Is it ok to invent a ruckin' thread ... just to get it all out? I put my sister on a flight back to Oz yesterday morning and all day yesterday and most of the day today I was angry and tearful.... is that normal?

Anyway, I found everything wrong with everything and I wanted to stop the world and get off! So, I thought maybe, it was ok to invent the "Ruckin" thread to let it all out......... Grrrrrrrrrrrrr ??

Sorry.....NEVER heard this word: 'Ruckin' or Rucking.....please explain the exact meaning? Is it an Aussie word...?

But, hey, yes I can understand that you miss your sister...that special 'family/intimate' kind of sharing you can with someone special and which you can't with anybody else......sorry to hear!

LaoPo

Yeah, it's an Aussie thing - ruckin, fruckin, muckin, blah blah blah...... (or maybe I just made it up 'cos am sure the True Blue boys of this forum would disagree).Anyway, just a thread for letting off the steaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam!

Life is a bitch when ..... your lil sis goes home but darn we had a great time!!!!

Yeah, it's an Aussie thing - ruckin, fruckin, muckin, blah blah blah...... (or maybe I just made it up 'cos am sure the True Blue boys of this forum would disagree).Anyway, just a thread for letting off the steaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam!

Life is a bitch when ..... your lil sis goes home but darn we had a great time!!!!

Thanks for explaining....and YES...that's the way to describe it.....both of you had a great time, and that's what counts. Nobody can take that away from you anymore.

Good memories!!!

LaoPo

Well she can always come back - never a good bye - just see you next time.

Rucking is a rugby term, a ruck is less formal than a scrum, but more friendly than a full-on fight, sort of like rugby itself, really Much enjoyed by us Poms & antipodean types - probably too hard for American-footballers (you don't get to wear full body-armour).

cos their wusses in the states. Need the dept. of defence to invent their padding... Softies.

Happy ibrthday to the queen of all Poms in OZ.

Ruck away Khall... But get your webcam fixed for tomorrow m´luv, I´m having some friends over.... (Guided tour of Guatemalan liquors over the net.

I understand 'ruck' and 'rucking'. And yes Khall it's perfectly okay to ruck to such circumstances!!! I just hope it doesn't last too long, you are in my thoughts...

Aww, sis. You're heart is broken again??? Can the Bedlam Boys help you out?

Rucking is a rugby term, a ruck is less formal than a scrum, but more friendly than a full-on fight, sort of like rugby itself, really Much enjoyed by us Poms & antipodean types - probably too hard for American-footballers (you don't get to wear full body-armour).

A ruck occurs where the ball carrier goes into contact and/or to ground, is joined by a team-mate and two or more players from the opposition (thereby creating an offside line), all of whom bind on in order to clear the ball onto their side, using feet alone (hands in the ruck is a penalty offence).

If it's done properly, it's significantly less friendly than a fight, IMHO. But fun.

Rucking is a rugby term, a ruck is less formal than a scrum, but more friendly than a full-on fight, sort of like rugby itself, really Much enjoyed by us Poms & antipodean types - probably too hard for American-footballers (you don't get to wear full body-armour).

A ruck occurs where the ball carrier goes into contact and/or to ground, is joined by a team-mate and two or more players from the opposition (thereby creating an offside line), all of whom bind on in order to clear the ball onto their side, using feet alone (hands in the ruck is a penalty offence).

If it's done properly, it's significantly less friendly than a fight, IMHO. But fun.

much more fun of course if you are at the TOP of the ruck, rather than being at the bottom and the receiving end.

Is it ok to invent a ruckin' thread ... just to get it all out? I put my sister on a flight back to Oz yesterday morning and all day yesterday and most of the day today I was angry and tearful.... is that normal?

Anyway, I found everything wrong with everything and I wanted to stop the world and get off! So, I thought maybe, it was ok to invent the "Ruckin" thread to let it all out......... Grrrrrrrrrrrrr ??

My youngest daughter, 19 came to visit over Christmas and new Year. She's at uni in England and it was the first time I'd seen her since last August when I went over for a couple of weeks. I put her on a plane in early January, and now I won't see her before the summer of 2007, at the earliest. (She'll be doing her final year until June 2007, and told me no time for trips to Thailand)

My eldest daughter, 30, and her husband have been out with me for the past 2 weeks and I'll be putting them on a plane tomorrow night. God knows when she'll be back - they're buying a new house at the end of the year and money will be tight for quite a while.

I felt terrible when the younger one went back, and since then, I just haven't been able to find a way to tell her how much I love her and how much I miss her. She's such a vulnerable little soul - I don't want to mess with her emotions.

And now the other one is on her way. I feel tearful just writing this.

Ruckin? Never heard of it, but I think I understand it. I hope my wife does, because I doubt I 'll be very good company for the next day or so.

Hey - is this all too serious for bedlam? So sorry.

I've felt rucked over. I once let my normally rigid guard down and described someone on this forum as a friend and was told , in no uncertain terms, that it can't happen if you dont know some one personally.

My youngest daughter, 19 came to visit over Christmas and new Year. She's at uni in England and it was the first time I'd seen her since last August when I went over for a couple of weeks. I put her on a plane in early January, and now I won't see her before the summer of 2007, at the earliest. (She'll be doing her final year until June 2007, and told me no time for trips to Thailand)

My eldest daughter, 30, and her husband have been out with me for the past 2 weeks and I'll be putting them on a plane tomorrow night. God knows when she'll be back - they're buying a new house at the end of the year and money will be tight for quite a while.

I felt terrible when the younger one went back, and since then, I just haven't been able to find a way to tell her how much I love her and how much I miss her. She's such a vulnerable little soul - I don't want to mess with her emotions.

And now the other one is on her way. I feel tearful just writing this.

Ruckin? Never heard of it, but I think I understand it. I hope my wife does, because I doubt I 'll be very good company for the next day or so.

Hey - is this all too serious for bedlam? So sorry.

It might sound odd but I've never missed anyone in my life; neither friend nor family nor lover. I take solace in the fact that life is eternal and we'll have more than enough 'time' to spend together. Well, I don't really take solace in that since I'm not suffering in the first place. I just know it.

Cheers, Mobi D'Ark. You're only a memory away from being with those whom you love.

It might sound odd but I've never missed anyone in my life; neither friend nor family nor lover. I take solace in the fact that life is eternal and we'll have more than enough 'time' to spend together. Well, I don't really take solace in that since I'm not suffering in the first place. I just know it.

Cheers, Mobi D'Ark. You're only a memory away from being with those whom you love.

I only wish to G... (no I guess I shouldn;t say that) that I had your belief in the eternal. Might make this life a bit easier sometimes.

I"m working on the reincarnation bit - but haven't got there either.

Anyway, thanks for the kind words, Tippaporn

My youngest daughter, 19 came to visit over Christmas and new Year. She's at uni in England and it was the first time I'd seen her since last August when I went over for a couple of weeks. I put her on a plane in early January, and now I won't see her before the summer of 2007, at the earliest. (She'll be doing her final year until June 2007, and told me no time for trips to Thailand)

My eldest daughter, 30, and her husband have been out with me for the past 2 weeks and I'll be putting them on a plane tomorrow night. God knows when she'll be back - they're buying a new house at the end of the year and money will be tight for quite a while.

I felt terrible when the younger one went back, and since then, I just haven't been able to find a way to tell her how much I love her and how much I miss her. She's such a vulnerable little soul - I don't want to mess with her emotions.

And now the other one is on her way. I feel tearful just writing this.

Ruckin? Never heard of it, but I think I understand it. I hope my wife does, because I doubt I 'll be very good company for the next day or so.

Hey - is this all too serious for bedlam? So sorry.

It might sound odd but I've never missed anyone in my life; neither friend nor family nor lover. I take solace in the fact that life is eternal and we'll have more than enough 'time' to spend together. Well, I don't really take solace in that since I'm not suffering in the first place. I just know it.

Cheers, Mobi D'Ark. You're only a memory away from being with those whom you love.

Same here. I would only miss my wife and daughter. Other than that I would okay. Of course, I am an only child and was never close to my parents, so maybe that's why.

I've felt rucked over. I once let my normally rigid guard down and described someone on this forum as a friend and was told , in no uncertain terms, that it can't happen if you dont know some one personally.

Interesting post Croc. I make a distinction between friends, ie those you have met, and 'on-line' friends, ie those you have met on-line. You can still have a good relationship with both. Sharing thoughts, giving and receiving advice etc. So I think you can call someone from 'cyber space' a friend!

I've felt rucked over. I once let my normally rigid guard down and described someone on this forum as a friend and was told , in no uncertain terms, that it can't happen if you dont know some one personally.

Interesting post Croc. I make a distinction between friends, ie those you have met, and 'on-line' friends, ie those you have met on-line. You can still have a good relationship with both. Sharing thoughts, giving and receiving advice etc. So I think you can call someone from 'cyber space' a friend!

There's idea for a topic, define friendship. Only what forum should it go under?

It might sound odd but I've never missed anyone in my life; neither friend nor family nor lover. I take solace in the fact that life is eternal and we'll have more than enough 'time' to spend together. Well, I don't really take solace in that since I'm not suffering in the first place. I just know it.

Cheers, Mobi D'Ark. You're only a memory away from being with those whom you love.

I only wish to G... (no I guess I shouldn;t say that) that I had your belief in the eternal. Might make this life a bit easier sometimes.

I"m working on the reincarnation bit - but haven't got there either.

Anyway, thanks for the kind words, Tippaporn

You don't need to believe in the eternal, Mobi D'Ark. You are whether or not you know it. But, yeah, knowing would make life easier.

I've felt rucked over. I once let my normally rigid guard down and described someone on this forum as a friend and was told , in no uncertain terms, that it can't happen if you dont know some one personally.

Interesting post Croc. I make a distinction between friends, ie those you have met, and 'on-line' friends, ie those you have met on-line. You can still have a good relationship with both. Sharing thoughts, giving and receiving advice etc. So I think you can call someone from 'cyber space' a friend!

I consider Boon Mee to be a friend and I have never met him.

I really look up to and respect britmaverick. He is consistantly kind and helpful towards other posters no matter how petty and nasty some others on the forum can be.

I really look up to and respect britmaverick. He is consistantly kind and helpful towards other posters no matter how petty and nasty some others on the forum can be.

Wait till you meet him, he even buys you a drink and then dissapears before you can buy him one back Cheers Brit, me and the Proff still owe you one. I never forget

I really look up to and respect britmaverick. He is consistantly kind and helpful towards other posters no matter how petty and nasty some others on the forum can be.

Wait till you meet him, he even buys you a drink and then dissapears before you can buy him one back Cheers Brit, me and the Proff still owe you one. I never forget

No worries mate. Mind you - you did leave me while you went on the GoGo toure of Patters.

Btw need to send you some photos - Pm me your email addy.

I really look up to and respect britmaverick. He is consistantly kind and helpful towards other posters no matter how petty and nasty some others on the forum can be.

Wait till you meet him, he even buys you a drink and then dissapears before you can buy him one back Cheers Brit, me and the Proff still owe you one. I never forget

No worries mate. Mind you - you did leave me while you went on the GoGo toure of Patters.

Btw need to send you some photos - Pm me your email addy.

Oh ya, me too Addy!!

I felt terrible when the younger one went back, and since then, I just haven't been able to find a way to tell her how much I love her and how much I miss her. She's such a vulnerable little soul - I don't want to mess with her emotions.

And now the other one is on her way. I feel tearful just writing this.

If it makes you feel any better, I have the same feelings about my daughters and they live reasonably near me. I have a great relationship with my elder daughter (22) and so I miss her. My relationship with my younger daughter hasn't been great (although we are trying to sort it) and so I miss her because of that. I speak with them several times a week and see them as often as I can.

IMHO, all I can do is to let them know I love them and that I am there for them whenever they need me, but also make it clear that I understand that they want and need to make their own lives, live by their own rules (not mine). The truth is, I miss them but they probably don't miss me - that is pretty common and is the curse of being a parent.

In respect of the poster about faith, I have a strong religious belief but that doesn't stop me from missing my kids. It's what makes us human, and comes as the downside of the wonderful gift of loving someone.

I've felt rucked over. I once let my normally rigid guard down and described someone on this forum as a friend and was told , in no uncertain terms, that it can't happen if you dont know some one personally.

IMHO that says more about the other party than it does about you, mate. The decision of whom to consider a friend is yours and yours alone. Don't keep your guard up too much - you'll deny yourself the pleasure of liking and being liked.

I don't mean to teach granny to suck eggs, but as the saying goes "love like you'll never be hurt". I've tried it and the pluses far outweigh the minuses.

I've felt rucked over. I once let my normally rigid guard down and described someone on this forum as a friend and was told , in no uncertain terms, that it can't happen if you dont know some one personally.

IMHO that says more about the other party than it does about you, mate. The decision of whom to consider a friend is yours and yours alone. Don't keep your guard up too much - you'll deny yourself the pleasure of liking and being liked.

I don't mean to teach granny to suck eggs, but as the saying goes "love like you'll never be hurt". I've tried it and the pluses far outweigh the minuses.

...and dance like no one's watching you...

Ruck-ing hel_l

ruck 1

ruck [ruk]

(plural rucks) noun

1. large number: a large number of people or things

2. ordinary people or things: the great mass of unexceptional people or things

3. followers: the group of competitors behind the leader in a race

[13th century. Probably < N Germanic , "pile of combustible material"]

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ruck 2

ruck [ruk]

transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle rucked, present participle ruck•ing, 3rd person present singular rucks)

wrinkle: to become creased, or cause something, especially fabric, to become creased

• The carpet is rucked up under your chair.

noun (plural rucks) unwanted fold: a crease, especially in a fabric

[Late 18th century. < Old Norse hrukka "wrinkle"]

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ruck (n)

• mass

mass, pile, heap, accumulation, conglomeration, number

• crease

crease, wrinkle, fold, crumple, rumple

ruck (v)

wrinkle

wrinkle, crease, fold, crumple, gather, pucker, rumple, ruck up

antonym: smooth

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So er... Colonel, A Ruck should not be mistaken for a F....

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