Chief Nine
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I was just looking him up the other day. I was a huge fan back when he was on locally. RIP to a radio legend
Imwas just looking him up the other day. I was a huge fan back when he was on locally. RIP to a radio legend
I found out about him when I was in HS during the late 70s-early 80s on WNBC in NY. I always liked him better than Howard Stern.
I found out about him when I was in HS during the late 70s-early 80s on WNBC in NY. I always liked him better than Howard Stern.
I found out about him when I was in HS during the late 70s-early 80s on WNBC in NY. I always liked him better than Howard Stern.
I want to apologize if I’m not my bubbly old self. The last 72 hours have been hard.
Erin, the lady who took her children’s and own life Christmas day was a coworker of mine.
We werent real close but did do a project together back in the day.
I just cant get my head around it. Just cant. Those poor babies.
I think all of us at the company are just shell shocked.
How awful! I just can't imagine.I want to apologize if I’m not my bubbly old self. The last 72 hours have been hard.
Erin, the lady who took her children’s and own life Christmas day was a coworker of mine.
We werent real close but did do a project together back in the day.
I just cant get my head around it. Just cant. Those poor babies.
I think all of us at the company are just shell shocked.
Sorry to hear that Wally. Tragic all around.I want to apologize if I’m not my bubbly old self. The last 72 hours have been hard.
Erin, the lady who took her children’s and own life Christmas day was a coworker of mine.
We werent real close but did do a project together back in the day.
I just cant get my head around it. Just cant. Those poor babies.
I think all of us at the company are just shell shocked.
Sending you a hug Wally. I also send my thoughts to everyone at your company.I want to apologize if I’m not my bubbly old self. The last 72 hours have been hard.
Erin, the lady who took her children’s and own life Christmas day was a coworker of mine.
We werent real close but did do a project together back in the day.
I just cant get my head around it. Just cant. Those poor babies.
I think all of us at the company are just shell shocked.
I want to apologize if I’m not my bubbly old self. The last 72 hours have been hard.
Erin, the lady who took her children’s and own life Christmas day was a coworker of mine.
We werent real close but did do a project together back in the day.
I just cant get my head around it. Just cant. Those poor babies.
I think all of us at the company are just shell shocked.
@Gee Wally - I can't imagine
When I first heard the news I sighed because the location has become notorious for suicides but I thought it must be a frazzled single Mom who was overwhelmed by not providing on Christmas. Even with that thought, I was horrified and deeply saddened.
I have battled depression for a long time for reasons going back to my teens but I was never in crisis because I fear death much more than what life throws at you. I can't comprehend the darkness that woman was in and as Wally says those poor babies.
Perhaps that is the reason 'It's A Wonderful Life' became a classic years after it was a box office flop. Asking for help should NEVER be perceived as a weakness but as a strength.
I learned a long time ago that if you ask someone if they are OK and they respond I am fine a warning bell should go off.
I'm FINE (F***** up, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional)
The worst effect of a traumatic event like this is people wondering if they could have done anything to prevent it and that is a no-win scenario.
In my career, I elected to work in the toy department of TV ( sports) instead of news even though news offered better hours and more money. The problem with working sports is we work when most people are off and weekends are prime time. My marriage crumbled over this even though my wife knew what she had signed up for. I tried news one more time but by then local news had become if it bleeds it leads. My waterloo came in 2003 when I was dispatched to Warwick, RI for a nightclub fire We had no idea what we were in for and then had to feed live footage for the 'Today Show'
That story broke me
Tragic, sorry friendI want to apologize if I’m not my bubbly old self. The last 72 hours have been hard.
Erin, the lady who took her children’s and own life Christmas day was a coworker of mine.
We werent real close but did do a project together back in the day.
I just cant get my head around it. Just cant. Those poor babies.
I think all of us at the company are just shell shocked.
It's interesting to see this written out, it's something I've been doing for a while with exercise & diet; I've found sticking to those two things help me from getting to overwhelmed/what's the point/I give up levels - maybe for reasons as simple as tangible (healthy) activities to complete/check off. I went through a bad break up at a time my business was hitting it's most stressful (we finally turned the page to 'busy all the time' and got thrown into a sink or swim situation basically). Add to the fact that I work from home full time, and found myself at 32 living alone for the first time (headed into a NE winter)... let's say things got bad there for a while and getting back into the gym/eating right ended up saving me about a year+ ago.I work in state law enforcement, thankfully not in a frontline role because I don't think I could handle what those folks are regularly exposed to first hand. Helping our employees deal with the effects of exposure to traumatic events and sights is one of our largest challenges. One of the concepts we use, and which people may be familiar with, is the stress/trauma/mental health bucket.
Life or work throws challenges and difficulties at us and they can build up stress, trauma and mental fatigue over time, until our bucket is threatening to overflow and we just collapse or can't handle it anymore. Different people will have their bucket filled at different speeds and by different things, but everyone has something that will get to them and wear them down. In response we need to find ways to counter this (music, walks, reading, time to yourself, travel, whatever works for you) and frequently reduce the levels in our bucket, so that it never overflows, and we need the mental awareness to know when it's getting too high or as to how to avoid things that will fill it particularly quickly.
It's a pretty simply tool but it works really well, in that it keeps mental health at the forefront of people's thinking as a daily part of their lives that they need to remain aware of and continually be looking after, and it helps to normalize mental health challenges and struggles as something that everyone is exposed to and needs to grapple with from time to time.
Whomever designed the Skyliner at Disney has a few screws loose. This is sheer hell.
Whomever designed the Skyliner at Disney has a few screws loose. This is sheer hell.
I have stood at the edgeI want to apologize if I’m not my bubbly old self. The last 72 hours have been hard.
Erin, the lady who took her children’s and own life Christmas day was a coworker of mine.
We werent real close but did do a project together back in the day.
I just cant get my head around it. Just cant. Those poor babies.
I think all of us at the company are just shell shocked.
I thought my sister was going to puke all over me at one point. Just way too highWe got stuck on the old Skyway system when I was a kid. Between me being really bad with heights, and it rocking back and forth with the breeze, that was not a fun experience for me.
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