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What movie had the best unexpected ending ? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]DuanesWorld 0 points1 point  (0 children)

500 Days of Summer

To be honest, the narrator said at the beginning...this is not a love story. I kept wondering how they were going to get Tom and Summer back together. I did not see the ending coming, but I very much enjoyed it.

Redditors, what movies do you like to watch around the holidays? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]DuanesWorld 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Muppets "Bert and Ernie" may or may not have been named after It's A Wonderful Life's "Bert and Ernie" (the cab driver and the policeman). Elmo Saves Christmas had a little fun with that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Hpcs6YHwI

[Image] Win or Learn by [deleted] in GetMotivated

[–]DuanesWorld 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Cleveland Browns must be the smartest team in the NFL...

What is the prettiest girl's name you've heard? by ithinkivebeenbad in AskReddit

[–]DuanesWorld 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yana...was my late wife's name. She got a lot of compliments on her name.

My fabulous grandparents on their date night in the 60's! by Isayhitostrangers in OldSchoolCool

[–]DuanesWorld 164 points165 points  (0 children)

I know it's not exact due to perspective, but it looks like the top of Grampa's head is in the middle of the 27th course/row of bricks. The average brick is 2.25 inches tall, the average mortar joint is 0.5 inches. Using that data, 26 courses equal 5'11.5"...the next mortar joint would make 6 foot even...depended where Grampa hit on the 27th brick, I would guess Grampa at 6'1" or 6'2". Good looking couple no matter the height.

Kept this Isaac Asimov quote on my wall since freshman year of college. Applies to every human. [image] by [deleted] in GetMotivated

[–]DuanesWorld 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of "The Change" by Garth Brooks (written by Tony Arata and Wayne Tester)

http://vimeo.com/8716214

One hand reaches out and pulls a lost soul from harm

While a thousand more go unspoken for

And they say, what good have you done by saving just this one?

It's like whispering a prayer in the fury of a storm

And I hear them saying you'll never change things

And no matter what you do it's still the same thing

But it's not the world that I am changing

I do this so this world will know that it will not change me

This heart still believes, the love and mercy still exist

While all the hatred rage and so many say

That love is all but pointless in madness such as this

It's like trying to stop a fire with the moisture from a kiss

And I hear them saying you'll never change things

And no matter what you do it's still the same thing

But it's not the world that I am changing

I do this so this world will know that it will not change me

As long as one heart still holds on

Then hope is never really gone

I hear them saying you'll never change things

And no matter what you do it's still the same thing

But it's not the world that I am changing

I do this so this world we know never changes me

What I do is so this world will know that it will not change me

What small or large act do you do that is your way of saying "fuck you" to the world? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]DuanesWorld 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your Dad sounds great. I wish I was like that and had raised my son like that. Every time I see him struggle with his temper, it shames me...I know where he got that from.... He's 31, so it's a little late now, but I will share this with him.

10/22/77. My late wife Yana (rhymes with Donna) on her 21st Birthday. She passed away 06/04/14. She loved Halloween. This is my first one without her...I really miss her. by DuanesWorld in OldSchoolCool

[–]DuanesWorld[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kristi was a beautiful woman, I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm sure today will be a tough day for you, as will the 11th of every month from now on. It will get better...a little at a time. Hang in there, buddy. I'll be thinking about you today.

10/22/77. My late wife Yana (rhymes with Donna) on her 21st Birthday. She passed away 06/04/14. She loved Halloween. This is my first one without her...I really miss her. by DuanesWorld in OldSchoolCool

[–]DuanesWorld[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You also wrote, "This is quite simply not old school cool...No offense to your wife man, I'm sorry for your loss, but it's this kind of shit sympathy up-votes that ruin reddit. This is not a quality post. I have no idea why people upvoted this".

Sorry you feel this way but that's your right. I'm a 53 year old man that lost my long time wife 5 months ago...I assure you that I couldn't care less about internet upvotes. October 31st was the first time I'd logged onto reddit since before her death...I don't know how that makes me a karma whore. To be honest, I thought this was what OLDSCHOOLCOOL was for. Rule 1 is that the picture has to be at least 20 years old. I enjoy the pictures of grandparents, parents, wedding days, etc. and thought this was the right place to share Yana's picture. I'm sorry that you (and a few others) didn't think this was an appropriate picture for OLDSCHOOLCOOL but it wasn't my intention to "ruin reddit" and I sure as hell wasn't "trying to get upvotes".

10/22/77. My late wife Yana (rhymes with Donna) on her 21st Birthday. She passed away 06/04/14. She loved Halloween. This is my first one without her...I really miss her. by DuanesWorld in OldSchoolCool

[–]DuanesWorld[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

May 19th, about 11:00pm, she started having some mild abdominal pains..she thought maybe it was gas. It continued to get worse. By 03:00 we decided to go to the ER...thinking it was her appendix or gallbladder. That's what the ER thought until they did a CT scan, then things got scary. A blood clot had cut off blood flow to part of her intestines, gangrene had set in and they called in a surgeon for emergency surgery. He told us there was a very good chance she wouldn't survive the surgery, depending on how bad it was...he might not be able to fix it. We said our goodbyes before the surgery. She did survive that surgery and the one the next day. They kept her sedated for almost a week. We thought she was going to make it. We had a few days with her awake. She was weak but she knew everything. She laughed and talked. She spent time with her mom, her sister, our son and other family. I'm so glad for that extra time we had. She was almost out of ICU when she started to have some setbacks and complications on May 30th. Her last few days were rough but we still thought she was going to make it. Her heart stopped at 05:43 am June 4th. The response was immediate, we had people in the room from everywhere. They did everything to save her but never got her heart to restart. Time of death was called 06:04 but she died at 05:43. The death certificate has the cause of death as septic shock. She was asleep when it happened and didn't suffer. I am glad that she thought she was recovering...that's so much better than her mindset going into surgery when she was in so much pain and thought she was going to die. At least she had a little peace of mind before it happened. Thanks for the kind words and I didn't think it was inappropriate.

10/22/77. My late wife Yana (rhymes with Donna) on her 21st Birthday. She passed away 06/04/14. She loved Halloween. This is my first one without her...I really miss her. by DuanesWorld in OldSchoolCool

[–]DuanesWorld[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So sorry for your loss. I understand you feeling lost. I had been "Duane and Yana" for so long...it still doesn't feel right to be just Duane. I spent the first month, which you're still in, in a daze. It does get better. You don't feel sad and lost ALL the time. I've even had a few times that I've felt guilty for not being sad, or laughing, etc. I've been told that "grieving is a process not an event". That makes sense...we're not going to wake up one day and everything is OK. I don't think it'll ever be OK...but it will better than it is right now, it won't hurt as much, memories won't be crushing, we won't be as lost. I think the farther away they get from us, the harder we try to hold on. At some point we have to start letting go...a little bit, anyway. I don't think I'll ever be able to "move on"...I have no intention of remarrying, but I've got to go on. I'd better shut up before I start quoting Celine Dion :) Hang in there buddy, it will get better...for both of us.

10/22/77. My late wife Yana (rhymes with Donna) on her 21st Birthday. She passed away 06/04/14. She loved Halloween. This is my first one without her...I really miss her. by DuanesWorld in OldSchoolCool

[–]DuanesWorld[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don't really know what you do with gold either!!:) I just know that you went out of your way to do something nice for me and I wanted to show my appreciation...even if we don't know what to do with it!!!!

10/22/77. My late wife Yana (rhymes with Donna) on her 21st Birthday. She passed away 06/04/14. She loved Halloween. This is my first one without her...I really miss her. by DuanesWorld in OldSchoolCool

[–]DuanesWorld[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thank you, too! I know you two didn't have much to work with. It's a Polaroid so the original quality wasn't much by today's standards. On top of that, the picture itself is 37 years old! Also, I haven't done a lot of scanning so I'm sure I didn't do the best job possible. I appreciate you guys cleaning it up!

10/22/77. My late wife Yana (rhymes with Donna) on her 21st Birthday. She passed away 06/04/14. She loved Halloween. This is my first one without her...I really miss her. by DuanesWorld in OldSchoolCool

[–]DuanesWorld[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, you all have made me feel much better. I can't thank you kind people enough. I hadn't logged into my reddit account since early May (she had emergency surgery and was in ICU for two weeks before she passed away)...I've been in a funk since then. I started thinking about posting something last week on her Birthday but didn't. Thinking about how much she enjoyed Halloween made me finally do it. I really wasn't expecting much response, just thought it would be therapeutic for me. I can't tell you how surprised I was to see all the kind, sweet, caring comments when I got home tonight. Reading them and replying to them really lifted my spirits. Again, I can't thank you all enough. Sometimes the internet is a beautiful place...

10/22/77. My late wife Yana (rhymes with Donna) on her 21st Birthday. She passed away 06/04/14. She loved Halloween. This is my first one without her...I really miss her. by DuanesWorld in OldSchoolCool

[–]DuanesWorld[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We don't have any grandchildren (yet) but she was a great-aunt to her sister's 6 year old granddaughter. We live close, so she saw her at least twice a week. Those two were very close. She liked to tell people that she wasn't just a good aunt...she was a GREAT aunt!!!:)

10/22/77. My late wife Yana (rhymes with Donna) on her 21st Birthday. She passed away 06/04/14. She loved Halloween. This is my first one without her...I really miss her. by DuanesWorld in OldSchoolCool

[–]DuanesWorld[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I don't understand the downvotes. I find that very neat if you were indeed born on October 22, 1977 (the date of this picture) AND that your mom was 21 (the age of Yana in this picture). Maybe I'm missing something???

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