Off Topic SNMT - Bonus thread - Songs about fathers for Father's Day.

For all the ones who came back & for those that did not ...

 

Didn't always see eye to eye with my old man.

Sometimes it seemed like it was only City that we had in common.

I miss him terribly though, now he's gone.

For those of you not overly familiar with Springsteen's work this song is one of several he has written about the difficult relationship he had with his father as he was growing up.

When I first heard it in 1980 it struck such a chord with me.

I was living through exactly the same thing that he had. I'd never for one minute suspected that anyone could understand that you could love and hate someone so much simultaneously.


I've always loved this song. It defines leaving childhood and entering the adult world for me.

 

This one is for my Dad. When he was a POW (before he escaped) They used to play this all day through the loudspeakers. I know it will make him smile.

 

I was diagnosed with sleep apnea a year or so ago. Now use a Cpap machine - the improvement in quality of life is nothing short of amazing - plus I'll hopefully live longer as well. Sleep Apnea is no joke. People pass it off as snoring but its something much more serious.

 

I'm using a Cpap machine too (close to a year), but not having much luck. Because I sleep so little, by mid-afternoon I tend to nod off (without the machine) and when it comes to real bed-time, say 11 or 12 p.m, I put the bloody machine on and it prevents me from falling asleep.
I asked my respirologist last week what's the success rate using a Cpap machine on eliminating/curtailing asleep apnea - he said at least 95 % !
He gave me **** for not progressing with the treatment appropriately. Quite right too.
I think it must be the beer intake, asthma or COPD that's getting in the way of the treatment (at least I managed to quit smoking 9 months ago after > 60 years of abuse on that front). Think I need to get a second machine so I can have one available in the 2 rooms I frequent the most (bedroom & basement telly room, just in case.
Glad it's working for you though.
Right to point out how serious it can develop into something worse.