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2017-07-11 00:30:06
23 votes, rating 4.6
23 votes, rating 4.6
Goodbye, maybe for now, maybe forever.
We made it to Olympia, but it took the last we had.
Unfortunately, when we got here, the people who were suppose to help us get settled had a family medical emergency, and they cannot take us in.
I got a job the first day I got here, but it does not start to the 18th. We went through about four increasingly desperate plans to find a way, but they all fell through in quick succession.
Right now, it looks as if there is a very good chance we will lose the rest of what we have, lose our cats, and end up homeless. Nothing has worked.
Obviously, I don't know if I will ever recover and be back. I have fought long and hard, went 3/4 of the way across the country, and it looks like it may have come to naught.
I don't know what is going to happen. I'm not a tough guy, and I don't know if I can survive on the streets. Losing my poor cats will probably take the last bit of spark I have away.
I thought about just quietly disappearing, but I thought about it, and decided I wanted to say goodbye here first. Y'all are all so important to me, and a lot of you helped me when things first went to shit. I want you to know, I tried very hard. But sometimes, in this country, or this world, or this life, when you get knocked down, you can't get back up no matter how hard you try.
If you remember me, please remember the good guy before this all went to hell. I'm sorry that the farce that is my life came to this conclusion.
I hope I will be back one day, but . . . I don't know.
Goodbye,
Pentalarc
Unfortunately, when we got here, the people who were suppose to help us get settled had a family medical emergency, and they cannot take us in.
I got a job the first day I got here, but it does not start to the 18th. We went through about four increasingly desperate plans to find a way, but they all fell through in quick succession.
Right now, it looks as if there is a very good chance we will lose the rest of what we have, lose our cats, and end up homeless. Nothing has worked.
Obviously, I don't know if I will ever recover and be back. I have fought long and hard, went 3/4 of the way across the country, and it looks like it may have come to naught.
I don't know what is going to happen. I'm not a tough guy, and I don't know if I can survive on the streets. Losing my poor cats will probably take the last bit of spark I have away.
I thought about just quietly disappearing, but I thought about it, and decided I wanted to say goodbye here first. Y'all are all so important to me, and a lot of you helped me when things first went to shit. I want you to know, I tried very hard. But sometimes, in this country, or this world, or this life, when you get knocked down, you can't get back up no matter how hard you try.
If you remember me, please remember the good guy before this all went to hell. I'm sorry that the farce that is my life came to this conclusion.
I hope I will be back one day, but . . . I don't know.
Goodbye,
Pentalarc
Comments
Posted by pythrr on 2017-07-11 00:39:17
Summer in the PNW. Drive tot he coast and camp out in the car til the 18th!
Good luck sir!
Good luck sir!
Posted by Beanchilla on 2017-07-11 00:43:17
Agreed with Pythrr. It sucks but it's a good place to float for a week. Can you get a loan? Find a shelter?
I hope you don't have to give up your cats. Hit up people on craigslist or the local buy-nothing groups. They are often very generous.
Hope that helps.
I hope you don't have to give up your cats. Hit up people on craigslist or the local buy-nothing groups. They are often very generous.
Hope that helps.
Posted by Pentalarc on 2017-07-11 01:15:05
No car. Moved here in a rental.
The homeless shelter is most likely full, and we haven't been here and homeless long enough to apply for the emergency shelter program.
What is a buy-nothing group?
The homeless shelter is most likely full, and we haven't been here and homeless long enough to apply for the emergency shelter program.
What is a buy-nothing group?
Posted by rodney_dangerfield on 2017-07-11 02:35:39
If you are in olympia Washington, call interfaith works emergency shelter, Tel# 844 628 7343.
If they don't have space they could recommend other places. Keep rolling, a 6 might just come up.
If they don't have space they could recommend other places. Keep rolling, a 6 might just come up.
Posted by Kondor on 2017-07-11 06:29:27
Never. Ever give up. Just hold on and keep fighting the fight. You said you have a job starting on the 18th. That is one week. Survive one day and then another. Just keep working it through.
Posted by Kondor on 2017-07-11 06:30:06
Please don't give up. Please hold on.
Posted by SpecialOne on 2017-07-11 07:17:28
All the best to you.
This is not to sound coldhearted, but how many of you 108 people who as friended Pentalarc does know him and can verify this amazing but very sad story?
Of the 5 he has listed himself, I have asked 2 of them if they know Pentalarc, and they didn't.
I could be way out of line here, but to me this could smell like a fraud. Not sure yet, but am investegating. Especially if he in a few days time make a new post about how he has (yet again) found a way out, but just need a little money to get back on his feet.
This is not to sound coldhearted, but how many of you 108 people who as friended Pentalarc does know him and can verify this amazing but very sad story?
Of the 5 he has listed himself, I have asked 2 of them if they know Pentalarc, and they didn't.
I could be way out of line here, but to me this could smell like a fraud. Not sure yet, but am investegating. Especially if he in a few days time make a new post about how he has (yet again) found a way out, but just need a little money to get back on his feet.
Posted by easilyamused on 2017-07-11 08:46:52
SpecialOne. I can verify the story. There have been several gofundme campaigns and it is all over his FB page, unless of course you now want to accuse all of his friends of being in on it as well.
Posts like yours are everything that's wrong in the world. Where's the faith in humanity?
Posts like yours are everything that's wrong in the world. Where's the faith in humanity?
Posted by Meanandugl on 2017-07-11 08:51:32
All the best to you Pentalarc, keep the chin up!
@Specialone: It's not a fraud. look fx here https://fumbbl.com/p/blog&c=akaRenton&id=17650. There are several other threads from and about Pentalarc since 2015.
@Specialone: It's not a fraud. look fx here https://fumbbl.com/p/blog&c=akaRenton&id=17650. There are several other threads from and about Pentalarc since 2015.
Posted by easilyamused on 2017-07-11 08:58:43
Or if faith in humanity is too much at least do some reason before spouting complete crap.
Posted by bghandras on 2017-07-11 09:08:07
SpecialOne is a nice guy, and i think he asked question, not accusing. I think a 'yes i confirm' from you, and an 'ok, thanks for eliminating the shadow of the doubt' from him would be enough to solve this one. Blowing it out of proportion is the wrong about this world i think.
P.S. If you think i blew it out of proportion, then let me apologize in advance. My pm was meant to make a point, not about starting a debate, implying anything beyond the point, or accusing anybody.
P.S. If you think i blew it out of proportion, then let me apologize in advance. My pm was meant to make a point, not about starting a debate, implying anything beyond the point, or accusing anybody.
Posted by eldritchfox on 2017-07-11 09:17:30
Fingers crossed Pentalarc. Life will find a way.
Posted by finsterface on 2017-07-11 09:53:09
hey Pentalarc,
that is a very sad story. didn't expect to read something like this on fumbbl :-(
Also missed that fundraising, that was going on 2 years ago, but which Meanandugl linked to.
Try also seeing those things that are not so bad, right now. Only try to focus on this moment. I'll start out with: Luckily it's still summer.
If you can, keep posting about how the situation is and how you even manage to go online! Have you tried some churches? I was once able to get shelter in a church, when travelling and sleeping out in the open in switzerland, but weather turned really bad. (that country was way to expensive for me at the time to afford shelter...)
my thoughts are with you!
that is a very sad story. didn't expect to read something like this on fumbbl :-(
Also missed that fundraising, that was going on 2 years ago, but which Meanandugl linked to.
Try also seeing those things that are not so bad, right now. Only try to focus on this moment. I'll start out with: Luckily it's still summer.
If you can, keep posting about how the situation is and how you even manage to go online! Have you tried some churches? I was once able to get shelter in a church, when travelling and sleeping out in the open in switzerland, but weather turned really bad. (that country was way to expensive for me at the time to afford shelter...)
my thoughts are with you!
Posted by SpecialOne on 2017-07-11 10:16:54
@easilyamused.
I have sent you a PM with some reason for my post.
Thankyou for clarification. Something I didn't get from Pentalarc himself some time back.
cheers
SpecialOne
I have sent you a PM with some reason for my post.
Thankyou for clarification. Something I didn't get from Pentalarc himself some time back.
cheers
SpecialOne
Posted by Jim_Fear on 2017-07-11 16:29:21
In times like these I take comfort in the words of W. Phillips:
"Some day somebody's gonna make you want to
Turn around and say goodbye
Until then baby are you going to let them
Hold you down and make you cry
Don't you know?
Don't you know things can change
Things'll go your way
If you hold on for one more day
Can you hold on for one more day
Things'll go your way
Hold on for one more day"
"Some day somebody's gonna make you want to
Turn around and say goodbye
Until then baby are you going to let them
Hold you down and make you cry
Don't you know?
Don't you know things can change
Things'll go your way
If you hold on for one more day
Can you hold on for one more day
Things'll go your way
Hold on for one more day"
Posted by mrt1212 on 2017-07-11 20:33:44
@Specialone
There are easier grifts than people on Fumbbl
There are easier grifts than people on Fumbbl
Posted by Gozer_the_Gozerian on 2017-07-11 20:51:49
Here's a pretty good one: cover a throw pillow with icing, have your kid go stand outside the doorway of a store. When a customer opens the door, they bump the kid, who drops the cake and starts crying. The mark then offers to pay for the cake. Repair icing on pillow and repeat.
Posted by keggiemckill on 2017-07-11 21:38:31
Good Luck to you Pent.
Posted by Arktoris on 2017-07-11 23:45:32
Don't stop believing...
God speed, Pentalarc.
God speed, Pentalarc.
Posted by m0gw41 on 2017-07-12 00:06:40
Stay strong Pents, GL mate.
Posted by DrPoods on 2017-07-12 04:12:54
Keep on battling Pents.
The Sun will shine again. Good luck.
The Sun will shine again. Good luck.
Posted by JackassRampant on 2017-07-12 05:35:59
Good luck, buddy. Let me know when the job starts.
Go on facebook, look for the Buy Nothing Group for your area.
Go to the animal shelter if you must, tell them your situation, ask if they can keep your cats for a few weeks. They might turn you away, but if they do, they can at least give you a direction.
Go on facebook, look for the Buy Nothing Group for your area.
Go to the animal shelter if you must, tell them your situation, ask if they can keep your cats for a few weeks. They might turn you away, but if they do, they can at least give you a direction.
Posted by awambawamb on 2017-07-12 16:42:36
I kinda know the feeling, I have a friend in a similar situation. Best of luck with the job and let us know how it will go.
Posted by Pentalarc on 2017-07-13 23:26:28
To Jackassrampant et al; The job starts on the 18th. . .all of that is confirmed. However, I do not know if I will have internet access at that point (or after tomorrow).
To SpecialOne: I am not sure what confirmation you asked from me before, and I am sorry I missed it. I'll answer any questions you want, but, as I said, I don't know how much longer we will have internet access, and there isn't much time.
That said, we are working on options and trying to get things figured out and ways to survive. I don't know if that makes you more suspicious or not, but it's the truth. And yes, we have received help before, but I didn't ask that here again. And if we have to, I won't put it here.
The simple facts: We had problems, we fixed them with help. Then we lost our apartment, trough a bizarre situation. We fixed it with help. Then I lost my job. We moved to Texarkana,with family but a lunatic family member attacked us with a sledgehammer because we didn't support his favored presidential candidate.
So we ended up fleeing. Littlerally fleeing. Now you know, as they say, the rest of the story.
I posted here again, because I used to be very active here. Then life went haywire and I was a lot less active. Then I said I would be back once I got connected to the internet in Olympia.
Then this happened. And, rather than disappear and let people wonder, I said what happened to me, so they would know.
So, yeah, I'm a bit emotional right now. But when it seems like life is trying to remove you from the universe like it's the immune system and you're something no longer welcome. . .accepting your fate is a bit of an emotional experience.
I feel sometimes that I was supposed to die in Katrina, and my existance since then has been some type of continuity error, that the Timelords are trying to correct.
So that's that. Now you know, SpecialOne. It doesn't have to restore any faith in me, which I apparently lost in missing a PM while busy, or through my failure, which, believe me, has hurt me a helluva lot.
But hopefully it will fix any damage done to your faith in humanity.
To the rest: I hope I willsee you again,but I honestly don't know and I dno't know how long I'll be able to get to the internet.
If I do, I'll see you then. If I don't, as I said, thank you for everything and goodbye.
To SpecialOne: I am not sure what confirmation you asked from me before, and I am sorry I missed it. I'll answer any questions you want, but, as I said, I don't know how much longer we will have internet access, and there isn't much time.
That said, we are working on options and trying to get things figured out and ways to survive. I don't know if that makes you more suspicious or not, but it's the truth. And yes, we have received help before, but I didn't ask that here again. And if we have to, I won't put it here.
The simple facts: We had problems, we fixed them with help. Then we lost our apartment, trough a bizarre situation. We fixed it with help. Then I lost my job. We moved to Texarkana,with family but a lunatic family member attacked us with a sledgehammer because we didn't support his favored presidential candidate.
So we ended up fleeing. Littlerally fleeing. Now you know, as they say, the rest of the story.
I posted here again, because I used to be very active here. Then life went haywire and I was a lot less active. Then I said I would be back once I got connected to the internet in Olympia.
Then this happened. And, rather than disappear and let people wonder, I said what happened to me, so they would know.
So, yeah, I'm a bit emotional right now. But when it seems like life is trying to remove you from the universe like it's the immune system and you're something no longer welcome. . .accepting your fate is a bit of an emotional experience.
I feel sometimes that I was supposed to die in Katrina, and my existance since then has been some type of continuity error, that the Timelords are trying to correct.
So that's that. Now you know, SpecialOne. It doesn't have to restore any faith in me, which I apparently lost in missing a PM while busy, or through my failure, which, believe me, has hurt me a helluva lot.
But hopefully it will fix any damage done to your faith in humanity.
To the rest: I hope I willsee you again,but I honestly don't know and I dno't know how long I'll be able to get to the internet.
If I do, I'll see you then. If I don't, as I said, thank you for everything and goodbye.
Posted by finsterface on 2017-07-14 23:21:00
Hi,
glad to read, that you're still standing your ground (even if that is quite hard). How are your cats doing by now? If you loose them, try seeing, that they're probably able to survive with more ease, than you. Who's with you atm? Wife? Kids? My thoughts are.
take care!
Finster
glad to read, that you're still standing your ground (even if that is quite hard). How are your cats doing by now? If you loose them, try seeing, that they're probably able to survive with more ease, than you. Who's with you atm? Wife? Kids? My thoughts are.
take care!
Finster
Posted by JackassRampant on 2017-07-17 16:30:54
July 17th. Fingers crossed. GL buddy!
Posted by Pentalarc on 2017-07-19 19:54:57
Starting second day of training. Everything seems right with that. Still holding onto the cats. Have a couple of options, which to be the best one won't be availabluntil August 1st. So far hanging in there.
Posted by finsterface on 2017-07-20 09:17:25
Well, keep on hanging in there!