancer Thank God
    Merles leg Surgery Came Out Well Thanks To our Friends Here
    Missy (Cat) She is 9 And Just Turning Into a Dog ..Good
    Myself Struggling With Some Depression Issues and Memory.
    Working On this................
    glad to Have A Good Wife & Friends here
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  • ZinderblocZinderbloc Member Posts: 925 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A good year.

    20 pounds lighter than a year ago.
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  • TooBigTooBig Member Posts: 28,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All my family is standing and seem to be doing well so I'm happy
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  • nordnord Member Posts: 6,106 ✭
    edited November -1
    I could say bad but I won't. Stage 4 Cancer, kidneys knocked out, bladder blocked by a tumor, chemo, pain, agony, etc. I could go on. All bad.

    But there's been good. My friends here and elsewhere. My family. My doctors. Kidneys and bladder have come back on line. I survived chemo and somehow prospered even while being poisoned. My strength is back and I'm on no drugs or painkillers.

    I saw Christmas and 2017 and celebrated next to my love of forty seven years. Eight months ago it was wristband after wristband with a nice little DNR button attached. An emergency blood order at every chemo even when there began to be a chance I'd see another day. Now nothing and they don't even bother to listen to my lungs where they were sure the cancer would invade. So lots of bad but overshadowed by the good!

    I have no wish to offend those who don't have faith in a greater power but I need to share... During the darkest days when there was so little hope I asked a simple prayer. "What should I do?" The answer was immediate and profound... "LIVE!" Might I respectfully advise everyone here to follow that command?

    LIVE!
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,271 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Smitty500mag
    Terrible year for me. I was beat up by a Bible salesman and banished from Woolworth's. I don't know if it was the one branch or all of'em?









    [8D]

    Were you loved up by a siren and absolved for robbing the Piggly-Wiggly?
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