Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Dani Date: 28 Mar 01 - 11:27 AM When teaching word skills classes, one of my favorite things is to show people how related words share roots, changing meanings with prefixes, suffixes, etc. And there's nothing like the example of '-phony' to turn on the lightbulb for them. 'Euphony' means it sounds BEAUTIFUL, 'Cacophony' means it sounds like...... " ". Most people know what 'kaka' means, and don't have a hard time making the connection! I do think that 'Poppycock' now seems like an unfortunate name for a snack... Dani |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: katlaughing Date: 29 Mar 01 - 04:18 AM HeyaBarry! I missed a couple of "Good Mornings". The past two or three here have been pretty, if overcast. Unlike New England, the clouds have not kept their promise and it is dry. I ran into a rancher the other day at the post office, who said he'd been feeding hay to his horses since September, a very long time and that the price of a ton of hay was well over $100 because last summer and this winter have been so dry. I scored big at the Library Book sale, may do so, tomorrow as it is half price day. I had a thread about the music books I found there. I don't know about this poppycock stuff Sins is trying to feed us...seems to me a poppycock is just something that won't stay put where it's supposed to, like Cletus and the Reg boyz' members or somethin'...maybe old Spaw will elucidate for us. Anyway, it is 221a on March 29, so let me be the first to say "Good Morning! Been thinking good thoughts about ya and wishing you well!" luvyakat |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: SINSULL Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:10 PM I thought it was a rooster on heroine...Refresh. |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:14 PM Keep hanging in there, Barry! |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: CamiSu Date: 30 Mar 01 - 09:44 AM Jessica and I waved as we went by yesterday. She'd just gotten in from Scotland and was pretty wiped out, and then I went to sleep at the switch so to speak and nearly forgot to get off 495 to Rte 3... Thought I'd already done so. I think if I had I'd have just gone around and visited on the way through again. Thinking of you and praying every day. CamiSu |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: katlaughing Date: 30 Mar 01 - 10:17 AM Good morning, Barry! Next time you are on, tell us what you need, okay? What would help to pass the time away? Any thing that any of us could to to help. In the meantime, here's the weather report from Wyoming: sunny, clear, bright, might even get up to 50 degrees! Also, there must be spring birdsongs tuning up outside because my cockateil is going crazy this morning. All the best and sending thoughts and prayers your way, kat |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Liam's Brother Date: 30 Mar 01 - 11:53 AM Hi Barry! I picked up a few interesting musical artifacts in Ireland. Do you have a cassette machine there? All the best from... (Bonnie &) Dan |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Naemanson Date: 30 Mar 01 - 12:25 PM Just checking in and wishing you well. Reading isn't enough for these support threads. Hang in there! We need to have another gathering at your house. Your driveway is a very comfortable place to sleep. Brett |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: SINSULL Date: 30 Mar 01 - 12:47 PM Still turning down the hotel room, Naemie? I thought we were friends by now. Barry, our friend Cranky Yankee is apparently the real thing. Jody Gibson/aka Joe D. Gibson with CDs, records, and all. From R.I. Maybe you know him after all???? |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: annamill Date: 30 Mar 01 - 12:48 PM Hey Barry! Guess who just became a Mudcatter!! Ken Schatz!! 'bout time, huh? I hope your feeling well, my friend. Glenn sends his regards and good wishes. We mention you often. Love, annamill |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Ferrara Date: 30 Mar 01 - 01:52 PM A little bit of an update, I called Barry this week, partly to say Hi and partly to see if he had any questions about this transplant business. He just seems remarkably resilient and optimistic. As he said, there were a couple of more desperate cases that got on the list ahead of him. The doctors have been very happy with how well he has stabilized, which is good because they said he's having a longer than average wait for his liver transplant. (Heart transplant waits, in the Washington area which is all I know, average about 18 months....) They are encouraging him to get up and walk around as much as he can manage, because the more fit you are before your tranplant, the faster your recovery and physical healing. It's work, but he's doing it. Barry is the ideal candidate for a transplant: his optimism, determination and courage are huge factors in his favor!
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Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Jeri Date: 30 Mar 01 - 01:54 PM Barry, I'm still thinkin' boutcha. I don't know what it's doing in Boston at the moment, but if you were home, you'd be shovelling snow. It's SPRING fer-cryin'-out-loud! Love to you and the family. |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Joy Bennett Date: 30 Mar 01 - 02:39 PM lots of love, prayers and good wishes -- Joy |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: SINSULL Date: 30 Mar 01 - 02:51 PM A little nautical nonsense for you. TODAY'S TIP: SCUTTLEBUTT by Martha Barnette (SKUHT-ull-buht) (n.) In nautical language, a "scuttle" is an opening cut into a hatch or the side of a ship to admit air, and "to scuttle a ship" means to cut a hole in the bottom of a ship in order to sink it. That's the vivid image behind our use of the verb "to scuttle," as in "They've scuttled today's launch of the space shuttle." Anyway, sailing ships once commonly kept their drinking water in a "butt," or "cask," on deck, with a small hole, or "scuttle," cut out of its side. The cask was therefore called a "scuttlebutt." Naturally, sailors would gather at the scuttlebutt not only to get a drink, but to gossip, much the way modern folks do around the water cooler or coffee machine. After a while, the name of the place where rumors were exchanged came to be applied to the gossip itself.
"The scuttlebutt is that there's a photo from his college days that shows the candidate dancing nude on top of a bar, but no one's been able to find it." I am counting on you and Cranky Yankee to disagree on this one. |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: SINSULL Date: 30 Mar 01 - 02:52 PM And when you have a chance, check out the "Good Morning Captain" thread. You will be pleasantly surprised. |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Bat Goddess Date: 31 Mar 01 - 11:25 AM You're still waiting! I hope you're better at waiting than I am; you're certainly getting enough practice! Just want to let you know you're in the forefront of my thoughts and prayers. Bat Goddess (just back from visiting HER sister in San Francisco -- I know you'll have a great time in the Bay area when you get there!) |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Liam's Brother Date: 31 Mar 01 - 02:06 PM Just had a nice chat with Barry, who's patiently awaiting the start of the rest of life. We made a date - which I hope will be broken due to the installation of his new liver - that I will visit next Thursday. Barry has about 10 or 12 CDs. I have a couple of new ones to bring him. He might like one of those ones sitting on your shelf with the plastic still on after 9 months - or - one of your own.
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Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: SINSULL Date: 31 Mar 01 - 03:30 PM suggestions Dan? I know he doesn't want my Dion and the Belmonts Spirituals CD. Hell, I don't even want it. |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: GUEST Date: 31 Mar 01 - 03:53 PM Barry, If things continue as they are here, you'll be transplanted and recovered and STILL able to get in a bit of shovelling. I can't believe that it'l be April tomorrow, and we've got a couple feet of snow on the ground. Keep singing, and lots of love from the slowly thawing north. Susan
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Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Liam's Brother Date: 31 Mar 01 - 04:39 PM Just look around the shelf there and if you see something that a) needs to be recycled, and b) a guy who likes any kind of traditional, blues, spirituals, etc. music might like... just pop it in the post to our pal.
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Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: katlaughing Date: 01 Apr 01 - 04:36 AM Dan, does he also have a cassette player? I will look through my CDs, I am sure I have one or two, but I know I have some tapes he might like. Thanks for the update. Sorta to Buffalo Gals:
Gonna find a new liver for Barry Made ya smile, I hope! Take care, Barry! kat |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Liam's Brother Date: 01 Apr 01 - 09:50 AM No, kat, he does not have a cassette machine. That's a shame because I ran into a cassette sale in Ireland and bought 20 trad cassettes!
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Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: GUEST,Meg Frost Date: 01 Apr 01 - 10:18 AM Hi Barry! Have been thinking about you, and Sea Music Festival. That's how I found out, that you are "in the bag"(that's what we call the hospital in my family). Glad to hear you are on top of the list. Many of the volunteers are pulling for you. I'll definately keep up with your progress through this web site. My prayers are with you.... Don't get rusty! Love, Meg P.S. Karen & Kelsey Baker send there prayers for a speedy return to full health. P.S.S. Betty & Julie are in the information loop too.
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Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: SINSULL Date: 02 Apr 01 - 08:45 AM Embarrassing but true. In a "senior moment and the height of the bidding frenzy" I won three John Fahey CDs. A little Christmas music will give you something to look forward to. Does Barry have a Walkman that plays cassettes? |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: katlaughing Date: 02 Apr 01 - 09:32 AM Sins, two messages up from yours:
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO No, kat, he does not have a cassette machine. That's a shame because I ran into a cassette sale in Ireland and bought 20 trad cassettes!
LOL...Good morning, Barry! I heard my first meadowlark of Spring, yesterday. They are always a welcome sign, come even before the robins, and even though the morning was gloomy and gray, I took it as a good sign that they were back and singing their hearts out. Fare well ahd health to you, kat |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: SINSULL Date: 02 Apr 01 - 10:11 AM Forsythia and daffodils in bloom today. Winter is officially over. And allergy season has begun! Thanks Kat. I am not quite awake this morning - between the time change and staying up until after midnight to see the Rock get his title stolen (sometimes they cheat on the WWF!) I need more coffee. |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Naemanson Date: 02 Apr 01 - 10:30 AM You guys talking of Spring are starting to get me down. We got more snow on Friday and not enough heat to melt it over the weekend. It is April 2 and the world looks like January! I still have not seen any ospreys and no flowers! Sins, you have to realize, dear, that I am not turning down the hotel room for personal reasons. I am just lazy. The bed I build in the back of my station wagon consists of two foam pads, a blanket, two sleeping bags and a pillow. It's a pain in the neck to move all that around for one night's sleep. Besides, I snore! |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: SINSULL Date: 02 Apr 01 - 01:27 PM Too lazy to join me in a hotel room????? Gee thanks! Anybody else want to rain on my parade??? |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: katlaughing Date: 02 Apr 01 - 01:48 PM Oh, Naes, it's not really spring here, yet, there's plenty of snow left on the mountain and the meadowlarks will even sing while it snows! He probably "nests" like I do, Sins. Gotta have it just so and once you get it that way nothing else will do! **BG** |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Naemanson Date: 02 Apr 01 - 01:53 PM Well, Sins, what kind of invitation is this. There are certain invitations a gentleman NEVER turns down. |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Naemanson Date: 02 Apr 01 - 01:55 PM How is this deal? I'll come to visit you in the Big Apple and if you can stand to have me snoring in the next room I'll drag my bedding from the car into your room. Did I mention that I am an early and restless riser? |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: SINSULL Date: 02 Apr 01 - 02:04 PM See Barry. Some things never change. You are always welcome, Naemie. Just let me know enough in advance to have clean towels available. Or do you plan on sleeping in the driveway? |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: wysiwyg Date: 02 Apr 01 - 02:30 PM I think SINSULL and Naemanson ought to come to my gathering and then we can see what happens! I think I know how to get Barry that liver BTW. As soon as I send him a CD I Know he will have just gotten it and be getting out within days. It'd be like lighting up a cigarette at a bus stop, or washing the car for rain. I'll have to see what I can do. Oh! I know! I have an extra copy of Mudcatter Susan in CA's hubby Keith Johnson's WOULD YOU? CD. And I'll mail it today. *G* ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: wysiwyg Date: 02 Apr 01 - 02:38 PM BTW, is this address till correct?
Barry Finn ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Ferrara Date: 02 Apr 01 - 03:04 PM Can't remember -- was that the second address, the one that Barry gave us? I don't think he's moved. Barry did say that ALL the cards arrived at their destination, even the ones where we used the first address. |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Liam's Brother Date: 02 Apr 01 - 03:17 PM Well, that was a good excuse to call Barry. Yes, the address is correct. He sounded well and we talked about boats, music and our mutual lack of regard for golfers.
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Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Naemanson Date: 02 Apr 01 - 03:17 PM You're on Sins! When is the best time for that visit? It'll have to wait for May at the earliest. Do they have folk music in New York City? *BG* |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: SINSULL Date: 02 Apr 01 - 03:18 PM That's it, Susan. And it works. |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: catspaw49 Date: 02 Apr 01 - 03:28 PM Hi Barry........Lots of good cheer and all from these fine folks huh? But like I said in the card, I bet what you really are at the moment is BORED STIFF! So lemmee ask.........Have you gotten into any of the wackiness that comes with laying around a hospital and doing basically nothing? In my case(s), I loved the music, got to read some, enoyed the visits and all, and the calls.............but this doesn't cut it does it? You can only do so many of those things and even adding in sleep, there are a lot of hours left open. I hope you are a saner man than I..........well, come to think of it, that's not too hard........but I started getting into some bizarre behavior. TIME: Time takes on an entirely new character. I am always one to try to show up places on time and hospitals tend to run pretty much to a schedule on certain things. After awhile, the slightest discrepancy from the norm had a big effect. Since you have learned all the places where things come from and the "noises" associated with them, when something doesn't arrive when it should I started trying to figure out the reason......."It's 6:15 and supper arrives on the floor at 6:00. Did it arrive?".....prowls down hall, no carts in sight, none by the service elevator either....hmmmm. MEALS: Frankly, I may have been lucky, but the hospital food was pretty decent and after awhile you begin to know what to expect. Do you get a menu card? Mine arrived at 9:30 and I would spend an inordinate amount of time reading and making selections, always planning what I would eat and what I would squirrel away for later. Then the meal must arrive on time (see above). When it did, I would "organize" the tray and mess around for about 5 minutes before starting to eat. I mean it had to be just so! This from a slob who normally wolfs down a meal and has no idea what color the plate is. Geeziz, I think I chewed my food longer there in one meal than I would normally chew in a month! CLEAN-UP: Showers, shaving, etc. Oh man.....Did this stuff ever take on massive proportions! At home, I'm done with the whole works in no longer than 20 minutes and that is if I stand and soak under the hot water for a long time. In the hospital, I spent 20 minutes getting the stuff laid out "properly." With the IV's and all I would spend a ridiculous amount of time keeping them protected from the water, but I'd spend at least 10 minutes shaving!!! When I had this time for completing everything up to about an hour and fifteen minutes, even I could see I was losing it! REAL DUMB STUFF: I developed a method to peel and eat an orange that took about 45 minutes........After a week, I had memorized the spouse's names and children's names of every nurse, aid, and tech who cared for me on every shift and weekends. "Hi Robin. How was were your days off? Did Charlie take Carla to his Mom's for her birthday?"................I organized every detail of my personal toiletries and reading material; just had to have it in the right place. Checking this twice a day will pass about 20 minutes if you inspect everything......................Play "Guess Your Vitals" which amazingly enough, you can do after awhile! Barry my friend, I hope you get the good news soon and you and your family continue to be in my thoughts. My Best To All. Spaw |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: wysiwyg Date: 02 Apr 01 - 06:24 PM That address WAS the corrected one, I just wondered if he might have moved. And it's odd, but I never saw a link to Part One in this thread-- so here we were asking everyone to send CDs, but the address was buried in the old thread. Ooops! I figured I better post it, and it was easier than making a clicky. I sent three CDs as it turned out-- the one I had in mind, plus two that are all nature sounds. I have tapes too if anyone is going to present him with a Walkman. (Hint hint). Would anyone like to sponsor a CD-raiser in the auction? You know, donate MudBucks to Max for any CD's sent to Barry? Or would anyone like to start a CDs-for-Barry project with our favorite purveyors? Just a thought. I just know if me make a big fuss and over-complicate the CD thing the new liver will materialize. Especially if I am involved-- never fails! How about a Boston Mudcat gathering on the hospital grounds? ~Susan |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: katlaughing Date: 02 Apr 01 - 06:31 PM And it's odd, but I never saw a link to Part One in this thread The link to Part One is in the very first posting of this thread. |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: wysiwyg Date: 02 Apr 01 - 09:18 PM I am sorry Kat. I really can hardly see right now and I had looked but I was skimming for the usual all-caps CLICK HERE and I missed it. My screen brightness is also so poor I can't tell the dark blue from the black type-- my apology. I thought in everyone's concern for Barry the link may have been left out in a sort of we-all-know-the-situation kind of phenomenon. I did not mean it as a criticism and I would hope you did not take it as such. ~Susan |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Ferrara Date: 02 Apr 01 - 10:55 PM 'spaw, you had me howling with laughter up there. That's just how it is! Actually, part of the s-l-o-w shower and cleanup was probably a natural reaction to being tubed-up and full of holes and sore places. A natural part of being in the hospital, I think. WYSIWYG, thanks for the reminders about sending CD's. A very good idea. Rita |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: SINSULL Date: 03 Apr 01 - 08:46 AM At least they let you shower. I had a minor infection and wasn't allowed to. Gross! I still remember that first splash of hot water and the feel of shampoo. Brett - give me some dates and I will put you on my Social Schedule. Maybe we can get to the South Street Seaport for a Shanty Sing or catch Sorcha Dorcha in concert. I will PM you. |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Naemanson Date: 03 Apr 01 - 08:54 AM That sounds great, Sins. I've always wanted to see South Street and a Chanty Sing there would be stupendous! Instead of me giving you some dates why don't we plan around the chanty sing. Are they regular enough that we can plan on them? I would PM you on this and take it out of this thread but when you are bored and in the hospital any kind of entertainment will do (see Spaw's post above). Now Barry can speculate on what is going on and he can enjoy endless hours of guessing. |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: CamiSu Date: 03 Apr 01 - 10:30 AM Perhaps the hospital has a cassette player as well. I know that Hitchcock had one for Ben when he was in, (though that was the PICU-Pediatric Intensive Care) Barry, let us know. Otherwise I think I can scare something up around here. It may be a full size boom box, though I don't think I have one with both tape and cd working. Thinking about you EVERY DAY! Several times a day.... CamiSu |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: wysiwyg Date: 03 Apr 01 - 02:50 PM I know! Let's send him a karaoke machine! Bwahhahahahahahhh!!! Barry, do you have your guitar there? Need any fresh wacky songbooks to try some new stuff? ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: GUEST,Bedridden Barry from Sis's laptop Date: 03 Apr 01 - 05:12 PM Still no little lively livers poking their peppered onion eyes over the horizon. At this point I'll even pass on mushrooms & butter. Talk about stir crazy. I do have a CD player & a fair collection of CD's on top of those that sent me some, to them, Dan Milner, RiGGY (just before I got here), Deb Cowan & to Shipping News & to Sinsull's Sea Ballads by Mansfield, thanks is not near enough. Hi spaw, I've got more ways now to cut an apple, peel an orange, floss my teeth while on all fours & how to swim the backstroke go into the sidestroke & finish off with the American crawl with out once falling off the nurses' station. Hi Meg & thanks, please send along to the Mystic crowd my apprecation for their care & concern & that I'll see you all in June come hell or high water. I'll be off now, supper just came in so like a well behaved pup I've got to play with it for a few hours. Thanks to all of you & with Lots Of Love. Barry |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: GUEST,Bedridden Barry from Sis's laptop Date: 03 Apr 01 - 05:14 PM Still no little lively livers poking their peppered onion eyes over the horizon. At this point I'll even pass on mushrooms & butter. Talk about stir crazy. I do have a CD player & a fair collection of CD's on top of those that sent me some, to them, Dan Milner, RiGGY (just before I got here), Deb Cowan & to Shipping News & to Sinsull's Sea Ballads by Mansfield, thanks is not near enough. Hi spaw, I've got more ways now to cut an apple, peel an orange, floss my teeth while on all fours & how to swim the backstroke go into the sidestroke & finish off with the American crawl with out once falling off the nurses' station. Hi Meg & thanks, please send along to the Mystic crowd my apprecation for their care & concern & that I'll see you all in June come hell or high water. I'll be off now, supper just came in so like a well behaved pup I've got to play with it for a few hours. Thanks to all of you & with Lots Of Love. Barry |
Subject: RE: Barry Finn - TWO From: Bert Date: 03 Apr 01 - 05:35 PM And actually he typed that whole message in again, just to kill time. |
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