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Old 5 October 2015, 01:58 AM   #1411
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Old 9 October 2015, 12:45 AM   #1414
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Old 9 October 2015, 05:32 AM   #1415
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There are moments in life, a phone call or a knock at the door in the middle of the night when the course of our lives changes in a heartbeat, bringing us what we do not want, what we can not stop.
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Old 9 October 2015, 10:39 AM   #1416
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There are moments in life, a phone call or a knock at the door in the middle of the night when the course of our lives changes in a heartbeat, bringing us what we do not want, what we can not stop.
Intense.. and dreaded.. - but, at times, a reality..!!
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Old 9 October 2015, 10:42 AM   #1417
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Intense.. and dreaded.. - but, at times, a reality..!!
Yep, unfortunately I've been on both sides of those situations. One of the toughest aspects of the job was making a notification in the middle of the night.
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Old 9 October 2015, 10:47 AM   #1418
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Yep, unfortunately I've been on both sides of those situations. One of the toughest aspects of the job was making a notification in the middle of the night.
..That, must have been one (if not many)..toughest things to have to do.. !!
-- Hopefully, no one knocks on your, or our door...!!
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..That, must have been one (if not many)..toughest things to have to do.. !!
-- Hopefully, no one knocks on your, or our door...!!
Agree
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Old 11 October 2015, 09:49 PM   #1422
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thats a good one...
...as are some of the latter ones... Yogi.
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A moral compass will only point you in the right direction, it won't make you go there. That part is up to you.
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If you find yourself in a fair fight then your tactics suck.
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