What accomplishment are you most proud of?

David777 said:
I see this is an old revived 2023 thread.

As someone with a significant list of impressive accomplishments, I have no interest in exposing many of them to the general public that would otherwise affect the way others treat me on a community web board like this. In other words, I prefer anonymity.
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Frankly, you sound a little conceited. To be honest, even if you were Nobel Prize winner for example, I don't know about other people on this forum, but I myself would not treat you any differently from someone ( for example, like me) who does not have a significant list of accomplishments.
 
oldman said:
I agree, but for a different reason. My religion doesn’t allow us to share our proudness. It’s fine to be proud of myself, but not to talk about it or spread it around. With pride being one of the seven deadly sins, in fact it’s number one, I try hard to hold to it.
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Well what kind of pride are you talking about? The kind of pride that just thinks only of themselves would be terrible but if you're talking about proud of something that you've accomplished in your life it probably means something that you're glad or happy about that you accomplished. I don't think that you're sinning or breaking any commandment by going over now, at our age, you know the accomplishments that we thought were important to us. But maybe that is considered self centered?
 

The accomplishment I am most proud of is this...

My father passed away unexpectedly in 2000. My mother, who was 68 at the time, had severe clinical depression, agoraphobia, and she could no longer drive after having a number of seizures. She hadn't left the house in 4 years. There were times when my mother would just sit in a chair and rock back and forth. My father took care of all of the household items and ran all their errands.

Being an only child, my mother became solely my responsibility. I used to "talk" to my father to give me the insight to make the best decisions possible. I did all the research I could and met with a representative of Elder Care to discuss how to proceed. I soon made my mother responsible for going out and getting the mail, sorting through it and telling what was in it since I was now taking care of two households. It gave her a feeling of importance and inclusion. I think my father had somewhat given up on her but I would not.

I eventually got her to go to the grocery store with me on Saturdays. She was afraid she didn't look "put together" enough because my father had high standards. I said "Wait until you see what people wear to the grocery store". She soon started going on walks with her neighbor. Hubby and I took her out to dinner. She went on a cruise with my cousin. She blossomed and was ready to get out into the world again.

We were living in South Florida. In 2006, we bought a home in Dallas so I could work from home and hand-picked a pre-construction villa for her in a 55+ community. She loved living there and made friends. When she could no longer live independently, we moved her into a great assisted living community and she loved it there as well. She had become very social.

I made lots of sacrifices, but when she passed away in 2021 I felt no guilt because I knew I had given her the best life possible. And I'm proud of that.
 
David777 said:
I see this is an old revived 2023 thread.

As someone with a significant list of impressive accomplishments, I have no interest in exposing many of them to the general public that would otherwise affect the way others treat me on a community web board like this. In other words, I prefer anonymity.
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David, many of us know that you are quite accomplished when it comes to technology so short of telling us you invented the internet I think we would all be proud for you.
 
seadoug said:
The accomplishment I am most proud of is this...

My father passed away unexpectedly in 2000. My mother, who was 68 at the time, had severe clinical depression, agoraphobia, and she could no longer drive after having a number of seizures. She hadn't left the house in 4 years. There were times when my mother would just sit in a chair and rock back and forth. My father took care of all of the household items and ran all their errands.

Being an only child, my mother became solely my responsibility. I used to "talk" to my father to give me the insight to make the best decisions possible. I did all the research I could and met with a representative of Elder Care to discuss how to proceed. I soon made my mother responsible for going out and getting the mail, sorting through it and telling what was in it since I was now taking care of two households. It gave her a feeling of importance and inclusion. I think my father had somewhat given up on her but I would not.

I eventually got her to go to the grocery store with me on Saturdays. She was afraid she didn't look "put together" enough because my father had high standards. I said "Wait until you see what people wear to the grocery store". She soon started going on walks with her neighbor. Hubby and I took her out to dinner. She went on a cruise with my cousin. She blossomed and was ready to get out into the world again.

We were living in South Florida. In 2006, we bought a home in Dallas so I could work from home and hand-picked a pre-construction villa for her in a 55+ community. She loved living there and made friends. When she could no longer live independently, we moved her into a great assisted living community and she loved it there as well. She had become very social.

I made lots of sacrifices, but when she passed away in 2021 I felt no guilt because I knew I had given her the best life possible. And I'm proud of that.
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......what a fabulous son you were to your mum ... You are right to be proud of your achievements... and I hope she's watching over you, and thinking the same... 🤗
 
Paco Dennis said:
Well what kind of pride are you talking about? The kind of pride that just thinks only of themselves would be terrible but if you're talking about proud of something that you've accomplished in your life it probably means something that you're glad or happy about that you accomplished. I don't think that you're sinning or breaking any commandment by going over now, at our age, you know the accomplishments that we thought were important to us. But maybe that is considered self centered?
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I agree....
 
squatting dog said:
Well done. (y)
Myself... I'm more inclined to lean toward a death penalty (provided it happens quick). Or, there is always a second option. (snip, snip)

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During my time working on the farm, I have seen these things used on our young bulls. The Vet that came to our farm used the
type that crunches the sperm tubes leaving the scrotum intact. No matter how they did it, the bull did leave us know it hurt. The pigs were easier. One man would hold the pig upside down by the legs and another man would put a rubber band around the scrotum and within a month or less, the whole thing would fall off.

The emasculator shown puts a rubber band around the scrotum. I think the bull has to be in a head chute to use it.
 
seadoug said:
The accomplishment I am most proud of is this...

My father passed away unexpectedly in 2000. My mother, who was 68 at the time, had severe clinical depression, agoraphobia, and she could no longer drive after having a number of seizures. She hadn't left the house in 4 years. There were times when my mother would just sit in a chair and rock back and forth. My father took care of all of the household items and ran all their errands.

Being an only child, my mother became solely my responsibility. I used to "talk" to my father to give me the insight to make the best decisions possible. I did all the research I could and met with a representative of Elder Care to discuss how to proceed. I soon made my mother responsible for going out and getting the mail, sorting through it and telling what was in it since I was now taking care of two households. It gave her a feeling of importance and inclusion. I think my father had somewhat given up on her but I would not.

I eventually got her to go to the grocery store with me on Saturdays. She was afraid she didn't look "put together" enough because my father had high standards. I said "Wait until you see what people wear to the grocery store". She soon started going on walks with her neighbor. Hubby and I took her out to dinner. She went on a cruise with my cousin. She blossomed and was ready to get out into the world again.

We were living in South Florida. In 2006, we bought a home in Dallas so I could work from home and hand-picked a pre-construction villa for her in a 55+ community. She loved living there and made friends. When she could no longer live independently, we moved her into a great assisted living community and she loved it there as well. She had become very social.

I made lots of sacrifices, but when she passed away in 2021 I felt no guilt because I knew I had given her the best life possible. And I'm proud of that.
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You did a wonderful thing for your mother. I am impressed. We took care of our dad near the end but he never had a problem with social interactions.....And he had done it for his mom. We watched how much he did for her near the end of her life.
 
Paco Dennis said:
Well what kind of pride are you talking about? The kind of pride that just thinks only of themselves would be terrible but if you're talking about proud of something that you've accomplished in your life it probably means something that you're glad or happy about that you accomplished. I don't think that you're sinning or breaking any commandment by going over now, at our age, you know the accomplishments that we thought were important to us. But maybe that is considered self centered?
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Agreed.

Furthermore, unless very fortunate in how we were parented and in the inherent structure of our personality there are times when most people need to remember what we've done 'right' in our lives.

As we age and become less visibly, materially productive day to day we need remember those actions that made us feel good ourselves as human beings.

Self centered? Maybe, but note how many of us (and i was not surprised by which of us) listed things that involved being helpful and kind to others: How they raised their children, cared for aging parents, protected other people's children.
 
Some of you folks are thinking small. Anything a person writes on public Internet media sites like this is not only exposing themselves to those users on such sites but rather potentially the whole World Wide Web...forever. Once any information is there, there is no way to put it back in the bottle. With AI searching through vast databases, it is a new game even if few people have come to understand what is possible.

Web bots are swarming the Internet picking out and storing vast amounts of information in server farms with enormous memory banks it can then use. It is already possible for AI that has access to vast databases to connect the dots between myriad obscure entries that have never before since the Internet arose, been possible. We are suddenly in a new age.

So NO NO and NO, I as someone that has spent an adult lifetime up to my neck in highest levels of technology and has long been a public person unlike most others, I will not be open with others about some aspects of my life I choose to be so with.

This thread, used the words "MOST proud". If it had instead stated "something your proud of", that would have been easy to honestly answer. Further as I posted on the other similar thread, the English language use of words "pride" and "proud" tends to be used significantly more broadly than the way it is narrowly used in the Bible. But many of those that use the term will filter it to be so narrowly in their own mind.

Am I internally proud without seeking gratitude from any others that I graduated from High School with decent grades? Of course. Do I think that is a sin? Of course not. Did I feel proud as a tyke that I learned to tie my own shoe laces? Of course.
 
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I worked with homeless people in college. Sometimes all I could do was try to keep them fed and emotionally uplifted but that is something. They are all different because they are all individuals In all the years I worked with them, I only had one real breakthrough. But he did breakthrough. He stopped drinking and got a job and I helped him get an apartment. He had a girlfriend who became his wife and they did do well. It had a happy ending but it was only one out of so many. Still. it's a life and it counts and I am pleased he was able to do so well with help.
 
Supernatural said:
My two munchkins, daughter (living with me and kitty kat) and son (who sadly passed away in early 2017 at just 26.

I'll always forever be a proud Maman!
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I'm like you. There are many things that I could list as achievements but I am most proud of the fact that since a year ago my home has provided a home for my daughter, her cat and 5 pet hens and also a home for her youngest daughter. Three generations of women all living harmoniously in the same house is not an easy ask but we have made it work.
 
Rakaia said:
There's a remedy, we used to call it the 10 cent cure.
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What is the 10 cent cure?


I was working for a fairly large law firm in Dallas in 1980’s. My caseload was getting fairly low. I think I only had 3 cases to litigate and after that I had promised my wife we would take some time to go away. In fact, I told her to pick somewhere relaxing, peaceful and romantic.

My secretary came back to my office and said there was a young family man with a wife and 3 children and his wife made him leave the house and had him arrested because her 6 year old daughter told her that daddy touched her in a private place. I called the PD that arrested him and got the facts. He evidently not only touched the little girl, he rubbed her where he shouldn’t have. He was the woman’s second husband. I asked if he had any priors and he didn’t.

I sat at my desk for a few minutes thinking and decided I didn’t want the case because I can’t stand these men that do those type of things. I doubt if I would have given him a good effort. I asked another attorney if he would take the case. He was a little hesitant, but said he would. I was glad for that. I really didn’t want to involve my time and effort in protecting a pedophile.

I think at that time, sexual contact on a child 17 and under was a third degree felony and carried a penalty of 2-20 years, plus a fine of up to $10,000. Texas is a state that is tough on pedophiles. I would imagine they worked out a plea arrangement.
 
David777 said:
Some of you folks are thinking small. Anything a person writes on public Internet media sites like this is not only exposing themselves to those users on such sites but rather potentially the whole World Wide Web...forever. Once any information is there, there is no way to put it back in the bottle. With AI searching through vast databases, it is a new game even if few people have come to understand what is possible.

Web bots are swarming the Internet picking out and storing vast amounts of information in server farms with enormous memory banks it can then use. It is already possible for AI that has access to vast databases to connect the dots between myriad obscure entries that have never before since the Internet arose, been possible. We are suddenly in a new age.

So NO NO and NO, I as someone that has spent an adult lifetime up to my neck in highest levels of technology and has long been a public person unlike most others, I will not be open with others about some aspects of my life I choose to be so with.

This thread, used the words "MOST proud". If it had instead stated "something your proud of", that would have been easy to honestly answer. Further as I posted on the other similar thread, the English language use of words "pride" and "proud" tends to be used significantly more broadly than the way it is narrowly used in the Bible. But many of those that use the term will filter it to be so narrowly in their own mind.

Am I internally proud without seeking gratitude from any others that I graduated from High School with decent grades? Of course. Do I think that is a sin? Of course not. Did I feel proud as a tyke that I learned to tie my own shoe laces? Of course.
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I can't speak for everyone else, but I've posted nothing I'm concerned about being seen anywhere on the web. If you feel differently, David, that is your choice.
 
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